Year Two Team News

Hello Year Two families,

The last two weeks have absolutely flown by! The hallway of the Bluestone building has been buzzing with excitement from 2J’s sleep over at Scienceworks last week, with the excitement building for the remaining two classes. We look forward to hearing all about 2W’s night away this week and 2I’s sleep over next week.

Important news:

• Term 4 Oral Presentations: The topic for the Term 4 presentation is: Glorious Gardens! Students are asked to create a diorama of a garden which focuses on the plants and creatures that live there. The diorama will be shared and discussed during a short oral presentation in class. The presentation should provide key information about the garden, what is in it, and why each plant and animal chosen is important. The students who have presented so far have done an incredible job in both presenting and preparing fabulous dioramas to share with their grade. Well done, Willy Kids!
• Wishing Tree Stall: A special tradition at Willy Primary is the Wishing Tree Stall which is run by our Grade 2s each December. This year the stall will be held on December 10th and students across the school will have the opportunity to pop in and purchase Christmas themed goods made by our Grade 2s. All money raised goes towards purchasing toys for Kmart’s Wishing Tree Appeal to support families and individuals experiencing hardship at Christmas and throughout the year. We are so proud of the positive contribution our Willy Kids make within the community.

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 7 and 8

Literacy & Inquiry: In Reading, we will be continuing to gather and summarise facts when reading non-fiction texts about insects and living things. In Writing, we will be drafting our information reports about the habitat, lifecycle and interesting facts about a chosen minibeast. 

Numeracy:  Students will spend time consolidating key understandings and skills across the topics of time, fractions, addition and subtraction. Students have been enjoying revising key understandings through a range of maths games within the classroom.

Willy Kids: Through the pillar of responsibility, we will be learning about leadership and the different ways that people can lead

Until next time,

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