Year 1K OLC

Dear Parents, I hope you had an enjoyable weekend break and soaked up all that sunshine and heat! Two weeks to go here and it will be a busy but fun end to the year!   HOME READING BOOKS AND HOMEWORK Homework and reading is now finished for the year as we need to start stocktaking home reading books.  We ask if you have any reading books at home that you please bring them back to school as they are required for inventory. You are welcome to keep the homework book and folder at home for the rest of the year - this folder will be reused next year in Year 2 so put it in a safe place :)  A suggestion is to look at any sounds focus area of need that was noted on your child's Cumulative Review seesaw post last week.  You can go over the previous spelling lists and fluency grid available in your homework book for those sounds over the next two weeks and over the summer break if you wish to work on your child's current reading/spelling goals.  We are also continuing to focus on the sou

Dear Parents, I hope you enjoyed the sunshine over the weekend and are ready for another week of learning and fun as we prepare for our last weeks as amazing Year Ones!  What a brilliant excursion we experienced last week led by Josh.  We learnt so much new information about the cultural understanding of the landscape, plants, animals and weather around us.  We also learnt so much about traditional life of the Wadandi people and the deep connections they have to the country surrounding us.   In our classroom we are enjoying writing the rest of our own Jack and the Beanstalk stories, applying our mental maths skills and reviewing times and collections of money in maths.  In Science we are continuing to learn about weather changes.  We are also connecting our knowledge about Jesus message in our Making Jesus Real lessons.  Important Week 7 Information SEESAW - REPORTING With the end of Semester Two approaching us, your child will soon be receiving their end of year report. Please be remi

 Dear Parents, Here we go, finishing up the first half of Term 4 and going into our last weeks of Year 1.  Excursion We are excited to go on our annual cultural excursion with the Year 1 students having the opportunity to learn about the deep connection the Wadandi people have to the Cape to Cape region.  Josh from Koomal dreaming will take us on a Kaya tour around the lighthouse and teach us about the landscape through the eyes and knowledge of an indigenous custodian.  We are looking forward to the experience and are hoping for two parent helpers from each class who are free for the day so please email me if you are (unfortunately we will only be able to accomodate two so first in...).  We will be leaving school around 9.30 and returning about 12.00 next Tuesday 16th November.   Seesaw Please make sure you have notifications set to appear on your Seesaw app so that you are aware of each update and get a great reminder to check out the small snippet of amazing work examples by your ch