NAIDOC Celebrations
Mother Teresa NAIDOC Day
The 2017 theme - Our Languages Matter - aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and special role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and spirituality through story and song.
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life.
We have attached a link if you would like to find out more information about NAIDOC Week -
http://www.naidoc.org.au/about
An important reminder that all students are to wear their house colours tomorrow.
Kind regards
Mrs Lyons and Ms Eyears
Welcome Back to Term 3
Term Three Messages and important dates:
- Ormeau Fair – Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July
- School Disco – Friday 21st July
- P & F meeting Tuesday 1st August – School Library
- Bunnings BBQ Saturday 12th August – Oxenford
- Fathers Day Stall – Week commencing 28th August
Warm regards
Mrs Lyons and Ms Eyears
Incursion: Start Smart Primary Program - funded by the Commonwealth Bank
#Maths
#Money
Today we welcomed Mr. 'Super hero' Stanley to deliver the Start Smart program. He encouraged the children to change the way they learn about finance. By making money management interactive, engaging and fun, it gave the children the confidence to make smart decisions about money.
The program can be viewed below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoZWBoCBSqY&feature=youtu.be
They children had a wonderful experience today and found it very entertaining.
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?
BLUE Zone – Your body is running slow, such as when you are
tired, sick, sad or bored.
There are four zones to describe how your brain and body feel.
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.
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.
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
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