Fun Friends

Fun friends are nice to each other and don't cheat in games. George.
 They are good at sharing. Will
 They make sure other people are OK. Grace
 Friends help other people like when they are by themselves. Lucia
 They help people who are hurt. Emily
 They treat people like they want to be treated. Sophie
 They play gentle games and don’t kick or hurt each other. Alex
 They are friendly and fair. Tess
 They keep their hands to themselves. Jack M
 They are kind to people so they stay friends. Anna
 Fun friends join other people in their games. Etienna
 Fun friends play with each other and don’t hurt each other. Hamish
 Friends share toys and don’t do snatching. Jamie
 They say hello to new kids. Jessie
 Friends make sure people have a good time. Tess
 Fun friends follow the rules. Emily
 Good friends respect what you think. Jack M
 Tom is a good friend because he shares with me. Declan
 Jamie is a kind friend because he likes to play with me. Connor
 Connor is a good friend because we shared lollies at the party. Johnnie
 Eve is fun to play with because she is good at thinking of games. Montana
 Will and Alex are good friends because they are funny. Leo
 Grace is good to play with because she is nice and kind. Isabella
 Isaac is a dependable friend. Henry
 Henry is a fun friend to play Power Rangers with. Isaac
 Darci is a nice friend to play with because she is friendly. Brooke
 Brooke, Montana and Grace are great friends because they play friendly and gentle games. Darci
 I like to play with Connor because he is a good fun friend. Beau
 Jack M is fun because he thinks of good games and he isn’t too bossy. Tom
 Beau and Hamish are fun because they play the same games I like. Jack T

Jolly Phonics

We have been learning a sound a day since the beginning of school.  The children know the Jolly Jingle (the little song), the action, the sound or phoneme and the letter or combination of letters name.  We have about a three quarters of the sounds learnt so far.  The children are getting very fast at recognising them and knowing whether they are a vowel or not.  They also know what happens when there are two vowels together.  "When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and says its own name."  e.g. ea  are both vowels so the sound it makes is 'ee'.

I hope you enjoy this movie.  Some children were in and out at reading and some others are participating from their chairs.

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Week 7

In our History unit we are looking at the distinction between past, present and future.  The children are encouraged to bring a photo of them in the past.

Can you recognise these babies?

This week your child has a double sided sheet about the history of your family, in particular their school days.  It would be great if you could do this with your child.  They do not need to do the writing but it would be great if they know about the answers.  If you have any relics from your school days or your parents' school days then please consider sending them in to share.  If they are too precious you may prefer to send a photograph.  Maybe you have an old port, readers, books, ink well...

The children are really progressing with their writing.  They are all willing to give it a go.  Some are using environmental print to spell words.  This means they are looking around the room for the words they need and copying them.  All are attempting to sound them out.  Our main focuses are 

giving it a go 

 using a capital letter to begin a sentence 

using a full stop at the end of a sentence

writing more than one sentence

leaving a finger space between words

writing an opinion at the end e.g. I had an exciting weekend.

Here are some examples from today.

Week 6

We had a lot of fun and some great learning this morning during literacy group activities.

The children were very impressed with the light up, fluffy pens.  They copied their sight words using them.  It was much more exciting than a regular pencil!

Detectives were reading magnifying glasses to read I Spy books.  It was incredible how well they concentrated on the words with this new aid.

Lastly the children were given MAGIC GLASSES!  When you read with them the sight words just jump off the page at you.  "Wow, these are really working!"  exclaimed Sophie.

The class played a fun new maths game this afternoon which helps them recognise dot patterns for numbers 1-6 and matches them to numerals.  We have practised using a spider roll to keep the dice under control.

Getting 28 children ready for swimming may sound like a nightmare but not in 1B.  We have the routine down pat.  They organise all their belongings neatly on their desks before sitting on the carpet ready with their 'nest' of towel, cap and goggles ready to grab straight after a lunch break.  Many responsible children also remember their suncream.