Year 2

What to expect in Year 2

Improving Language and Maths Skills

Welcome to Year 2! The final year of KS1 will see your child being encouraged to work more independently. At this age, most children will have improved their ability to coordinate movement and their language/speech will be increasingly complex and grammatically correct, so it’s an exciting year for children, parents and teachers. This guide will help you to understand what your child will be learning and suggest helpful ways in which you can support them at home.

Further really useful information for parents from Oxford Owl can be found here: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/at-school/year-2-at-primary-school/

Hello 2J and 2S

We hope you are looking forward to a fantastic year ahead, filled with exciting learning and fun.

Reading

You should be reading every day (if possible), little and often really is the best option with 5-10 minutes every day being a great starting point. Research into learning shows that the more that you develop your comprehension skills and understanding of vocabulary the better you will do in school across the whole of the curriculum. School reading will take place daily, so please bring your reading book and reading record to school every day as there will be opportunities to read to the class teacher and teaching assistant throughout the week.

P.E days will be on a Monday and Wednesday. On these days your child can wear their PE kit into school.

Please wear appropriate P.E kit to school to as some sessions will be outdoors unless weather does not allow for this.

Homework

Homework will consist of reading at home at least x3 per week, alongside reviewing your weekly CLIC , Learn It and SAFE challenges and spelling practice. Optional online activities include the use of Purple Mash. If you have any questions please ask a member of the year 2 team.

Spellings

Spelling sheets will be sent home termly, covering common exception words and those linked to your child's phonics phase.

Seesaw App

Please do continue to use this app to get in contact with us, but please contact the school office (office@pomphlettprimary.co.uk or 01752 408966) directly during the day as we may not see any urgent messages during teaching time.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us via: a message on Seesaw, phone call to the school or popping into the school office. We look forward to working with you on your child's education this year.

Mrs Jarvis and Mr Sargeant

Year 2 Knowledge Organisers

PSHCE Curriculum at Pomphlett At Pomphlett Primary School we have developed a whole school thematic approach so that different year groups will be working on similar themes at the same time throughout the year, allowing for cross-phase collaboration and to enable them to link the PSHCE curriculum to whole school assemblies and class learning opportunities.

PE Curriculum at Pomphlett At Pomphlett Primary School, we deliver a high-quality Physical Education curriculum that encourages all pupils to lead active lifestyles in a range of ways, through access to wide-ranging and inclusive sports, not just traditional games. This aims to inspire pupils to have an enthusiasm for all forms of physical activity from an early age, which supports both their health and well being.

RE Curriculum at Pomphlett Our main aim of religious education at Pomphlett is to explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live, so that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living

Useful links to use at home

Please use the links below to support home learning.

If you forget your passwords at anytime please let a member of the Year 2 team know so we can help

Purple Mash Purple Mash is a cloud-based platform for primary-aged children. It contains a wide range of age-appropriate, creative software tools for writing, drawing, coding, animating, blogging and much more

My Maths My Maths is an interactive online teaching and homework website to build pupil engagement with maths and consolidate maths knowledge.

Numbots Numbots is an online game and playing little and often will significantly improve your child's recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts.

TT Rockstars The website allows the children to practise their times tables through a competitive element.

Spelling Shed Our whole-school scheme for spelling gives 100% coverage of the National Curriculum including all statutory words and spelling rules