Year 2

Staff Teachers – Miss Rush & Mrs Green Teaching Assistants – Miss Walters & Miss Little Head teacher – Mrs. Loftus Deputy Head – Mrs. Evans Assistant Head Teacher –Mrs. Walsh Pastoral Care Manager– Mrs. Grier Inclusion Manager- Mrs Rawnsley Office Staff - Mrs. Hall/Mrs. Grosscurth/Mrs. Latham

School Times 8:00 – Early bird club starts- children must be booked in. 8:30 – School gates open- please do not leave children on the yard. 8:45 – Doors open 8:55 – Registration 10:25 – Playtime 12:00 – Lunch time 2:55 – End of school day

Attendance - Aim for at least 98% Punctuality – Must be in school by 8:45am Medical- Mrs Walsh can offer advice on medical plans. Uniform – White shirt/blouse, blue jumper/cardigan, grey trousers or dress/skirt, school tie and plain black shoes. Lunch times – Please help us to promote healthy lunches.

Reading Reading books – all children to read every night. Monday to Friday Reading sources can be a wide range of literature including magazines, internet, news articles, comics, novels and poetry. Guided Reading – Your child will read each week with their teacher and at least once a week with their TA.

Children will bring their homework home each Monday and it should be returned on Fridays. Each week will consist of three activities. Reading, times tables/number bonds and spellings/handwriting.

Tables and Spelling Our weekly tables and spelling tests will also take place on Fridays. They will be given out on Mondays to learn through the week. Please could you practise these at home for a little bit each night.

Weekly Enrichment Lessons P.E.- Thursdays Dance- Class 2G-Wednesday & Class 2R-Friday Mandarin- Friday Music- Wednesday

Topics This term we will cover: Literacy- Stories from familiar Settings and Instructions Numeracy- counting to 100, place value, number bonds, addition and subtraction Geography- Around our school R.E.- Beginnings and Signs and Symbols Science- Animals including Humans Art- Picture this P.E- Basketball

Behaviour School Wide Sanctions   In the event of children not adhering to the code of conduct, the following sanctions will be applied using adult discretion  based on the seriousness of the behaviour. Stage 1 - Non-verbal warning e.g. frown, stern look, and silence Stage 2 - Verbal warning Stage 3 - Child’s name written on board Stage 4 - Cross put beside child’s name ( 5 or 10 minute loss of playtime) Stage 5 - Another cross by child’s name (loss of playtime) Stage 6 - Child will be sent to a named class for ‘time-out’ Stage 7 - Child referred to team leader (Mrs Walsh)         Stage 8 - Parents/ Carers contacted/ invited in to school to discuss child’s Behaviour    Children will be awarded Dojo points for good behaviour and the child with the most points at the end of the week will earn a prize.

Trips and Visitors Proposed trips for Year 2; Autumn – Church-Baptism Spring- Nurse visitor, Kingswood (Colomendy) Summer- Nature ranger-Sefton Park, Ice-Cream Farm

Any Questions?