Year 1 Update – Week 38
Monday 24th June – Class swaps – the children will meet their Year 2 teacher.
Monday 24th June – Reports go live on The Beacon
Monday 24th June – All Home Reading books to be returned to class teachers.
Friday 28th June – Last day of school. School finishes at 12:00
Materials
This week the children have been working on solving their own problems. With their class teachers they made a list of problems that affect them at home and at school. From there they designed something that would help them to solve their problem. In our Maker sessions with Mr Lowe, the children put their plans into action! It was really good to see the children persevering, problem solving and working collaboratively to make their final products.
Battle of the Bands
The Battle of the Bands final took place on Thursday.
Well done to Ethan (1L), Myril (1L), Adita (1P), Vian (1P), Serena (1W), Audrey (1W), Niva (1W), Ashley, (1W), Lillian (1W), Sophie (1W)
We were very impressed with the children’s confidence and performance skills!
Home Reading
The children will not be borrowing home reading books next week. Please return all home reading books by Monday 24th June. Please continue to use Big Universe over the summer holidays.
How the World Works
Central Idea: People explore the properties of materials to help them design and make.
Next week the children will finish their maker designs and will reflect on their final products using a checklist that was formulated by each class. The checklist will include questions such as; Did you solve your problem? Did your design work? Did you use a suitable material?
Revision:
Next week in Maths we will be reviewing our maths learning from the year by playing different maths games. The children will also have the opportunity to use the Maths equipment to solve maths problems.
Mathletics: – Please continue to use Mathletics over the Summer break!
This week in reading we have been reflecting on ourselves as readers and thinking about all of the comprehension strategies that we have learnt over the course of the year. Some of the children reflected on their book choices and other children made posters about what makes a good reader.
Unit 6 Phonics:
1W – Karina Yamamoto
1L – Aiden Chu
1P- Daryl Chiu
Congratulations to the children who received a Golden Book Certificate on Monday.
