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Kowloon Junior School - ESF https://www.kjs.edu.hk/yr2-curriculum-update-01-11-19/ Export date: Sat Dec 28 23:25:18 2024 / +0000 GMT |
Yr2 Curriculum Update - 01/11/19Working together to achieve success for every child  Greetings! – It's our 5th edition! We write a regular newsletter keeping you up-to-date and informed about your child's learning. This will provide you with a good understanding of happenings in Year 2 and how you can support these learning experiences. Let's Inquire – Where We Are in Place & Time/How We Organise Ourselves This week, the students continued their learning journeys, inquiring into the central idea, ‘People design shared spaces and systems to strengthen communities.' Transdisciplinary Learning – It's all connected! This week, students have continued to explore the relationships and interconnectedness of shared spaces, human-made-systems and communities at KJS and the wider local community. Class walks around the KJS and Ho Man Tin Recreation Ground have enabled students to use their critical and creative thinking skills to examine and analyse the different shared spaces in the local environment; ask questions (e.g. Why have the shared spaces been designed like this? How is the space used? Who uses it?) and collect photographic evidence to document their learning through the use of iPads.  Within Maths, students continue to recognise, model, read, write and order numbers up to three-digit numbers in sequence and apply place value partition. Students are using these understandings to create set mathematical mindset targets, reflect upon their learning and measure their success against co-constructed indicators. Students will have the opportunity to share these targets with parents during three-way conferences.  In language, students continue to explore the different writing conventions and parts of sentences (e.g. noun, verb, adjective, etc). Students are using these understandings to create a co-constructed criteria of success containing the different features of sentence writing. Consequently, the students use this criteria to set achievable targets, reflect upon their learning and measure their success against the co-constructed indicators. Students will have the opportunity to share these targets with parents during three-way conferences.  Year 2 Assembly On Friday 22nd November, all parents are invited to attend the Year 2 assembly (2pm-2.30pm). Students will have the opportunity to showcase their learning journeys connected to the unit of inquiry through a variety of mediums. The event will take place in the KJS school hall and seating will be provided for attendees. We look forward to seeing you all there! Parent Helpers - Thank you! A very big thank you to all parent volunteers who over the last fortnight have provided their time and effort in school to support student learning in Year 2. If you would still like to offer your services, please contact your child's class teacher informing them of your availability to support learning and teaching. Year 2 Photo Learning Journeys Please find attached below the link allowing you access to the students photo learning journeys. With the publication of each Year 2 curriculum update, parents will be provided with the opportunity to view photographs keeping you up-to-date and informed about your child's learning. This will hopefully provide you with a deeper understanding of happenings in Year 2 and how you can support these learning experiences. Learning Journey Suggestions for supporting learning at home
 Thursday 7th November 3 Way Learning Conferences (2.15pm-6pm) Tuesday 12th November - Friday 15th November School Photos Friday 22nd November Year 2 Assembly (2pm-2.30pm) Please remember if you have questions or concerns, contact your child's teacher. We welcome feedback and look forward to working with you to achieve success for every child. Kindest regards, The Year 2 Team |
