School News
News from Year One
All Year 1 students have started Term 3 ready to learn!
In Religious Education the students have been reading the parable of The Treasure and The Pearl, and learning about Saint John Vianney and Saint Mary McKillop of the Cross. A special Mass was celebrated last week to remember these two special saints.
In English, the students are reading a variety of contemporary Aboriginal stories. The stories read and viewed so far are Tiddalick, Somebody’s Land by A. Goodes, You & Me Our Place by L. Norrington and Tom Tom by R. Sullivan. We are writing recounts, literary recounts, descriptions and stating our opinions.
In Mathematics, the students have been learning about skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, equal groups, lots of and position.
In Geography, the students are learning about Australia. They are investigating where Australia is located on a world map and they are observing that Australia is both a continent and island surrounded by ocean.
In Science and Technology, the focus is Change, both on the land and in the sky. The students are identifying if these changes are natural or if these changes are a result of human intervention.
As our play area is being upgraded with artificial turf, the students have been able to observe change due to human intervention. They are really looking forward to this area being ready for play, especially a good game of soccer!
The students are all looking forward to learning more with their friends.
Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating Grandparents/Great people day in week 1. It was beautiful to see the students interact and enjoy quality time together with their special person.
Year 1 were so proud to have their special people join them at liturgy and share a variety of activities within their classrooms.
News from Year 2 Classrooms
Year Two students have been busy in English this term learning about informative texts that have focused on Australian landmarks. We have been learning how to read and gather information and we have learnt how to navigate features of a non fiction text. Some features that we have become familiar with are: using an index, contents page, glossary and learning many interesting topics and technical words connected to an Australian landmark.
We have also learnt how to research information about a chosen topic and we have learnt about the structure that is needed to write an information report. We have become familiar with many amazing natural landmarks in Australia, such as The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, The Blue Mountains and Kakadu National Park. We have learnt many interesting features, facts and technical words about these landmarks and we have located information from a variety of sources.
Our photographs below show examples of students' fact files about The Great Barrier Reef. These include key features, interesting facts and vocabulary associated with this landmark. We have also sketched an underwater scene of The Great Barrier Reef, featuring many species of animals and plants. We coloured the illustrations with crayon and washed over the images with watercolour paint. Students have created amazing underwater portraits of The Great Barrier Reef.
Year Two has also been learning about places within our local community and we have learnt how to describe the position of objects on maps. Students have written interesting facts and created fantastic portraits of the Wollongong Harbour and Lighthouse.
Here are some photos of showing our learning about multiplication and division in Mathematics
