1. Year 2 2013-2014

2. Developing Skills  Reading –The focus early on is phonics and the children will be decoding words by sounding them out. As this skill is embedded, the focus moves to comprehension and reading for meaning. Children now need to build up their reading stamina by reading a wide range of different books.  By listening to stories, children develop an interest in books and learn to express their preferences, deduce information, predict etc.

3. Writing  Handwriting - developing pencil control, formation of letters, size and spacing. Fine motor control.  Spelling – using phonics to isolate sounds within words. Writing lists, messages. Have a go spelling.  Rehearsing sentences before writing.  Big Writing. Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation.

4. Maths  A sound understanding of the number system is essential for children to carry out calculations efficiently and accurately.

5. Everyday maths  How many?  How many more?  More or less.  How many left?  What is the difference between? How many altogether?  How many lots of?  How many in each group?  Does everyone have an equal share, how many each? Longer than/shorter than, heavier than/lighter than. Time

6. Supporting children ’ s learning  Use resources – cubes, coins, playing cards, lego bricks, number lines, 100 squares, arrays.

7. Other curriculum areas  Cross curricular topics which cover all subjects.  ‘I am who I am’ – who we are and where we live.  ‘Great Britain’ – What makes it great!  ‘Roald Dahl’ – His wonderful stories and their many links with other subjects.  ‘Food Glorious Food’ – where it comes from, why it is important, how to make things.  ‘Super Human’ – Amazing human achievements.  ‘Epic Egypt’ – Pharoahs, mummies and pyramids!

8. Gaining Independence  Become independent learners, able to work without adult support.  Develop confidence in their own abilities.  Work collaboratively during group work.

9. Homework  Reading at home as often as possible.  Spelling – books go home on Wednesday, return on Monday  Maths – books go home on Wednesday, return on Monday  ‘Honeycomb Homework’ – a topic based homework book which goes home every three weeks, containing three compulsory tasks and several optional tasks which children can complete to expand their knowledge. Eg. Quizzes, fact files, games, experiments, art work.

10. SATS  May  Reading, writing – set tasks/tests + teacher assessment  Maths – set tasks/tests + teacher assessment  Science – teacher assessment only  Speaking and Listening – teacher assessment only

11. Practical Issues  Lining up  Punctuality  Drink bottles  Earrings  Library books  Glue sticks