1. Welcome to Year 2 Autumn Forum Mr Harker & Mrs Oliver (Tues –Fri) Mrs Davidson

2. General Information
Water bottles – every day
Field work – Wednesday pm
Library books changed Thursday.
Guided reading books in every day.
Swimming Thursday.
Learning logs in Tuesday – neat work.
Spelling test Friday’s
PE: Friday pm

4. Learning Approach Year 2 becomes more formal working towards SAT’s.
But emphasis on practical learning
For example – math’s games rather than worksheets.

5. SAT’s
This is a big year for your children. They will be tested and scores recorded as an official bench mark of their progress. This information is used to predict where children are likely to be by Year 6.

6. Reading

7. Key Changes
Reading will continue with adults listening to children, develop their fluency moving away from sounding out words.
In Year 2 there is greater focus on the comprehension aspect of their book (regardless of the level they are reading at).
A list of suggested ideas questions can be found at the back of their learning log.

10. Support at Home – Vital!
Use the prompt question at the back of the book when reading with your child.

11. Writing
In Year 2, there is a huge focus on grammar and spelling, children will then apply their learning when writing different styles of texts.
Grammar:
Children in Year 2 need to know how to use .
Verbs
Tense ( past & present) ( ed and ing words)
Adjectives
Nouns
Suffix – ment, ness, ful. less
Apostrophe in contracted words e.g. don’t
Commas in list

12. Spellings
We use a spelling program called Read, Write inc: design to meet the objectives within year2. Daily lessons.
Children will have a spelling book that is sent home – notes on how to use this book found on the inside cover.
A spelling test takes place on a Friday, please help your child learn these key Year 2 words.

13. Maths
Number and calculations are the areas that most weighting of the SAT’s paper is heavily focussed upon:
Example of the National Curriculum for Year 2 can be found on this link

14. Example of Maths learning in Year 2
Can count in steps of 2,3,5,10 from any number forwards and backwards.
Read and write numbers in numerals and words to at least 100.
Recall addition and subtraction facts to 20 rapidly and accurately.
Add and subtract mentally 2 two digit numbers.
Fluently recall multiplication and division facts for x2 x5 x3 x10.
Solve problems that include all four operations.

15. Examples from SAT’s paper
Amy makes 20 cakes.
She shares the cakes between 5 plates.
Tick the calculation that shows how many cakes are on each plate.
= 25
20 − 5 = 15
20 ÷ 5 = 4
20 × 5 = 100
1/3 of 21 =
¾ of 40 =
65 + ? = 93
86 − 21 =

16. Big Maths challenge – see power point 2

17. Our Topics this Year. Autumn 1: Once Upon a Time.
Autumn 2: Festivals & Celebrations
Spring 1: Up, Up and Away
Spring 2: Grace Darling
Summer 1: Roar
Summer 2: Explorers

18. Homework

19. Homework
Mathletics – password can be found inside the reading diaries.
Learning 360 – passwords can also be found in reading diaries.
Reading at home.
Spellings.

20. Questions?

21. My door is always open, any concerns come and see me and we’ll book an appointment to resolve any issues.

22. Thank you – here’s to a successful year.