Year 1
Welcome to Term 1! Please keep an eye out for information regarding the events listed below in your child’s communication folder. We are looking forward to a great term.
Reminders: School begins at 8.45am. Please ensure students arrive at Girrawheen Place prior to the 8.45am bell so they can have an organised and settled start to the day. Swimming is in Term 1 and 4. 1/2C and 1T are swimming every Thursday and 1R every Friday. Please remember to name all items of clothing including swimming gear.
Classroom Teachers
1/2C - Corrina Cox cxcox5@eq.edu.au
1R - Melissa Ridgway mbayl19@eq.edu.au
1T - Sharon Tew stew2@eq.edu.au
Important Dates
Week 1 – 27 Jan: Public Holiday
Week 3 – 11 Feb: Chin Wag and Snag
Week 8 – 17-21 March:Three-way reporting
Week 9 – 24 March Cross Country
Week 10 – 4 April Last day of term 1
Specialist Lessons
Monday – Religious Instruction, Parade
Tuesday – Motor Skills (all classes), 1T Library borrowing
Wednesday – Music, Health (all classes)
Thursday – 1/2C and 1T Swimming
Friday - 1/2C and 1R Library borrowing, 1R Swimming
Curriculum Focus
Please click here for a very handy overview of what Year 1 students typically learn to understand and do by the end of this year, according to the Australian Curriculum which guides all our learning.
English
Students will be sharing ideas and expressing opinions about a familiar character and their traits.They will also be developing their reading strategies and comprehension skills.
Students will be assessed on how they listen, share and interact with others. They will create spoken texts describing the characters and the plot details.
Mathematics
Students will explore numbers to 120 and create repeating patterns. They will count in twos, fives and tens. Students will invesigate 2-digit numbers and how they are made up. They will give and follow directions. Students will be collecting, representing and interpreting data.
Students will be assessed on completing small tasks involving data, location, direction and number.
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Students recognise that features of a place can be:
- natural
- managed
- constructed.
They can recognise changes to enviroments and how we can care for them.
Students will be assessed on a folio collection of their work.
Science
Student describe objects and events that they encounter in their everyday lives. They will be investigating the difference between day and night.
Students will be assessed on their description of environmental changes overtime: the changes to an environment between day and night: and their ability to explain their reasoning for these changes.
The Arts
Students use the elements of drama to represent different Australian animals.
Students will be assessed on a portfolio of their work.
Music with Mrs Murray: amurr51@eq.edu.au
Students will identify simple rhythms within songs that include the Crotchet rest (Za). They will use chime bars to play simple 3 and 4 note songs
Will be assessed on:
(a) Playing a melody on the chime bars using Do Mi So La and the rest Za
Students will identify simple rhythms within folk songs that include the Crotchet rest (Za). They will use chime bars to play simple 3 note folk songs.
Will be assessed on:
(a) Playing a melody on the chime bars using Do Mi So and the rest Za.
Physical Education with Mr Brady: lbrad101@eq.edu.au
Students will demonstrate aquatic skills and strokes in a variety of movement sequences and situations. They will perform the recognised strokes of freestyle and backstroke in continuous movement sequences that incorporate the elements of movement: body awareness, effort (flow) and space awareness.
Assessment: Demonstrates aquatic skills (entries and exits) and recognised strokes in swimming sequences and situations. Performs swimming skills sequences that incorporate the elements of movement for the recognised strokes of freestyle or backstroke.
Health with Mrs Stirling: sstir16@eq.edu.au
Students will identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to stay safe. They will explore personal qualities and those of others, understanding how these contribute to developing identities.
Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and describe emotions by interpreting facial expressions and body language. They will also explain the connections between feelings, body reactions, and non-verbal cues.