Year 2 News
Reading
The Year 2 students have started an exciting text study this term where they are reading and analysing a text, thinking carefully about the characters, the character traits, the setting and making predictions. The students are reading Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox and have been super enthusiastic about finding out more about the fox and what the three mischievous farmers might get up to.
In week 1, the students learnt about farming and foxes and why they might be a pest to the farmers. They used their knowledge about farms and clues from the text to make amazing predictions about the characters and what would happen to a farmer if the fox destroyed his farm.
‘I have enjoyed reading a novel and discussing it with our class’ Kaila 2B
‘I like how we read from the papers with our partner’ Ellie 2B
“I have learnt that chapter books are fun. I can visualise what they look like and it looks like the real world.” - Hafsa, 2C
“I have learnt that the word pest means being annoying and nasty means being unkind.” - Israel, 2C
Writing
In the last week of term 3 students continued to settle into the new Literacy structure. They enjoyed completing some dictation with sentences including words with ‘e’ sound and different spellings of this sound in them. Students also completed handwriting commonly used words that also related to our sound we were focusing on in our Phonics lessons for Week 10.
Students were ready to get straight back into our literacy sessions. They enjoyed completing our dictation sentences with the sentences including words with ‘o’ sound and different spellings of this sound in them. Students also did some handwriting using words that had the ‘s’ sound and spelling in them.
They also used adjectives to describe the character in a prompt. They looked carefully at the character and identified words that describe what the character looked like. Students then choose suitable adjectives and use them to write sentences explaining their ideas. They focused on using interesting describing words to help the reader create a clear picture of the character.
‘I have enjoyed doing my handwriting’ Pita 2B
‘I have been trying my best with my Handwriting’ Mohamad 2B
“ I enjoyed doing adverbs as it was fun!”- Summer, 2C
Maths
At the start of Term 4, the Year 2 students have been learning about volume and capacity. The students have been comparing the different volumes in containers thinking about containers that are greater than, less than or equal to each other. They have also been thinking about how to measure the volume of water in different containers and how using a bottle as a unit of measurement and a cup would provide different results.
“It was interesting doing maths in new books as everything is written and drawn for you!” - Baani, 2C
‘I like using our new books’ Shumail 2B
“ I liked putting the sand in the containers’ Marwan 2B
Inquiry
During the first week back of Term 4, our Year 2 students have been learning about how they have changed and grown over time. Students reflected on the skills they have developed, the things they can now do independently and the ways they have become more confident and capable as they get older. They particularly enjoyed sharing their achievements and discussing how they have changed since they were younger. Students also began creating their own timelines to show important stages in their lives and highlight how much they have learnt and grown. It has been wonderful to see students celebrating their progress and recognising just how far they have come!
‘I like doing the Gallery walk for our Dioramas’ Hassan 2B
‘I have liked learning about the different growth stages’ Angie 2B
“We talked about our first words, my first word was mum.” - Sophia, 2C
“I liked drawing the pictures and writing what I could do at different stages” - Leah, 2C
“I enjoyed drawing and writing about younger me.” - Zainab, 2C
Social and Emotional Learning
Week 10 Term 4 saw the students finish off the term by showing the value of responsibility in keeping their work tubs clean and organised. They discussed the importance of having an organised tub and classroom to be able to locate books and our belongings quickly to start our learning straight away.
At the beginning of Term 4, Year 2 students revisited the CPS school values and classroom routines before beginning their new unit on Positive Gender Relationships.
“When everything is messy in our tubs you can’t find anything!” - Baani, 2C
“I tidied my things because it was messy and I couldn’t find what I needed. It is better now because it is clean!” - Summer, 2C
Auslan
During Week 1 of Term 4, our Year 2 students explored 2D shapes and 3D objects in Auslan. Students learnt signs for shape, square, triangle, circle, cube, pyramid and sphere, practising how to use their hands to communicate the shapes and sizes of everyday objects. We also encouraged students to look around the classroom and identify the shapes of items such as drink bottles and tables.