Year 2/3

Year 2/3 Cluster News 

Home Inquiry  

Reading: Aim to read for 15 minutes each night at home.  

Mathematics: Play a game of 11 with your family. The aim is to not say eleven as you count by 1,2 or 3, starting at 0. If you are forced to say 11, you are eliminated.  

Home Inquiry: Not applicable this week.  

 

Learning this week:  

Literacy: Word Study: This week we will use the list of words below to revise recent sounds and words we have learnt. 

Revision Words 

aphid 

rough  

laughter 

phone 

eight 

basic 

weight 

weather 

breakfast  

treasure 

female 

gloves 

wild 

idea 

behind 

share  

scare  

cocoa 

honest 

mosquito  

ear 

year 

appearance 

found 

koala 

assign  

gnu  

Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words 

Week 10 Learning Focus: With Year 2 Camp Monday Week 10, we will have a shortened week, with our main intentions on finishing any work not yet completed and with unit of inquiry time being spent focusing on our How We Organise Ourselves Unit on Collaboration & Cooperation. 

 

Reminders: 

Year 2 Camp Packing List  

*PLEASE ENSURE EVERYTHING HAS YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON IT* 

Students and Parent Volunteers will need to bring:  

  • Own bedding (warm sleeping bag and pillow)  

  • A fitted single sheet to keep mattress clean (mattress provided by AFL Max) 

  • Appropriate clothing & footwear (enclosed shoes and socks).  

  • A change of clothes including underwear and socks 

  • Slippers or slip on shoes for nighttime. 

  • Something warm to sleep in  

  • Toothbrush, toothpaste and toiletries  

  • Water Bottle  

  • A packed Recess and Lunch for Day 1.  
  • Any medication required, along with written instructions/plan from your doctor (to be handed to school staff before departure). 

 

Optional:  

  • A book for reading.  

  • One soft toy (not too big).  

  • Torch. 

 

Provided by AFL Max:  

  • Mattress to sleep on. 

  • All Meals from afternoon tea – morning tea on Day 2.  

  • A fun filled program over two days.  

 

Do not bring:  

  • Aerosol deodorants or sprays.  

  • Lollies.  

  • Electronic devices.  

 

 

School Calendar:  

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/  

 

 

Blessings for the week ahead, 

Brodie Trezona & Cloe Richardson 

 

Trezona.brodie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Richardson.cloe@goldengrove.sa.edu.au