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Welcome to Week Two! I hope you all had a wonderful two-week break with your beautiful children, what wonderful stories they have brought back to the class of their time with family and friends. We were so happy to see how much they have grown in such a short time. The students in 2K have been working very hard this week, below you will find a brief snapshot of what their week has involved. As you may have seen at kiss and drop in the class, we have a class guest, Miss (Anita) Hurst. Miss Hurst is a practicum student from ECU, who has been with us on Wednesdays last term and now will be joining us for a block of five weeks. Miss Hurst is in the first year of her Masters of Primary Teaching.    She will be teaching some of the lessons for Kristy and myself, we will be providing feedback and then a supervisor from the university will come to visit on two separate occasions to provide a grading for the university. A brief introduction to Miss Hurst: she is originall...

Welcome back to another busy term in Year 2...I absolutely can't believe it is our last term together! I have loved watching our little loves develop and mature as the year has progressed and I am so very proud of all of their hard work. I will be sad to say goodbye to them at the end of the year for sure! Just a few things for this term... HOMEWORK Targeting Mental Maths:  We will continue to complete one unit per week this term, however if your child is a keen Mathematician they are able to pop onto Mathletics using their login.  Reading:  We will continue to send readers home every day for nightly reading this term. Please encourage your child to fill out their  RED  reading folder each morning in gathering time.  Sight Words:  The children will be tested early on in the term and we will be sending home personal sight word lists from their writing, throughout Term 4.  CHANGE TIME TO ASSEMBLY TERM 4 Just a reminder that we are...

Good morning parents, We can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Those very exciting holidays are fast approaching and boy oh boy we are ready for them.  It has been a busy term! Over the past week, whilst preparing for tonight's open classroom, we have realised that the student's have worked incredibly hard to learn many new concepts and produce high quality pieces of work. We are so very proud of them and can understand their need for a break!  REMINDERS - WEEK 10 Open Classroom  -  Tonight is your chance to come and check out the work your child has been doing throughout the year. It starts in the hall at 5pm, where Mr Lee will welcome us and some students will carryout a short musical performance. Classrooms will then be open from 5.15-6pm for you share in celebrating your child's achievements. Please remember that this is a special time to spend with your child to discuss what they have enjoyed learning. Athletics Carnival  - Please not...

Operation Shoe Box Please bring in your $2.50 and gift donation as soon as possible, as we will be putting together the shoe boxes at the end of this week. Please see previous blog post for more information.  Science Oral Presentation Today your child will be bringing home some information on their upcoming oral presentation. Below is a copy of the note that will be sent home today for your reference.  Your child will be presenting on either  Wednesday 25 th  or Thursday 26 th  September (no longer Tuesday 24th due to carnival date change).  Science Procedure Oral Presentation         This term in chemical science we have been learning about materials and combining them to make mixtures.  In English we are also reviewing procedural texts and so in keeping with this and instead of  newstelling , students can prepare for an  optional   poster  and oral presentation  as their homework fo...