21 Jul 2018
Stage 1 Term 2 - 2018
With Mrs Raccani-Hewitt, Miss Magnus, Mrs Beemster, Mrs Richardson,
Mr Smith, Mr King, Mrs McPherson & Mrs Turton.
What we have been up to!
Stage 1 have made a fantastic start the term. We have settled back into class routines and are working hard with all the key learning areas of reading, writing, maths, geography, science, sport and creative arts.
Norah Head Light House excursion!
Kindergarten, Year 1 and 2 went on a journey to the Norah Head Lighthouse. Wow, what a trip it was. Each group moved through a range of experiences and activities from the minute we got there until it was time to jump on the bus back to school. We climbed the mighty Norah Head Light House, hiked through an incredible nature walk, marched along three amazing beaches, had a very competitive sand castle building competition, investigated the rock platform ticking of all sorts of sea creatures and objects and sketched the beautiful Light House. What a day it was!
Super Star day
Stage 1 had an Absolute blast on the week 5 and 10 super star reward day. Students enjoyed using their Dojo points to buy many rewards such as: Movie and popcorn in the hall, Friday Fun, Mufti, Classroom swap, cap pass, free time, tech time and more.
Egglympics
Egglympics, what an awesome and enjoyable event. Students moved out to the infant's oval to participate in a circuit of 8 exhilarating Easter egg races, games and events.
1K Produced outstanding writing about the story book "Zog". All 1K students participated in a shared discussion about Zog, talking about what Zog learnt at his Dragon school. The coherence, structure and detail in the students writing was impressive. Well done.
As most of the stage 1 classes did, 1K tried their absolute best during Mrs Beemster's visit with the coding mice. The students enjoyed coding the mice, enabling them to move through tricky tracks with forward, left, right and backwards movements.
2M have been experimenting with coding! They instructed a mouse to move around the board and collect the cheese at the end. They did this by inputting directions using arrow keys on the back of the mouse. Students recognised a First Attempt In Learning (FAIL) when it happened and attempted to improve their coding next time. It was a great lesson with all students engaged and having fun!
1/2R In Week 3, Stage One students participated in a Central Coast Health initiative "Vege Adventure". Each day, students received a sticker and 2 points for bringing any fruit or vegetable of a particular colour in. The stickers completed a rainbow over the week. Well done to the 14 students in 1/2R who received 10 points!
1MT have shown their place value understanding by making their own MAB Monsters and calculating their total.
2BR have had an awesome start to Term 2. We helped clean up Killarney Vale and made it shine. We have had a great time learning how to code the new robotic mice. We have improved ou problem-solving skills and we are looking forward to some new challenges in coding.
