English is the Key Learning Area where students develop knowledge, skills and understandings about English language and literature. The students will be actively engaged in the development of skills through:

This term in English, Year 2 will be engaging in the following components:

Speaking & Listening - Students will engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening behaviours, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions. Weekly Talk Time will continue this term with a weekly listening and speaking focus. This will assist students to develop confidence when speaking in front of an audience.

Reading & Viewing - Students will respond to a range of literature and discuss the purpose and audience. Different roles of readers will be explored focusing on – decoding words and punctuation, making meaning, understanding the purpose of texts. Students  will be exposed to a widening range of texts for enjoyment and pleasure and discuss reasons for their choice. Students begin to learn and to use some of the Super Seven comprehension strategies to read and respond to texts - activating their prior knowledge, visualising, predicting, making connections and summarising.

Writing & Representing - Students will learn to write quality imaginative texts to engage the readers. They are learning how to write simple and compound sentences using the appropriate structure. In conjunction with this, students will be practicing speaking and listening, spelling and punctuation, grammar and vocabulary skills. 

Spelling - Letters & Sounds programme will be used for spelling activities. Lessons will focus on using various spelling rules and strategies including oral segmenting and blending of familiar words. New graphemes and alternative pronunciation for these words will be consolidated. New learning will be on adding suffixes to base words.

Grammar, Punctuation & Vocabulary - Formal lessons on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary will be consolidated during writing activities. Students will continue to develop a greater understanding of simple and compound sentences using the appropriate structure.

Handwriting & Digital Technologies - Students will practice handwriting skills using the correct NSW Foundation handwriting style in their everyday book work, incorporating the components of posture and pen grip.