Learning and Curriculum:
News from Year 1 Classrooms
Year 1 has been exploring Easter as a season in the Church’s liturgical year. They are learning about the Easter story and how the Resurrection is a key event in the life of Jesus. Luke’s account in the Gospel tells us that the disciples were slow to come to the realisation that Jesus was actually alive and with them. Year 1 has been reflecting and pondering how they too can realise that Jesus is alive and with them. To celebrate the Resurrection, Year 1 has been learning a song with actions - called “Everybody Everywhere”. It has been a fun kinesthetic way to acknowledge and celebrate that Jesus is alive! You can watch us singing the song here.
In Mathematics, Year 1 has engaged in a variety of measuring tasks. In volume and capacity, students had to design and make a container that would hold 30 marbles. The students engaged in this task with enthusiasm. To conclude the activity, the students had to fill the container they made with marbles and then count how many marbles their container actually held.
In English, Year 1 has been working with narrative texts. We read the book Spoon by Amy Rosenthal and focused on the concepts of character, wordplay and dialogue. The students made the characters Spoon and Fork by decorating small wooden picnic cutlery. They enabled their characters to engage in conversation. They then drew this and used speech bubbles to show the conversation. Lastly, they wrote this conversation using talking marks.
It is a busy time in Year 1 and the students enjoy participating in all learning activities.
News from Year 2 Classrooms
Year 2 has had another positive and enjoyable start to the term.
In English, we have been learning about Antarctica and the wonderful adventures that Alison Lester experienced aboard an Antarctic expedition ship. We are learning about life in Antarctica and the students are busy writing information reports about icebergs and animals found in Antarctica.
In Mathematics, the students have been learning various addition strategies to solve mathematical problems and sort, create, recognise and represent numbers and collections up to 100 in different ways.
Leading up to our Mother’s Day celebration last Friday, Year 2 have had lots of fun in Visual Arts, creating beautiful portraits of their mum using a collage technique.
