Beaumaris North PS

Term 1, 2020 

The Year 2 children have settled in beautifully to their new learning environment and have made a great start to the school year. The teachers and students have enjoyed getting to know each other and have learnt a lot already about how our feelings and emotions influence how we communicate with each other. We are all excited to continue learning about Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness in the classroom thoughout the year.

Literacy

Reading

Home Reading is encouraged each night. Students are required to bring their Take Home Reading Folder to school each day to change their Take Home Book as required (we are aware some books require more than one night of reading). Students will participate in Guided Reading sessions in the classroom as well as individual reading with their teacher on a weekly basis.

 

Writing

Students will be exposed to the qualities which make for good writing through the Writing Traits. 

These are:

  • Ideas - the main message.
  • Organisation - the internal structure of the piece.
  • Voice - the personal tone and flavor of the author's message.
  • Word Choice - the vocabulary a writer chooses to convey meaning.
  • Sentence Fluency - the rhythm and flow of the language.
  • Conventions - the mechanical correctness of writing which includes basic punctuation skills such as capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks.

Grammar

Students will be explicitly taught how to identify nouns, adjectives and verbs and utilise them in their writing.  They will also revisit and revise, where to use capital letters, full stops, commas and question marks.

 

Spelling

Students will continue with the SMART Spelling approach and have 5 words to learn each week based on a Spelling focus. SMART Spelling is based around whole words with an emphasis on meaning and vocabulary development. Students must be able to read their spelling words, understand what they mean and how to use them. Students will be introduced to the new spelling focus on a Monday and will choose their words for the week, which they will bring home in their 'Home Spelling' Book.  Please assist your child with learning these spelling words. Throughout the week these words will be learnt daily through a variety of activities, with a test and dictation taking plasce on a Friday morning.

Numeracy

Number and Algebra

Students will learn basic addition and subtraction facts using concrete materials, skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s and begin working on worded problems. They will continue to consolidate their understanding of place value, odd and even numbers and ordinal numbers.

 

Measurement and Geometry

This term the students will be looking at the attributes of 2D shapes, focusing on the Months and Seasons in a year and begin discussing the notion of Time.

 

Statistics and Probability

Classifying events as certain, possible and impossible.

Units of Inquiry

HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES

Communication is influenced by feelings and emotions

 

Lines of inquiry:

  • The ways in which we share our ideas and feelings
  • Communicating and exploring our creativity
  • Creative ways to exploring our emotions

 

WHO WE ARE

A balanced lifestyle is influenced by the choices people make

 

Lines of inquiry:

  • What it means to have a healthy and balanced lifestyle
  • Spiritual, social and physical health  (mind body spirit)
  • Making healthy food choices

Speaking & Listening

This term we are focusing on listening carefully and with respect when teachers and other students are speaking. 

The Resilience Project

As part of the Resilience Project sessions, the Year 2 students will be looking at how to bounce back from a bad situation, navigating various emotions, mindfulness and how to be present in the moment.

Whole-school Focus on PYP Learner Profile

February: Caring

March: Principled