Grade 1/2

What a busy and exciting end to Term Three and start to Term Four it has been! We’ve had lots happening both inside and outside the classroom, including our JSC Disco, Footy Colours Day and JSC Loud Shirt Day. It has been wonderful to see students getting involved in these events, showing plenty of school spirit and making the most of the opportunities to connect and have fun together. We’ve also been busy preparing for some very exciting events coming up, including our Talent Quest and Market Day, which the students are already very excited about!

In Literacy, our Text Based Learning has taken us in a fun and imaginative direction through ‘Tiddler’ by Julia Donaldson and ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ by Jon Scieszka. Students have been exploring narrative structure and point of view, while thinking about how the same story can be told from different perspectives. Through these texts, we have been discussing storytelling, truth versus perspective, humour and creativity, while developing our ability to identify characters, settings, events and different viewpoints. Students have also been using these ideas to inspire their own creative responses and writing.

In Mathematics, we have been exploring Location, developing our understanding of position, direction and movement. Students have been using ordinal numbers to describe position, following and giving verbal and written directions, describing locations on maps, creating maps from models and navigating grids using directional and positional instructions. We have now begun our new Fractions unit, where students are exploring halves, quarters and eighths of collections, lengths, shapes, time, mass and capacity. They are also learning to recognise equal values and solve everyday problems involving fractions.

In Inquiry, we have begun our new That’s My Hat! unit, where students are exploring the observable properties of different materials and thinking about how these properties influence the way materials are used. Through hands on investigations, students are sorting, testing and comparing materials, exploring properties such as water resistance and transparency, and making predictions about which materials would be suitable for different conditions. They will apply their learning by designing and creating their own party hat for a particular weather condition.

In Respectful Relationships, we have been exploring identity and individuality. Students have been thinking about what makes them unique, including their interests, strengths, likes and dislikes, while learning to appreciate and respect the similarities and differences between themselves and others. These discussions are helping students build confidence in who they are and develop positive, respectful relationships with those around them.

It has been a wonderfully busy time in 1/2, with students continuing to learn, create, explore and grow together. We are looking forward to all that Term Four has in store, particularly the excitement of the Talent Quest and Market Day!

- Miss Lowe