Year 2 Term 3 2024 Curriculum Overview
Welcome & General Information
Welcome back after what we hope was a great break for all. We would also like to welcome any new families into the Trinity Beach community.
The purpose of this overview is to share what topics our students will be covering over the duration of this term across all of the learning areas as well as share when students will be assessed on their learning.
For information about specific events please keep a look out on the Trinity Beach State School Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/trinitybeachss/
This term, all year levels will be participating in swimming lessons. Each class has been allocated a week in which they will participate in 4 lessons. A detailed timetable has been sent to families.
To ensure a smooth start to the term, please check to see if your child needs any additional equipment, such as stationary or uniforms and ensure that these are named to reduce the risk of losing them.
We hope that this term is a successful term. As always, if you have any questions about your child’s progress or if you have any concerns your first point of contact is your child’s teacher. The contact details for all the teachers are listed in the “Contact Information” section.
English
This term in English, students will be working on reading, viewing and comprehending texts; and also speaking and listening. Throughout the term, students will read, view and comprehend various narratives. They will explore how ideas can be presented through characters, events and images. Students will choose their favourite story, and plan a persuasive argument to share their opinion with their peers. They will practise their speaking and listening skills in a small group, as they learn to interact and share differing opinions respectfully.
Maths
This term in Maths, students will cover a range of topics including:
- representing multiplication and division by grouping into sets
- interpreting simple maps of familiar locations
- explaining the effects of one-step transformations
- counting to and from 1000
- dividing collections and shapes into halves, quarters and eighths
- ordering shapes and objects using informal units
Science
Designing a toy
Students design a toy that will move with a push or pull, and describe a change to the toy and how it affects the toy’s movement. They pose an investigation question and make a prediction about the toy’s movement. Students represent and communicate observations and ideas.
Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS)
Impacts of technology over time
In this unit, students will explore the following inquiry question:
- How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?
Students conduct an inquiry to answer the question:
- How and why have changes in road transport affected the lives of people over time?
Health & Physical education (HPE)
In PE, students in Year Two will demonstrate fundamental movement skills of rolling, balancing and jumping. They will perform gymnastic skills as a continuous movement sequence that incorporates the elements of movement: body awareness, effort (flow) and space awareness. In Health, students explore what shapes their own, their family and classroom's identity. They will examine strengths and achievements in individual and groups and ways to include others to make them feel they belong. Students will explore the importance of celebrating who they are and respecting each other's differences.
Music
During Term one, students will reinforce knowledge of the rhythmic elements – crotchet, quavers and minim. They will learn about strong and weak beats, rhythmic ostinato and percussion instruments.
Technology
Students will explore a range of familiar services and identify how each services meets a particular need within the community.
Visual Arts
This term in Visual Arts, year 2 students will be exposed to each of the seven basic elements of art. Elements of art are stylistic features that are included in artwork to help the artist communicate. These elements are line, shape, colour, texture, value space and form. Students view various famous artworks that have each element depicted in the artwork. Students will use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks using the basic elements of art. This year in Visual Arts our theme is ‘Bugs, grubs and all thing nice.’
Drama
Amy and Louis’. Story Book Drama
Students create and perform roles in a story book drama based on the book Amy and Louis by Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood
Assessment Schedule
Learning Area | Assessment Task | Due Date |
English | Sharing an opinion | Week 9 |
Maths | Multiplying and dividing Interpret simple maps of familiar locations and transformation Ordering shapes and objects using informal units | Approx Week 4 Approx Week 7 Approx Week 10 |
Science | Written - To describe the changes made to a toy car; and predict and observe how these changes affect its movement. | Week 9 |
HASS | Impacts of technology over time | Part A – Week 7 Part B/C – Term 4 |
Drama | Making - Performance Improvisation from the book. | Week 8 |
Responding – Oral test | Week 9 | |
Music | Singing the core song ‘Tony Chestnut’ with body percussion ostinato | Weeks 7-8 |
Technology | Students identify a problem within their classroom. Students will design a service to help solve this problem. Students will share their service through the use of a digital platform. | Week 10 |
Reading & Spelling
Our school continues to embed a whole school approach to reading and spelling across Prep to Year 6. This involves teaching the reading and spelling demands of the Australian Curriculum, providing students with a systematic synthetic phonics approach and unpacking the Big 6/Science of Reading through engaging and meaningful lessons. Students engage with decodable texts when learning to read and rich authentic texts when reading to learn and continue to use the PLD approach for their spelling and sound focus.
Homework
Homework will consist of a reading and spelling activity. Some Teachers may include some Maths. Please refer to individual class information from your child’s Teacher regarding the Homework expectations for your child.
Attendance
How to report an absence:
- Email attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au or
- Call the school's absence line on 4057 1444, then press #1 and don't forget to leave a reason why your child/children are away, or
- Send a note to the classroom teacher on their return
Our school’s attendance target is 95%
QParents
QP is an online portal helping the school move toward a cashless and paper friendly school.
- The QP portal allows Parents and Carers to grant participation consent online for activities such as swimming and excursions which reduces our need to print out paper consent forms
- Also, the QP portal enables Parents and Carers to make payment online for school activities and viewing unpaid invoices payment history.
Thank you to all those parents who have registered for QParents. This means every registered parent now has the opportunity to access to their children’s student records at their fingertips, anytime, anywhere. Haven’t received an invitation from us yet? There’s still time! Please let us know immediately. Or if you are simply looking for further information, videos and FAQs on QParents, visit https://qparents.qld.edu.au
Contact information
Class Teachers 2A Kristie Pittorino kpitt32@eq.edu.au 2B Nicky Passfield nscan15@eq.edu.au 2C Renee Harper rkhar1@eq.edu.au 2D Nicola Rasheed nrash1@eq.edu.au Specialist Teachers HPE Jodie Donovan jdono63@eq.edu.au HPE Damien Theodore dxthe0@eq.edu.au Svetlana Walker swalk146@eq.edu.au Technology Alex Einerman aeine0@eq.edu.au Visual Arts Vanessa Graham vgrah5@eq.edu.au |