Year 2 Team Mrs Wilkins Mrs Kirby Miss Roberts Mrs Smith Miss Vahidi Year 2 leader Teaching 1:1 Teaching Assistant Assistant
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General Information Library visits will be once a week. Please name all clothes that are worn in school, including hats and coats. Also, please name water bottles. The children do not need to bring in their own pencil case or toys. This year, parents evenings will be in Autumn and Summer term, and the written report will go out in the Spring term.
A day in Year 2 8.40 – 9 – Morning activities – e.g. handwriting, thinking activity and number work. 9-10 Reading (RWI), Spelling, grammar and handwriting. 10.00 – 10.15 – Play time PE days 10.15 – 11.30 – CLIC Maths/ SAFE Maths Monday and Friday 11.30 – 12.30 – Lunch afternoons. 12.30 – 1.30 – Writing CLIC Maths – number SAFE Maths – Shape, 1.30 – 3.00 – Integrated Curriculum Amounts of measure, 3.00 – 3.15 Story Fractions, Explaining Data. 3.15 Home Time
In Inde dependenc pendence How can we help? Everything labelled. Develop children's independence (RWI and Home Reading books). Practise changing at home - Use a mirror to do top button. - Teach to un-do and re-do ties if not elasticised. Help with routines (Visual timetable)
Be Beha haviour our The class have created their own ‘Class Rules’, where we have agreed our class expectations. However all children are still required to adhere to the School behaviour policy and are aware of the traffic light system. If a child has chosen to break a School/Class rule, they will be given a warning, if repeated there will be an appropriate sanction.
Traffic Lights Green – Expected Behaviour Green – First Warning Orange – Verbal Warning Red – Incurs Sanction
Traffic Light system If a child is put on the red light three times in a day or five times over a week - then you will be informed. Next steps: Time out Report Card/Behaviour Chart Internal exclusion/Fixed-term external exclusion
Rewards For good behaviour and excellent work children are rewarded with monster dojo points. Children also receive verbal praise, Hundred Square, star of the day, stickers, a weekend pal, get to share work amongst the year group, a Wednesday gold star, weekly wizard, ASCENT.
Reading Children who read regularly, share books and listen to adults reading, become readers. Phonics is taught through RWI daily. Everyday, your child will take part in a variety of reading activities, which will include phonic sessions, independent reading, shared reading and guided reading. (Reading Reconsidered and Talk for Writing)
How can you help? Children will bring home a colour banded reading book that they should be able to read independently. They may need a prompt from you and it should be a relaxed, happy time. Some children may take longer than others to become independent readers. It is really important for them to share books with adults as they work towards being a reader. The children can change their reading books once they have finished with it. They will be encouraged to do this independently. As a result they may sometimes bring the wrong level. Their reading record should be signed by their parents. If your child persistently forgets to change their reading book they can be sent back in to change it at the end of the day.
PPA – Thursday afternoons. As a school we are lucky to employ 3 expert teachers for the specialist subjects of French, Music, and ICT . They will have the opportunity to learn lots of new skills including recorder playing, computer programming, learning French songs and stories.
P.E reminders At least one session per week will be outside so please ensure your child has appropriate clothing. Please ensure all kit is named, earrings are removed or covered with tape and hair tied back. All unnamed lost items will be taken to lost property located near the dining room.
Phonics Screening Re-take If your child did not pass the Year 1 Phonics Screening then they will take it again at the end of Year 2. All children who did not pass will be receiving extra support in Phonics throughout the year to consolidate their sounds. Please understand that not all children are phonically led and many very able children do not pass this.
SATS (Standardised Assessment Tasks & Tests) Year 2 will take KS1 assessments at the end of the year, however they will also be continuously assessed by their teacher. Children will be familiar with the format and all content assessed will have been covered previously in class. Test results support teacher assessment. More information about SATS will come nearer to the time.
Home Learning and Homework The Integrated Curriculum provides the opportunity for you and your child to work together through home learning. This supports and extends your child’s learning in school. Daily reading with your child – to encourage a love of books. CLIC, SAFE tests and Learn It strips will be sent home weekly to give your child the opportunity to reflect on their next steps and practice their instant recall. Spellings will be given out weekly to support your child’s next steps.
Parent Consultations Autumn Term Parent Consultation (14 th & 16 th November) Spring Term Reports Summer Term Parent Consultation (11 th & 12 th July)
Thank you! We are happy to receive notes or short messages in the morning, however please help your child to be independent and walk into school on their own with their class. If we can help in a five-minute, end-of-day chat, please catch us on the playground, after we’ve dismissed all the children. If you have any queries about anything at all please come and speak to your class teacher, we are always more than happy to help.
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