Term 4 Overview

Welcome back to Term 4! It is hard to believe that in 10 weeks, Year 2 will be over for the year! 

We have an extremely busy term ahead of us with the following events happening around the school.

- Dance lessons start on Thursday and run for the whole term.

- We have a class excursion in Week 4 to Scitech

- Swimming lessons will take place in Week 9 

and 10

- Our class assembly is week 6 with Mrs Beste's Year 1 class

- Super Scientist Presentations 

This term our class is going to have a strong focus on computer skills. To assist your child to improve their computer skills I ask you to allow them to use the family computer to practice their typing and word skills. They could simply type up a story at home or type up their spelling words. We are aiming to improve their keyboard recognition as well as basic computer functions like logging in and logging off.

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, 3, 4, and 5

- Money

- Division by 3 and 4

- Fractions

- Doubling

- Halving

- Chance 

- Telling time

Literacy:

- Narrative and Persuasive Writing 

- VCOP

- 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:

- Physical Science - Investigate different forces

History and Geography:

- Australian states and capitals

- Past and present technology

- Australian inventions

Health:

- Values

- Goal setting

If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Mrs Caris Szczepanik