Welcome to Year 2!

Emerald and Jade

Our teaching team: Miss Little (Jade class), Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Gawthrope (Emerald class)

Additional teaching staff: Mrs Clelland and Mrs Talmage

Teaching assistants: Mrs Richards, Mrs Lee and Miss Cornwell

PE

Our PE days are Wednesdays (indoor) and Thursdays (outdoor). Children will need to come to school wearing their PE kids on these days. They will stay in their PE kits all day. If your child wears earrings, please make sure they are removed before school on PE days.

Reading Records

Every child has been given their own reading record. Please record what they read each day at home. The expectation is that they will be reading at least 4 times a week at home to build their reading fluency and understanding. We ask for pupils to bring their reading records into school every Tuesday to monitor their reading progress and to put their weekly spellings lists in for them to practise at home.

Spellings

Our weekly spelling tests are on Tuesdays for those who have completed the RWI (Read Write Inc) scheme. We will send home the list of words to practise every Tuesday, and go through them together in school on Thursdays. Please help your child practise them at home so that they become fluent spellers and writers - the words they are tested on are frequently used words, and so the more familiar they are with reading and writing them, the better!

Spelling activities will be available electronically on The Spelling Shed, where your child can access a range of activities. It can be accessed here: The Spelling Shed. They should aim to complete at least 3 spelling activities each week. Spellings can also be practised using a range of handwritten methods, such as:

• Look, Cover, Write Check
•  Rainbow Writing (e.g. beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful)
•  Waterfall Writing (e.g. below)

b

be

bea

beau

beaut

beauti

beautif

beautifu

beautiful

Time Tables Test

We have weekly times tables tests, in line with The Vine's 'Times Table Mountain Challenge', every Friday in school. Children are given 5 minutes to complete 40 questions. The order in which we learn the times tables are as follows:

Mount Elbrus:

• x10
• x2
• x5
• x2, x5 and x10

Children need to get all 40 questions correct two times (not consecutively) before they are allowed to move onto the next challenge. Please practise these at home as much as you can to give them every chance of success they can get!