St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Welcome to Year 2 2018-2019

Meet the Team 2P – Mrs Partridge (class teacher), Mrs Lammas (teaching assistant) and Mrs Dennis (teaching assistant) 2O – Miss Oshungbure (class teacher), Mrs Morgan (teaching assistant) and Mrs Nelson (teaching assistant).

Aims of the meeting Overview of learning Daily and weekly routines RE and worship Working together to learn together End of Key Stage

Overview of Learning International Primary Curriculum – All Things Bright and Beautiful (Plants and Insects and I’m Alive); What’s It Made Of, Let’s Celebrate, People of the Past, Look and Listen (Science, History, Geography, Art, Design and Technology) National Curriculum for English, Maths, Computing, Music, PE.

Daily and weekly routines PE times and kit – Outdoor games & Gymnastics/Dance Reading book change days Monday – 3 books for the week (book banded and class library book). ‘Stay on Green!’ Fix it time – 8.45 – 9.15 Show and Tell - Friday

RE and Worship Come and See Class Worship Masses and assemblies Beginnings – creation Signs and Symbols - Baptism Class Worship Morning, lunch and end of day prayers Reflection in religion lessons Masses and assemblies Infant assembly Wednesday, whole school Friday, Mass/Stay and Pray once a term (Monday), class assembly (once a year)

Working together to learn together Behaviour Stay on Green Homework Maths – My Maths Spellings – Spelling rules and common exception words. Red spelling books must be brought to school every day please. Reading and reading logs/diaries – Please ensure that these are brought to school every day please. IPC – half termly (2 tasks). There is no book this year. Children can make models, posters, own books. What’s in the news? - presentation

End of Key Stage Assessments (SATs) Take place in May. Used as a checking process – checks on-going assessment. Reading, grammar, spelling and maths. Teacher assessment data to parents in July. End of year expected standards – on our class page on the website

Thank you Thank you very much for coming in today. We are looking forward to getting to know you better throughout the coming year! If you have any further questions regarding this year, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment at the school office. Mrs Partridge and Miss Oshungbure