June 2017

Learning Focus | Week 8!

Literacy This week in Literacy we will continue investigating change and consistency through Jeanie Baker’s lovely book Belonging. The children will continue developing their portfolio pieces from this work. Also in reading, different ways to engage with texts are being explored and developed whilst we continue investigating different spelling patterns and conventions. Numeracy The fidget

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Maker Group

Following the formation of the three interest groups created in Term 1, the maker group started to explore our inquiry question “How can we look after our environments and make them better?”. Our discussions led us to discovering new ways to improve our learning spaces. The maker group was divided into 5 interest groups; pictures, windows, decorations, statues and picnic

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Buddy Project

    Last week, the year 2 neighbourhood started a new initiative – The Buddy Project! Each student got paired with another student in the neighbourhood and spent Thursday and Friday getting to know their buddy. They had a chat about themselves, sat together for lunch and read some books together. Some even wrote a

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Board Games

Archie and Sammy shared with us their amazing home made board games this week. Board games are great because it teaches us to take turns and follow rules. It also supports our counting and subitising when we use dice. Thanks Archie and Sammy!

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