Transcript Breaside Prep School Year 2 to Year 3 Transition Meeting

Breaside Preparatory School
Year
Parents Information Meeting
Welcome to the World of Year 2!
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aim of this meeting is to give you a
little insight to organisation and
expectations of Year 2 and to give you an
idea of the curriculum that we cover.
Meet the Team
► Mrs
Clarke and Miss Burnham – 2T
► Mrs McCabe – 2M
► Year 2 will also be supported by a team of
experienced Teaching Assistants, who will
enhance the children’s progress through
both class based and individual activities.
Great Expectations!
Independence is the key!
► Throughout Year 2, the children will be
encouraged to be as independent as possible.
► They will be expected to be responsible
for their own belongings, work and behaviour.
Throughout the year we continually encourage and expect
the children to gain independence to prepare them for Year
3.
► In class the children are expected to;
► unpack their bags in the morning,
► put their reading books into the reading tray and hang up
their coats
► look after their personal possessions.
► Please encourage the children to come into the school
playground on their own to line up with their class.
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Year 2 Curriculum
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subjects taught in Year 2 are based on the
National Curriculum and the Primary Framework
for Numeracy and Literacy. We use a mixture of
resources and schemes to enhance the curriculum
and the children’s learning.
► Our planning is extensive and we plan for the
needs of the individual child
and differentiate in the classroom
whenever appropriate.
Year 2 Teacher Subjects
► Literacy
► Numeracy
► Topic
Work which includes History and
Geography
► PSHE and Religion
► Art
Specialist Subjects
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children have 6 specialist lessons
► Science
► PE
and Games
► Swimming
► ICT
► Music
► French
Mrs. Clarke
Mr. Arnold
Mrs. Stone
Mr. Sarginson
Miss Millington
Madame Guery
Reading
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The children will read individually at least three times a week to either
the classroom teacher or to one of the teacher assistants.
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The reading scheme in Year 2 includes a variety of different schemes
eg. Oxford Reading Tree and Ginn, and includes both fiction and nonfiction books. The books have been organised into levels and the
children read a selection of books from each level.
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When the teacher feels that the level has been achieved the child will
progress to the next level.
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We must emphasise the importance of not comparing the books your
child is reading with other children in the class. Each child is an
individual and will have a different level of reading, understanding and
of reading experience.
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Above all our aim is for the children to be happy independent readers
who have good understanding of the stories they have read
Writing
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Throughout the year we encourage the children to become
independent writers, able to construct and convey meaning
through legible written language and write for many
different purposes.
The children will experience many forms of writing e.g.
Personal accounts e.g.. news
Creative story writing
Letter writing
Instructions
Poems
Invitations
Lists
Book Reviews
Labelled diagrams
Writing
Punctuation
► The children will be expected to use capital
letters and full stops.
► Throughout the year more complex
punctuation will be added such as commas,
question marks, exclamation marks and
speech marks.
► By the end of year 2 we expect many of the
children to be using more complex forms of
punctuation in their independent writing.
Handwriting
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children have been working through the
Spectrum Handwriting Scheme since Reception
and this will continue in Year 2 and throughout the
school.
► The children will practice their handwriting on a
daily basis as part of their early morning work and
as a class lesson.
► Please see your handouts for the examples of the
handwriting letters and their letter orientation.
Spelling
► High Frequency words
► Topic words
► Wow Words
► Numbers to 1000
► Months of the year
► Days of the Week
► The children will be given
a spelling test each
Friday including words from the word pattern of
that week. These will also include any tricky high
frequency words from time to time.
► Please follow the LOOK, COVER, WRITE, CHECK
policy!
Comprehension
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week the children will have a lesson set aside
for comprehension
► The class will read through a short piece of text
and will discuss the story, unfamiliar words, the
characters and maybe predict an ending.
► The children will talk about their own feelings
towards the text and how they can relate to the
characters.
► After this introduction the children will then be
expected to answer questions about the text.
► They will be taught how to retrieve the answers
and how to formulate their own opinions
independently.
Numeracy
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We follow the Numeracy Strategy for Year 2/3 and the New
Heinemann Maths scheme. Using both of these schemes
means that we are able to tweak the curriculum to the
needs of our children more effectively.
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Much of our work is differentiated by task so that the
children are working at their own level. Extension and
reinforcement work is given when necessary.
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We provide lots of practical activities for the children such
as working with cubes, counters money, weighing etc.
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The children will become very familiar with the 100 square
and will use it to aid them to complete their work.
Numeracy Key Objectives
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Read, write and order numbers to at least 1000 and understand what each
digit represents
Describe and extend simple number sequences
Count on and back in tens and hundreds from any 2 or 3 digit number
Know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20
Add/subtract mentally a near multiple of 10 (e.g.. 9,19,29 etc)
Addition and subtraction within 1000
Know by heart at least the 2,3,4,5,10 times tables
Understand halving and doubling
Understand simple division
Estimate measure and compare lengths, masses and capacities using standard
units
Use different units of time e.g.. second, minute, hour, day, week, month and
year
Understand money using pounds and pence
Use mathematical names for common 2D and 3D shapes and identify some of
their features and right angles
► Identify reflective symmetry in shapes
► Choose and use appropriate operations to solve number problems
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Topic Work
Topic work includes History and Geography
and it is taught in a cross curricular fashion.
