Year 2
Welcome to Year 2
The class teachers are Mrs Scaldwell (Monday- Wednesday) and Mrs Dodwell (Thursday and Friday). Mrs Shepherd is the teaching assistant in this class.
Allergies
Please let a member of staff know if your child has an allergy, medical condition or specific diet.
Be Ready
Check out our Be Ready guidance which outlines the skills and responsibilities expected from our pupils as they enter each new class group.
Groupings
Children are seated in mixed ability groups for afternoon lessons.
Read Write Inc. – grouped by current reading ability.
These groups regularly change.
Maths – grouped by knowledge and understanding
Handwriting
Please encourage your child to form their letters correctly, using the cursive style.
‘Lead-ons’ should always start on the line and a ‘lead-off / flick’ should be used.
Most children will be joining their handwriting by Easter.
Homework
Homework will be given on Friday to be returned by the following Thursday.
Items required everyday
Indoor and outdoor shoes
Water bottle
Reading record bag (reading books, reading record, times table chart).
Please name everything.
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 1 consists of Year 1 and Year 2.
At the end of each Key Stage, children are formally assessed in reading, writing (inc. spelling and grammar), maths and science.
Assessments are based on the teacher’s knowledge of the children and supported by KS1 tests.
KS1 Assessments-2018-Information-for-Parents
Red Words List is the list of words that all children need to be able to read and spell by the end of year 2.
Lunch Menu
Year 2 pupils get free hot dinners at school everyday.
PE
Takes place on Mondays and Fridays. PE Kit consists of dark coloured shorts, white T-shirt / polo-shirt, plimsolls and trainers. Please ensure your child's PE kit is on their peg.
Pierced ears – ideally children will come to school without earrings on PE days but if this is not possible as they are recently pierced, please provide micropore tape to put over the studs.
Reading
Children will continue to bring home a colour banded reading book, which should be read as often as possible. Parents should complete the Reading Record book. They can change these when they need to.
A RWI book may be sent home. Children should read this every evening (where possible) to support their English work in class.
Staff aim to hear every child read at least once a week, either individually, within their RWI group or in a guided reading group.
Topic Webs
For further details of all the curriculum subjects we will be studying this term please see our topic webs above. If you have any resources that may be useful to us for this term please bring them in.
