Author: hwade

Dear Parents and Grade 1,

Wow – we’ve almost made it to the Easter break! Well done everyone!

Please remember when completing a Quizizz assignment, to log in with your child’s first name and last name only. As funny as it is, it’s very difficult for us to work out who is who when random usernames are created. Thank you!

This week, Mrs E and I have found/created some fun activities for you to complete!

Step 1: Download the Easter Bingo Card. (There is no need to print, you can display on a screen and add a picture/shape to each box to show which activities you have completed.)

Step 2: Follow the instructions at the top of the card.

For PE, if you have uploaded your Catching & Throwing Test, Coach Kring has provided a really fun optional game to play as a family. If not, please use the PE time this week to complete your test and email/upload the video.

For Music, Ms Janelle would like you to complete the assessment attached. You can either print and write on the sheet, or send her an email with the answers.

For Technology, Ms Kirsten has planned a fun lesson using the mouse to copy and paste images. Please follow the directions on the plan and email directly to Ms Kirsten when finished.

Please click here to download the Easter Bingo card: First Grade Easter Bingo Card

Please click here to download Music, Spanish and PE plans: Music, Spanish & PE for April 6-8

Please click here to download the Music assessment: Music – Grade 1 String & Percussion Assessment

Please click here to download Technology plan and activity: Technology April 6-8 – Copy and paste animal classification

Please click here to download some extra activities you may like to complete during the holidays. These are optional: Easter holiday activities

School policy states that we must still be collecting assessment material as this is the information that will form your child’s grade. Please make sure your child’s work is uploaded regularly to Seesaw. If you have having any problems, please email one of us.

We really do appreciate your support and if there is anything we can do to help, do let us know.

Happy Easter!

Mrs Wade & Mrs E

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Week 3 of Home Learning!

Literacy: This week we are focusing on Reading. The reading comprehension sheets are at the end of the lesson plans document.

Math: This week is full of fun, hands-on activities for Measurement in your home. Please be advised that for Math on Wednesday, I have planned for you to bake or cook with your child. So please start thinking now about what you want to do to ensure you have the ingredients you need beforehand as well as a measuring scale. 

Social Studies: There will be a Quizizz available on Friday to complete. Your game code will be emailed later this week.

PE: Just one lesson this week but its an important one so please don’t miss it.

Zoom Call: We miss seeing the children, so we would love to try a class Zoom call on Wednesday. Once we have set it up, we will email you the Zoom invitation and time.

Please click here for this week’s plans and reading comprehension: First Grade Home Learning Grid Week 3 – All subjects

Please click here for STARFISH phonics PowerPoint: Phonics – STARFISH group

Please click here for TURTLES phonics PowerPoint: Phonics – TURTLES group

Please click here for the Literacy Reading Comprehension: Literacy – Reading Comprehension

Please click here for Math Outdoor Scavenger Hunt sheet: Math – Outdoor Measurement Recording Sheet

Please note that, due to upload limits on the Blog, the PE Unit Test, Spanish lesson plans and Technology lesson plan will be emailed on Monday.

Have a great week!

Mrs Wade & Mrs Every

Dear Parents,

Firstly, WELL DONE for getting through the first week of our ‘new normal’. We are so happy to see the work in Seesaw and feel proud of you and the kids.

Please DON’T PANIC when you see today’s post! We have uploaded the entire week’s lesson plans and resources in one go to ensure that parents can access all the information at once. We understand that families have different schedules and wanted to make it as easy as possible for you to implement your child’s home learning with your own schedule. So long as children are following the Literacy and Math each day in the order that they are listed, please fit the other subjects around your schedule when you can. Do not worry if you do not make it through everything. Please remember to upload photos of your child’s work to Seesaw every day so that we can support where needed and also take the attendance register.

SPANISH – This week’s lesson plans for Spanish will follow shortly.

SCIENCE – Each quarter, the children are required to complete a project and a test for assessments. This quarter, Mrs Every would like the children’s project to be completed by April 6. Please read the extra guidance information attached to this blog. Test information will be sent out at a later date. Any questions, please email Mrs Every.

EPIC! – Most parents have been able to log in and children are now showing them how to use it. However, we have a couple who are still in process. Please continue to access this amazing reading resource whenever you like this week whilst we get everyone set up.

QUIZIZZ – There will be a math test on Friday. Please login on Friday to access the test, it will not be available before this day.

Click here to download this week’s lesson plans: First Grade Home Learning Grid Week 2 – All subjects

Click here to download Top Secret Agent Code: Literacy Week 2 – Top Secret Agent Code

Click here to download the Starfish Phonics PowerPoint: Phonics – Starfish group

Click here to download the Turtles Phonics PowerPoint: Phonics – TURTLES group

Click here to download the Science Project information: Science Project

Click here to download Wednesday’s Bible help “Gregory’s Story”: BIBLE – Gregory’s Story

Due to upload constraints on the blog, please check your email for the Music login information and Technology PowerPoint this week.

Hope you all have a great week!

As always, we are available by email 8am-3pm if you have any questions.

Mrs Wade & Mrs Every

Good morning!

Well done on completing day 1 yesterday!

Here is today’s learning plan. We are available  between 8-3pm every day if you have any questions.

Please click on this link to download today’s learning grid: First Grade Home Learning Grid – Thursday March 19

Mrs Every & Mrs Wade

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our new ‘normal’ for the next few weeks! We will upload a short Microsoft Word document every school day to explain the learning that we have set the children for that day. This will detail the objective for each lesson, the activity, any links to videos/websites and suggested resources needed for each activity.

