Week 33

Grade 1 parents,

We have been working hard on our Undokai practice. I will not spoil the fun!

We read with our Undokai partners for guided reading so that we could get to know each other.

 

For inquiry we have been working on our city. We have come up with all the different public and private spaces that we need to have a safe, clean, happy, town.  All the students have chosen jobs that they will undertake in our town. 

 

In maths, we have been wrapping up multiplication and will be moving on to division next week (grouping).

Kind regards,
Sara Matthews

Week 32

Grade 1 parents,

This week we have started Undokai practice. We are having so much fun learning our dance and games!
We are out in the sun for long periods of time, so please ensure your child has a drink bottle, Undokai cap, and good sports shoes.

We have been working on our Language Centres, students are now learning how to describe characters in stories. We will be creating our own character for our city!
Students have been also learning about maps in inquiry. They have been encouraged to bring in any maps that they find! We are collecting them for our classroom display.

Kind regards,
Sara Matthews

What do you want to sell at your store?

Grade1 students are getting really excited about making their own store!

Now they are making what they want to sell at their store.

There are so many kinds of flowers, books, cars, fish, toys, music instruments.

This city will be so much fun!

Soon they will start learning about Money, Japanese yen.

We also reviewed Hiragana and Katakana this week.

Week 31

Dear Grade 1 parents,

This week we started our new unit: how we organise ourselves.
The central idea is: People act differently in public and private places.

We have been very busy last week with Suisha exchanges with Jinsho planting vegetables!
Grade 1 and 2 had so much fun.

Have a great golden week.
Kind regards,
Sara Matthews

Making a store

Grade1 students have been planning to make their own store this week.
First, they needed to think what kind of store they want to have.
Second, they were thinking what they want to sell at the store.
It was a great chance to review some words about vegetable, fruits,flowers etc.

Week 29

Dear grade 1 parents,

Grade 1 have been working hard for International Children's Day.
I don't want to give anything away so here are some photos of the students working hard.
Make sure you come in on Saturday to see what they have created!

What could it be??? See you on Saturday!

Sara Matthews

Week 28

Dear Grade 1 parents,

This week we have been working very hard for International Children's Day. Students have been making some choices and brainstorming how they would like to help our environment.

We have been collecting any plastic packaging so we can investigate ways to reduce, reuse, recycle.

If you have any materials at home please bring them in for the students to use. Students may inquire as to how their own family is helping recycle waste at home. Please talk to your children about this so they can share it in class.

Kind regards,
Sara Matthews