2022
ALL SAINTS YEAR TWO
Information Evening 2022
WELCOME TO YEAR TWO
WELCOME!
HOURS OF OPERATION Core Program:
8:25am - 3:00pm
Outside School Hours Care:
6:30am - 8:15am 3:00pm - 6:00pm OSH Club 0455 662 100 or 0455 662 007
CONTACT DETAILS Junior School Office:
5587 0365 juniorreception@asas.qld.edu.au
OUR TEACHERS
Mrs AJ Cameron acameron@asas.qld.edu.au
Mr Andrew Cowan acowan@asas.qld.edu.au
Miss Rachel Tremayne rtremayne@asas.qld.edu.au
Our door is always open! We are here to help you and your child in all aspects of school life – please use the student diary or email to contact us or visit us in the classroom. If you would like a more in depth discussion please contact the teacher to arrange a suitable time.
CURRICULUM
A thematic approach is used in all levels in the Junior School at All Saints. This integrated approach ensures that all areas of the curriculum are incorporated into the programme in an interesting and relevant way. The themes we will be studying are: • Dinosaurs - Where Did They Go? • Marvellous Mischief and Makings • What’s in the Ocean? • Moving Towards Tomorrow ENGLISH Reading • comprehension (CARS and STARS Term 2 and Term 3) • fluency • expression • recognising an increasing amount of sight words • utilising a range of reading strategies • guided reading Writing • punctuating sentences correctly – full stops, capital letters etc • varying sentence beginnings • using descriptive/creative language • ability to write in a variety of text types e.g. personal recounts, story writing, factual descriptions, information reports etc
Spelling Our aim is to provide students with reliable spelling strategies that enable them to spell accurately and with confidence. Our Term One focus is to revise spelling strategies that were taught in Year One. These include short vowels, letters blends and sight words. During Term One we will begin introducing long vowels. Our sight word reading/spelling program will continue from Year 1. Weekly spelling will include a word list with a particular spelling focus. These are individualised for your child. The children will have access to Literacy Planet which is an online literacy program. Weekly lists and set tasks have been set up for the children to use. Reading As your child becomes an increasingly fluent reader, it is crucial that their comprehension skills develop in line with their reading skills. Below you will find some examples of questions that will help your child reflect upon what they have read and become a more effective text user. Children are required to change their own reading books EACH morning. Please let us know if your child is not changing his/ her book on a daily basis. Please SIGN the Reading Record Sheet each night
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“Teaching children to be responsible is the single most important gift we can give them. Out of it will arise their ability to take care of themselves and to function as responsible Unknown members of society.”
LEVEL 1 QUESTIONS What did she say? What is he doing? What is this? LEVEL 2 QUESTIONS What is happening here? How are these different? Tell me where you find…
The answers are right there in the book.
The answers need you to THINK and LOOK in the book
LEVEL 3 QUESTIONS What will happen next? How are they the same? What do you think he would say?
The child needs to relate what they are reading with what they already know.
LEVEL 4 QUESTIONS What would you do if/when…? How can we tell…? Why did that happen…?
The answers are not in the text but are in the student’s head.(OPINION BASED)
SPEAKING AND LISTENING SHARING TIME • weekly topics will be sent home at the beginning of each term • to develop oral language skills – fluency, volume, pace, eye contact etc • to develop listening skills and the ability to pose relevant questions
HANDWRITING (See attached) • focus on pencil grip and correct formation of letters using pre-cursive script • correct line orientation
mathematical understanding, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Our Mathematics program follows the Australian National Curriculum and will include a range of activities and lesson types to address all relevant outcomes. Students will be working on: increasing and decreasing number sequences involving 2s, 3s and 5s, Australian coins, identifying the missing element in a number sequence and counted beyond 500, addition and subtraction, calculations with 2 and 3 digit numbers, without regrouping, introductions to multiplication and division strategies for mental calculations ordering shapes and objects using informal units, telling the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to, using a calendar to identify the date and the months included in seasons, drawing two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes and describing outcomes for everyday events. Students will have access to Mathletics and we encourage them to use this programme at home. Their usernames and passwords will be located in the front of their diary.
