YEAR TWO
Grade Bulletin - Term Two, 2021
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:
- Participate in the life and mission of the school.
- Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
- Build capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
- Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
- Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.
Religious Education
2.3 The Easter Season
This unit is about Easter. After recalling the resurrection story, it explores light as a symbol in the Easter Vigil. The unit also highlights the place of Baptism in the Easter Vigil. In recalling Pentecost, the unit explores the presence of the Holy Spirit.
2:4 Signs of God’s Love
The Church’s year is marked by seasons that celebrate the mystery of God revealed in Jesus Christ. Students will explore the seasons of the Church’s year.
English
This term Year 2 students will explore the concept of ‘courage’ and will be looking at the structure and language features of creative texts to compose a narrative.
They will explore the texts; ‘My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day’ by Catriona Hoy and Benjamin Johnson, ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ by Julia Donaldson, ‘The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box’ by Frances Watts and David Legge, ‘Girl on Wire’ by Lucy Estela and Elise Hurst and ‘Willy the Wimp’by Anthony Browne. Through these texts, the students will be taught explicit skills in relation to grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.
The children will also continue the Soundwaves spelling program. They will complete weekly activities which include brainstorming, segmenting sounds, dictionary meanings, alphabetical order, spelling rules and rhyming activities.
You can assist your child by:
- Listening to them read nightly and asking them to retell what they have read in their own words. This is essential for comprehension.
- Checking their spelling words during homework and visiting Soundwaves online to play games
Mathematics
The students will be explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
with a focus on problem-solving, communication, reasoning and understanding. All activities are differentiated in order to cater to all student needs and ability.
The topics taught in Term 2 are; Whole Number, Addition & Subtraction, 2-Dimensional Space, Multiplication & Division, Patterns and Area.
You can assist your child by:
- Revising counting skills (e.g. forwards and backwards by tens on and off the decade ie. 267, 277, 287, 297, 307, counting forwards or backwards by 100’s)
- Encouraging them to solve simple addition and subtraction problems involving one- and two-digit numbers using a range of efficient mental and written strategies including the jump strategy and split strategy.
- Providing opportunities to describe and draw two-dimensional shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies
Science and Technology
In Term Two, students will continue our unit on Earth and Space. They will observe changes in the sky and landscape as well as explore how the Earth’s resources are used. Students will also investigate how digital systems display data.
Mandarin
This term Year 2 students will continue the Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The Meg Curriculum is written by the co-author of the Australian Curriculum. All students and teachers will participate in the digital learning platform via Zoom weekly sessions.
Geography
In Geography lessons, the students will continue exploring places within Australia and Australia’slocation in the world. They will describe the connections people, including Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Peoples, have with places, both locally and globally. The studentswill also identify factors affecting people’s accessibility to places.
Creative Arts
The Visual arts program this term will be integrated with our English texts as well as our Geography unit. The students will use paints, pastels and drawing materials to explore and create aboriginal artworks, landscapes and portraits. Year 2 will also engage in artworks inspired by ‘The Lion King’ in preparation for the musical in Term 4.
In Music, students in Year 2 will learn to perform a variety of music through singing, playing and moving. They will listen to, and respond to, a variety of music and learn about musical concepts. Students will gain an understanding of the different ways music is used and appreciated in the world.
In Drama lessons, students are introduced to a wide range of theatrical skills through the lens of the show. The Lion King experience will allow students to explore theatre from many different angles including; performance, design, directing, writing and technical theatre.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
The Stage 1 PDHPE unit is aimed at providing opportunities for students to develop their skills and build confidence in Fundamental Movement Skills. Students will practice and apply these skills through activities and traditional Indigenous Games. Students will also be engaging in Dance, practising for the upcoming Lion King Performance.
Personal Development lessons will be based on the program ‘Food, Fun and Fitness.’ This unit explores what it means to live an active lifestyle, healthy eating habits and ways to create a balanced lifestyle.
Homework
It is recommended that Year 2 students spend up to a duration of 20-30 minutes of homework per day. This includes 10 minutes of reading every night. Homework consists of daily reading, spelling, online Soundwaves activities and Studyladder Mathematics activities. These activities are to be completed weekly. Homework is due each Thursday and will be sent home every Friday.
Please record and sign your child’s daily reading on the appropriate page in their reading diary. An encouraging comment is always welcome! The diaries should be returned to school every day so your child’s teacher can monitor that reading is occurring each night and to swap reading books. It is very important that your child is reading aloud each night to ensure they are fluent, expressive and self-monitoring. Asking comprehension questions at the end is also essential.
Year 2 has access to Wushka Readers Online which include comprehension questions on each book. Please refer to their password sheet in their homework book for login information.
Reminders
- Please label all your child’s personal items and clothing
- Please remember to send diaries in daily as we are using these as our reading logs
Thank you for your partnership and support.
We are looking forward to another productive term!
2B- Mrs Katrina Hedges
2G- Miss Marnie Cleary & Mrs Monica Da Silva (Wednesday)
2W- Miss Chloe Tozer & Miss Kathleen Kennedy (practicum student)
Important Dates for Year 2
Sport Day
2Blue - Tuesday, Friday
2Gold - Wednesday, Friday
2White - Monday, Friday
Library
2Blue - Thursday (even weeks)
2Gold - Friday (even weeks)
2White - Friday (odd weeks)
School Term - Tuesday, 20 April - Friday, 25 June 2021