ENGLISH Our Term 1 topic on Appreciation continues and we turn our focus on making connections between characters and the events in a story with those in our own lives. Students have begun reading Boo to a Goose (another tale by Mem Fox) and are investigating rhyme, repetition, as well as rewriting parts of the story. Children created a collage […Read more]
English We continue exploring the focus question: What makes it good? with books by Mem Fox. We have now read Hattie and the Fox and looked at how repetition is used in text to make it enjoyable for children. Children have had an opportunity to explore retelling the story through drama and adding their own repeating expressions. Camera Words Our […Read more]
A very warm welcome to all families of Year One for 2019, particularly those new to the AISHK community. We have been so impressed with the students’ confidence and maturity in settling into the new school year and would like to extend our appreciation to you all for your support in preparing them for this transition. Our Year One newsletter […Read more]
Literacy How do we create characters? Year One students have continued exploring Aaron Blabey’s amazing stories this fortnight. We’ve read “The Dreadful Fluff”, which had the children exploring what characteristics and actions determine heroes and villains in stories. They reflected on the ways authors create characters that are interesting and unique. Students then used everything they have learnt to create […Read more]
Firstly, we would like to thank all our dedicated Year One parents for their help and assistance with our school fair and our Year One stalls. Both the “Over the Rainbow Hair Salon” and “Friendship Bracelet” stalls were a huge success made possible by our many parent helpers. We hope you all enjoyed the day! Literacy What types of punctuation […Read more]
Literacy How do we create characters? Year One students have been exploring this question by discussing characters in literature by Aaron Blabey. Over the last fortnight, we have been considering how Sunday Chutney is depicted through actions and emotions. Sunday is a complex character with many likes, dislikes and feelings. Year One students thought about how they may be depicted […Read more]
Welcome back to Term Four. We have had a great start to the term. Beginning with exciting tales of mid-Autumn holiday adventures and diving straight back into our literacy, numeracy and integrated studies units. We have some new families joining our Year One cohort and would like to extend a warm welcome to them. Literacy This term our focus is […Read more]
With the end of Term 3 fast approaching, we should take moment to reflect on how far the students of Year One have come. The students continue to reflect the AISHK value star principals, and most importantly are kind and caring towards each other. They display positive attitudes towards their learning as well as show how courageous they are when […Read more]
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