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Term 2 Week 1 2025 - Friday 2nd May
What have we been up to?
Welcome Back to Term 2!
We’ve had a fantastic start to Term 2 here at school! After a refreshing holiday break, our students have jumped straight back into learning with great enthusiasm. This week, they’ve enjoyed hands-on typing lessons in the computer lab, building their digital confidence and skills. Students are practising typing stories and using the keyboard so they can confidently type their own stories in the future.
In literacy, we’ve been revisiting phonics to strengthen reading and spelling, as well as continuing our focus on Narrative writing. This term, students will explore a range of Indigenous picture books, using them as inspiration to write their own creative narrative stories by the end of the term.
In maths, students have started exploring addition—lots of counting, combining, and problem-solving fun!
We also came together as a school for a thoughtful ANZAC Day assembly, where students showed great respect as we reflected on the significance of this important day. It’s been a busy and exciting return!
Here are some photo highlights from the fortnight that was!
Typing Lessons
Term 2 Phonics Focus
Week | Phonics Focus | Examples |
Week 1 | CCCV+ (Consonant-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel) | strap, sprain, scram, split |
Week 2 | VCe (Vowel-Consonant-e, "Magic e") | cake, hope, ride, mule |
Week 3 | VCe vs. VC (Comparing Magic e to short vowels) | cap vs. cape, hop vs. hope, kit vs. kite |
Week 4 | Multisyllabic Short Vowels | rabbit, magnet, basket, napkin |
Week 5 | -ed (Past tense endings: /t/, /d/, /ed/) | jumped (/t/), played (/d/), wanted (/ed/) |
Week 6 | -ed (Continued practice) | helped, called, needed |
Week 7 | ai, ay (Long A sound) | rain, train, mail, play, tray, stay |
Week 8 | ai, ay (Reinforcement) | pain, snail, clay, delay |
Week 9 | ee, ea (Long E sound) | tree, green, meet, tea, beach, read |
Week 10 | ee, ea (Reinforcement) | sleep, sweep, heat, team |
Week 11 | ee, ea (Extended practice) | cheese, sneeze, sea, scream |
What is coming up?
Reading + Writing
Write 2 Learn: The focus is on using conjunctions to join sentences, helping students to create more complex and connected thoughts in their writing.
Novel Studies: They'll dive into imagery and descriptive language in books that link to Indigenous Australia, which will help them understand how language can evoke strong images and emotions related to place, culture, and history.
Maths
Addition and Subtraction: Students will explore various strategies for adding and subtracting, which will likely include mental math techniques, using number lines, or breaking numbers down to simplify problems.
Inquiry & Science
Geography: Students will start exploring the topic of Where in the world are we?, which sounds like an introduction to maps, locations, continents, countries, and the concept of place.
Important reminders:
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's classroom teacher through Compass or via the school email and it will be passed on to them.
- Specialist Days
- Monday- AUSLAN, PE, Art/Cultural Studies & Music
Wednesday- Art/Cultural Studies & Health (with classroom teacher)