What I Liked most about being in 2J this year was...

What I have enjoyed in 2J has been many thing. The first thing I have enjoyed  is all the art knitting an sewing  that we did I loved sewing and knitting plus art is my favourite thing to do. Another thing I have enjoyed  I all the lovely things I have learnt. Now I know many things. My last reason and most important reason of all, is having a great teacher who is really kind, caring and fair. Mrs Jenkins would  always help me and everyone else in the class in many ways.
By Evie


What I have enjoyed this year has been sewing. I've enjoyed knitting and want to learn crochet but sewing is my particular favourite. I'm always impatient  to do sewing and whenever Mrs. Jenkins says that if we do our best we will do sewing, I try and do my best. I hope we do sewing next year. Another thing was art. Since my whole life I loved art. I would doodle if I had to and I loved colouring. If I colour something I always put my effort into it. I want to always impress my teacher in art. Something else I enjoyed was topic talks. When I started kindergarten and year one I read off a sheet of paper but in this class, you need a lot of confidence. I have all the confidence in topic talks and it's helpful because I would need to use palm cards or do it by heart. I really like topic talks because it also improves my confidence. The thing I enjoyed the most this year are the tests. Every class has tests but this class has challenging tests. We would have to look on the blog and some questions that are in tests. I want to improve my knowledge and this class is the right one.
By Amitya


What I have enjoyed in 2J this year has been sewing for Mothers' Day because I have made different kinds of patterns. Another thing  I have enjoyed in 2J this was making the Fathers' Day apron because my dad told me he was impressed with the apron I made. He uses it every day for preparing food. Henceforth I've enjoyed doing tessellations. I have enjoyed 2J this year by doing glorious activities.
By Om


What I have enjoyed in 2j this year has been that Mrs Jenkins has taught so many things I did not know. In 2j we always do fun things like craft, sewing, colouring and s on. Another thing is that I have made honest wonderful friends and class mates. Thirdly I have always enjoyed year two and was looking forward to it. Lastly I am going to miss year two and Carlingford, since I am leaving.
By Caitlin


What I have enjoyed in 2J this year has been every single piece of work that I have done with my lovely teacher Mrs Jenkins. One thing I really liked was making Christmas decorations for my tree. Another I liked to do was challenging maths questions. It is so fun breaking it by step by step. there was one more thing that I liked and it was geography. I like geography because I learn interesting facts and thank you to my dear teacher Mrs  Jenkins.
By Shreya
what I have enjoyed in 2J this year has been most of the things in 2J.I liked doing trading with numbers and I liked to spelling I liked doing all things in 2J.
By Kody
I enjoyed playing sport. I enjoyed playing volley ball, cricket and soft ball. I liked doing blue box and grammar. I also enjoyed sewing, knitting and making Christmas decorations. The best thing I enjoyed was doing trading with subtraction. Lastly I enjoyed doing division.
By Yyoung
What I have enjoyed in 2j this year.
I have enjoyed knitting, sewing and English. Why knitting entertained me calmly. sewing taught me how to do better knots also faster knots. English  made me have  better handwriting. But the best thing loved was story writing not just because it gives me better handwriting it gave me better imagination.
by Aleks
I have enjoyed the excursion to the Powerhouse Museum in 2J I learnt a lot about sound. When it was Pancake Tuesday I liked making and eating them.I liked going to the library. I loved learning subtraction with trading. Lastly I extremely enjoyed sewing.-
by Marcus

Christmas online activities. Click the links below

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/christmas.html


http://www.thekidzpage.com/christmas/games.htm


https://sites.google.com/site/christmasatwwebquest/


http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/activities/webquest.html

This week in 2J

Monday- Thursday: Homework this week is the grid as well as spelling and 6 times tables


Wednesday: Gymnastics so wear sports uniform


Thursday: Computers, scripture and sport.


Friday: Peer Support

Journal Topic this week. Ididn't know where to go...

