Dear Year 1/2, Teaching you this year has been one of the most rewarding journeys. Our time together has been filled with laughter, learning, and memories I hope you’ll treasure forever. From our exciting field trips to the fun and fantastic learning in class, every moment has been special. Our Christmas dance was unforgettable – I was bursting with pride watching you shine on stage! We learned how to be kind, how to be brave, and how to be curious. And of course, we wrapped up the year with our exciting trip to Gyeongju World – what a day of … A Letter from Your Teacher on the Last Day of School 🙂
Dear Parents, We have now reached the second-to-last week of the year, and I am having many moments where tears are filling my eyes. Saying goodbye to the Year 2 students will be no easy task next week! Let’s take a look at what we have been up to! 📚 Literacy We’ve had lots of fun this week stepping into the shoes (or paws!) of the bear from Goldilocks and Just the One Bear 🐻📝 The diary entries have been full of imagination, personality, and lots of bear-sized adventures! ✏️ Maths Year 1 – Telling Time ⏰ Year 1 have … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 11
Happy Friday!!!! Dear Parents, I can not believe that we only have two weeks left of the year! I have been looking back at our photos and what a busy few weeks we have had. I have taken a lot of photos and put them in this folder for you all to see. They are from the field trip, Sports Day, ABC countdown events and lots of others in between! Gyeongju World Please make sure you have filled in the permission form for you child to attend this trip. Mr Green sent it out in the newsletter last week. We … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 10
Dear Parents, We’ve had a fantastic and full week in Year 1/2! Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to and what to expect in the coming days: 🔤 ABC Countdown Fun!The ABC Countdown continues to bring smiles and excitement to our days! 🎉 I’ve included an A3-sized version of the countdown in your child’s folder to help you keep track — I know it can be tricky to remember all the special days! 🎲 Monday is G for Games Day!Please send a card game or board game with your child on Monday. We’ll have a fun time playing … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update-Term 3 Week 8
Dear Parents, What a wonderful and busy week we’ve had in Year 1/2! The children have been working hard and having lots of fun along the way. Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to across the curriculum 👇➕ Maths MagicWe’ve been diving into new topics in Maths and the children have been showing some great thinking and problem-solving skills! 🧮 Year 1Sum.3.5 – Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)Position and Direction AssessmentSum.4.1 – Count from 50 to 100Sum.4.2 – Tens to 100Sum.4.3 – Partition into tens and ones 📊 Year 2Time AssessmentSum.3.1 – Make tally chartsSum.3.2 – Create tablesSum.3.3 … Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 7
Happy Friday to everyone! Hope you are all well and have had a great week. Firstly, thank you to everyone for your support with the literacy writing this week. The children did so well in their assessment, and I was so proud of them. It was a great end to our week. We will be starting our new Literacy unit next week which is based on the book, “Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson. I am excited to start this one! Maths Year 1 finished their unit on Fractions and sat an end of unit test on … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 6
What a short but fun-filled week it has been in Year 1/2! With the national holidays and our professional development day, we only had two days together—but we packed in plenty of learning and smiles. MathsIn Maths, Year 1 students explored the concept of quarters. We worked through objective 2.7 – Recognise a quarter of a quantity and objective .2.8 – Find a quarter of a quantity. The children enjoyed using practical resources to share items into four equal parts and really impressed us with their understanding. Meanwhile, Year 2 students focused on telling the time. We covered Objective 2.2 … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 5
Hello Everyone! We’ve had another fun and productive week in Year 1/2, filled with learning, creativity and imagination! 📚 Literacy This week, we finished reading Toys in Space, and what a lovely, heartwarming ending it was! The children completed a range of writing activities, including creating invitations for a party that the toys organised to help cheer up Octopize. They focused carefully on grammar and punctuation, and I was really impressed by the progress they’ve made in structuring their writing. We also wrote diary entries, retelling the events of the party from the perspective of one of the characters. It’s … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 4
Dear Parents , We’ve had a fantastic week in Year 1/2, filled with exciting learning across all curriculum areas! Here’s a little peek into what we’ve been up to in class: 📚 Literacy We’ve continued our journey through the imaginative book Toys in Space by Mini Grey. The children have loved exploring and using the story to inspire their creative work.The students designed their unique space creatures and described them using powerful adjectives and the grammar points we’ve been focusing on, including ‘un-‘ prefixes, ‘so that’ sentences, and past tense verbs. The students also began writing letters in character as … Mrs Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 3
