1. Presentation Evening
10th September 2015

2. Year 2 aka Swifts, Nightingales and Chaffinches
Year 2 staff:
Teachers –Miss Corcoran, Miss Prior, Mrs Hemsley
Teaching Assistants – Mrs Kinloch, Mrs Bakir, Mrs Boyce, Mrs Knight, Mrs Howe
Specialist teachers- Mrs Tucker (music) /Mr Entwistle (PE)
Cleaner –Anne

3. Our Day…
Our week is more structured than in Year 1, with every day including Literacy and Maths.
Indoor PE is Thursday morning and outdoor PE is Wednesday morning.
On Wednesday mornings the children also have music with Mrs Tucker.
Other sessions consist of subjects such as the learning adventure, science, humanities, computing, art, DT, R.E and PSHE.
If a child is unable to do PE please inform either the office or the teacher directly.
Please ensure that your child has their full PE
kit in school at all times. As the weather
gets colder, a tracksuit should be included and trainers are acceptable.

4. Home/School Book Bags Bring in every day
Parents/carers to check every evening.
Home/School Bags should only contain:
A reading book and library book
Reading Record book
Homework in the homework folder
Reply Slips
No toys in the bags.
If a child has a note s/he should show this to the teacher at the start of the day
Letters will be handed out at the end of the day.
Home/School bags should be kept in the classroom in the boxes provided…NOT in the cloakroom or in small backpacks.

5. Learning Adventures
Learning Adventures link different parts of the curriculum in relevant and creative ways.
Topics to be covered during the year include:
-Food glorious food!
-Explorers (Shackleton)
-Emergency! (Great Fire of London)
-Home and away (Swallow migration)
-Where the wild things are? (Looking at animals, plants and habitats)

6. Learning Adventures Trip: Summer term... Watch this space!
Sometimes during the learning adventure school trips or visitors to the school are used to enhance the learning experience. We will try to inform you of costs well in advance.
Trip: Summer term... Watch this space!
Events- Tescos, Animal Extravaganza, South Africa day, Soup Kitchen, Garden Party.

7. Homework Homework is issued on Friday and collected on Wednesday.
A spelling list for this term will be sent home.
Homework is carefully selected to support your child’s learning in school. Children are encouraged to make every effort to do their homework independently.
Please ensure homework is done as neatly as possible.
Homework is also useful in encouraging children’s self-organisation.
Marking of homework may be written or verbal
as appropriate.
Reading at home is expected every day as
homework. Children can change their books as and when they need by letting us know first thing in the morning.

8. Phonics
We will be teaching phonics daily through games and spelling activities.
We teach phonics to help with reading and writing. We also teach spelling of high frequency words.
A good website is Phonics Play.

10. Expectations in Year 2 Golden Rules: Always be gentle
Children will begin to become more independent and are expected to organise themselves: eg hang up their NAMED cardigan/jumper, organise their work.
They are also expected to uphold the school ethos as laid out in the Golden Rules and be good role models for the younger children.
Golden Rules:
Always be gentle
Be kind and helpful
Work hard
Look after property
Listen to people
Be honest

11. Expectations in Year 2
Children are expected to try their hardest with class work.
This includes presentation of work which needs to be neat at all times.
Handwriting- starting to use ‘leads in’ and then joining up. Please encourage this at home. We will send home a letter formation sheet.
Marking- you will see a tick in a cloud on your child’s work. This means they have understood the learning intention. Other abbreviations include VF, S and I. You may also see stars and wishes.
Children are encouraged to be independent in keeping the cloakroom and classrooms tidy and organised.

12. Communication Three-way process (staff/children/parents)
Lining up time at the beginning of the school day is good for quick messages
After school is better for a longer chat
If possible, try to arrange this in advance
Staff meetings are on Tuesday evenings
We welcome your support in upholding the school’s principles
Parent helpers- We will sometimes need your help for school trips, craft activities etc. If you would like to be a helper, please see your child’s teacher.
For reading, we welcome your help. A regular session is best for us, but one off help is welcome too.

13. In-school snacks, drinks and lunch.
Children are allowed only fresh fruit or vegetables as snacks
Only water is allowed as a drink in class.
Juice is allowed at lunchtimes (no fizzy drinks allowed)
Children will go outside at and then go to eat lunch between and 12.30
Children all have the option for a free school meal, and they order their choice in the morning.

14. Assessment in Year 2
Teacher Assessments and Test results help us chart progress within a year group, from year group to year group, across a key stage and from key stage to key stage.
KS1 to KS2 Teacher Assessments and SATs are a measure for us to see how we’re doing as a school.
Testing/assessment can help us focus on children’s strengths/areas for development, and ours as a school.
Teacher Assessments take place during the whole of the child’s time at school. These may be short term or longer term but assessment is all about improving teaching and learning.
Self Assessment- red/orange/green faces on work

15. Year 2 SATs
We have to make teacher assessments on all children in Year 2 and send results off to County by the end of June each year.
These assessments are for: speaking and listening, reading, writing ( including spelling and grammar), Maths and Science.
SATs are used to inform Teacher Assessments

16. When and Where?
All of the SATs assessments will take place during the Summer term. A lot is changing this year, including exact details of when they will take place and how the children’s results will be levelled. However, it will all be low key and delivered by class teachers.

17. Finally…
We hope your child has a fulfilling year in Year 2, but PLEASE come and see us if there are any problems.
A big ‘thank you’ for coming and for your support.