Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read for 15 minutes each night at home. Keep on reading books for your Premiers Reading Challenge. PRC finishes – Week 7 this term.
Mathematics: Practice your two-, five- and ten-times tables at home this week.
Home Inquiry: What Cycles does your family rely on? Think – what are regular routines that your family follows.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study: Year 2 sound focus this week is: ea for e. Year 3 sound focus this week is: e for ee. Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – ea for e | Year 3 – e = ee | |
glad plum read head bread weather treasure breakfast cousin friend | evil secret legal fever regal female prefect recent | media create medium frequent adhesive medieval chameleon immediate prehistoric |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: This term we are exploring a craft unit focusing on how we can make our writing POP! We will be learning about different techniques author’s use and then using them in our own writing. We hope to publish our own books showcasing our new skills sometime later this term.
Readers Workshop: This term we are going to work in groups as Book Clubs to talk about and read books together.
Mathematics: We will be exploring the concept of Time this week. With a primary focus on telling the time. We will be revisiting some additive strategies.
Unit of Inquiry: In Term 3 and 4 we have a continuing focus on How We Organise Ourselves inquiring into Cooperation and Collaboration. We will have weekly lessons as well as entire weeks dedicated to this unit throughout the semester.
We will continue our Unit of Inquiry – How the World Works with a focus on Cycles. This week we will look at everyday cycles in the world around us and how they impact us.
Reminders:
Year 2 AFL Max Camp – Monday 22nd September
We are seeking expressions of interest for parent volunteers for our upcoming Year 2 sleepover later this term. Please email your class teacher if you are interested in volunteering. We ask that expressions of interest are received by no later than Friday 15th August, Term 3, Week 4. This way volunteers can be informed and notified with plenty of notice before our camp later this term.
The school’s volunteering requirements can be found at: https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parents-community/employment-opportunities/
School Photo Day – Tuesday 5th August (Term 3, Week 3)
Year 3 students please wear their formal uniform this day, Year 2 students PE as per usual.
Please order online via the following link:
Order Code: X8041PRE51G
Ping Pong A Thon – Friday 15th August (Term 3, Week 4)
Our school and church community will be hosting the Ping Pong A thon again this term to raise vital funds and awareness for child slavery.
Book Week Parade and Dress Up Day – Tuesday 19th August (Term 3, Week 5)
More information to come, just putting the date here so we can start thinking costumes and getting excited for a day and week all about books.
2/3TR on Worship – Friday 29th August
We will be sharing the message at School Worship, Friday 29th August (Term 3, Week 6).
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona & Cloe Richardson