Miss Prowse
Year 1P
Monday, 28 May 2018
Week 3 and 4 merit award winners
Congratulations to our week 3 merit award winners Jax and Zack and our week 4 merit award winners Hayden and Alexis. You are all year one super stars!
Miss Prowse
Miss Prowse
Monday, 21 May 2018
Year One goes bug crazy!
We have had a very bug-tastic this term in Year One! We have been learning about mini beasts in Science and over the past few weeks we have been on an Insect Safari! We worked in teams of 3 and in each team we had a Communications Officer (the person who communicates with the teacher), a Safari Sargent (the person who directs the team) and a Bug patrol and digger (the person who gets their hands dirty and looks in the bushes and dirt for bugs!). We had to carefully look for insects around our school and look at the environments in which they live. Each team had an iPad which they used to take pictures of the insects this then allowed us to come back to class and share our findings. Here are some pictures of our Safari!
We were also very lucky to have a close up look at some slimy friends in our worm farm. We first talked about what we knew about worms and drew a picture of what we thought a worm looked like. We then go to be super Scientists and have a close up look of the worms using magnifying glasses and gloves. We found out that that have an interesting part of their body called the saddle (or the clitellum) and that they have tiny hairs on their body to help them move through the soil. We loved learning about worms!
If you have any snails in your garden, please bring them in for our Science lesson this Friday! We would love to have a close look at them :)
Keep an eye out for all those bugs!
Miss Prowse
We were also very lucky to have a close up look at some slimy friends in our worm farm. We first talked about what we knew about worms and drew a picture of what we thought a worm looked like. We then go to be super Scientists and have a close up look of the worms using magnifying glasses and gloves. We found out that that have an interesting part of their body called the saddle (or the clitellum) and that they have tiny hairs on their body to help them move through the soil. We loved learning about worms!
If you have any snails in your garden, please bring them in for our Science lesson this Friday! We would love to have a close look at them :)
Keep an eye out for all those bugs!
Miss Prowse
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Casuals for Catholics Free Dress day...and snails!
Good afternoon parents,
A reminder that this Friday the 18th of May is our Casuals for Catholics day where the children may wear free dress for a gold coin donation. This donation will be going towards helping families within the Bunbury diocese. Hopefully some of the children will be sporting their football colours for a big win this weekend...GO the Dockers...and I suppose... the Eagles too for their top of the table clash.
Snails
Next Friday the 25th of May the children will be investigating snails within our Science unit. We would love any donations of snails for our investigations so if you could have a hunt around in your garden for some slimy friends, I would be very appreciative. We need them by next Friday, but you are welcome to bring in any you find before then :)
Have a lovely afternoon and enjoy this sunshine before it disappears!
Miss Prowse
A reminder that this Friday the 18th of May is our Casuals for Catholics day where the children may wear free dress for a gold coin donation. This donation will be going towards helping families within the Bunbury diocese. Hopefully some of the children will be sporting their football colours for a big win this weekend...GO the Dockers...and I suppose... the Eagles too for their top of the table clash.
Snails
Next Friday the 25th of May the children will be investigating snails within our Science unit. We would love any donations of snails for our investigations so if you could have a hunt around in your garden for some slimy friends, I would be very appreciative. We need them by next Friday, but you are welcome to bring in any you find before then :)
Have a lovely afternoon and enjoy this sunshine before it disappears!
Miss Prowse
Monday, 14 May 2018
Sound Review, Sight words and Think Mental
Good evening parents,
Below are the sounds that your children have been learning for the past 8 weeks in their spelling rotations. On Monday we will be having our term spelling review to test their knowledge of sounds. Below is a table with all the sounds that you children have been learning. They will be able to tell you what group they are in, but please email me if you need clarification.
A way you can help them is to call out a word with that particular sound for them to write down on a scrap piece of paper eg. if you child is in the blue group you can use the 'tr' sound, ask your child to write down the word trip and so on.
If you need any more information, please email me to let me know.
Sight words
I must say, I am throughly impressed with your gorgeous children and their eagerness to learn! I have been hearing some great feedback about the children learning all of their sight words and moving onto the next set. Mrs Hughes is so good at those little tricks for remembering the sight words that even I say WOW! One example I heard today was... try to remember they as the with a 'y'. So clever!
