Year 2 Update

Our Learning for Weeks 3 & 4

Current Learning 

English - In Reading, we have been exploring different strategies to help us understand texts in greater detail. We have practised skills such as making connections, asking questions, and identifying key information to deepen our comprehension. We have also worked on sequencing story events to assist us in understanding what we read. In Writing we will be working on persuasive writing by engaging in persuasive texts and having a go at convincing others to agree with our opinions. 

Maths - In Maths, we have continued our work in Place Value, developing our understanding of the place value system. We will soon be starting a unit on fractions! 

Inquiry - This term in Inquiry we will be exploring how we can be future innovators and look forward to putting our creativity and design skills to work! 

SEL - In SEL we have begun by learning to identify our personal strengths and positive characteristics. 

Supporting Your Child's Learning at Home 

If you are looking for ways to support your child's learning at home you may wish to try some of the ideas below.

Reading

• Enjoy the take-home readers each night to build fluency and confidence.
• Read poems, comics, or magazines to explore different types of texts. 
• Ask questions before, during, and after reading to help your child think about the story and its meaning.

Writing

• Practise writing sentences using capital letters and full stops correctly.
• Use phonics knowledge to sound out and spell new or unfamiliar words.
• Experiment with using different sentence starters to make writing more varied. 

Maths

• Practise skip counting by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s starting from a different number.
• Play card or board games that involve adding or subtracting numbers. 
• Read analogue clocks together and talk about different times of the day.

• Practise subtraction strategies such as counting backwards or using a number line.

   

Take Home Reading 

In Year 2, students change their readers on the same day they visit the library, bringing home two new books each week. Reading the same books multiple times during the week helps them understand different parts of the text and develop a deeper overall comprehension.

Upcoming events: 

Year 2 Day Camp is coming up and is now available for you to pay for and provide consent on Compass! The Year 2 Day Camp is an exciting excursion where our students get to go to a school camp for a day and have a go at some of the different activities such as rock climbing, the flying fox and archery! 

Some images from previous years can be seen below!