The K/1 students have continued to work hard to gain skills and knowledge in all areas of the curriculum. Their improvement in reading has been quite an amazing journey over this past year. Being a Kindergarten/Year One teacher definitely has its rewards! All of the children have been challenging themselves to read books that are longer and more difficult. They also love shared reading of their own texts, especially with the Kinder transition children.

Many topics have been covered in Maths this term, including: volume and capacity, three-dimensional shapes and their properties, division, chance and probability and data gathering and graphing.
The new Kinders also enjoyed the hands-on activities associated with this learning.
Gymnastics has proved to be very popular with the K/1 students. The students have been able to use the appropriate equipment to learn how to jump, roll and do cartwheels safely. They are also learning about the importance of stretching before exercising.

In Religious Education, the students have been continuing to explore Jesus’ life. They understand that he grew up in a Jewish family and they are learning about some Jewish customs and symbols, both past and present. We will conclude our unit with our last cooking session for this year when we will be making challah, a traditional Jewish braided bread.
We did share our love of cooking with the Kinder transition students as well. As requested by the K/1 students we finally made something sweet with all those chook eggs- meringues! By all reports, they were delicious.

The K/1 students have really enjoyed having the new Kinders in their classroom. They have shared their space and their learning very enthusiastically. 

The Beebots continue to provide plenty of opportunities for learning!

Grandparents (and other friends) Day was also a very special day in K/1.