Welcome to Year 2! 2015-2016

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Y2KG – Mrs Gray

Y2CV – Mrs Vincent

Y2KN – Mr Neeson

Y2RE – Mrs Ellingham

Y2SC – Mr Castle

Y2SD – Ms Divers

Y2MK – Ms Keyes

Y2HM – Ms Marsden

Y2CT – Ms Taylor

6 mainstream Year 2 classes, 2 Small group and 1 ESL class

Teachers:

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When a child’s language has developed enough, they will join a mainstream class for certain lessons, for example, daily Maths or weekly Art lessons. This will lead to a full transfer when the child is ready.

ESL

Integration

In class we will be following the Year 2 curriculum but adjusting it to really push the focus on learning English; speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Focus

We will spend social time with other

Year 2 classes.

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Twinning & Integration

We twin for PE, Swimming, Julliard Music, Music at the Academy, Imagineers, Library and specific aspects of PBL

The class teacher and NTA’s support where necessary during these times and will always be there for Library and PBL

If children are able to manage integration for Mandarin they do so on a daily basis

If a child is able to access the mainstream curriculum in any subject area they can be integrated for that specific subject. However the child has to be able to do this without any additional support.

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Term 1 Overview

MathsSecuring Number FactsProblem Solving using operations of addition,

subtraction, multiplication and divisionPlace Value

Measure, Shape, Money and Time

Core Subjects

EnglishTraditional Stories

Stories with Familiar SettingsExplanations and

Instructional TextsPoetry

Speaking and Listening: Cross curricular and

with a drama focus

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Project Based Learning

English National Curriculum (facts) / PBL (skills)

PBL – 6 phases / provocation = questioning = teacher directed by children’s interests

Prototypes – designing, making, problem solving, evaluating and reflecting

‘Work at Home’ – class blogs

‘How we learn what we learn’ – Dr Hopkin

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New National Curriculum

A revised National Curriculum has been published in the UK.

Over the course of the year we will be implementing these changes into our planning.

Our planning includes cross-curricular links, where appropriate, in order to ensure that a broad and balanced curriculum is delivered.

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Differentiation

Everyone works towards the same outcome, but work is differentiated according to ability.

Challenges are set for children that have achieved the learning outcome successfully.

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Homework

Literacy – daily reading

Maths – weekly reinforcement of concepts and skills through our online learning environment Skoolbo (details to follow)

PBL- This can be found under our Work at home tab on the blog and will be updated each new PBL theme

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Reading Fundamentals

Phonic based

15 minute sessions

Love of reading

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Home reading books

Class library

School library

5 times a week

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Contacting the teachers

Emails are not checked during the school day as it interferes with teaching and learning.

They are checked before school and after school within school hours.

We will endeavour to reply to them as soon as we can but have after school meetings, ECAs and training.

Please use the communication book for anything urgent as this is checked each morning or leave a message at the front office.

If you have something less urgent you can email us.

Our email addresses can be found on the school website.

We also encourage all parents to sign up for e-newsletters. As soon as all the parents have signed up we can look at sending out far fewer paper copies.

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Marking

Each piece of work your child completes will be marked using the DCIS marking code

In order to encourage reluctant writers we do not correct every mistake but will correct words that your child is familiar with.

When the children are working the teachers will be moving around the room doing intervention marking this will be indicated by an I

During the brief intervention the children are given their next step

The final product is then marked according to the L.O.

Children who have achieved the LO will get a tick, those that have achieved it with support will have a tick and a WS (with support) Children working towards it will have a WT (working towards) those who have not yet achieved it will have a cross.

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Handwriting

New scheme – Dynamic Letters

Emphasis on muscle development – exercises in class

Importance of correct tripod grip

Writing at speed

Some letter formation is quite different

Story behind each letter formation

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School Trips

The trips over the course of this year will support the children’s learning across a range of subjects.

These trips might include:

A trip to the Botanic Gardens when we study plants and

animals.

A trip to the theatre or Centre Stage to support

our learning in English or Drama.

A trip around traditional Singapore to look at shop houses

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• Be able to pack and unpack their own belongings at the start and the end of each school day independently.

• Be able to dress for P.E. and Swimming independently

• To be able to eat their lunch and snack quickly

• To form numbers and letters correctly

• Present their work neatly with a date and learning outcome

• Bring their Communication Book every day to share any notes from their parent or teacher when necessary..

• Select their own home readers and read every day

• To further develop your child’s independence can you help us to ensure your child makes their way to their class independently. We would also like to say that no parents should visit the classes during the course of the day unless they have been asked to do so by the teacher.

Expectations in Year 2

Children should….

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Thank you.

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