Back Row:- Wilma Kersten (ESL Teacher), Julie Nugent, Lee Preston (Grade 2 Coordinator) Front Row:- Brent Baumgartner, Sybil Pretious (ESL Teacher), Kate Holmes

Welcome to Grade Two at SSIS. This year we have four classes supported by homeroom teachers and two ESL teachers. Our experienced team comes from America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.

 

	These students explore the measurements of parts of their bodies and make a Mini Me.		At the Amazing Race Grade 2 does cooperative activities.

This year Grade 2 has a variety of learning engagements planned including a visit to a park, a supermarket and the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. There will also be a trip organised by the Chinese teachers. We have a cooperative games day and a parent reading morning. For one unit the students will design and present their own research to parents.

Learner Profile focusses throughout the year are: Caring, Communicator, Thinker, Reflective, Open minded, Principled and Well Balanced.

Grade 2 students find out how important it is to work together to achieve the group's goal.	Students read poetry together.	Grade 2 students write independently.

We encourage Grade 2 students to become life-long learners through independence and cooperative behaviour. The children are exposed to reading and writing every day through different curriculum areas. Grade 2 students really grow in maturity throughout the year. We look forward to seeing this growth in your child.