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UPCOMING EVENTS
| Wed, May 22nd, 2013Under 8's DayAll Prep - Year 3 students, younger siblings and Parents are invited to celebrate Under 8's Day together! Students to wear sports uniform with Under 8 inspired/decorated shirt over the top which they can wear for the morning. |
| Mon, Jun 10th, 2013Queen's Birthday Public Holiday |
| Fri, Jun 14th, 2013Nambour Show Holiday |
| Wed, Aug 14th, 2013Chinese Dragon Festival |
| Fri, Oct 25th, 2013Prep visit to Australia ZooPreps are off to the wonderful Australia Zoo. Students to bring their hat, lunch and drink. |
| Fri, Nov 8th, 2013Year One day camp to Camp MaranathaYear One Day camp to Camp Maranatha at Yandina. Students to wear their sports uniform. |
ENQUIRIES
TERM DATES for 2013
Term 1 - Tue 29 Jan - Thu 28 Mar
Term 2 - Mon 15 Apr - Fri 21 June
Term 3 - Mon 15 Jul - Fri 20 Sep
Term 4 - Tue 8 Oct - Wed 4 Dec
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1LM
Welcome to 1LM!
Updated Sunday 19th May, 2013
Have a lovely week,
Mrs Maxwell
L A T E S T N E W S...
NEW! The Fair
The Fair is on this Saturday! Thank you to Fiona Smith for all her hard work coordinating our stall and thank you to all of you have volunteered some of your time to help with the sausage sizzling. Fingers crossed for lovely weather - see you there!
NEW! Revision and Testing
This week and next week (Weeks 6 & 7) we will be conducting revision and assessment in preparation for our Semester 1 reporting. Your support in ensuring the children are well rested and ready and organised for school each day is greatly appreciated :)
NEW! Under 8's day
...is this Wednesday morning. We hope to see you there :)
NEW! Socks
Don't forget to send along a sock for our sock puppets this week!
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
Monday 10 June - Queen's Birthday holiday
Friday 14th June - Nambour Show holiday
Friday 21 June - Term 2 concludes
B I R T H D A Y S !
Here are our May birthday babies: Sophie, Tillie and Cooper. Hooray!!
A W A R D S
Assembly Award
Congratulations Hunter and Charlie!
Student of the Week
Well done Tillie!
1 L M T I ME T A BL E
Monday - Assembly
Tuesday - Library, Music
Wednesday - RE, Sport (sport uniform with red shirt)
Thursday - Art, LOTE
Friday - Chapel, (sport uniform with house shirt), Homework due
C U R R I C U L U M I N F O R M A T I O N
LITERACY
Text type focus: Procedures
This term we will be revising the alphabet and short vowel sounds (a as in cat, e as in pet, i as in ink, o as in pot, and u as in cup). We will also be introducing blends and digraphs, focusing on 2 each week.
Letterland Sequence:
Week 1: gr, ch
Week 2: st, sh
Week 3: pl, th
Week 4: fr, ph
Week 5: br, wh
Week 6: sn, gh
Week 7: gl, fl
Week 8: -ed
Week 9: -ing
Week 10: revision
NUMERACY
Our main focus in Year 1 is to revise understanding of all aspects of the numbers 1-20 and beyond. This means writing the numbers correctly, understanding positions/order and value as well as addition and subtraction. Along with number we will also be looking at patterning, shapes, units of measurement and probability.
SOCIAL STUDIES
What was school like 100 years ago?
In Year 1, students will analyse the past and present family life within the context of their personal world. Students will learn how family life has changed or remained the same over time, and on the similarities and differences between students’ daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods. They will explore what school was like 100 years ago and investigate the clothing worn to school and leisure activities.
Guiding Questions:
* How can we show that the present is different from or similar to the past?
* How do we describe the sequence of time?
* What was school like 100 years ago (classrooms, students, desks, teacher, rules)?
* How have the clothes changed?
SCIENCE
Up, Down and All Around - Earth and Space Science
Look out your window and you will see a constantly changing world. The Sun rises and sets and the sky reflects many different hues over a day. The landscape, everything we know about the environment began by observing it. Environmental modelling, space exploration and city planning all rely on careful observations of the land and sky. This unit provides opportunities for students to explore natural, made and managed features that undergo change. Through outdoor observations and photographic records, students investigate the daily, weekly and seasonal changes in their local environment.
Guiding Questions:
* What features of the sky and landscape change over time?
* How does human activity affect features of the landscape?
* Compare the changes over different timescales
ART
(Working on Term 3 class topics as a visual introduction to their subject)
As part of their 'Australia' unit, students will focus on pattern and line to produce artwork inspired by one of Australia’s natural wonders, Wave Rock; blending techniques in oil pastel will be developed. Further skill development will be encouraged in colour mixing and watercolour painting techniques, creating other pieces inspired by our diverse country.
LOTE
Coming soon
Year 1 Curriculum Overview
For the Year One 2013 Curriculum Parent Guide, please click here. For St Andrew's Primary School curriculum, teaching and learning questions, please contact Sue Bambling at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
H O M E W O R K
The Year 1 students will receive a homework grid each Friday. This grid is glued into the homework book and gives details of the homework activities to be completed for each week. The homework is then due the following Thursday and we will mark and return the students homework books each Friday with the homework to complete for the following week. By distributing the homework each Friday, it allows for its completion either over the weekend or during the week, as we find that some families are busy with after school commitments during the week.
Home readers
When you receive your child's home reader, please sign the record sheet and return it each day and we will send home a new reader. You will also have the opportunity to complete a digital reader using 'Bug Club' over the weekends.
W E B S I T E S
Click on the links below to take you straight to these great websites!
Numeracy Websites
Use these links to practice your maths skills!
Literacy Websites
Seussville
S P A N I S H C L U B
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P H O T O G A L L E R Y
Mummy Makeovers
Letterland Dress Up Day
Look at my cutie pies!
ANZAC Day
Grandparents and Special Friends' Day
