Year 2 Community News

Dear Families,

We are incredibly proud of the positive start our Grade 2 students have made this year and the successful Term 1 they have completed. Throughout the term, students have strengthened their routines and consistently demonstrated Care and their Personal Best.

It has been wonderful to see friendships continue to grow, our school values in action, and students building confidence as learners. We are very excited for Term 2 and look forward to a term filled with engaging learning experiences, growth, and achievement.

Curriculum News

English

This term, students will continue to develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through engaging and meaningful learning experiences. Learning will focus on:

• Exploring informative texts linked to our inquiry, Expanding Empires in Asia: Ancient India and Ancient China.
• Building vocabulary and comprehension through a range of non-fiction texts.
• Expanding sentences using conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.
• Identifying and developing different sentence types, including statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.
• Editing sentences for correct boundary punctuation.
• Writing clear and structured Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) sentences.
• Continuing to develop phonics knowledge and high-frequency word recognition to support reading and spelling.

Mathematics

This term, Grade 2 students will continue to develop their number sense, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning skills through explicit teaching.                                           Learning will focus on:

• Developing fluency with addition facts to 20 and related subtraction facts.
• Exploring 3D shapes and describing their features using correct mathematical language.
• Solving addition and subtraction problems with and without regrouping.
• Developing map-reading skills, including giving and following directions.
• Measuring and comparing length using appropriate units.

Wellbeing

We will continue to support students in developing their social and emotional skills through our school values of Kindness, Care, Respect, and Personal Best.

This term, we will focus on:

• Building positive friendships and working cooperatively.
• Recognising and expressing emotions appropriately.
• Developing independence in classroom routines.
• Practising mindfulness and self-regulation strategies.

Reminders

📌 Morning Routine: Please ensure your child arrives at school on time. Students should line up in roll order when the music plays and be ready to enter the classroom when the bell rings. If you arrive after the bell, you will need a late pass from the office.

📌 Reading Satchels: Please ensure your child brings their reading satchel with them to school on their library day. 

📌 Lunchboxes & Water Bottles: Please provide healthy snacks, lunch each day, and a water bottle filled with water.

📌 Afternoon Routine: Please ensure students are collected from their classroom or designated meeting spot at 3:30 pm.

Important Dates

• Friday 1st May: Grade 2 Excursion – ACMI, Australia's national museum of screen culture, located in Fed Square, Melbourne.
• Friday 8th May: Mother’s Day Muffins (2:45 pm – 3:30 pm)
• Wednesday 13th May: School Photo Day
• Monday 8th June: King’s Birthday Public Holiday
• Friday 26th June: Last Day of Term

We are excited for a fun and engaging term of learning, especially with our dinosaur inquiry and upcoming excursion. Thank you for your continued support.

Warm regards,

The Grade 2 Team