Year 2/3

Year 2/3 Cluster News

Home Inquiry  

High Frequency Words: Next term we will replace this section of the newsletter with a weekly mathematics prompt / question. The list words will still be available to access for continued practice.  

 

Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.  

 

Inquiry: Ask your child about their GLOW learning and what they are enjoying and what is challenging them.  

 

Learning this week:  

Literacy: Jolly Spelling: This week we will review tricky words from throughout the term and create our own revision list of words.  

 

Writer’s & Reader’s Workshop: We will end the term with some free choice book making and continue to read books of interest for our PRC lists.  

 

Mathematics: We will review our mental computation skills this week. Exploring a variety of games and activities to grow our internal mathematic thinking skills.  

 

Unit of Inquiry: This week is all about GLOW Week, our next unit of inquiry will begin in Week 1 next term.  

 

GLOW Week: Year 3 Students will be engaging in their ‘choice’ learning in the mornings until recess time. Year 2 Students will rotate through four different activities and skills during the week, one on each day Monday – Thursday. Friday has been slotted aside for final preparations for our sharing afternoon. We are looking forward to all of the learning and wonder that this week will bring.  

 

Announcements:  

2/3T Worship - In Week One next term, we will be sharing the message at Chapel. (Friday 26th July). 

 

Premier’s Reading Challenge – Please keep reading books at home to help your children to fill in their PRC lists. We will also be completing books as a class to help as well.  

 

Premiers Be Active Challenge: Students can join us as we complete the challenge as a class or individually track and record their physical activities over a four–week period. We will likely do this as a class at the beginning of Term 3.  

 

Glow Week  

Year 2s or Year 3s doing outdoor activities (Year 2s will do one outside activity across the week). Please bring a raincoat or poncho and gum boots.  

 

Blessings for the week ahead, 

 

Brodie Trezona  

Year 2/3 Teacher 

Trezona.brodie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au