Thursday 23 February 2017

Length

Maths Groups - Length - circumference - centimetres - width - metres - uniform measurements - height. Learning lots. 
















Sunday 19 February 2017

Visual Literacy

Year 2 has been studying Visual Literacy during Literacy lessons. 

We have already investigated the salient point and the use of colour to create a mood.

Today we discussed the text.

We have been studying the book Fox by Margaret Wild.
The text is very interesting in this book. Why has it been placed in certain positions? Why is it in different directions? 
These are some of the questions that we posed and investigated.



The students also created their own piece of text.





Wednesday 15 February 2017

Maths

Today Year 2 students were thinking and learning about greater than and less than. The students created equations and read them out loud. 











Sunday 12 February 2017

Learning about Narratives

Year Two has been learning about the components of a Narrative. The students are putting together cut strips that are sentences that are part of either the Orientation, the Complication or the Resolution.









Thursday 9 February 2017

HIGE

Today we started our unit for this term - Suitable Spaces. The learning intention was to understand natural and man-made materials and to understand what has changed in the playground. 

We investigated the work that has been done so far in changing our playground space. To do this we looked from different views. We viewed the playground from the Stage 2 verandah and then the Stage 3 learning space. 

As we were observing we were thinking about what was man-made and what is natural. 

During our investigations we also thought about what had changed so far during the construction. 

Here we are looking at the dug up playground. 

















This lesson was an excellent start to finding out about suitable spaces. We can't wait for Mr Coote to come and show us the plans for the playground and tell us what is going to happen.

Whole Number

Year 2 has been consolidating their understanding of 2 and 3 digit numbers. We have been studying numbers before and after, ten more and ten less. The students enjoyed writing on the mini whiteboards. Go Year 2.

We love thinking about our Learning Intentions and then reviewing them at the end of the lesson. In that way we can know we have completed our journey.



Tuesday 7 February 2017

Science

This term in science we will be investigating light and sight. We will be completing a science investigation next Tuesday using tissue boxes. We would appreciate it if you could send some tissue boxes to school this week. 

Friday 3 February 2017

Possums and Koalas

Year 2 are now called either Possums or Koalas.

During Week 1 each class has researched and created the Australian animals that they are named.

The students had homework and they needed to present the information that they found during the Speaking and Listening session. 

Here are the students showing off their little creatures and revealing their new found interesting facts.