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