Parents’ Information Parents’ Information Evening Evening

Parents’ Information Parents’ Information Evening Evening

Years 2Years 2Miss Booth & Miss DykeMiss Booth & Miss Dyke

Mrs Dunne, Mrs Collins, Miss Shae, Mrs Dunne, Mrs Collins, Miss Shae, Mrs Botterill, Mrs Plant and Mrs Mrs Botterill, Mrs Plant and Mrs

Rogerson.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

Homework

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 • about the story.

PE

• 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

House ActivitiesChristmas Production

Class assembliesClass 5 – 26th SeptemberClass 6 – 10th October

Performances

Drop off and Drop off and collectioncollection

Drop off and Drop off and collectioncollection

Please see your child into the Please see your child into the line and allow them to come line and allow them to come into school on their own. On into school on their own. On collection your child will not collection your child will not

allowed to leave until they see allowed to leave until they see their adult on the school their adult on the school

playground. playground.

Individual Consultations

• Individual Consultations are on 23rd and 24th October