2. About Miss Yau
Fourth year in teaching
Second year in Year 2
Believes in the power of reading
Advocate of fun learning
Open door policy.

3. Time table

4. Behaviour, Expectations and Rewards
The whole school approach is continued in Year 2.
Special mentions
Times tables reward certificates
Class pet
House points
Star of the day
Traffic light system
Class stickers – whole class reward
Individual stickers
Head teacher sticker
Develop independence in learning through: 3 before me and using the help desk
Use of the working wall to support learning
PE kits
Reading wallets and reading records
Refer to posters in the classroom

5. Topics Science: PE: Properties and changes of materials
Living things and their habitats
Earth and Space
Light
Animals including humans
Forces and magnets
PE:
Dance
Hockey
Cricket
Netball
Gymnastics
Rounders
Athletics
Fencing
Tennis
Rugby
English and Maths will follow the statutory national curriculum. Genres and topics will be outlined on the terms newsletter and through homework.
The topics we are specifically focussing on in Year 5 are……

6. Year 2 SATS At the end of Year 2, children will take SATs in:
Reading (2 papers)
Maths (1 arithmetic, 1 reasoning)
English spelling, grammar and punctuation is optional. We opted out last year.
SATs have to be carried out during May but there are no set dates nationally – this will be a school decision.

7. RE: Computing: Languages: Topics Art and DT: Music: PSHCE:
Columns/ Mosaics Line and tone
 Artist Study: Augustus Pugin
Painting – still life
Artist Study: Claude Monet
Painting / Collage
Artist Study: Gustav Klimt
DT – Structures, Food Technology and Mechanical Systems
Music:
OUR COMMUNITY (Performance)
SOLAR SYSTEM (Listening)
AT THE MOVIES (Composition)
LIFE CYCLES (Structure)
KEEPING HEALTHY (Beat)
CELEBRATION (Performance)
PSHCE:
Money matters
Relationships and their difficulties
Bullying
Alcohol
The skin
Preparing for puberty
Computing:
The Railway Children (how computers work)
Scratch (programming)
Michael Morpurgo (data & information)
Online photos / Digital citizenship / What is spam? (e-safety)
Greek mythology (programming
King Arthur (programming)
RE:
Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam
Languages:
Weather forecasts, body parts, colours, buying objects - money

8. Spelling
Analysis of school data leads us to focus on the teaching and learning of Spellings.
Our aim is to improve Spellings in independent writing. Learning Spellings should be a purposeful and meaning exercise that children can then become independent in applying spelling rules. Children will be supported in their learning of word spellings by their patterns and frequency.
Our new system for Spellings this year will be reviewed each term. Up dates and changes will be notified.
Rationale:
Spelling remains the most relentlessly tested of all the literacy skills, but it is the least taught. Sending a list of words home one week to then be tested the following week is not teaching effective strategies for learning.

9. Spelling How to help your child:
Use the curriculum newsletter to look at spelling patterns given and encourage your child to include words with the patterns in their home work.
They could think of words with that spelling rule in and using the meaning of the word correctly write the word in a sentence.
Investigating words supports retention of spelling rules and helps your child to apply the rule to other words.
Useful websites:
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10. Year 5 Visits and Trips
Lledr Hall Residential in Autumn – support our topic about rivers and mountains
Jodrell Bank in February 2018
Bike Ability – Spring term 2018

11. Year 5 Residential – Autumn Term 2 (13th – 17th November)

12. Homework
Curriculum/English Home work will be given out on a Monday. Dates can be found on the Newsletter. One way to support your child will be to use the newsletter to see the grammar, punctuation and spelling we are focusing on during the term and try to encourage your child to use them in their work. This will support learning being embedded – moving from the short term memory into the long term memory.
Maths Home work is weekly, given out on a Friday and due in the following Wednesday.
Times tables will be done throughout the week. Children will also be given opportunities in the morning time to practise these. Statutory spellings will also be practised in the morning time along with additional learning of the weeks spelling pattern.
Reading at home should be carried out 4 times a week and reading records signed. House points will be awarded for reading each week and this is monitored in school.

13. Class Pet(s)
For the first time at Grappenhall Heys we are having a class pet.
Year 5 will be responsible for the day to day care of the snails.
As part of our Science we will investigate how these animals live.

14. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.