Room 2
Foundation - Year 2
Welcome back to school Room 2 students!!
Term 1 is done and dusted and we have started this term strong and enthusiastic about our learning. Literacy makes up a big part of our day as learning to read and write are important skills for us learn.
In our classroom, we recognise that every child is on their own unique learning journey, especially when it comes to reading. Just like learning to walk or ride a bike, children become ready to read at different times. Some may begin reading early, while others take a little longer, and that's completely okay.
We focus on creating a rich and supportive environment where all children can grow in confidence, develop a love of stories, and build the foundational skills they need, at their own pace. With encouragement, practice, and a positive attitude, every child will progress in a way that’s just right for them.
Some students have already begun taking home readers and reading books that match their reading ability. Over the coming weeks, all students will be taking home books to practise their reading and develop their fluency.
Reading and Writing in our Classroom
This week, we’ve been exploring the story Rosie’s Walk as part of our reading and writing focus. The students have enjoyed this fun and engaging text, which has helped us model our writing while learning about important language features.
Through Rosie’s Walk, we’ve been developing our understanding of:
- Positional Language – words that describe where something is (e.g., over, under, around)
- Nouns – identifying people, places, and things
- Maps – using and creating simple maps to connect to the story’s setting and Rosie’s journey
- Mentor Text Writing – using Rosie’s Walk to model how to structure and write our own stories.
It’s been a wonderful week of rich learning and creativity! Next week we will be finishing our writing as we write about our own character walk.
Rosie's Walk
Maths in Our Classroom
This week, we’ve been introducing addition as we continue to build on our understanding of numbers and counting. We’ve been learning that addition means combining two or more numbers to find the total.
To help us with this, we’ve been exploring a range of counting strategies, including:
- Trusting the count
- Counting on
- Using number lines
To make learning fun and memorable, we’ve also added a catchy number line song to our classroom collection—songs are such a great way to support new concepts!