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Upcoming Events Friday 1st December - no assembly due to graduation  Friday 1st December - Orientation morning to Year Three - Mrs Delane and Mr McSevich  Friday 1st December - Boardies Day fundraiser for Smiths Beach SLSC - gold coin donation Vinnies Christmas Appeal There is a box in the classroom for donations to the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. Some ideas for donations include: tins, pasta, rice, biscuits, crackers, sauces, jams, condiments, (basically any non-perishable good food, which can be used beyond Christmas). Thank you to those of you who have already contributed some generous donations to those who require our support at this special time of the year, which can be a difficult time for some families. Visit to Our Church Early last week we used our knowledge about the structure and features of a friendly informal letter to write letters to Father Ian that included some wondering thoughts and questions about our religion and the church.  We were invited t...

Upcoming Events Friday 1st December - Orientation morning to Year Three Friday 1st December - Boardies Day fundraiser for Smiths Beach SLSC - gold coin donation English Last week we began our new genre focus on letters.  We have enjoyed writing informal letters to family and friends and learning the differences between formal letters, friendly letters and notes.  Today we wrote a letter to Father Ian to ask some questions about church and requesting a visit in the near future to learn more about our parish and our Catholic religion.  You may also see a few letters to Santa appearing soon! Maths and Visual Arts The last few weeks have been very busy learning about 2D and 3D shapes and transformations of shapes using flips, slides and turns.  We have also investigated symmetry and tessellations in our world.  We have also been looking at how mathematics can be seen in so many pieces of art in nature and that made by humans.  We have loved looking at s...

Term 4!!!! Upcoming events: Friday 27th October 12:15pm : Year 2 Friendology luncheon Sunday 5th November 9am: Year 4 Eucharist Thursday 9th November: Book Week Dress Up Day Friendology Lunch: Dear Parents, we are pleased to be holding a shared Friendology luncheon between 2H and 2M  on Friday 27th October  (Week 3) to celebrate our learning gained within our Friendology programme. The children unanimously decided that they would like an shared luncheon to further develop the friendships they have with children from both classes. We look forward to this special celebration. We would like each child to bring a small plate of food to share. If your child has any special dietary requirements or allergies could you please prepare a separate plate for them to enjoy on the day. Our shared luncheon will commence at 12.15. Thanking you in advance, Kind regards, Paula, Kristy and Penny English: The first few weeks of this term we have focused on writing narratives ...

Upcoming events: Wednesday 13th - Jumps event at approx 2.00pm Thursday 14th - Athletics carnival Please wear your faction shirts on Wednesday and Thursday and sports uniform on Friday this week. Please see today's SEQTA email  and last week's newsletter for details about times for events for the Athletics carnival and recess/lunch breaks. Shoebox donations: Thank you so much for all of the donations that came in last week for Operation Christmas Child.  This project has been running in the school for well over a decade and it is another way we can show compassion and care for others.  If there are any more donations or $2.50 postage coins, please bring them in ASAP. Learning:  Geography/Science: We continue to be busy bees in 2H, learning about our local native animals.  We have begun our inquiry cycle and collating current knowledge and wonder questions.  This week we will begin researching information to create a report and informational nar...

Upcoming Events: Wednesday 6th  - Jumps event: 2H 2.10-3.00pm wear sports uniform Friday 8th- Operation Christmas Child shoebox donation due date please Wednesday 13th- Throws event: 2H 2.10pm wear sports uniform Thursday 14th - Athletics carnival Jumps Our class' time for jumps has been scheduled for last hour on Wednesday afternoon.  Spectators and helpers are welcome.  Year 2-6 students wear sports uniform on this day in addition to our Thursday and Friday sport days this week. Little Mermaid  All of the students were invited to see the wonderful production this afternoon and it was absolutely fantastic! So many wonderful songs and the performance was amazing.  If you haven't got tickets, they are still available for Wednesday, Thursday and some limited for Friday. I'm sure the children would love to see the production again under the lights.  Mathematics We are continuing to focus on money this week.  It would be appreciated if you...

Upcoming Events   Friday 1st September: 7.30am Father's Day breakfast, 9.00am 2H Prayer Assembly Week 9 and 10 Jumps and throws events (timetable will be shared next week when it is finalised) Friday 8th September: Operation Shoebox  items due Operation Christmas Child   Thank you so much to those who have already organised gifts and money donations for the Christmas Shoeboxes.  We have set up a collection basket next to the communication book.  Please remember that your donation requires $2.50 per child for postage of these boxes.  A note went home last week regarding what type of item your child has chosen to donate. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further queries. These gifts are sure to bring happiness to those children in need.  Thank you in advance for your generosity.  Parent Helpers Thank you to those parent helpers who have volunteered some of their time to help with mathematics lessons.  There are stil...

Week 6 Upcoming events: Thursday 24 th August: SCHOOL PHOTOS – Please wear winter dress uniform (no tights) and bring along white sports shoes and socks to change into (full sports wear is not required for our class).  Next Friday 1 st September: 2H PRAYER ASSEMBLY Mathematics: Last week we were focusing on subtraction and learning how to organise sums into vertical arrangement (columns of tens and ones).  We have also been using number grids and number lines to solve subtraction sums.  Today some of us even learnt how to regroup, borrowing tens and bringing them into the ones/units column when there wasn’t enough.  Some fun acting out pizza shop scenarios was had! We will be learning about money next week, combining our knowledge about skip counting, addition and subtraction operations to make different amounts and solve money problems.  English: We have been focusing on our comprehension of texts, answering different types of questions and ...