Year 2 Liturgy

Year 2 would like you to join us for out Kindness Liturgy on Thursday 1 June at 9:00am.

Social and emotional Learning: Zones of Regulations

Today we welcomed Mrs V into Year 2 to introduce the Zones of Regulation with the class. It was lovely to see all the students understanding the zones and be able to talk with one another. 

WHAT ARE THE ZONES?

There are four zones to describe how your brain and body feel. 

 BLUE Zone – Your body is running slow, such as when you are tired, sick, sad or bored.

GREEN Zone – Like a green light, you are “good to go.” You body may feel happy, calm and focused.

 YELLOW Zone – This zone describes when you start to loose control, such as when you are frustrated, anxious, worried, silly or surprised. Use caution when you are in this zone.

RED Zone – This zone is for extreme emotions such as anger, terror and aggression. When you are in this zone, you are out of control, have trouble making good decisions and must STOP! 

Why teach Zones?

We need to teach our kids GOOD coping and regulation strategies so they can help themselves when they become stressed, anxious, or sad.

Typically, kids who can self-regulate will turn into teens who can self-regulate. Self-regulation skills are vital for the success and happiness of our children.

Year 2 Spelling Strategies

Spelling Strategies Taught in Year 2:

In Year 2 we are encouraging the students to use the following strategies when attempting familiar and unfamiliar words in their writing. There might seem a lot of strategies to use but they can become proficient with them by the end of Year 2. 

We will be teaching all these strategies throughout the year. We would encourage you to adopt some (1-3) of these strategies when writing with your child at home. If there are any questions or concerns we are available to support you in this area. 

• Syllables – Break the word into syllables. Most often a syllable will contain a vowel.

For example: bl - a -ck, b- oa - t

• Blends – Are there blends in the word that can help you? 

For example:bl–, cl–, fl–, gl–, pl–, sl-, br–, cr–, dr–, fr–, gr–,pr–, tr–, sc–, sk–, sm–, sn–,                    sp–, st–, sw–, tw–

• Rhyming words – Think of a word you know that rhymes.

• Base words – Can you find smaller words inside the word?

            For example: bring, band, Monday

• Ask for help – Ask someone next to you or the teacher for help.

• Displays – Look at the displays around our room and use them to help you.

• Dictionary – Look up the word in the dictionary. (end of term)

• Beginning, middle and end sounds – Say the word to yourself and write the sounds you hear at the beginning, middle and end.

• Prefixes and Suffixes – Does the word have a prefix or suffix that you already know. (end of term)

        For example: Prefix (dis-, re-, un-, )      Suffix (-ly, -y, ness, -ful, -able)

• Does it look right? – Write the words on the try paper to see if it looks right.

         For example: reed, reid, ryd, read ? 

Happy Spelling

Round Two:

Media Art: Gold Coast Suns Community Camp and Little Legends

We are extremely excited to present our Discovery learning for you on our blog! We have been working so hard with our partners to produce our very own Media Art.

Here are the first round of Media Art presentations. Next, round will be available tomorrow.

In Year 2 we learning to:

WALT: safely share ideas and information online

WALT: use the movie maker program to share our experiences online

WALT: use hardware when using a movie maker

WALT: experiment with a digital camera

WALT: be selective when choosing images to share

WALT: present and share a media artwork

WALT: respond to media artworks (Gold Coast Suns media)

WALT: consider where and why people make media artworks (Gold Coast Suns media)

To be successful at our learning we used a success criteria:

SC: I can safely share ideas and information to a friend and guest speakers

SC: I can use a digital image and a recording for sharing online (class blog)

SC: I can use the software program PhotoStory 3

SC: I can select the hardware needed to use movie maker

SC: I can use a digital camera to take a still photo

SC: I can choose the best image to share

SC: I can create a piece of media artwork

SC: I can talk about the Gold Coast Suns media experience

SC: I can understand why the GCS made this media artwork

Media Art: Leilani and Noah

Media Art: Jett and Zahara

Well done.

Media Art: Gold Coast Suns Community Camp and Little Legends

We are extremely excited to present our Discovery learning for you on our blog! We have been working so hard with our partners to produce our very own Media Art.

Here are the first round of Media Art presentations. Next, round will be available tomorrow.

In Year 2 we learning to:

WALT: safely share ideas and information online

WALT: use the movie maker program to share our experiences online

WALT: use hardware when using a movie maker

WALT: experiment with a digital camera

WALT: be selective when choosing images to share

WALT: present and share a media artwork

WALT: respond to media artworks (Gold Coast Suns media)

WALT: consider where and why people make media artworks (Gold Coast Suns media)

To be successful at our learning we used a success criteria:

SC: I can safely share ideas and information to a friend and guest speakers

SC: I can use a digital image and a recording for sharing online (class blog)

SC: I can use the software program PhotoStory 3

SC: I can select the hardware needed to use movie maker

SC: I can use a digital camera to take a still photo

SC: I can choose the best image to share

SC: I can create a piece of media artwork

SC: I can talk about the Gold Coast Suns media experience

SC: I can understand why the GCS made this media artwork

Media Art: Estella and Blake

Media Art: Carys and Layla

Media Art: Charli and Aimee

Media Art: Cian and Tryggr

Media Art: Ella R and Aiden

Media Art: Ella B, Summer and Charlee

Media Art: Esiah and Chad

Media Art: Grace and Flynn

Media Art: Haley and Jordan

Media Art: Caitlyn and Hudson L

Media Art: Liam and Jaxson

Media Art: Levi and Chloe

Media Art: Lhotse and Lynk

Media Art: Maarten and Adele

Media Art: Madison and Emily

Media Art: Martha and Sienna

Media Art: Miya and Ella H

Media Art: Olyvia and Hudson T

Media Art: Xavier and Eva

Thank you.