Year 2 News 

What's The Buzz??? 

Over the last few weeks, it's been very busy in Year 2. We had a visit from our pen pals that we have been writing to since the beginning of the year, we completed our PYP rotations to celebrate the end of our unit Where we are in place and time, we’ve started our new unit of Inquiry Sharing the planet which the students are fully engaged in while continuing our day to day curriculum activities.  

PYP Rotations 

As a culmination of our unit of inquiry on Where we are in place and time the year 2 students took part in some fun and engaging rotation activities. 

The students had a blast creating a Chinese New Year lantern, an Indian Rangoli pattern and a Carnivale mask. 

It was gratifying for the teachers to witness how much knowledge and compassion the students possessed as a reward for some focused learning over the past few weeks. 

My favourite rotation was the Carnivale masks because they were fun to make, and I liked making little decorations on them. 

Olivia 2A 

I really liked ALL the activities but the most fun was probably the rangoli patterns because I love looking at the colour of the rice and trying to put them into small spots to make it more interesting. 

Harper 2A 

I really liked making the Chinese New Year lanterns because my heritage is Chinese, and it was interesting to find out more about my culture 

Kurt 2A 

I really enjoyed making the rangoli patterns because it was interesting to get the coloured rice on the glue to make an awesome pattern. 

Flynn 2B 

I loved making the rangoli patterns because I LOVE making a mess! (and cleaning it up) 

Charlie 2B 

My favourite activity was rangoli patterns because it had lots of instructions and I like the final pattern. 

Nora 2B 

My favourite rotation activity was the Carnivale masks because I liked how we could colour in the masks and stick heaps of items on. 

Zoe 2C 

My favourite activity was the Carnivale mask.  I liked it because I love making masks and I like how I was able stick on a range of different materials. 

Chloe 2C 

I really enjoyed making the masks because we had a lot of time to talk and have fun with each other as we put together our awesome masks. 

Jude 2C 

Pen pal Visit 

On Monday 24 July the Year 2s had a visit from their Black Rock Primary School Pen Pals. Our students were so excited to meet their pen pals that they had been writing to since the beginning of the year.  

There were squeals of excitement the pen pals approached our school grounds. We greeted the pen pals and welcomed them to BNPS. Our students had made signs with their pen pal’s names on them.  We paired the pen pals up and then took them on a tour around our school.  

There was lots of giggling and talking as we moved around our school. We then spent some time playing on our playgrounds, oval and with the school's sports equipment. The students ate their recess snack together and then enjoyed playing during our recess break before they returned to Black Rock Primary.  

We hope you enjoy reading our student recounts of the morning.  

My pen pal’s name is Freddie. I was excited when they came to our school because we were meeting for the first time. We played soccer together and we showed our pen pals around our school. I’m looking forward to going to Black Rock Primary School next term.  

Alex 2A 

My pen pals’ names are Ethan and Joseph. It was hard to choose what to do when my pen pals came to visit, because two of us wanted to play footy and one wanted to play with his other friends. I enjoyed getting to meet my pen pals because we’ve been writing to them since the start of the year. I’m looking forward or visiting their school to see what it is like. 

Sam 2A 

My pen pal’s name is Evie. I liked that I got to hang out with her because I hadn’t met her before. We ate some food together during recess. We played on the slide together and I showed her the Bungalow. It was really fun meeting her. 

Jaydah 2A 

My pen pals’ name is Kate. We both thought each other looked different. We sat and ate our recess snack together and we walked to the Bungalow together and played Mums and Dads. We had lots of fun together.  

Maisie 2A 

My pen pals’ name is Mia. We walked around the school together and I showed her the different buildings. We played on the Prep playground, and we went on the oval and jumped in the sand. 

Phoebe 2B 

My pen pals’ name is Bella. I was excited to meet her, and we played on the oval, did some skipping and went on the purple bars. I’m looking forward to going to her school to see what it looks like. I’m excited to see her again.  

Ellie 2B 

My pen pals’ name are Grayson and Euan. We played footy and soccer together on the oval. I showed them around our school and we ate our recess snack together. I can’t wait to go to their school next term. 

Aiden 2B 

My pen pals’ names are Zac and Harvey. When my pen pals came, we played on the turbo bars and a bit of soccer. I have seen my pen pals twice now, because I versed them in a basketball game.  

Hunter 2B 

My pen pals' names are Adrina and Chloe. I was excited to meet them because I didn’t know who they were. We had fun playing together. We learnt that meeting people from different schools makes our community bigger. I’m looking forward to going to their school in Spring.  

Emma 2C 

I was excited to meet my pen pal Arlen. Lucy, Arlen and I were having fun running around the school. I can’t wait until I can visit my pen pal at their school next term.  

Lyric 2C 

My pen pal’s name is Quinn and I liked playing with him and his friends. We played soccer together and it was their school versus our school. I really like getting letters from my pen pal and I really liked meeting him. 

Luca 2C 

My pen pals’ name is Sebastian. When my pen pal visited our school we played soccer on the oval and we ate our recess snack together. We also played a bit of footy. I’m hoping when I go to their school we can play footy together. 

Nate 2C