STUDENT OF THE WEEK

I was proud of Chirani this week because she was very responsible when asked to do a job for the school. She is trying really hard with her work and is achieving her goals. Well done, Chirani and keep up the good work.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Morgan is a very popular child in our grade. He is caring and kind to the others and is concerned if anyone else is hurt. Morgan tries really hard in the grade and has made steady progress throughout the year. Congratulations Morgan.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Nicole is new to our school this term. She has settled in really well to our grade and has made lots of friends. Nicole is trying really hard to improve her work and likes to do extra work at home. She has achieved her goal this term of improving her handwriting.
Congratulations Nicole and keep up the good work.

PROCEDURES

Our new writing topic is Procedures. We have been learning that a procedure gives us instructions on how to make, do, design and create something. We have written our own procedures on something we are an expert on such as cleaning our teeth or getting ready for school. This week we wrote a procedure on how to ice and decorate biscuits. We then made our own and ate them. YUM!!!!

SWIMMING

Well it has been an exciting and busy 2 weeks with our grade going swimming everyday. Everyone was organised each day and eventhough the weather wasn't great we still enjoyed our lessons. We learned how to swim freestyle, backstoke, tread water and dive in safely. There was even some of us that were practising swimming the length of the pool. The final day was the best because we got to play games and have fun!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

It is great to have Ryan back this term. He is a hard working student who has settled back into our routine very quickly. He loves reading non-fiction books and is asking questions to deepen his knowledge of the text. Ryan loves maths and is a regular contributor during problem solving activities. Congratulations Ryan.

SYMMETRY

Last week in maths we investigated Symmetry. First we folded paper in half and cut out shapes and when we opened up the shapes the designs were symmetrical. Next we worked with a partner to create a shape using 2 rectangles and 2 triangles. We then pasted all our shapes on and looked to see if any of the shapes were the same. We found out that some shapes were the same but just transformed either by flipping, turning or sliding the shape. Today we used the same triangle shape but tried flipping, sliding and turning the shape to create a different position for our shape.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Ashley is a very popular child who works and plays well with the other children. She has been getting organised quickly to start her writing. She has been adding dialogue to her writing and increasing her vocabulary by writing interesting new words. Congratulations, Ashley.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Roya is a great student. She has worked hard on her reading and is using strategies to help her understand what she reads. Roya’s writing has continued to improve and she is now remembering to use capital letters and full stops. Well done, Roya.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Ava has tried really hard this week to listen to instructions and raise her hand when she wants to speak. Ava has worked well with her new table partner. Congratulations Ava and keep up the good work.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Kayn has worked very hard this term. He has completed some very good narrative stories and has worked on adding more detail. He has improved his reading and is using a variety of strategies to help him understand the story. Kayn loves maths and helps me with adding numbers together and solving problems. Keep up the great work, Kayn.

OUR COMMUNITY

This term our topic has been Our Community. We have looked at what a community needs and why we need them. We have done a walk around the community and looked at all the things in our community. We then made some shops and amenities for a community. We created roads and put in traffic lights and stops signs.Finally we put it all together and made our own community. We then discussed whether we had enough for our community to work. We realised we needed parks, electricity and a petrol station. We were very proud of our community.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Nam has worked very hard this term. His reading has really improved and he is predicting what he thinks is going to happen in the story. Nam has been writing some great narrative stories and has been putting a lot of detail into the problem of the story. Congratulations, Nam!

RYAN'S TRIP

A student in our grade called Ryan has been travelling around Australia. We were doing mapping in our grade so we thought we would follow his travels. He sends us e-mails once a week and we mark on the map of Australia where he has been travelling. We also send him e-mails about what has been happening at school.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Sarah is our Student of the Week. She is a fluent oral reader who loves to discuss the story. Sarah makes predictions about the story and uses her background knowledge to help her understand what she is reading. Congratulations Sarah and keep up the good work.

