Take a read below at what is coming up this term:

It's been such a joy having all the kids back in school this week! We love seeing their bright smiles that bring our classrooms back to life. As we get into the swing of the new term, we're super excited to dive into our new topic.

This term our focus for learning is structures in nature and structures in our universe. For the first 5 weeks students will be learning:

• the difference between living and non living things

• how to draw and label the parts of a plant or an animal

• the difference between plants and animals

• the requirements that plants and animals need to survive (Water, food, shelter, air, light, space etc)

• the processes that plants and animals need to survive (Mrs Gren - movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth,  reproduction, excretion, nutrition)

• to compare the life cycles of plants and animals

In the last five weeks of term the focus will be exploring the structure of our solar system. Students will be:

• learning that the Sun does not move, the Earth rotates around the Sun.

• Describing the structures of the solar system.

• Understanding the relationships in space between the moon, the earth and the sun (Year 1 - 4)

• Understanding the relationships in space between the moon, the earth, the sun, our galaxy and the universe (Year 5 - 8)

• Sharing ideas and communicating observations about the sun and the moon and their physical effects on the heat & light available to Earth

• Learning how myths and legends have been created to explain phenomena prior to humans explaining it scientifically

Below are some key events to be aware of this term:

Week 3-

Peace week

Bake Sale-8th of August

Week 4-

PTA Disco-16th of August

Week 6-

New Entrant Evening-28th of August

Week 7-

Bake Sale-5th of September

Week 9-

Te Wiki o te reo week,

School Photos- 16th, 17th, 18th of September

Week 10-

Shared Breakfast- 27th of September

The Year 1 Team