Welcome to 2C and to an exciting beginning of the year. Please find below some information regarding the set up and routines of the class.
2C is a combined Year 3 and Year 4 class of 27 children with a wide range of learning abilities. The class will be following the You Can Do It and Positive Learning Behaviour expectations of the school with high expectations of behaviour both socially and academically, in and out of the classroom.
Focus this year will be on learning Multiplication Facts (times tables) and having an automatic recall of facts. This term we will also be revising all addition and subtraction facts and combination of numbers to 20.
The children will be grouped according to the focus of each lesson. They will write every day.
Children will be reading everyday in class.
The school has a policy of no set homework, however, the children will have home readers or Maths tasks such as learning their multiplication facts at home. There may be tasks that may require some research at home.
As with Maths, preparation will include covering questions highlighted in past papers as reoccurring needs in our school teaching and learning. A daily study of past papers and questions will assist the understanding of what the questions are asking and how to answer them correctly.
Included in lessons will be questioning time to deconstruct written problems and questions and to understand what the question is asking and how to solve it.
We are utilising the Words Their Way program, which diagnostically tests children on their word study, vocabulary and spelling instruction. Children have word sorts that focus on a particular sound, suffix, prefix and spelling rule each week and they study the makeup of these words and their meanings.
The children will be learning to write using cursive (running writing) and to correctly join letters. They can obtain their Pen Licence and use pen in their books if they show competence and a neat legible handwriting style with correctly formed letters and joins. Year 3 will only use pen in their handwriting book.
Children will participate in Fitness on Monday. Focus will be on endurance in running and fundamental skills. Impromptu runs and movement will be incorporated into lesson breaks.
Assembly will be held each Friday morning 9.00am-9.50am. Each week half the Primary staff will participate in Professional learning in Focus On Reading.
Each day children eat fruit at 10.00.am. Acceptable is fruit in its own skin. If children are losing teeth please cut up fruit to make it easier for the children to eat.
2C is responsible in maintaining the worm farm for the school. Children collect the fruit scraps each day and cut up and feed the worms. Each child has a day each week to help.
Please let me know if you would like to assist with the class either in the class or helping in covering books at home.
A class parent is the contact person between the school and all the parents of the class. If you can assist by taking on this role it is a great opportunity to relay information to our community. Please let me know and I can forward all relevant information.
I am only too happy to talk to you about what can be done to assist your child in achieving their very best this year. If you have any questions or concerns about your child or children, please feel free to make an appointment to discuss anything.
I look forward to a great and successful year with your children.