Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Mr J O'Neil is Class 8’s Teacher.

Mrs E Downing is Class 9’s Teacher

Mrs R Kerton is Year 2's HLTA and Mrs K Talbot is Year 2's Teaching Assistant.

Our Curriculum

We cover a range of interesting topics across the school year. The yearly overview provided gives an insight to some of the activities your child will be participating in and experiencing each term.

Class Information and Homework

PE Lessons

We have PE lessons twice a week so please ensure your child has their P.E. kit in school at the beginning of each week and it is named.

Phonics

We consolidate phonics knowledge throughout Year 2 to help children secure their spelling and reading skills. We also ensure those children who need to re-take the Phonics Screening Check in the Summer Term have timetabled phonics sessions.

Reading

At Wingate Primary School, we aim to foster a love of reading and to increase exposure to different types of texts. Through regular reading, we aim to develop children's reading for meaning skills.

We have a reading area in class and we encourage children to enjoy a variety of different books and to share these with their peers.

Every child has a Bug Club book to read in school each week.  This is taken home over the weekend to share with parents/carers and changed on a Monday morning.

Maths

Children are encouraged to use Numbots online programme at home with a weekly target of around 10 minutes, 5 times per week, to build speed, accuracy and confidence. 

During daily maths lessons children are encouraged to use and explore a variety of resources including Tens Frames, Base Ten and Rekenreks, building towards using written methods more independently.

Homework

Homework will be sent home with your child every Friday and needs to be returned by the following Wednesday. This will include a page in their Comprehension book, a new page will be set each week. A new reading book will also be sent home along with the yellow reading record for you to write comments in about your child’s reading. Homework also includes regular spelling practise and maths.

Children are also expected to log onto Numbots each week and we encourage children to complete tasks regularly. As well as this, children need to log on to Bug Club and complete allocated activities.

Rights Respecting homework will be sent home once every half term and will replace the homework for that week.