Term 1 Diary Dates

10th Feb Life Education starts

11th Feb Year 1 Parent Info Night 5:30pm

12th Feb Year 2 Parent Info Night 5:30pm

12th Feb Perf Band—School of Rock

13th Feb Kindy Parent Info Night 5:30pm

14th Feb Last day Kindy finishing at 2:30pm

17th Feb Kindy finish at 3:20pm

17th Feb Year 5 Info night 5:30pm

17th Feb Year 6 Info night 5:30pm

18th Feb SISA Sports starts—Kindy Tuesdays

18th Feb Year 3 Parent Info Night 5:30pm

18th Feb Year 4 Parent Info Night 5:30pm

19th Feb Chickens return to MW

21st Feb Summer PSSA starts—Round 1

27th Feb Promotional photographs

28th Feb Clean Up Australia Day

28th Feb PSSA Round 2

2nd March Year 6—Young Leaders Conf

3rd March 3M/3C Excursion

6th March PSSA Round 3

9th March Prefect Leadership Camp

10th March Prefect Leadership Camp

10th March 3R/3C Excursion

12th March Zone Swimming Carnival

12th March 2021 High School Selective Exam

13th March PSSA Round 4

16th-27th March Parent Interviews

20th March PSSA Round 5

24th March Year 1 Excursion

25th March Year 1 Excursion

6th April Class Photographs

7th April Group Photographs

9th April Last Day

YEAR 2 NEWSLETTER

5th February 2020

Dear Parent/Caregiver,

Welcome to Year 2 for 2020. We hope you have had an enjoyable and safe holi-day and are ready for a fun and productive year ahead. Thank you for your support to ensure your child has had a happy start to the new school year by supporting our school routines.

We are pleased to introduce our Year 2 teaching staff for 2020. Through extensive collaboration in planning and programming, Year 2 teachers will be imple-menting teaching and learning programs to provide quality learning environ-ments to successfully meet the needs of all students. Below is a list of our Year 2 classroom teachers as well as supporting teachers that implement various pro-grams within Manly West PS

MANLY WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL Griffiths Street, Balgowlah. NSW 2093

T: 9948-2257 E:manlywest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

2M 2T 2B 2W 2C 2L

Ms Heather Menzies

Mr Grant Turner

Mrs Amanda Bergelin

(Mon-Thurs) Mrs Jane

Woods (Fri)

Miss Kate Walton

Mrs Bonnie Cleary

Miss

Lucy

Bonnett

Stage

Supervisor Library

Dance

Learning

Support Teacher

ESL

Science

Ms Jenni

Milburn Deputy

Principal

Instructional

Leader

Mrs Ellen

Swick

Mrs Amber

Kriletich

Mrs Jill

Robertson

Mrs Poly

Vescio

Ms Aimee

Fairgray

Numeracy

Instruction-

al Leader

Mrs Elyce

Bignell (Wed)

We look forward to welcoming you to our Year 2 Parent Information Evening on Wednesday 12th February at

5:30pm. Each teacher will hold their Information Evening in their classroom. Teachers will be presenting

the expectations, requirements, timetables and general information that is needed for you child for this year.

Please be prompt. There will be handouts if you are unable to attend.

Year 2 Teaching and Learning Programs

During the first initial days of school in Week 1, your child participated in our Healthy Lifestyle Choices, where top-

ics of Road Safety, Sun Safety, ‘Bounce Back’ (resilience program), Cyber Safety, Fire and Emergency Evac-

uations and Water Safety were explored as part of the PDHPE Stage 1 program. Students rotated with their 2019

class, meeting all of the 2020 Year 2 teachers.

Over the first few weeks, students participate in initial formal and informal assessments in order for teachers to

gather valuable information on their students. We will also be establishing class routines, discussing school and

class rules and having fun getting to know each other in our new classes.

As a school, we are focusing on students participating actively in their education through a Visible Learning

approach. Students are aware of the learning intention of the lesson and what is expected to be achieved through

the success criteria. As a staff, we will be focusing on feedback from self, peer and teachers to improve student

learning.

English

English is taught across all curriculum areas. Modelled, guided and independent activities within reading and

writing are explicitly taught through differentiated programs. Literacy groups will commence shortly where

reading, writing, speaking and listening activities will be differentiated based on needs within each class. Student

reading levels will be assessed and guided reading will continue to occur.

Year 2 will be involved in our literature-based writing unit, ‘Belonging’, where they will be explicitly taught how to

write purposefully for an audience utilising specific grammar and punctuation. We are continuing our Sound

Waves program, focusing on the 43 phonemes of Australian English that builds and scaffolds student spelling

skills.

