Year Two News

Dear Year Two Families,

It has been a very busy fortnight for the students in Year Two and we can’t wait to tell you all about it!

Reading

In Reading, the students have been improving their comprehension skills, exploring the Conceptual Understanding of, 'How can we show our understanding of what we learnt.'  Students have also been further expanding their knowledge on verbs, nouns and adjectives. Students, through a range of just write books and epic books have been independently reading and writing down any nouns, verbs and adjectives that they found in their story. Each class has also been continuing their guided reading, working closely with the teacher on specific goals to improve their reading abilities. 

Writing

In Writing, students have been continuing to create a range of wonderful, descriptive poems. Some of the poems that the students have been learning about were acrostic, somewhere and cinquain. When investigating these poems students discussed the structure of each poem and why following the particular structure is important. The students have been following the writing process along the way to get these poems published. 

Maths

Following on from place value and the amazing robot creations, for the last fortnight, students have been looking at different ways they can show their understanding of numbers, creating H charts and exploring number lines in more detail. In addition to this, they've been learning about 2D shapes. Students had the opportunity to create something with 2D shapes and identify the features of the shapes they’ve used.  Throughout athematics this term, they’ve also been working through worded problems and understanding how open-ended questions have more than one answer. When a question is open-ended, this is where students need to think critically and try to solve the answer in more than one way. This way of learning through Mathematics allows students to share their thoughts with their peers and allow ideas of learning to bounce off each other.  

Inquiry

In inquiry, students have been continuing their research into a chosen dimension of health which has included finding, recording and organising  facts. Students enjoyed creating a poster to display this information. We were all very proud of our students and the fantastic risk takers and communicators they were when presenting. It was very evident to see an immense level of confidence being built during this term. In addition to researching, students have been looking into how different activities impact their health and wellbeing. They’ve also been inquiring further into the second line of inquiry and learning how they can restore balance to their health including participating in a range of fun and calming activities such as: Arthub, team building fun and mindfulness activities. We’re seeing some incredible artefacts coming through to show our students understanding of their first Unit of Inquiry around how lifestyle choices influences their health. We encourage all students to make a connection by bringing in an artefact next week. This inquiry will finish up at the end of week 11. On Friday next week, the first Unit of Inquiry Rubrics will be published on Schoolbox. These results will reflect the effort students have put in as diligent inquirers this term. 

Term 1 Student Reflections

We asked a few students from each class to comment on their favourite moment / favourite learning experience from this term. 

2A - 

Kiara  - “My favourite thing in Term 1 has been reading because it has helped me to write sentences that make sense.”

Austin G  - “My favourite thing in Term 1 has been completing my portfolio pieces because I can share my learning with my family.”

Mikayla - “My favourite thing in Term 1 has been our Unit of Inquiry because it has taught us about our health."

2B -

Lexii - “My favourite part was when I created a See, Think & Wonder of the song ‘Being Me’, this song is about how to show our PYP attitudes and how to be kind in the world.”

Divreet -  “My favourite part of the term was when I created MAB robots, mine equalled 246.”

2C - 

Josh Arora - "My favourite learning experience from this term was researching my inquiry topic of Physical Health."

Jagger O’Shea- "My favourite learning experience from this term was contributing towards shared anchor charts in the classroom to support our learning."

2D - 

Haaroon- "My favourite learning experience this term has been counting and letters."

Aryana-  "My favourite learning experience has been social health because we have been able to be with friends."

2E - 

Emicah- “My favourite learning experience this term has been skip counting in maths, it is quicker.”

Armin – “My favourite learning experience this term has been researching a dimension of health.”

2F - 

Jordan - "My favourite learning experience in Term 1 was writing because I was able to write a weekend recount every week."

William - "My favourite activity from Term 1 was creating the colour poems. My colour poem was all about blue."

2G - 

Allie - "My favourite learning experience from this term was when we were given a different number in maths and we had to show different ways to represent it." 

Jamison - "My favourite learning experience from this term was in maths when we did 3 more and 3 less with 3-digit numbers using a number line."

2H - 

Rheyansh –  "My favourite part of this term has been writing recounts. I love writing about the exciting things I have done like participating in chess tournaments."

Emma – "I really loved the first day of school because it was full of fun get to know you activities."

2I - 

Chrisa -  I loved the drawing activity on Provocation Day because it made me feel calm and relaxed."

Tiana - "I have loved doing poetry because I love creative writing and using lots of adjectives."

Rui -  "I have enjoyed maths so far because we have built on our past skills."

2J -  

Hugo -  "I have enjoyed learning in Maths because learning about place value and extended form has been fun. I also enjoyed writing poems" 

Jialin -  "I really enjoyed publishing the colour poem and learning place value in Maths".

Chase - "My favourite thing in Term 1 was making new friends because I was new to Saltwater P-9 College."

Friendly Reminders

• School hours: In the primary years, school begins at 8:30am, with continuous entry from 8:20am. School finishes at 2:40pm. 
• Please ensure iPads are sent to school fully charged every day. 
• Homework Expectations: Homework consists of reading every night for at least 20 minutes. Students will receive x2 new take home books every Monday and on Fridays, they are required to return these books to school. For our Year Two homework, students need to please be filling out their daily reading log each night and asking their parents/carers to sign. Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes every night and complete assigned tasks on Mathletics and Reading Eggs. 
• As we are a SunSmart school, it is important that students are bringing their hats to school every day throughout Term 1, as they will need them when playing outside at recess and lunch times.  
• Please encourage students to bring their water bottles to school every day.