1. Year 2 Information Meeting
Meet the team and expectations

2. School values

3. Exciting year ahead!
Heroes or villains Themed weeks Performance trip to York College! Rumble in the jungle Visit from an animal expert! Oooh aaah me ‘earties Pirates and mermaids performance Year 2 love fancy dress so dust off your dressing up boxes!

4. Year 2 Assessments Taken during May
Delivered in classroom or small groups with familiar adults
Not strictly timed
Assessments feed into ongoing assessments throughout the year

5. English expectations Reading Writing
Read fluently common exception, two or more syllables words
Read without overt sounding out and blending, up to 90 words per minute
Answer questions and make some inferences
Able to identify the meaning of words and phrases
Vocabulary- using adjectives, powerful verbs, adverbs, and writing different types of sentences.
Spelling words- common exception words accurately, some contracted forms(don’t, I’ll, won’t), adding suffixes- (_ly, _ed, _ing, _ful) and making the correct choice in the spelling of graphemes.
Conjunctions- using a range to extend and add detail- and, but, because, if, or, when, so that
Punctuation- consistent use of capital letters and full stops with some question and exclamation marks
Handwriting- correct orientation and size, spaces between words and beginning to join.

6. Maths expectations
Partition two digit numbers into different combinations
Use partitioning to add and subtract calculations
Subtract a two digit number from a two digit number
Recognise the inverse of operations
Recall multiplication and division facts for 2,5 and 10 times tables.
Identify a fraction of an amount and shape- 1/3, 1/4, 1/2, 2/4, ¾
Use coins to make different amounts- e.g. how many £2 coins are needed to exchange for a £20 note?
Read scales of ones, twos, fives and tens in a practical situation
Read the time to the nearest 15 minutes
Properties of 2D and 3D shapes- sides, vertices, line of symmetry, edges

7. How can you support your child in Year 2?
Support with homework- reading, spelling, alternative week of maths and reading comps
Coming into school prepared
Plenty of talk
Visits out and about
Family time
Plenty of playing
Sleep and a good diet