YEAR 2 NEWS

During Term 3, Year 2 students enjoyed learning about Australia egg-laying animals as a part of our Science and English activities.  We discovered lots of very interesting facts. Each class then focused on their favourite animals, researching the animal in greater detail.  Students did a fantastic job of writing their facts into an information report.  Students presented their information together with pictures in a poster format.

As a part of our End of Term Service Activity, students made bookmarks for the students of St Joseph’s Primary School in Stanthorpe.  Each bookmark included a message for the students including a joke to help put a smile on their face as well as trying to make Tiddalik laugh to bring much needed water to their community.

In HASS, we learnt about many places throughout Australia and how we are connected to the rest of the world.  Student prepared a Keynote presentation using iPads, which included maps and photos to assist in telling the class about a location throughout the World that they were interested in.  We learnt so much about our World, including many wonderful family connections students have to countries throughout the world.

Term 4 has had a very busy start as we have been developing our persuasive writing skills.  Students are looking forward to using their new skills in their writing and maybe even when trying to convince parents of their point of view.  It is also very exciting to be finally learning how to join our letters in our handwriting.

During Week 1, we were very fortunate to one of our mums, Mrs Simone Ottorbino, able to visit us and share her amazing knowledge of how the brain works.  Although the brain is very complicated, Mrs Ottobrino was able to explain it very simply for us. We especially enjoyed hearing how we can focus on dealing with difficult situations, ensuring we stay like Mr Cool and don’t turn into Mr Grump.  Mrs Ottobrino’s information fits in very with the ‘Zones of Regulation’ and ‘Mind Up’ activities we are using in the classroom.

In Religion, we are learning about the life and times of Jesus, while also learning about the Rosary during the month of October.  In Science, we have started to investigate and discuss our predictions of how different ingredients can be mixed with a variety of outcomes. We look forward to our hands-on activities when we see for ourselves the outcomes and changes when mixing ingredients together.