Term 4- Week 1

Swimming every day this week. 12- 12.30pm.             

Bring togs, towel, goggles and swimming bag. 

Monday: 

Tuesday:

Library day. 
Wednesday:
School Rosary- 8.45am.
Thursday:
Kapa haka- 2pm.
Friday:
Sausage sizzle.
Golden time: to be decided by the class.

Hello and welcome to another great term! 

I hope you have all had a restful break and are looking forward to school starting back. We have 10 weeks this term.

Holiday Reading Logs- 100%

I know you have all been keeping up your reading over the holidays. Can all reading logs please be returned to me by this Friday. There is a chrome book up for grabs for the winner of the school reading log draw. We will also have a class reading log draw too.

Swimming

This term our class will be swimming every day on ODD weeks starting tomorrow, Monday. Please ensure your child has their togs, towel, goggles and swimming bag. If for some reason your child cannot swim, please let me know with the reason by email or a written note.

Every child who has their swimming gear tomorrow will get a tally point.

Summer Uniform 

It's time to wear summer uniforms again. SCHOOL HATS ARE COMPULSORY. If children don't have a hat to wear, they have to stay in shaded areas.

Please make sure everything is clearly named.

Learning

Our concept of focus for the term is  Symbolism: Messages within images. 

We will be learning about the signs and symbols we see on the road, in shops, at school and in church.  How do symbols talk to us? What is a symbol? How can symbols be used? Why is it important to have the same understanding of some symbols?

Literacy

Reading and writing will encompass this term's concept. 

We will be reciting poems, putting on puppet shows and presenting plays.

We will be looking at Narratives and telling stories, and will identify the symbols that give us information and help us make sense of stories.

Maths

In Number, we will continue working through the learning goals for Stage 4 (circles) and Stage 5 (Triangles, Squares, Pentagons).

We will also be going over our basic facts, and learning how to use this knowledge to solve number and word problems with numbers 0-100.

Your child should know:

- Number pairs that make 10 (1+9, 2+8 etc).

- "Ten and" number facts (10+2=12, 15-5-10).

- Doubles to 20 and the matching halves (5+5= 10, ½ of 12 is 6).

- Addition and subtraction facts to 10 (5+3, 6+2, 8-2, 9-6) then 20.

It is very important for your child to instantly know these basic facts. 

If they know that 6+4=10, they can use this knowledge to help them figure out 56+4 and 60+40.

We are also learning about Transformation (Geometry). We will be looking at reflection, translation and rotation.

We will find out what these strange words mean and make patterns and pictures to show that we know how they work.

RE

We will be learning about the Rosary over the first few weeks and then moving on to the Holy Spirit. We will talk about the words 'believe' and 'faith', and discuss ways that the Holy Spirit works in our lives and through us.

Trip

This term the Year 2's plan on going on a trip that somehow ties into this term's concept-yay! I will keep you posted.

I look forward to catching up with you all tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful week.

Eliana