Term 3 Overview

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to Term 3! I hope that you and your family had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday. It really is hard to believe we are half way through the year already, time sure does fly when you are having fun! I have been so incredibly impressed with the student's progress throughout Semester One and the effort and determination they have shown towards all learning activities.

This term our class will be having a major focus on ICT skills in preparation for Online NAPLAN in 2019. Our class will have a double period of ICT skills each week where we will focus on typing. I have also incorporated ICT into our weekly homework with the addition of a paragraph type. I understand that many households may not have a computer and/or printer but from surveying the kids most have an iPad. This activity can also be done on the iPad.


We have many fun events happening this term such as NAIDOC Week incursion, Science Week, Book Week, Life Education Van incursion, Cross Country, Faction Carnival and Parent Learning Journeys. It is set to be a very busy term!

Below I have outlined the concepts to be covered this term. 

Literacy
- Writing a variety of text types such as Narrative, Poetry, Procedure and Report
- Experiment with more complex punctuation such as commas, speech marks and ellipsis

- Reading comprehension skills and reading longer more difficult texts

- Investigating different areas of grammar such as nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs
- Introduction to figurative language such as personification and similes 

- Spelling a range of new sight words and learning the Year 2 Phonics Sounds

Maths

- Column addition and subtraction with and without regrouping

- Counting by 2, 3, 5,10s and learning the relevant timetables to go with these facts
- Multiplication and division - Fractions
- Money
- Numero game and challenges

- Measurement including mass, capacity, length and volume
- Telling the time

Science

- Chemical Science

History and Social Studies HASS

- Geography
You can assist our Geography knowledge by having access to a World Map at home. We will be focusing on labeling a map of Australia including states and territories, capital cities and oceans surrounding Australia. We will then be looking at labeling the continents of the world and the oceans.

Health

- CHAT Program which focuses on Drug Education.

Thank you so much for your continued support through out the year. Once again if you have any questions or queries please feel free to come and see me. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Caris Szczepanik