Category: Year 1

Carols and Songs of Celebration

The highlight of the final week of school will be the Carols and Songs of Celebration on Monday 16 December. Each year level will sing a song they have chosen to celebrate the end of the school year.  This might be a carol or a song of celebration and joy. It is going to be…

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Week 8 and Learning how to Debate – Grade 1

We are getting to the pointy end of the year, and there is no signs of slowing down! Students have been working hard in class and out. In Writing, students have been sharpening their persuasive skills by understanding how writing can be powerful in changing someones thinking or beliefs. Students have written a creative persuasive…

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Capacity – Grade One Maths

What holds more? What holds more? This has been the problem Grade 1’s have been trying to solve this week! As part of learning different types of measurements, the students have been busy investigating many ways to solve capacity problems. Firstly, ordering what objects holds the least to most of water.  We have made strong…

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Gadgets and Gizmos

This term in Inquiry the Grade One students are exploring technology and the ways that we use it. Last week students started technology rotations where they begun learning about coding, programming Bee Bots, creating plays in Puppet Pals and using their navigational skills to direct Spheros. Over the next few weeks students will continue to…

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Toorak Primary School Cultural Survey

There is a wonderful cultural fabric that makes up our school community and we would  love to know more about the culture of the members of our school community. We want to identify with the language/s you speak at home and the cultural events that you celebrate, as this will aid us in finding new…

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Grade One trip to the Library!

This week, the students of Grade One walked down to the Toorak/South Yarra library. We were lucky that the rain held off so we could embark on our first little excursion for the year. At the library we were shown the different sections of the Junior Reader’s area. Reading different styles of stories ideally helps…

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