Your Child in Year 2

Wednesday 18th September 2013

Transition• Understanding the importance of the

transition between Year 1 and Year 2

• Establishing rules and routines

• Continuing to develop the independence of your children

• Continuing high expectations of all children

Independent Children

• Establishing routines at the start of the day: Blue homework diary handed in Home reading book changed and handed in or

put in your drawer Number bond / times table card handed in On appropriate days, spelling book or

homework book handed in Letters or notes handed to the teacher Blue folder in the box

• Establishing routines at the end of the day: Collect blue folder from the box Collect homework diary, reading book and

number bond / times table card On appropriate days, collect homework book,

homework and spelling book Collect lunchbox and coats Collect letters when appropriate P.E kits are sent home at the end of every half

term

Independent Children

Year 2 TopicsAutumn: Chicken Soup

Spring: Storyboard

Summer: Conflict

A Weekly Timetable• PE ~ Thursday am and one afternoon per

week

• Homework ~ due in each Monday and new homework given out each Tuesday

• Reading ~ heard at least once per week

• Number bonds / times tables ~ tested weekly.

• Spellings ~ tested on a Tuesday and new spellings given out on a Wednesday

P.E• Ensure all kit is named and in school

• Navy tracksuits are encouraged as the weather gets colder

• Hair should be tied back and tape placed over earrings

• Spare socks should be kept in P.E bags

• A coloured t-shirt to match your house

Blue Homework Diaries

• Use them to communicate with the teacher

• We will use them to communicate with you

• Please return them to school on a daily basis

• Make sure your child is aware of any notes, so they remember to hand it to the teacher

• Please sign every week

Homework• Short and frequent sessions

• Reinforces the work completed in school or prepares for future learning

• Encourage your child to work independently, but be available for support

• Add notes about how they get on, so we are aware of the level of challenge provided

Reading with Your Child

• Words are everywhere

• Reading strategies

• Encourage success

• Changing books

• Word games

• Comprehension and inference

Number Bonds• Why do them?

• How often?

• Number bond diary ~ use it to let us know how your child is getting on at home with number bonds

• Weekly tests

Spellings and Phonics

• Important for reading and writing .

• Spellings will link to the phonemes they are learning that week.

• Spellings are usually decodable wish w-i-sh

quoit qu-oi-t

• Weekly tests and half termly high frequency word assessments.

Phonics• Some of the lingo you may be hearing at

home• Phoneme ~ the sound• Grapheme ~ how written• Diagraph ~ a phoneme made up of 2 letters

(ai)• Trigraph ~ a phoneme made up of 3 letters

(igh)• Phoneme Buttons ~ marking the number

of phonemes in a word (this can help with spelling)

tin with rain night liquid

Assessments• Continual assessment throughout the year

• Official assessment week in the Summer Term

• End of Key Stage levels are as follows:Level 3

Level 2a (School Expectation)Level 2b (National Average)

Level 2cLevel 1

Question Examples

Question Examples

Educational Visits

Autumn: National Portrait Gallery

Spring: Visit to cinema subject to film

availabilitySummer: Windsor Castle

Helping in School• Parents and/or grandparents

• Reading, words in a bag, visits, computer, trips, nativity (particularly sorting costumes), sewing

• You will be asked to work with the year group, but not necessarily directly with your child

• Class rep’s

• CRB Checks

Thank you for coming and for your continuing

support