Year+1+News

==== Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome back to Term 3. It’s hard to believe that half of the year has already passed. We have had a great year so far with an enormous amount of learning taking place. The excursion to Dizzy’s Castle was a fun way to finish off Term 2 and all students are to be commended on their fantastic behaviour and the manner in which they represented Mill Park Primary. This term we have a number of exciting activities and events happening, some of which includes: ====
 * **August** || **September** ||
 * Mon 16th Term 3 Begins

Mon 29th Literacy and Numeracy Week begins Wed 31st RMIT Sport begins || Fri 16th Final payment for Games and Dinner night

Mon 19th King Arthur Performance Incursion Thur 22nd Games and Dinner night 4.30- 7.00pm Mon26th- Italian Week 30th Tue 27th Book Fair begins

Fri 30th Walkathon (weather permitting)

Tue 2nd Last Day of Book Fair

Fri 20th Last Day of Term 3 2:30pm Dismissal ||  ||

Curriculum News in the Year 1 area

Inquiry Curriculum: Healthy Me
This Term’s Inquiry topic is ‘Healthy Me’. In this unit, students will explore what it means to be healthy and how we can achieve this. They will consider which food choices, exercise habits and hygiene practices encourage both physical and mental health and which may be harmful or unhealthy. Over the course of the unit, students will also look at the food groups and how these can be used to inform and modify our food choices.

Drug Education Program
This unit will help children to: - Identify basic safety skills and strategies at home, school and in the community. - Describe methods for recognising and avoiding harmful situations.-Identify how health services and products address the health needs and concerns of the local community.

English
In English this Term, the Year 1 students will continue to develop and extend their skills as readers and writers. They will continue to participate in the Spalding sessions, with an emphasis on the Spalding spelling rules. In writing, students will be furthering their skills by focusing on explanation, exposition and narrative texts. This term we will also be running extension clinics to provide more challenging learning opportunities. Weekly grammar topics will continue this term, allowing students to focus on words and how they are used in sentences. Students will continue to take place in Making Connections clinics and we will be looking at gaining a deeper understanding of what we read. Students will once again be taking part in weekly oral language sessions, with this term’s theme being ‘The Jungle’.

Mathmatics
In Mathematics this term, students will continue to develop their skills and knowledge in the areas of Place Value, Measuring Mass, Addition and Subtraction, Sharing and Groups, Displaying Data, Comparing Chance, Time and Money. Weekly Home Learning will be based on the weekly topic and it is always beneficial to your child if you discuss this topic at home and what it means to your everyday life.

Values Program: Bouncing Back
This Term, the Values Program will focus on being able to look on the bright side when things are bad or difficult and the importance of humour to help us cope with everyday life. Students will continue to develop the skills and personal qualities required to form and maintain positive social relationships.

LOTE
In Term 3, Year One students will revise colours and some parts of the body. They will also learn about directions, instructions and classroom language in general, such as In piedi, seduti, colorate, leggete... (stand up, sit down, colour in, read ...) and mask making. Corrardo Picaro <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LOTE Teacher

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visual Arts
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Term 3 in the Visual Arts Studio Year 1 students will be working on Modelling and Threads and Textiles. The goals for Term 3 are as follows: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please ensure that your child has an art smock for this term. **Pam Hoyne and Saras Ramasamy**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To freely explore modelling media to discover qualities of the medium.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Making shapes using modelling materials.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using appropriate tools to change these shapes.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Decorating surfaces.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creating texture using different tools.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To distinguish the difference between a thread and a textile.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To understand weaving- concept of over and under.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To focus on the art element of pattern.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To create a material collage by cutting and shaping material.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To paint on fabric.
 * Visual Arts Teachers**