Year 2 Update Week 2
- Tuesday 4th September – LEAP Centre visit (please sign e-notice).
- Friday 14th September – PTA Bowling evening. Tickets are selling fast. Please sign up!
- Monday 24th September – CPD Day – BHS closed.
- Tuesday 25th September – Public Holiday – BHS closed.
- Thursday 27th September – Year 2 trip to Penfold Park. To be confirmed – more information to follow.
- Monday 1st October – Public Holiday – BHS closed.
- Tuesday 9th October & Thursday 11th October – Parent Consultation evenings.
- Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day (Community Chest). Last day of half term. School finishes 3pm.
- Monday 22nd October – School resumes.
| PE Kit | Library Bags | |
| 2D | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | Thursday |
| 2F | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Thursday |
| 2K | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | Wednesday |
The children have had an amazing time learning how to code Micro:bits with Mr Lowe. They have also had the opportunity to give directional instructions to Coda-Pillars.
The children have continued to explore different ways relaxation supports their well-being. They have started Zen Doodles and tried Cosmic Yoga.
In Maths, the children have been representing numbers in different ways as they continue to develop their understanding of place value.
In English, the children have been giving each other verbal instructions and have been learning how to write procedures.
Central idea:
Lifestyle choices can affect human health and well-being
Lines of inquiry:
- What it means to have a balanced lifestyle (causation)
- The choices we make that affect our health and well-being (reflection)
- Lifestyle changes (change)
Next week the children will be visiting the LEAP Centre to learn more about nutrition and the importance of following a balanced diet.
Place Value
Central Idea: We represent numbers and number relationships using the place value system
An inquiry into:
- Ways to represent numbers
- How we count numbers
- The Base Ten place value system
- Odd and even numbers (pattern and function)
The children will be working towards the following outcomes:
- Count by naming numbers in sequences, to and back from 999, moving from any starting point
- Recognise, model, read, write and order three digit numbers
- Apply place value to partition and rename, numbers to three digit numbers
- Skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s starting from zero
- Round numbers to the nearest 10
- Estimate up to 20 objects
- Identify and describe patterns in odd and even numbers
The children will be taking part in problem solving challenges to develop their understanding of place value in the real world.
The children have their Mathletics usernames and password in the front of their school diary. Please spend some time on it each week.
Writing focus: Writing to instruct
Text Type:
Writers choose words, punctuation and words for a purpose.
Related Language Concepts: imperative verbs, tense, capital letters and full stops.
The children will continue to discuss the language of instructional writing. They will listen to and give verbal instructions to one another. They will focus on using capital letters and full stops when writing sentences.
In reading, the focus is self-monitoring and summarising. The children will be showing that they understand it is their job to make sense of the texts they are reading and learning more about the strategies to use if they get stuck. They will be using SCOOP to help them retell the stories they have read.
