Year 2 Information

 

 

Year 2 information 

Year 2 teachers this year are Mr Dixon and Mrs Wilson. 

Below you will find some information that we hope will be helpful.

If you have any concerns or questions we can be contacted via Class Charts. However, please remember that we will not always be able to reply to these messages immediately as we will be teaching. If the message is about an absence then please let the office know.

 

PE: Year 2 children have PE on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure children wear appropriate clothing and footwear. No jewellery should be worn. Children should be able to tie their own laces if wearing trainers with laces. 

Snack: Children are provided with a piece of fruit each day during their time in Year 2. This includes apples, carrots, bananas, tomatoes, satsumas, pears and raisins. 

Water Bottles: Please bring in a water bottle for your child so that they are able to get a drink of fresh water throughout the day. This should be filled with water only.  

Uniform: Please ensure that any uniform worn by children has a name inside. We hate to see jumpers and cardigans go missing but unfortunately these things do happen if names are not inside. 

Class Charts: We use Class Charts to share information and communicate with you. Children are able to earn points within lessons for being ready to learn, remaining on task and for good effort. We also award points throughout the day to encourage and support children in being the best that they can be. 

Homework: At Shiney Row Primary School, we focus on three key areas for homework. Reading: Children will all have a reading book at the appropriate level. We ask that children read at home at least 4 times per week with their reading diaries signed. This helps children to develop their fluency, learn new vocabulary and develop important skills in comprehension. 

Spelling: Your child will have 10 spellings each week, ready for our test on a Friday. They have log ins for EdShed to help them.  

Times Tables: In Year 2, the other part of our homework will focus on recall of the multiplication tables and corresponding facts. We aim to become fluent in the 2, 5, and 10 times tables. Your child will receive a login for TT Rockstars which is an interactive tool for practicing tables. We ask that they complete 20 sessions per week. Each session is 1 minute long so this equates to 20 minutes per week. It is best if they can complete a few minutes each night if possible. They are free to complete more than 20 sessions if they are enjoying it and would like to do so. 

 

Reading 

Children will be taught  a range of reading skills in year 2 to ensure they are fluent and comprehensive readers. Some children will still access phonics but the majority of the children will begin working on developing their comprehension skills.  During our reading lessons, we will be continuing to practise our reading fluency and ability to confidently read aloud. Children will use reading skills to ascertain  the meaning of unknown words and to understand what we have read. Children will use their inference skills to look deeper into understanding a text and articulate answers appropriately.

 

Writing  

Writing lessons will give children the chance to develop their understanding of the way we use sentences accurately in our work as they become grammar experts. Children will be taught how to effectively write for purpose and discuss how to improve what they have written. Books provide the inspiration for our writing lessons.  Here are some of the books we will be using: 

  • George’s Marvellous Medicine 
  • Gorilla 
  • The Hodgeheg 
  • I was a rat! 

 

Maths 

In our maths lessons, we will have an initial focus on developing a good understanding of place value, the four number operations and fractions. Each morning, children will complete a daily ‘morning maths sheet’ which prioritises key arithmetic skills that the children will use across the mathematics curriculum. As well as ensuring they have a fundamental knowledge of the basics, we will also have a focus on problem solving and reasoning to allow the children to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the key domains including, shape, measure, statistics, position and direction. 

 

Useful Websites: 

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu 

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

 

In Year2JW we have been learning about the artist Frida Kahlo. She is known for her self portraits and her love of nature that she included in her portraits. 

Then we made our own self portraits and added a background that reflected the things that we like.