Readers and Writers Note Books

Please read and make an entry into your Readers and Writers notebook each night if possible. The entries do not have to be pages long. Here are some examples. Please record the date, the title and author along with your entry.  Thank you,

 Archie

 Luke

Riley

Welcome Picnic Recount

The picnic was amazing! The food was delicious! Everyone was laughing and playing. It was excellent! I found this toy fish on the ground. It was really realistic and at first I thought it was a real fish. I got it wet so it was slimy and told my Mum that it was a real dead fish. My Mum didn't believe me so I went to Anton (Anton is my little brother) and told him it's a real fish. Anton did believe me at first but then he realised it was fake. I borough sausages and meringue to the picnic. Then I found Mathew and we played this game with the year 1s where they have this base and Mathew and I try to take over. After the game I went back and had some grapes and then I went home. The picnic was AWESOME!!!!!!! I feel sorry for anybody who didn't go.
By Emile



Welcome Picnic

We are going to have a take 2 on our welcome picnic tomorrow the 23rd of February. Hold off on your rain dance for tomorrow and lets hope it is a beautiful evening.



Class Reps

We are looking for 1-2 parents from each prep class to volunteer as a parent rep for 2012. The role of parent reps is to encourage and co-ordinate parent involvement in the educational and social activities of the school in collaboration with the neighbourhood teachers.

If you are interested, please speak to your child's teacher by Thursday 1 March.

Angela Palombo

On behalf of the Community Relations Sub-Committee

P-2 Information Night

A Prep to Year 2 information night will be held on the 6th of Mach between 7 and 8pm. The information night will take place in the gymnasium. Childcare is available for school aged children. We hope to see you there.
Thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood Team



Library Helpers

If there are any parents who are interested in helping out in the library to process and return books it would be greatly appreciated.

Please see Rita or Mark for more information. Thank you :)

Year 2 Neighbourhood Assembly

Next Tuesday 21st of February some of the children in the Year 2 Neighbourhood will be sharing samples of the learning that they have experienced through our inquiry. To begin the year we have been constructing an effective and safe learning community.

Welcome Picnic

Unfortunately the welcome picnic was cancelled last night but we are looking forward to the rescheduled date.

Take Home Books

The take home books have been moved from the torus areas as they are under new management.... or just being re-organised. If any children have books from that area, please bring them back to school as soon as possible so that they can also be re-organised. We thank you for your patience while this process takes place. Children are encouraged to borrow take home books from the library, of if there are suitable books at home please continue to read them. Remember to make a brief entry into your Readers and Writers note book to log your reading and thinking.
Thank you for your support,
                                             The Year 2 Neighbourhood Team.

Swimming Notices

Please bring in your swimming notices in as soon as possible if you have not done so already. It is important to know the number of children participating in the program so that the swimming lanes can be booked.
Thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood Team.

Our First International Visitor To Out Blog

We have just had our first international visitor to out blog. Right click the flag counter on the side bar to find out what county they are from.  Explore the graphs and provided stats about our viewers. :)

Specialist Timetable Term 1 2012

Our Neighbourhood has formed 3 specialist groups named A, B and C. Our specialist timetable is is the following...

Wednesday 2:30 - 3:30

• Group A Visual Arts
• Group B Physical Education
• Group C Italian

Thursday 9:00 - 10:00

• Group A Italian   
• Group B Visual Arts
• Group C Physical Education

Thursday 10:00 - 11:00

• Group A Physical Education
• Group B Italian
• Group C Visual Arts

Readers and Writers note book

Readers and Writers note books are expected to travel to and from school each day as there are often reading experiences where the children will be required to use them at school. If it is a longer take home book, they can be read over a number of nights and the chapters or page numbers can be logged into their Readers and Writers note book.

Good readers think and talk about the books they read. Here are some helpful sentence starters to help to get some ideas flowing.

• This book made me thing about...
• I predict...
• I felt...
• It made me wonder...
• How did it happen?

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries.

Remember, it is very important that you choose the right book for you. :)

Thirsty Little Camels

Children are encouraged to bring in a water bottle that can be left on the sink areas in each of the learning spaces. We are aiming to reduce the need for students to leave the rooms during learning times.
Thank you for your cooperation, from the Year 2 Neighbourhood team.

To be safe and happy at school......

• We listen
• Our words are kind
• We do our best and help others to do their best
• We move and play safe
• We look after ourselves, others and our school

We have been working together as a neighbourhood to create a happy and safe leaning environment. Above are the 5 student protocols for P.H.P.S.



Dear Parents, Children and Friends,
                                                           Welcome to the Year 2 Neighbourhood Blog for 2012.
Please follow our blog as new posts are put up regularly especially about the current learning.

Our Neighbourhood is currently creating a learning community. The children have been invited to bring along a collection as a way of getting to know each other, their interests and passions. These collections will be used to stimulate discussions and writing. Images of some of the collections are available under the 'Collections' page on this blog.

We are also focusing on sustainability. We strongly encourage non packaged food for school. Any packaging or uneaten food will be sent home with your child.

We would encourage you to read all of our school policies on the P.H.P.S school website, this includes the school homework policy.

The children are expected to read every night and regularly make brief entries into their Readers and Writers notebook. This includes the title, author and a brief response to the text.

Any parents who would like to act as Neighbourhood 2 reps, please speak to one of the teachers.

We look forward to working in a partnership with you all.

Kind regards,
Kevin, Ethan and Rita

Our blog is currently being constructed. Please feel free to have a look around as we continue to build it.
Thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood Team