Year Two Team News

Hello Year Two families,

It has been a busy couple of weeks in Year Two. Earlier this term, during our Maths lessons the students had been learning to tell the time on an analogue clock and we have been extremely pleased with the progress that has been made. To ensure that this progress is retained we ask that parents continue to discuss analogue times to help consolidate what has been learnt at school. We have been focusing on reading half past, quarter past and quarter to times. 

As we approach the middle of this term, we are now conducting a variety of different assessment tasks in preparation for your child’s mid-year report. We are extremely proud of all the effort our students are putting in to demonstrate their learning and development that has occurred so far this year. We look forward to more of this wonderful application from our students over the coming weeks. 

Special Reminder:

• Science Incursion in Week 5: We are pleased to announce that we will be having a science incursion run by the company ‘Hands on Science’ on Thursday 21st May. The incursion will support us in our inquiry unit ‘What Are Things Made of and Why?’ Please look out for more information on Compass and complete consent and payment.

• Upcoming assemblies hosted by Grade 2: 

  2J in Week 6 - 29th May 

  2I & 2W will host in Term 3 - date to be confirmed 

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 5 - 6

Literacy: In Writing, we will be learning about and writing our own procedural texts.

Numeracy: Following our unit of work on multiplication, we will next be exploring the process of division. 

Inquiry: We will be looking at and discussing what materials a range of different objects are made of and why they are made the way they are.

Willy Kids: Through the pillar of Respect, we will be learning about how to extend our interpersonal skills as sociable Willy Kids.

Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge – VPRC

The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open. Since the Challenge began in 2005, more than 4.7 million students have read over 66 million books.

We encourage all Williamstown Primary students to participate! Your child’s teacher has provided your child with a Challenge username and password generated from the VPRC site. If you would like to register your child for the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge follow the instructions below:

How to Log in with a Challenge passcode:

Refer to your child’s Home Reading Record or blue book bag for your child’s Challenge username and password.

1. Go to the Challenge application.

2. Select the School Coordinator/Student (Sign In) button.

3. Select the VPRC login option.

4. Enter your child’s username and password.

5. Select Login.

Until next time,

The Grade Two Team - Joel Kitchen (2J), Bianca Italiano / Zoe Kitchen (2I) & Rochelle White (2W)