Welcome Back Year 1!Happy Term 4

13 Days to Go...until we all come back to schooltogether in Week 3!

We look forward to meeting with you again on Zoom and

to seeing your work on Seesaw.

Lots of love,

From Mrs Hanna, Mrs Pentelow, Mrs Taylor, Mrs

Ranasinghe, Mrs Consalvi, Miss Modesto, Mrs Seo, Mrs

Spillane, Mrs Mellino (Mustaca)

LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 1, TERM 4 2021

Year 1 Weekly Overview

Tuesday

Daily Brain Break● Design a new chocolate bar for Willy Wonker’s Chocolate factory. What will it look,

smell and taste like?● Organise a special sit down meal with your family. Can you make something for

everyone to make them smile?● Play an active game of ‘Follow the Leader’. Take turns at picking different

movements, such as, running with high knees.

9:00 -11:00

EnglishReadingChoose a book to read aloud with a parent/carer. You may like touse your PM Online Readers. Please go onto this website and enter yourdetails: https://app.pmecollection.com.au/loginChoose the level you were reading for your home readers at the end oflast term.

Activity: After reading the book, retell the story in your own words to someone in your family. Rememberto talk about what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

This term we will be reading some picture books with a theme thatfocuses on diversity.

Diversity means differences.It means understanding that each individual is unique, andrecognizing our individual differences.

Click on the video to hear Mrs Pentelow explain diversity. https://youtu.be/NK_Y1EXszuo

Why not celebrate diversity by creating a supercool poster.

You could use your computer to drag differentimages together.

You could also use a magazine and cut updifferent images and put them altogether tocelebrate diversity.

You could create a poster that reflects the diversity theme using painting, drawing,cartooning or sketching - using pencils, inks, felt pens, pastels or crayons.

Creating a poster is an optionalactivity

Phonics - Consonant Blends ‘pr’ and ‘sc’This week in our phonics lessons we are practising some more consonant blends. Consonant blends are agroup of 2 or 3 consonant letters together, that each retain their own sound when pronounced in a word.

Today we will be practising the consonant blends ‘pr’ and ‘sc’.

Click on the video link below to view Mrs Hanna teaching today’slesson.https://youtu.be/n9BT62yuPbY

In words like ‘pram’, ‘print’ and ‘present’ we pronounce both the ‘p’ andthe ‘r’ to make the sound ‘pr’.In words like ‘scar’, ‘scarf’ and ‘scrub’ we pronounce both the ‘s’ and the‘c’ to make the sound ‘sc’.

Booklet - Find and complete the ‘pr’ and ‘sc’ pages in your workbook.

SpellingThere is no spelling this week.

Writing - Holiday RecountYou are going to write a recount about your school holiday in lockdown. A recount is a retell of what youhave done.When you write a recount you need:

● an orientation sentence (who, what, where and when)● a sequence of events which tells all the things you did

in the correct order● a concluding sentence or personal comment to say

what you thought of your holiday

Remember to use:● a new line when you write about something new, which makes a new paragraph● sequencing (time) words, eg ‘first’, ‘after’, ‘then’● past tense verbs● describing words

Remember to use sentences that:● make sense● have spaces between the words● have a capital letter and full stop● only use one ‘and’

Booklet - Find the ‘My School Holiday’ page in your workbook. Write a journalentry (recount) about what you did over the school holidays. A duplicate page isprovided if you need more lines. Draw a colourful illustration to go with yourrecount.

RECESS

11:30-1:10

‘Art on Canvas’ Zoom Lesson11.30 - 12.30

Dolphins in the Ocean

We are very excited to be taking part in a Zoom lesson with‘Art on Canvas for Kids’.

Make sure you have your equipment set up by 11.15am soyou are on time and organised to start painting by 11.30.

You will need:● canvas (or A3 paper)● Paints (Red, yellow, dark blue, black

& white)● a big and small paint brush● water

Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 865 5405 8523Passcode: 254761https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86554058523?pwd=b1hsSEkya1pPaWNGa285b2VON2hIdz09

Take a photo of your finished art and share it with your teacher on Seesaw.

MathsThis week we are going to be learning about Position and the wordswe use to describe it. Tell someone all the words you know todescribe the position of an object.

Watch the following videos.● Preposition Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyMrLQ4ZI-4● Left VS Right Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRbwFq9665k

Did the songs help you remember any of the wordsthat we use to describe position?

Watch the following video where Mrs Ranasingherevises position with you and shows you how tocreate a positional drawing.https://youtu.be/9lD5e3zU8uk

Booklet: Find and complete the ‘Drawing Animals’ page in yourworkbook. Follow the instructions in the video or ask someone to read them for you and create apositional drawing.