I didn't know where to go because I was surrounded by bulldogs. They thought I was food so they tried to bite me. I thought they also didn't have an owner that meant that they were wild. I screamed with fear, then I fainted. When I woke up I realized that the bulldogs had an owner who was just buying some food for the bulldogs. I ran home and told Mum and Dad what had happened, then I jumped in bed. By Marcus


I didn't know where to go because I was lost. I was in a forest with wild animals. Just then a lion appeared right in front of my eyes. We glared eye to eye. Moments later I roared louder than a dinosaur. Henceforth a tree fell onto the lion and it groaned wearily. I ambled out of the forest and found my way home. I was exhausted when I arrived.
By Om


I didn't know where to go what path to take I was lost in the rainforest. I didn't know where my parents were or my family so I walked on a path however that didn't lead to my family. I walked on another path and that finally leaded to my family I was so happy.
by Caitlin


 I didn't know where to go because I lost my way in the forest to the campsite. A while later I started left, then right. All I could see was trees everywhere. I glanced up. After that stared down. All I could see was the grass and the leaves. Later on, I saw a table full of food, so came closer to get a gaze at the food and, "Surprize!! happy birthday Charlie."
by Meldaan


I didn't know where to go so I hid under the covers of my bed. One hour later the kitchen light turned on and I heard the creaking of the floor. I saw a shadow from my bedroom. ''Could it be a ... no.''
'Is it dad?  Help.''
I ran to my parent's bed room. ''Mum.'' but I heard no answer, so I ran to the kitchen and hid behind the bench. I heard a voice '' I know you're here kid ...
by Issie


I didn't know where to go because I was in mid air. I was lost in an enchanted rainforest. I tried to draw a world map but I couldn't .All of the animals were enchanted. a little puppy dog raced to me and shouted to me. Suddenly a flash of light took me home and I was very happy.
By Shreya
I didn't know where to go as the trees creaked. Listening to the snapping crocodiles and the howling wolves I shivered. I ran like lightning as my coat flew out of my hands. Suddenly I heard a very unsatisfying cry. Thereupon my head an object hovered continuously.
By Amitya

This week in 2J. Week 7

Monday to Thursday continue with homework grid.
Wednesday: Gymnastics
Thursday: Computers, Scripture and Sport
Friday: Homework due. Assembly


Click here for Christmas music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CkPXu0HWIY

The Literacy Shed. Click here for story writing ideas.

https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html

SOUND Quiz. Click the link to see how much you know on sound. You can print out the results

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sound-quiz_1

https://www.amplifon.com/web/uk/interactive-ear/index.html

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1463

Journal writing in 2J: As the door slammed I knew... Please read and leave a comment.

As the door slamed I knew that the lights flickerd there after they turned of. Suddenly I heard loud footsteps. I tried going back to sleep but I couldn't. I was frightened then I tried going back to sleep but I still couldn't. It was eventually my mother she whispered, 'The power just turned of.
By Selena


As the door slammed I knew that someone or something was lurching  around the house. I turned one way then the other. As I  turned I heard noises. I was super scared. At least I was just my cat and the floor creaking.
By Finn


As the door slammed I knew it was a spooky ghost I shrugged. The ghost was hunting
for me so I ran and ran I ran as fast as I could but it was still after me. Then it magically
disappeared. By Marcus




As the door slammed I knew water was coming from down the door. I opened the door and saw three pipes. It was spraying water everywhere. I turned off the three pipes. It stopped spraying water everywhere.  By Kylie




As soon as the door slammed I knew something bad had happened. I swung the door opened but there wasn't a sound heard. Slower then a baby crawling, I tip-toed down the staircase silence.
It was morning and breakfast was ready so I ate. After eating my breakfast, I slowly walked to the bathroom to take a shower. Just before I started to walk, everybody surprised me.
by Meldaan

