Year 2 Update

Our learning from the last few weeks. 

Here is a snapshot of what the Year 2 students have been up to and a sneak peak of what's coming up! 

Photos from the past few weeks. 

Reading - Students will be engaging in literacy activities using the Little Learners Love Literacy program. During reading sessions, students will take part learning different comprehension strategies such as predicting, author's purpose, inferencing and answering questions and facts and opinion. 

Writing - Students are in the mix of writing Narratives, they have explored the different elements of what makes a good story. Students are working hard on upleveling their writing by making sure to include a range of punctuation, building up the problem and adjectives to make their writing more engaging for the reader. The students have blown their teachers away with their creative ideas they have added into the story.  

Maths - Year 2 students have finished their block of learning on subtraction by demonstrating their understanding when using hands on manipulatives. Students have begun exploring division and using lots of hand on materials to show their understanding of sharing objects equally. 

Hillsmeade Heroes

Congratulations to our Hillsmeade Heroes for this fortnight:

2A - George, Hady and Arya 

2B - Alina and Nade

2C - Evie and Timothy

2D - Jayk and Hania

2E - Blair & Leo

Events: 

• RUOK Day​- Thursday 12th September.
• Swimming - Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th of September: Swimming Program (more details on Compass)
• Footy Day- Monday 16th September. Students are encouraged to wear their footy clothes to school.  
• Last Day Term 3- Friday 20th September 2.30pm dismissal
• First Day Term 4 - Monday 7th October

Year 2 - Camp Day is coming! 

Save the date: Monday the 16th of December 2024. 

Here is a little bit of an insight about what the day is about. Golden Valley's Adventure Camp is located on the Mornington Peninsula, in Flinders. About a 1 hour drive from Hillsmeade PS. Our Year 2 students will experience a day of Camp, without the overnight aspect. Students will participate in a range of outdoor activities, providing challenge & working on teamwork strategies. These may include Flying Fox, Ropes Course, Team Challenges & Sports. Students leave feeling encouraged, empowered and ready to face challenges with a greater confidence and belief in who they are!

News and Reminders: 

Hats: Hats are now compulsory from Monday the 9th of September.  

Library books and borrowing: Each week or fortnight, we visit the library and encourage our students to borrow a book. At the moment, we have most students borrowing, which is great to see.  

Home Reading: We encourage all students to bring their reader bag back each week to change over their books. Please make sure you are recording when your children are reading each night.