Grade 2

TERM 4 2024

Wow! Can you believe there is only one more term left of Grade 2? We had a busy Term 3 and the students have all been working incredibly hard! We would like to thank all our families for the continued support and encouragement that you give to your children in assisting their learning.

SWIMMING

The Prep-2 swimming program at Knox Leisureworks will be in early December. Please prepare your child by ensuring they can dress themselves independently. In addition to towel, bathers and goggles, students will be required to wear thongs/slides/crocs to and from the pool. More info will be provided later via Compass.

ENGLISH

In writing this term, we will revise Narrative writing in preparation for NAPLAN in Grade 3. This will be done through using example texts, as well as ‘seeds’. We will also be writing Information texts on a wide variety of topics. Our spelling program will continue to look at phonological, morphemic and visual strategies.

Our Reading program is supported by CAFÉ. Reading skills will be learnt through exploring different strategies that can be applied to daily reading.

Students can present Show and Share once a week. They will also present an information report to the class on a chosen minibeast. This is a great way for your child to build their confidence speaking in front of an audience.

MATHEMATICS

This term in Mathematics we will explore Division and its relationship to Multiplication and Subtraction. Other topics will include graphing, place value, positional language and telling time to the quarter hour. The whole school has adopted an open-ended approach to teaching mathematics, supported by activities from Top Ten.

CHALLENGE BASED LEARNING (CBL)

Our Challenge Based Learning topic is ‘Survival’ and we will be exploring ‘MINIBEASTS’. A few areas we will be looking at include classifying minibeasts, habitats, their importance to our eco-system and how they adapt to a changing environment. We are very much looking forward to two incursions from Andrew Wagner and a bee keeping expert. Our unit will culminate in making a minibeast and diorama of its habitat and writing an information report to present to the class.

HOMEWORK

Thank you for your ongoing support with homework. A reminder to please write nightly reading in the yellow diaries and to return homework books by Monday. Please encourage lots of reading and chat about the books they have been reading.

We are looking forward to a great term to finish off the year. At any stage should you have any questions or information that will help us support your child please always make contact your child’s teacher via Compass or Class Dojo.

From Ev, Jen, Jess and Sheree