Year-2 (ID 1039)

• Routines
  Routines

  Here are some of the different routines in school. Please help your child to prepare for these changes by talking to them about it and reassuring them.

  • Children come into school by themselves in the morning. Grown-ups wait at the door. We feel that this encourages independence and responsibility as children have to organise and take care of their own belongings, as well as having to remember a sequence of procedures by themselves. There is always a member of staff on the door to make sure that everything runs smoothly and we work closely with parents in order to support any children who find this difficult.
  • Children take part in daily assemblies led by various members of staff as well as the weekly achievement celebration assembly on Fridays led by Miss Parry.
  • Children have daily breaks with the other children in Year One and Year Two in the large playground every morning.
  • Children will bring home a levelled reading book daily as well as a library book chosen by them for you to share together. They will have the opportunity to change this book once a week.
  • At home time, children are responsible for collecting all of their own belongings before they go out of the classroom. We give them lots of support to do this, but, inevitably things get left behind. You can support us in this by putting your child’s name on EVERYTHING!
  • Children line up in the middle area at home time and are released to their adult once they have identified them to their teacher.

• Uniform
  Uniform

  School uniform helps us to feel like we are all part of the same team.

  It is important that we all wear the correct uniform, please refer to School Uniform (Parents & Carers menu tab).

  PE Days

  • Class 2:1 Starling - Tuesday and Thursday
  • Class 2:2 Wren - Tuesday and Thursday

• Learning
  Learning

  In Year Two we have many exciting days and trips to enhance our learning, including;

  • Rastrick Library
  • Tropical World, Leeds
  • Space Explorer Day
  • Soup Making Victorian Day
  • Superhero Day

  We are lucky to have an amazing school garden in which we are able to grow a range of fruit and vegetables. Year 2 children may join the after school gardening club in the Spring and Summer months.

  

• Accelerated Reading
  Accelerated Reading

  In Year 2, we use the Accelerated Reader scheme but we also promote an independent love of reading in the class. We will often read together as a class, choosing books that interest us and looking at authors who inspire us to become fluent readers. We also find that this helps with the children’s writing as they progress through the year.

• Homework
  Homework

  Homework will be given out each week and should be returned by the following week so that children can be rewarded with a star for their effort. Homework will include spellings, the Big Maths Beat that challenge and a piece of Maths or English work to reinforce learning during the school day.

  Children will also receive a log-in so that they can practice their timetable skills online through the TT Rockstars programme.The timetables (and related division facts) taught in Year Two are 2, 5, 10 and 3.

• Weblinks
  Weblinks

  Alongside the weekly homework there are activities that you can do at home to help learning. Have a look at some of these examples of websites aimed at children’s education.

  National Literacy Trust

  BBC Bitesize Literacy

  BBC Bitesize - KS1 and KS2 Literacy: Topics

  BBC Bitesize - KS1 Literacy Phonics

  BBC Skillswise - English

  Children's Story Books Online

  Starfall - Learn to Read with Phonics

  Love Reading 4 Kids

  PBS Kids - Reading Games

  The Usborne Foundation - Teach Your Monster to Read

  ICT Games - Dinosaur Phonics

  Top Marks - English Games for 5-7 Year Olds

  Letters and Sounds Phase 2 Games

  Top Marks Literacy Games