Morning Tea Invitation

On Wednesday 6th April at 9.00am (last week of term) we will be having an open morning for the parents, family and friends of the Year 2 Neighbourhood. We would like for the children to make something with their family to share on the day (home made preferably). It could be sandwiches, scones, slices, fruit, cake, savoury treats or anything really!

There will be presentation of the learning by the children and then parents and friends will be invited to wander around as the children work on their learning agreements.

Water Safety and Survival Day

On Tuesday 29th March the Intensive Swimming program will focus on the rules and safety at the pool, beach and other wet environments. The students will practice water survival skills and rescue procedures. To make this a worthwhile learning experience for your child, we ask that all students involved in the program bring shorts and a T-shirt to wear over their bathers. Please bring a plastic bag to put your wet clothes in at the end of the session.

Learning Agreements

Today the children took home their Learning Agreements. Although some finished all the activities, it is not necessary for them to complete them all. It is the effort that is put into the learning tasks that is most important. We would encourage parents to discuss and write a brief comment on their first learning agreement.

Please bring your Learning Agreement to school.

SWIMMING

Don't forget that our swimming program runs this week and next week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The staff at the pool have asked if children could wear a swimming cap if possible.

We swim in the same pool as the Richmond Football Team use - hence the tiger!!

St Patrick's Day

Tomorrow, March 17th, is St Patrick's Day. We would like all the children in grade 2 to wear something green.

Can you find out why we celebrate St Patrick's Day?

Our New Learning Agreement V2

After much discussion, we have altered the Learning Agreement:

Learning agreement - number one V2

Interdependence

CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO ABOUT INTERDEPENDENCE

Our first Learning Agreement

Learning agreement - number one

Place Value Games

Our main focus for mathematics has been on place value. Here are some links to some games you can play to help your learning.

Place Value to 10 or 100

Interactive MAB game

Partition

Shark Numbers

Place the penguin

Place Value to 1000

Toon University

Comparing Numbers (Challenging)

Natural World - Video 1 "Volcanoes"

Asha's talk

This morning, Asha presented her home learning to the neighbourhood.

Do we control the natural world?

My answer is yes because we can control some things in the natural world. We control our pets, we control lights, we control electricity, we control where our cars go. We control where to build our houses or where to plant our plants. But we can't control things like when the water smashes on the sand or when it rains, or when the wind blows. We can't control when lightening strikes. We also can't control our death.

Do we control space?

My answer is no because space isn't part of the natural world. This is because it's in the sky and we can't reach it. And also the sun is too hot to go near. We aslo don't control when the planets move or when the sun shines. Or when the moon and the stars come out at night.

Thanks
Asha 7 1/2 years old


Our next question for home discussion:

Is food part of the natural world?

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The Zimmer Twins

This week in our afternoon ICT sessions the students have been using the website, The Zimmer Twins. It is great for supporting children in video editing and literacy.

Our Weekly Timetable

Program of Learning G2 2011