Grade 2 are loving reading postcards from our friend, Tashi.  Tashi is travelling around Australia on his magic carpet and using his magic boots. Along the way he is taking aerial photos as well as photos of the plants, animals and places he visits.  It’s always exciting trying to guess where the photos were taken.  We have learnt how people are damaging the oceans, the Daintree Rainforest, and the Great Barrier Reef.  We’ve also learnt about ways that people are trying to help the plants and animals that live in these places.  Did you know that if you throw your fishhook into the ocean, it can get caught on a bird and the bird can die?  We’re going to take more care with our fishing lines and hooks next time we’re at the wharf!

We’re also working hard to persuade Mr. Jonathan and Miss. Presley to get a pet for their house in Gympie. We’re writing letters using persuasive language and giving lots of reasons why we think our favourite animal will be a good pet.  We’re excited to find out if they will get an aquarium, a cow, a horse, chickens, a budgie, or a dog!  We have persuaded Miss Hannah to visit and lead our prayer time.  Thank you, Miss Hannah!  We’re really excited that we have persuaded Mr Graham to join us, play his guitar and sing songs about Jesus.

We are still loving Maths!  We have been learning new concepts and strategies.  We love working with 3 digit numbers.  We can make arrays using rows.  This will help us when we start multiplication. Too exciting!  We learnt about the Change 2 Numbers and Fix strategy which helps us add 2 digit numbers.  Most of all, we love working and playing Maths Games inside and outside the classroom.

We have enjoyed listening to our classmates present their Term 3 project.  We get to spend time with an adult or older friend.  We draw an aerial view map of our favourite room in our house and explain why we like that room the best.  We also find our house on a map of the island.

Grade 2 is certainly an exciting place to be!  Feel free to visit!

Blessings,

Miss Presley