Our Week!

We have had a great week here in Grade One! We had lots of fun with our friends in and outside the classroom and we also managed to catch up with our buddies to share pyjama day fun. 

In Maths we reviewed 2D shapes and started inquiry into 3D shapes. The children practiced decomposing and composing 2D shapes in different ways. They also had a lot of fun working with 3D shapes and discovering the properties that make up each shape. Please check under your child's individual page for shapes created using their bodies.

Mr Jon was in our class this week and we were introduced to narratives. We started looking at lots of different stories and discussing what features make up a narrative. We talked about fantasy fiction and realistic fiction and what the difference is between them. Ask your child if they can tell you.

Also with Mr Jon we learnt about different ways to sort out words. With a partner the children were given a set of cards. Together we talked about what each picture was and what a,e,i,o and u were. In pairs the children had to decide how to sort the pictures. It was very interesting to see how they approached the task and the different ways they could organise them.

We went to the Art room on Wednesday to collaborate with Ms Dana and learn more about how Vincent van Gogh painted. We saw many examples of how he used colour and movement in his pictures. We discussed how the paintings made us feel and the colours we would use to express different emotions and feelings.

We are going to create our very own Van Gogh inspired pieces! We will be sharing those with you once completed.

Pyjama day was great fun and we started our day off with our Grade 4 buddies.