by Sian ATHERTON | Apr 2, 2026 | Grade 1, The Grades
Welcome back and what a week already! Students had their first day online and were amazing. They showed up in Google Meet (thank you, parents!) on time and happy to see each other. Everyone was keen to share their holiday and rain experiences. Many were able to handle...
by Sian ATHERTON | Mar 18, 2026 | Grade 1
In this last week of Term 3, students have been reviewing work done, knowledge and skills learnt or reflecting on their goals. We have continued to explore 3D shapes and revisit 2D shapes as there are many new names and special vocabulary to learn. Students were...
by Sian ATHERTON | Mar 12, 2026 | Grade 1
We have tried to focus our attention to Maths this week as we need to repeat and reinforce to learn and remember things. Continuing with place value, we use different methods and activities to understand that where the number is denotes it’s value. As we learn...
by Sian ATHERTON | Mar 5, 2026 | Grade 1
Students have been working hard and show progress weekly which is marvellous! We continue to work on understanding the number system and build the numbers regularly with tens and ones blocks, explain how many tens or ones we have and then say the number. We transfer...
by Sian ATHERTON | Feb 25, 2026 | Grade 1
This week we started the Ramadan timetable with shorter days but still packed with learning. Students have been keeping up with number work in a variety of ways- through individual, paired, group or whole class learning. We continue to practice writing numbers, check...