Year Two 2024
Welcome to the WPPS Online Year Two Digital Notice Board.
This website will be used for Term outlines, Homework, Student of the Week notices and year level and class related matters.
All forms requiring payment will only be issued via Compass. You may contact us on the following emails:
2A - Mel Downes - melinda.downes@education.vic.gov.au
2B - Samantha Teng (Mon/Tues) - samantha.kwong.2@education.vic.gov.au
2B - Anna Saaksjarvi (Wed/Thurs/Fri) - anna.saaksjarvi@education.vic.gov.au
Welcome To Term Three 2024!!!
A warm welcome to the start of Term Three! Anna, Ms. Teng and Mel Downes are all very excited to be back. The Monopoly Board Project, tree planting at Back Creek, and an excursion to the Chinese Museum are just some of the exciting experiences we have planned for all of you!
Key Dates
July:
Monday 15th July-Curriculum Day-Student Free Day
Tuesday 16th July-Students Return
Thursday 18th July-Running Club begins
Friday 19th July-No Assembly
Friday 26th July-National Tree Planting Day-Year 2 Excursion to Back Creek
Friday 26th July-Assemblies begin (9:15am)
Monday 29th July-Homework begins
Wednesday 31st July-Parent Teacher Meetings (3:50-7:30)
August:
Thursday 1st August-Parent Teacher Meetings (3:50-4:50)
Saturday 3rd August-Trivia Night PFA Event
Friday 9th August-Foundation to Year 2 Sports Day
Friday 23rd August-Book Week Assembly Dress Up-Reading is Magic
Tuesday 27th August-Math Week Extravaganza
Friday 30th August-Wear It Purple Day
September
Wednesday 11th September-Y1 and Y2 Chinese Museum Excursion
Thursday 12th September-Hawks Footy Clinic
Friday 20th September-Last Day of Term School Finishes 2:30
October
Monday 7th October-First day of Term 4-Students begin
Please Note: Curriculum Day in Term 4 is Monday 4th November. Tuesday the 5th November is Melbourne Cup Public Holiday.
Term Three Overview
Year Two Schedule
What's Happening In The Classroom
Literacy
In reading and writing, we place a strong focus on explicit, systematic instruction in core literacy skills. These include word-level reading, word-level spelling, oral reading fluency, handwriting and syntax. Using the latest research on evidence-based techniques, we will utilise a range of texts to model text comprehension and explicitly teach content vocabulary while building on students' subject/content knowledge.
Our daily Sounds-Write phonics program will help enhance students' reading and spelling abilities. As students advance through the year levels, they will apply, develop, and refine these essential skills in increasingly sophisticated ways.
Mathematics
In Mathematics, students will take part in explicit teaching lessons, differentiated and open-ended activities.
Term 3 topics include algebra (patterns), multiplication, division, fractions, measurement, time and money.
Humanities
'Around the World' - To coincide with the 2024 Paris Olympics, students will develop an understanding of the world around them; including the continents and countries, and their location on a map. They will research the culture and differing features of a range of countries within each continent. Using this research, the students will make a Monopoly board of a country of their choosing.
Science
Watch it Grow - Students will be presented with opportunities to explore the process of growth and change in living things and how varying conditions may affect this process.
Further Resources