Transcript Parents’ Information Evening

Parents’ Information
Evening
Years 2
Miss Booth & Miss Dyke
Mrs Dunne, Mrs Collins, Miss Shae, Mrs
Botterill, Mrs Plant and Mrs Rogerson.
KS1 Curriculum & Testing
• The curriculum is taught through topics based on
the 6 strands taught in the Foundation Stage.
See the website for Topics over the year.
Children can bring in topic related items to show.
• Children will be assessed throughout the year by
teachers at the end of a unit of work
• Y2 sit SATs during May. This forms part of our
assessment but levels are teacher assessed.
Reading
• Please try to listen
to your child read as
often as possible
• Don’t worry if the
reading books
appear easy
• Don’t worry if your
child is asked to re•
read some
•
books
• Comment on your
child’s reading
• Put books in Reading
Box
Phonics
• Phonics groups
• Pure Sounds – see Ks1 hub
• ‘Say It, Spell It’ words, Tricky words
• Reading and Spelling
• HFW list in homework books.
Spellings
– Children will be given spellings each Tuesday
and should keep their spelling book until
Tuesday.
– There will be a spelling test on the following
Tuesday
– Sometimes spellings will be practised in class
but need to be learnt at home
Homework
• Homework will be given on a Friday .
It may be Numeracy, Literacy or
Topic related
– Sometimes children will be asked
to find things out or bring things
in from home
• Homework will be collected in
on a Tuesday
• Homework forum for parents
Handwriting
• After initial practice children
will begin to learn joined up
handwriting in Year 2
ICT
• Class Blog on
website
• Purple Mash home
access
• KS1 hub
• Ipads, classmates
and computers
Year 2 Non Negotiables
Activities that will help
your child’s learning.
• Ask me a question: ‘I’m thinking of number or
shape …’
• Real-life situations, e.g. spending pocket money,
time.
• Baking and measuring activities.
• When reading, ask questions
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about the story.
PE
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PE kit in school
Outdoor PE kit (cross country)
Earrings
Clothes must be named
Is it nearly dinner time?
• Healthy eating – fruit
is available at
breaktime.
Water bottles
Dinner money in a
labelled envelope
on a Monday only
please
Performances
Class assemblies
Class 5 – 26th September
Class 6 – 10th October
Drop off and collection
Please see your child into the line
and allow them to come into school
on their own. On collection your
child will not allowed to leave until
they see their adult on the school
playground.
Individual Consultations
• Individual Consultations are on 23rd and
24th October