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]
As we pass the half way point in the term, the children continue to show growing maturity and independence. These last two weeks have been jam packed full of learning and fun! We have had Jacaranda Mufti-day, Book Week parade and book fair, as well as completed the last round of Pizza Express excursions. In between all that has been […Read more]
We are well into Term 3 and the students are happily settling back into school life. We have had, and continue to have, new students and their families join AISHK. We send out a very warm welcome to them all. Reminders: Afternoon schedule changes: If you need to contact your classroom teacher for changes during the day (for example; your […Read more]
Welcome back to Term Three. We have had a great start to the term. Beginning with exciting tales of summer 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. The children have been buddied up […Read more]
LITERACY As we wrap up Term 2, students have been reflecting on what it means to ‘transform’ a story. Over the term they have written fabulous transformations of Imagine, Where the Wild Things Are, Stuck and The Troll. Next term we look forward to exploring the difference between imaginative and informative texts. In particular, we consider Can you learn facts […Read more]
LITERACY We continue our focus of transformation exploring the setting, characters and plot of our final book for our literacy focus… The Troll, written by Julia Donaldson. We have been discussing the troll as a main character and his quest to find a goat to eat! Next week we move into transforming the plot through using different verbs and synonyms […Read more]
LITERACY We continue our focus of transformation exploring the setting, characters and plot of various books. Year One students have enjoyed exploring our third story for our literacy focus; Stuck, written by Oliver Jeffers. We have been discussing the main character Floyd and his interesting ideas about how to get his kite out of the tree. Next week we move […Read more]
Can you believe it is the beginning of Week 5 already and halfway through Term 2! Year 1 experienced a very busy Week 4. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to and some of the exciting things to come… LITERACY We continue with our literacy focus of transformation exploring the setting, characters and plot of various books. […Read more]
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