Miss Pearson-Maybank – Year 2 Class Teacher
Mrs Spinks – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Olby – PPA cover and lunchtime supervisor
Important Information
PE lessons take place every Thursday afternoon.
Children are required to wear plain black jogging bottoms or shorts, a white t-shirt and a jumper. Trainers must also be worn. Earrings should not be worn.
Swimming lessons take place every Friday afternoon.
Please ensure your child has appropriate swimming attire, such as a swimming costume or swimming shorts, with a towel and a swimming cap in their swimming bag every week. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit on the day. Earrings should not be worn.
Homework
Spellings:
Our weekly spelling test takes place every Friday.
Year 2 spelling patterns are taught throughout the week, and new spellings to learn for the week are given out on Fridays. Children are expected to practise and learn these spellings with the support of an adult at home. Spelling results and scores from weekly tests are communicated with parents/carers on a sticker every Friday.
Phonics and Reading:
Children in Year 2 will continue their regular phonics teaching in school, which is supported by their reading books. Children receive two reading books per week, and are expected to engage in at least 20 minutes of daily reading at home. Children are also expected to bring their two reading books, their yellow reading record and their reading bag to school every day. Adults at home should sign in the yellow reading record daily after reading with their child, so that staff can keep track of the child’s reading progress. Reading books are changed on a weekly basis in school.
Maths:
In Year 2, children are expected to practise and recall multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. As well as learning them in school, children are encouraged to practise these at home on Times Tables Rock Stars. Their login details can be found in their yellow reading record.
Hit the Button is a very useful website which helps children to practise areas of Maths such as times tables, number bonds and doubling. Year 2 children are encouraged to use these wonderful websites and apps regularly to secure their knowledge of number facts in preparation for KS2, with the support and supervision of an adult.
What we have been up to in Year 2 this year...
