Beaumaris North PS

Term 2, 2021 

Personal note- This term we look forward to ……

  • Virtual Reality Incursion
  • Road Safety Incursion
  • Cross Country

Literacy

Reading

During our guided reading sessions, students will continue to work on strategies to further develop their comprehension, accuracy, fluency and to expand vocabulary. They will  work on building their reading stamina, where they are required to read uninterrupted for an extended period of time. 

The students will also learn about aboriginal culture through reading aboriginal dreaming stories.

 

Writing

During our writing sessions this term we will continue to focus on a variety of writing genres including Persuasive, Narrative and Informative texts. During our unit ‘Where we are in place and time’, the students will look at aboriginal dreaming stories and create their own stories that they will publish and share with the younger classes. The students will work on strategies such as using connectives, expanding ideas, creative endings and starting paragraphs. 

 

During our handwriting sessions, letter formation will be the focus enabling the students to join their letters in readiness for their Joining Licences in Term 4. 

 

SMART Spelling

The students will continue weekly SMART spelling, with a different focus each week. They will choose 8 words on a Monday to learn throughout the week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the students will complete a variety of spelling activities incorporating their spelling words. On Friday, the students complete a spelling test and a dictation exercise. 

 

Numeracy

Number and Algebra

The students will continue to work on the four processes of addition, subtraction, mulitiplication and division. They will explore a variety of strategies during daily Number Talks to expand their understanding of the number system. They will also begin working on the multiplication tables. 

 

Measurement and Geometry

This term the students will be learning about time. They will be introduced to a variety of concepts including telling the time to the minute on an analogue clock, calculating elapsed time, reading calendars and learning about the months and seasons. 

 

Units of Inquiry

WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME

Cultures change over time 

 Lines of inquiry:

  • The importance of country and place to Aboriginal peoples
  • Stories, artefacts and  histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture
  • Impact of settlement on the Aboriginal community

Speaking & Listening

This term the children will be practising their Speaking and Listening skills – they will deliver an oral presentation as part of the ‘Where we are in place and time’ Unit of Inquiry and they will be reading aboriginal dreaming stories to the younger classes.

 

Resilience project

This term the students will be learning to recognise the important role of emotions and how to identify them in others. They will  continue to practise gratitude and mindfulness. 

 

Whole-school Focus on PYP Attitudes

May: Open-minded

June: Balanced