Year 2 - Ash & Elm Classes

Year 2

Class Information

Elm Class Teacher- Mrs S Steele

Ash Class Teachers-Miss J Millard and Mrs B Wright

   Year 2 Learning Support Assistants - 

Mrs S Youde                                Mrs S Robinson

Reading

On a Friday, children will change their reading books with their class teacher. Within Key Stage 1, children receive one or two reading book/s each week, matched to their correct phonic phase.

If your child finishes reading their book during the week, please encourage them to reread it. Re-reading books improves children's fluency and understanding of the text that they have read. You can also check your child’s understanding by asking them questions.

 Example Reading Questions KS1 VIPERS

Class Timetable

Year 2 Recommended Reads

Please look at these fantastic books that have been hand picked to appeal to the children in year 2!

Year 2 Recommended Reads List

  Water bottles/Snack

We encourage all our children to bring in a class water bottle, that is separate from their lunch box, so that they can drink water when they need it.

Please also ensure that your child brings in a healthy snack (named) for morning break.

PE kit

Within Year 2, both classes have PE on a Monday and Thursday afternoon.  We are now asking for all children to bring their PE kits into school, in a named bag, so that they can get changed before/after their lesson.  School PE kit should comprise of black shorts/jogging bottoms, a plain or logoed school t-shirt, blue/black sweatshirt (not a hoody) and plain black daps/trainers.  Please ensure if your child’s shoes have laces, they are able to do up their laces independently. 

Home learning

Reading

Listening to your child read regularly at home is vitally important in helping them to practice and master their ability to read fluently.  We ask that all our families listen to their child read 3 times a week as a minimum. Please write in your child's reading record when you have read with them. We also encourage as many opportunities for you to share stories together modelling expression and fluency.  This can be from a range of text types, such as information books, recipe books, instructions and newspapers. 

Maths:

Your child will have access to an online numeracy homework pack which you are welcome to use if you wish. This learning pack will link with class work and help embed key mathematical concepts. 

 Addition and Subtraction home learning

 Please follow this link to help your child practice their number bonds to 10.  There are other fun games on this website too!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

We have a subscriptions to Times Table Rockstars which is a vital tool to help your child learn their Times Table facts. Each child in Year 2 is given a log on in Term 3 to coincide with our Multiplication and Division Unit in Maths. Here is a link that takes you to the TTRS website.

Please speak to your child's class teacher if you have misplaced the log in details.

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

 Term 1 and 2 - Phonics

 In Term 1, we focus on consolidating the children's knowledge of their phonics. We use the Unlocking Letters and Sounds (ULS) scheme to develop their mastery skills in Phase 5.  

Phase 5 Sound Mat

Phase 5 Common Exception Word Mat

Year 2 CEW (Common Exception Words)

 All Year 2 children are expected to be able to read and spell this list of words by the end of the school year.

Learning spellings can actually be an activity that is fun!!!

Some of the techniques we use in school are:

- Pyramid words

a

af

aft

afte

after

- Rainbow words

again

- Mnemonics

because = big elephants can't use small exits

Have fun with this and create some crazy ways of remembering spellings!

Year 2 Common Exception Words

 Coming into school/Communication:

 Please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the Year 2 team if you have any queries, questions or to share anything that you feel is important for us to know.

You may also contact us via email:

Elm Class   elm@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Ash Class   ash@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Parent Helpers

We are delighted to be able to welcome parent helpers back into school.  Please speak to the office if you would like to do this.  All helpers will be required to carry out a DBS check and have a meeting with Ms O'Reilly. You would not be working within your child's class.

Learning Focus

These are the topics we will be covering over the academic year within Year 2.

Term 1 – Geography Focus - Our Local Area

Term 2 – History Focus - The Great Fire of London

Terms 3 – Geography Focus - Amazing Australia

Term 4 - History Focus - Significant People (Brunel and Tim Berners Lee)

Term 5 - Geography Focus - Sustainability, Climate and Weather

Term 6 - History Focus - Locally Significant Places 

Handwriting in Year 2

Good handwriting is critical to children’s writing progress so alongside the learning children take part in in phonics children will also practice letter formation in short handwriting sessions. ULS have produced a guide to the way in which letters should be formed and this includes a patter to help children remember how to correctly form each letter.

ULS letter formation guidance

Here is an example of the letter formation we display in the classroom and in your child's English book:

 Term  2 Overview