Clever Cats
WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2 TEAM AND CLEVER CATS!
Meet the team:
Mrs Brock and Miss Williams
Remember on your way to school bring a...
Monday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle and PE kit bag
*Reading book in plastic zippy bag today for book change
Tuesday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
Wednesday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
*Hand in homework today
Thursday Book bag, reading diary and water bottle
Friday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle and PE kit bag
*Hand in diary (Home reads counted today)
On your way home…
Monday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
*New reading book will be sent home today
Tuesday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
Wednesday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
Thursday Book bag, reading diary, water bottle
Friday Book bag, reading diary and water bottle
*Homework will be sent home today
Homework sent home will include a Maths and SPaG retrieval practice activity.
Spellings will be posted on Dojo every Monday for children to learn at home.
Our school day:
| Arrive at school | 8:40-8:45 |
| Morning work/Reading | 8:45-9:00 |
| Register | 8:45-9:00 |
| Lesson 1: Phonics and Reading | 9:00-9:40 |
| Lesson 2: Writing | 9:40-10:30 |
| Assembly | 10:30-10:45 |
| Playtime | 10:50-11:05 |
| Lesson 3: Maths | 11:05-11:50 |
| Lesson 4: Maths fluency practice | 11:50-12:05 |
| Lunch time | 12:10-12:55 |
| RWI Spelling and Handwriting | 1:00-1:30 |
| Afternoon lessons | 1:30-3:00 |
| Storytime | 3:00-3:10 |
| End of day | 3:15 |
PE
Our PE days are Monday and Friday. Children need to bring their PE kit bag to school on these days. Kit bags can be brought on Monday and left on your child’s peg until Friday if you prefer for ease. Please be aware that the majority of PE lessons take place outdoors, so children need to have clothing suitable for the weather and trainers or pumps. For health and safety reasons they should have long hair tied and earrings removed. Correct kit earns Dojo Points.
The kit should include:
T-shirt with sweatshirt or zipped jacket
Jogging trousers, leggings or shorts
Trainers or sturdy pumps.
Sunhat on sunny days and jacket on cold days
Homework
Below are some of the key skills that you can work on to support your child throughout Year 2. We will send home weekly homework each Friday in your child’s homework bag. Please return homework in this bag each Wednesday to show their success and to earn Dojo points.
Reading regularly will develop a love of books and your child’s skills as a reader. We recommend reading at least three times each week. Each day you indicate in their diary that your child has read, this means they race along our Reading Racetrack. Three or more days reading per week earn Dojo Points. Every read your child does will count towards their own reading race track. Every child has a special rocket and their aim is to reach 250+ reads, which is the Governors’ Award by the end of the school year. 50 reads will earn them a Bronze Award, 100 reads will earn them a Silver Award and 200 reads will earn them a Gold Award.
Maths homework will be sent home every week. This will often practise a skill that has been taught previously. On-line games will also be added to your child’s account on TTRockstars throughout the year. Homework earns Dojo Points. All personal logins have been shared, but are also noted in the front of the reading diary. The Whiterose 1-Minute Maths app also provides free access to online games to practise maths fluency skills.
A SPaG activity will be sent home each week for children to practise their SPaG objective from the week.
Spellings that we want the children to learn each week will be posted on Dojo.
Recall facts are an important skill to keep practising throughout Year 2. It is important that children know their number bonds fluently to 10 and 20. By the end of the year, children also need to know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables facts. This includes multiplication and division facts.
Please click below to see the medium term plan for the next term in year 2. For a breakdown of learning in the subjects not included in the medium term plan, please see individual curriculum pages.