Year 2 Staff Team

Hello and welcome!

We are so excited to be teaching in Year 2, an important year as we prepare children for Key Stage 2. Our aim is to ensure that all pupils feel happy, supported and challenged through quality first teaching within their classroom environment. By continuing to provide the foundations of knowledge through a carefully designed and enriching curriculum, we aim to empower children so they can start to critically apply what has been taught.

Here are just a few of the wonderful things pupils will be learning over the year:

• Discovering and exploring new artistic skills in painting and drawing
• Learning about the Great Fire of London and the impact it had
• Delving into uses of everyday materials
• Building an understanding of others around us and celebrating differences

By the end of Year 2, we are confident your child will have had an enriching experience which has built on their understanding of key topics and personally developed them as individuals.

Below is further information that we think parents may find useful but please don’t hesitate to speak to us directly if you would like further details on anything.

Timetable:

• PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday. Children must wear their school PE kit on the days they are having PE lessons. Please remember to take earrings out on these days and long hair must be tied back.  

• Every Thursday afternoon, children will be taught by our specialist PE coaches (Coach Nathan and Coach Simmeon) and by our wonderful Head of Music - Mr Mather.

Home Learning:

In addition to the Daily Fluency Practice, weekly Home Learning is set on a Friday and collected the following Thursday. Pupils will use Collins Practice Workbooks for English and Maths where they will be set one task that will be linked to their class learning. It is important that children only complete activities that are set for that week by the teacher.

Optional ‘Half Termly Projects’ are also set where we encourage children to make one project relating to a topic they are being taught over that half term.

Trips: 

In Year 2, we are hoping to book the following experiences over the year. Information will be communicated to parents nearer the time once bookings are confirmed. Parent confirmations and payments must be made via Arbor.

• Autumn: Tower of London 
• Spring: London Zoo
• Summer: Hindu Temple

Key Dates:

We are looking forward to providing parents with a variety of opportunities to visit the school and speak with teachers over the year. Below are some examples of such events where parents will receive an email closer to the date to confirm exact dates and times. 

• Class assemblies: 
  • Jemison – 17th November 2023 and 22nd March 2023
  • Turing – 19th January 2023 and 24th May 2023

• Parent Evenings:
  • 11^th – 12^th Oct
  • Jan – (TBC dates)

• Open Classroom Week:
  • 6th – 9^th November
  • 11^th – 14^th March

• Events:
  • 2^nd Nov: Black Culture Celebration Evening
  • 18^th April: Eid Celebration Evening
  • 22^nd – 23^rd May: Music Extravaganza
  • 4^th – 10^th: Sports Days

Parent Support: 

We value the offer of support from parents in any way. Parents have supported the school by hearing children read, volunteering in the classroom & for school trips, helping at whole school events, managing the library, and many other fantastic ways. Additionally, parents have offered their time and specialised skills such as decorating corridors with engaging art displays or building structures for plants in the playground. Furthermore, some parents have purchased equipment and resources through their child’s year group ‘Amazon Wish List’, which you can do here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1WJ2JQ8BXX9ZO?ref_=wl_share

If you would like to support the school in any way, please contact us or the office and please remember, this is not an expectation of parents / carers to do.