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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 7

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we conducted our Benchmarking reading tests and we used our lesson time to put together our story books and finish them before our peer review and putting them on display.	We will review each other’s story books and check reflect on the books we have created.
Math	This week we have practiced subtraction using the column method with and without regrouping. We had lots of mixed up sums to check if we could choose the right method to solve them. We also solved worded subtraction problems and wrote our own word problems.	Measure and estimate lengths in centimetres; tell the time involving multiples of 5 minutes past the hour and 5 minutes to the hour; tell time to 5 minutes; begin to say the time 10 minutes later
Inquiry	This week we had activities to further the use of Maths when learning about products and how they are made. This involved block graphs, Venn diagrams and an activity to make the price for products we know.	We will finish our inquiry by reflecting on the learning journey we had have. This will include discussing what we have learnt, what we can do next and how to improve for our next inquiry unit.
Art	This week we completed the papier mache and painting of our model aeroplanes. It was messy fun and the students enjoyed adding colour to their models.	We will add the final decorations (windows, airline name etc) to our model aeroplanes.
Notices and Events	Primary Parent meeting 8 - 9:00 on Monday on the 3rd floor of the new secondary building Swimming gala 9 - 10:00 for Years 1,2 & 3

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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 6

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we continued to the next phase of our story writing by typing our stories and designing a front and back cover in order to construct a real story book. We also wrote a short story for our big write using the 5 part story mountain for our plans.	Continuing to design and put together our story books
Math	This week in maths we completed our half-termly assessments. We also learnt about subtraction from two digit numbers with and without regrouping.	Subtract a 2 digit number from a 2 digit number with regrouping. Subtract a 1 digit and 2 digit numbers from a 2 digit number with and without regrouping. Solve subtraction word problems involving regrouping. Write subtraction word problems involving regrouping.
Inquiry	We finished our presentations and posters depicting how a product is made	We will look to incorporating some more maths into our inquiry by estimating the costs of products, creating venn diagrams to sort products according to materials they are made from and so on.
Art	This week we built our model airplanes during open day on Monday. We used recycled materials and lots of masking tape.	We will use paper mache to make our planes stronger before we paint them.
Notices and Events	Reading assessments will commence next week along with Thai assessments. Please ensure that students are at school on time in order to begin assessments on time.

A little something cooking school trip

Last week we visited A little something cooking school. The children had a great time making spaghetti carbonara and a Thai dessert. This was to support our learning about how products were made and we were very interested in how fresh pasta was made.

Science Day photos

Some photos from our class experiment in class - we investigated making rainbows in a cup. The students had to use sugar, water and food colouring to change the density of the water in order to create layers in the cup.

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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 5

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	We’ve completed our stories this week in Literacy by adding the resolution and closing.	Buddy check stories and type up neatly. Plan and write a Big Write for our Literacy assessment.
Maths	We have been doubling in and halving in maths this week. Now we can all double numbers up to 50 with a 1,2,3,4 or 5 in the one column. We know that halving is the opposite of doubling and have practiced this skill too. We’ve also been answering worded problems related to finding half.	Complete half termly Maths assessments.
Inquiry	This week we went on our trip to A Little Something cooking school. We made fresh pasta and learnt how the ingredients are changed and mixed together to make a new product. We also made a Thai dessert which was very tasty.	We will have a range of activities to help children understand how much products cost, what sort of materials they need, and to design their own product.
Art	Unfortunately, with Friday off and a trip this week, we have missed our art lesson.	We’ll begin our model aeroplane project using recycled junk.
Notices and Events	Please ensure that students are at school in time for flag every day as they may have assessments during the first period.

Important open day information for parents!

Dear Parents,

Due to the high number of responses and limited class sizes, the open day event next Monday 23rd May at 8-10am will be limited to one parent per child.

Also, the activity will involve craft making as we'll be beginning our model aeroplane unit. Therefore, please wear clothes which you do not mind getting a little messy.

Finally, if you have any unused cardboard boxes and plastic bottles at home, please bring them in.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Kind regards,

Miss Lavery and Mr Linden

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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 3

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	We began looking at the parts of a story and using a story mountain to assist with this. First the students had to discuss familiar stories and match the events to the relevant section on the story mountain. We also had a close look at adjectives used in familiar stories and why.	We will plan a story using a story mountain format and begin to write some really epic stories.
Math	This week we used the column method of adding to add 2-digit numbers. We started by adding two 2-digit numbers without regrouping and then we moved on to adding 1 and 2-digit numbers with regrouping. We understand that regrouping is necessary if the sum of two digits is greater than 10. We can carry over the 10s digit and add it to the other digits in the 10s column.	Measure weight using standard or uniform non-standard units; draw a block graph where one square represents two units; weigh items using 100g weights using scales marked in multiples of 1kg or 100g; measure capacity using uniform non-standard units; measure capacity in litres and in multiples of 100ml.
Inquiry	This week we began an in depth look at how a product is made. The class were put into groups and had to find information about their given product and represent this on a poster.	Next week we will be ‘going further’ - the students will have to decide the next step of their inquiry and which aspects they would like to focus on.
Art	This week we continued our work on aeroplanes - this ranged from including more practise at drawing aeroplanes with the correct perspective and also making other aeroplane art.	We’ll continue our aeroplane project by creating more aeroplane art.
Notices and Events	Letters confirming students for the science fair were given out Friday - the date for the Science fair is 13th May