This week in 2J

Monday: This week there is a new homework grid to follow. Please make sure you do the ones in bold typing.  Write out and learn your 3 times tables as well as your spelling.
Tuesday: Continue with homework
Wednesday: Gymnastics
Thursday: Computers, Sport and Scripture
Friday: Assembly

Musical instruments that are eay to make. Click below to get some ideas.

https://www.redtedart.com/musical-instrument-crafts-for-kids/


https://www.pinterest.com.au/maestroclassics/homemade-musical-instruments/?lp=true
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/musical-instruments

Our day at the Powerhouse Museum. On Tuesday the Year 2 children went to the powerhouse Museum in the city. We had great time looking around and doing a hands on workshop on Sound. Thank you to the mums who came with us and looked after a group.

Today we learnt about angles. Here is asong to help you learn about angles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuMULQjb3o&t=39s

Journal writing: A time when I was brave was... Please read and leave a comment.

A time in my life when I was brave was when I was four. I had to go to the hospital and get a needle. I thought it would hurt and it did, but I didn't cry and I was very scaared.
By Selena


I A time in my life when I was brave was four years ago. It was at the end of the year and I was going to a preschool for older children who are about five years old. I was really scared and nervous but happy for myself because I was moving on to being a greater person. I was really proud of myself of moving on and being brave by not staying in the preschool for younger children.
By Evie
 A time in my life when I was brave was when I was on a cruise. There was a yellow water slide and I felt afraid, but I was brave and tried it out. I started having fun. Another time when I was brave was another water slide and water at the end. There was a curve at the end as well. I was brave enough to try it out to. I was afraid.
By Om
A time in my life when I was brave was when I was at tree-tops and I decided to move onto a harder level even though I was not sure if I should. I felt nervous.
By Hannah




A time in my life when l was brave was when I fell down. I didn't cry when l was six year old.
by Jackson
A time in my life when I was brave was when I climb on a high thing. I fell down. My mum took me home. Then we went to the hospital. The doctor tod my mum my arm was brocken.
By Elsa
A time in my life when I was brave was when I twisted my ancle and I was at hospital. It hurted like I broke it, but luckily I was brave enough to stand the pain. By the time  I was out of the hospital I had bandages on my ankle
By Jamieson

This week in 2J

Monday: Homework. Please continue with the grid. There are websites that I have put on the blog that you can click on and watch to help you with understanding SOUND.
Please finish off  this week any writing.
Library.
Tuesday: Excursion to the Powerhouse Museum. Don't forget to be at school by 8:30am. Remember to bring your recess and lunch in a plastic bag.
Wednesday: Gymnastics so wear your sports uniform.
Thursday: Sport, computers and scripture.
Friday: Homework due. Peer Support.

Websites for our work on SOUND.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_sounds.shtml
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.
htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG152JGTHzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovMh2A3P5k
https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/13205/year-2-soundhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A79r26c3CE8
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sound.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9qzKqFZNA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zgffr82/videos/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vzYe81zp1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtEg8Qxuxk
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/revision/Science/sounds.html

Week 4 Journal writing. If I was invisible I would...

If I was invisible I would hide and play tricks on my family and friends.
by Dennis


If I was invisible  I would sneak out of my house in the afternoon and go to a pet shop, to buy a dog for a week with my own money. I would hide it from my parents in my secret garden  which my parents never come in. I would give it back to the pet shop and bring it to my house again.
By Kiara


If I was invisible I would like to sneak up on people and scare them. If I was invisible I would like to do what ever I wanted when people wouldn't know. I would love to be invisible.
By Caitlin


If I was invisible I would travel to places I had never been to.
If I was invisible I would go to a rainforest.
I would also go to a water slide and have fun.
Also buy my parents some gifts.
Lastly I would go to the beach and splash in the water
By Selena


