Year 2 Community News
Dear Families,
Welcome to Term 1! We are so pleased with how confidently our Grade 2 students have returned to school and settled into the routines and expectations of the year. They have been engaging positively in the 3, 2, 1… Turrun! activities and demonstrating Care and their Personal Best as they transition into new learning.
It has been wonderful to see students reconnecting with friends, taking increased responsibility for their learning, and consistently showing our school values. We are very much looking forward to a rewarding term filled with learning, growth, and fun.
Curriculum News
English
This term, Grade 2 students will continue to develop their skills in reading, writing, and speaking and listening. Learning will focus on:
- Strengthening phonics and spelling knowledge through the Sounds-Write program to support accurate and fluent reading and writing.
- Reading and using high-frequency words confidently across a range of texts.
- Exploring texts through the English Core units: Staying Safe and Healthy, focusing on personal safety, health practices, and emotional wellbeing. Past and Present, comparing past and present ways of life to understand change over time.
- Writing simple and expanded sentences to add detail and clarify meaning.
- Identifying and discussing characters, settings, and events, and beginning to explain connections within texts.
Mathematics
This term, Grade 2 students will develop their number sense, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning skills. Learning will focus on:
- Representing, ordering, and partitioning numbers to 1000, and using part–part–whole thinking to add and subtract.
- Developing fluency with addition facts to 20 and related subtraction facts.
Recognising and creating patterns and describing 2D and 3D shapes using correct mathematical language.
Wellbeing
We will support students in strengthening their social and emotional skills through our school values of Kindness, Care, Respect, and Personal Best.
This term, we will focus on:
- Maintaining positive friendships and collaborating effectively with others.
- Recognising and expressing emotions in respectful and constructive ways.
- Taking increased responsibility and independence in daily routines.
- Practising mindfulness, self-regulation, and problem-solving strategies to manage challenges.
Reminders
📌 Morning Routine: Please ensure your child is at school on time. Students should line up in roll order when the music plays, ready to enter the classroom when the bell rings. If you arrive after the bell, you will need a late pass from the office.
📌 Art Smocks: Please ensure your child brings an art smock to school, as it will be required for art activities throughout the term.
📌 Lunchboxes & Water Bottles: Please provide healthy snacks (fruit or vegetable sticks), lunches each day, and a drink bottle filled with water.
📌 Upcoming Events: Keep an eye on Xuno for important dates and special events this term!
- Monday 9th March: Labour Day Public Holiday
- Friday 20th March: Harmony Day Celebration
We are excited for a fun and rewarding term filled with discovery and achievement! Thank you for your continued support at home.
Warm regards,
The Grade 2 Team
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