Outdoor smells (Week 4)

Learning Intention: Exploring how our emotions connect with our sense of smell.

The children explored and collected natural objects. They smelt each object and thought about: What it reminded them of?

Some of the children's work can be viewed outside Room 14.

Home Reading

Some tips for reading at home with your child:

• Ensure that reading is enjoyable for both you and your child

• Discuss the book prior to reading to give confidence.

• Look at the pictures and draw attention to images that are mentioned in the text.

• Draw attention to some initial letters in words and what sound they make in that word.

• Not all mistakes need to be corrected (while your child gains confidence)

• Try not to always give the answer, be patient and give your child time to think.

• Re-read sentences from the start and say the first sound of unknown words (point to the supportive images to give clues).

• Always encourage any attempt to read and decipher the text.

This is a fantastic video that shows a positive home reading experience. 

Parent Info Night

Here is the PDF copy of the PowerPoint we presented at the Parent Info Night on Tuesday. If you still have any queries, please see your home group teacher.

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What's Happening - Week 4

This week in the Year 1 Neighbourhood...

Inquiry learning intention: 
"To find out how our emotions connect with our senses." We will continue to explore emotions, investigating how our sense of smell and sound connect with our emotions, using different forms of expressions during learning agreement.

Numeracy learning intentions: 
Counting and measurement. Students will be engaged in the Potato Olympics. This event will allow students to measure distance and weight and continue to extend their counting skills.

Literacy learning intention: 
Shared and independent writing and reading experiences. Students will engage in shared and independent reading and writing experiences, including a ‘Step Inside’ to explore characters and writing an individual reflection.

Week Ahead
Monday 
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
Visual Art (All home groups)

Tuesday
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
Circus Skills Workshops (1H, 1T & 1N)
Parent Information Night - 5:30pm
Wednesday
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
Circus Skills Workshops (1S)

Thursday
PE and Italian (1S & 1N)
Music workshops
Welcome Picnic - 6:00pm
Friday 
LA (9:00-11:00am - Parent helpers welcome)
PE and Italian (1T & 1H)

Assembly in the gym and coffee cart available! 3pm – 3:30pm.

STUDENTS WILL BE PICKED UP FROM THE GYM AT 3:30PM.

Headlines (Week 3)

As part of our inquiry on, how we express emotions, we read the picture story book, Little Beauty by Anthony Browne. The books message conveys to us that friendship can give us happiness and contentment.

The children were asked to capture the heart of the message using the thinking routine Headlines (Visible Thinking @Harvard Project Zero).  The student’s responses are displayed in our neighbourhood room 14.  Please come in and have a look.

Step Inside (Week 2)

The year 1 neighbourhood has been exploring the Thinking Routine Step inside (Visible Thinking @ Harvard Project Zero).   We used the Step inside routine to explore character and to get inside a character’s shoes.

We read two stories, I'm Glad to Say and Silly Willy, and the students were asked to step inside each character. We documented the student’s responses and our displays can be found in Room 14.  Please come in to view the student’s learning.

‘This routine helps students to explore different perspectives and viewpoints…’

Tissues

Just a quick reminder to bring along a box of tissues to the neighbourhood.