Year 1K OLC

  Kaya (hello),   The cold weather is fast approaching, and it’s time to stay warm. Please let us know if your child is starting to show signs of sniffles and we will make sure they stay warm and hydrated. Please ensure school jumpers are clearly labelled on both the collar and inside side label to help return lost jumpers. I am trying to encourage them to place jumpers in school bags when as soon as they remove them so that they are available to wear the next morning. Learning Intentions   Writing: Identifying parts of an information report.  Writing complete sentences using capital letters and full stops. Spelling: writing words that contain the long 'u' sound, with the graphemes 'oo' 'ew and 'ue'. Spelling words that contain the long 'i' sound with the graphemes 'y' and 'igh' Mathematics : To make half past times using digital and analogue time.   To read and answer questions related to data pictographs, tally tables and simpl

Kaya parents, Here we are -  halfway through Term 2 already!    Homework A new list has been sent home including a  fluency grid with this fortnight's focus sounds of 'y' and 'igh' and tricky words. Please look at information in last week's post about the process we ask for reading this grid every night.  We have also included all of the spelling lists for your information on the back of the fluency grid. The yellow list for reading and spelling is the target for Year One from our InitiaLit program. Please feel free to use these lists at home to increase your child's spelling abilities. Have a look at our Fluency grids and spelling lists below to see our focus sounds . We focus on the ‘i’ sounds for the next two weeks and look at the different ways to spell the ‘i’ sound, such as ‘y’ and ‘ igh ’.   Learning Intentions English:  This week we are learning the spelling sounds 'igh' as in light and 'y' as in cry.  Last week, we focused on learni

  Kaya (hello),   Well, here we are heading into week 4 of Term 2 with exciting things to learn.  Casuals for Catholics Students raised $430.00 last week to be distributed locally. Wandandi Totems We start looking at our Noongar flora and fauna totems this term. Our writing text genre is information reports where we will be looking at the facts of the Banksia/Polaga and the Willy-wagtail/Djidi-Djidi and have integrated this into our visual art as well. Class Flora Noongar Name Fauna Noongar Name 1K Banksia Polaga Willy-wagtail Djidi-Djidi Covid News ·         Please register any positive cases on the school Self-Reporting Portal on the school website. ·         Contact school if you require RATS for close contacts at home. ·         If you have a positive case at home, you can send your children to school if they are asymptomatic. ·         If your child is unwell, please keep them at home. Homework We encourage that homework folders are brought in every day to use the reading books, s