What can you create with Kapla blocks using gravity and weight?
Sunday 27 October 2013
Tangrams and "What a wonderful world"
What a wonderful world.
Songwriters: GEORGE DAVID WEISS, GEORGE DOUGLAS, BOB THIELE
I see trees of
green........ red roses too
I see them bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
The colours of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do
They're really saying......i love you.
I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
They'll learn much more.....than I'll never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
(instrumental break)
The colours of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do
They're really saying...*spoken*(I ....love....you).
I hear babies cry...... I
watch them grow I see them bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
The colours of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do
They're really saying......i love you.
I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
They'll learn much more.....than I'll never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
(instrumental break)
The colours of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do
They're really saying...*spoken*(I ....love....you).
*spoken*(you know they’re going to learn
A whole lot more than I'll never know)
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself .......what a wonderful world
Communication
Effective
communication between primary schools and families has been shown to play a
critical role in the achievement levels of students. The Princes Hill Primary
School communications working party are developing an improved communication
strategy for the school. The strategy is based around the principles of
improved approachability, stronger family engagement, enhanced learning
outcomes, and greater student involvement.
The Year
2 blog has been modified along the lines of these discussions and all parents
and students are encouraged to explore the site and provide feedback on this
format and any of the other forms of communication they receive from PHPS.
If you
have some ideas about what we can do better as a school in communicating, talk
to us.
Please send your comments to akealy@unimelb.edu.au
or if you would like to discuss this further contact me
on 0413 012 177. Allison Kealy.
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Online mapping games for Learning Agreement
Here are the links to some of the online mapping activities the children will be exploring during learning agreement.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geogames/?ar_a=1
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/puzzles.html
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geogames/?ar_a=1
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/puzzles.html
Weekly update (what's on, learning concepts and how you can help) - please read
Hi everyone,
The children continue to be read Pippi Long Stockings and a daily serial and are developing vocabulary, reading and comprehension strategies by responding to these texts through discussion, illustrations, and reflections in their reading logs.
Encourage your child to use Mathletics at home to practice their basic number facts, to improve their fluency in mental calculation and to challenge themselves. Your child has their mathletics password in their reader’s and writer’s notebook.
Please help your child to borrow and return from the junior school library in the mornings, there is a new borrowing system whereby a parent volunteer should be available to help your child scan in books from 8.50am-9am.
What’s on this week:
Tuesday 22nd October: Parents Alison Kealy and Matt Duckham from Melbourne University Engineering department visited the neighbourhood for the second time to explore mapping and puzzlement.
Wednesday 23rdth October 9.10am: Book Talk
Tuesday 22nd October: Parents Alison Kealy and Matt Duckham from Melbourne University Engineering department visited the neighbourhood for the second time to explore mapping and puzzlement.
Wednesday 23rdth October 9.10am: Book Talk
Wednesday: Pyjama day (gold coin donation)
Friday 25th October 1:15pm: Year Two has Talent Time
Friday 25th October 1:15pm: Year Two has Talent Time
19th-27th October: Children’s
Week http://www.childrensweek.org.au/
20th-26th October: Water
Week http://www.sawater.com.au/interactivehouse/
Forthcoming:
Thursday 6th November: Tabloid
Sports begins 9am-11am
Wednesday 13th November: walking
excursion to Engineering Department, Melbourne University
Learning Concepts:
The children will be finishing their autobiographies and we will be asking if any parents could spare a little of their time to help type them up in the next couple of weeks.
Learning Concepts:
The children will be finishing their autobiographies and we will be asking if any parents could spare a little of their time to help type them up in the next couple of weeks.
Our Inquiry
is taking a new turn – toward mapping!
Our major conceptual understanding and question is: “what constitutes knowledge?” Exploring maps from the past and present show
that knowledge is contextual and is set in time and place. We have puzzlement
and questions about the world which leads to investigations and research, which
then develops our knowledge of the world. This week we are exploring different
types of maps, why we use them (to make sense of our world, to record our
knowledge, to pass on information to others etc.), and how we can use them.
Workshops for Learning Agreement will include mapping our thoughts and feelings
through artistic expression, using Atlases and grids, categorising maps,
scaling up and down, exploring non-fiction texts about mapping, exploring how
indigenous people mapped, and producing other types of maps like timelines,
mind maps, diagrams etc.
The children continue to be read Pippi Long Stockings and a daily serial and are developing vocabulary, reading and comprehension strategies by responding to these texts through discussion, illustrations, and reflections in their reading logs.
Buddy Reading is continuing this term where
Year two children buddy up with a year one child and they read together for 20
minutes on Tuesdays after Assembly.
The children are working in target concept groups in number, developing their conceptual understandings of place value, addition and subtraction, multiplicative thinking and number patterns and investigations.
The children are working in target concept groups in number, developing their conceptual understandings of place value, addition and subtraction, multiplicative thinking and number patterns and investigations.
The children are trying out reciprocal
reading whereby they lead their own guided reading groups, taking on the roles
of summariser, questioner, clarifier and predictor.
