Hello and welcome to our Year 2 class page. My name is Miss Romano and I am thrilled to be teaching our Year 2 pupils!
We have lots of fun here learning new things, exploring new topics, building confidence, asking big questions and consolidating our overall knowledge of Key Stage 1.
In Year 2, we promote independence and prepare our pupils with the skills that they need when getting ready for the exciting step into Key Stage 2.
We follow the example set by Saint Catherine of Siena, our class saint, by demonstrating our core virtues of love, kindness and humility, which we aim to spread beyond our classroom.
Together, we look forward to learning, growing and making wonderful memories!
Check out this page to keep up to date on what’s happening in Year 2 this year.
Miss Romano
Year 2 Class Teacher
Mrs Olby
PPA cover and lunchtime supervisor
Mrs Gilmartin
Teaching Assistant
PE
PE lessons take place every Tuesday afternoon. Children are required to wear plain black jogging bottoms or shorts, a white t-shirt (with or without school logo) and a plain black hoodie/jumper. Trainers must also be worn. Earrings should not be worn.
The children will also receive maths homework, while there is no expectation to return it to the teacher, completing it with parental support is highly beneficial in building confidence and understanding.
If you are interested in seeing what Year 2 will be learning this year, please see our long-term plan below:
Phonics and Reading
Children in Year 2 will engage with daily phonics sessions and reading practise in school using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds scheme of learning.
Children are expected to do at least 20 minutes of daily reading at home, with the support of an adult. Please sign in the yellow reading record each time your child reads at home - prizes are given to those with the most parent signatures! Reading books from school are changed and sent home weekly.
Children also have the opportunity to choose from a wide selection of books from our new school library, which will be changed on a weekly basis, every Tuesday. Please ensure that all school reading/library books are returned on time and are well looked after.
Maths
In Year 2, children are expected to practise and recall multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Hit the Button is a very useful website which helps children to practise their fluency on areas of Maths such as times tables, number bonds and doubling.
Your child has a login for Times Tables Rock Stars: Play where they can practise their times tables.
Year 2 children are encouraged to use these wonderful websites and apps regularly to secure their knowledge of number facts in preparation for Key Stage 2, always with the support and supervision of an adult.
Spelling
Your child will receive their spellings every Tuesday to be tested on the following Tuesday. Please ensure that you help them to learn their spellings for their test.
Please speak to a member of the Year 2 team if you have any queries.
reading record for parents.pdf