Year 2 Term 1 Overview 2022

Term overview

Welcome to Term One!

After a delayed start to 2022 we are happy to finally welcome all students back to TBSS.  We would also like to welcome Mrs Passfield and Mrs Rasheed to the teaching team for Grade 2.  Following on from 2021, the Trinity Beach State School rules are Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be a Learner.

Our student expectations are:

• Whole Body Listening
• Full school uniform (including correct shorts and wearing shoes)
• Black or white socks
• School hats to be worn or remain undercover
• No jewellery (except approved sleepers, studs, medic alert bracelets etc.)
• Walking on concrete or through walk-way area/ between classrooms/ buildings
• No playground play before or after school
• Bikes/ scooters are to be walked in school grounds
• All rubbish to be placed in the bins
• Remain in correct play areas (CPA 1 (tuckshop area), under the JLC or on the mini oval.

If you need to take your child out of school early or arrive late please go via the office to receive an early/late slip. From time to time personal details such as telephone numbers and addresses change.  If this happens, please notify the office to update your details. 

Thank you for sending your child to their new class with the necessary school supplies they need to ensure a successful start to the year. As the year moves on, please check with your child to see if items require replenishing.

We look forward to working with you throughout 2022!

Arrival at school

Students are to arrive to school no earlier than 8:15am. Students are to sit in CPA1 (tuck shop area) until the 8:30 bell rings. Classrooms will be open from 8:30 - 8:45 depending on individual teachers.

Lost Property

Please ensure all your child’s equipment and clothing is named.  If it is located and has a name all effort is taken to return the property to your child.  If it is not named it is sent to the lost property box which is located in the hall.

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 schools attendance target is 95% 

Reading / Spelling

Our school is implementing a systematic synthetic phonics approach that has a teaching sequence for reading and spelling which goes across the entire school. Promoting Literacy Development or PLD for short, provides teachers with an innovative, evidence-based approach to literacy and advocates that children’s literacy and learning outcomes are maximized when the areas of literacy, oral language and movement & motor skills are simultaneously targeted.  With this change, we will be working with decodable texts instead of predictable texts in the teaching of reading.

English

Writing Descriptions

In this unit, students use stimulus pictures and fairy tales  to write a description. Students will analyse characters in texts and identify the  text structure and language features of a description including: title, introduction, appearance, qualities and actions and conclusion. Students focus on language features: paragraphing, types of sentences, nouns, noun groups, verbs, verb groups, adjectives, pronouns and conjunctions. Assessment: Students choose a character and write their own description and illustrate.

Maths

In Term 1 students apply a variety of mathematical concepts in real-life and purely mathematical situations within the following areas:

• Number – revise number concepts – including counting, matching, representing and partitioning  2-digit numbers.
• Space -  Recognise the features of three- dimensional objects and draw two-dimensional shapes.
• Chance and Data -  Describe outcomes for everyday events, make sense of collected information and collect, organise and represent data to make simple inferences.

Science

All Mixed Up

Key Understanding: Different materials can be combined for a particular purposes. Students will:

* explore the local environment to observe a variety of materials, and describe ways in which materials are used 

* investigate the effects of mixing materials together 

* suggest why different parts of everyday objects such as toys and clothes are made from different materials 

* identify materials such as paper that can be changed and remade or recycled into new products 

HASS

In this unit students will explore the following inquiry question: How are people connected to their place and other places?

Learning opportunities support students to:

• draw on representations of the world as geographical divisions and the location of Australia
• recognise that each place has a location on the surface of Earth, which can be expressed using direction and location of one place from another
• identify examples of places that are defined at different levels or scales, such as, personal scale, local scale, regional scale, national scale or region-of-the-world scale
• understand that people are connected to their place and other places in Australia, the countries of Asia and other places across the world, and that these connections are influenced by purpose, distance and accessibility
• represent connections between places by constructing maps and using symbols
• examine geographical information and data to identify ways people, including Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples, are connected to places and factors that influence those connections
• respond with ideas about why significant places should be preserved and how people can act to preserve them

HPE

In PE, students in year two will demonstrate fundamental skills to test alternatives to solve movement challenges, to reach their targets in different games and sports. In Health, students will describe changes that occur as they grow older. They identify emotional responses impact on others' feelings. 

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

Computers are handy helpers

In this unit students will learn and apply Digital Technologies knowledge and skills through guided play and tasks integrated into other subject areas. They will:

• recognise and explore how digital and information systems are used for particular purposes in daily life
• collect, explore and sort familiar data and use digital systems to present the data creatively to convey meaning
• describe and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) to solve simple problems in non-digital and digital contexts
• develop foundational skills in systems and computational thinking, applying strategies such as exploring patterns, developing logical steps, and hiding unnecessary information when solving simple problems
• work independently and with others to create and organise ideas and information, and share these with known people in safe online environments.

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

You Can Do It

You Can Do It is our social and emotional learning programme.  It focusses on 5 keys to success. These are – persistence,  organisation, getting along, confidence and resilience. Parents are encouraged to attend meetings offered throughout the term.  

Tuck shop

Tuckshop operates daily during the two breaks. Orders can be placed online via FlexiSchools or at the tuckshop on a paper bag. Tuckshop orders are placed in class tuckshop basket before 9am. Miscellaneous items can be purchased over the counter.  Please talk to your child about not giving money away or sharing food.

Religious Instruction

Religion classes are Monday 12.00-12.30.  Students who had a  religion nominated on their enrolment form will attend religion classes.  Students not attending religion will participate in social skill lessons with their classroom teacher.  Please contact the office if you wish to change your child’s current religious preference.

School Pride Project

Every year, every year level undertakes a special school pride project to foster a sense of unity and pride in our school and community.  This year the year 2 cohort have decided to continue to support our local animal shelters by asking students and parents to donate an item of food or bedding (blankets, towels etc.) to help keep the shelters in action. This is a very worthwhile cause and I know how much our contributions are appreciated.

In Term 2 and 4 we will send out more information about our project.

Homework

In 2022, homework is going to look a bit different.  We are implementing a new reading program at TBSS and the homework requirements are still be discussed.  During homework time it would be beneficial for your child to read a book to you at home, write a sentence or a journal or spend some time outside doing some exercise.

Contact information

Contact your childs teacher via email:

Kat Davies        2A    kdavi226@eq.edu.au                     Nicky Passfield   -  2B     nscan15@eq.edu.au           

Renee Harper   2C     rkhar1@eq.edu.au                        Nicola Rasheed   - 2D      nrash1@eq.edu.au

Tanara Jackson 2E      tljac0@eq.edu.au                       Kristie Pittorino         2F      kpitt32@eq.edu.au