Week Four

Hello there,

This week has been yet again another fantastic week! We investigated temperature and what it means to us. We have a class thermometer now that shows us what the classroom temperature is. We are excited to see if there is a change in the temperature from morning to afternoon. We created a thermometer with chalk and key words, which we moved along for different scenarios. Miss Renee gave us different scenarios eg. In the desert, in the snow, at the beach in the shade, drinking a warm drink in Winter etc. and asked us how we would feel if we were there. This was fun because we were able to explore different weather types and temperatures with our imagination.





Rotations were very effective this week. We learnt all about pronouns, compound words and opposites. Did you know that pronouns make our writing not so repetitive? Did you know that there are a lot of different compound words starting with sun eg. sunshine, sunrise, sunset and sunscreen. There are also a lot of compound words starting with under eg. underground, underwater, underneath and undergrowth. This week, we also spent a lot of time working on our reading strategies. We watched Miss Renee as she modelled reading and de-coding the text. We participated in guided reading groups and spent some time after lunch reading independently.

During Mathematics, we learnt all about centimeters, millimeters and meters. We measured different objects around the room and we also measured different leaves. We also worked on coordinates. This was a lot of fun as we had to listen to Miss Renee as we found different coordinates and completed different steps. We also learnt about the hundreds column and played a fun game called “one thousand not out”. Plus, we also had a lot of fun learning more about telling the time. Please encourage us at home to practice these new understandings and skills!


During Art, we looked at texture and the way things feel. We brainstormed a lot of different words to describe how things feel. Feel free to look at our texture display on our classroom window!

What another incredible week we have had here in 2M. We can’t believe that it is nearly half way through the term. Miss Renee also taught us this week that it is all about having a go! If your afraid that you might get the answer wrong it is important to remind yourself that it is not about getting it right, it is about having a go and trying your hardest!



Have a beautiful weekend with your lovely children,

Miss Renee ☺