Welcome to Year 2's Class Page!

Class teacher: Mrs Pimenta

Teaching assistants: Mrs Taylor and Mrs Bi

Homework

Spellings (via class page on school website - see below):

Out - Monday

Test – following Monday

English (alternating between reading comprehension and SPaG in CGP book)

Out- Monday

Due- following Monday 

Maths (via Mymaths):

Out - Monday

Due - following Monday

Reading Books:

Out – Monday

Due – following Monday

Library books:

Changed on a Monday  (please note your child can only have 1 book out at a time)

Key Dates

Wednesday 9^th September – Meet the Teacher

Monday 14^th September – Homework starts

Thursday 29^th September  – Harvest service at church

W/B 12^th October – Book fair all week

Monday 12^th October – Drama workshop

Wednesday 14^th October – individual school photos

Thursday 15^th October – Windsor Castle Trip

Friday 16^th October – Black History Day

W/B 19th October – Half term

Friday 13^th November – Children in need talent show

Thursday 19^th November – Y2 Class Assembly

W/B 23^rd November – Assessment Week and Culture Week

Wednesday 2^nd December - Christmas lunch

Monday 7^th December – KS1 Nativity Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday 8^th December – KS1 Nativity to parents

Friday 11^th December – Christmas Jumper Day

Tuesday 15^th December – Elgiva Pantomime

Thursday 17^th December – Christmas Church Service

Friday 18^th December – End of term (1:30pm finish)

Resources to support teaching spellings at home

In year 2, types of spellings and spelling patterns that children are expected to know continues to increase. As well as further 'common exception words' (words that don't follow the usual rules but are used regularly), there is a whole series of spelling patterns and rules for children to learn. Teachers often find that getting children to learn spellings is one thing but then getting them to use them in their everyday writing is another. All the more reason why children should practise their spellings in different ways and then be given the chance to use them in their writing. In addition, when a new spelling rule has been taught, children need to learn how to apply that rule to all words, not just a list they have been given to learn at home. If you wish to boost your child's spelling ability even further, encourage them to read as often as possible; exposure to lots of words will lead to a better understanding of spelling.

Children could practise their spellings with paint, sand, scrabble tiles - be creative as you like! Below are a few methods of learning spellings which you may wish to try out and I hope you find useful.

Free Readers

If your child is a free reader, that means they have successfully worked their way through all of the colour bands on our reading scheme, exposing them to a wide range of genres and vocabulary. 

Now they are a free reader and are able to choose what books they would like to read themselves. These could be chosen from home, our school library or a public library. Although these children will not need to bring in their books for changing each Friday, they do still need to bring in their yellow reading record to show us what they have been reading.

At this point, children can take a little more ownership of their yellow reading records to prepare them for KS2 - they might like to write in it themselves recording the pages they have read and something they have enjoyed about the book. I do encourage parents to monitor this somewhat still; sign your child's reading record each week to show you have seen them reading and children should still be reading aloud to an adult at least once a week as free readers to continue developing expression and fluency. Please also encourage children to read books that will challenge them. You can find our recommended reading lists on the reading curriculum page of our website. 

If you have any questions about being a free reader, please let me know.