Welcome to Year 2!

Class 2B

Mrs Booth

Mrs Beeley

Class Teacher Tuesday - Friday

Class Teacher Mondays

 

 

   

Class 2C

Mrs Cunnelly

Class Teacher

 

Our Teaching assistants
Mrs Natalie Birch
Miss Sarah Jones
Mrs Debbie Mc Hugh
Miss Dawn Pollitt
Mrs Sarah Spencer

 

P.E.

2B - Outdoor/indoor (Thursday)

2COutdoor/indoor (Friday)

Our PE kit consists of black shorts, white t shirt, trainers for outdoor PE and long jogging bottoms might be worn when it is cold outside for our PE lesson. If your child wears earrings, they must either be removed on PE days or the children will be supervised putting microtape over them.

 

Reading

Learning to read is the most important thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends on it, so we put as much energy as we possibly can into making sure that every single child learns to read as quickly as possible.

We want your child to love reading – and to want to read for themselves. This is why we put our efforts into making sure they develop a love of books as well as simply learning to read.

 

How will my child be taught to read?

 

At Meanwood Primary, we follow the RWI phonics programme. We start by teaching phonics to the children in the Reception class. This means that they learn how to ‘read’ the sounds in words and how those sounds can be written down. This is essential for reading, but it also helps children learn to spell well. We teach the children simple ways of remembering these sounds and letters. Ask them to show you what these are.

The children also practise reading (and spelling) what we call ‘tricky words’, such as ‘once,’ ‘have,’ ‘said’ and ‘where’.

The children practise their reading with books that match the phonics and the ‘tricky words’ they know. They start thinking that they can read and this does wonders for their confidence.

The teachers read to the children, too, so the children get to know all sorts of stories, poetry and information books. They learn many more words this way and it also helps their writing.

 

What reading books will my child be given to read at home?

Your child will be given 3 reading books each week to read at home. These will consist of a decodable RWI ‘Book Bag Book’ which is colour banded to match your child’s appropriate level; a paper copy of the RWI book that your child is reading in their RWI group with their teacher and a class library book to share and read for pleasure.

Reading books will be changed once a week by your child’s class teacher every Friday. Please ensure that your child reads for at least 10 minutes every night and brings their reading books and reading record to school every day signed. Your child will only be a reading star if their reading record has been signed at least 3 times each week. 

 

Children's language development and parenting advice - BBC Tiny Happy People

You may find some of the following websites useful:-

Tiny Happy People from the BBC has some great top tips for communicationg with your child and supporting their development.

 

Useful website links to aid our learning

English – General

  Phonics Play Phonics Bloom
  BBC Phonics Purple Mash

 

English – Reading and Comprehension

BBC Bitesize BBC Learning Zone                   Accelerated Reader    MyON                    
     

 

English – Writing

BBC Schools BBC Learning BBC Bitesize
BBC – Stories Reading zone – stories Primary games – recounts
BBC – Poetry Josies Poems Games Arena
Games Arena – Poetry Teach It – Captions Primary games – Labels / lists

 

English – Spelling and Grammar

Topmarks Letters and Sounds ICT games

 

General Maths

Number Gym Oxford Owl BBC Numbertime
BBC Schools BBC Number jumbler Crickweb
A Maths Dictionary    

 

Maths – Time

Primary Homework BBC Education Crickweb

 

Maths – Shape and Space

Crickweb Games Arena BBC Bitesize

 

Science

BBC Bitesize  TopMarks Crickweb Wow Science
Science Kids Games Arena Science Games Science Sparks
STEM Outstanding Science NASA Kids Simple Machines
Science Fun Fun Experiments for Kids Energy Kids Weather Kids

 

History

Topmarks Primary Homework Help BBC Newsround
Crickweb Every School  

 

Geography

BBC bitesize Education Quizzes Top Marks

Crickweb

Primary Arena

Knowledge Organisers Year 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please see this terms curriculum newsletters below. 

Year 2 Curriculum Newsletters

 

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