Connect: Year 2
Welcome to Grade 2! It has been really fun and exciting to begin the year and meet all the happy and smiling faces of our Grade 2 cohort. We are very excited for the upcoming Meet the Teacher and Twilight Sports next week (Tuesday 10th February, from 2:30pm-5:30pm) and have a chance to meet you all further.
| EVENT | Date |
|---|---|
| Meet the Teacher / Twilight Sports | Tuesday 10th February |
| Fathering Project - Pizza & Planes | Tuesday 24th February |
| Brainstorm Productions | Tuesday 10th March |
| School Photos | Monday 23rd March |
| Clean Up (Skye P.S.) | Tuesday 24th March |
Reminders
* Please don't forget to pack your child's hat in their school bags.
* Book satchels are needed on Wednesdays if students are wanting to borrow a book to take home.
* If your child can't tie their shoe-laces, could this please be a focus at home to ensure their safety when walking around in the yard at recess and lunch times.
Upcoming Learning:
Literacy
- In phonics, we have started our Stage 7.4 Review which will spance most of Term 1, deepening knowledge of prior learning and expanding ability to read multi-syllabic words.
- We launched our unit, Geography of Australia, where students have been expanding their knowledge and deepening their comprehension skills by using an 'aeroplane' and 'submarine' to travel far and wide.
Numeracy
- Students are learning how to use their Maths grid books to lay out their work.
- Revising content learnt in Year 1 during quick Daily Review Maths sessions
- Expanding students' place value knowledge by creating and drawing a range of two and three-digit numbers. Students will use their growing knowledge of digit value to compare and order these numbers.
- Students will also create questions and collect data from their classmates and graph their responses.
Wellbeing
- Establishing our consistent and predictable routines.
- Understanding our Skye PS expected behaviours (following instructions straight away and always doing our best work).
- Setting up our Ready to Learn scales and plans.
Science
In the coming weeks our science unit: Needs of Plants and Animals will begin!
In this unit students will learn about the needs of plants and animals and how places they live meet those needs. They will make close observations of a tree and conduct an experiment with seedlings grown under different conditions. Students will learn about being responsible pet owners and investigate an animal's habitat and how it meets their needs. They will design a zoo enclosure and explore some animal totems in First Nations Australian culture.
It is going to be an AMAZING unit full of fun learning.
Semester One Timetables:
Have a great next fortnight!
Dave, Hailee, Emma & Andrew
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