Year 2W OLC

 Dear parents, We have loved seeing the children settle in to Term 4 the last fortnight. We cant believe there is only 7 weeks to go until the children are in Year Three 😎😮 Just a few notes... Homework On Monday we will be sending home the Year Two fluency grid with this fortnights focus sounds and tricky words. Have a look at our blog post titled 'Week 4 Information' which shows you how you can use this at home to increase your child's reading fluency. We have also included all of the spelling lists for your information on the back of the fluency grid. The pink list 💓 is the target for Year Two from our InitiaLit program. Please feel free to use these lists at home to increase your child's spelling abilities. Have a look at our Fluency grids and spelling lists below to see our focus sounds 🤓 Learning Intentions English:  This week we are learning the sound 'ge' as in cage, 'dge' as in bridge and suffixes.  This fortnights tricky words are: though, a...

Good afternoon parents,  I hope you had a lovely weekend and some of you enjoyed the OLC Quiz Night that happened on Saturday night! I'm sure it would have been a great night hosted by one of the great Year Two parents Travis Fassom and a even more jolly Year Four teacher Mr. Danaher.  Just a few messages for this week... Welcome Leni A big OLC welcome to Leni who had her first week in the 2W class last week. Leni has settled into life a OLC so beautifully and it has been great to see all the children being so welcoming to her. We are lucky to have you at OLC Leni.  Time Assessment Last week and this week, the children have been reviewing the Maths measurement unit on Time. This was covered in term 2, however, as a year group, we found that this was still an area of need. We have been looking at digital and analogue clocks to the quarter hour and reviewing where each of the hands go when reading the clock.  The end of year expectation for Year Two is that children ca...

 Dear parents, Welcome to the final term of Year Two. I hope you had a lovely holidays and enjoyed some of that beautiful spring weather 🌸  I was very lucky to jet off to Singapore for the Grand Prix and have my pre-baby moon by staying in an adults only hotel (while I can😉) and celebrate a very dear friends wedding on Saturday.  A BIG OLC welcome to Leni Lewis who will be joining the 2W family this term. Please make the Lewis family feel welcome :)  Just a few notes... Homework On Monday we will be sending home the Year Two fluency grid with this fortnights focus sounds and tricky words. Have a look at our blog post titled 'Week 4 Information' which shows you how you can use this at home to increase your child's reading fluency. We have also included all of the spelling lists for your information on the back of the fluency grid. The pink list 💓 is the target for Year Two from our InitiaLit program. Please feel free to use these lists at home to increase your chil...