This week the class will be continuing our investigations on the mealworm. The children have really enjoyed watching and recording how these mealworms have grown. These are some of the best fed worms in the city as the children love to save some of their apple to feed to them.
In Literacy our phonic focus is on the endings of words using "ing" and "ed". The class will continue to dissect the narrative "Little Red Riding Hood". In Maths the class will be focusing on addition using doubles, near doubles and rainbow facts. This week we will now begin the Religion unit of "Creation story and being Stewards of Gods earth". We have all worked hard on our Vision Statement and we presented it today in the church with the year 4 classes.
Please remember we have commenced our Caritas appeal for the Lenten season and any loose change you can spare to give your child to give to our appeal would be appreciated. The Virtue that the children will be learning about for the next fortnight is Co Operation. It would be great if you have the opportunity to chat to your child about this virtue. Enjoy your week.
Kind regards
Felicity
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Term 1 Week 4
This week the class will be very busy finishing our Vision Statement. Please note the date and time of our Vision Statement presentation. It is on Monday the 24th at 9.30 in the church.
This week our phonic focus is on the long vowel sound of a, i, o and u, using a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e. The grammar focus this week is on full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. We will be busy learning about the narrative of Little Red Riding Hood and discussing the structure of the story. In Maths the children will be looking at different counting patterns. The children will be learning about O’clock and half past on both analog and digital clocks. In science the students have been really enjoying the unit about the life cycle of the meal worm. We will be continuing our observations and watching them grow. Ask your child what a meal worm will turn into and what is the big word we use that describes the transformation.
Remember homework is given out on a Friday and expected to be handed in on the following Friday to be marked. Each week your child will have their spelling test on Friday morning. Please remember to read each night with your child.
Enjoy your week.
Felicity
This week our phonic focus is on the long vowel sound of a, i, o and u, using a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e. The grammar focus this week is on full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. We will be busy learning about the narrative of Little Red Riding Hood and discussing the structure of the story. In Maths the children will be looking at different counting patterns. The children will be learning about O’clock and half past on both analog and digital clocks. In science the students have been really enjoying the unit about the life cycle of the meal worm. We will be continuing our observations and watching them grow. Ask your child what a meal worm will turn into and what is the big word we use that describes the transformation.
Remember homework is given out on a Friday and expected to be handed in on the following Friday to be marked. Each week your child will have their spelling test on Friday morning. Please remember to read each night with your child.
Enjoy your week.
Felicity
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Term 1 Week 3
We have another busy week ahead as we continue to learn how our classroom looks and sounds as we work in small group rotations for Maths and Literacy. We are continuing with our daily comprehension and guided reading groups. In maths we are continuing to investigate numbers to 200 and count in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's from any given staring number.
This week will also see us finish up our Daniel Morcombe Safety Unit and begin to investigate the life cycle of a mealworm in science. The phonic focus this week is the long vowel sound a as in "ai" and "ay". The children will be learning about commas in grammar and looking at the fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as part of our Narrative genre. We are continuing work on our classroom vision statement. Please note the date for our presentation is Monday 24th Feb at 9.30am in the church. Sacred singing commences this Monday with Mr Gambley in church at 2.30pm.
Enjoy your week.
Kind Regards
Felicity Pryer
This week will also see us finish up our Daniel Morcombe Safety Unit and begin to investigate the life cycle of a mealworm in science. The phonic focus this week is the long vowel sound a as in "ai" and "ay". The children will be learning about commas in grammar and looking at the fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as part of our Narrative genre. We are continuing work on our classroom vision statement. Please note the date for our presentation is Monday 24th Feb at 9.30am in the church. Sacred singing commences this Monday with Mr Gambley in church at 2.30pm.
Enjoy your week.
Kind Regards
Felicity Pryer
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Term 1 Week 2
Welcome to the first full week of this year! I hope all the children in our class have had a positive introduction to what year 2 is in my classroom.
This week will be the start of Music and PE lessons for the year. Our lessons are on Wednesday and Friday. These are the two days that the children need to wear their sports uniform. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday the children are required to wear their day uniform. Our class have Library on Thursday. A newsletter will be coming home this week to outline term one, so please look out for this important note.
This week in class we begin formal lessons. In Literacy this week we will be revising short vowel sounds, full stops and begin weekly comprehension tasks and guided reading. Home readers will be coming home this week. It is very important that your child reads their book every night and return it the next day to collect a new book. The home readers are meant to be easy for your child as we want this "home reading experience" to be positive and happy. Your child will be bringing home a reader that is a level or two below their PM benchmark. Homework will be sent home on Friday afternoon and is expected to be returned the following Friday. This allows for a weekend and 5 days for this task to be completed. I appreciate that you are all busy and having 5 days and a weekend to complete homework - I am hoping helps us all out. In Maths this week we will be looking at addition and numbers to 200. In health, we begin our safety lessons, using the Daniel Morcombe Curriculum. In science this week, we begin our investigations on the life cycle of a meal worm.
