Welcome to Year 2 Elm Class

Year 2 Team Mr Gary Bryan Mrs Pettigrew

Aims Timetable Uniform Equipment Home Learning How you can help Assessment Parents as Partners Key Events Rewards Questions

Daily Routine and Timetable   MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8.50 - 9.00 REGISTRATION 9.00 - 9.20 Guided Reading ASSEMBLY 9.20 - 10.20 Maths Maths/Literacy 10.20 Handwriting 10.35 MORNING BREAK 10.55 – 11.05 Phonics 11.05 – 12.00 Literacy P.E. 12.00 – 1.05 LUNCH BREAK 1.05 -2.00 Topic (Hist/Geo/Art/D&T) Music ICT Reading Buddies / Handwriting / French / Golden Time 2.00-3.10 PSHE RE Science

Uniform Indoor shoes need to be black plimsolls or black shoes Suitable outdoor shoes (no open toe sandals) Hair tied back A pair of small gold studs (if children have their ears pierced) No nail varnish Hair bands plain, not fashion accessories Shirts tucked in

Equipment P.E. kit – black shorts and white t-shirt labelled, trainers Painting apron/art shirt Suitable coat - no hooded jumpers Children in KS1 do not need to bring a pencil case to school

Home Learning Learning Log – sent home on a Thursday and due in the following Tuesday Reading – daily and recorded in Reading Record Spellings – sent home on Monday and tested on Friday Times tables – sent home on Monday and tested on Friday (beginning in the Spring Term)

How can you help your child at home in KS1 Appendix A: Homework Tasks for each year group How can you help your child at home in KS1 Year Reading Learning Log Spellings Times tables Other 2 10 - 15 minutes daily Recorded in Reading Record with a comment written by a parent/carer. 30 minutes Given at the beginning of each term, children complete one task per week. 10 - 15 minutes daily (if you can) Children practise using ‘look, say, cover, write, check’ (an example will be stuck into the front of their spelling books). 10 - 15 minutes daily (if you can) Practise in the car/on the way to school/any opportunity. I can provide paper Numicon if needed. Handwriting Number bonds Time

Assessment Formal Y2 SATs May 2017 Ongoing Big Writing English grammar, punctuation and spelling Writing Reading Maths Ongoing Big Writing Teacher Assessment Templewood Targets

Parents as Partners Communication is key Termly letter Open door policy Monday parent surgery If you cannot attend a parent surgery, then we can arrange a meeting after school on another day

Key Events KS1 Christmas Carol Concert Box Moor Trust – Science (habitats) Zoo trip – Literacy (zoo topic) History off the Page ‘Great Fire of London’ day – History and Literacy Great Fire of London re-enactment – D&T and Science (uses of materials)

Rewards House points Star of the Week – takes Boris and a camera home to write in his diary about their adventures together Gold Assembly Sharing Assembly Golden Time

Questions?