The K/1 class have had a great start this year and are making leaps and bounds in their learning. 

This term, both Religious Education and History are integrated together. The students have been learning that people understand family history through exploring evidence of the past. They are learning how historical evidence tells family history, what similarities and differences there are in family histories, and how historical evidence helps people to understand how things have changed over time. They have been relating these key themes to their own lives and the life of Jesus. They have especially enjoyed learning about the Bible and exploring what the Bible reveals about Jesus.

 In English this term, the students have been developing their literacy skills through the InitiaLit program. InitiaLit is a reading program that incorporates a synthetic approach to the teaching of phonics alongside a rich literature and vocabulary component. This is the second year our school has implemented this program which offers a thorough and consistent instructional approach across the early years at our school. The Kindergarten students have recently been learning about rhyme and syllabification, and are now beginning to focus more on letters and sounds and blending these together to make words. They are also enjoying literature rich tasks related to a variety of stories including How to Catch a Star, Grandpa Thomas, The Very Hungry Bear and Possum Goes to School.

This term, in Mathematics, the students have been developing their understanding of whole numbers. All students have been practising counting forwards and backwards and identifying the number before and after a given number, as well as reading numbers and representing numbers using objects, pictures, words, and numerals, and counting objects with one-to-one correspondence. The students have also been learning to use and record strategies for addition and subtraction, including using drawings, words, numerals, and mathematical symbols, and learning to recognise and recall combinations of two numbers that add to 10. More recently, the students have been learning to describe the features of familiar three-dimensional objects, predicting, and describing the movement of objects i.e. objects that roll and why, and sorting these three-dimensional objects. 

In Science, the students have been exploring the way objects move and are relating changes in motion to push and pull forces. They will investigate how technologies use forces to create movement, as well as design and make a toy that can be pushed or pulled out of recycled materials. The students used playdough to explore how push-pull forces change the shape of it.

 It has been fantastic to see the students flourish in their confidence as they try new things, share new learning experiences with peers, and develop skills and knowledge in all key curriculum areas.