Year Two Team News

Hello Year Two families,

The Grade Twos have been working hard while learning about how to write simple and complex sentences. During our Writing sessions, we have also been exploring students' opinions through persuasive writing. In Mathematics, we have been problem solving with division using sharing and grouping. Our students have been discussing gender and identity, and concepts of fairness and equity during our Childwise and Respectful Relationship lessons. It has been a busy term so far and packed with learning.

 Important news and reminders: 

• Term 3 Oral Presentations: Our Term 3 oral presentations have been going extremely well. The presentations about ‘the ways our families played in the past’ has led to much discussion and harnessed a lot of interest. We look forward to hearing about the different ways people played in the past. Thank you for supporting your child with this task. We have been extremely impressed with the presentations already completed.
• Book Week Parade: This Friday 15th August, we will be celebrating Book Week with our annual Book Week Parade. The theme this year is ‘Book an Adventure’. We look forward to seeing all of the students’ wonderful costumes.
• Grade 2 Sleepover: As mentioned in previous newsletters, our Year 2 Sleepover will take place on Thursday 6th November (in Week 5 of Term 4). More information about the event will be provided closer to the date. If you have any questions about the night, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.
• Parent Helpers - Reading: If you are interested in helping to hear some students read on Tuesday or Thursday mornings, please add your name to our class schedules placed outside each of the classrooms. We would like to extend a big ‘Thank you’ to those who have already assisted with our reading program so far!
• Hats required at school – Just a reminder, that as of next Monday 18th August, the students will be required to wear a broad-brimmed hat in accordance with new guidelines, as outlined in last week’s newsletter, and in accordance with the school’s Sun Protection Policy 2025.

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 5 and 6

Literacy: In Reading, we will be looking at strategies to improve comprehension, such as making inferences. Making inferences is the process of combining clues from the text and prior knowledge to understand what is read.

Numeracy:  We will be focusing on multiplication and division using money and work on fractions of a collection.

Inquiry: We will be continuing to learn about toys from the past and discuss how toys have changed over time. We also analyse why these changes have been made and discuss whether these changes are positive or negative, or a mixture of both. We will be using our oral presentations to stimulate many thoughts and discussions about this.

Willy Kids: Through the pillar of Resilience, we are learning about bouncing back from challenging situations and discussing what qualities and strategies are required to assist us to do this.

Respectful Relationships: This term, we are focusing on Gender and Identity. We will be exploring a range of activities that will support students to reflect on their identities: likes, dislikes and strengths. Moreover, students will develop an awareness of positive and negative gender norms, challenge negative gender norms and develop an appreciation of difference. If you would like some further information, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.

Until next time,

The Grade Two Team - Steph Keswick (2K), Joel Kitchen (2J) & Rochelle White (2W)