Welcome to Week 5 As the Year 2 Neighbourhood marches into Week 5 please see below for some of the things that will be happening. English Our writing focus for Week 5 will be a description of a significant event. During our writing sessions the students will draft and edit their own text. When writing […]
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in2Cricket Sessions On Monday mornings in term 1 the Year 2 neighbourhood will be involved in a series of in2Cricket clinics. The students will learn the skills of cricket as well as related skills such as cooperation and communication. Our first session was held this week with in2Cricket coach Tom. It was a fantastic introduction
As a part of us saying goodbye to 2016 we are all going to enjoy a neighbourhood picnic tomorrow at 10:30. We will be sitting and eating together on the stage. We ask that all students provide a plate of food to share. We will have some table space to place the food on and
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Can you believe the year is coming to an end? This week we will be reflecting on our learning about our big idea, ‘Our world is made up of many parts, which are connected. Understanding this helps us to make decisions.’ We will continue to show our learning through our future designs and share how
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We’ve had a busy week in the neighbourhood as we look to the future. We have been thinking about the considerations we need to make in order to design for the future, such as the environment, how many people will live on Earth and health. In Maths we have learning about area and creating our
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This Friday the year 2 neighbourhood will be presenting their learning at assembly. As a part of the assembly the children will be singing a song. We have been practicing a lot but a little extra would not hurt! Please provide time for your child to practice the song if they want to. It really
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Literacy This week’s focus will be on writing recounts of our trip to Como House. We will explore how we explain what has happened using chronological order and sequence all of the great things we did on the excursion. Children will use paragraphs to break up their recounts and keep an eye out on the
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The second group also had a wonderful day. The concepts of the past were amazing to explore and compare to life of today. The garden games were really fun and added a massive element of fun to the excursion. Inside the house we learnt that the children had to ask special permission (through Nanny only!)
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The first group has had a wonderful day at Como House. We worked through for different activities and investigated how the past can help us make decisions about the future. We learnt about how life was for children and servants as well as for the rich owners of Como House.
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Hello Parents, So the year 2 excursions are this week. Tomorrow 2MC and 2DM will be heading out and on Wednesday will be 2NC and 2LC. But both groups need to remember to bring a packed lunch and comfortable shoes. FYI: Each day the weather should be around 21 degrees and overcast. Parent Rep Amanda
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