Year 2 Update

Welcome Back to Term 4!

Welcome back to Term 4! We hope everyone had a wonderful break.

Our Year 2 students have settled back into school beautifully. We have been really impressed with how quickly they have returned to school routines and shown such a positive attitude towards their learning. We are looking forward to a fantastic final term filled with lots of learning, fun and special memories!

🌟 100% Attendance! 🌟

We wanted to take a moment to recognise and celebrate our Year 2 students who have achieved 100% attendance so far this year! 

⭐ Ollie C – 2A

⭐ Isla C – 2B

⭐ Hayden C– 2B

⭐ Daragh H– 2B

⭐ Emilia A– 2C

⭐ Lucas G– 2C

What an incredible accomplishment! Congratulations on this fantastic achievement!

Reminders for the Term

• 🏕️ Year 2 Day Camp!  Year 2 Day Camp will be held on Wednesday 9th December. Consent and payment are now due. We ask that you please complete this as soon as possible.
• Please sign up for an account for our upcoming Colour Explosion Run! 
• Please continue to bring reader bags to school every day and support your child with their reading, Heart Words and spelling words at home. Your ongoing support makes a big difference as we work together to finish Year 2 strong!

Year 2 Learning- Weeks 3 & 4- Term 4

In English, students will:

• read and spell words ending in le, such as bubble, little and poodle.
• apply spelling rules, including doubling consonants and dropping the e when adding vowel suffixes.
• explore the suffix -al and how it changes the meaning of words.
• revise previously learnt prefixes and suffixes, including mis-, dis-, sub-, -ful, -less, -ness and -ment.
• build, read and spell multisyllabic words using prefixes, base words and suffixes.
• explore a new mentor text, Eagle, Crow and Emu, including characters, settings and themes.
• analyse characters' actions, feelings and traits, exploring themes of friendship and regret and making text-to-self connections.
• explore cause and effect, explaining how events in a story are connected.
• use conjunctions such as because, so and when to connect and explain ideas.
• plan, draft, revise and publish a character response, using evidence from the story to support their ideas.

In Maths, students will:

• explore half and quarter turns, using directional language to describe movement.
• identify and practise clockwise and anticlockwise turns.
• investigate slides and flips, describing how shapes move and change position.
• describe and follow directions, using their understanding of turns, slides and flips.
• explore addition and subtraction, focusing on finding the difference between two numbers.
• use different strategies to compare numbers and calculate the difference between them.

In Inquiry, students will:

• explore how people are connected to different places around the world, including places that are important to them.
• locate places on a world map and identify whether they are near or far from Australia.
• investigate how maps can zoom in and zoom out to show different levels of detail.
• identify and sequence places from their home to their suburb, state, country and world.
• create a 'Me on the Map' representation to show where they belong in the world.
• explore bird's-eye views, identifying and describing how objects and places look when viewed from above.
• use Google Maps to explore familiar places and landmarks from different perspectives.

In SEL, students will:

• explore what respect means and identify ways to show respect towards others.
• recognise and appreciate differences between people, including their personal and cultural strengths.
• discuss the importance of kindness, honesty and respect when interacting with others.
• explore how their actions and choices can affect other people's feelings.
• practise strategies to build positive and respectful relationships, ensuring everyone feels included and valued.
• participate in discussions as part of the Hillsmeade Kindness Campaign, exploring ways to show kindness, respect and inclusion towards others.

A big congratulations to our Heroes:

2A - Sahar & Aarib

2B- Max & Zahra J

2C - Vayuni & Olivia

2D - Rylan & Grace 

Learning in Year 2