Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Year 2 and the start of the Autumn term. We are all really looking forward to an enjoyable year.

Curriculum Coverage
This half term our theme is ‘Land, Sea and Me’ with a focus on Geography and the second half term it will be ’Time Travellers’ with a focus on History. Please see our Autumn I curriculum coverage and knowledge organiser for more details.

Who’s Who in Year 2
The Dolphin Class: 2G- Miss Garland
The Seal Class: 2R- Miss Ramshaw
The Stingray Class: 2M- Miss Morris

Learning support across the Year 2 team : Mrs White, Mrs Loy and Mrs Mason

Expectations
We hope that your child will enjoy their time in Year 2. In line with our school values, our priorities are to develop the children’s independence, resilience and attitude towards work. So therefore, the children will be working at a faster pace and be expected to use their initiative.

PE Days
Year 2 PE days are on a Thursday and Friday and please wear PE kit to school on these days. PE lessons will start week beginning 7th September. For health and safety reasons, please could earrings be removed on PE days or we ask you kindly tape over them with micropore tape.

Homework and Spellings
The Homework routine will follow the same pattern as Year 1. It will be weekly via your child’s Microsoft Teams page. Your child has a week to complete their homework. It will be set on a Friday and will need to be ‘turned in’ the following Thursday by 5pm.
Year 2 spellings and handwriting that have been practised in school will also be on the same PDF sheet as homework. Learning the spellings will consolidate the learning of spellings in school. There will be no formal spelling test, but the expectation is that we will see them spelt correctly in workbooks.

Please, please, please… could you label everything that your child brings to school. It is almost impossible to tell one jumper from another! Please could we ask that your child uses a sports top plastic bottle rather than a metal one. Bottles will be refilled throughout the day.

Thank you for your support,

The Year 2 Teaching Team.