Connect: Year 2
Hello Grade Two Families,
We loved seeing so many special friends attend our Mother's Day event. It was lovely to meet those who were able to come along. The students were buzzing and delighted in sharing their pictures with you.
Thanks,
Hailee, Dave, and Emma
Little Learners Online Platform REMINDER
We encourage you to access the Little Learners online platform regularly to find appropriately levelled texts for your child to practise their reading. Daily reading is the best way for your child to improve their accuracy, fluency and comprehension.
Bronze Award Recipients
Well done to the extensive list of Grade 2 students who have achieved 'Bronze' status by earning 75+ dojo points for showing our expected behaviours in all that they do!
2A: Catherine, Elijah, Blaire, Lani, Henry, Nate and Lexi
2B: Fletcher, Lennox and Sienna
2C: Zoi, Noah, Eira, Isaac, Kai, Hailey and All
Key Dates for the Calendar
| DATE | EVENT |
|---|---|
| Friday 23rd May | Free Dress Day |
| Tuesday 27th May | Maths Parent Info Session (2:45-3.10) Maths Open Afternoon (3:30-4:30) |
| Friday 30th May - Thursday 5th June | Grade 2 Swimming Week |
| Friday 6th June | Curriculum Day |
REMINDERS:
- Learning starts promptly in the morning. Please remember to take/remind your child to use the toilet before the 8.45am bell so nothing important is missed.
- Library days: 2A - Tuesday, 2B - Wednesday, 2C - Wednesday. Please ensure your child's satchel and/or library bag is packed or they will not be able to borrow for home. (The specialist timetable for each class can be seen below.)
- We are noticing a number of students are requiring ongoing support to tie their shoelaces and this is becoming a big distraction in the classroom. Here is a handy video they can watch to practise - EASIEST shoe tying trick ever
Upcoming Learning
Literacy
In Phonics we will be reviewing recent learning, including the many ways to make the long vowel sounds (such as 'ay' -> ai/ay/a-e/a/eigh/ey; and 'ee' -> ee/ea/-y/ee/e).
Students are loving our Reading unit on Ancient Greece and are starting to make connections to the current world. They can't believe that boys and girls used to be treated so differently 3000+ years ago. We will be continuing our learning on this working through chapters:
- Which god and which goddess do you think are the most interesting? Why?
- What were the original Olympic Games?
- Who were three of the greatest thinkers of ancient Greece?
- Why was Alexander known as Alexander the Great?
In Writing, we will continue our sentence level focus, ensuring students include adjectives to describe their nouns and conjunctions to expand their sentences. We will be looking at settings and ways we can 'paint a picture' in the reader's mind using interesting words. Depending on how we are tracking, we may start to look at describing characters.
Numeracy
- We are learning to add two-digit numbers using MAB and student knowledge of partitioning, number bonds and place value.
- Students will also be learning to partition, regroup and rename three-digit numbers before writing them in standard and non-standard from.
Wellbeing
- Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships - positive coping strategies and regulation (taking the Zones of Regulation lense)
- Ready to Learn plans are complete and students are building their capacity to access these when feeling like they are not ready to learn.
Inquiry
Our Term 2 unit, Stimulating Science has begun!! Students have explored how things change and enjoyed creating playdough volcanoes where they explored the chemical reaction that occurs when bicarb soda and vinegar are combined. In the coming weeks we will be having a Grade 2 Science Day- check out the info below!!
Need our emails? Here they are! Please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
2A- Dave Anderson: david.anderson@education.vic.gov.au
2B- Hailee Eade: hailee.eade@education.vic.gov.au /
2B- Rach Costello - rachel.windley@education.vic.gov.au (on Wednesday's)
2C- Emma Middlebrook: emma.middlebrook@education.vic.gov.au