Foundation - Year 2
Junior Primary class and Penny McCulloch
Welcome to Junior Primary class, term 2 and already in week 4. In English, the Junior Primary class will be continuing their Read Write Inc Programme during the first lesson. The younger students in foundation are learning their letter sounds, sounding out and blending of CVC words, handwriting letters correctly, simple sentence construction, rhyming recognition, segmenting words, listening for beginning middle and end letter sounds in words and exposure to a range of texts, read to by the teacher. Oral language is used in lessons throughout the day in all subjects, communicating through discussions, sharing in groups, pairs and to the class.
Year 1’s along with the Read Write Inc Program will be learning to write more complex sentences that are interesting and make sense, extending this to short narratives. They also have lessons in grammar, handwriting, word knowledge and exposure to a range of texts read by themselves or by the teacher.
Most of the year 2 students are doing a spelling knowledge programme with Ms Barrett. The focus for writing this term will be understanding the use of paragraphs in narrative and nonfiction text. English also undertakes lessons in grammar, handwriting and reading. Skills in oral language are produced through sharing in groups or pairs and in class discussions and presentations.
In Maths, Foundation students will be working towards subitising to 10 which means being able to recognise amounts without having to count like we instantly recognise amounts on the dice. They will continue building on counting strategies, basic number facts such as numbers that make 10 and use practical situations to model addition and sharing. Students will familiarize themselves with Australian coins and notes.
Year 1, students will be focusing on number sense using a variety of number strategies such as subitising, rainbow facts, doubles, skip counting, and counting on and back. We have been learning about the fractions of half and quarters and will be counting and ordering small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value.
Year 2 students will be developing their number sense and place value knowledge up to 1000, count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value. They will keep learning strategies for understanding multiplication and division and interpret simple maps of familiar locations.
In Art, the Foundation to year 2 students will be exploring texture, colour and tone through the medium of Collage with reference to Eric Carle’s book illustrations followed by a study of form through Sculpture.
In Art for year 3 and 4, we are finishing off Lino cut prints from last term then moving onto exploring some 20th century art movement and the artist involved such as Surrealism, Op art and Pop art. Student will be experimenting with techniques of illusion for their own ideas. Later with Sculpture, we will be viewing 3 dimensional objects and replicating the form.