Year 1P goes Wishy Washy crazy!

This week the children in Year 1P have been reading the classic story of Mrs. Wishy Washy as apart of our shared reading time.

Mrs. Wishy Washy written by Jo Cowley is a book that has been around since 1980. This was always one of my favourite books during school because I remember having such fun reading as a whole class while doing lots of different actions to accompany the text.

The book revolves around a cow, a pig and a duck getting dirty in the mud and when Mrs. Wishy Washy sees them, she decides to give them a scrub in the bath tub. After washing them, Mrs Wishy Washy goes back into her house and as soon as she does so, those naughty animals hop back into the mud!

Mrs. Wishy Washy was a fantastic book that our class explored last week and we had such fun reading it altogether! We found out that the 'sh' sound in Wishy and Washy related to some of our spelling words so we found it easy to read!

We learnt about adjectives and how we can use adjectives to describe a noun. We decided that we would look at mud...sticky, brown, thick mud! We thought it would be a great idea to make our own mud...but not the yucky, smelly mud like in the book, we decided to make delicious, fluffy chocolate mud! You can understand that this was very popular in our class. Here are some photos of us making our 'mud' from Mrs. Wishy Washy!

We also had a lot of fun acting out the story with costumes, tubs and even the odd bit of mud! Some of the children became characters from the story whilst the other children were the narrators. Kai loved sitting in the teachers chair while he pointed to the words we were reading.

We used the text to self comprehension strategy to think about what we would do if Mrs. Wishy Washy put us in the tub...and there were some very interesting responses from: pushing her into the tub, to  running away from Mrs. Wishy Washy to having a spa bath with a hot chocolate. The children were very creative.

We had a wonderful time reading Mrs. Wishy Washy and if you'd like to share the story with your child, please click on the video below.

Miss Prowse

Books sent home to cover

Good evening parents,

This is just a quick reminder that some books were sent home yesterday to cover. If you could please cover them with clear contact, it would be wonderful.

Keep an eye out tomorrow for an update on our learning for week 2!

Many thanks

Miss Prowse

Week 2 Information

Dear Year One Parents

Parent Information

Thank you for your attendance at our Year One Parent Information Session. We hope that you found the information valuable and feel ready for the year. A copy of the slide show from the night has been added to the last post on our blog.  

Swimming Lessons

Our first swimming lessons begin tomorrow! Please refer to the swimming timetable that was sent home this week for our lesson times. The children will be eating their recess a little earlier at around 10.40 but will not be eating their lunch until they return to school at around 1.30pm. With this in mind, we would really appreciate it if you were able to pack a little bit more for their recess as it will be around 2 1/2 hours before they eat again.

As mentioned in the parent info session, the children are able to come to school in their bathers and thongs. Boys are permitted to wear their board shorts to school but are also asked to bring their black sports shorts and underwear to change into after swimming.

Please help us out by making sure all items are labelled to avoid items going into lost property! The children may wear thongs during the week, or bring them in their bags to change into before their lesson.

Homework

After our week of swimming, we will begin homework in week four. It will start with a bundle of sight words that the children are required to be able to READ and SPELL all 100 by the end of Year One. A new home reader will go home every 2 days.

Parent Reps

Many thanks to Alice (Piper’s Mum),  Sarah (Olivia’s Mum) and Nat (Matilda's Mum) who have offered to be our class reps this year. Yay! The power of three!

Have a wonderful afternoon.

Miss Prowse 

Thank you for your attendance

Many thanks for the parents that attended our Year One parent information session this afternoon. For those who couldn't make it or missed some of the information, please click on the link below to access our information slide show.

Year One Parent Information

Thank you for your on going support and have a great night.

Miss Prowse

Year One parent night

Good evening parents,

This is just a friendly reminder that the Year One parent night will be on tomorrow afternoon (7th Feb) at 4.30pm in the library. If you are not able to attend please email me and I will arrange to have your 'parent pack' taken home tomorrow afternoon.

The whole presentation will be available on the blog later in the week if you missed anything or need any more info.

It was also brought to my attention that the text for the book covering didn't get processed properly. I will resend the books home this Friday and would really appreciate it if you were able to cover these books with clear contact as they have covers on already.

Have a lovely night

Miss Prowse

Our first day in Year One!

Good evening parents,

We had an absolutely wonderful first day of Year One! If you children are anything like me, I'm sure they will be very tired.

We started the day with some games to get to know each of the children's names. The children loved playing the 'Cookie jar game' altogether! We then moved into a bit of dance and movement and I introduced the children to the brain break website 'Go Noodle' - which many of the children had previously experienced and loved.

We then spoke about our holidays and completed a writing activity where we wrote three sentences about what we did and drew a picture to accompany it. I was so impressed with some of the children's writing! The next stop was a tour around the school which showed the children where they sit for lunch, where they can go to the canteen and the best part, the Nature play ground!

