Welcome

Year 2 Parents Induction Meeting

A day in the life of an owl at The Horsell Village School

-Morning jobs.

-Indoor / Outdoor classroom with a Numeracy or Literacy focus based around our current topics.

-Daily mental maths.

-Daily Phonics.

-Lunch -Topic work or P.E in the afternoons.

Group read and handwriting.

• Coat • P.E. kit • Fruit, Drink • Reading book Routines

Reading in school • At least once each week • Individual or group • Focus on comprehension – inferred, prediction, opinion.

• F means Focus.

Reading at home • As often as possible • Keep it fun • Communication diary • Level of books • What to read

Spellings • Keywords and vocabulary • No formal spelling test

• water away good want over going where or took school think home who didn’t know can’t again after wanted every one our two play thought find I’ll magic us other through way been right these animals began first work something live night couldn’t three head I’ve only many laughed much suddenly told another why last because clothes different girl which eyes friends boy any once please saw new name after push pull brother sister half want push love special only sure

Learning logs • An opportunity to share learning • Use as a dialogue about their learning

Literacy • Extended sentences Eg connectives, adjectives, simple, complex and compound sentences • Sustained writing-story telling skills • Writing for an audience • Punctuation e.g. commas in lists, speech • Joined writing • Reflect on texts

Numeracy • Order numbers to a thousand • Fractions • Recognise multiples of numbers, use mental recall of 2,3,4,5,10 x table • Use x and division, including remainders • Inverse operation • Read units of measurement, use notation correctly • Begin to use angles • Applying the above skills in problem solving

Independence • Our focus in year two is to focus independence by letting pupils take responsibility.

Wednesday open afternoon • A chance for you and your child to share the weeks work.

• Confidentiality

Wednesday PE • On field at junior School • Trainers • Return PE Kit

Can you lend a helping hand?

• We are extremely keen to create a parental skills database. • Do you have something to offer?

• You will need a CRB check.

• Help rota • Returning books Library

Owl Tour • Design and make a owl.

• Write a letter from the owl and include its passport.

• Send the owl on its first flight, then the recipient send on to another address.

• We hope the owls return by June.

• It will result in a class atlas recording all the places visited.

The year at a glance • Autumn Term • Things we play with • E.g Forces, materials.

• Spring Term • Living things • E.g plants, animals, exercise.

• Summer Term • Horsell Village • Local environment, electricity and light.