Monthly Archives: February 2016
In Mathematics we looked at ways to sort shells and then order them. We also discussed what was the same and different about each shell and ways to describe their features.
In Phonics we have been doing the SH words. We made these fish and wrote our words on the fish. We can sound our words too.
Our school had a visit and workshop with the authors (Jane Godwin and Michael Wagner), and the illustrator (Andrew Joyner) of Bear Make Den. Later on we had a workshop with the illustrator and he showed us how to do great drawings. An author writes the book and an illustrator draws the pictures.
In Health we have been talking about sun safety. Sid the seagull from the cancer council helped us learn to SLIP on a shirt, SLOP on sunscreen, SLAP on a hat, SEEK shade and SLIDE on sunnies. Stay safe in the Sun!
Sharing Topics for Term 1
We have been discussing good listening skills and social skills that involve turn taking and being aware of the feelings of others as we interact. We have made ‘noise meters’ where we can set the meter to the loudness level we want while we work (Whisper / Normal /Shout) or to any level in between. We discussed how it’s appropriate to shout at the football or soccer, or maybe outside, but not OK in class or to friends while we are talking. We will have our noise meters on our tables while we work. They are fun and useful.
We have been talking about getting along well with others and why it’s important to listen when others are talking and take turns in games. We discussed respect and the 3 parts – respect for yourself, others and the environment. The Golden Rule is to ‘treat others as you would like them to treat you.’
We made a graph of our favourite season. We needed to survey our classmates and record which season they liked best. We asked names politely when we were talking to new people and introduced ourselves so people knew our names. A quiz for you! Can you see which 2 seasons were the most popular? Which was your favourite season and can you say one thing that happens in each season?
Big Numbers Song. We have been talking about patterns in numbers and doing lots of counting. After 100 there are more number patterns each time you add a zero – 100, then 1000, then 10,000….. Did you know zero is a number? Note to parents – this link will take you to the song, but the ad before the song may change. Just google “You Tube kids big numbers song” In Year One we are only needing to look at numbers to 100, but it’s fun to see a big visual number picture