MATHEMATICS Mathematics is made up of three strands – Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Data. The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined
SCIENCE Students are completing 2 units this semester: and ‘Watch It Grow’ and ‘All Mixed Up’. In chemical sciences students will describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They will identify that certain materials and resources have different uses
We use ‘Sharing Time’ as part of our Speaking and Listening Program. The aim is to encourage the children to prepare and present a topic which will help to develop their oral language skills as well as their listening skills. It is important that they practise their presentation at home to help develop confidence in front of an audience. Whilst the children are sometimes given a written format to use they are to tell the information rather than reading it.
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS) The humanities and social sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global contexts, and consider challenges for the future. In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area includes a study of history, geography, civics and citizenship and economics and business. Prior to this year History and Geography were presented as two separate learning areas. Therefore, in Year 2 the two areas of HASS being covered include: HISTORY Students will analyse aspects of daily life to identify how some have changed over recent time while others have remained the same. They will describe a person, site or event of significance in the local community. Students will sequence events in order, using a range of terms related to time. They will pose questions about the past and use sources provided (physical, visual, oral) to answer these questions. They will compare objects from the past and present. Students will be exposed to a variety of texts comparing the past and present and predicting the future. GEOGRAPHY Students will identify the features that define places and will be exposed to the concept
that places can be described using different scales. They will describe how people in different places are connected to each other and identify factors that influence these connections. They will explain why places are important to people. WELLBEING In the Australian Curriculum, students develop personal and social capability as they learn to understand themselves and others, and manage their relationships, lives, work and learning more effectively. Personal and social capability involves students in a range of practices including recognising and regulating emotions, developing empathy for others and understanding relationships, establishing and building positive relationships, making responsible decisions, working effectively in teams, handling challenging situations constructively and developing leadership skills. This semester students will be learning: being ready to learn, focussing attention and listening, using self-talk, being aware of their own feelings – red and green thoughts, being safe and unsafe, safety clues and being respectful. SPECIALISTS Music Physical Education Christian Living Technology Art Drama Movement Library ESL Learning Support
Teacher Aide
Mr Andrew Lange Mr Ross Kingsley Mrs Georgia Liussi Mrs Tara Lister Mrs Milissa Gustafson Mr Simon Reed Miss Pat Ciafardini Mrs Rosie Tucker Mrs Jane Venter Mrs Pam Reardon Mrs Bec Bruhn Mrs Cathy Rennie Mrs Sandra Bartlett Mrs Tanya Downie Mrs Di Hatcher Mrs Kellie Ellaz Mrs Lyndal Smith Mrs Bel Geyer Mrs Jen Moorhead Mrs Jodi Woolnough
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and provide examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives. In biological sciences students will observe how living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves. Students will pose questions about their experiences and predict outcomes of investigations. They used informal measurements to make and compare observations. Students will follow instructions to record and represent their observations and communicate their ideas to others.
ART Students will attend a one hour Art lesson, once a week. CHRISTIAN LIVING/CHAPEL Mrs Milissa Gustafson will take the students once a week for half an hour during their Christian Living lesson. Students will also participate in a weekly half hour Chapel service. DRAMA AND DANCE Drama and Dance are integral components of the Junior School curriculum, both in their own right and as support to the other core curriculum subjects. Drama and Movement are paired together in half classes and alternate week to week. The Dance sessions are taught by Mrs Jane Venter, an experienced dance and movement teacher. Drama lessons are taught by Mrs Rosie Tucker an experienced who is a very experienced Drama teacher. LEARNING SUPPORT Following the diagnostic testing last year, some children have been identified as requiring further assistance with Reading, Writing and/or Mathematics. These students will work with educational support staff either individually or in a small group session, based on their needs. LIBRARY Please encourage your child to bring their Library Bag on library day as this is an important reading activity. Please have a separate bag for swimming gear. Children can borrow books before school and at lunch time, as well as during class library time. Please refer to the letter sent home by the Teacher Librarian. MUSIC The children will attend two half hour lessons per week. This year there is the option for your Year Two student to join a junior choir. Junior choir will be on Tuesday from 2:303:00pm.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Year Two will have PE twice a week. During Terms One and Four students will participate in swimming. For swimming, children will need to bring the following named items: • swimming bag • cap and goggles • bathers • towel • sun shirt (compulsory) TECHNOLOGY In Prep – Year 2, students begin to learn about common digital systems and patterns that exist within data they collect. Students organise, manipulate and present this data, including numerical, text, image, audio and video data, in creative ways to create meaning. Students begin to develop their design skills by conceptualising algorithms as a sequence of steps for carrying out instructions, such as identifying steps in a process or controlling robotic devices. Students explore and investigate technologies. They use materials, tools and equipment to design and evaluate solutions using questions such as ‘How does it work?’, ‘Who will use it?’, or ‘How can it be improved? They reflect on their participation in a design process. They plan (with teacher support) simple steps and follow directions to complete their own or group design ideas or projects and manage their own role within team projects.
