Key Days for Diary 

Year 2 parent information meeting: TBC

PE Days:  Tuesdays and Thursdays for both classes. Please ensure children come to school in their PE kit on these days.  

Library: 

2J: Friday 

2B: Wednesday 

Books are issued for two weeks at a time but can be returned earlier. If your child wishes to keep a book for longer than two weeks, please send it in to school on their library day so that it can be renewed.

Homework: Reading, spelling shed, numbots

Reading: We would like the children to read at home at least 4- 5 times a week with an adult or as often as possible. 

Spelling:

   (link)   (logins in reading records)

Spelling challenges are set every Friday on Spelling Shed .. 

The words will comprise of spellings linked to the spelling taught that week 

We would like children to practice their spellings regularly and complete their 5 games per week.

Numbots:

 We would like children to extend their learning by using Numbots. Weekly activity goals are set at 15 minutes and will tell the children when they have completed their 15 minutes per week. 

Autumn Curriculum information:

 English:  

This term we will be learning how to write stories with interesting characters.  

We are learning to use: 

 Cursive Handwriting 

We will be introducing joined up handwriting in Year 2. 

Three lessons per week will be taught using a planned sequence of letter families. 

    Spelling :

This term we will revisit Phase 5 phonics. 

Small group catch-up phonics sessions will continue for any children that require extra time to secure their phonics knowledge. 

Guided Reading sessions 

Children will have whole class reading sessions 3 times a week. 

These sessions take extracts from well known texts and explore reading for fluency and understanding (comprehension)