Happy Friiiday!

Dear Parents,

We’ve had another fantastic week in Year 1/2, full of learning, creativity, and fun! Here’s a look at what we’ve been working on together:

➕ Maths

We’ve been busy exploring numbers and using manipulatives on our tuff trays to make learning hands-on and engaging.

Year 1 objectives:

✅ Aut.1.9 – 1 less
✅ Aut.1.10 – Compare groups by matching
✅ Aut.1.11 – Fewer, more, same
✅ Aut.1.12 – Less than, greater than, equal to

Year 2 objectives:

✅ Aut.1.8 – Write numbers to 100 in expanded form
✅ Aut.1.9 – 10s on the number line to 100
✅ Aut.1.10 – 10s and 1s on the number line to 100
✅ Aut.1.11 – Estimate numbers on a number line
✅ Aut.1.12 – Compare objects

📖 English

We continued with our class story “Troll Swap.” The children really enjoyed diving deeper into the characters and practicing new writing skills.

✍️ Year 1 focused on using the connective “and” to write instructions on how to be a good troll.
✍️ Year 2 worked on including noun phrases to make their writing more descriptive.
💌 We wrote a letter to Tabitha’s grandma asking for help in teaching Tabitha how to be good.
💬 Today, we predicted what Troll and Tabitha might say to each other by using speech and thought bubbles.

🌟 Year 1 are becoming more confident in writing short sentences and improving their letter formation.
🌟 Year 2 impressed me with their independence and focus — well done!

🧠 IPC – The Brain

We have been finishing our unit on The Brain, and the children loved learning more about how it helps us every day.

🎵 In assembly, we sang a song about the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus.
🌈 We explored our calm space and sensory tools to learn how to calm the amygdala and get back to a happy, calm state.
📸 For our research activity, we took close-up photos of objects and guessed what they were. This helped us see how the brain works hard to make sense of information.
📝 We also learned about giving clear instructions. Just like the brain, instructions need to be clear so others can understand and “see” what we mean!
This showed how important clarity is when we communicate – just like how our brain needs clear signals to understand and respond.

🏡 Homework

🌟 Thank you to all parents for supporting homework and bringing folders in on time, it makes such a difference!

🍱 Lunchtime/Snack Reminders
To help make lunchtimes run smoothly:

If your child’s lunch needs to be heated, please send it in a microwave-safe container. Some students currently have metal lunch boxes which unfortunately cannot go in the microwave.
It’s also really helpful if your child has both a snack pouch and a lunch bag/box. In the mornings we separate snacks and lunches, and at snack time/lunchtime, the children need to carry their food to the cafeteria or outdoors. Having a proper bag or box makes this much easier (and helps avoid little accidents!).

Thank you so much for your understanding 🌟

🚌 Bus Reminder

If your child is not taking the bus in the morning, please contact the bus teacher or the office to let us know in advance.
✔️ This helps staff know where children are and avoids waiting unnecessarily.
Thank you for your support!

Wishing you all a restful weekend!
Warm regards,
Mrs Sim 🌸