Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
High Frequency Words: Most students have now explored the first 300 High-Frequency words. Words can be re-sent home for practice if required.
Mathematics: Explore objects this week. Can you identify the number of faces, edges and vertices of a Cylinder, Cube and Pyramid.
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Inquiry: Share with your family what element of the art you plan on investigating during the week.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Jolly Spelling: Year 2 sound focus this week is: . The Year 3 sound focus this week is: . Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practise the sounds with.
Year 2 – o=u | Year 3 – i=ie | |
ark clever gloves son front dozen monkey somebody woman women | icy icon diet child idea wild behind spider pirate | diary Viking horizon phial quiet gigantic diagonal microphone hibernate |
Year 2 Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Learning this week:
Writer’s Workshop: We will begin our next writing study focusing on expanding our vocabulary. We will explore the Parts of Speech throughout this unit: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and more...
Reader’s Workshop: we will spend the term exploring the elements of reading as part of our unit of inquiry – How We Express Ourselves. This week we will finish using some comprehension questions while reading to improve our comprehension skills.
Mathematics: We will finish exploring shapes and objects this week in mathematics. We will begin exploring symmetry and angles this week.
Unit of Inquiry: We will continue our new UOI – How We Express Ourselves – with a focus on the elements of the arts. We will continue unpacking the elements of drama, dance and media arts and explore using these elements. This week our focus is on the elements of drama and media-art.
Announcements:
2/3T Excursion to the Art Gallery
As part of our Unit of Inquiry – How We Express Ourselves focusing on the elements of the arts we are planning a visit to the Art Gallery for a workshop and a self-guided tour. Please save the date: Wednesday 4th September, Term 3, Week 7. Consent forms would have been sent home during Week 5. Please return them by Friday Week 6, 30th August.
Tri Skills – Please note that we have Tri Skills for the next four weeks (Week 4 – 7). This will happen on Thursday’s, so please wear PE uniform on Thursdays for the next four weeks. Week 4 – 15th August; Week 5- 22nd August; Week 6- 29th August; Week 7 – 5th September.
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.
Special Persons Afternoon – Please note that the date has changed for Special Person’s Afternoon (SPA). It will now be Friday the 20th of September (Week 9, Friday).
Book Fair Reminders ‘
QBD Book Fair is coming........
A QR code will be available to showcase some items that will be on offer, stay tuned!
Physical Book Fair – Monday 26/8 – Friday 30/08 (Week 6, Term 3)
Where: Sunnybrook Library – Joint library students visit regularly – follow the signs.......
Times:  Monday 3-3:30
Tuesday 8:30-9, 3-3:30
Wednesday 8:30-9, 3-3:30
Thursday 8:30-9, 3-3:30
Friday 8:30-9
Online Book Drive - Monday 26/8 – Friday 6/9 (Week 6 and 7, Term 3)
For online ordering, QBD will provide a portal for purchasing and online orders will be delivered to the school in week 8 to be distributed to the students.
We are looking forward to seeing you at our Book Fair!
Sunnybrook Library Team
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona
Year 2/3 Teacher