Year 2

I am pleased to confirm our class team:

Mrs Holmes – Class Teacher

Mrs Ray provides cover during afternoons when I am not in class and knows the children very well.

Mrs Lloyd is our class LSA and she will provide additional focused support.

English Reading and Phonics will be delivered to groups following the Read Write Inc and Success for All formats depending on the level that your child is working at. In addition, we will have handwriting and English Writing lessons daily to focus on the expectations of written work that is required of Year 2. The emphasis is very much on quality over quantity to give the children time to develop their fluent, and then joined, handwriting and to include all the features of the intended writing, including Year 2 grammar and spelling. Maths lessons will be split into two parts with a targeted Mental Maths session each day to ensure that the children are confident with their arithmetic fluency skills, alongside a Mastery Maths lessons delivered using White Rose Maths. History and Geography, and Art and D&T will be alternated each half term.

Your child’s progress can only benefit by you being involved and being an active partner with the teaching team. I welcome your communications via Seesaw as a quick and simple form of contact but if a longer conversation is required, the day most suitable for meetings with me after school is Tuesday for year 2 children’s parents.

Trips and events for Y2…

Autumn Term –

24.9.24 – trip to Daws Hall linked to our Science on Living Things and Their Habitats;

TBA – KS1 Nativity performance.

Spring Term –

4.2.25 - Great Fire of London workshop visit from Making the Classroom Disappear;

Summer Term –

TBA – Visit to Chelmsford Museum linked to Technology Changes over time topic;

TBA – R and KS1 Summer Concert.

How you can help at home…

You can help to support your child’s education in the following ways:

Sleep – plenty of it and preceded by a quiet and calm atmosphere, without any electronic gadgets, - a shared bedtime story is so much better! It has been proven that after watching any screen (including TV) it can take up to an hour for a child’s brain activity to slow back down to normal levels ready for sleeping.

Helping your child to be independent and get their own belongings ready for each school day will encourage the right mind-set while at school too, as well as making mornings calm. Arriving promptly at school in the mornings will help the children to prepare for the day and be ready to learn, sitting in their seats, by 8.40am. Please make sure that they arrive at the school gate in time to facilitate this.

Things to remember…

Be ready for PE on Tuesdays and Wednesdays – please ensure their kit is in school all week in case they need a change of clothes for any reason too. As it gets colder, the children will need joggers and sweaters as we will be doing PE outside on the playground as much as possible.
Homework – please read with your child 3 x per week to help improve their fluency to enable them to be secure readers, and practise any spellings or Rainbow Maths sent home.
Snacks should be of fruit only – fresh or dried – but not processed foods.
Water bottles should only contain water to help hydrate the children throughout the day. These can be refilled in class as required.

I am thrilled to be teaching the children and looking forward to the year ahead. My door is open if you have any queries or issues.

Our timetable is below, but is subject to change depending on events in the diary.