1. Welcome to Year 2 Miss Wood and Miss Thatcher

2. Uniform White polo t-shirt or shirt, with or without school logo. Black, grey or navy, trousers, shorts or skirt. No jeans or tracksuit bottoms please. Black pumps to be worn indoors on wet days. Jewellery, small stud earrings only.

3. Expectations of your child To come to school on time with a readiness to learn. To be organised: return homework on time, to bring their PE kits, reading books, to look after their and school property. We are encouraging responsibility and independence.

4. Adults Miss Scarr Mrs Morrell Miss Dewhurst PPA cover Mrs Cribbes Mrs Head

5. Topics Castles Fire Christmas China Pirates Gardens for Nature World Cup/ Global View

6. Curriculum Coverage Maths, Read, Write Inc/ Literacy, are taught daily. Science, PE, computing, French, RE and PSHCE are taught weekly. Other curriculum subjects such as History, Geography, Art and DT will be taught on a rotational basis and all objectives will be covered.

7. Trips Skipton Castle – Autumn 1 Skelton Grange – Summer 1 Synagogue

8. Special Events Medieval Banquet 17 th October (fancy dress) Class Assembly 17 th October

9. Formal Assessments Children who were unsuccessful in the Year 1 Phonics Assessment will resit this test in June 2014. SATs: Reading, writing and Maths will be assessed in May 2014.

10. Positive Behaviour Management Throughout school from Nursery to Year 6 the teachers use a good to be green system. House points System and stickers. Children are rewarded on a Friday with Friday activities. Each class has 2 bears, 1 is for using good manners and the other is for good work. These are given out daily. The Merit box will be given on a weekly basis to a child who has shown excellent behaviour and effort in all areas of school life. The children who are always good will be invited to a tea party with a senior member of staff.

11. PE Monday and Wednesday sessions. Indoor kit: plain white t-shirt, plain navy, grey or black shorts. Outdoor kit: plain white t-shirt, plain navy, grey or black tracksuit and suitable trainers. Long hair must be tied back and ear rings removed or covered with plasters provided by parents or carers.

12. Communication between home and school Telephone Before and after school Letters Email woodl10@leedslearning.netwoodl10@leedslearning.net thatchl01@leedslearning.net Year 2 blog http://gildersomeyear2.primaryblogger.co.uk/ http://gildersomeyear2.primaryblogger.co.uk/ Reading record. Learning log/homework folder. Please come and see us, don’t brood over any potential issues.

13. Homework Homework will be set on a Friday to be returned on Tuesday. Learning logs Reading Spellings Mental maths Subscription to Mathletics and reading eggs www.mathletics.comwww.mathletics.com

14. Targets Writing Reading Mental Maths These are things the children are almost able to do independently and consistently.

15. How can I support my child? Clear communication between home and school. Encourage them to take pride and responsibility for their work and belongings. Listen to your child read and read with them. Support them to complete their homework. Anything to help them achieve their mental maths targets.

16. School Council The children have nominate themselves to become a school councillor and the class have voted one child from each class to represent Year 2. 2T- James Harrison 2W – Mikey Glynn

17. After school activities Dazzle dance Active club Football

18. Suggestions Are there things that you would like to happen that do not currently take place? Please go away and think about this and let us know. Thank you for your support in our three way partnership.