Year Two

Communicating with the Year Two Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2021, and welcome your input:

Julie Hall (Class 2A) Julie.Hall@education.vic.gov.au

Stacey Bowles (Class 2B) Stacey.Bowles@education.vic.gov.au

Term 2 in Year Two!

  Welcome to term 2 to the year 2 students and families! We are so proud at how well every year 2 student has settled back into school these past 2 weeks. 

Please see below an overview of our learning for this term.

Literacy

This term in Literacy we will continue delivering the InitiaLit 2 program to build upon sound and word knowledge from Term 1. In spelling we continue to learn new tricky words, new sounds and new grammar concepts. In comprehension and fluency lessons students will continue to learn new comprehension strategies and apply these to whole class and independent work activities. Students will also continue to develop their fluency skills by engaging in group and independent read along as well as learning about reading stamina and what it looks like in the classroom. In Writing, students will be spending the term learning the features and structure of narrative texts. Students will be completing a range of different writing activities to continue to build upon their skills to produce a narrative piece of writing at the end of the term.  

Numeracy

During Term 2, in Numeracy in the Number and Algebra strand we will be focusing on place value, fractions of a whole shape and fractions of a group, addition and money. In the strand of Measurement we will be studying time including calendars and clocks. In Statistics and Probability, graphing data that the students have collected watching traffic on Morris Road from the safety of our playground. Students will be completing a range of different lessons and hands-on activities to continue to build upon their mathematical skills. 

Inquiry   

   This term in Inquiry the topic is Forces. Students will investigate different types of push and pull forces and how to use forces to create movement. Students will explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create these designed solutions. Students also create design solutions to create movement, using their knowledge of forces, appropriate materials, tools and techniques. Students will complete a range of hands-on activities and experiments to see different forces being used. 

Wellbeing

In Wellbeing we will be focusing on emotional intelligence; identifying our emotions, understanding these different emotions and our reactions. Students will be participating in different wellbeing lessons and activities to develop their emotional intelligence understanding and working to develop strategies to help regulate their emotions. 

Take Home Readers

As part of InitiaLit-2, students have free-choice of short and extended chapter books to take home and read. Year Two students are able to choose two readers from school to take home and read nightly. Students in Year Two are also free to choose books from home to read each night if they wish. We urge families to read daily to help support the learning that is happening within the classroom.

Students who choose their readers on a Monday are required to return them on Friday the same week.

SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Please note the following information regarding the days that each grade has specialist classes.  * These times are subject to change during school-wide events (eg: swimming timetables) *