1. Welcome to the Grade 1 Parent Information Evening

2. The Grade 1 Team Heather El Tawil Anna Parente Tara Morris Wagner
Kirsty MacKenzie
Cathy Sutton
Claire Greenland
(from left to right)
EAL: Kristyn Wolf
Learning Support: Sarah Taylor

3. Grade 1 Tips Please label everything that your child brings to school!
Teaching commences at 8:45
Indoor PE shoes are used as Indoor Classroom Shoes
Healthy snack and lunch/Water Bottle
Communication about curriculum and important events will be on the blog
Communication to individual parents will be via
Your child should come to school each day appropriately dressed for the weather. We will not be keeping rain/snow clothing in the class.

4. Simplifying clothing in school
Wear P.E. uniform to school for all P.E. lessons
Indoor P.E. shoes should be the children’s indoor shoes
For cooler weather the children should wear their tracksuit with shorts and T-shirt underneath

5. Home Learning at ZIS Learning Logs:
Encourages creativity and fosters a love of learning
Inquiry-based
Focus can be Mathematics, Language, Unit of Inquiry or Reading
Reinforces and develops knowledge, skills, understanding
Provides for different students to present their learning in different ways
( poster, song, model, pictures, play, presentation, games, puzzles, activities)
Promotes a link between classroom learning and real life situations

6. Home Learning at ZIS
Learning challenges are set Monday, returned to school a week on Wednesday and shared in class from Wednesday onwards.
The first Learning Log Challenge will be sent home on Monday September 10th.
Learning Log Workshops will be offered on Thursday September 6th at 9.15am and 2.15pm in C202.
Reading Workshops will be offered. Dates to be announced.

8. Grade 1 Units of Inquiry
Who We Are - Our learning environments affect the way we learn
Sharing The Planet - Plants play an important role in supporting life
Where we are in Place and Time - The things people do and use change over time
How We Organize Ourselves- Systems have been developed to help us move around and locate ourselves efficiently
How We Express Ourselves -Stories provide us with a fantasy world which stimulates our imagination
How The World Works - All living things go through a cycle of change

9. English as an Additional Language (EAL) Information
The EAL Teachers:
Caroline Francois, Kristyn Wolf, Patricia Bently, Rob Caramella
Please have a look at the EAL Blog which can be accessed from Grade level blogs or at
The Importance of the Mother Tongue Language(s)
For more information please attend:
Parent Information Session: Language Learning and the EAL classes
Date? Friday, 31 August 2012
Time? 14:15
Where? The Learning Lounge