Our First Day in Year 1

Our first day began with a hunt for our lockers. As more children arrived with their parents the noise and excitement level grew. We started with a neighbourhood meeting before heading off into our home groups for the roll and a little sharing about what we did during the holidays.

Throughout the day we worked in a variety of groups. In the morning the children read one of three books with their home group teacher:

• My Mum and Dad make me laugh, by Mick Sharratt

• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge, by Mem Fox

• Hunwick’s Egg, by Mem Fox

After lunch the children explored two of the learning spaces from the list below with Tara (student teacher), Mark, Janette or Jessica:

• Writing and Art

• Performing and Large Construction

• Reading and Small Construction

• Maths and Science

In the last hour of the day the children explored the question “What is a pattern?” in a learning space of their choice.

The children will be rotating through all the above learning experiences over the next few days. We hope this will allow everyone to get to know each other… both staff and students and to become aware of the possibilities available in our new learning environment.

The teaching team loved every minute of the day and will be sleeping well tonight. We look forward to doing it all again tomorrow!