Year 2 Update Wk 35
Monday 25th June- Portfolios to be returned to school & Reports go live on The Beacon
Monday 25th June- meet next year’s teacher
Friday 29th June – End of school year 12 noon.
The children have been very busy finishing off their report on a country, using their visual language skills to present it clearly and effectively.
The students were very excited to bring their portfolios home. Please have a good look through them with your child before they are returned on Monday.
Ask your child about their World Cup football match with Mr Teahan.
Central idea: Geography influences how people interact with their environment.
Lines of inquiry:
- The significant features of places -form
- How the features of a place influence our activities -causation
- The relationship of our location to other parts of the world – connection
Next week we will finish off our work on this unit of inquiry.
Place Value
In Maths we will revisit Addition and Subtraction.
Central Idea:
The operations of addition and subtraction are related to each other (and are used to process information to solve problems)
An inquiry into:
- How we solve problems using addition and subtraction
- Mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction
- The language and symbols of addition and subtraction
- Patterns in addition and subtraction
The children will be working towards the following outcomes:
- Recall addition facts for numbers to at least 20
- Model addition and subtraction of whole numbers
- Represent and solve addition problems (including real life and word) involving 2 digit numbers, using appropriate strategies.
- Represent and solve subtraction problems (including real life and word) involving 2 digit numbers, using appropriate strategies
The children will be involved in solving challenges and playing games.They will be solving word problems based on real life experiences.
The children will be making their own Maths Board Game to play with their friends.
Please continue to complete the activities on Mathletics.
Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:
The children will watch the Year 6 performance of Bugsy Malone. First they will be reminded of the skills involved in Full Body Listening.
The children will consider what they are looking forward to in Year 3. They may write a letter to introduce themselves for their teacher of next year to read.
Please continue to read with your child at home and ask them to retell the story. Please encourage your child to write down the title of the text they choose from Big Universe.
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