We try and link it in with our planning for
Literacy and Numeracy and art to make it
fun for the children and to enhance their
learning.
Topic Work Subjects
Autumn Term
► My Wonderful World
► Fire! Fire!
► Spring Term
► Famous People
► India
► Summer Term
► Nocturnal Animals
► Victorian Children
PSHE AND Citizenship
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PSHE stands for PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
In year 2 we follow a coherent and progressive programme of activities
that enable the children to become confident, healthy and independent
people.
We provide activities which encourage the children to
Take care and share responsibility and feel positive about themselves
Take part in discussions, make real
choices and interact with people
Develop relationships and consider
emotional and social dilemmas
Find help when they need to and to give
a sense of economic well being
Religious Education
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RE curriculum in Year 2 is divided into 3
main areas
► Different Faiths such as Hinduism and
Buddhism
► Festivals such as Diwali, Ramadan, Hanukah
► The Bible stories taken from both the New
and Old Testaments
A Typical Day in Year 2
► 8.20am
- School opens
► 8.30am - Registration
► 8.40am Assembly
► 9.00am - Literacy
► 10.05am - Break Time
► 10.40am – Fruit
► 10.50am – Numeracy
► 12.05pm – Lunch Time
► 1.10pm -Topic Work
► 2.00pm -French
► 2.50pm - Story and packing bags
► 3.20pm - Home Time
Homework
The children will have a reading book each night but in addition to this
other homework is set on a Friday. The homework is set to consolidate
what has been learnt in school
The children are given spelling and maths homework once a week on a
Friday and is brought back to school the following Friday. This gives
the children the weekend and the rest of the week to complete their
homework.
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It is important to create a special time when homework becomes a
priority and your child is given time and space to work quietly, without
disruption.
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The length of the homework will be approximately 20/30 minutes.
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Please could all homework be completed in pencil and not in felt tip
pen.
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You may want to go through the homework with your child before and
after but try to let them complete it as independently as they can.
Year 2 School Trips
Autumn Term
► Build a bear Shop
► Pizza Express
► Great Fire of London
Spring Term
► Florence Nightingale/ Horniman Museum
Summer Term
► Ragged School Museum
Drama and Role Play
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the classroom role play is often used
to enhance their literacy skills. There are
also opportunities throughout the year for
the children to perform in front of a wider
audience eg
► Christmas Production for Parents
► Summer Production for Parents
► Chinese New Year Assembly for Parents
► Mothers Day Tea for Mothers!
Rewards and Recognition
We believe in recognising effort and achievement at Breaside. We do
this in many ways
Houses
The children are divided into 4 coloured houses and house points are
awarded for effort, achievement, behaviour and courtesy amongst
many other things.
Stars
Each child collects stars/smiley fish and 5 stars/fish = 1 house point.
Tokens
Every class in the school collects tokens for their behaviour and
attitude and every week the class with the most tokens will win the
token Trophy.
End of Year Celebration Certificates
At the end of the academic Year each child will receive
a certificate to celebrate a particular achievement
made throughout the year
Behaviour Management
Gold Bars
At the beginning of each term the children will have 3 bars
► If the children break one of the school rules they are given
a warning
► If they continue with the inappropriate behaviour they will
then lose a gold bar
► If they lose one gold bar they miss their next playtime
► If they lose 2 gold bars they miss 2 breaks
► If they lose 3 gold bars the parents will be phoned and
informed of their child’s behaviour
► At the end of each half term the children who have not lost
any gold bars will have a special Golden Bar Time!
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Class Travelling Toys!
► Each class has a Travelling pet!
► 2T have 2 pet rats called Basil
► and BJ!
► 2M have a Monkey called DJ!
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children will be chosen each Friday to take
their travelling pet home with them and to take
pictures and write a short piece for the Travelling
Pet Book!
Assessment
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Each term and where appropriate the children are given
tests in certain subjects to check on the progress they
have made.
In the Summer Term in May the children will sit the SATS
papers for English and Maths. These are teacher based
assessment tests which give levels to indicate where the
children are working at in relation to the National
Curriculum Levelling System.
In the Summer Term in June the children will be given the
standardised NFER tests, which give an age related
standardised score. The children are tested in English,
Maths and are given Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning
papers.
As well as the above the children have on going teacher
assessment in all areas of the curriculum.
Reports and Parent Meetings
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In line with the other year groups there will be 2 parents
evenings. One in the Autumn Term and the other in the
Spring Term.
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In the Summer Term the children will be given a full report
of their years achievements and where appropriate their
levels.
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Of course, at Breaside we very much have an open door
policy. If you have any concerns about your child’s
progress then please do not hesitate to make a
parent/teacher meeting.
Question and Answer Session
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We have given you an overload of information! Now it is
your turn….
Please feel free to ask any questions and we will try
to answer them as best we can!
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Thank you for attending this meeting. As always we value
your support and we hope that we have given you a
clearer picture of the expectations of Year 2.
THANK YOU!