OTHER COMMUNICATION Diary The diary is used for notes and parent/ teacher communication. Please view and sign it EVERY night. FIDO FIDO, which stands for Finding Information Directly Online, is All Saints’ learning management system. FIDO is a one-stop shop where students, teachers and parents can access all information related to the School.
To access FIDO, download the All Saints Anglican School app or go to fido.asas.qld. edu.au. Parent Lounge Parent Lounge is the School’s student management system. Parent Lounge will allow parents to pay their school fees, download their child’s academic reports, update contact details, access change of circumstance forms, update health and medical information. This portal will also allow you to view the School’s parent directory, book parent teacher interviews and provide approvals for excursions. Parent Lounge can be accessed via: tass.asas.qld.edu.au/parentlounge FIDO can be accessed via: fido.asas.qld.edu.au. Shortcuts to both platforms are also available from our school app and on the homepage of our school website asas.qld.edu.au. The All Saints app also allows you to receive news and notifications posted on FIDO directly to your app. Your username and password for both Parent Lounge and FIDO are one and the same. Families will have been provided their username and password by the School. Your username will be in email format (e.g. P012345A@asas.qld.edu.au) and your password will be the new password you set as part of the activation process.
HOMEWORK Homework is designed to be used over a one week period. You will notice some activities are to be done on a daily basis (i.e. reading, spelling), while others are to be completed once or as many times as desired. As each activity is completed, parents should sign the student’s copy of the grid, found in their Homework Book. If parents have any concern regarding the homework or quantity please contact the teacher at your earliest convenience. HOME READING The Home Reading programme aims primarily to develop a love of reading. Therefore, the children are encouraged to read because they enjoy it, not because they are told to. As your child becomes a more independent reader, we ask you to further assist their development by encouraging them to read a wider selection of text types e.g. magazines, recipes, comics, fiction and non-fiction, poetry etc. Although some children are more capable of reading without assistance, it is of great importance that they read aloud so that you can continue monitoring your child’s understanding of what has been read. Whilst reading aloud is extremely important it is equally beneficial that children are still read to. This helps the child to develop vocabulary, intonation and understanding. SOCIAL MEDIA All Saints has developed a Social Media Policy to formally document the School’s expectations and to outline appropriate guidelines and procedures regarding Social Media. Where a breach of this policy occurs, disciplinary action will be taken at the sole discretion of the School and may include expulsion or termination from the School. The full policy can be reviewed on FIDO. An overview is in the Student Diary. In today’s society parents utilise social media for school based reasons. We ask that parents also use social media responsibly. Therefore, if parents have a concern or
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Students can log in and find updates about assignments, classes and extra-curricular activities. Parents can access a wide range of news and information about the School and their child’s education at All Saints. It includes the school calendar, timetables, assessment planners, term dates, subject information much more. It will also allow families to keep in touch with what is happening across the whole school via news and notifications.
question regarding school, the first port of call is always the class teacher. Before placing inappropriate information, comments or statements pertaining to school staff or other students or families please use the acronym ‘Think Before you Post’ below:
T H I N K
is it true? is it hurtful? is it illegal? is it necessary? is it kind?
