Assembly and Merit Award winner

What a fabulous and reverent assembly our class performed on Friday. I was so proud of the way the children carried themselves, spoke and sang their little hearts out for the Grandparents (that we wished were there). Please have a watch of the videos below of our wonderful assembly! The dance moves in the song were made up by the children and Lucy and Enzo were fabulous singers on the microphones 😍

Assembly Part 1

Assembly Part 2

Assembly Part 3

A big congratulations to Maxwell who was the week 2 Merit Award winner! 

Miss Prowse 

Week Two Information

Dear Parents, 

What a wonderful start to the term we have had! This sunshine has a way of putting everyone in a good mood and the kids have loved getting out mid morning for our morning fitness. The children have responded so well to our new InitiaLit Literacy program and I can already see some of the wonderful benefits of this program...including the 'suffix' song which has certainly got into my head! 

Just a few messages for this week 

Assembly this week 

This Friday we will be performing our Prayer Assembly based on the theme of 'Grandparents day'. Unfortunately Admin has directed that we are not yet allowed parents at assemblies so I will record the assembly for you to view at your leisure. We have prepared some prayers and a song for our Grandparents and I will pop the video on the blog over the weekend so please share our blog with your Mum's and Dad's! 

Week 1 Merit Award Winners 

Congratulations to Jaega and Callum who were the week 1 Merit Award winners! 

Homework

Just a little reminder that homework is due this Friday. If your child has finished their homework, please feel free to give it to me a little early and I will pop their new homework in ready for next week. 

A big thank you for having your children to school on time. We have loved starting our day with our InitiaLit program and the children have enjoyed learning past tense verbs, bossy 'e' and suffixes. 

Have a lovely week,

Miss Prowse 

Welcome to Term Four!

Welcome back to another busy term in Year 1...I absolutely can't believe it is our last term together! I have loved watching our little loves develop and mature as the year has progressed and I am so very proud of all of their hard work. I will be sad to say goodbye to them at the end of the year for sure! 

I had a wonderful holidays and was lucky enough to celebrate my Hen's Day with family and friends...it's amazing how much makeup and hair styling can transform you! 

I hope you all had a lovely holiday and got to enjoy some of those beautiful days in the sun!

 
Just a few things for this term... 

 
INITIAL LIT PROGRAM 

This term we are trialing a new whole class initial instruction in Literacy program called Initial Lit. This program requires strict time tabling and therefore we will be swapping our daily fitness to a mid-morning break and starting our explicit teaching session at 8:50am. Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able to chat with you after the 8:40am bell in preparation for this first mat session. If you have anything you need to tell us, please email us.  

If your child is late, please sign them in through the office and send them into the classroom independently to avoid disrupting the first mat session.  

More information about the Initial Lit Program can be found here: 

CLICK HERE

 

GATHERING TIME 

As we are still in Phase 4 Restrictions, parents are not permitted in the classroom during school hours. Please continue the Kiss and Drop routine that we have had in place since the beginning of Term 3. If there is any important information that you need me to know, please email me to let me know. 

HOMEWORK 

Homework will be sent home on Monday which includes the homework grid, fluency reading grid and a spelling list with the focus sound that we are learning. We love it when you can fill in your child's R.E.D reading folder which helps us track how they are going in their reading.  This fortnight, our focus sound is 'au & aw' 😎

Please ensure that you sign your child's homework grid before the due date so we can monitor your child's progress at home. Please refer to the photo below of what a completed homework grid should look like.  Many students like to add times under the fluency grid to try and better their record each day.   🌟 

 
 

 
 
 

KEEPING SAFE 

This term, the children will be learning Protective Behaviours through the program Keeping Safe. Over the next few weeks, we will be talking to the children about: 
 

• the concept of personal space and how this is different for different people 

• correct anatomical names of sexual body parts 

• the whole body is private  

• appropriate and inappropriate touching. 

 
This term, the children will be taking part in the Keeping Safe lesson about personal space and body parts. We will be reading stories and emphasising the fact that all parts of their body are private. I understand that the children may laugh and giggle when we talk about the anatomical names, but this is important for every child to know. Recent research shows that knowing the anatomically correct language terms enhances children’s body image, self-confidence, and openness.  This is in conjunction with the Child Protection Curriculum which has been mandated in all schools in Western Australia. 

 
Please find the lesson outline below if you feel you need to discuss this with your child after Friday. 
 
 

 

 
 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me.  

 

ASSEMBLIES 

This term our class will be presenting a prayer assembly on Friday Week Two - Celebrating the school Grandparents Day (which unfortunately had to be postponed 😥). 

As we are still in Phase 4 Restrictions, these assemblies will be presented to the whole school and will be recorded for parents to view at their leisure. More information to follow in the coming newsletters. 

 
 

I'm looking forward to a jam packed Term Four with your little ones! Thank you for your ongoing support :) 

Miss Prowse