Welcome back to Term 3! We are halfway through Year Two and there is still so much left to do! We are excited and ready to work really, really hard for another fantastic term of learning.
Throughout Term 3, we have many exciting events to look forward to, including our NAIDOC Day Incursion and Lapathon. Just a reminder that NAIDOC Day Incursion notes have been sent home for parents to sign and return to their class teacher by the 1st of August.
Below we have outlined the key areas of focus for each learning area for this term. It is once again going to be a very busy term filled with fun learning experiences.
Maths:
- Mental Maths skills
- Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, 10
- Money
- Shapes
- Division by 2, 5, 10
- Fractions
- Doubling
- Halving
- Chance
Literacy:
- Narrative Writing all term
- Conjunctions
- Spelling rules
- Speech marks
- Capitals for emphasis
- Ellipses
- Homophones
- Homographs
- Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Nouns
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Verb tenses
- Reading strategies and comprehension skills
Science:
- Chemical Science - Investigate different mixtures
Geography:
- Continents
- Australia - States, territories, capital cities
- Globes and Maps - North and South Pole, hemispheres, equator, tropics on a world map
- Connections to places in Australia and the world
- Indigenous Australian's connections to places
- Technology and Enterprise to be incorporated into Geography this term with students making posters about Australia.
Health:
- Values
- We can talk to someone about anything no matter what it is
- We all have the right to feel safe at all times
- Goal setting
If you have any queries please feel free to come and see myself or Ms Peake. We looking forward to another fantastic term together!
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Miss Domenica Gerace & Ms Kelly Peake
STUDENT COUNCILLORS
A very big thank you to Noah and Kayla who have done an amazing job throughout Semester One being Room 14's Student Councillors. You have both made all of us proud with the way you have represented our class and shared our ideas at the Student Councillor Meetings. Well done to you both!
This term, we are all excited to announce that our new Student Councillors for Semester Two are Emilio and Maria! Throughout the year they have demonstrated great leadership skills and responsibility. Congratulations, Emilio and Maria!
Home Revision
This term, we encourage all students to continue with their home reading, spelling and times tables revision at home. It is fantastic to see a great improvement from students practising in particular, their times tables, over the holidays! Well done, Room 14. Studyladder is also available for students to use at home for extra revision and extention.
PRINCIPAL'S CHALLENGE
Congratulations to the following Room 14 students for receiving special awards:
Emilio for achieving a perfect score in the Year 2 Principal Challenge!
Raiba for achieving a Top 5 score
Blake for achieving a Most Improved Award and
Jessica for achieving a Most Improved Award
We are very proud of all the students and their efforts put into last term's Principal's Challenge! Well done!
Kind regards,
Domenica Gerace & Kelly Peake
