Spotlight on Learning

Dear Families,

What a wonderful and busy week of learning it has been in Year 2. Students have settled back into routines beautifully and shown growing confidence across all learning areas. In Writing, they created more interesting sentences by using conjunctions such as if, when, before and after, while also remembering capital letters and full stops. In Reading, students explored different ways to spell the /or/, /ar/ and /er/ sounds and practised reading and spelling new words with increasing confidence. In Mathematics, they worked with three-digit numbers by representing them with place value, comparing and ordering them, and locating them on number lines. In Religious Education, students revisited Holy Week, learned about the resurrection of Jesus, and began exploring why Mary is important in our faith. Students also enjoyed learning Auslan signs and discussing trusted adults who help keep us safe, supported and ready to learn.

Learning for the Week Ahead

Religious Education:

Students will continue learning about Mary and why she is important to Jesus and the Church. They will explore key stories from the Bible and reflect on the values Mary showed.

English:

In Writing, students will continue expanding sentences and using descriptive language. In Reading, students will revise and strengthen their understanding of new sound patterns and practise writing interesting sentences.

Mathematics:

Students will continue learning about three-digit numbers by representing, comparing, ordering and locating numbers on number lines.

Integrated Curriculum:

Students will continue their Geography learning by exploring places, their features and how places can change over time.

Auslan:

Students will continue building their Auslan vocabulary and learning how facial expressions and movement can change meaning.

Social & Emotional Learning:

Students will continue learning about trusted adults and how to seek help when needed.

What you can do at home

• Ask your child to describe a place they know and name natural or human-madefeatures.
• Practise reading /er/ words together and look for them in books.
• Encourage your child to write one interesting sentence using an adjective and conjunction.
• Play some place value games with your child, or encourage sibblings to play togehter. Here is an example of a plave value battle. https://youtu.be/qjKts-qMk2E

Important Reminders

• Please ensure that you are labelling your child's belongings.

• Please remind your child to change their reading books when they need to. 

Enjoy your weekend,

The Damascus Team

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