Year Levels - Year 2
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Year 2 Newsletter – Term 1 2021
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Dear Parents, welcome back to a new and exciting school year. We hope that you have had a restful and enjoyable break over the summer. This year will be filled with many new learning experiences and discoveries. We are all looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure the children can achieve their highest potential. We know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education.
The Year 2 team consists of four classes and five extremely dedicated teachers:
2A – Mrs Atkinson
2K – Mrs Kochhar
2D – Mrs Bagdadi & Mrs Jordan
2M – Mrs Mark
If you have any concerns or questions throughout the year please do not hesitate to see you child’s teacher.
Important Dates / Upcoming Events
· Tuesday 9 February - Year 2 swimming (session 2)
· Tuesday 16 February - Year 2 swimming (session 3)
· Tuesday 23 February - Year 2 swimming (session 4)
· Thursday 25 February - Three Way Conferences (student free day)
· Friday 26 February - Curriculum Day (student free day)
· Tuesday 2 March - Year 2 swimming (session 5)
· Monday 8 March - Labour Day Public Holiday (school closed- student free day)
· Tuesday 9 March - Year 2 swimming (session 6)
· Tuesday 16 March - School Photo Day
· Wednesday 17 March – Twilight Sports (TBC)
· Tuesday 9 March - Year 2 swimming (session 6)
· Tuesday 16 March - School Photo Day
Homework
Homework is an important part of your child’s learning. It complements classroom learning and fosters good study habits by providing an opportunity for students to be responsible for their own learning. At Craigieburn South Primary School it is a school expectation that all students complete homework, which comprises of daily reading and a weekly homework sheet. It is extremely important that the homework is returned by the due date to ensure there is sufficient time for it to be checked and corrected by the classroom teacher.
Year 2 homework goes home on Thursday and is due back on Tuesday. Home readers are taken home each night and must be read with an adult or older sibling.
Library
All students in Prep to Year 2 are required to have a library bag. Regular borrowing from the library will help children to develop their literacy skills and also establishes the important lifelong skill of reading for information and pleasure. Please encourage your child to borrow regularly from the school library by discussing and sharing the books they bring home.
Uniform
Term 1 is ‘No hat, play under shade’. Students without hats have to sit under the blue shade in the lunch breaks. Please make sure your child has a hat for sun protection. All students need to wear their full summer uniform, including plain BLACK school shoes/runners every day. Please note: students cannot wear leggings or tights with their summer dresses. Polo shirts and jumpers must have the school logo. Hats do not need to have a school logo – however, they must be navy, sun smart hats. Please remember to clearly label all your child’s jumpers and other belongings.
Art
All students are required to have an art smock for art. This will protect their uniform when they are in the art room. An art smock can be any old shirt or top from home that is no longer needed.
Pick Up and Drop Off arrangements
Please remember that pick up and drop off is outside the Gallery doors. Please be mindful not to enter the school grounds prior to 8:45am in the morning and 3.05pm in the afternoon, as per the school rule. If you need to talk to your child’s teacher, please organise a time to meet or wait until 3:15pm. If your child is late, it is important they attend the office for a late pass prior to coming to the classroom.
Specialist Timetable
2A: Wednesday - P.E. & Computer / Thursday - Science & Art / Friday - Library
2K: Monday - Computer / Wednesday - P.E. & Art / Thursday - Science & Library
2M: Monday - Library / Wednesday - P.E. & Computer / Thursday - Science & Art
2D: Monday - Computer & Library / Wednesday - P.E. & Art / Thursday - Science
English
Reading and Viewing
Students will focus on:
· Reading aloud with fluency and expression
· Getting knowledge ready to build comprehension
· Making connections (text to self/text to text/ text to world)
· Monitoring and self -correcting
· Inferencing
· Making valid predictions utilising evidence within the text to support their claim
· Continuing to explore THRASS sounds through oral language activities and developing their high frequency words
Writing
Students will focus on:
· Writing narratives
· Using capital letters, full stops and commas in their writing
· Developing their understanding of descriptive language and of punctuation
· Using correct letter formation and pencil grip
· Continuing to develop their THRASS knowledge to help spell unfamiliar words
· Developing their word vocabulary and the correct pronunciation
Speaking and Listening
Students will focus on:
· Focus on voice projection and tone
· Develop their confidence in speaking in front of the class
· Engage in class discussions and work in cooperative groups
· Develop the skills of confidently sharing ideas and work and listening attentively when others are speaking
Mathematics
Number and Algebra
Students will focus on:
· Recognising, modelling, representing and ordering numbers to 1000
· Reading and writing numbers to 1000
· Grouping, partitioning and rearranging collections up to 1000 in hundreds, tens and ones to facilitate more efficient counting
· Investigating number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and ten from any starting point, then moving to other sequences
· Solving simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
· Describing patterns with numbers and identifying missing elements
Measurement and Geometry
Students will focus on:
· Naming and ordering months and seasons
· Using a calendar to identify the date and determining the number of days in each month
Statistics and Probability
Students will focus on:
· Gathering data relevant to the question
· Collecting, checking and classifying data
· Creating displays of data using lists, tables and picture graphs and interpreting them
Homework
Our Integrated unit this term is ‘Caring for Ourselves’. The students will be looking at many aspects of health and wellbeing and how should they respond to specific situations. Students will be investigating the following questions to unpack their key understanding-
· How can we be healthy, safe and inclusive? How does this change throughout our lives?
· How do our thoughts, strengths and achievements make us feel?
· Where can I get help when I need it?