Enjoy the week ahead and please feel free to contact me anytime if you have any concerns or questions.
Kind regards
Felicity
This week will be the start of Music and PE lessons for the year. Our lessons are on Wednesday and Friday. These are the two days that the children need to wear their sports uniform. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday the children are required to wear their day uniform. Our class have Library on Thursday. A newsletter will be coming home this week to outline term one, so please look out for this important note.
This week in class we begin formal lessons. In Literacy this week we will be revising short vowel sounds, full stops and begin weekly comprehension tasks and guided reading. Home readers will be coming home this week. It is very important that your child reads their book every night and return it the next day to collect a new book. The home readers are meant to be easy for your child as we want this "home reading experience" to be positive and happy. Your child will be bringing home a reader that is a level or two below their PM benchmark. Homework will be sent home on Friday afternoon and is expected to be returned the following Friday. This allows for a weekend and 5 days for this task to be completed. I appreciate that you are all busy and having 5 days and a weekend to complete homework - I am hoping helps us all out. In Maths this week we will be looking at addition and numbers to 200. In health, we begin our safety lessons, using the Daniel Morcombe Curriculum. In science this week, we begin our investigations on the life cycle of a meal worm.
Enjoy the week ahead and please feel free to contact me anytime if you have any concerns or questions.
Kind regards
Felicity
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Term 1 Week 1
Week 1
Welcome to 2 Green. I am delighted to be teaching your child and look forward to meeting you and working with you throughout the year.
This week, we, the school officers and myself will begin to get to know your child and we will also begin the establishment of the classroom routines and rules. We will be revising some Year One literacy and numeracy work after the long summer holiday and we will also do some Australiana themed work centred around Australia Day.
You will receive a Term One newsletter shortly outlining special days, homework and units of work. We will also give you a weekly update on this blog so please refer to it regularly.
Kind regards,
Felicity
Welcome to 2 Green. I am delighted to be teaching your child and look forward to meeting you and working with you throughout the year.
This week, we, the school officers and myself will begin to get to know your child and we will also begin the establishment of the classroom routines and rules. We will be revising some Year One literacy and numeracy work after the long summer holiday and we will also do some Australiana themed work centred around Australia Day.
You will receive a Term One newsletter shortly outlining special days, homework and units of work. We will also give you a weekly update on this blog so please refer to it regularly.
Kind regards,
Felicity
Monday, November 11, 2013
Week 6
Welcome to Week 6. This week will probably be the busiest of the term for us as we finish up assessments and start swimming.
The children will continue to have homework and they may read Monday and Tuesday nights this week but after that we need to stop issuing home readers. We are requesting all home readers be returned by the end of this week so we can mark them off and return the boxes to the library. Some children have had a home reader out for quite some time. If books are missing, please use this week to search for them. We have told the children we hope they continue to read either their own books from home or books borrowed from the local council library for the remainder of the school year and during the school holidays. Word recognition, the development of fluency and tone and comprehension are skills that need regular practise. Regular reading will help set them up for a successful start to Year 3.
On Monday at 2.30 pm in Siena we are joining with the whole school for the Remembrance Day service. All welcome to attend.
Swimming begins on Tuesday and we swim again on Thursday. If possible, it would be very helpful if children can come to school wearing swimmers under their uniform and with sunscreen already on. This will mean they only need a few minutes to remove their uniform and shoes/socks and put on their rashies, thongs, cap and towel. This will give us more time to get work done in the classroom.
On Wednesday, we are hosting Mass at 9am in the church. Please join us for Mass and the morning tea to follow.
Have a great week.
Regards,
Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans
The children will continue to have homework and they may read Monday and Tuesday nights this week but after that we need to stop issuing home readers. We are requesting all home readers be returned by the end of this week so we can mark them off and return the boxes to the library. Some children have had a home reader out for quite some time. If books are missing, please use this week to search for them. We have told the children we hope they continue to read either their own books from home or books borrowed from the local council library for the remainder of the school year and during the school holidays. Word recognition, the development of fluency and tone and comprehension are skills that need regular practise. Regular reading will help set them up for a successful start to Year 3.
On Monday at 2.30 pm in Siena we are joining with the whole school for the Remembrance Day service. All welcome to attend.
Swimming begins on Tuesday and we swim again on Thursday. If possible, it would be very helpful if children can come to school wearing swimmers under their uniform and with sunscreen already on. This will mean they only need a few minutes to remove their uniform and shoes/socks and put on their rashies, thongs, cap and towel. This will give us more time to get work done in the classroom.
On Wednesday, we are hosting Mass at 9am in the church. Please join us for Mass and the morning tea to follow.
Have a great week.
Regards,
Felicity Pryer & Melissa Evans
Monday, November 4, 2013
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
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
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