Year 1/2 Term 2 Overview

Year 1/2: Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2. We hope you enjoyed a well deserved break over Easter with your families. We are looking forward to continuing our learning journey together.

Religious Education

In RE our initial focus for this term is on the Easter story and the appearances of Jesus to his disciples following the Resurrection. In connection with our Inquiry focus ‘Responsibilities’, we will be looking at Stewardship and how we care for God's creation. We will explore how our actions impact the earth's environment, where we live and the creatures in this ecosystem. We will also be reflecting on the teaching of Jesus and how we are all responsible for each other and our actions towards one another.

English

In Reading we will continue to work on developing fluency and expression with a focus in reading groups, on the following comprehension strategies:

Sequencing
Summarising
Skimming and scanning
Understanding topic specific vocablary

In Writing, we will be exploring and creating procedural and information texts. Students will examine the features of each text type, analyse texts and use their knowledge to create written texts of their own in each genre.

Mathematics

In Maths we will continue our professional development with Monash University (EMC3- Exploring Mathematical Challenges) where we meet and plan with Maths Leaders to provide a challenging and extensive maths program.

Our topics will include:

Multiplication/Division- Representing multiplication and division by grouping items into sets and dividing collections, representing multiplication problems with diagrams and solving simple multiplication and division problems in various ways.

Addition- Working on becoming fluent with partitioning numbers, counting on and rearranging numbers to understand the connection between addition and subtraction.

Data - Choosing simple questions and gathering data that is relevant to that question. Creating displays using lists, tables and picture graphs and interpreting them.

Inquiry

What responsibilities do we have?

This term in Inquiry we will be looking at the concept of 'Responsibility' and the responsibilities that we have towards ourselves, others and the community. We shall be specifically focusing on healthy choices and being sunsmart, showing responsibility towards others through responsible pet ownership and how our actions impact those around us and our local environments.

Social and Emotional Learning

In Social and Emotional Learning we will be exploring self management. This includes managing our emotions and identifying positive strengths. Many of the skills taught this term will be generalised social skills to assist with cooperative play and work while at school.

Specialist Subjects

Students will have specialist classes towards the end of the week (please see timetable below). They will be required to wear their sport uniforms on Wednesday and Friday. We will visit the Library every Tuesday and borrow different books for Home Reading.

WEEKLY TIMETABLE

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Library

ICT

STEM

Art (KR)

Italian

Performing Arts

SEL

Sport

Art (AB)

Home Learning

Reading - Daily reading and recording in their reading records.
Spelling - Practice reading and writing the spelling sound for the week using the suggested activity
Mathletics - Tasks will be set in Mathletics relating to classroom topics to consolidate learning. It is not expected that students would complete all tasks in one sitting.

General reminders

If you would like to volunteer as a parent helper in the classroom and have completed the induction process with Melinda, please let us know.

We would also like to remind everyone that we encourage students not to bring nuts or nut products to school due to allergies in the classroom.

Important Dates