Year 2 English builds the reading and writing foundations that carry your child through school. Our program develops phonics, fluent reading and early writing in a structured, encouraging environment, with Year 3 NAPLAN in view.

Key Topics Covered:

Phonics and sounds, reading comprehension, narrative writing, simple and compound sentences, spelling patterns and building vocabulary through reading.

Parent Tip:

Ten minutes of shared reading each day makes a real difference. Our tutors recommend books at your child's level, including picture books from your local library.

Read a range of fiction and non-fiction texts with fluency and understanding

Write short stories with a clear beginning, middle and end

Use simple and compound sentences with correct punctuation and spelling

Build vocabulary through reading, sound patterns and word families

Share ideas clearly in short talks and class discussions

Edit and improve their own writing

Parent and child reading a picture book together for Year 2 English practice at home in Australia

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Interpersonal Language and Roles	Explore how the words we choose change with the situation and our role, such as talking to a friend, a teacher or a shopkeeper.
02	Purpose and Audience	Work out whether a text aims to tell a story, share facts or give an opinion, and who it was written for.
03	Listening and Speaking Skills	Practise taking turns, listening closely, following instructions and sharing ideas and opinions politely.
04	Blending and Segmenting Sounds	Play with sounds in spoken words. Blend, segment, delete and swap sounds to read and write words more easily.
05	Vowel Digraphs	Match sounds to letters, including vowel pairs such as ai, ee and oa, when reading and spelling.
06	Long Vowel Patterns and Silent Letters	Learn less common long vowel patterns and silent letters, as in knight and whistle.
07	Consonant Clusters and Compound Words	Read and spell clusters such as str and spl, and build compound words like sunscreen.
08	Reading With Fluency	Read with smooth phrasing and expression, using sounds and word knowledge to tackle unfamiliar words.
09	Re-reading and Self-Correcting	Check meaning as you read, re-read tricky sentences and fix mistakes using clues.
10	Term 1 Revision	Revise language roles, purpose, sounds and fluency. A term mock test and parent report follow.

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Warm-up (5 min)

Quick review of the previous session plus a sounds or spelling warm-up

Core Teaching (25 min)

New concept from the lesson eBook, with reading and writing examples

Guided Practice (15 min)

Student reads and writes with tutor support

Independent Practice (10 min)

Student completes the in-class quiz independently

Wrap-up (5 min)

Summary, 2 take-home quizzes and a preview of the next session

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No.	Topic	What We Cover
11	Visualising and Predicting	Picture what is happening in a text and predict what comes next using clues from words and images.
12	Connecting and Questioning	Link texts to personal experiences and other books, and ask questions before, during and after reading.
13	Summarising and Monitoring	Retell the main ideas in a few sentences and check understanding while reading.
14	Literal and Inferred Meaning	Find answers stated in the text and work out ideas that are not stated directly, using clues.
15	Characters and Settings	Discuss who the characters are, where stories happen and how authors describe them, with reasons for favourites.
16	Stories by First Nations Authors	Read and discuss picture books by First Nations Australian authors and illustrators, and how characters connect to place.
17	Sharing Opinions About Texts	Use language to say what you enjoyed about a text and give reasons for your preferences.
18	Poems, Chants and Rhymes	Spot and create rhythm, rhyme and repeated sound patterns in poems, chants and songs.
19	How Images Add Meaning	Explore how pictures, diagrams and captions add to the meaning of the words in a text.
20	Term 2 Revision	Revise comprehension strategies, characters and poetry. A term mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
21	How Texts Are Organised	See how stories, information texts and opinion texts are organised differently to suit their purpose.
22	Finding Information in Texts	Use contents pages, indexes, headings, menus and links to find information in print and on screen.
23	Pronouns and Cohesion	Use pronouns such as he, she, they and their to link ideas without repeating names.
24	Noun Groups	Extend nouns with articles and adjectives, such as the tiny green frog, to make writing more descriptive.
25	Verb Groups	Learn how verb groups such as was swimming and will jump show what is happening and when.
26	Compound Sentences	Join two ideas with conjunctions such as and, but and so to build compound sentences.
27	Capital Letters and Commas in Lists	Use capital letters in titles and commas to separate items in a list.
28	Topic Vocabulary	Choose precise words to suit a topic, such as Australian animals or the weather.
29	Comparing Information Texts	Compare how a similar topic is presented in different texts, like a fact book and a website.
30	Term 3 Revision	Revise text types, grammar and vocabulary. A term mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
31	Planning Imaginative Writing	Plan a story with characters, a setting and a problem, using a simple planner and topic words.
32	Writing a Narrative	Write stories with a clear beginning, middle and end, using noun groups and verb groups.
33	Writing an Information Text	Write a short report with a title, facts and topic words, such as on an Australian animal.
34	Writing an Opinion Text	Share an opinion with reasons in a short persuasive text for a familiar audience.
35	Prefixes and Suffixes	Build word families using prefixes and suffixes such as un-, re-, -ful and -ing.
36	Tricky Words and Spelling Patterns	Learn high-frequency words and use spelling patterns and word parts to spell words that are not fully predictable.
37	Editing and Improving Writing	Reread, edit and improve writing for punctuation, spelling and clear ideas.
38	Oral Presentations	Rehearse and deliver a short talk, varying tone, volume and pace.
39	Creating Literary Texts	Adapt familiar story structures through writing, drawing, performance and digital tools to create an original text.
40	Year 2 Revision and Year 3 NAPLAN Readiness	Revise the year and preview Year 3 NAPLAN style tasks in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation.

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