Hi Parents,
We apologise but we forgot to send home the note to remind Year 1 to wear their sports uniform on Thursday for this week only. Please send this message on to any year one parents who may not see the blog.
Sports day will return to being on a Wednesday from next week.
Monday, 22 February 2016
Sports Day Change THIS WEEK ONLY
Our sports day for this week has changed to THURSDAY. Please send your child in their sports uniform on this day. They are to wear their normal school uniform on Wednesday. It will be for this week only.
A note in regards to this change will be sent home tomorrow.
A note in regards to this change will be sent home tomorrow.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Sunday, 21 February 2016
Olden School Day
Today Year 1 was transformed into a classroom from the past. The desks were in rows, the children's work was removed from the walls and replaced by large posters of a cursive alphabet, God Save the Queen, School rules from the 1900s and Glory Be. The children only had one led pencil and their worksheets to use throughout the day. The teachers were dressed in old fashioned clothing and gave lessons that would have been taught in the past. The lessons included reciting and copying "God Save the Queen", practicing cursive handwriting, a spelling test, marching around the basketball court, completing addition and subtraction sums and praying the Glory Be.
The students had mixed feelings about the olden school day experience. Some quite enjoyed the silence whilst others were very shocked to see what school was like in the past. They were all quite happy once the teachers were back in their normal clothes and the classroom was back to normal! They are very appreciative of all the resources available to them in present day classrooms.
Have a look at the photos from our experiences today!
The students had mixed feelings about the olden school day experience. Some quite enjoyed the silence whilst others were very shocked to see what school was like in the past. They were all quite happy once the teachers were back in their normal clothes and the classroom was back to normal! They are very appreciative of all the resources available to them in present day classrooms.
Have a look at the photos from our experiences today!
The children had to take their distance before practising marching in straight lines around the playground.
Students came up to the blackboard to share their answers.
The students didn't have any materials to help them solve the problems. They had to either work out the sums in their heads or use their fingers.
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Rainbow Serpent
1W have been playing the Rainbow Serpent game for Maths Warm Up this week. We started with 1-digit numbers but have now progressed to 2-digit numbers.
The students noticed that we need to think about how many tens the number has to help us to order the numbers and think of where they should go on the serpent.
Today the students even wrote the number that is 10 more and 10 less than their numbers. They noticed that the number in the 10s place is the only number that changes each time.
The students noticed that we need to think about how many tens the number has to help us to order the numbers and think of where they should go on the serpent.
Today the students even wrote the number that is 10 more and 10 less than their numbers. They noticed that the number in the 10s place is the only number that changes each time.
Parent Helpers
We would love some parents to help us out each morning in the classroom. You would be reading with children, working with a reading group or even assisting with library borrowing.
Please ensure that you have a current working with children check. ALL parent helpers and volunteers must complete the mandatory Child Protection On-line module every 2 years. The module can be accessed via the following web address.
http://ceo-web.parra.catholic.
Acknowledgement of your completion will automatically be forwarded to St Anthony’s.
If you are able to help any morning from 9am till either 9:30 or 10am, please contact your child's teacher.
Please ensure that you have a current working with children check. ALL parent helpers and volunteers must complete the mandatory Child Protection On-line module every 2 years. The module can be accessed via the following web address.
http://ceo-web.parra.catholic.
Acknowledgement of your completion will automatically be forwarded to St Anthony’s.
Sunday, 14 February 2016
Length
Last week in Maths, Year One learnt about length. They explored different ways to measure, record, compare and order the lengths of different objects around the classroom.
Reading Groups!
Year One have been loving working in their reading groups on the different activities! They complete a range of different activities including reading for fun, Boggle, Listening to reading, Talking and Listening games, sight word games and reading with the teacher.
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