Term 2 Overview
After a staggered start, it is fantastic to have all our students in back at school and ready to learn. With a very different start to Term 2, it is wonderful to see the friendship and support the children in Room 30 have for one another. They are all working very hard to improve their standard of work, stay on task in their learning groups and achieve the best results they can. The improvements I have witnessed this semester have been very impressive.
Our Learning this Term
In Literacy, we have been using adverbs to describe verbs and make our sentences more exciting. We are also beginning to gain an understanding of antonyms and synonyms. We are continuing to build our knowledge of tricky spelling rules such as y is used at the end of a word to make a long I sound. In all our Big Write, we are focusing on including our descriptive words and including all the correct elements in our recounts.
In Numeracy, we are focusing on understanding mass by measuring and comparing objects. We are also extending our knowledge of graphs by creating tally graphs and picture graphs. At the beginning of the term, we were able to add and subtract with numbers to 10 and now we are able to add and subtract numbers within 20. Each week we continue to work on our mental maths skills and our word number problem strategies.
In Science, we have been learning about light and sound. We explored the difference between natural light and artificial light. We learnt how light can help us see and tested this theory with our STEM projects. To build our knowledge of sound, we investigated pitch and vibration to allow us to understand how sound is created.
In HASS, we explored the differences between the past and present by investigating how clothing, education and transport has changed over time. While learning about how clothing has changed over time, we made past and present clothing to dress foam people.
Updates for Term 3
Practice Time Folders
Reading books, spelling words, sight words and a weekly Practice Time activity sheet will continue to be sent home on a Monday. Please sign the Practice Time activity sheet once completed. During the week, an additional reading book will be sent home to read after it has been read during guided reading at school. I would like to request that all Practice Time folders including reading books are returned on Friday of each week.
Library
Our Library Day is on Thursday. Please remember to return your books on Wednesday.
No Throw Tuesday
Please remember to bring a rubbish free lunch box to school.
Changes to Specialist Classes
In Term 3, we will be having Physical Education on Wednesday, Art every Tuesday and Italian on Thursday. All other specialist classes will remain on the same days as Semester One.
If you have any queries, please email me or phone the school and leave a message for me to give you a call. I am looking forward to a successful Term 3.
Have a happy and safe holiday.
Kind regards,
Mrs Kee