Year 2
After a very successful first term, Year 2 students are looking forward to a well-deserved holiday. Thank you to all families for supporting your child’s education. Term 2 will be another busy term full of learning and fun!
Classroom Teachers
2/3D - Ms Daglish, email address: mdagl3@eq.edu.au
2M - Ms McIntyre, email address: ecmci0@eq.edu.au
2N - Mrs Deaton, email address: nxdea0@eq.edu.au
1/2C - Ms Cox, email address: cxcox5@eq.edu.au
Important Dates
Week 3 –
- Labour Day Holiday Monday 5 May
- Mother's Day Stall Thursday 8 and Friday 9 May
Week 4 – 2/3D Mother’s Day Parade Monday 12 May
Week 5 – Under Eights Day Friday 25 May
Week 6 - Jersey Day Wednesday 28 May
Week 7 -
- Book Fair Monday 2 to Thu 5 June
- School Photos Thursday 5 and Friday 6 June
Week 10 -
- Junior Athletic Carnival Tuesday 24 June
- Green Thumbs Incursion Friday 27 June
Specialists Lessons
Monday – 2/3D Library Borrowing Religious Instruction or alternative activity (all classes) 2.00pm - 2.30pm, ,Parade (all classes) 2.30pm - 3.00pm
Tuesday – 2/3D Music Motor Skills All Classes 2M Library Borrowing
Wednesday – 1/2C Music, 1/2C Health
Thursday – 2M Music, 2M Health, 2N Health, 2N Library Borrowing
Friday - 2/3D Health, 1/2C Library Borrowing 2.00pm - 2.30pm
Curriculum Focus
Please click here for a very handy overview of what Year 2 students typically learn to understand and do by the end of this year, according to the Australian Curriculum which guides all our learning.
English
Students will select a character from a familiar narrative text they have read in class. They will generate ideas, plan, write and edit their own story based on their selected character.
Students will be assessed on their written narrative. This will include their use of appropriate narrative structure and language features to link their ideas. Students’ use of correct sentence structure and punctuation will also be assessed.
Mathematics
We will be focusing on the following concepts: Fractions, 2D shapes, and Location.
Students will be assessed by: Recognising, classifying and describing 2D shapes, dividing shapes and collections into halves, quarters and eighths, and Locating features and using maps
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Students will be: Explore significant places, local communities and connection to places.
Students will be assessed by: Correctly labelling a map, describing places at different scales and people’s connections to those places.
Science
Students will investigate the relationships between forces and the motion of objects.
Students will be assessed by: Designing and constructing a toy using scientific understanding of push and pull.
The Arts
Media Arts: Students will create a multimodal art work based on a familiar narrative character.
Students will be assessed by: Creating an artwork using digital technologies.
Music with Mrs Murray: amurr51@eq.edu.au
Students will discover the instruments of the orchestra and experience music that uses these instruments. They will reflect on what characteristics are unique to each instrument family.
Will be assessed on:
(a) Workbook on Instrument Families
(b) Aural test identifying Instrument Families
NB: Some Music assessment tasks from Term 1 were postponed due to the disruption surrounding TC Alfred – these will be completed in Term 2 Week 2.
Health with Mrs Stirling: sstir16@eq.edu.au
Students will identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to stay safe. They will explore personal qualities and those of others, understanding how these contribute to developing identities.
Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and describe emotions by interpreting facial expressions and body language. They will also explain the connections between feelings, body reactions, and non-verbal cues.
Physical Education with Mr Brady: lbrad101@eq.edu.au
Students will spend the term focusing on each of the field events they will be undertaking as part of the Junior School Athletics Carnival. These include, long jump, shot put, javelin and high jump. There will also be a focus on sprinting technique as part of their running lessons. Year 2 classes, during the gross and fine motor lessons, will also be learning Captain Ball, Tunnel Ball, Over/Under Ball, Egg and Spoon races plus Sack Races.
Assessment: will determine how each student applies the correct technique for each of the above disciplines.