Year 2, 2024

Welcome to the 2024 school year!  We hope you had an enjoyable break! Please take the time to read the IMPORTANT information below to support your Year 2 child’s learning.

We also ask that you keep informed and action requests as they are posted to the Compass News Feed throughout the year.

SMART Spelling

To support our whole-school SMART Spelling (Michelle Hutchison) approach, your child will bring home a spelling sheet each Monday in their home Spelling book (commencing week 2) with the words they have chosen.

Please:

• Ensure your child writes their spelling words daily under the relevant day
• Help your child to learn these words and their meanings throughout the week, in preparation for their spelling test each Friday
• Ensure your child completes at least two spelling activity with their selected words each week in their home spelling book
• Remember to send the home spelling book back every Friday.

Home Reading 

Commencing in week 3, your child will bring home their green reading bag with their reading diary each day. This is where you will help your child keep a record of what they are reading at home. We would like the journal to stay in your child’s green bag with their take home book.

Your child will bring home one take home book at a time and will be given the opportunity to change their book as necessary. We are aware that some books will take longer to complete and may be read over several nights.

It is expected that your child reads as often as possible and that the title of the book, as well as a small comment on their reading is recorded.  A teacher will read with your child on a regular basis. 

 The green reading bag needs to be brought to school every day.

Communication Folder

Commencing this week, your child will bring home their clear plastic pouch which we use as our communication folder. This will be used for home/school communication between teachers and parents and for sending home students work. 

The communication folder needs to be returned to school every day. 

Literacy Planet

LiteracyPlanet is the leading online English literacy platform that helps improve student learning outcomes through fun, engaging and curriculum-aligned activities. Teachers will assign students activities which they will complete during Literacy sessions. 

Log in details will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Mangahigh

Through a combination of A.I. driven adaptive quizzes and engaging games, Manga High is guaranteed to keep the students engaged and keen to learn mathematics. Teachers will assign students activities which they will complete during maths sessions and at home. 

Log in details will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Essential Assessment

An online differentiated and personalised assessment tool known as 'Essential Assessment' is used in Years 1 - 6 to deliver a whole school approach to formative and summative assessments in Maths. Essential Assessment is aligned with the curriculum and allows students to grow their knowledge at their own pace.

Curriculum/Units of Inquiry

Throughout the year students will explore six transdisciplinary themes, through Units of Inquiry. Mathematics and English require elements of explicit teaching but may also have a focus through inquiry. Humanities, Science, Health, Technologies and Civics are studied through inquiry learning. 

In the process the students will be challenged to explore, research, question, predict and solve problems. Inquiry engages students actively in their own learning.

Units of Inquiry will be posted on Compass along with 'Curriculum News' updates to keep you informed.

Specialist Programs

A timetable of your child's Specialist times has been posted on Compass, please ensure you have printed a copy and placed it in a visible area.  Please support your child and ensure they have the appropriate items on the correct day.

Information on our 2024 Specialist Programs (Japanese, PE, Art, Music and Library), including a timetable is available on Compass.

A ‘Specialist News’ update will also be provided each term via Compass.

Homework

Special Dates

Term 1

‘Meet & Greet’ opportunity - 13, 14 & 21 February (times to be advised)

Curriculum Day Friday 8 March

School Photos - Tuesday 12 March

NAPLAN Year 3 & Year 5 - Wednesday 13 - Friday 22 March

Term 2

Parent Teacher Interviews - Tuesday 11 - Friday 14 June (Times to be advised)

Semester Report - June

Term 3

Student Led Conferences - Tuesday 13 & Wednesday 14 August 

Term 4

Pupil Free Day Tuesday 19 November

Curriculum Day Wednesday 20 November

Semester Report – December

Compass

Ongoing feedback will also be provided throughout the year via Compass Learning Tasks.

Contacting your Teachers

Notes may be passed directly to your classroom teacher via the Reader/ Multi purpose bag or you can send an email (marked to the attention of your child’s teacher) to:

beaumaris.north.ps@education.vic.gov.au 

Informal discussions may be arranged upon request at any time throughout the year to discuss specific issues however please be assured that we will contact you should we have any concerns.

Finally...

Don’t forget to check out our A-Z Parent Guide - this (along with loads of other information!) can be accessed on our comprehensive website.

We encourage you to get involved by discussing your child’s school day, offering to assist classroom programs and attending our school events - it’s going to be a great year!

Kind regards

The Year 2 Team

Tania Maxwell, Jenna Morecroft, Sharon Demetriou & Mrs Jen Lee

Beaumaris North Primary School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School authorised to teach the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and provides the framework for implementing the requirements of the Victorian Curriculum. 

The IB Primary Years Programme is an innovative international programme of teaching and learning that focuses on the development of the whole child and fosters a positive attitude to learning. The PYP strives towards developing internationally minded students who demonstrate the attributes of the IB Learner Profile. Accordingly, at BNPS we aim to educate inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring students, who are encouraged to ask challenging questions, critically reflect, and take responsible action.