Welcome to

Yr 2

Aspen and Sycamore

Teachers in Yr 2

•Mrs Kirsty Williams

•Mrs Louise Hampson •Mrs Maria Bennett

Teaching Assistants in Yr 2

•Mrs Diane Bryant •Mrs Susan Bruce

•Miss Laura Bartram •Mrs Michelle Bailey

General Information • P.E. kit – t-shirt, trousers, shorts, daps or

trainers • Milk – needs to be ordered either on line or by

post – forms in office. • School dinners – menus are in the office. • Homework - Daily reading Spelling practise Maths game Termly Topic homework web • Bags and water bottles

P.S.H.E

• This is the most important subject we teach!

• It is a known fact that happy children are happy learners.

• Our job is to encourage children’s learning through support, building self esteem and confidence and creating a happy environment through which they learn.

• Jigsaw resources

Organisation of the Day

Structured timetable. • Literacy, phonics, numeracy, science,

geography, history, DT, art, P.E., P.S.H.E., music and R.E. covered in the week!

• Differentiated work in all subjects according to the ability of the child.

Phonics

• Basics for reading and spelling • Structured programme – 6 phases • Groups organised according to phases

Reading

• Reading bands – regular assessments • Reading challenge in the back of yellow reading records. • Guided Reading – children are put into groups and share

a text. Discuss text and answer questions.

• Through the year we read many different genres: • fiction such as fantasy, traditional stories and adventure

stories. • Non-fiction: instructions, explanations, dictionary work

and recounts

Helping at Home • Techniques when helping with reading: • Use picture clues • Context clues – read ahead to find out what word could be. • Apply phonic knowledge • Helping more confident Readers: • Encourage fluency and intonation. • Developing comprehension skills and particularly deeper understanding of

the text, using reasoning. Eg Why do you think that happened? • Share books with your child or read to them. Book talk is important, discuss

the characters, what they think is going to happen etc. • Reading is not just about books – there are words all around us –

encourage them to read instructions, recipes, newspapers, signs etc.

Writing

• Important children learn to write in sentences using a capital letter and full stop.

• Develop structure including joining words. • Encourage children to say what they want to

write, then write, then read it back aloud so they ‘hear’ where punctuation should go.

• Children learn to write in different genres e.g. diary, recount, instructions, narrative, non-chronological report, explanation and poetry.

SPAG – Spelling, punctuation and grammar • This year there will be a government

implemented separate SPAG test. • We will be teaching grammar explicitly during

English lessons. • Introducing vocabulary such as; Noun, verb, adverb, suffix, prefix, pronouns,

adjectives, past and present tenses. You could help by correcting their speech if they

say a sentence which is grammatically incorrect.

Spellings • Teach words which can be decoded phonetically and

tricky words. • Weekly spellings will support sounds learnt in their

phases. • Weekly spellings - children will be expected to practise

their spellings at least 5 times a week. • How you can help? • Look, cover, write, check • Calling out the words in different order • Use rainbow writing • Sentences – using each word and encouraging

punctuation • Oral testing – this is a different skill • We will be giving 5 spellings but testing on ten.

Handwriting

• Charlie Writing – cursive print which enables children to join much easier.

• Each letter has a story about Charlie! • All letters start from the line. • Children often do beautiful letters in

handwriting but do not apply them to their work – it will come!

• Handouts

Numeracy • Lessons sometimes begin with a mental

starter. • Children encouraged to learn their number

bonds first to 20 • Doubles of numbers • Counting in 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s • PLEASE help your child to practise writing

their numbers at home. • We now have a maths at home book.

Apparatus

In activities children are encouraged to use: • apparatus such as unifix , counters or

place value cards. • A hundred square (very useful to spot

patterns) • A number line

How you can help.

• Ask your child to work out change in a shop or add small amounts together.

• Play shop with them. • Measure quantities when cooking including

weight and capacity. • Draw attention to measures on jars, tins and

bottles. • Point out different 2-D and 3-D shapes. • Time – have a large clock in their room. • Quick fire 2, 5 and 10 times table questions.

Thank you!

• Your support is valued greatly.

• We are always there if you have any worries or questions.

• Thank you for coming.