Term 2 Learning

Welcome to Term 2!
Lots of exciting learning opportunities on offer for this term. 
We are looking forward to participating in the many school events that are also planned.
​Thanks - Lisa, Lauren and Shelley

Religious Education Units

Sacraments of Initiation - Confirmation
In this unit the students are introduced to the idea that when the Church celebrates a sacrament, God is present in the celebration. This unit focuses on Confirmation and its relation to Baptism. Students also examine how we and others in our faith community use the gift of the Spirit to bring about the reign of God.
God’s Holy Word
This unit gives students the opportunity to become familiar with the structure, form and some content of Scripture. They will explore ways in which scripture applies to their own experiences and are used in prayer and worship.

Numeracy Focus

Addition and subtraction
Students will know they are successful when they:

• Can explain the relationship between addition and subtraction
  
• can use efficient mental strategies  to solve problems
  
• can use efficient written strategies  to solve problems in addition and subtraction
  
• Can use digital technologies to solve problems and prove answers
  

Multiplication and division
Students will know they are successful when they:

• Can recall multiplication and division facts for 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s (Gr.3)
  
• Can recall multiplication and division facts for 4’s, 6’s,75’s, 8’s and 9’s (Gr.4)
  
• Can use a range of efficient strategies to find the answer to multiplication and division facts
  
• Can solve a multiplication or division problem
  
• Can use a calculator to check answers
  
• Can write a number sentence to match a word problem and vice versa
  

Students will also work on long term goals of being able to tell the time on an analogue clock to the minute.

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Integrated Studies

Feathers, fur or leaves?
This biological science based unit provides opportunities for students to explore the features of living things and the ways they can be grouped together. Hands on activities allow the students to explore how living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non - living things.
We will know we are successful when

• We can name the seven observable features of a living thing
  ​We know that living things can be further classified.    ​​

Literacy Focus

​Narrative writing
Information reports (linked to Integrated unit)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features

Language conventions

• Spelling

Understand how to use spelling patterns and generalisations including syllabification, letter combinations including double letters, and morphemic knowledge to build word families

• Punctuation

Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation

• Adjectives

Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation

• Grammar

Other learning

Bounce Back
This term the students will continue a focus on what can we do to get along with others?
The focus will continue on using positive language in an effort to have a positive mindset.

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Celebrating our Learning!

Learning hockey skills.

Celebrating First Communion with Fr Paddy.

Concert rehearsals for 'Broadway and Beyond'!