Welcome to Year 2 (Panda Class) Please help yourself to refreshments

Year 2 Team Miss White Mrs Hammond

Year 2’s Keys to Success You will need to upload the Keys to Success from the website.

Reading Bookmarks Please add your year group’s book marks to this page.

Year 2’s Curriculum Please add your completed overview for the Autumn Term

SATs – Interim Assessments Controlled by the Government English and Maths Two sets of objectives for Year 2 pupils Timings Meeting

Autumn Term Pure Imagination Visitors Trips English – 3 Key Texts D&T - chocolate History - timelines Pure Imagination Maths Ar PSHCE Music Please explain only key parts of the curriculum ICT - safety Christian / School/ British Values R.E

Stunning Start We had a letter from the White Rabbit asking for our help to make some Jam Tarts Please add pictures of your stunning start

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party/Hat Parade Fabulous Finish Mad Hatter’s Tea Party/Hat Parade Please add information on your fabulous finish

Supporting Your Child Reading: Support your child’s fluency and understanding by listening to them read for at least 10 minutes a day. Please use your child’s book mark to deepen their understanding. Please complete your child’s reading record so we know that they have read and what they are reading. Remember that if your child reads at least 5 times a week they will be entered into our half termly raffle draw. Maths: Support your child in learning their times tables and related division facts. Cook and measure ingredients for a meal or a cake. Encourage your child to tell the time and calculate time intervals, including converting between 12 and 24 hour time. Calculate and estimate the cost of shopping. Daily counting to improve number fluency. Complete challenges on Active Learn. Add and delete as appropriate

Supporting Your Child Spellings: Each week your child will receive 10 spellings. Learning their spellings will be a key part of your child’s Home Learning Task. Writing: Encourage lots of discussion to develop their vocabulary. Write birthday and Christmas cards. Try and write something everyday no matter how small. Look out for the word of the week and encourage pupils to use it in the correct context. Encourage your child to complete challenges on Active Learn. Add and delete as appropriate

Home Learning This year the format for Home Learning has changed with a greater focus on grammar, punctuation and spellings.

P.E kit Games: Hockey - Monday P.E: Gymnastics – Friday For all physical education lessons, your child must have the correct equipment. P.E Kit: Navy shorts T-shirt, which is their team colour Plimsolls or trainers (for outdoor work) Warm clothing in winter months such as a tracksuit. If they have an ear piecing it must be removed or your child must use tape to cover their ears.

Healthy Minds Please ensure that your child has a clear water bottle in school. This year the children will still get a free Healthy snack. Lunch boxes should not include sweets or a fizzy drink. At Key Stage 1, all pupils are entitled to a free school meal. If your child is entitled to a free school meal, application forms are available in your packs. Delete as appropriate for KS 1 or 2

Communication Class Dojos for rewards and sanctions. Class Pages. (http://www.southbersted.w-sussex.sch.uk/class-pages/) Weekly newsletters. Parent teacher consultations. Interim reports. End of year reports. Please add what you give green dojos for

Rewards and Sanctions Rewards Class Dojos. Weekly Red Book. Head teacher’s Award. Sanctions Clear classroom expectations. if a child is not following the class and school rules, then they will have a verbal reminder. If the behaviour continues they will be asked to move seats. If the behaviour continues still they will work in a partner class. Use of lunch time detentions. Currently, we are reviewing the whole school behaviour policy. At present these are our rewards and sanctions. Please discuss the whole class rules and rewards that were created during the first week.

Thank you for joining us this afternoon Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We look forward to working with you in supporting your child’s learning. Are there any questions?