The next stage of the sight word rings is not only for your children to be able to read them, but to be able to write and spell them and further into the semester, apply them into their writing. I have no doubt your children will be eager to do this as I love hearing them come up to me and tell me they know all their sight words!
Think Mental Math books
Thank you to all of those who handed in their Think Mental Math books on Friday. It was so great to hear that the children found great joy in completing their math homework! Unit 2 will be due 25th of May, but if your child completes the unit early, please bring it in when they have finished. We love the instant feedback that you are giving your children by marking their work as they complete it too!
Below are the sounds that your children have been learning for the past 8 weeks in their spelling rotations. On Monday we will be having our term spelling review to test their knowledge of sounds. Below is a table with all the sounds that you children have been learning. They will be able to tell you what group they are in, but please email me if you need clarification.
A way you can help them is to call out a word with that particular sound for them to write down on a scrap piece of paper eg. if you child is in the blue group you can use the 'tr' sound, ask your child to write down the word trip and so on.
If you need any more information, please email me to let me know.
Sight words
I must say, I am throughly impressed with your gorgeous children and their eagerness to learn! I have been hearing some great feedback about the children learning all of their sight words and moving onto the next set. Mrs Hughes is so good at those little tricks for remembering the sight words that even I say WOW! One example I heard today was... try to remember they as the with a 'y'. So clever!
The next stage of the sight word rings is not only for your children to be able to read them, but to be able to write and spell them and further into the semester, apply them into their writing. I have no doubt your children will be eager to do this as I love hearing them come up to me and tell me they know all their sight words!
Think Mental Math books
Thank you to all of those who handed in their Think Mental Math books on Friday. It was so great to hear that the children found great joy in completing their math homework! Unit 2 will be due 25th of May, but if your child completes the unit early, please bring it in when they have finished. We love the instant feedback that you are giving your children by marking their work as they complete it too!
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Miss Prowse
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Week 1 and 2 Merit Award winners!
Congratulations to our week 1 merit award winners Stellan and Jamison and our week 2 merit award winners Lily-Eve and Hugh! You are all year one super stars!
Miss Prowse
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Week 2 information
Dear Parents,
Parent Roster
Parent roster starts next week and we would love to see as many Mum's and Dad's in on roster as we can! We love parent helpers and love showing you what we are learning about. The parent roster can be found outside the classroom under the perspex notice board.
A big thank you for a fantastic first week back at school. It was so lovely to get back into routine and see what your little one had all been up to over the holidays. Some information about this week...
Think Mental Maths
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful response to our Think Mental Math books this term! We had some children so eager that they completed the whole of unit 1 over the weekend. As we are only completing one unit per fortnight (5 of the 'days') please do not let them go onto unit 2,3,4 etc. until I give the books back. This will allow me to monitor how their Math understanding is developing and see if there is anything in class that needs to be reviewed.
Unit 1: Due this Friday 11th May (week 2), Books can be placed in the clear box at the front of the room.
Unit 2: Due Friday week 4.
Unit 3: Due Friday week 6.
Unit 4: Due Friday week 8.
Unit 5: Due Friday week 9 (challenge to complete the unit in just one week).
Unit 1: Due this Friday 11th May (week 2), Books can be placed in the clear box at the front of the room.
Unit 2: Due Friday week 4.
Unit 3: Due Friday week 6.
Unit 4: Due Friday week 8.
Unit 5: Due Friday week 9 (challenge to complete the unit in just one week).
Mother's Day breakfast
All Mothers and Grandmother's have been invited to the school hall for breakfast this Friday the 11th of May at 7:30am. We would love to see as many Mum's and Grandma's there as possible to join in this special morning to celebrate all the wonderful things our Mum's do!
Parent Roster
Parent roster starts next week and we would love to see as many Mum's and Dad's in on roster as we can! We love parent helpers and love showing you what we are learning about. The parent roster can be found outside the classroom under the perspex notice board.
Keep an eye on the blog for pictures and information about some of learning this term!
Have a lovely night
Miss Prowse
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