Year 1
Welcome to Term 3! Please keep an eye out for information regarding the events listed below in your child’s communication folder. We look 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. Please ensure all clothing is labelled with your student’s name.
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 4 - P&C Sausage Sizzle
Week 6 – Ekka Holiday
Week 8 - Father’s day
Week 9 – RU ok day; P &C Disco
Three ways interviews: to be advised.
Specialist Lessons
Monday – Religious Instruction, Parade
Tuesday – Motor Skills (all classes), 1T Library borrowing
Wednesday – Music, Health (all classes)
Thursday – 1/2C and 1T PE
Friday - 1/2C and 1R Library borrowing
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 our learning.
English
Students will be engaging with a range of texts that contain topics or story elements that will be presented as a procedure. The students will create a short, spoken text to recount a simple procedure.
Mathematics
Students will investigate and measure the lengths of shapes and objects. Compare and order objects including length and capacity and mass. They will also be using, mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving addition, subtraction, equal sharing and equal grouping.
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Students will identify, describe and sequence personal and family events and describe continuities and changes in aspects of daily life over time.
Students will be assessed on a folio collection of their work.
Science
In Term 3 students will describe the effects of interacting with materials and objects. They will be investigating light and sound. They respond to questions and make predictions participating in guided investigations.
Students will plan and create a “sandwich saver” and then evaluate their design.
Students will be assessed on responding to some questions to show their understanding of living things and their relationship to the environment.
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
Year 1 and 1/2C Music Term 3
Students will use untuned percussion to perform simple part work and ostinato.
Assessment:
• Perform a 4-beat ostinato on a drum to accompany a sung melody.
• Compose an 8-beat rhythm using Ta, Ti Ti and Za (stick notation).
Physical Education with Mr Brady: lbrad101@eq.edu.au
Practical: Students develop the fundamental movement skills of dodging and running and test alternatives to evade others and objects in tagging games. They explore positive ways to interact with others, including strategies to work in groups and play fairly during tagging games.
Assessment: Performances are observed on a number of occasions throughout a unit of work, and judgments relating to the quality of performance are made and recorded on observation records.
The assessment will gather evidence of the student’s ability to:
- demonstrate fundamental movement skills in a variety of situations
- test alternatives to solve movement challenges
- demonstrate positive ways to interact with others
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.