by Sian ATHERTON | Sep 26, 2024 | Grade 1
This week, we revisit the Learner Profile of caring and students were encouraged to think about how we need to share when working in a group. One student said, “When everyone work together, we all are winners.” Groups who cooperated and did an activity...
by Sian ATHERTON | Sep 19, 2024 | Grade 1
Dear Parents and students We’ve had a busy four days, filled with learning! Sound work continues daily with students learning more sounds, saying words and forming letters in different ways. They are pleasantly surprising me at how quickly their writing is...
by Sian ATHERTON | Sep 12, 2024 | Grade 1
Students are settling into a routine and making new friends. We talked about what a friend is and how they treat us. We wondered if we were good friends- we TRY to be! Another focus this week was the Learner profile attribute: CARING. We discussed how we are caring...
by Sian ATHERTON | Sep 5, 2024 | Grade 1
Grade 1A have had another active week of learning and new experiences. This week we started learning sounds- recognising, saying, writing and finding words with these four sounds- s a t i. We learn an action with each sound and repeat this often also trying to sound...
by Sian ATHERTON | Aug 29, 2024 | Grade 1
Students have started to learn new routines, get to know each other and get used to being back at school. We have had many fun activities, songs and stories, balanced with writing, counting, drawing and playing cooperatively. I am very pleased to hear good speaking in...
