Year Two

Dear Year 2 Families,

Welcome Back to all of our existing families. We hope you had a wonderful holiday full of time spent with loved ones and fun experiences. We also would like to give a warm welcome to all of our new families joining our School Community.

This year we are looking forward to a fun and exciting year. We would like to take this time to introduce you to our Year 2 Team.

Assistant Principal - Brent Syme

Leading Teacher - Sarah Mason

This term Brent Syme is taking leave to welcome his new bundle of joy. In his absence the  Year 2 Team will be support by Assistant Principal - Mark McInerney. We wish Brent and his family all the best and can not wait to meet our littlest Year 2 addition.

The Year 2 Cohort consists of 12 Classes. We would like to introduce you to our amazing teachers. 

2A - Karlee Fowler

2B - Dhana Athukorala

2C - Meagan McWilliam

2D - Ashley James

2E - Sarah Assaf

2F - Andrew McIntrye

2G - Brittney Turner

2H - Ashleigh Rush

2I - Antonella Ancona

2J - Megan Jefford

2K - Tara Rankin

2L - Kayla Pietrapertosa

Our Team would not be complete without the support of our amazing Education Support Staff. Megan Iannazzone, Manarin Easte, Tracey Mercieca, Anju Arora, Lizzie Defazio, Ama Romana.

Reading

As part of the First 20 Days of Literacy, we have been exploring what a good reader looks like, the types of genres and setting up our classroom expectations and routines when reading. Each class has stared reading their own class novel and we worked collaboratively to set up our classroom library and enjoyed exploring all the different fiction and non-fiction books.

Writing

In Writing we have enjoyed learning about the structure of writing lessons and sharing our recounts about our holidays. We have begun using and generating ideas in our writers notebooks and understanding the importance of setting out our work neatly and ensuring our writing contains the elements of what good writers do.

Maths

In Maths we have had fun exploring the maths workshop and understanding what maths sounds like and looks like along with the role of the teacher and students during the lessons. We have had fun exploring RUCSAC and using different manipulatives while counting, comparing numbers and making bundles. 

Unit of Inquiry

To start the beginning of the year we have been working through our First 20 days and creating our Essential Agreements around the learner profiles. 

We have recently begun exploring our Unit of Inquiry - How we express Ourselves and have been introduced to our Central Idea - People express important events through celebrations and traditions. Next week we will be having our provocation day where we are introduced to different cultural celebrations and commemorates. We also have an exciting event happening at the end of this term, so watch this space! 

Reminders

• Year 2 Parent information Night is being held on the 22nd Feb at 6pm.
• Hats are to be worn when outside from August to April. Please ensure to put sunscreen on your child before arriving at school.
• Swimming commencing early Term 2. Students will participate in a 4 day program. Notes will be published through Xuno in the coming weeks. Timetable A - 16 April to 19 April. Timetable B - 22 April to 26 April excluding 25.