Welcome to Year 2 Class Teachers: Miss Corbett, Mrs Inch & Miss Condren Teaching Assistants: Mrs Dunmore, Mrs Donnelly, Mrs Brady & Mrs Derbyshire

Key learning/end of year expectations Our aim is to make children independent learners. This begins in the reception classes and as they move into the juniors, they are expected to take more responsibility for their own work and resources. Please also visit the subject areas on our website for more information on how to support your child.

Key learning/end of year expectations Arithmetic questions Reasoning questions

Key learning/end of year expectations Reading questions

How to help your child at home. Arithmetic – Small test every other Friday Timetables – Small test every other Friday (2s, 5s & 10s) Reading – Read daily (Handout) Spellings – tested every Friday

Year 2 additional teachers In Year 2 the children be taught the following subjects by our specialist teachers: PE – Mrs Swift Our topics this year will include: Around the World The Great Fire of London Nurturing Nurses We have our planning time together every Thursday afternoon. The classes will be taken by Mrs Dunmore in 2C, Mrs Donnelly in 2I and Mrs Brady in 2CR.

Curriculum /Outdoor Learning This year, we will be continuing to enhance our curriculum provision for children across the school. One of our key priorities is to encourage our school community to engage more effectively with our outside spaces. We aim to use the outside space at school and around our local area more frequently to enhance the children’s learning. Lessons may take place outside and the children should be equipped for this, what ever the weather! As part of our PE curriculum, all the children will be taking part in a weekly Outdoor Adventurous Activities lesson, which may involve team building games, orienteering etc.

Our Outside Spaces Over the summer we have begun significant work on our school grounds. We have introduced a large sandpit, mounds, trenches and trails across the existing mound. The new additions to the field will play a part in enhancing the children’s learning when outside and aid in meaningful play at break times. The work is ongoing so watch out for new developments.

School Trips/Visitors We aim to have visitors into school and local area visits during the first two terms and a day visit during the summer term (more details to follow nearer the time). We will also be doing an outdoor enrichment trip which will be a night time/ dusk walk in Autumn 2. Trips to London will be going ahead again, if relevant to the curriculum topic that the children are learning about. We will also be doing more outdoor projects to develop our school site such as bulb planting, growing vegetables, designing new features for the school grounds.

Reading Years 1-3 Reading records are to be handed in every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Reading record books are not checked daily and therefore any notes to the teacher should be addressed separately. Please ensure your child has a reading book in school every day for quiet reading times. Children should be encouraged to read every day for a minimum of 10 minutes at home and complete their reading record accordingly with a signature from an adult every week. Children who are free readers must continue to record their reading in their records and bring these in to school. They can choose their reading books from home or from their class library.

Homework Termly homework menus will be set with 10 options. Children must complete at least one English and one maths activity. Homework must be completed in our new homework books – writing must be in pencil or blue handwriting pen only and sheets must be stuck in. Homework books are due in on a Wednesday and will be returned on a Friday. Homework certificate awards: Bronze = 5 pieces of homework Silver = 8 Gold = 10 Platinum = 10 and at least 2 challenges

Social media and E-safety Children are taught one e-safety lesson every half term as part of the Computing curriculum and this includes how to report concerns about content and contact online. To support the your child you can: be open and involved in discussions with your children about what they do online use parental controls at home supervise your child’s use of Youtube model positive use of social media (e.g interacting with the school’s twitter feed) Social media for children is not permitted. The minimum age for apps and websites such as instagram, facebook and whatsapp is 13. Use of these apps breaches the Hayes home school agreement. If you have an e-safety concern, please contact the school immediately.

Key dates Autumn term parents’ evenings: Wednesday 5th December 2018 Thursday 6th December 2018 Both are from 3:40pm – 7:00pm Class assemblies: Friday mornings at 9:15am 2C: 8th March 2019 2CR: 22nd March 2019 2I: 10th May 2019

Before and after school It is important that children are on time. There are important early morning activities that children complete between 8:40 and 9:00am. Being late has an impact on the children’s learning. Going home: Children will only be permitted to go home with adults on their permissions list. Please inform the school in writing if you have a change in these or if you permit your child to walk to the gate/offsite by themselves.

Uniform, outdoor wear and PE kits This half term, pupils can wear their winter or summer uniform. After October half term, only winter uniform should be worn. Shirts must be worn with ties. School shoes must be black, enclosed. No trainers please. Nail varnish is not permitted at school and hair accessories must be small and in school colours (navy, white, black or grey). Please ensure that all pieces of school uniform are labelled with your child’s name and their current class. Your child will need a named PE kit (including trainers/tracksuits for outdoor PE), an art apron and their book bag in school at all times. They also need wellingtons and a waterproof coat to do any outdoor learning and to access the field at lunchtimes.

Finally…… Please make sure your child is in school, every day and on time. If you need to speak to someone, please contact one of us in the first instance. We can help or direct your question or query elsewhere. Please remember we are completely nut free school (we have children with severe allergies) and snacks for break time should be fresh fruit. Please see the school website for key dates, learning information and homework.

Finally…… We are a school committed to safeguarding. If you have a safeguarding concern, please speak to one of the following members of staff:

SLT SLT member present to discuss: PTA - hpspta@hayes-pri.bromley.sch.uk Attendance Pupil premium Home school agreement – this will be sent home for you to read, sign and return.