Meet our Year 2 Team:

Mr J Hazeldine                      Miss L Foulkes             

Mr Hazeldine - 2H Class Teacher          Miss Foulkes - 2F Class Teacher

 

Supported by 

Miss A Eden              Miss A Proudlove     

Mrs Eden - Teaching Assistant    Miss Proudlove - Teaching Assistant 

Mrs H Burrows

Mrs Burrows - Teaching Assistant

                (Apprentice)

 

Our main topic this term is:

The Beach

16 Best Seaside Holidays In the UK | Seaside towns, Norfolk beach ...

 

                                                       

Summer Term 1 

Our book for this half term is:

In Year 2, we will focus on fluency (how quickly a child can read accurately) and comprehension (children understanding what they are reading). Please can you ensure that you’re reading regularly with your child as we can see the benefits not only in the children’s reading but their writing too.

We will read with your child in school. This could be 1:1, in a group, or whole class.

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Pathways to Write keys

 

Gateway keys

(non-negotiables/basic skills)

Ñ Mastery keys

(year group national curriculum expectations)

Feature keys

(vocabulary, manipulating sentences and tense, structure)
  • Use the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense
  • Some use of subordination (because, when) and coordination (and, but)
  • Use punctuation correctly (as taught so far)
  • Write sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
  • Use subordination (if, that)
  • Add -er and -est to adjectives
  • Use homophones and near homophones
  • Use punctuation correctly – apostrophes for contracted forms
  • Include detail and description to inform the reader
  • Use a range of sentence forms to address the reader
  • Write in 1st person
  • Include personal comments and own viewpoint
  • Use openings and closings

e.g. dear, opening statement to state why we are writing, from

 

NC Common Exception Words

– Year 2

Developing Vocabulary

last

could

flung

popgun

behind

eye(s)

supplies

stalking

path

find

lurk

bracken

door

wild

pounce

tree stump

child

plant

wander

doorknob

old

 

endless

land

 

 

grazing

lynx

 

 

awash

human

 

 

nowadays

miles

 

 

pickings

earth

Summer Term 1

Our book this term is:

Please do not read this at home, but instead, immerse yourself in other stories about dragons.

Ñ

Pathways to Write keys

 

Gateway keys

(non-negotiables/basic skills)

Ñ Mastery keys

(year group national curriculum expectations)

Feature keys

(vocabulary, manipulating sentences and tense, structure)
  • Use the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense
  • Some use of subordination (because, when) and coordination (and, but)
  • Use punctuation correctly (as taught so far)
  • Write sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
  • Use subordination (if, that)
  • Add -er and -est to adjectives
  • Use homophones and near homophones
  • Use punctuation correctly – apostrophes for contracted forms
  • Include detail and description to inform the reader
  • Use a range of sentence forms to address the reader
  • Write in 1st person
  • Include personal comments and own viewpoint
  • Use openings and closings

e.g. dear, opening statement to state why we are writing, from

 

Please see below the vocabulary that we will be covering in this unit. If you could explore the meanings with your child that would be very useful.

NC Common Exception Words

– Year 2

Developing Vocabulary

last

could

flung

popgun

behind

eye(s)

supplies

stalking

path

find

lurk

bracken

door

wild

pounce

tree stump

child

plant

wander

doorknob

old

 

endless

land

 

 

grazing

lynx

 

 

awash

human

 

 

nowadays

miles

 

 

pickings

earth

These are the common exception words for year 1/2 to be achieved by the end of this year.

Please practise these with your child :) 

Our school uses Power Maths to teach as it teaches pupils not only to be fluent solving mathematical problems but also to solve multi-step problems, reason and explain. Children will be taught through an ‘I do, we do, you do’ approach to ensure that learning is embedded and any misconceptions are addressed early

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In addition to Power Maths, in year 2 children will continue to be taught maths mastery. This gets them using concrete resources such as Rekenrek to practice their skills in fun and engaging ways. The emphasis is on learning and recalling number facts speedily such as doubling, halving and number bonds. We even watch Number Blocks in some of these sessions so if you want to support your child’s learning at home you could watch them too!

PE - Our PE days this half term are: Monday & Thursday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on these days. 

Coats -  Please can you send your child in with a coat everyday as we will be doing learning in and out of the classroom in both rain and shine!!!  It would be a real help if these were clearly named so they don't get lost.

Water bottles -  Please ensure that your child's bottle is in school every day so that they can access a drink during the day. These aren't provided by school so please ensure you have one for the start of the year. 

Reading - It is important to see what your child has been engaging in at home, for example: reading, extra maths jobs, handwriting. Please could you record this in your child's reading diary.

Bookbags -  Please bring in books/bookbags to school every day. We will keep these in the children's drawers.

Bags - Please do not bring rucksacks to school as they are not needed and there is very limited space in the cloakroom. 

Clothing and other items - Please ensure all of your children's things are named so they don't get lost, for example: lunchboxes, water bottles, jumpers, bookbags etc.