Curriculum Overview
In Year 2, our students are provided with opportunities to continue to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills achieved in Prep. Throughout the year, students are encouraged to make connections from personal experiences to the world around us.
Year 2 students explore the following subjects/topics:
- English: Students will engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They will listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts designed to entertain, persuade and inform. They will grow into more independent readers, learn to create a range of different texts and become more confident when they communicate.
- Mathematics: Students will use mathematical symbols and language to communicate and explain mathematical ideas. They will pose basic mathematical questions and develop simple strategies to investigate and
solve simple problems.
- Science: Students will learn to investigate by observing and exploring the world around them and by posing and answering questions. They will learn to organise their observations, look for patterns and make predictions about their world. Students will explore the lifecycles of living things, the properties of everyday materials, forces and how water is used and conserved.
- HASS: Students will have opportunities to explore how the world is represented on maps, and students’ connections to other parts of the world. They will explore how technology affects people’s lives at home, work, play and in other ways, now and in the past.
- Technologies: Students will explore and investigate technologies − materials, systems, components, tools and equipment − including their purpose and how they meet personal and social needs within local settings. They will develop an understanding of how society and environmental sustainability factors influence design and technologies decisions. Students will evaluate designed solutions and consider their impact of decisions and technologies on others and the environment. They will learn about common digital systems and patterns that exist within data they collect. Students will organise, manipulate and present data in creative ways to create meaning.
Term Overviews
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