Connect: Year 2
Looking into the sun does NOT make for a photogenic pic...but enjoy a laugh until we get a better one!!
It was WONDERFUL to see some of you attend our Wellbeing Open Afternoon last week. We really appreciate your support and insight into strategies your child could use to calm down or cheer up! We have hit the ground running with lots of learning and a BIG day on Tuesday (for 2A and 2B) at the museum (scroll down to see some of the fun we had) and the students are doing a great job!
Hailee Eade, Krystal Anderson and Kate Perrinns
Key Dates
| Dates | Event |
|---|---|
| Monday 7th to 10th August | Science Week |
| Thursday 10th August | Science Fair Open Afternoon |
| Friday 11th August | Curriculum Day - Student Free Day |
| Monday 21st to 25th August | Book Week - Dress up and Parade date TBC |
| Monday 21st to 24th August | Grade 2 Swimming (2A, 2B and 2s from 2/3C) |
| Tuesday 29th August | Fathers Day Stall |
Reminders
- Mondays: Cheese toasties are sold at recess for $2
- Tuesdays: Popcorn is sold at recess for $1
- Students can log into Reading Eggs & Maths Seeds at home. This is a great resource for them to practice key skills for learning.
The Next Fortnight of Learning
Literacy
- Regular opportunities for researching and adding to our 'Fact Buckets.'
- Continuing to explore non-fiction texts, looking at importance of subheadings and constructing paragraphs with related information.
- Reviewing (and reteaching) letter sound relationships to further develop phonological awareness.
Maths
- Mapping
- Multiplicative Thinking (a capacity to work flexibly and efficiently with an extended range of numbers and an ability to recognise and solve a range of problems involving multiplication or division)
- Activating prior knowledge/learning of addition and subtraction to problem solve
- Developing student agency in Maths through the use of self-reflective rubric continuums
Inquiry
Our topic for this term is 'Use of Earth's Resources.'
- Earth Resource Glossary
- Habits of Mind- Remaining Open to Continuous Learning & Responding with Wonderment and Awe
- Preparing for Science Open Afternoon
Science Afternoon- you will have the opportunity to become Soil Detectives, exploring different forms of soil and making newspaper pots to plant seeds!
Wellbeing
We will continue looking at Zones of Regulation and Respectful Relationships. Our focus for the upcoming fortnight will be:
- Me in My Zones
- Gender & Identity- Labels are for Jars Not People
Our ADVENTURE to the Melbourne Museum
A big congratulations to all of the Grade 2 students for representing our school so wonderfully at the museum on Tuesday. They were inquisitive, polite and respectful and followed all instructions. All of the teachers and parents were amazed by their behaviour, some even saying it was 'the best group of students they have ever taken on an excursion.'