Welcome to Year 2 Parents Meeting
WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Meet the staff
Meet the staff
Mrs McClure- Class teacher
Mrs Hamilton – Class teacher
Mrs Hodgson- Senior Teaching Assistant
A day in the life of Year 2
A day in the life of Year 2.
8:50- Doors open/Morning Maths
9:00- Register
9:05- Phonics/Spelling
9:30- English/Maths
10:45- Break/Fruit
11:00- Maths/English
12:00 - Lunch
1:00- Curriculum
2:00- Break
2:15- Curriculum
3:15- Home Time
Settling in Year 2
Settling in Year 2.
Working towards the children getting into routines.
In the Autumn Term, work builds on the children’s prior Year 1 knowledge.
Stories are chosen from the Pie Corbett Reading Spine.
Important days
Days to remember
This half term PE will be on Tuesday afternoons. In PE the children are learning Gymnastics using the PE Hub Curriculum. Please ensure children arrive in their PE kits on a Tuesday and that earrings are removed or covered.
Spellings will be set on a Friday via your child’s Dojo account. They will be linked directly to classroom phonics/spelling teaching each week and will be tested the following Friday.
Please bring reading book daily. Children will be supported by staff to change their reading book when necessary. Please write in the pages read or ‘book finished’ in children’s reading diary.
Reading for pleasure books will be changed every Friday.
SPAG, Reading Writing and Maths
Phonics/Spelling
Autumn 1: Phase 5 Review
Autumn 2: Bridge to Spelling
Spring and Summer: Spelling (Linked to Year 2 National Curriculum)
Some children will receive ‘Catch Up’ Phonics in a small group with Mrs Hodgson. If your child is involved with this, we will inform you.
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds
Children who are still completing the Little Wandle programme will read books matched to their stage of learning.
These books will be changed weekly.
We set ambitious standards for the children to read accurately and fluently.
Children will read three times weekly in school with a focus on: decoding, prosody and comprehension.
Please aim to read with your child at home and sign their reading record to indicate this.
Accelerated Reader
Children who have exited the Little Wandle programme and are exhibiting fluency will complete a Star Reading Assessment.
The assessment will give the children a ZPD range. This will ensure the children are reading a book closely matched to their reading level.
Children are able to complete ‘quizzes’ as often as they like, once they have finished reading the book at home.
We will keep a record of the children’s comprehension scores and complete Star Reading Assessments termly.
Please aim to read with your child at home and sign their reading record to indicate this.
Children will read in a guided group weekly.
Writing
Following ‘Literacy Tree’
Based around children’s Literature to continue to build on whole school reading culture.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar teaching is embedded through all of the lessons.
Opportunities for writing for different audiences and purposes.
Handwriting: Nelson Handwriting
Maths
White Rose Maths.
Builds on skill from Reception and Year 1.
Number bonds to 10 and related facts to 20, knowledge of 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Year 2 Curriculum
Year 2 Curriculum
Curriculum: Maestro.
Clear progression of skills from Nursery to Year 2.
WOW Days.
Autumn Topics include: Movers and Shakers, Let’s Explore the World, Human Survival, Mix It!, Remarkable Recipes
Parents Evenings
Parents Evenings
We have planned to host parent evenings in early November:
Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th.
End of Key Stage Assessments
End of Key Stage Assessments formally known as SATS
In the past, SATS would take place in May. These are no longer statutory.
2 Reading- Fiction and Non-Fiction
2 Maths- Arithmetic and Reasoning
These tests are used to help inform teacher assessment and are only part of the ‘bigger picture’.
Residential
Residential
1 night stay at Bassenfell Manor.
16th April – 17th April 2024.
Approx.. £90-£100.
Activities include: crate stacking, orienteering, tree climbing, archery and bush craft.
Thank you for your time.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come and ask.
MRS MCCLURE AND MRS HAMILTON