This year, we have seen the introduction of our new school values – Our Story. Last term we looked extensively at the ‘One Community’ value – and understanding what it means to be a part of the year 2 community. This term, we are focussing our attention on ‘Strong and Capable Children’. We posed a […]
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Last week, the students of the year 2 neighbourhood made the short trip down to the Melbourne Museum. The focus of our excursion was to visit the First People’s exhibit – Bunjilaka – on the ground floor and the students went in with the big questions “What is Culture” and “What special things go into
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Monday will be ‘water safety day’. Students will be required to wear shorts and tshirts into the water. Please make sure students have this packed into their swimming bags and if possible a plastic bag for wet clothes. Thanks!
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We’re putting a call out for any parents who are free next week to help us out with swimming. We will be putting a timetable/signup sheet outside the neighbourhood this morning for those of you who can spare us even 2 hours. Thanks for your support!
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This morning some of the girls in the year 2 neighbourhood played their first netball game at the State Netball and Hockey Centre! Jen was lucky enough to go along and watch the girls (her daughter was playing in the next game), and witnessed an amazing effort put forth by all of the team.
Excitement and expectation was in the air on Tuesday afternoon. The year 2 two students sat patiently in the meeting space, ready for the big announcement……..who was their new buddy for the week?!?! Students had reflected on Monday afternoon about the Buddy Project. Why exactly do we do this in the year 2 neighbourhood? What
Over the next few weeks, the students in the year 2 neighbourhood are going to be focussing their maths investigations on money. Students will broaden their understandings of how maths is used in every day life and be able to the apply skills they will develop during these investigations. The main focus of learning
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For weeks leading up to our assembly, our wonderful music teacher Deb and gorgeous parent helper Gabi, assisted the students in making artwork for their production. The very involved process included choosing appropriate images for the students to draw – which ended up with the idea of ‘ the crazier the better’, tracing over them,
This term we have been investigating various countries and our connection to them. We have begun to understand what makes something a country such as human and natural features including landmarks, geography, language, currency, clothing and food. Our big idea is ‘We make connections to places through family, stories, experiences and artefacts’. Next term