Year 2 - Term 4 Curriculum Overview 2023
Term 4
Welcome back to Term 4 – can you believe that the students we welcomed into Grade 2 at the start of the year are nearly Grade 3! It has been amazing for us to see each and every one of the students grow and develop in their abilities.
Important Dates:
- Bravehearts – Tues 24th October
- World Teachers’ Day – Fri 27th October
- Tuckshop Day – Fri 3 November
- Colour Run – Fri 10th November
- P and C Movie Night – Sat 11th November
- Carol Night – Thurs 30th November
- Last Day of Term – Friday 8th December
English
This term students are exploring the language features of narratives. Students will be reading a series of familiar narratives, and innovating them by adding or changing an event. This allows students opportunities to develop their creative writing skills. Students will be assessed on handwriting, punctuation, spelling, linking images to their text (their own or existing images), language features, and the structural features of a narrative.
Maths
Science
In Term 4, students begin our ‘Save Plant Earth’ unit. During this unit of work, students will explore the Earth’s resources, how we use them, and how we can conserve them. Students will learn about water, soil, underground resources and many more. The Earth’s resources are precious, and students will begin to explain ways in which each resources can be conserved. This allows students the opportunity to witness how science can be used in our every day lives.
HASS
How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?
Learning opportunities support students to:
- investigate continuity and change in technology used in the home, e.g. in toys or household products
- compare and contrast features of objects from the past and present
- sequence key developments in the use of a particular object in daily life over time
- pose questions about objects from the past and present
- describe ways technology has impacted on peoples' lives making them different from those of previous generations
- use information gathered for an investigation to develop a narrative about the past.
HPE
Students in Year 2 will perform long-rope skipping sequences to rhymes. They will identify how their heart reacts to skipping.
Music
In this unit, students will appreciate and analyse the music of Saint-Saens. They will consolidate their knowledge of rhythmical elements – Ta, Ti-ti and Za and learn tika-tika (semiquavers). Students will create and perform different rhythmical patterns using known rhythmical elements. They will learn about tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments and use these to produce rhythmical ostinatos. Students will be introduced to the musical forms of the canon, A form and AB form by singing different songs. They will consolidate their knowledge of the pentatonic scale.
Visual Arts
This term in Visual Arts, Year 2 students will continue to explore the seven elements of art. They will then use this knowledge to complete their very own art piece from different materials and mediums. This will communicate their ideas as an artist and wrap up our semester of art for 2023.
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.
Technology
This term in technology, Year 2 students will design a puppet to use in a puppet show. They will follow the design process to plan create and reflect on their puppet. They will need to consider what materials they choose to suit the purpose of each part of the puppet.
Assessment Schedule
Learning Area | Assessment Task | Due Date |
| ENGLISH | Students write an additional event to a narrative Students listen to, view and read narratives to explore the language features and structure. Students write a short, imaginative event to be added to an identified story. | Week 8 |
| MATHS | Counting and calculating to and from 1000
Performing simple addition and subtraction calculations
Using a calendar to identify dates, months and seasons
| Week 4 Week 6 Week 8 |
| SCIENCE | Written report and poster
| Weeks 6-7 |
| HASS | Written Research Students conduct an inquiry to answer the question: How and why have changes in road transport affected the lives of people over time? | Weeks 6-7 |
| HPE | Ropes & Rhymes (Skipping) | ongoing |
| MUSIC | Making & Composing Responding | Weeks 7-8 Week 8 |
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
Attendance
How to report an absence:
Either:
- Text (SMS)* 0428 621 921 (preferred method) *SMS line does not take calls & no emoji’s please SMS any time, with student name, reason for absence and duration.
- Call the absence Line: 4057 1444 (press #1) only available after 8:30 am Leave student name and reason for absence.
- Email: attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au before 9:30am.
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
Tuckshop
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.
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