{"id":263,"date":"2018-10-27T11:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2020-03-13T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T03:50:09","slug":"class-two","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/curriculum\/primary-education\/class-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Curriculum themes for Class Two<\/h2>\n<p>Children in Class Two are developing a heightened awareness of the world around them and are attracted to challenge and adventure, while remaining in a vivid world of pictorial imagination.<\/p>\n<p>In this year, children extend their reading and writing abilities, and move to more complex mathematical work.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking is further awakened through an artistic approach which builds on the love of pictures, colour and music.<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset1.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Stories reflecting a stronger connection with the world<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>While Class 1 stories focussed on the wholeness of the human, animal and natural worlds and the heavens; Class 2 stories are chosen to reflect a differentiation between these kingdoms.<\/li>\n<li>Folk stories gradually give way to myths and legends, often from Celtic traditions<\/li>\n<li>Animal legends and folk tales of all cultures, including Native American Indian<\/li>\n<li>Animal fables, which often emphasise moral qualities.<\/li>\n<li>Stories of individual courage and idealism<\/li>\n<li>Stories showing the ennoblement of moral, emotional and personality characteristics<\/li>\n<li>Stories of Saints or holy people of a variety of cultures, emphasising goodness and courage and often also a relationship between human and animal worlds (e.g. St Francis of Assisi)<\/li>\n<li>Stories of physical challenge and striving, with underlying spiritual metaphors and truths (e.g. the Irish King of Ireland\u2019s Son)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Form Drawing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercises to help develop thinking<\/li>\n<li>Symmetry exercises with an emphasis on axis, mirroring, above\/below<\/li>\n<li>Four-sided symmetries with rounded forms and their metamorphosis into angular forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Themes for Main Lessons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Celtic stories \u2013 King of Ireland\u2019s Son, Celtic Dragon Myth<\/li>\n<li>Mathemagics \u2013 Number Patterns and forms<\/li>\n<li>The Saints and other holy people, past and current<\/li>\n<li>Nature stories, the four seasons, the four elements<\/li>\n<li>Animals and their qualiies (lion\/courage, fox\/cunning etc) through fables<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics \u2013 the Four processes in vertical\/column form through stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Practice (subject) lessons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Times tables, mental arithmetic, working with the four processes<\/li>\n<li>Games, activities and creative tasks to help social interaction<\/li>\n<li>Word games with phonemes, common sight words<\/li>\n<li>Artistic work, modelling etc. on main lesson themes that reinforce the beauty of nature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Possible Main Lessons in Class Two<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/class-two-inset.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Form Drawing<br \/>\nThe King of Ireland\u2019s Son (English)<br \/>\nNumber Patterns (Mathematics)<br \/>\nAir and Water (Science)<br \/>\nAnimal Fables (English)<br \/>\nPlace Value (Mathematics)<br \/>\nFire and Rock (Science)<br \/>\nSaint Stories (English)<br \/>\nRevision (Mathematics)<br \/>\nAboriginal Stories and Camp (English)<br \/>\nCeltic Stories (English)<br \/>\nMoney (Mathematics)<br \/>\nClass Play (English, Creative Arts)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum themes for Class Two Children in Class Two are developing a heightened awareness of the world around them and are attracted to challenge and adventure, while remaining in a vivid world of pictorial imagination. 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