Dear Parents and Carers, 

Thank-you for an amazing start to Grade Two! Wow, I can’t believe we are halfway through the term already as we settle into the routines and expectations in our class. 

This term we have had a focus on bucket filling. Our assembly item this term was based around sharing kindness to others and helping each other fill our invisible buckets. See the ways we can fill each other’s buckets in our pictures below. 

We began the term in P.E. with fundamental movement skills and teamwork games. Students loved playing paper, scissors, rock using hoops. We also began swimming lessons on Tuesdays where we learnt some safety skills and practised our strokes, floating and streamlines.  

In Reading this term we are learning to understand and comprehend what we read through comprehension lessons. Students have been introduced to imaginative and informative texts. See pictures below of us working in partners to do a partner read.  

 In Writing, students are learning about the structure of informative texts through stories and fairytales. We have read Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, 3 Little Pigs and Sleeping Beauty and have determined who the villain and heroes are in each story.  

On Tuesday last week we celebrated Shove Tuesday (Pancake Day) and Ash Wednesday. Students loved eating the pancakes together as a class. On Wednesday we received the ashes on our forehead in the sign of the cross.  

Some gentle reminders: 

-Please connect to SeeSaw if you haven’t already and turn notifications on so you don’t miss any messages 

-Library Day – Wednesdays 

-Homework Day – Wednesdays 

-P.E. / Swimming Day – Thursdays 

-Week 9 Wednesday 20th March – Parent / Teacher Interviews 

Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me via SeeSaw or email at ttapper@cns.catholic.edu.au  

Kind Regards, 

Mrs Tash Tapper