Parents

1
Parents Information Evening

• Year 2
• Miss Booth Miss Dyke
• Mrs Dunne, Mrs Botterill, and Mrs Spensley.

2
KS1 Curriculum Testing

• As a school we are now implementing the new
  curriculum.
• Children will be assessed throughout the year by
  teachers at the end of a unit of work
• Year 2 sit SATs during May. This forms part of
  our assessment but levels are teacher assessed.

3
Reading

• Please try to listen to your child read as often
  as possible.
• Dont worry if the reading books appear easy.
• Dont worry if your child is asked to
  re-read some books.
• Please comment on your childs reading.

4
Phonics

• In Year 2 we continue with phonics lessons.
• Please see the KS1 Hub for lots of phonics games.
• Say It, Spell It words, Tricky words
• There is a list of the 100 HFWs and 200 common
  words in the back of each childs homework book.

5
Spelling

• Spelling Test is on Tuesdays.
• After the test, children will be given their new
  spellings to learn for the following Tuesday.
• Sometimes spellings will be practised in class
  but will still need to be learnt at home.
• Children are also asked to complete 6 spelling
  sentences in addition to their homework.

6
Homework

• Homework will be given on a Friday . It may be
  Numeracy, Literacy or Topic related.
• Sometimes children will be asked to find things
  out or bring things in from home.
• Homework will be collected in on a Wednesday.

7
ICT

• Class Blog on website.
• (Please encourage your child to comment on
  our class blogs but they should not include their
  surname.)
• Purple Mash home access.
• KS1 hub.
• Ipads, classmates and computers.

8
Handwriting

• After initial practice children will begin to
  learn joined up handwriting in Year 2.

9
Year 2 Non Negotiables Reading

• Reading
•  
• Secure with year group phonic expectations.
• Recognise simple recurring literary language.
• Read ahead to help with fluency and expression.
• Comment on plot, setting characters in
  familiar unfamiliar stories.
• Recount main themes and events.
• Comment on structure of the text.
• Use commas, question marks and exclamation
  marks to vary expression.
• Read aloud with expression and intonation.
• Recognise
• - commas in lists
• - apostrophe of omission and possession (singular
  noun)
• Identify past/present tense and why the writer
  has used a tense.
• Use content and index to locate information.

10
Year 2 Non Negotiables Writing

• Writing
• Write different kinds of sentence statement,
  question, exclamation, command.
• Use expanded noun phrases to add description
  and specification.
• Write using subordination (when, if, that,
  because) and co-ordination (or, and, but).
• Correct and consistent use of present tense
  past tense.
• Correct use of verb tenses.
• Write with correct and consistent use of
• capital letters and full stops
• - question marks
• - exclamation marks
• Use commas in a list.
• Use apostrophe to mark omission and singular
  possession in nouns.
• Write under headings.
• Write lower case letters correct size relative
  to one another.
• Show evidence of diagonal and horizontal
  strokes to join handwriting.

11
Year 2 Non Negotiables Maths

• Mathematics
• Compare and order numbers up to 100 and use lt gt
  .
• Read and write all numbers to 100 in digits
  words.
• Say 10 more/less than any number to 100.
• Count in steps of 2, 3 5 from zero and in 10s
  from any number (forwards and backwards)
• Recall and use multiplication division facts
  for 2, 5 10 tables.
• Recall and use /- facts to 20.
• Derive and use related facts to 100.
• Recognise place value of any 2-digit number.
• Add subtract two 2-digit numbers and three
  1-digit number.
• Recognise and use inverse (/-).
• Calculate and write multiplication division
  calculations using multiplication tables.
• Recognise, find, name and write 1/3 1/4 2/4
  3/4.
• Write and recognise equivalence of simple
  fractions.
• Tell time to five minutes, including quarter
  past/to.

12
PE

• PE kit must be kept in school.
• Outdoor PE kit Trainers, Jogging Bottoms.
• Your child must be able to take their earrings
  out themselves.
• Clothes must be named.

13
Food

• Healthy eating fruit is available during
  morning playtime.
• Snack on a Friday 25p each. No more than 50p
  please.

Water

• Please provide your child with a water bottle
  that will stay in school from Monday to Friday.
• Water will be changed daily.

14
Performances
Class assemblies Class 5 25th September Class 6
9th October
House Activities Cross Country 30th September
Christmas Production
15
Drop Off and Collection

• Please see your child into the line and allow
  them to come into school on their own. On
  collection (at 300pm) your child will not be
  allowed to leave until they see their adult on
  the school playground.

16
Parents Evening

• Individual Consultations are on 21st and 22nd
  October

17
PTFA

• We are desperate for new PTFA members, please!!!!
• Parent forums!!!
• Thank You