1W ARE AUTHORS

It was an exciting week in 1W last week as we published our first fiction books. Each child wrote their own stories that had beginning, middle and end. We then edited our work and read it to a friend. Next we had to write a second draft and Melanie typed up our stories into a book format. With all the practise we have been doing on our illustrations after the Cartoonist Incursion we then ilustrated our own books. Mrs. Wynde was really impressed with some of the facial expressions on the characters. Finally we made a front cover for our books and Mrs. Wynde stapled them together.We read our books to Prep C.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Emma is our Student of the Week. She set herself a goal this week to raise her hand before speaking and not call out answers. Emma tried really hard this week and achieved her goal. Congratulations Emma! Keep up the great work.

JAPANESE VISITORS

It is an exciting time at Rowville because we have some visitors from Japan. There are 4 students and 2 teachers. They have been running lunchtime classes for skipping, writing and origami.On Monday they came into our class and showed us how to make origami cranes. Then they joined in our maths lesson on Money. On Friday they did a great Cultural Show.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Congratulation to Shyla for being our Student of the Week. Shyla set herself a goal that in the morning she was going to line up with the rest of the grade. Each morning this week Shyla was lined up ready to come in with the grade. So Shyla deserved to be our Student of the Week.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

This week our student of the week is Jacob. Jacob has read 125 nights and is reading chapter books. He is reading fluently and is remembering to self correct if the text does not make sense. Jacob is also able to retell the story in some detail. Congratulations on a great week, Jacob.

Multiplication

This week we have been doing a lot of work with multiplication. In grade 1 we call it 'groups of'. Mrs Wynde gave us some problems and we had to show the groups with unifix blocks. She then gave us a number and we had to try to make as many different equal groups. We then had to write the sum. That was hard because sometimes we couldn't make equal groups. Today we were allowed to make our own sum. Ashley made 2 groups of 10 and she worked out it equalled 20.

LEARNING BY DOING

Last week we had a Woodworking Incursion and the children all made castles. This week the children had a chance to paint their castle. They are now using their castle as a pencil holder. Later this term we are going to build our own communities and we will be using the castles as houses.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

This week's Student of the Week is Bailey Joy. Bailey is a great role model for the other children. He always works hard at his table and gets along well with the other children. He is kind and compassionate to his friends and they enjoy his company. Congratulations, Bailey.

Student of the Week

Unfortunately I forgot to post the student of the week for 11th July. Sorry Jai.
During that weeek Jai worked really hard to improve his writing and reading. He began to write more than one sentence independently and was trying to use the Wall Words and Useful Word book to help him with his spelling. Congratulations, Jai.

WHAT A BUSY WEEK

The week has just flown as we have worked really hard. This week we started a new maths topic on Mapping. We learnt how to follow directions and give directions. We placed zoo animals on a chart in their correct grid position to create our own zoo. Then Jordan and Chirani moved the zoo keeper around the zoo(see photos). In writing we began writing narrative stories. We learnt how to write a beginning for our story and today we wrote a problem. Next week we are hoping to finish our first story. On Thursday we had a woodworking incursion and we made a castle. We had to saw, sandpaper, hammer and glue.

STUDENT of the WEEK

Congratulations to Daud who is our Student of the Week. Daud is a fantastic worker who needs no encouragement to complete his work. He loves to write and has written some really good Recounts of his holiday. Daud loves to make Predictions when he reads and is developing his comprehension.

TERM 3 STARTS

It was great to see everyone and Mrs. Wynde was glad we all had a safe and happy holiday. Today we were practising reading our poems fluently. Mrs. Wynde was very impressed with the way Ain and Ava read their poem so she decided to take a video. We hope you enjoy it. Next week we are having a Woodworking Incursion so we hope everyone brings back their notices. Our day is Thursday and we have it from 8:45am-10:15am.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

This week our student of the week is Jordan Deal. Jordan works really well in class and completes all set tasks. Even if the work is difficult he keep persevering and tries his best. Congratulations, Jordan.

PLACE VALUE

This week in maths we have been doing a rotation of activities on Place Value. Watch our video and see Nam and Micaela play the trading game.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Olivia who is our Student of the Week. She has worked hard this week to complete all her activites in the allotted time. She has produced some great writing pieces and has shown she is very capable at Repeated Addition. Olivia has now improved her reading stamina and is able to read for an extended period of time independently.

