Book Week

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Our excursion to the Melbourne Zoo

The Year 1 and 2 classes visited the Melbourne Zoo a few weeks ago. The focus was discovering different animals and which countries these animals come from. Below are a few activities we completed after the trip.

Wanted posters for an escaped zoo animal.

 

 

Where in the world are these animals from?

Oh, the places we will go...

This term we have been investigating different places and how we are connected to these places. We began by describing our favourite place at home and made a model of this space. Below are a few of these models.

The bedroom

The backyard

The bathroom

The loungeroom

Amazing Animals

We have been learning about Information Reports this term. Below are a few that we wrote about an animal of out choice.

 

More Marvelous Maths.

                                              Measuring using uniformed, informal units.

                                                       Buying lunch from the canteen.

                                              Building 3D shapes. This is a triangular prism.

Shopping at 1KB Mart

Last week 1KB started making things for their class shop. Suggestions were taken for a name and 

1KB Mart had the winning vote. Each class member made an origami wallet and collected $5 in coins to spend at the shop. Taking in turns, students were both the buyer and the seller. They had the option of buying 2 items each with their $5. 

                                                            The shop is now open.

                                                             What a happy shopkeeper.

                                                      A robot purchased from 1KB Mart.

                                                            Another satisfied customer.

                      Preparing for shopping- An origami wallet to hold the $5 spending money.

Starbright Tours, Walk around Kew - A step back in time

As part of our Inquiry unit, Now and then, 1KB went on a historical walk around Kew. We were looking for old buildings, memorials and landmarks that were important to Kew in the past and are also important today. The walk was nearly 2km's long and a well earned snack was eaten at Alexandra Gardens before we returned to KPS.

 

 

                       

              

Maths in the Classroom

We have been building cities, counting buttons and creating games to consolidate our Maths skills in counting and place value.

                                          

St John's First Aid

During the first week of Term 2, St John's Ambulance came out to teach each class about First Aid. We learnt how we can help out in an emergency if someone is hurt. Through role playing and actions our instructor taught us to assess danger, see if the person is breathing and can hear us and how to put someone into the recovery position. We also practiced calling 000 for help and answering questions that  may be asked over the phone.

SEDA soccer comes to Kew

Year 1's have been enjoying some soccer coaching and fun games with the students of SEDA. For the last 3 weeks, they have been divided into small groups to learn and practice soccer skills.




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Reading activities

During reading groups, the students read a book at their reading level. They then retold the story in their own words. A few samples are included below. In another session, the students created a mind map to show the characters, setting, problem and solution of their story.

A story mind map.

Retell of 'A present for dad'.

A retell for 'Carla Crocodile's Adventure'.

A retell for 'Thomas had a Temper'.