Welcome to Year 2 at St Marys'

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Welcome to Year 2 at St Marys.

• Mrs M. OKane
• Mrs G. Christopher

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What is special about Year 2

• End of Key Stage 1
• Key Stage 1 SATs- not tests!
• Chance to take on more responsibilities
• Increased opportunities for development of
  independence
• Special homework diaries
• Maths Games for homework

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The Curriculum in Year 2

• RE
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• ICT
• Humanities Geography and History
• Music
• PE
• EPR
• Art and Design Technology

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Creative Curriculum!

• Me! Me! Me!
• Lets Salsa!
• Londons Burning!
• Top Gear!
• Land Ahoy!
• Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

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Literacy Speaking Listening to retell stories
in pairs focusing on the sequence of
events. Reading to read and tell a selection of
stories with settings and themes that are
familiar to the children. Writing To use own
experiences to write a story with a familiar
setting and theme. To research features of
posters, collect information and use knowledge to
produce own poster.
The BIG Picture- Yr 2 Autumn 1 6wks Me! Me!
Me!
E.P.R. To realise that people have needs and that
they have responsibilites to meet them.


SCIENCE To understand that humans and other
animals need food and water to stay alive. To
know and understand that exercise and eating the
right types and amounts of food help humans to
keep healthy.
ART To explore ways of framing images. To
investigate and use drawing and collage to
communicate ideas and meaning in their own
im ages. To comment on differences in others
work and suggest ways of improving their own
work.
R.E. To know and celebrate the skills they have
and remember that skills are Gods gifts.
Science To understand that humans and other
animals need food and water to stay alive. To
know and understand that exercise and eating the
right types and amounts of food help humans to
keep healthy.
HOME LEARNING To research How to keep ourselves
healthy. Collect materials from home to help
make your Keeping Poster in school.
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English in Year 2

• Speaking and Listening
• Reading
• Spelling
• Writing

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Reading

• Guided Reading with the teacher
• Read home readers to another adult
• Practise reading skills through ICT
• Play word games
• Quiet reading/sharing books with a friend
• Daily reading to adults at home please sign the
  reading records!

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Writing

• .Lots of talk! Retelling stories and ,
  internalising stories and poems before they
  write!
• Full stops and
• CAPITAL LETTERS
• Joined up writing
• Areas covered include different types of
• Narrative writing fictional, traditional,
  familiar settings.
• Non-narrative writing postcards, instructions,
  reports, recounts and leaflets.
• .. And of course, Poetry( especially Michael
  Rosen! )

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Spelling

• Weekly list of words
• Look! Say! Cover! Write! Check!
• Look for patterns in words eg ing, ould, ed,
  day.
• Use the words to write own sentences- put in the
  correct context

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Speaking and Listening

• Develop good vocabulary
• Explanations
• Discussions, giving opinions and beginning to
  give reasons
• Role play expressive language
• Listening to all others, appreciating what they
  have to say Show and Tell!

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Mathematics in Year 2

• Emphasis on Numeracy Key Objectives
• Place Value knowing what each digit represents
• Counting forward/backwards in 1s, 5s 10s
  from any number
• Recall of number facts to 10 and then to 20
• Recall multiplication/division facts x2, x10, x5
  ..x3

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Mathematical skills to be taught

• Develop written methods for calculations for 2
  digit numbers
• Using an empty number line
• Partitioning and re-combining
• . and application of knowledge and skills to
  solve mathematical problems.

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Science Topics

• Keeping Healthy - Me! Me! Me!
• Materials Lets Salsa Londons Burning
• Forces- Top Gear
• Variety of life their Habitats Land Ahoy!
  Seaside!

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I.C.T.

• Finding Information using CD ROMs WWW
• Creating Pictures
• Communicating Information Word
• Using simple databases
• Controlling a floor turtle (Roamer)

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Physical Education

• Outdoor Games every Tuesday afternoon
• Indoor P.E. Gymnastics and dance- 2C-Monday
  2OK- Thursday
• Please ensure that PE kit is clearly labelled and
  is always in school - trainers better on the
  field.
• No jewellery!!

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E.P.R.

• Education for Personal Relationships

• New beginnings
• Getting on falling out
• Say no to bullying
• Going for goals
• Good to be Me!
• Relationships change

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Design and Technology
How can I make it even better?
Design, make and evaluate!
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Humanities

• History
• The Great Fire of London
• Seaside Holidays

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Geography

• Tocuaro a Mexican village or Lets Salsa!
• An Island Home

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How work is marked.

• Three tick policy throughout the school
• Verbal feedback
• House points and stickers
• Written comments
• and PRAISE!

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And theres more
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Visitors

• Simon Stone
• Fire Fighters
• Salsa Dancer/Spanish speaker! could it be you?
• Speakers from other Faith communities.
• Any more ideas?

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The Great Fire of London Day
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Trips and visits Brownsea Island, Poole Park.
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How can you help?

• Clearly labelled clothing
• Correct uniform inc. PE kit
• Check book folders for letters from school
• Prompt return of reply slips
• Communication through a letter, phone call to
  office, reading records or homework diaries

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and homework

• Reading with your child daily please sign
  reading records.
• Spellings LOOK! SAY!COVER! WRITE! CHECK! And
  super sentences.
• Maths completing and checking the worksheet,
  oral counting, number facts, learning x2, x5,
  x10, playing Maths Games etc
• Other work supporting them in home leraning
  research work or tasks
• Please make comments and sign new diaries

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Any questions ?