Year Two Team News

Hello Year Two families,

What a busy and informative couple of weeks it has been. The Grade 2s have been wrapping up some learning from the beginning of the term and diving into new topics. 

We kicked off Week 4 with a visit from Mark from the Bunurong Land Council. Mark conducted a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony with the whole school and some families on the basketball court. Mark talked to us about his connection to Bunurong Country and showed us some different plants that are native to our local area. We then all had the opportunity to walk through the smoke. It was a wonderful way to start what is a very special week! 

 Important news: 

•  Grade 2 Sleepover: Further details about the event will be up on compass next week.
• Term 3 Oral Presentation: it has been a pleasure seeing our students conduct their oral presentations on how family members have played in the past. This will continue into next week, if you or your child are unsure on the date of their presentation please be in touch with your child’s teacher.
• Book week Incursion: Just a friendly reminder that we have a book week incursion on Thursday 17th August from 9:50am-10:40am. The event is up on Compass ready for payment and permission for your child to be given.

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 5 and 6

Literacy: In Reading, we will be looking at text connection with specific focus on text to self and text to text connections.

Numeracy: We will continue to focus on fractions and be adding and subtracting with money.

Inquiry:We will be continuing to learn about toys from the past and discuss how toys have changed over time. We also analyse why these changes have been made and discuss whether these changes are positive or negative, or a mixture of both. We will be using our oral presentation to stimulate many thoughts and discussions about this.

Willy Kids: Through the pillar of Resilience, we are learning about bouncing back from challenging situations and what qualities/strategies are required to assist us to do this.

Until next time,

The Grade Two Team - Steph Keswick (2K), Joel Kitchen (2J) & Georgia Grainger (2G)