1. Welcome to
Year 2 Parents'Evening.
2011

2. What do we do in Year 2? Numeracy Literacy Counting Place Value
2D and 3D Shapes
Handling Data
Measures
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.
Money
Using and applying
Literacy
Instructions
Letter Writing
Recounts
Riddles
Story writing
Poetry

3. Science History/ Geography Art
Health and Growth.
Grouping and changing materials.
Forces.
Plants and animals in the local environment.
Variation.
Electricity.
History/ Geography
Great Fire of London.
Florence Nightingale.
The Seaside in the Past.
Katie Morag – The Isle of Struay.
The Seaside.
Bhola Island.
Art
Painting, collage, model making, DT – moving vehicles and frames.

4. Using instruments- specialist teaching from Miss White
Here I Am
Homes and Families
Signs and Symbols
Visitors
Celebrations
Thanksgiving
Self- Giving
Holidays/Holydays
Building Bridges
Difference
Judaism
French
Continuing from Year 1
Simple conversations, songs and counting.
Music
Songs
Using instruments- specialist teaching from Miss White
Games
Throwing and catching, kicking and aiming. Team games, Gymnastics and Dance.

5. Blocked Curriculum
Topic work has now been blocked to help the children maintain enthusiasm and interest as well as linking other subjects to the topic.
For example –
History –Great Fire of London weeks
Art – Making Tudor Houses week
ICT – Newspaper Report on the Great Fire week
Big Write – Writing on the Great Fire On going

6. Expectations.
In Year 2 we build upon the foundations that have been laid down in Reception and Year 1.
Some of us have acquired the basic skills of Literacy and Numeracy and can use these skills to work independently.
Some of us are still developing these skills and need our teachers to support us in our learning journey.
Please remember that each child follows their own learning journey and we support them as they mature and develop.

7. By the end of Year 2 we want our children to be?
HAPPY ENTHUSIASTIC INQUISTIVE LEARNERS!!!!
Be able to work independently.
Stay on task (30/40 minutes).
Communicate and express themselves confidently within class.
Develop an awareness of the needs of others in class, school and the wider world.
Show empathy and willingness to help others.

8. How do we achieve this? Through the Year 2 Team :-
Mrs Baker/ Mrs O’Rourke, Mrs Nawrocki and Mrs Hennessy
Mrs Mc Gain and Mrs McQueen
Mrs Rogers.
As a Year group we strive to create a positive atmosphere and can do approach by a system of rewards.
Individual star charts.
Group table awards
Star of the week
Stickers to reinforce teacher expectations.
Well Done!

9. Within the curriculum we may use many different strategies to develop the children’s learning.
We work in groups.
where we develop turn-taking
listen to and respond to others
collaboration.
We work in pairs.
develop skills and ideas
communicate them confidently
We work independently.

10. We work as a class.
Sharing ideas
Depending on the lesson purpose children will be grouped accordingly – which can be mixed ability and work is differentiated.

11. Frequently asked questions.
Do I correct every word when my child is writing? No. The children should be able to write high frequency words and harder words should be phonetically plausible.
What can I do when my child can’t blend a word?
Certain words such as – because, said, what cannot be blended therefore the children need to develop sight vocabulary and memorise whole words.
How do I best support my child with reading?
Talk about the story.
Ask the 5 W’s – Who, What, Where, When, Why?
Decode – break words into sounds.
Guess- from the meaning of the sentence what the words is.

12. What do I do if my child reverses letters and numbers?
Simply practise b d p q
Numbers practise correct orientation
Do you do SATS?
Yes we do. The children complete a writing, reading maths and spelling test.
The children complete the tests in summer term in small groups during lessons so that they are unaware.
Where should my child be at the end of Year 2?
The average child should be at level 2 by the end of the summer.
So in Maths a level 2 child would be able to –
Count and record up to 100 and round numbers to nearest 10
Understand place value to 3 places.
Add, Subtract, (understand more and less) Multiply and Divide in number, money and measures.
Recognise 2D and 3D shapes.

13. Handle Data.
Read scales.
Measure in cm and m.
Understand position and direction and use terms – ¼ turn clockwise.
Tell time – O’clock, quarter past and half past.
In Literacy a level 2 child would be able to –
Recognise Year 2 high frequency words and use their phonic skills to decode unfamiliar words.
In writing a level 2 child would be able to –
Write a sentence containing a noun, verb, adjective and connective.
Write a page of A4 either as a story, recount or letter with a clear beginning middle and end and punctuated with capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

14. We look forward to a HAPPY YEAR together.
Partnership.
None of this would be possible without the support of you, the parents. Our aim is to work as a team in partnership with you to do the very best for the children in our care!
We look forward to a HAPPY YEAR together.
Thank you from all of us.