Welcome to Year 2

Class Information

The teaching staff this year are:  Mrs Harries 2H and Miss Page 2P

The teaching assistants are: Mrs Johns, Miss Lucocq, Mrs Mingay, Mrs Nilsson and Miss Wilson.

YEAR 2 DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION

Doors open between 8.45 and 8.55am

Enter via the blue gate to the side of the main gate (FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE). At the ‘junction’ just after the blue shed, your child(ren) will be directed to the Year 2 gate (into 2P), and you will proceed along the path past the Nursery building and to exit the school grounds via the lower gate (FOUNDATION PHASE EXIT GATE) onto Woolaston Avenue, according to the one-way system.

Finish time 3.25

Enter via the FOUNDATION PHASE ENTRANCE GATE. Follow the path around to the right, past the Nursery building, round the Nursery playground and wait in the playground near the Nursery metal fence to receive your children who will be brought to the stone steps leading to the main entrance.

Home Reading Folders

Please could book bags be returned with the home reading book inside every Tuesday. Please make sure that you only return the book in the folder as we have to quarantine the contents.

Homework

Homework will be set every Friday using Seesaw, where teachers can set homework digitally for children to complete on a device at home, which can then be sent back for the teachers to respond to. We will also assign books to your child’s Bug Club online library.

PE

PE sessions take place every Monday. Please could children wear their PE kit into school on this day- navy/black joggers, shorts or leggings and navy/white t-shirt and a school jumper for warmth.

Snack
Children to bring in their own fruit snack and a full drinks bottle each day.

Context for Learning

Autumn A- Muck, Mess and Mixtures

Autumn B- Brilliant Betsi

Spring A- Towers, Tunnels and Turrets

Spring B- Tales from Wales

Summer A- Wriggle and Crawl

Summer B- Beachcombers

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Aim 
To increase pupils’ confidence in communicating clearly with a variety of audiences including teachers, peers and familiar adults in everyday situations

Maths
In maths, we will be building on the work from Y1 'Big Maths', with weekly 'learn it' tests so please help your child to learn the 'learn its' sent home.  We will be learning our times tables and putting our knowledge into practise, solving problems. Please see the link below for the skills we cover in Year 2.


 

BBC Bitesize
IXL Year Two Maths