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 K Kerr

Mrs Eden - Teaching Assistant       Miss Proudlove - Teaching Assistant        Mrs Kerr - Teaching Assistant

               

 

Our topics this term are:

Spring 1 Topics – Year 2

Music

Round the World

French

Birthday Party

Geography

Why is our World Wonderful?

Art

Jean Metzinger

RE

What might people learn from the story of Abraham?

PSHE

Dreams & goals

PE

Fundamental skills & Gymnastics

Science

Materials

Computing

Spreadsheets

 

                                                       

Autumn Term 2

Our book for this half term is:

Amazon.com: The Dragonsitter (The Dragonsitter Series, 1 ...

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.

Pathways to Read keys

Mastery keys:

Sessions 1-2

Sessions 3-6

 Answer and ask questions

 Make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done

 Introduce non-fiction books that are structured in different ways

Spring 1

Our book this term is:

The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward, illustrated by Wayne Anderson (Templar)

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

 

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.

Pathways to Write keys

 

Gateway keys

(non-negotiables/basic skills)

Mastery keys

(year group national curriculum expectations)

Feature keys

(vocabulary, manipulating sentences and tense, structure)
  • Use subordination (because) and coordination (and)
  • Write expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
  • Use punctuation correctly –

full stop, capital letters

  • Add suffixes to verbs where no change is needed to the root (Y1)
  • Write sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
  • Use subordination (apply because, introduce when)
  • Use present and past tenses correctly and consistently (some progressive)
  • Read aloud with intonation
  • Use punctuation correctly - exclamation marks, question marks
  • Use phrases from story language
  • Create and describe characters
  • Create and describe settings
  • Use past tense consistently and correctly
  • Write in 3rd person
  • Sequence of events with beginning, middle and end

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 Thursday and Friday. 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.