Student Councillors

Congratulations to Phoebe and Harrison who have done an amazing job throughout Semester One being Room 16's Student Councillors. You have made all of us proud with the way you have represented our class and shared our ideas at the Student Councillor Meetings. Well done to you both!

This term we are all excited to announce that our new Student Councillors are Layla and Raj! Throughout the year they have demonstrated great leadership skills and responsibility. We look forward to seeing what an amazing job you do. Congratulations!

Spelling Lists

This term, you will notice that our spelling lists are made up of new Year 2 Phonics sounds and then a revision sound from the past terms. As a class we spoke about the need for continual practice of things and we thought it was a great idea to review past sounds!

Morning Work

Congratulations to all the incredible students in Room 16 for adapting so well to our new morning routine. It has been a pleasure to see you all coming in early and completing your weekly review sheets! I have been so impressed with how focused you have been and how quickly you are getting those sheets completed. Keep up the amazing work!

NAIDOC Day Incursion

As part of the Western Australian Curriculum, all students are learning about Aboriginal culture and history. To further develop their understanding, a NAIDOC Day incursion has been organised for Thursday next week. Please ensure your $5 and permission slips are back to school by Friday the 29th of July. No late money will be accepted and if you don't pay you won't be attending. It will be a wonderful hands on experience. Thank you.

School Photos

Just a reminder school photos are this Wednesday the 20th of July. All photo money is to be returned on the day. Please come dressed in school uniform and bring your best smiles!

Term 3 Overview

Welcome back to Term 3! It is hard to believe that we are already half way through Year 2, but time sure does fly when you are having fun. I hope you and your family has a great holiday and got a chance to do many fun things together!

This term our class is going to have a strong focus on values such as independence, responsibility, excellence and perseverance. Each of these values teach vital life skills and lessons, which even as adults we use each and every day. Values will be incorporated into the teaching of all learning areas. I really encourage you to support your child in developing these values by providing them with opportunities to demonstrate independence and responsibility. Things such as packing their own bags for school, walking to class independently or encouraging them to remember their library books and homework files are simple, yet effective ways, to help instill these values.

Throughout Term 3, we also have many exciting events to look forward to such as the NAIDOC Day Incursion and Lapathon.

Below I have outlined the key areas of focus for each learning area for this term. As you can see, it is once again going to be a very busy term filled with fun learning experiences.

Maths:

- Mental Maths skills

- Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, 10

- Money

- Shapes

- Division by 2, 5, 10 

- Fractions

- Doubling

- Halving

- Chance 

Literacy:

- Narrative Writing all term

- Conjunctions

- Spelling rules

- Speech marks

- Capitals for emphasis

- Ellipses

- Homophones

- Homographs

- Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Nouns

- Prefixes and Suffixes

- Verb tenses

- Reading strategies and comprehension skills

Science:

- Chemical Science - Investigate different mixtures

Geography:

- Continents

- Australia - States, territories, capital cities

- Globes and Maps - North and South Pole, hemispheres, equator, tropics on a world map

- Connections to places in Australia and the world

- Indigenous Australian's connections to places

- Technology and Enterprise to be incorporated into Geography this term with students making posters about Australia.

Health:

- Values

- We can talk to someone about anything no matter what it is

- We all have the right to feel safe at all times

- Goal setting

If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me. I am looking forward to another fantastic term together!

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Mrs Caris Szczepanik