SMART WATCHES An increasing number of students are wearing ‘smart’ watches to school which enable them to send messages and emails, play games, make calculations, make phone calls, and even take photos. As you can imagine this presents significant safety and privacy risks for schools. Even though most can be adjusted to a ‘school’ mode we would prefer that watches with the capacity to message, phone or take photos not be worn to school. We understand that these devices can be incredibly useful out of the school context and so rather than ban them, as many other schools have done, we are asking for parents to assist us in keeping everyone safe. Smart watches brought to school, like mobile phones, should be handed in at the Junior School Office on arrival to school and collected at the end of the day. Any communication between home and school during the day can be done via the Junior School office and we have time pieces in every classroom and placed around the campus for students to watch the time. PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS Keeping parents very much engaged in Junior School learning processes
remains a significant goal this year and our “Partnerships with Parents” workshops will continue to offer parents opportunities to further understand the how and why things happen at school. Each workshop is designed to share valuable information with parents giving an insight into the teaching and learning practices that take place in our Junior School classrooms. In developing this shared understanding we hope to further strengthen the partnerships that exist between teachers and parents and provide parents with additional tools to support their child’s learning. COMMUNITY CODE OF CONDUCT All Saints Anglican School believes that all of our community members play a valuable role in the life of the School and all students, parents, teachers, support staff and volunteers have the right to be safe and feel safe in our school community. Our Community Code of Conduct is a commitment to encouraging students, parents, care givers and staff to work collaboratively and to resolve all issues respectfully and proactively. Our Community Code of Conduct: • provides members of our School Community with guidelines which promote desirable and appropriate behaviour to ensure that all interaction with students and adults is respectful, honest, courteous and considerate. • assists in promoting the values that are in keeping with our School’s Vision, Mission and Pledge; and • specifies the consequences for any member of the School Community who chooses not to comply with these standards of behaviour. PARENT HELP Unfortunatley due to Covid-19, we are not in a position to accept parent help. We will advise you when we are able to invite parent volunteers back into the All Saints community. For your information, the
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Our volunteers include parents/guardians and grandparents, past students, past parents and members of the wider School Community, the majority of which are involved in the Junior School. In accordance with the School’s Visitor Management Policy, all Volunteers are directed to complete an engagement form. This Engagement Form is located on the Volunteering at All Saints page of the School website and the completion of which addresses 2 key areas of the Policy: • registration of the volunteer’s details and details of their engagement (dates, times, frequency etc) which becomes a central database; • a platform to obtain electronic copies of relevant documentation such as blue cards (non-parent volunteers) and photo identification etc; Junior School Volunteers must complete an induction and annual refresher training session delivered by an Assistant Head or the Head of Junior School. A comprehensive Volunteer Handbook is provided at this induction for volunteers to refer to regarding school procedures. To book into a course please contact the Junior School Office. The first induction will be held on 19 February.
We are so grateful to our All Saints community for any volunteer time offered.
UNIFORM Girls Sports Uniform Navy blue shorts Sports shirt House shirt School sports socks Sand shoes (white or blue) School tracksuit School bathers School wet shirt Girls Day Uniform School dress Junior School beige socks Black leather lace-up school shoes Navy blue sun hat - named Navy blue school pullover or School Jacket Navy or pale blue ribbons or navy scrunchies Earrings for girls to be plain gold/silver studs or sleepers Boys Sports Uniform Sports shirt House shirt School sports socks Sand shoes (white or blue) School tracksuit School bathers School wet shirt Boys Day Uniform Navy blue school shorts Short sleeved beige school shirt Black leather lace-up school shoes Long beige school socks Navy blue sun hat - named Navy blue school pullover or School jacket
We hope you and your child have a terrific experience in Year 2 and wish you a wonderful 2022. Andrew, Rachel and AJ
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process for acting as a volunteer in the Junior School is outlined below:
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BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT In the Junior School we seek to create an environment that is conducive to learning and that provides a positive sense of wellbeing for all. This begins with the development of positive working relationships between all stakeholders (students/parents and staff members) where each individual, and their voice within our community, is valued. Learning is also valued and we implement a range of both preventative and responsive strategies to promote positive, appropriate and respectful behaviours. We believe that all relationships within our learning community should be based on mutual respect and trust. Our consistent responses to incidents of inappropriate behaviour demonstrate our commitment to the practices of Restorative Justice. We recognise the great value in rebuilding relationships when they have been eroded or broken down within a respectful and accepting community. As a community of learners, parents and staff, we work collaboratively towards
making every mistake and error in judgment an opportunity for growth, development and improvement. We also recognise that every individual presents with their own unique personal development, learning needs and challenges. We are committed to working together with parents and students to attend to every situation in ways that are respectful and respond sensitively and empathically to the individuals involved. Following you will find an Responsible Behaviour Matrix and a consequence Flow Chart. This new Behaviour Management plan has been shared with the students and will be consolidated and implemented throughout the year when necessary.
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