Spelling Investigations this week include
the sound ‘oo’ (made by ‘ue’, ‘oo’, ‘u_e’, ‘ew’, ‘ou’, ‘u’, ‘oe’, etc). Please help your child to discover some of the words that have unusual letter combinations that make this sound.
How you can help:
Please return your forms for both Tabloid Sports and 1-1 computing that your child should have given you last week.
How you can help:
Please return your forms for both Tabloid Sports and 1-1 computing that your child should have given you last week.
Please let one of the Neighbourhood
teachers know if you would be free to help type some autobiographies in the
next couple of weeks.
Please donate to the bazaar hampers by
putting items in the baskets outside of the Year Two Neighbourhood.
Encourage your child to use Mathletics at home to practice their basic number facts, to improve their fluency in mental calculation and to challenge themselves. Your child has their mathletics password in their reader’s and writer’s notebook.
Also have a look on http://www.puzzlechoice.com for some fantastic puzzles that incorporate mathematics and
literacy. Click on the ‘Kids Choice’ button down the side to explore them. You
have to print the puzzles to work on them.
Please
come along to Book Talk on Wednesday Morning, parent involvement is so
important to us and the children love sharing books with families. Parents who
attend read a story to a small group of children and discuss the book with a
particular focus in mind.Please help your child to borrow and return from the junior school library in the mornings, there is a new borrowing system whereby a parent volunteer should be available to help your child scan in books from 8.50am-9am.
Monday 7 October 2013
'What's On' in the Year Two Neighbourhood
Hi everyone,
Welcome back to Term 4! The year is flying by and we are looking forward to an exciting term of beautiful weather and great learning.
Here is our 'What's On', 'Learning Concepts' and 'How you can Help'.
Please come along to Book Talk on Wednesday Morning, parent involvement is so important to us and the children love sharing books with families. Parents who attend read a story to a small group of children and discuss the book with a particular focus in mind.
Please help your child to borrow and return from the junior school library in the mornings, there is a new borrowing system whereby a parent volunteer should be available to help your child scan in books from 8.50am-9am.
Thanks everyone,
We look forward to lots of conversation, collaborations and laughs this term!
The Year Two Team.
Welcome back to Term 4! The year is flying by and we are looking forward to an exciting term of beautiful weather and great learning.
Here is our 'What's On', 'Learning Concepts' and 'How you can Help'.
What’s on this week:
Tuesday 8th October 12.10pm-1.30pm: Cricket Clinic open to all
Wednesday 9th October 9.10am: Book Talk
Friday 11th October 1:15pm: Year Two has Talent Time
Tuesday 8th October 12.10pm-1.30pm: Cricket Clinic open to all
Wednesday 9th October 9.10am: Book Talk
Friday 11th October 1:15pm: Year Two has Talent Time
REMINDER: PUPIL-FREE DAYS next Monday and
Tuesday 14th and 15th October
Welcome to our new student, Ethan who has
joined us from Sydney.
Learning Concepts:
Learning Concepts:
The children will be developing autobiographical writing skills and develop
their own short autobiography. They will experience the biography of Roald Dahl
this week.
The children will be exploring poetry to use rhyming words to explore spelling and sound patterns.
The children are being read Pippi Long Stockings and a new daily serial and are developing vocabulary, reading and comprehension strategies by responding to these texts through discussion, illustrations, and reflections in their reading logs.
The children will be exploring poetry to use rhyming words to explore spelling and sound patterns.
The children are being read Pippi Long Stockings and a new daily serial and are developing vocabulary, reading and comprehension strategies by responding to these texts through discussion, illustrations, and reflections in their reading logs.
The children will be investigating the
different letter combinations that make up the vowel sounds in words.
The children are working in target concept groups in number, developing their conceptual understandings of place value, addition and subtraction. It is of particular importance that children can connect symbol, materials and stories when dealing with addition and subtraction problems.
The Learning Agreement will be introduced for weeks 1 and 2 this week with a focus on exploring our new Inquiry into puzzlement and puzzles.
The children are working in target concept groups in number, developing their conceptual understandings of place value, addition and subtraction. It is of particular importance that children can connect symbol, materials and stories when dealing with addition and subtraction problems.
The Learning Agreement will be introduced for weeks 1 and 2 this week with a focus on exploring our new Inquiry into puzzlement and puzzles.
We are in the process of organising an
exciting new collaboration for our Inquiry with two parents who work in the
Engineering department at Melbourne Uni. The ideas are around exploring
puzzlement and mapping.
How you can help:
How you can help:
Please ensure your child is coming to school with a
wide-brimmed hat for outside learning and play. This is compulsory in terms 1
and 4.
Please return your green
notice if you would like to attend the 1-1 Macbook
Information Evening on Wednesday 16th October 4:30-5:30pm. See Julie if you
have not received a notice.Please come along to Book Talk on Wednesday Morning, parent involvement is so important to us and the children love sharing books with families. Parents who attend read a story to a small group of children and discuss the book with a particular focus in mind.
Please help your child to borrow and return from the junior school library in the mornings, there is a new borrowing system whereby a parent volunteer should be available to help your child scan in books from 8.50am-9am.
Thanks everyone,
We look forward to lots of conversation, collaborations and laughs this term!
The Year Two Team.
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