Class Happenings
Some people are under the impression that Kinder and Year One students only do very easy work. This week, the students have written the class news in order to persuade you that they do some challenging work, even though they are only in Kinder and Year One.
Science
Kindergarten and Year One learn hard Science. We have been learning about materials like wood. The wood is on the window frame. Another material we have learning about is plastic. A chair can be made of plastic. We learned that plastic is waterproof.
By Cayless
We do other hard work in K/1 too…
Mary Poppins
In Kindergarten and Year One we have been listening to our teacher read Mary Poppins. This is a chapter book without any pictures. Mrs King asks us questions to make sure we are listening and thinking about the book. My favourite character is Mary Poppins because she takes the children on adventures.
By Emily
Hard Maths
Kinder and Year 1 students work with large numbers, shapes and measurement.
We count by tens or we can count by other numbers. For example, we can start at 450 and count by tens.
We can do addition and subtraction. For example: 1000 - ? = 100 or
200 + 10 + 7 = ?
We have also done hefting. Hefting is weighing 2 things with your hands or cups to see which one is heaviest.
There are lots of different shapes in maths. A hexagon has 6 sides and 6 corners. A triangle only has 3 sides and 3 corners. A square has 4 sides and 4 corners.
As you can see, we do lots of tricky maths work.
By Charlie
Big Words
We have a special book for the new words that we learn. Each word has a picture to help us remember what it means. Some of our new words are grimace, inflatable and aggressive. Another new word is cumquat, which is a fruit. A calendula is a flower and a perambulator is a pram. Apologetically is a really big word we have been learning!
By Adelaide and Brydie
Religious Education
The students in the K/1 class have been learning about Jewish people and the Passover in Jerusalem. Jesus’ parents were Mary and Joseph. Jesus stayed in Jerusalem after the Passover festival. His parents were worried about him. They went back to Jerusalem and found him in the synagogue asking the priests lots of questions.
By Jed
K\1 learned about the Seder plate. This is a special plate of food for Jewish people. It helps them to remember how hard it was for Jewish people to be slaves in Egypt.
This is what a seder plate has on it. By Jack
