Level 2: Connect

Kym Seccull, Zoe Whitaker, Jess Steel & Sean Daley

English 

Core Literacy

In Week 7, students explored the spelling pattern ‘ture’ (as in picture and nature). They also learnt about the prefixes in- and im-, and practised the heart words: blue, those, and these.

In Week 8, students focused on the spelling pattern ‘stle’ (as in castle and whistle). They also learnt about the suffixes -ible and -able, along with the heart words: whose, move, and people.

Looking ahead in Core Literacy:

• Week 9: Students will learn the digraph ‘ey’, explore homonyms and homographs, and practise the heart words: buy, write, and while.
• Week 10: Students will review the spelling patterns and sounds covered in Weeks 7–9.

Reading & Writing 

Reading – Visual Literacy and Author Study

In Reading and Writing the last few weeks, students have been exploring how illustrations help tell a story through an author study of books by Bob Graham, including How the Sun Got to Coco’s House and How to Heal a Broken Wing. Students have been learning that pictures in books give readers important clues about the characters, setting and message of a story.

Throughout the lessons, students have examined how colour, perspective and different types of illustrations help create mood and show emotions. They have also looked closely at the visual elements in illustrations and discussed how these features add meaning to the text. Students practised sequencing events in a story, summarising key ideas and explaining how images help readers understand what is happening.

English – Grammar

Students have continued learning about compound sentences and how conjunctions such as and, but, so and or join two simple sentences together. They practised identifying compound sentences in paragraphs and writing their own sentences using their own conjunctions to connect ideas.

Maths 

This week during maths sessions students have been learning to create and interpret maps of familiar places. This has included identifying and describing the position of key features on a map and following and giving directions between locations on a map. Students can now use a legend to identify locations and objects on a map and can use positional language to describe a path and give directions. They have used positional language such as left, right, forward, through, up and down.

For a fun activity, draw a 5 X 5 grid and give your child instructions such as 'go forward 3 spaces or move 2 spaces to the right', each time they reach the correct spot get them to draw a small pict

Inquiry

In Inquiry, students continued exploring Growth and Change by participating in a fun “Guess the Baby” activity. Thanks so much again for your support with sending in photographs. The children looked at baby photos of their classmates and tried to guess who each baby might be, helping them think about how people change as they grow.

Students also discussed different emotions and how our feelings can change over time. Through class discussions and activities, they practised recognising emotions in themselves and others and talked about ways we can respond kindly and support our friends.

Friendly Reminders 

• Library is on a Wednesday for all classes. 
• Homework books are also sent home on Fridays. The next round of homework is due back on Thursday 2nd April.
• Easter Hat parade will be at 9:10am in the stadium on the last day of term.
• Easter donations for the hamper are to be taken to the office. Thanks in advance for your support with this.