1. Moving from Year 1 to Year 2 Bedfont Primary School

2.  National curriculum objectives  Greater emphasis on reading, understanding in maths and technical writing National Curriculum

3.  Assembly  Phonics/Spelling  Maths  Guided Reading  Playtime  Literacy  Lunch – straight out to play  Afternoon sessions – IPC, PE, Library, music  French once a week Daily routine

4.  Start of the day 8.50  Learning about topics in depth  Rehearsing, role play and activities in literacy  Time to explore and reflect Attendance and punctuality

5. Active learning The children continue to develop independent, paired and group work skills.

6. IPC Subjects  Science  Geography  History  Art  Design and Technology  Computing Topic work

7. Projects Each topic will be accompanied by a project to help children explore the topic further at home. Suggestions of activities to help enrich the children’s learning and understanding.

8. Classrooms Swan class enter from the infant playground in the mornings. Collect from own door in the afternoons. Kingfisher and Seagull class use their own entrances at the front of the school for mornings and afternoons.

9. Autumn term – circus workshop Spring term - Trip to the Lookout centre in Bracknell Summer term – Tesco Farm to Fork trip Trips, visits and clubs

10. Events for parents  Come and read  Come and count  Exit points  Assemblies  Workshops Please check our web site regularly for updates

11.  Bookbags  Bug club  Mathletics  Fine motor skills and letter formation Home learning

12. Reading books

13. Bug Club

15. Mathletics

17. Fine motor skills

18. Handwriting  Letter formation  Sizing and joins

19. End of KS1 At the end of Year 2, children will take assessments in: Reading; English grammar, punctuation and spelling; Maths. The tests are due to take place in May of each year. Later in the year, we will hold a meeting to give more information about end of year assessments.

20.  Children who do not pass the phonics screening in Year 1 retake in Year 2  Phonics blending will continue to be a priority to support reading and writing development Phonics retake

21. Questions