WHAT A BUSY WEEK

The chickens may have gone but the week was still really busy. In reading we have been making connections with the books we have been reading. We really enjoyed the book Our Granny because we could make lots of connections with our own grannies. In writing we have started to use Retrieval Charts to collect information to write Reports. Of course the first Report we are going to write is on Chickens. We now know lots about them!!! In maths we have been working on Repeated Addition and have done some great open ended activities. This week we made up lolly bags for a party and had to make sure everyone had the same amount of lollies in their bags. Mrs. Wynde even brought in real lollies and we had them for a treat! We called that activity "Yummy Maths." In the afternoon we have started a Chicken Project. We are going to do 3 activities. One group is creating a Photostory on the computer about our chickens, the other is making a collage of a chicken environment and the 3rd group are creating a Life Cycle of the Chicken.

FUN with CHICKENS

What a great week we have had. The chickens gave us lots of pleasure as we weighed them, measured them, built henhouses for them, made birth certificates for them and gave them names. The chickens loved having a play on the floor and this morning we put our henhouses down and put seed in them and watched them go into the houses. Jai and Campbell's house was a favourite of the chickens.

STUDENT of the WEEK

This week Campbell is our Student of the week. He has been a great helper with the chickens and the caterpillars. He is always willing to assist me with cleaning out the brooder or finding the escaping caterpillars.

Student of the Week

What a great student Ain is. She always tries her best and her work is neatly presented. Ain needs no encouragement to work and always finishes in the allotted time. Ain contributes well to class discussions. Congratulations, Ain.

ALL HATCHED

What an exciting week we have had! On Monday the eggs arrived. By Wednesday afternoon one had a crack in it. When we arrived on Thursday, 3 chickens had already hatched out. During the day another 6 hatched and we were able to see some of them hatching. We kept running up to the incubator to see them coming out. Mrs. Wynde changed 4 into the brooder on Thursday afternoon to free up some space in the incubator. There were only another 4 to hatch. When we arrived Friday morning all of them were out. We had a play with 4 of them on the floor. There were plenty of brothers and sisters, and teachers coming to see our chicks. They are all nice and fluffy.

EGGS HAVE ARRIVED

After waiting patiently all day the eggs arrived at 3:20pm, just as we were leaving. There are 13 eggs and we have numbered them. They are in an incubator and we have to keep the temperature at between 35-38 degrees. There is a container of water in the incubator to keep the air humid. This helps the eggs to hatch. We are observing the eggs and watching for any sign of movement. At the moment we have seen number 12 and 2 shake and we think number 13 may have moved. We are all very excited.

STUDENT of the WEEK

This is Peter's first week at our school and he has had a great week. Peter listens attentively and really concentrates on his work. He has beautiful handwriting. Congratulations Peter.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Georgia who is this week's Student of the Week. Georgia has tried really hard this week to improve her writing. She is now writing a sentence and her writing is on the line. She is correctly spelling some high frequency words. Keep trying, Georgia. Other nominations were Jordan and Chirani.

Royal Melbourne Zoo

All of the children wrote Recounts of their time at the zoo. Here are some of their stories.

















On Thursday the grade 1’s went to the Royal Melbourne Zoo. We went to the Discovery Room to learn the life cycles of animals. I learnt in the discovery room that stick insects drop their eggs into the sand and the ants take the eggs underground and leave them for a few days and then the egg hatches and they look like bull ants. I enjoyed most the reptiles.
Ryan


















On Thursday our class went to the Melbourne zoo. First we saw the seals. After that we saw a stingray. Next we saw Mali. Finally we had some of our lunch. I learnt that frog’s eyes go down into their throat to help them eat. I enjoyed the orangutans. They were playing. I had a fantastic day and it was a fun day.
Shyla























On Thursday I went to the zoo. It was fun. I went with the grade 1’s. I went because we were studying life cycles. We went to the butterfly house and we also saw the elephants. I got to see Mali. I learnt about a butterfly cycle. A butterfly came on me because a girl put it on me. It was hot in the butterfly house. I saw the giraffes too. The seals were cute. When we were there I saw my friend Laura. Do you love the zoo? Because I do.
Sarah























On Thursday we went to the zoo. I went with the grade and we saw the butterfly house. I learnt that butterflies don’t make a cocoon. It makes a pupa. I enjoyed the giraffes and the zebras were in with the giraffes.
Ashley