Year 1C OLC

  Dear Parents  We have had a jam packed week in Year 1C!!! Just a few reminders for the week coming.  Homework due this week and new set for Week 3/4 Term 2  Just a friendly reminder that homework is due tomorrow - please bring them to school to help us review and set up for next fortnight.   If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to contact me. Also a request that you remember to complete the reading log each night after your child has read aloud for ten minutes to help us know whether to change books or not and how your child is progessing with their nightly reading.  Spelling and fluency grids (these will look a little different to last term now we have begun the InitiaLit1 program but remain the same process as last term being a timed read with accuracy and time recorded) will continue to be glued into your child's scrapbook each fortnight.  These words are for your child to practise reading and spelling on a piece of paper and they align with the phon

Hello Parents I hope you have had a lovely holiday break and you have enjoyed spending quality time with your children. Hopefully you got to relax and eat lots of chocolate and hot cross buns over Easter (I know I certainly did). I look forward to hearing about how you and your family spent your break.  We are starting News on Tuesday Week 1, having a break in Week 2 due to the short week and then resuming Week 3. This roster will continue until the end of Term 2. Each child has been allocated a news day. They will get a news bag with a prompt chart which will be given out once a fortnight. There are topic suggestions on the news chart if your child is stuck, otherwise they are welcome to bring in an item of interest. We do encourage - Pictures  -crafts made at home  -Photos of holidays or special visitors (these can be emailed to me if you wish) -Natural things of interest, such as birds nests, butterfly cocoons or items from other countries always create a strong talking point for th