Year 2 have been working very hard at home with their Remote Learning. We are enjoying using Seesaw to share our learning with our teachers and our friends. Mrs Devonald and Mrs Durnan are very proud of all of Year 2 for their great achievements and growing independence with their learning. 

English

In English we have been practicing our letter writing skills to family members and friends. We have also been creating our own procedures this week to link into our science unit and cooking lessons. We have been very creative with writing instructions of things we have been doing at home; from making concrete, how to jump your motorbike and do a death drop, how to make brownies, sushi and popcorn! We have continued our theme of reading for meaning and also for enjoyment during Remote Learning. We have been sending our teachers videos of us reading each day, but what has been lovely to see is us practicing our decoding skills by reading to our family members; our parents, our younger siblings, and even our pets! 

Maths

In Maths we have been starting each lesson with a maths warm up game. It has been wonderful to see how we are engaging other family members with our learning. We have become quite creative on Facetime with our family members, including Gabby who was able to place her maths warm up game with her Omi (Great Grandma) who is 86 years old! So wonderful to see us practicing our automaticity with number facts each day through play. We have been learning a variety of strategies for place value, multiplication and division and shape identification and construction. 

Science

In Science we have been investigating chemical reactions and how heat, cold and time can effect things. We have created our own hypotheses with combining cream and cold and made ice cream. We have then combined cream and friction and made butter. We have also combined skittles, water and time and watched our chemical reactions happen. This week we are experimenting with germs and bread to see what happens when we wash our hands or when we don’t!

Conceptual Inquiry ( History and Religion)

In Conceptual Inquiry we have been comparing our life experiences to those of our parents, grandparents and all the way through to Jesus’ time. We have been investigating and interviewing our family members about games and their toys they played with as children. We have compared housing styles and how they have changed over time. We have been looking at how prayer has changed and how some prayers are the same throughout time since Jesus’ ministry. We have built our own prayer space at home and have been assisting our families to find time in the day for Christian meditation and have created our own prayer before meals. 

PDHPE

In Year 2 our sport sessions have been all about getting our bodies active. We have set challenges to get outside with our families and enjoy the sunshine. Our sport sessions have included scooter rides at the skate park, bike rides along the beach and in our paddocks, and jogs with our families. We have included some great dance videos and lip sync challenges which has got our bodies and enthusiasm going!

The Arts

We have been using natural materials to make sculptures in our backyards and making our own artworks using a variety of items from around our home. We have been experimenting making our own desktop drumming beats as well. Some of us even participated in a virtual talent show last week, Wow! Such talent in our Year 1 and 2 classes.

Year 2 Masterchefs!

As part of our Remote Learning we have been learning how to cook! We have created our own chocolate cake in a mug, mini pizzas and we have a guest appearance by Mrs Butler this week assisting us to make our famous St Mary’s Canteen pizza pinwheels. You too can follow along with her too if you like!