Meet the Teacher - Year 2

September 20th 2016

Who are the teachers in Year 2?Cutty Sark Class

Mrs BowmanClass Teacher

And Phase LeaderMrs Davis

Class Teacher

Mrs BurranTeaching Assistant

Golden Hinde Class

Mrs GoddardTeaching assistant

Mrs WardropeClass teacher

How does Year 2 differ from Year 1 ?

We still make learning fun!

• During Year 2 the children will continue to grow as confident learners and become increasingly responsible for their own needs.

• The children may feel that the pace of learning increases and the expectation for them to evaluate and self assess this learning and next steps will also increase.

• Lessons will continue to be exciting and engaging, where they have the opportunity to work with their peers and individually.

• End of year assessments (SATs) will be reported to the borough but do not differ from any other year group in term of their importance.

• Throughout the year, we will make sure children are working towards end of Key Stage One expectations; ‘Booster’ groups will be delivered to address any gaps in children’s learning and for those we believe can be challenged even further.

• Your child CANNOT fail their SATs. They will receive a mark, which will be reported to you at the end of Year 2 (as part of their school report),

• The National Expectation is that children achieve a secure level which means that they have secured their knowledge and ability to use all of the skills taught in Year 2.

What else do I need to know?

Working as a teamEvery little helps

Label all clothingRead all letters, check book bag daily, use website Ensure they have a named water bottle in schoolTalk to us at the end of the day or via admin

email/phone if there is a problemSpend time on learning at home

Reinforce school rules and sanctions/rewards at home

A day in Year 2

NumeracyThroughout the week the children will learn new mathematical concepts which build on previous learning.

They will practice different written methods and use a range of equipment to ‘experience and consolidate’ their understanding.

Towards the end of the week the children will be asked to apply their understanding through a range of challenges and word problems.

Practical tens and units

Literacy

Introduction of children’s checklist to self evaluate their own work.

Daily phonics and SPAG - spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Exciting opportunities to write in simple and extended sentences across the different genres.

Daily Guided Reading sessions. The children will be working towards Reciprocal reading where the children take on different roles to question, summarise and clarify the meaning of text.

Being creative in LiteracyUsing role play to create characters and explore setting.

Creating images from a text.

Guided Reading

Science, PSHE and the foundation subjects

Fun, fun, fun!

Exploring and testing the children’s questions and ideas relating to the world around them. Applying our resilience and balanced learning behaviours to justify and test our own predictions and compare our findings to extend our understanding.

How do pirate ships move? (experimenting)

Which materials are used to make a pirate ship and why?(Knowledge)

What will happen when we change the force?(Predictions, testing, reasoning)

Foundation

We teach the foundation subjects through the topic we are learning.

This term our topic is Pirates so the children will be learning about oceans, capital cities and continents for geography. The history will be taught through learning about the Golden Hinde and Cutty Sark.

SMSC/PSHE• Promotion of healthy eating• Change 4 Life/Food Technology• Exercise• SRE• Heart Start• SEAL (Use a range of social skills)• B4L • Transition

Relationships

Living in the wider world

Health & Wellbeing

• Anti-Bullying• Stonewall• SRE• SEAL

British ValuesRights Respecting EqualityMoneyEnterpriseMontbelle Apprentice

Why is teamwork important to learning?

Why is it important to make rules together?

How can we teach young children the importance of British Values?

Year 2 Homework time• Phonics groups and Spellings will be sent out on a

Tuesday and handed in/tested the following Monday by the children’s phonics teacher.

• Mathletics on a Friday.

• Reading books should be changed on a weekly cycle. As soon as the children have read at home with an adult, please comment, and the books will be changed. Some children will be expected to complete a reading review.

• Look out for The reading passport challenge

How can you help your child at home?

Talk to them about their dayContinue to read with your child every day – read to

them and let them read to you. Talk about what they have read – ask lots of questions, specific and generalHelp them to learn their spellings ‘look, cover, write,

check’ methodEncourage time on Mathletics

Keep them healthy – early bed times, limit TV, healthy food, exercise

If you have any questions about the homework or methods that we use, please ask.

Further questions or concerns throughout the

year.

Any questions?Come and join us

Parent reps