Category: Grade 1

Welcome From Our Grade 1 Teachers

Hi Everyone! 

In Term 1, the Year 1 students will be focusing on developing learning routines and setting expectations in the Year One learning space.

Year 1 Teachers

1A Ms Brown 

Hello everyone, I’m Ms Brown and I’m thrilled to be teaching and coordinating the Year 1 team this year! It has been fantastic to get to know the Year 1 cohort over the last couple of weeks. I look forward to working with the students and families to make 2020 a great year for everyone. Here are a few things about me: I went on a holiday to Brisbane over the summer break and enjoyed watching the Australian Open. I love gardening and growing my own veggies. I am an avid animal lover and I have 2 very naughty poodles called Coco and Chanel.

1B Ms Buckley

Hello everyone, I’m Ms Buckley. I hope you all had a lovely holiday with your family and friends. I am really looking forward to teaching you all this year and I have many great activities planned for you. I enjoy playing netball, shopping, watching TV and fashion. I love spending time with my family especially paw-sitting my brother’s dogs Jersey and Marlo. I barrack for the mighty North Melbourne Kangaroos and look forward to watching both the ladies’ and men’s team win lots of games in 2020.

1C Mrs McKendry

Hello! I am thrilled to be a Year 1 teacher this year! My name is Nadia McKendry. I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer break. I am really excited to get to know you and your families this year. In my spare time I enjoy making jewellery, cooking, shopping, going for walks and spending time with friends and family. I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Hunter, don’t mind his name, he is a big baby. I also have a cat named Ronnie, she is a rescue cat and loves to live an independent life with a few cuddles here and there.        

Merry Christmas from the Grade 1 Team

We like to say a big thank you to all our families for a wonderful year!

1A1B1C
Sarya – This year I liked making clouds in a jar because it was fun to use blue dye as rain.Ari – This year I liked going to the Zoo because I liked seeing the animals and patting the turtle. I also liked looking at the kids garden, it was awesome!Edwina – My highlight was the Scienceworks excursion because I could explore lots of things and do lots of fun activities.
Bejna – My favourite part of Year 1 was going to Scienceworks because it was so cool in the Lightning Room and the lightning show was amazing.Zaviour – My highlight was when we had the Fun Run because I liked when the parents threw paint and squirted water at me. I liked the hot dogs and the drinks.Ivy – This year I liked the Specialist Showcase. I liked it because I got to sing and perform in front of a lot of people and with another class 2C! I enjoyed looking at the paintings and I saw my art work! I had FUN!
Mara – My highlight was the Specialist Showcase because I got to sing. We got to watch the Julia Donaldson collection when my dad and my sister got to watch me.Ruken – This year I liked making bread because it was fun making bread in the kitchen and writing about it.Amna – This year I liked how we did the Fun Run because we got to run in paint and it was amazing.
Aliyah – My favourite part of Year 1 was Scienceworks because we got to do exercises and a game where you had to press buttons. My highlight was the Zoo because we got to see extinct dinosaurs.Hayley – This year I liked the Fun Run. It was the best because I liked all the colours.Liam H – I have enjoyed making popcorn for writing because I like using my five senses and eating the popcorn. I also liked writing about it.
Mason -I enjoyed Scienceworks because we went in the Lightning Room and saw lightning up close.Charlotte – My favourite part of Year 1 was when I made popcorn in the classroom, it was exciting. I also liked the Fun Run because we all got to run in the paint.Silas – This year I liked the Fun Run because I liked getting coloured with paint and also I loved the prizes!
Angus – My favourite part of the year was the Mad About Science incursion because I liked doing the experiments.Jensen – I have enjoyed making healthy lunch boxes because I liked squishing the clay and warming it up to make it into mini fruit and vegetables.Oliver – My favourite part of Year 1 was when we made bread because it was so yummy and fun to make.
Imagen – My favourite part of Year 1 was when I went to choir because I love singing.Aahil – This year I liked going to Scienceworks because we learnt how to make a cloud and lightning. We went there on a big bus which was exciting.Grace – My highlight of Year 1 was the school Fun Run because I loved getting sprayed with paint and water. I also liked going under the inflatable tunnel.
Lincoln – I enjoyed the Zoo excursion because my mum came and she has never come on an excursion before. We got to touch a turtle and see lots of animals.Pranesh – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Specialist Showcase because we got to perform for the parents, and before and after the showcase we got to watch Stick Man by Julia Donaldson.Isabella – My favourite part of Year 1 was making bread because we got to have a go at putting the ingredients in the bowl. I also liked it because we got to eat it altogether.
Jakob – I enjoyed the Zoo excursion because it was awesome and we saw elephants.Maria K – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Fun Run because I liked getting the prize and getting paint and water on me.Lolitta – This year I liked the Specialist Showcase because every grade got to sing or play an instrument and I got to choose what instrument I wanted to play. I chose bongos and shakers and it was really noisy and fun. 
Ethan – I enjoyed going to Scienceworks because we got to see the Lightning Room and the Lightning Room was so cool.Ayla – My highlight was the Fun Run because we had an icy-pole and we got sprayed by paint when we were running.Sanugi – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Scienceworks excursion because I got to go there with my friends and we made a car. It was a terrific, fantastic, amazing excursion.
Zara – My favourite part of Year 1 was Scienceworks because we got to see lightning up close. We were safe because there was a metal cage.Ammara – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Specialist Showcase because we got to perform in front of our parents and I was playing the bells. I learnt the chords and it was so fun to play.Amelia – My favourite part of Year 1 was when we did the Specialist Showcase because I really liked playing the keyboard and I have one at home.
Summer – I have enjoyed doing lots of things like crafts and excursions because it’s always lots of fun. My favourite part of everything was when we had the Specialist Showcase.Maria N – My favourite part of Year 1 was making clouds in Inquiry because when I put the blue dye on the shaving cream it rained so much.Lucas – I have enjoyed writing poems (especially acrostic poems), and I also enjoyed doing talk homework with/without my parents. I liked some homework topics like the picture prompt of the cat.
Julian – My favourite part of Year 1 was writing, reading, making bread and popcorn and also Scienceworks.We learned about thunder, clouds, wind and snow. We learnt a lot at Scienceworks.Dimitri – I have enjoyed the excursion to the Melbourne Zoo because I got to see some of my favourite animals like an elephant, tiger, lion and meerkat.Mia P – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Specialist Showcase because we got to play music. I played the keyboard with Amelia!
Tialia – My favourite part of Year 1 was Italian Day. We had gelato and mine was rainbow. I liked that we got to do lots of fun things and we had Italian all on the same day.Kiara – My favourite part of Year 1 was when we went to Scienceworks because I loved exploring in my own little group. I also liked the Specialist Showcase because I liked singing my own part in the song.Anthony – My highlight was the Fun Run because we got to run and got to have fun.
Cole – I enjoyed making bread because we made it with lots of ingredients. It was so fun and I got to put some ingredients in the bowl.Alexander – This year I liked the Fun Run because I loved the prizes and getting sprayed with water and food dye. Racing my friends was awesome!Stella L – This year I liked Maths. I have enjoyed division because it is fun to figure out the problem by drawing the pictures of shapes and food like cupcakes. 
Zac – This year I liked doing division in maths because it’s fun using arrays to solve problems.Stella S – My favourite part of the year was making sock puppets because we got to take them home and play with them.Stefania – I have enjoyed going to Scienceworks because we saw lots of cool things like lightning and everyone had so much fun.
Raizel – My favourite part of the year was the Mad About Science incursion because we got to eat the sherbet we made.Nina – My favourite part of Year 1 was the Melbourne Zoo excursion. I got to see a giraffe eating leaves on a high tree and my mum was a helper. I also liked making a healthy lunch box because we made it out of clay like my mini fruits.Jayden – I have enjoyed learning about fractions and making paper chains for our classroom in Maths.
Katana – I liked Scienceworks because I liked the race against Cathy Freeman. It was fun.Maximus – I have enjoyed making popcorn because I liked tasting it and smelling it. It was so salty and nice.
Mia – I enjoyed going to the Zoo because a butterfly landed on me and it tickled me a lot.

