Grammar

In Room 16 we are superstars at Grammar! Throughout the year we have worked extremely hard to learn a variety of different grammar aspects including:

• Nouns – Proper nouns, pronouns and common nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs and Adverbs
• Conjunctions
• Contractions
• Similes
  

Have a look at us reciting the definition of each of these aspects in the video below. Pretty impressive right?

Buddies

Last Friday we met with our Year 6 buddies from Mr Sherlock's class! We had so much and really enjoyed showing our buddies how amazing we are at reading. Throughout this term we will be doing many different activities with our buddies like reading, writing a persuasive text and even Christmas crafts! 

Buddies from carisheppener

Super Scientist Presentations

Today a note went home outlining what day your child will present their Super Scientist Presentation. Please ensure they have their presentation ready to go for their scheduled day, and have practised their presentation. The most important aspect students will be marked on is their knowledge, understanding and explanation of the scientific content. Best of luck to all Room 16s budding Scientists. I can’t wait to see all their amazing presentations!

Excursion Money

Just a reminder, that all excursion money is due by Wednesday the 26^th of October. Please give your $13 and permission slip to Mrs S as soon as possible. Unfortunately, no late money can be accepted! It is going to be an amazing excursion to Scitech, which will be full of important, engaging learning experiences. 

Welcome!

Room 16 is extremely lucky to welcome Miss Laura O'Neill to our class. Miss O'Neill will be with us for the next 6 weeks, as she learns to become an amazing teacher. We can't wait to see what fantastic learning experiences she has planned for us! We wish her all the best for the next 6 weeks. 

Term 4 Timetable

Due to dance lessons commencing this term, we have got a new class timetable! Everything is still on the same day but some things have just changed times. Please find it attached below.

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