1. Year 2 2017-2018 Led by Mrs Nicholls with assistance from Mrs Bowler
PPA time covered by Mrs Bowler
Specialist Teachers for French and PE

2. Arrival:
Children come in through the side door at 8:40am.
The register is taken at 8:50am.
Please telephone if your child is going to be late or absent.
No holidays during term, please.
Departure:
School ends at 3.15pm
Children are met at the classroom door.

3. Morning Break: 10:45am-11:00am
Afternoon Break:
2:15pm-2:30pm
P.E sessions – Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Welly Wednesdays!
Healthy snacks
Healthy lunch
Water fountain
Water bottles

4. No pencil cases required.
Ensure PE kit is always in – please take it home on Fridays then return on Mondays.

5. Medical Forms
Inhalers- named/in date
Allergies-medical form
No medicine should be sent into school.
Encourage children to wash hands!
Accidents – standard letter sent home/phone call.

6. Rewards & Sanctions High Expectations Lots of verbal praise
House points & Pebble Jar
Star(s) of the Week
Good Disciple Award
Reflection Room

7. Curriculum RE: Come & See Termly Letters give an outline.
Spoken language, Reading, Writing (including Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar)
Number (including all four operations, Fractions, Measurement, Geometry, Statistics)
Dinosaurs – Food Feast
Fire! Fire! – Robots & Recycling
Up, Up & Away! – The Seaside
Science – History – Geography – Art – DT Music – PSHE – PE - Computing

8. Catholic Ethos Our Catholic Ethos underpins everything we do.
Our Class Saint is Saint Cecilia (the patron Saint of Music).
Class Prayer Bag will come home on rotation each Friday.
Please do join us for School Mass if you can – all are welcome.

9. SATs Currently, all children are assessed at the end of Year 2.
Tests are given for: Reading, Maths & English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.
Teacher Assessments are made for English Writing & Science.
Please, please do not worry about these assessments. They are a snapshot in your child’s ongoing education.
We will do our best to ensure the children are not put under pressure, and aren’t really aware. We would encourage you to do the same.

10. Support from Home
Reading – 2 books a week (guided reading book & own choice book). Please make sure these are in school EVERY day.
Spellings/Writing – spelling patterns taught through a weekly poem. Sentences to practice. Tested on Friday.
Maths – a short Maths activity each week.
Brought home Monday – handed in Friday. (Reading books kept till Monday!)

11. Please do not hesitate to contact me
Letters (all absence must be explained in writing)
Telephone
End of day – by the class door.
Class Rep

12. Take home, sign/fill in and return to school.
Thank you for attending.
Any questions?