WELCOME TO YEAR 2 (2024–25)
THE TEAM
Teachers:
2B Miss Alex Brotzel
2H Mr Shaun Hornsby
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Alison Gadd
Mrs Miia Steadman
THE SCHOOL DAY
Start of School – 8.25am
The children line up on the Lower School playground (Early Care children are brought outside to line up).
End of School – 3.30pm
Collection from the Lower School playground.
WRAPAROUND CARE
Breakfast Club (bookable and chargeable) – 7.30–8.00am
Located in the dining hall (code needed to access site will be provided upon booking).
Early Care (free) – 8.00–8.25am
Drop at Lower School hall (Breakfast Club children are walked over to Early Care at 8.00am).
Sibling Care (free) – 3.30–4.00pm (for children with an older sibling in Upper School).
Lower School Aftercare (bookable and chargeable) – 3.30–6.00pm*
Classroom rota for Sibling Care and Lower School Aftercare can be found on the Lower School foyer wall and on the doors of the Lower School hall.
7.30–8.00am Breakfast club (charge)
8.00–8.25am Morning care – supervision in designated classroom
8.25am Bell is rung to line up outside for registration
3.30pm End of school
3.30–6.00pm* Co-curricular clubs (charges may be applicable) and Lower School aftercare (charge)
* Aftercare ends at 5.00pm on a Friday
UNIFORM, BELONGINGS & SNACKS
UNIFORM CHANGES
There are no changes to the uniform in Year 2. On the days children have games or PE, they should come to school in their sports kit. When they have swimming they should come in school uniform (see table below).
STATIONERY
Please remember to name everything!
All stationery is provided by school. No pencil cases needed.
BELONGINGS
Indoor trainers should be kept at school in a bag on your child’s peg.
SNACKS
The children have a mid-morning and afternoon break and should bring a snack to have at each of fresh vegetables or dried/fresh fruit. If they are staying after school for extended day or a club, they may benefit from an additional snack. A named water bottle should be brought to school each day.
WHAT TO WEAR
2B 2H Monday Games kit Games kit Tuesday Uniform Uniform Wednesday Uniform Uniform Thursday PE kit PE kit Friday Uniform (Swimming) Uniform (Swimming)
HOMEWORK & REPORTING
SEESAW
Homework is set on Seesaw. To communicate with us about a specific piece of homework, there is an option on Seesaw to comment directly on each individual activity. We check Seesaw regularly for feedback.
The following homework is set each week:
• Reading aloud (15 minutes) daily – please add feedback to the Lower School Diary
• Spelling/Handwriting (5 minutes) daily –results sent home on a Friday
• Weekend maths activity (10 minutes) – set on a Friday due back in on a Tuesday
• Times tables (5 minutes) daily – spring and summer terms
REPORTING
There are Parents’ Evenings and formal written feedback in the autumn and spring terms. A full report is prepared at the end of the summer term.
HOME/SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
IN PERSON/BY EMAIL
Please do email us if you have any concerns about your child. We are very happy to have a brief chat at drop off, but if you would like to talk for longer, we are happy to arrange a time to meet with you.
Our email addresses are: abrotzel@chinthurstschool.co.uk shornsby@chinthurstschool.co.uk office@chinthurstschool.co.uk
YEAR 2 TOPICS & TRIPS
We have exciting cross-curricular topics:
AUTUMN TERM – Great Britain and London
SPRING TERM – Animals Around the World, Europe
SUMMER TERM – Our Local Area
TRIPS – Autumn: Matrix theatre visit (Great Fire of London topic) – Spring: Drusillas (Habitats and Animals Around the World topic) – Summer: Wisely Gardens (plants and minibeasts)
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
PARENT HANDBOOK – Contains detailed information on all aspects of school life.
SPORTS HANDBOOK – Further information about PE, games and swimming at Chinthurst.
WEEK AHEAD – Contain information about the children’s learning for the following week. These are issued by class teachers via Seesaw on a Friday.
THE CHRONICLE – Includes a message from the Head, a round-up of school news from the previous week and school notices. This is issued each week during term time.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Follow the school’s Instagram and Facebook accounts to see lots of the fun activities that take place on a day-to-day basis.
PRINTED CALENDAR – Issued at the start of each term.
CLASSLIST – We encourage parents to register with www.classlist.com to connect with other parents in their own class, year group or the whole school.
SPORTS WEBSITE
Contains details of sports fixtures.
SCHOOLSBUDDY APP
Has details and takes bookings for:
• Wraparound care
• Co-curricular clubs
• Trips
New parents receive a log-in before the beginning of term.
EVENTS
We hope to see you at our family events throughout the year. These include:
• Christmas Show
• Grandparents’ Morning
• Sports Day
• Swimming Gala
• Church Assemblies
Year 2 also take part in Harvest, Easter and Christmas Services.
Please keep an eye on the Chronicle and Classlist for more information about CPA events.
