Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

Our Year 2 class teachers for 2019-2020 are:

Mr McCune in Amethyst Class

Mrs Haynes in Diamond Class

Our LSAs (Learning Support Assistants who help the class teachers) are Mrs Herriot, Mrs Knight and Mrs Radcliffe.

Our SSAs (Special Support Assistants who work with individual children) are Miss Watts and Mrs Lawrence.

Our Year 2 Class Parent Reps are Katie Lord (Amethyst Class Parent Rep) and Celia Farshchi- Heidari (Diamond Class Parent Rep). 

Academic Year 2019-2020

(to be updated - this information is from last year)

Reminders

• P.E. will be on a Tuesday afternoon for Amethyst and Friday afternoon for Diamond.

Summer PE kit; green shorts, white T-shirt, plimsolls.

Winter PE kit; as for the summer but children can also wear green tracksuit top and bottoms.

Please provide additional socks for girls who may be wearing tights.

Please ensure your child has their PE kit at school ready for use and that all clothing is clearly named.

• Library sessions will be on a Wednesday afternoon.
• Show and tell rotates on a weekly basis; each table with a turn on a Monday afternoon. Show and tell must be related to our learning, an achievement (ie certificate or medal), presentation about a hobby or interest or something that has been made (no toys please).
• N.B. awards/certificates can also be presented in a Friday assembly.

Homework

• Daily reading - 10 minutes per day if possible.
• Numeracy game- sent home on Fridays.
• 5² mental maths
• Spelling practise words will be uploaded on the online spelling app on a Thursday and checked in class on a Wednesday.

If you would like to write a comment in your child’s homework diary so the teacher can see how you are getting on please feel free to do so. We will respond to these comments so please ensure that your child hands in their book at the beginning of each week.

For further guidance and support please go to the homework and learning logs area of our website.

Wishing Tree        

During the coming term we would really appreciate donations of:

• Relations who have first hand experiences of evacuation to come and share with the class/year
• Tissues, stickers, cereal boxes for DT (we will remind you nearer the time)
• Old games and puzzles for wet play
• Children’s magazines (inc football or car magazines) for the book corners