Year Two

Welcome to our Year 2 class page. Your class teacher is Mr Cameron Gibbons and he is supported by Mrs Amanda Patton.

Timetable

Curriculum Focus this term:

Science – Materials

History - The Great Fire of London

Art - Painting

DT- Wheels and axels  

Useful Information

PE

Our PE Days are Mondays and Wednesdays. We suggest that the children bring their PE kit into school on a Monday and leave it here until Friday, just in case there are any changes. PE kits will go home on a Friday. Please ensure that all items of kit are correctly named.

Reading

Reading books will be changed every day if your child has read and is confident with the book. Please write a short comment in the reading diary and the pages read so we know when to change the book. We also do guided reading. This will involve the children reading in small groups with an adult allowing us to support the children in reading a variety of texts, and discussing key elements of the story. Follow up work involves the children completing comprehension activities to develop their understanding of what they have read.

Common Exception Words

The children have Year 2 Common Exception words that do not follow standard phonics rules and must be learnt by sight. By the end of the year the children need to be able to read and spell these words correctly.

Maths

In Maths we follow White Rose. We revisit the main units of place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division each term, adding in extra challenge each time. Your child will receive a Preview Learning on Fridays that will tell you the Maths focus for the following week.

Phonics

Year 2 phonics focuses on applying Phase 5–6 skills, including alternative spellings, fluent decoding, and more complex phonemes. The phonics focus for the week will be in your child’s Preview Learning.