Year 2
Staff
Teachers: Mrs Lambert and Miss Phillips
Teaching Assistants: Miss Best and Miss West
PE Days
Monday and Thursday
Homework
Weekly homework is given out which consolidates learning taken place in school. Children are given a paper copy of this each Friday and it is due the following Monday.
Additional homework may also be added to Google Classroom. All children have been given log in details. Please speak to your child’s teacher or contact school if you have any difficulties logging on.
Click the following link to access Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com
Reading/Spelling
Spellings given Monday for spelling bee on Friday.
Read at least 4 times a week at home with an adult and have record correctly signed.
Share regular stories at home discussing new vocabulary.
The reading box will come home with different children.
Please share the book and support your child in creating a page in the notebook about the book. Also enjoy the hot chocolate together.
Curriculum
In the mornings, learning is quite formal and consists of Maths, English, Phonics/Spelling and handwriting.
The afternoons are more active and although the children are taught new things each day across the subjects of Geography, History, Art, DT, Music, PE, Science, RE, PSHE/RSE and Computing, there are areas of learning for the children to choose to work in as well as curriculum tasks that link to what has been taught that day.
Regular stories are shared and discussed.
Additional Support for Learning
Below are suggested websites for children to access to support/stretch learning.
Many interventions happen on a daily basis to support any children that have specific learning needs. These are carried out by all 4 members of the year group team.
There are resources available in the classroom for children to access to help them in Maths and English such as word mats, counters, number lines and working walls
Many interventions happen on a daily basis to support any children that have specific learning needs. These are carried out by all 4 members of the year group team.
National Assessments - (e.g Phonics screening, SATS etc, multiplication tests)
Though SATS are now optional, we are still using them to inform children’s attainment and progress levels. These will be administered in May/June time. So that the children are prepared and know what to expect, practise SAT papers are carried out each half term. They are done as part of a lesson so that the children do not feel on edge or worried about them.
National Assessments: Teacher Assessments
We assess children on a daily basis using Assessment for Learning. This means we mark work, offer feedback, observe and ask questions to find out how much the children have understood about the concept that has just been taught. This helps us to decide which children need more support or whether we need to teach something again.