After recess, we started our Maths session and counted all the way to 100 together! We then looked at our friends of 10, which comprised of two numbers that added together to make 10. We used unifix cubes and made the different sets of 10 as a class. This hands on maths experience proved to be a wonderful way for the children to work together.

The afternoon was our creation and play time where we explored our classroom resources and used them to build, make and invent some outstanding structures. Some children loved the book corner and other children played turn taking games such as Guess Who and Pop up Pirate.

We ended the day with a visit to the Library where Mrs. Meyer read a story and the children were also allowed to borrow a book.

We had a great first day and I can't wait for the rest of the year!

Thank you for your ongoing support

Miss Prowse

Welcome to 1P for 2017!

Hello and welcome parents to the Year 1P blog,

I hope you have all had a relaxing and peaceful holiday and we are very excited for the year ahead!

I am looking forward to getting to know your beautiful children and working with you throughout your child's learning journey this year.

Year One is a big, but exciting year where your child will, discover, grow, create, learn, reflect and experience an abundance of fun and interesting things in our class!

As a parent of a Year One student, it is extremely important to keep in mind that we all build on small successes.  Each child will progress at his/her own rate, acquiring skills as he/she is developmentally ready.  Maintaining each child's self-esteem and building a secure foundation for future growth will always remain a priority in our class.

Here are some ways you can help:

•       Celebrate your child's success, no matter how small it may seem.  This will keep your child enthusiastic about learning and proud of their work!
•       Look for and read any notes and letters going home and stay updated on what’s going on in our regular blog posts. These will have important information and helpful reminders.
•       Read to and with your child every day, if possible. The more your child is exposed to language, the easier it will be for him/her to incorporate new skills in reading and writing in the classroom.

This blog will be the main communication for any parent information over the coming year.  Please enter your email into the 'follow by email' section on the left hand side of the blog so you will get email updates when I post to the blog.

A few important things over the next weeks:

Home Reader's

As the children are settling into the new routines and expectations of Year One, we will begin sending home reading books from Wednesday 8th of February on a 2 day roster. Your child will be scheduled a changing day (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday) but we ask that you bring their reading folder everyday so they can read in the morning and keep their sight words in them for the year.

Swimming

Swimming commences next Friday 10^th and will continue until Thursday 16th. A swimming timetable will be released soon and we will let you know when our child will be swimming.

Please bring their towel, goggles and a spare plastic bag (for wet bathers) in either a separate sports bag or plastic bag which will hang outside until our swimming time. We ask that your child come to school in their thongs but pack their sports shoes in their bag to change into after the lesson.

Specialist days:

Monday: Indonesian

Tuesday: Music and Health

Wednesday: Library

Thursday: Physical Education (wear teal OLC sports shirt)

Friday: Class sport (wear coloured faction shirt)


Support staff
In our class we have many wonderful Education Assistants that will help your child on their learning journey. 

Monday - Wednesday: Mrs Hughes
Thursday: Mrs Annert
Friday: Mrs Beatty

News

The children will be rostered on for news once a fortnight, beginning from week three onwards. Each fortnight on the afternoon before your child’s news day, a bag will be sent home with a laminated news chart in it. The idea of the chart is to get your child to think about what they will say to the class before they speak. If you could spend five minutes the night before news assisting your child to fill out the chart (or writing a few prompts with them) that would be greatly appreciated! Please refer to the roster attached for your child’s news day and fortnightly theme suggestions.

Crunch & Sip

Each morning we will stop for a 5 minute Crunch & Sip break. The idea of Crunch & Sip is that the students have a short break to increase their energy levels, increase awareness about eating fruit and vegetables, as well as encouraging them to drink water and keep hydrated throughout the school day. You can refer to the Crunch & Sip website (crunchandsip.com.au) for specifics on a list of foods that can be packed for this time of the morning. Generally speaking, the list will include fresh fruit and vegetables (celery/carrot sticks, broccoli, chopped or whole fruit, as well as dried fruit). The only drink permitted is water.

Stationery

All class stationery (pencils, crayons, scissors etc.) will be collected together at the beginning of the year and distributed to the students on a shared basis. There will be no need to label any of your child’s items before bringing them to school. All text books will be labelled by the staff and checked off on a list when they are brought in to school. At the end of the year, all remaining stationery items will be shared out equally between the students to go home.

Names

Please ensure that all personal items (hats, drink bottles, lunch boxes, uniforms, etc) belonging to your child are labelled to avoid losing items!

If you have any question or queries please don't hesitate to email me at:

Prowse.monique@cathednet.wa.edu.au

I hope your little ones are not too tired after their first day

Have a restful night

Miss Prowse, Mrs Peacock, Mrs Hughes and Mrs Derickx