Welcome to Year 2!

Our Year 2 class teachers for 2022-2023 are:

Mrs M Watt and Mrs S Groat (Thursday) in Amethyst Class

Mrs Ketley in Diamond Class

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

Our SSA (Special Support Assistants who work with individual children) is Miss Rogers

Our Year 2 Class Parent Reps are Izzy Micklewright (Amethyst Class Parent Rep) and Sophie Noble (Diamond Class Parent Rep).

Year 2 - 2022-2023

Expectations for our Year Group

• What to bring to school: bookbags, reading books, reading record, waterproof coat, water bottle everyday. Spelling book in on a Monday.
• Children are given the opportunity to change their book every morning.
• Homework - Spellings uploaded to Google Classroom every Wednesday, Maths 5 squared and a game uploaded every Thursday - there is no need to hand Maths homework in but please let us know if your child is struggling with something.
• PE days wear kit to school - Autumn term is a Wednesday.
• Behaviour - rewards and consequences
• No toys to be brought into school - no show and tell in Year 2.

Our Topics and key books/authors for this coming year:

Autumn

Topic: Great Fire of London

Key Author: Julia Donaldson and James Mayhew

Spring

Topic: Africa

Key Author: Dick King Smith and Oliver Jeffers

Summer

Topic: Adventurers and Explorers

Key Author: Roald Dahl and Non-Fiction

Curriculum Enrichment

Trips

Woburn Safari Park: Spring Term

Captain Cook Memorial Walk: Summer Term

Science STEM Week: Autumn Term

Arts Week: Spring Term

Sports Week: Summer Term

PE - This year we have Mr Ballard coming in to teach PE with each year group. He is also doing playleader workshops and will teach healthy eating - Change4life.