If I was invisible I would make craft and give it to my friends and surprise them. I could make lunch, breakfast and dinner for my mum and my little sister. They would be very surprised.
By Elsa
If I was invisible I would spook my father and mother by  holding something in front of my father and mother. I would go wherever I liked and I would be sneaky and move aside  if somebody was speaking to me.
By Meldaan
 If I was invisible I would scare people when they were a sleep I would wake them up and then they would say to their parents that an invisible person when he was sleeping.
Kody

This week in 2J

Monday to Thursday homework from the grid. Please have your parent sign it so I can see you have done 3 things. Swim school continues this week.
Monday: Library
Tuesday: Continue with homework and catching up with writing
Wednesday:
Thursday: Sport Computers and Scripture
Friday: Homework due
Peer Support

PAT testing link

https://oars.acer.edu.au/carlingford-public-school

Username: first.last

Password: Password

This week in 2J

Week 3
Monday: Library   Homework the grid. Spelling words to write out each night. 4 times tables Finish off any writing.
Swim School each day this week.
Tuesday: Continue with homework. Finish off writing.
Wednesday:
Thursday: Computers and Scripture. Sport
Friday: Assembly

Today 2J participated in World of maths. They did some really challenging hands on maths. Everyone so enthusiastic. Well done 2J.

Week 2 Journal Writing: My Dream Vacation. Please read and leave a comment.

A Dream Vacation

A dream vacation would be fun because you can dream of going somewhere you really want to go like going to Uluru. My second reason is you could dream of a place that is not even real. My final reason is I sometimes think of a dream vacation I once thought of I was in England because there are double decker buses and I really want to go on one.

                                      By Christian


  My Dream Vacation

My dream vacation would be going to England and visiting Buckingham Palace. I would also go to a motel that has a pool and play in it. I also would like to the markets and to the zoo that is there.

by Hannah

Dream Vacation

If I could go on a dream vacation would travel to Spain because I’ve always had a dream to go there. I chose Spain because I’ve looked in a fiction book about Spain and it is very lovely. In Spain I would like to learn the salsa. I could also learn how to speak Spanish.

By Evie

A dream vacation

My dream vacation would be going to Hawaii. It would be my dream vacation because it’s so peaceful and quite. I would like to sit in the sun and have lemonade and an umbrella above me. My favourite thing to do in Hawaii would be going swimming. That is my dream vacation.

By Kiara

 

Week 2 Term 4 This week in 2J

Monday: Homework this term has changed for all of Year 2. You will receive a grid with choices. We will go through this today.
Spelling and Tables will continue to written out and learnt.
Library
Tuesday: Continue homework tasks.
Wednesday: Continue homework
Thursday: Sport, Scripture and Computers.Wear sport uniform
Friday: Spelling and Tables Test. Assembly

This term we are learning how to write persausive texts. Please read these wonderful examples by 2J students.

Should Children Have Mobile Phones?

I strongly believe that children using mobile phones is a very bad idea.

Firstly children could learn bad language. When children enter any texting app, they could sometimes see what strangers say. The strangers could text swear words and children could learn those swear words and say them to their friends.

Secondly mobile phones can cause eye damage. This is because mobile phones have blue light that is more dangerous than any other natural light.

Lastly children can copy the internet and cheat in exams. If they keep this up they will never learn the answers to the question nor will they improve their knowledge.

In conclusion I definitely believe mobile phones should not be in the hands of children.

  By Amitya

Should Children Have Mobile Phones?

I strongly believe that mobile phones should not be in the hands of children.

Firstly a child could be black mailed e.g. a child could text a stranger who she or he doesn’t know and the stranger could tell him or her to give the stranger money or otherwise the person would do something really bad to the child’s family.

Secondly the child could see inappropriate things on the internet, such as some movies that have lots of violence.

 Lastly a child could cheat in class by putting the phone under the table and finding the answers in a test.

 To conclude I am most definite in my belief that children should not bring mobile phones to school.

By Kiara 2J

Should Children Have Mobile  Phones?

I strongly believe children should not use mobile phones without any guardian or adult.

Firstly children should not have mobile because these can easily cause eye cancer in your brain and eyes. It can be painful.

