Level 2: Connect

Literacy

For the remainder of the term, we will be exploring the picture book Fire by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. This story will help students learn how authors use special language to make writing more powerful, like giving fire human qualities and repeating words for effect. Students will also be writing their own descriptions of natural forces, such as storms or wind. The book will help us think about how fire can affect people, animals, and the environment, and how it can be both dangerous and a part of nature’s cycle of regrowth. Most importantly, students are learning about kindness, empathy, and how communities come together to help and stay strong after a fire. 

Core Literacy 

In Week 5, students reviewed the sounds they have learnt so far this term. 

In Week 6, students explored the spelling pattern /qua/ which makes a /kwuh/ sound, as in quality and quarrel, the suffix -able (as in washable), and learnt the heart words flood, rhythm and rhombus. 

Looking ahead in Core Literacy:

• Week 7: Students will explore the trigraph(which makes an /our/ sound, as in quack), the suffix -able, and the heart words: 
• Week 8: Students will explore the trigraph(which makes an /que/ sound, as in quack), the suffix -able, and the heart words: . 

Maths

Over the next fortnight, students will be learning more about fractions. They’ll practise dividing and shading shapes to show different fractions and work out the missing parts. They’ll also learn how to place fractions on a number line and explore how fractions can be added together to make a whole. 

Visual Art- please see 'Specialist Happenings' for an exciting whole school art project. 

MS Readathon- As August comes to a finish, the MS Readathon is finishing as well.  If your family has participated, please see the "MS Readathon' tab in the newsletter for further information.

Have a great weekend!

Eileen, Kym, Anthony & Kylie