If you have any questions, we are available by email between 8-3pm each school day. Please do keep in contact with us to let us know how the children (and you!) are doing. Some activities will be used for assessment and so we have asked you to take a photograph of the child’s work to email to us. Any tasks that we require have been explained in the Word document.

Please feel free to create a schedule that works for you and your family. We suggest doing one lesson at a time with a break inbetween for a snack/short playtime. We hope that all the activities are fun and easy to follow. However, if your child is tired/frustrated, then leave the work til later and let them have a breather.

We hope you enjoy this new opportunity!

Please click on this link to download Wednesday’s home learning: First Grade Home Learning Grid – Wednesday March 18

Mrs Wade & Mrs Every

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for the thoughtful gifts and cards we have received. We feel so blessed to be able to teach your children and can’t wait for the new year to start.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is our Christmas party day. School ends at 2:45pm as normal. Children can wear party clothes (appropriate to run around in outside!), no high heels.

We plan to eat lunch at 11:30am so please ensure any party donations are in the classroom by then.

Have a wonderful Christmas break. See you all in January!

Mrs Every & Mrs Wade

Dear Parents,

Next week is Thanksgiving Week! We all have so much to thank the Lord for.

Please remember that Thursday, the 28th is a half day. Children can be picked up from 11:40am by the classroom. Whatever your plans, we hope that you will all have a very special thanksgiving together.

In Math, we continue in Addition. Homework will focus on Whole-Part-Part addition. Please be sure to have it completed by Friday.

As you know, we are really enjoying learning about Animals in Science. Letters were sent home in Blue Folders on Monday, the 18th explaining the Presentations we will be doing from the 2nd of December. Please continue to prepare for those. The children are very excited!

In Literacy, we are continuing are fictional narrative writing. The children have been learning about different characters and now we will be using adjectives to describe them.

Reading books – please remember to record your daily reading on the ‘Reading Log’. Books will be changed once a week (usually Wednesday/Thursday). However, if there is no record of the book having been read, then it may be sent home again.

Spellings & Handwriting – spellings will be sent home as usual on Monday. For handwriting this week, we are asking the children to write out their Bible verse neatly. This will also help them to memorize it.

Library books – most of the children are doing a fabulous job of reading their library books and remembering the bring them back on the correct day (1A = Wednesday & 1B = Tuesday). Please remember to ask your child questions about the book to ensure they have fully understood it. Once the books have been read, children then take a short comprehension test on the computer. The more questions they get right, the more points they earn to spend in the AR Point Store with Ms Galvao once a quarter.

Christmas Production – The children are working incredibly hard on learning their lines and the songs for our Christmas show, “The Not Now Nativity!”. Show Night will be on Monday December 2nd. We hope to see you all there!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Wade & Mrs Every

Hi Parents,

We have sent the children’s files home. We hope that you will enjoy looking through their hard work and seeing their progress. PLEASE RETURN ON MONDAY with all the sheets still in it!!!

Thank you for responding so quickly in setting up for Parent- Teacher Conferences. We are so looking forward to chatting with you.

Half Day on Thursday. Please collect your children between 11:40- 12:00 from the classroom. There is no School on Friday 22nd due to conferences.

Christmas Play!: Our Christmas Nativity is the “Not Now! Nativity”. Please remember to help your child learn their lines over the weekend as we are starting our practises on Monday morning! Costumes should be brought to school by November 22nd. Please ensure everything is named as we have a lot of similar clothing options for the characters.

The kids did a great job learning about Magnitude this week! Next week, we will be moving onto Equality. (What does the equal sign mean?) I will be sending home some related homework. Please remember that although you get it on Friday, I will only be introducing it on Monday. Please hand it in by Thursday of the following week.

In Science we are looking at how we can classify animals and the children will be taking part in a ‘sorting the animals’ activity.

In Literacy, we will be looking at retelling stories and sequencing them correctly.

Handwriting: please assist your child in writing out their memory verse for this week on the blank handwriting page provided on Monday.

Spellings: new spellings will be sent home on Monday. Due to the conferences, the spelling test will be on Thursday next week.

 Have a wonderful weekend!

It’s time for a long weekend! We hope that you will all have a fun and restful weekend.

Our Christmas play, “The Not Now Nativity” is on December 2nd. Children have been given their parts and their lines to learn. Please help your child to practise as much as possible over the next couple of weeks. Costumes are due to school by November 22nd so that we can use them for a dress rehearsal at school. If you have any queries, please email us.

Just a couple reminders:

Please refrain from sending sweets and chocolate to school for snack or lunch. The children need healthy snacks to help them concentrate in class. We occasionally hand out small treats at the end of the day as a reward for winning team etc.

Handwriting homework will be: Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy. Please remember to write a sentence on the last line using words containing these letters.

Literacy: We are continuing our fictional narrative and story telling unit. We will be learning about characters, plots, settings and how to write a story plan ourselves. Spellings will be sent home on Tuesday (due to the long weekend). There will be a test on Friday as usual.

In Math, we will be moving onto a new topic: Magnitude. However, the homework will be subtraction practice.

In science, we continue learning about Animals and their unique characteristics which help them to survive and catch prey. Please could you assist your child in choosing an animal (land, sea or air) and find information to send to school (a book or internet printing). We will use the information to write down their animals characteristics and functions. For example:

1. A crocodile has sharp teeth for chewing meat,
2. A stream lined body and tail for swimming fast,
3. A tough thick, skin for protection,
4. It has webbed hands and feet for swimming fast,
5. A large mouth and throat to swallow prey whole etc.  We need 5 characteristics please.

This is not a project. It is classwork.