Secondly you can play with phone numbers and accidently phone a random person. The person might even call you to her or his home or to ask you your address and street name.

Lastly in Naplan or tests you might use the internet to find the answer and this is cheating.

 

In conclusion children should not be allowed to own mobile phones.

by Shreya

Should Children Have Mobile Phones?

Children having mobile phones is not a good option for parents as they could do many bad things.

Firstly they may be black mailed and have to pay money or hand over the phone.

Secondly in class when a child is doing a test or an exam they could get full marks from copying answers from the internet.

Lastly they could use it too much and it could cause health issues and eye damage.

In conclusion I strongly believe children should not have mobile phones.

 

By Mathias 2J

 

 

Welcome back to term 4.

This term Year 2 and 1 will be studying sound - what it is, how it is made, what is the difference between music and noise. We will have lots of opportunities for designing and creating our own sound making devices. Welcome to a noisy term of science!


Click on the links below to watch and learn about sound.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovMh2A3P5k


The Landfill Harmonic

"The world sends us garbage. We give it back music". As we begin converting our our recycled materials into musical instruments in class, watch the inspirational story of a community from Paraguay that converts rubbish into beautiful sound. 


https://youtu.be/fXynrsrTKbI




http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml

This week in 2J

This week there is no set homework. However this is good opportunity to catch up on any work that has not been completed, especially story writing.
Another good thing to do would be to log on and do Reading Eggs
Mufti Day on Tuesday. Please bring a gold coin for this good cause.
The Indigenous book sale is on Wednesday.
Hope everyone has a good last week of Term 3.

PRACTISE TELLING THE TIME by clicking on the above menu bar.

Week 9 Journal Writing : The outdoor learning day was...

The outdoor learning day was awesome because we got to do our work outside instead of in class. I measured the perimeter of a leaf. I loved outdoor learning day. We sat under the COLA to do our work.
By Om






The outdoor learning day was great fun, because we read a book, called Jacko. The book was fun. We finished the book and we started to write our story writing.
By PATRICK




The out door learning day was so much fun. We did lots of activities. First we did reading groups outside. then we did story writing. Some of our papers flew away but eventually we caught them. After story writing, we taught KT how to do the cat's whiskers. Each of us got a buddy. Some of us got two. I had one and she was very hard to teach. Then we taught them how to do elastics. after that KT left and we measured some leafs. we had partners to work with. first we traced the leaf on a piece of paper. Next we measured the leaf with string and measured the string with a ruler. we also learnt a new word called perimeter, which is the measurement around an object. It was so much fun. I hope we have, out door learning day next year.
by Amitya






The outdoor learning day  was brilliant we sat out side and  read out side . We became little teachers and taught he kindergarten games. We measured leaves .
I wish we could do this again. I really liked to watching the kindergarten children.
By Elsa






The out door learning day was super fun because I got to trace over leaves then use a string to go around it. One of my leaves was the whole string. Another activity was when I got a partner rom KT and taught him how to do cat's whiskers. The final reason is when I taught him how to do elastics he only made one mistake.
by Christian


The outdoor learning day was good and fun. we in 2j got to do activities and 2j got to teach the kindy class. By Jackson
The out door learning day was out door learning was good and I enjoyed out door learning day and I had a fun day. by Kody

This week in 2J

Monday: Library. Homework Unit 21 English and Maths. 

Tables this week 3times tables.

Tuesday: Continue homework

Wednesday: Continue homework and catching up with any typing that you need to finish

Thursday: Computers and Scripture

Friday: Homework due.

Outdoor learning day in 2J. Today we spent most of the day learning outside. We did reading groups with Mrs McCagffery. Later we invited KT to join in our games. 2J taught KT to play elastics and string games. We all enjoyed ourselves. Miss Tran demonstrated her skills in the elastics game.

We learnt about PERIMETER  and the AREA today by finding the perimeter of different shapes of leaves.