What’s Happening in Grade 2 in Term 2 2025
Important Dates:
- Curriculum day: Friday 6th June
- King’s Birthday: Monday, June 9th (Public Holiday)
- Term 2 End: Friday 4TH July
In Decoding and Spelling students will be:
- explicitly taught spelling generalisations for words following rules such as ‘fszl’ (The “FSZL rule,” also known as the “Floss rule” or “fizzle rule,” is a spelling rule in English where the letters f, s, z, and l are doubled at the end of a one-syllable word after a short vowel sound), ‘silent and final e’, and ‘ar vs a’.
- reviewing reading words with silent letters and long vowel sounds.
- learning how to make a reasonable choice for spelling words that include these sounds through identifying different spelling patterns within the English language.
- improving their fluency by reading decodable passages connected to the letter sounds we have learnt.
- participating in a daily review to help strengthen their previous knowledge and enhancing recall of the spelling rules they have learnt (topics learnt in both Term 1 and Term 2 of this year).
In Reading students will be:
- expanding their vocabulary through daily instruction on content specific vocabulary related to knowledge units.
- understanding the text elements of informative texts.
- answering literal, inferential and evaluative questions of Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.
- building their background knowledge in Australian geography, ancient Greece, and Greek Myths.
The Geography of Australia
- Discussing how the continent of Australia formed and who lived there
- Learning about the states and territories of Australia
- Exploring key natural landmarks in Australia
- Discovering a range of man-made landmarks in Australia
- Learning about the different climates experienced in Australia
- Studying the different seasons in Australia
Ancient Greece
- Exploring Ancient Greece, a civilization shaped by the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, including the island of Crete
- Learning about the city-states of Sparta, known for its military power, and Athens, where democracy began
- Analysing key historical events like the Persian Wars (Battles of Marathon and Thermopylae), along with the origins of the Olympic Games
- Discovering how the Greeks worshipped gods and goddesses
- Learning about great philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- Studying Alexander, the Great and how he spread Greek culture across the world
Greek Myths
- Building on the Ancient Greek Civilization domain
- Exploring several well-known Greek myths and mythical characters, including Prometheus and Pandora, Demeter and Persephone, Arachne the Weaver, Oedipus and the Sphinx, Theseus and the Minotaur, and others
- Learning about common characteristics of myths and examining story elements in the myths
In Writing students will be:
- identifying, defining and explaining sentences using adverbs.
- expanding simple sentences with an adverb.
- formulating inquiry questions (who, what, where, when, how) from a provided text image.
- exploring writing through the creation of information reports.
- completing sentences using a sentence stem.
- completing sentences when provided with ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘if’, ‘when’ ‘even though’ and ‘although’ conjunctions.
- converting fragments to sentences.
- unscrambling sentences (statements, questions, commands, explanations) to ensure they make sense.
- practising their letter formations in Victorian Modern Cursive font with a focus on achieving desired legibility, size and fluency on 18mm dotted thirds.
In Mathematics students will be:
Place Value & Number Skills
- Regrouping collections to 1,000 for efficient counting
- Identifying, reading, writing, and locating four-digit numbers
- Comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers (to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000)
- Applying place value to solve problems
- Two-digit addition & subtraction using base-10 blocks and number lines (with and without regrouping)
- Mental addition & subtraction with place value partitioning
- Addition & subtraction fact families and near doubles
Measurement (Length, Mass, and Capacity) skills
- Identifying suitable informal units for length, mass, and capacity
- Measuring lengths, mass, and capacity using informal units
- Comparing, ordering, and estimating length, mass, and capacity
- Predicting which object/container has greater mass or capacity and checking with informal units
- Solving measurement problems
In Inquiry students will be:
- Using a play-based approach to show case what they have learnt within Knowledge units.
Wellbeing:
We willWe will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on Students will engage in lessons looking at Personal and Cultural Strengths.
- Positive coping strategies.
- Using smiling minds as a tool to support students in understanding and connecting with their emotions.
- Understanding how to solve problems in a positive way and who to ask for help.
There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix
Â鶹¹û¶³ Learning:
In addition to supporting your child to complete the Expected Â鶹¹û¶³ Learning tasks each week, you may also like to encourage your child to select one or more of the following tasks:
- Complete tasks from the suggested activities matrix.
- Play games of choice outside.
- Play card games.
- Go for a walk and look for Maths in the real world (e.g. numbers on houses, shapes, discussing directions etc)
- Research a topic of their choice and write a sentence to show what they have learnt.