What’s Happening in Grade 2 in Term 2 2025

Important Dates:

• Curriculum day: Friday 6^th June
• King’s Birthday: Monday, June 9th (Public Holiday)
• Term 2 End: Friday 4^TH 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

Home Learning:

In addition to supporting your child to complete the Expected Home 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.