In Class 2 we have finished our English main lesson - Stories of Saints and Heroes.  During this main lesson we have been practicing to read and write narratives using many new spelling patterns and sight words, as well as practicing the use of appropriate punctuation.  The children heard many stories about people from the past who have shown courage, healing, strength and compassion in the face of injustice, illness, uncertainty and danger.  These stories have included people from a variety of times and places including Sadako, Finn MacCool, Saint Francis, Saint Odelia, George and the Dragon, Pemulwuy and Vincent Lingarri.  We look forward to sharing our main lesson books with our class buddies and families soon.

This week we will launch into a new maths main lesson exploring Magic Numbers.  This main lesson explores the structure and relationships within numbers, and will extend our knowledge and skills of the times tables.  We will also practice mental arithmetic of number facts, and explore odd and even numbers, square numbers, magic squares and other number patterns. 

Most Class 2 children have completed their rainbow balls during craft and have mastered their pearl stitch, in order to begin knitting their gnomes.  They were very pleased to take home their rainbow balls last week to show families.

We have welcomed the change into Djilba with lots of practice of our spring time songs on lyre, recorder and lots of singing in preparation for the Spring Festival at the end of term.