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This week, students have invited the Preps to attend our conceptual play world. We look forward to hosting them on Friday where we will give them a guided tour of the three spaces – literacy, nature and play – and provide them with provocations and challenges to solve or complete. Before Friday, we will spend […]

With our invitations to the Preps drafted and ready to be published, the focus of our inquiry is now preparing to share our learning with visitors. Some students have been busy preparing introductory speeches in Provocations; others have been finalising informative presentations and didactic panels that explain the ideas and processes behind the creation of

Deeper and deeper thinking is happening around the creation of our imaginary world. Students are continuing to focus hard on the planning, designing, building and writing of key elements of the world. They have also been engaging in workshops that prompt them to develop, consolidate and apply their mathematical skills while creating other important aspects

This year’s Book Week theme is Reading is Magic – and as the Year 2s know, magic is a wonderful aspect of fantasy that we can explore. As part of our engagement in this exciting time of year, the students have been delving into the magic of visualisation and the way that written words can

In the apply phase of our inquiry, students are continuing to work towards creating our imaginary world. Each line of inquiry group is responsible for different elements of the world including plants, animals, labs, libraries, play things and play spaces. The natural world of our imaginary world will include interesting plants and mythical creatures, and

What an exciting couple of weeks we have had in our learning journey. Last week, students were introduced to conceptual play worlds. Our current neighbourhood novel is The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and students have been fascinated with several themes in this book. During one reading session a note addressed to the students

As the Year 2 inquiry into Fantasy and Reality progresses, the students have been tackling some big questions about how these two concepts overlap in play, in the natural world, and in storytelling. Particularly exciting was the moment that an alien ‘hacked’ Larree’s computer, setting the students several challenges that they had to complete in

Our inquiry is in the connect phase and we have hit the ground running this term. Students revisited the central idea “The idea that there are similarities and differences between fantasy and reality” and have  been introduced to three lines of inquiry: In provocations and workshops, students have explored themes such as how we classify

The Year 2 Neighbourhood has learned a lot about each other through our Welcome Inquiry. Something that we noticed was a big interest in mythical creatures – particularly piqued by our Neighbourhood Novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – as well as real life creatures, such as the praying mantises that are currently

Dear Year 2 Families, We have had a wonderful start to the year, with students settling into Year 2 life quickly and easily. We have been working hard to set goals with individuals as well as getting the Home Reading system up and running. We will be sending more resources home to support this in