Welcome to Year Two !
Mrs Calma
Mrs Mallia and Mrs Hawkes
Our Mission statement Joy Excellence Service
With joy in our hearts, we aspire to excellence and offer ourselves in service to God and neighbour.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Ms McNicholas – Headteacher
• Mrs McCarthy – Deputy Headteacher
• Mrs Morris – Head of KS2
• Mrs Evans – Head of KS1 & EYFS
RE Curriculum
• In RE, we will be focusing on a variety of topics exploring a range of scripture. The children will make links to their own lives. We will investigate Catholic Social Teaching and consider how we can support and serve others.
• During this term, we will have a one week focus on Judaism. Later on in the year, we will learn about another world religion in our Multi Faith week.
• There will be collective liturgies every day. Some of these will be whole school and some class based. There will be a balance between adult and child led worship.
Mathematics
Number and Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division Fractions
Measurement
Properties of Shape
Position and Direction
Statistics
Lots of reinforcement of times tables.
Reading
English
Word Reading:
• Apply phonics
• Read accurately
• Read common exception words
• Read words containing common suffixes
Comprehension:
• Retell a wide range of stories
• Discuss views about a wide range of texts
• Recite poems
• Make predictions
• Make inferences
English
Writing
• Write about real events, narratives real & fictional, personal experiences, poems and writing for different purposes.
• Joined handwriting expected in Year 2.
SPaG – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
• Full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas
• Statements, questions, commands, exclamation sentences
• Adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs
• Present and past tense
• Common exception words
• Suffixes
READ!
The expectation is that children read 4 times a week at home with an adult. This should be recorded in their reading records by an adult.
History, Geography & Science Curriculum
Autumn Term Significant Individuals The Great Fire of London Living Things and their Habitats
Spring Term UK Study compared to Mexico Map work –identifying human and physical features Use of Everyday Materials
Summer Term Geographical Skills Maps and Compasses Animals Including Humans Plants
Google Classroom
• Please make sure that you have joined our Google Classroom - Year 2 code was sent out to Parents via parent mail. • It will be used for homework and also in the case of remote learning.
Homework
• Homework is set weekly on Google Classroom on Thursdays and is due in on the following Tuesday.
• Weekly tasks: Mental Maths, RE.
• Alternate weeks: Maths and English (either a SPaG or comprehension task) which will be completed in the children’s homework books and handed in at school on Tuesday.
• Please continue with regular reading, spelling and times table practice.
How will you know what your child is learning in school?
• Curriculum Newsletters on school website
• Friday message on Google Classroom.
• Letters about trips or special events
• Parents’ evenings
• Share my work afternoon
PE
• Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday.
• Outdoor PE on Thursday
• Indoor PE on Wednesday –shorts needed
• Coach Haris– PE coach
• Earrings
• If your child is in school, they are expected to take part in PE unless they have a doctor’s note.
Uniform
• Focus on children looking smart and wearing their uniform with pride.
• Names, names, names…. Please make sure every item of clothing is labelled.
• Waterproof coats and wellies
• OLRS hats and coats
• Earrings
• Hair tied up – school coloured hairbands and clips.
Opal Play Reminders
We live in a country with variable weather. It should not stop the children from playing outside.
• Appropriate clothing
• Coats/Wellies etc… The children will be playing outside in MOST weather.
• E-Safety/Online Safety is taught across the school explicitly each half term.
• As technology and the internet are being used more so now than ever by children, it is very important to know what your child is using technology for and to monitor this closely and carefully at home.
• For any concerns regarding online safety please see Mrs. McCarthy(E-Safety coordinator & Safeguarding Lead)
Governors’ Fund
Governors’ School Development Fund.
The Governors School Development Fund is in place because the school Governors are responsible for a proportion of the maintenance cost of the school buildings, for example governors over the last years have contributed to the cost of the new fencing, windows, and drainage issues. Without your contributions, we would not have been able to undertake such projects. This is an annual donation for the school year 2025/26.
We have uploaded the amount £100 per family on to your individual SCOPAY accounts and it will be attached to your youngest/only child. We will continue to claim Gift Aid on the amounts that you donate.
If you have any queries relating to this change, please speak to Mrs Gray, our school business manager.
End of Year Tests May 2026
English Reading:
2 papers Mathematics:
Paper 1
Paper 2 - Reasoning
Any Questions??
