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]
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]
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