As part of the Instructional Leader role, Ms Jenni Milburn will be supporting teachers in class, with programming

and professional development to improve the learning outcomes for all students in literacy activities.

Mathematics

During numeracy lessons, students will participate in differentiated activities which develop their skills in the

strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. Our programs are

collaboratively planned to ensure all Stage outcomes are met. Teachers will be guiding students to think critically

and creatively within set tasks and scaffold their ability to explain their thinking and how they achieved an answer.

Students will participate in deepening their mathematical understanding through new programs that have taken

substantial amount of professional development and time by the teachers. Continuing in the Instructional Leader

role, Ms Jenni Milburn and in addition, Mrs Elyce Bignell, will be supporting teachers through professional devel-

opment, programming and in class support to improve learning outcomes within Mathematics for all students.

History

This term, Year 2 will be completing a unit of work, ‘Celebrations’. Throughout this unit, students will explore the

passing of time, sequencing historical events and the significance of the past, present and future. They will dis-

cuss holidays and events relevant to themselves and various communities in Australia and around the world.

Science and Technology

Year 2 are completing a unit of work 'Physical Sciences', incorporating a variety of STEM (Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics) activities. These tasks focus on developing students' understanding of the physical

world, including effects of pushing and pulling, gravity and motion. This unit encourages students to follow a con-

sistent design process to complete a project, including finding information, planning and designing, creating, eval-

uating and communicating. The activities allow students to work in small teams, using effective communication

and collaboration skills, to plan, design, create and evaluate a solution to a given task.

Students will also have a weekly session in our PC lab to develop their computer skills and they will be using

iPads to complement classroom activities.

Creative and Practical Arts

Visual Arts activities are integrated with other Key Learning Areas such as History and Geography. Students will

develop a range of skills using different media. Children will also have a weekly dance session with Mrs Amber

Kriletich. Dance days are Wednesdays for 2B, 2L and 2T and Fridays for 2C, 2W and 2M. Please ensure your

child wears their sports uniform and sneakers for their dance session.

Sport and Fitness

This term, sport will be taught as part of a social skills program with Sport in Schools Australia (SISA). All classes

will be involved in physical activities to develop sharing, cooperation, trust, adaptability, visual communication,

verbal communication and problem solving. Please ensure your child wears their sport uniform on Tuesdays.

Library

Your child will have a regular weekly borrowing session in the library with Mrs Ellen Swick. Library day is Monday

for 2C, Tuesday for 2B and 2W, Thursday is for 2M and Friday for 2T and 2L. Your child will need their li-

brary bag in order to borrow.

Additional Information

Pick up and drop off

When students arrive at school in the mornings, they may place their bag on their hooks outside their classroom.

All children are to be sitting in their class lines by the second bell at 9:20am.

To assist your child in developing their independence and to ease congestion in our line up area, we ask that you

say goodbye to your child by the bell or wait behind the class lines so children have full attention to their teacher ’s

instructions.

If your child is attending after school care or catching the bus home, please ensure your child is aware of this and

advise your child’s teacher via a written note.

Parent Helpers

Please be aware that as part of the Department of Education and Communities policy, any volunteer must com-

plete a Working with Children Check. You must complete an application at the school office using a 100 point

identity check. Working with Children Checks will be current for 5 years. This applies to all parent helpers, includ-

Line Up Areas

The Line Up area for students has been changed to under the New COLA, facing the Big Tree. We apologise for

the change from their previous lines that the children were shown last week but for Health and Safety of all

students, we needed a larger space to accommodate our large cohort. Students line up here for morning lines,

after recess and lunch.

Equipment

A stationery list for Year 2 was sent home at the end of 2019. Please bring in your equipment as soon as possible,

along with the required text books. If you require another copy, our stationery list can be found on our school

website.

To support hands-on lessons during art and craft activities, we ask that parents assist their child’s class by

bringing in a packet of wet wipes and a packet of tissues.

Thank you for your support. We encourage you to speak to your child’s teacher if you have any questions or

concerns throughout the year.

Kind regards,

Ms Jenni Milburn Mrs Julie Organ

Stage 1 Supervisor Principal

Mrs Bonnie Cleary

Miss Kate Walton

Mr Grant Turner

Mrs Amanda Bergelin and Mrs Jane Woods

Ms Heather Menzies

Ms Lucy Bonnett

Year 2 Classroom Teachers