English

Year 2 and Year 2/3D:  Students will create written and/or multimodal texts to inform. 

Assessment:  Students will use text structures to organise and link ideas for a purpose. They will punctuate simple and compound sentences. Students will use topic-specific vocabulary.  They will write words using consistently legible unjoined letters. Students will spell words with regular spelling patterns, and use phonic and morphemic knowledge to attempt to spell words with less common patterns.

Year 1/2C: 
Students will deliver a presentation to express a preference for a game or playtime activity and persuade their peers to vote for their chosen activity. They will learn to read, compare and create persuasive texts. Students will develop their presentation skills in small groups and in front of the class.

 

Mathematics

Year 2 and Year 2/3D:  We will be focusing on the following concepts: Money, Data, Addition & Subtraction.

Students will be assessed by: Using mathematical modelling to solve practical additive problems involving money, conducting an observation to answer the question: ‘Which drink bottle colour is most common?’, and by describing & continuing additive patterns, and by identifying missing elements in additive patterns.

Year 1/2C : 
Students will continue to develop their numeracy skills by working on learning; addition, subtraction and multiplication skills. They will also use uniform units to measure, compare and discuss the attributes of shapes and objects based on length, capacity and mass.

Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)

Year 2, Year 1/2 C and Year 2/3D:  Students will be: Examining technologies and how they have changed over time. They will have the opportunity to experience hands on learning by using and playing with toys and household items from the past. 

Students will be assessed by: Describing and comparing past and present technologies, and describing the impact of the changes over time.

Science 

Year 2 and Year 2/3D:  Students will investigate the life cycles of plants and animals.
Students will be assessed by: sequencing and comparing life cycles of different animals.

Year 1/2C: 
In this unit, students investigate combinations of different materials and give reasons for the selection of materials according to their properties and purpose. Students will pose questions, make predictions and follow instructions to record observations in a guided investigation. They will represent and communicate their observations using scientific language.

Technologies

Year 2 and Year 2/3D:  Students will investigate Design techniques and concepts that help living things grow and survive.

Students will be assessed by: Planning and designing a trellis to help their plant to grow and survive.

Year 1/2C : Students will investigate Design techniques and concepts related to their science material unit.
Students will analyse their "lunch box" design.

Music with Mrs Murray: amurr51@eq.edu.au

1/2C Music Term 3

Students will use untuned percussion to perform simple part work and ostinato.
Assessment:
• Perform a 4-beat ostinato on a drum to accompany a sung melody. 
• Compose an 8-beat rhythm using Ta, Ti Ti and Za (stick notation).

Year 2 Music Term 3
Students compose rhythms and melodies in 2 metre, using the rhythms Ta Ti Ti Za and the melody notes Mi So and La. Students will learn how to read and write music using barlines.
Assessment:
• Compose an 8-beat rhythm in 2 metre (stick notation including bar lines)
• Compose a melody to a given rhythm using Mi So and La and notate this on staff.

2/3D and Year 3 Music Term 3
Students will develop skills in reading notation and ensemble playing, using voice and melodic percussion to explore part-work, dynamics and the rhythm element Tika Tika. Students will respond to music they listen to using the elements of music. 
Assessment:
• Individual performance of a Pentatonic melody on melodic percussion.
• Respond to music (similarities and differences) using the Musical elements.

Health with Mrs Stirling:  sstir16@eq.edu.au

Students will investigate a range of health messages and practices in their community and discuss their purposes. Students identify how health information can be used in their lives.
Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and explain the purpose of various health messages and practices found in their community. They will demonstrate understanding by discussing how this information can influence personal decisions and support their own health and wellbeing.

Physical Education with Mr Brady: lbrad101@eq.edu.au

Year 2: Catch me if you can!
Practical: Students develop the fundamental movement skills of dodging and running and test alternatives to evade others and objects in tagging games. They explore positive ways to interact with others, including strategies to work in groups and play fairly during tagging games.

Assessment: Performances are observed on a number of occasions throughout a unit of work, and judgments relating to the quality of performance are made and recorded on observation records.
The assessment will gather evidence of the student’s ability to:
• demonstrate fundamental movement skills in a variety of situations
• test alternatives to solve movement challenges
• demonstrate positive ways to interact with others