Math activities to play

Below is a link to a website that reinforces some of the concepts we cover at school in Mathematics.
Since we have a hands on approach to problem solving in Mathematics, this site is more directed as question and answer type problems, so we strongly suggest you sit with your child to complete the activities so that you can discuss together what the task is asking them to do. Alternatively you can use some materials you may have at home for your child to use to help them solve the problems and model their thinking.

This is not a compulsory task, but upon reflection from our 3 way conferences and feedback from yourselves we thought we'd offer you and your child some extra activities and resources you can access from home.

Mathematics Link

Bug Club

In the holidays Year One will practise their reading using Bug Club.
To be successful readers and learners using Bug Club, Year One have come up with a success criteria.

Success Criteria

• Ask an adult for permission to use the internet
• Get  your Bug Club license
• Click on the Bug Club link to log in Bug Club Log In Page
• Type in your username
• Type in your password
• Pick a story to read
• LISTEN to the whole story first
• READ the whole story yourself
• ANSWER the reading bug's questions
• Log out until your next visit
• Put your license back in a safe spot

Happy Reading! :)

Another App Update!

This is an App we have been exploring with children who are still developing their handwriting and letter formation. It uses the NSW Foundation Handwriting Font, which meets the Board of Studies outcome for Handwriting Skills. If you have a stylus it is recommended you get your child to practise their letter formation using this tool, as it acts like a pencil and works best to develop your child's fine motor skills and pencil grip.

For further information about the App, feel free to look at the link below

http://ourinspiredclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/red-writing-australian-made-handwriting-app-and-so-much-more/

Happy App-ing!

What can we find out about shapes?

We have been exploring shapes in Year 1. We had a challenge to make 3D shapes using paddle-pop sticks, match sticks, play-dough and Magnetics. Here are some of the shapes we made...

Stage One Excursion to the Powerhouse Museum!

Last Thursday, we went on a trip to the city to explore the Powerhouse Museum.
We had a fantastic day and saw many interesting and creative things. There was so much to see! We saw everything from fashion, to transport, space, furniture, steam, and even robots!
Some of the items we saw were almost 100 years old!

Here is a snapshot of our day at the museum...

Our ideal Learning Studios...

At the end of term 1, year one chose a section of their idea learning studio to design and make. 

Before we could begin to make our models, we had to complete a bird's eye view or perspective drawing of the area of the learning studio that we chose.

Take a look at some of the final products!

We have continued to explore ways that we can count more efficiently. We have learnt that sorting our collection into groups helps our counting, especially when we play Roll and Collect. 
Last week, the teachers gave us a challenge. Our success criteria was to sort our collections using pairs and groups of ten.  We worked with a partner to test different ways that we might achieve this.

We worked out that if we sort our collection into pairs and in rows of 10, our counting is much more  efficient! It took us 20 seconds to count our collection by 2's... It only took us 6 seconds to count our collections by 10's! We were amazed!