Week 5

This week sees us half way through the term. It's flying by far too quickly! For the next couple of weeks the children are going to be busy completing assessment tasks as they get ready to finish up Year 2. The positive is there is time in the final weeks to reflect on what they have learnt, practise things they need to work on and enjoy Christmas activities.  Expect them to be more tired than usual over the next couple of weeks!

This week in Maths we are looking at location and direction on maps and grids. We are also continuing to revise concepts in preparation for the two maths tests. (Once again we are doing two smaller ones as we found it worked better for the children.)

In English we are continuing work with grammar and the children are also working on their assessment, based on one of the fairytale texts we have explored this term.  Our spelling is focusing on adding 'ing'.

In Religion, we are discussing and finding ways we can be stewards of God's creation.

Please note that swimming lessons begin next Tuesday (Week 6). Next Wednesday, 13 November, 2 Green is hosting Mass at 9 am in the church. The children who have been allocated speaking parts took these home last week. Please remind them to practise.

Hope you have a fantastic week.

Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 4

Welcome to Week 4. This week we are continuing to work busily on our units of work in preparation for assessment tasks. Thank you to all parents who have sent in collage items for our science assessment. The children are very much looking forward to using the items to show us what they have learnt about force and motion!

In English our spelling focus is on the diphthong 'oy'. We are continuing our focus on nouns, adjectives, direct speech in texts, as well as the use of visual resources to add meaning to texts.

In Maths we are continuing our work with multiplication and sharing concepts. We are also introducing chance - exploring the possible outcomes of events and discussing the likelihood of events.

After learning about the life of St. Francis over the past couple of weeks, the children will this week make a book about him.

A reminder that swimming starts on the Tuesday of Week 6. We will swim on the following dates:
Week 6: Tuesday 12th & Thursday 14th November
Week 7: Tuesday 19th & Thursday 21st November
Week 8: Tuesday 26th & Thursday 28th November

2 Green are hosting mass on Wednesday 13th November at 9am. 2 Maroon and 2 Navy will be joining us. We look forward to seeing you there.

Have a lovely week,
Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 2

Welcome to a new week. In English our shared reading text is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children will be sequencing the story, identifying the "big idea" and identifying good and bad characters. We will be reading and viewing a few versions of this text and comparing them. Our spelling focus is the double consonants '-ss' & '-zz'.

In Maths we are continuing to investigate area through a number of hands on measuring activities. We will also introduce and explore multiplication using groups and arrays as well as multiplication word problems.

In Science the children will investigate different things moving in the playground and use iPads to record and describe forces and motions.

In Religion we are exploring God's creation and introducing St. Francis of Assai.

A reminder that next Monday 21st October is a Pupil Free Day.

The Term 4 newsletter was sent home today, keep an eye out for it.

Hope you have a good week,

Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 1

A warm welcome back to Term 4. We hope everyone had a relaxing holiday and we are looking forward to an enjoyable last term of the year with the great children of Two Green! There is a lot to fit into the last 9 weeks of the school year so please check the blog, twitter and the newsletter for dates of importance.

The children will be bringing home the Term 4 Overview by the end of the week. This will contain an outline of the units of work we will be covering.

This week in maths we are revising and continuing to practise addition and subtractions. We will also be learning about area - the amount of surface a shape covers.

A reminder that Monday 21st October is a pupil free day for the children.

Have a great week,

Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 11

The last week of the term, where did the time go?! Thank you to our parents for the amazing turnout to Showcase Evening, it was loving to see so many and to have the chance to catch up. The children really enjoyed testing their parents' geographical knowledge too!

We hope the children keep up their reading over the break, not only to help them improve but to foster a life long love of reading. There will be revision activities on Studyladder for the children to do as well. (Maybe for when they say they're bored?!)

A reminder that Monday 7th October is a public holiday so school resumes on Tuesday 8th October. Keep an eye out for the term newsletter that will be sent home in the first week back. It will contain lots of information about dates to remember - there is a lot to fit into the 9 weeks of Term 4! We will also post dates of upcoming events on the blog too so please watch this space.

Finally, thanks for the support over the term and we hope everyone has a safe and happy Spring holiday.

Regards,
Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 10

Welcome to Week 10. This will be a busy week in the classroom as we finish off our units in preparation for Portfolios and our Showcase Evening. We look forward to seeing everyone next Wednesday 18th September in the classroom between 6-7pm.

In Maths we are continuing to work on fractions and transformations. The children will complete an assessment on these next week. Even though Studyladder activities no longer appear on the homework, the children are welcome to access their accounts and do the maths activities at home. Regular repetition in maths really helps them to develop the concepts.

We have studied all the Pamela Allen books from the unit now and the children have already chosen one of those books have a started writing a book report on it.

The children also have an assessment on Reconciliation to complete, as well as a Geography assessment.

Have a great week,
Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans

Week 9

Hi! We hope all the father's enjoyed their special day yesterday. Have any dads used their voucher yet?

This week in maths we are continuing to work with fractions and we will also begin to explore the processes of sliding, flipping and rotating. Ask the children if they can demonstrate it to you.

We have two more Pamela Allen books left to read in our English unit. We will be reading The Little Old Man who looked up at the Moon and The Toymaker and the bird. We will discuss the features of these texts in preparation for the book report that the children will write. We will explore characters and synonyms.  Our sound for the week is final k "ck".

We have started our Geography unit so you will probably hear about countries, continents and oceans.  The children are very excited to be looking at a world map!

Have a good week,
Felicity & Melissa