Optional Extension Activity: find the ‘Optional Maths Activity Page’ page in your workbook and createinstructions for someone to follow to create a positional drawing. Can they create an accurate picture?

If you have time, why not complete a Brain Break Activity that is listed at thetop of each day?

LUNCH TIME

2:00 -3:00

Resilience Project

This week we are learning to belly breathe.

Watch the videos below:

Sesame Street Belly Breathe: Sesame Street: Common and Colbie Caillat Sing

"Belly Breathe" with Elmo

Belly breathing with Mrs. Seo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZeBrDHXss&t=110s

Booklet: Find and complete the Lesson 9 page in your workbook.

LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 1, TERM 4 2021

Year 1 Weekly Overview

Wednesday

Daily Brain Break● Create and send someone a postcard telling them about what you did in your

holidays.● Create your own Ten Pin bowling alley! Use cardboard rolls, plastic bottles or an

alternative as the pins and then bowl a tennis ball to see if you can knock them allover.

● Learn about how flowers drink water.https://www.scitech.org.au/experiment/how-do-flowers-drink/

9:00 -11:00

EnglishReadingClick on the video link below as an introduction to this week’s picture book story which celebrates thedifferences between children everywhere.

We are all unique. We are all special. Watch thefollowing video. https://youtu.be/dUirUDaxjoI

“Whoever You Are”, by Mem Fox is a story which encourages us to realise that no matter whatdifferences exist between people on the outside, inside we are just like them.

Click on the video link and pause on front cover:Read-Aloud of Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

1. What do you see?2. What are the people doing?3. Where are they?4. What appears to be with the people on the cover of the

book?5. What do you think the story is about?

Continue to watch the video.

- What words does the author keep repeating?(“whoever they are, wherever they are, all over theworld”)

- Why does she repeat those words? (to emphasise amessage and that similarities and differences areshared by people all over the world.)

Booklet: Find the ‘whoever they are, wherever they are,all over the world’ page in your workbook and write asentence to match the quote “whoever they are, whereverthey are, all over the world”.

For example:★ Whoever they are, wherever they are, all over the world they like to play games.★ Whoever they are, wherever they are, all over the world they like to sing, swim and slide.★ Whoever they are, wherever they are, all over the world they like to celebrate.

Draw a picture to match your sentence.

HandwritingWatch the following video to learn how to write the letters ‘X & x’.

Write the Letter X - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by

123ABCtv

Booklet: Find and complete the ‘Xx’ handwriting pages in your workbook.

Digital Technologies

Computer Input Device - “The Mouse”

In this lesson you will explore the computer input device called ‘the mouse’. The

mouse controls the coordinates and movement of the onscreen cursor/pointer by

simply moving the mouse across on a flat surface with your hand.

Click on the link below to learn more about how to use a computer

mouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgZZTuwB7cw

Booklet: Find and complete the ‘My Mouse Pad’ page in yourworkbook.

Don’t forget the Optional keyboarding skills:

Click on the link below and have fun practising your ‘Home Row’

keyboarding skills! If you get frustrated STOP! Remember the motto -

“Keyboarding Without Tears!”

https://toybox.tools.bbc.co.uk/activities/id/activity-dance-mat-typing/exitGameUrl/http%3A%2F%2Fww

w.bbc.co.uk%2Fguides%2Fz3c6tfr

RECESS

11:30-1:10

Maths

Play a game of ‘Simon Says’ with someone to practice using positionallanguage.

Watch the following video of Mrs Ranasinghe explaining how to use positionallanguage to give directions to a special place. https://youtu.be/ms2hvf_X08I

If you are able to, play a game with a familymember. Choose a specific place in your home andgive them directions to walk to it. Ask them toevaluate the effectiveness of your instructions andask them for feedback for how you could have beenclearer, if at all. Take turns giving each otherinstructions to walk to different places. At the endof the game, think about what successes you had with the task. What went wrong? What did you learn?

Booklet: Find the ‘My Special Place’ page in your workbook. Choose a special place around your homeor local area. Write instructions for someone to follow to get to it. Remember to use left and right turnsand include references to special features and landmarks to lead them to your special place. Cansomeone follow your instructions and get to your special place?

Optional Activity: Draw the directions you wrote to get your special place on the second ‘My SpecialPlace’ page in your workbook.

Don’t forget your Zoom session at 12!

If you have time, why not complete a Brain Break Activity that is listed at thetop of each day?

LUNCH TIME

2:00 -3:00

Wellbeing Wednesday

It is time for ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ again! Click on this link to let us know how you arefeeling.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB6xKROoNihDSJAV9EYk532GMDoQd_11gidwYYHnqH0JUt7A/viewform

and answer the questions.

Booklet: Find the ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ grid page in your workbook. Chooseone or more activities to complete. Try and do something different from lastweek.