This week will be very busy... The children will be finishing their book reviews and book retell. The students will also sit their maths test in 2 parts. Part A on Wednesday and part B on Thursday. In religion the students will also do assessment task. For science students are required to bring in some cereal boxes and cardboard tubing so they can create a marble circuit. Please start collecting these items and bring them into school.
The year 2 classes are hosting the Father's Day Liturgy this Friday the 5th September at 7.15am. Please let me know if you are intending to attend so I can do my best to include your child for a job in the liturgy. The Father's Day stall is on Tuesday so please give your child some money so they can buy a small gift for their father. Gifts range in value from .50c - $5.00.
The year 2 teachers have planning this week, a relief teacher will be in the classroom during this time.
Topics that will be covered in Maths test part A
Addition eg 50 + 60 = 110
Subtraction eg 98 +26 = 72
Multiplication eg 3 groups of 6 is the same as 3x6=18
Division eg sharing 10 lollies among 5 children is the same as 10 divide by 5 =2
Complete number patterns 550, 545, 540
Faction - halves, quarters, eighths of collections and shapes
Counting money - know the correct place to put the dollar sign and cents sign.
Topics that will be covered in Maths part B
Area of shapes
Maps - direction and finding positions on a grid
Time - digital and analogue for o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
Calendars - Seasons and days in a month
Shapes - 2D and 3D eg pentagon has 5 sides, parallelogram has 4, irregular hexagon has 6.
Chance - even or uneven chance, likely or unlikely, certain or impossible
Graphs - reading and completing a graph, reading tally marks
Hope this helps you to go through these topic with your child.
Enjoy your week
Felicity Pryer
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