Aishah – My highlight was performing in the choir because I like singing all types of Christmas carols and songs.

Scienceworks Excursion

Last Friday we visited Scienceworks, because we have been learning all about Wild and Wonderful Weather in our Inquiry Learning Unit!

First we went to the Lightning Room to watch a show called ‘What’s With The Weather.’ We learnt that weather is controlled by three factors: temperature, moisture and changes in the way the air moves (wind). We got to see some wacky weather experiments like how to make a cloud in a bottle and how to make rain and… we even got to see real lightning flash before our eyes!! It was really cool. We also visited the STEM Lab where we transformed and turned into engineers, our mission was to work together to build and test solutions to the challenges faced by Dot, the main character in an interactive story. We worked really well and came up with some creative designs!

After that we explored the museum and exhibitions, some of our favourite parts were: racing our friends at the Cathy Freeman running race, experimenting with different sounds in the sound room, seeing one of the first ever computers which is the same size of our classroom and playing the exercise and diamond game.

We had an awesome time at Scienceworks, it was a spectacular experience for all!

Welcome back Year 1 families!

Welcome back Year 1 families to another exciting term! The Year 1 students have been busy as bees starting our poetry unit in Literacy. We have been exploring different types of poetry about topics such as seasons and animals and introducing some poetic devices that poets use including similes, repetition and rhythm.

So far students have had lots of fun writing acrostic and simile poems on different topics. Take a look at some of our wonderful work below.

In Reading, students will read a variety of narratives, information texts and

poems. They will consider text structure and language features of these texts,

and will work on developing the comprehension strategies of visualising,

retelling, questioning and inferring. When reading independently, students will

focus on developing their reading fluency and expression.

In Writing, students will continue to create narratives and write a variety of

poems. There will be a strong focus on developing descriptive language in their

writing and varying sentence structure. They will use their knowledge of the

writing process to publish their favourite pieces of writing.

In Maths, students will complete simple division tasks, focusing on equal

shares. They will recognise and describe simple fractions such as half and

quarter. Students will be able to recognise and classify common 3D shapes.

Students will create simple questions, gather responses, and represent their

data in a table and graph.

In Inquiry, students will engage in the topic ‘Weather and Climate’, where

they will investigate local weather and climate conditions, collect data using

thermometers, as well as explore the effects on people, animals and the environment.