Welcome to Year 2
At Thornhill Lees Infant and
Nursery School
This booklet includes important
information about expectations in
Year 2 in 2016.
This booklet contains important information and expectations in Year 2. It is
important that your child becomes an independent, successful and confident
learner during their time in Year 2. We will do everything we can to fulfil our
responsibilities to help your child to achieve their best. We look forward to
working with you in ensuring that your child settles into Year 2 happily and
comfortably. If you have any concerns please don’t hesitate to come into school
to talk to us.
2MH
Class teachers: Mrs S McNulty and Mrs K Hardcastle
ETA: Mrs A Rafiq
2TR
Class teacher: Ms T Rasul
ETA: Ms S Siddat
2FA
Class Teacher: Mrs F Aleem
ETA: Mrs S Ellis
Support Assistants
Mrs Roberts
Headteacher: Mrs M Hissett
If your child is absent from school, please contact the School Office on 01924
325340 by 9am.
The Year 2 Team
Introduction
The school uniform is a burgundy sweatshirt/cardigan and a
white polo shirt or shirt/blouse matched with grey trousers or
skirt or dress. Please make sure your child comes to school
wearing their uniform every day.
Shoes should have non-slip soles for safety on outdoor play equipment. Please
encourage your child to learn how to tie their own shoe laces.
Your child will also need the following for PE.
Indoor PE kit: This must be brought into school
on the first day of each new term and will be kept in the classroom, in a PE bag, on your child’s peg. It will be sent home at the end of each term.
Outdoor PE kit: This can be brought in on the
day of your child’s outdoor PE lesson.
A pair of black pumps
Dark coloured shorts/leggings
A T-shirt
A pair of tracksuit bottoms/leggings
A tracksuit jacket/jumper/fleece
A pair of outdoor trainers
Outdoor PE Days
2MH: Monday 2TR: Tuesday 2FA: Thursday
Please make sure that all clothes items (coats, uniforms and
PE kits), have your child’s name clearly written inside them.
Lost Property: Lost property is kept at the back of the school hall. If your child
does lose an item of clothing, please speak to their class teacher who will then
arrange for the child to look in the Lost Property box.
Jewellery: No jewellery should be worn in school, particularly earrings, which
are a potential safety hazard.
School Uniform
The school day starts at 8.50am. Each morning, there is a focused
activity for you to complete with your child. This is called Sharing
Time. Each morning, you and your child will complete a different
activity. They are:
Monday Writing Holiday or Weekend News.
Tuesday Reading their independent reading book and writing a book review.
Wednesday Handwriting Practice
Thursday Maths Challenge
It is very important that your child arrives at school on time so that they can
complete these activities. It is also a good opportunity for you to see what your
child is learning in class, how they are progressing and it is also a time when you
can speak to the class teacher.
The School Day
The Year 2 morning begins with English and Maths which is taught every day.
In English, your child will be taught how to:
Read through shared, guided and independent
reading;
Write through shared, guided and independent
writing;
Speak with confidence in small and large groups;
Listen and value the contributions from others.
How you can support your child at home:
Listen to your child read and you read to them;
Help your child to learn the next 200 high frequency words;
Make sure they start sentences with a capital letter and end them with a
full stop;
Remember to spell all known words correctly in their writing;
Use conjunctions (and, because, so and but) in their writing;
Use adjectives (describing words) in their writing to make it interesting
to read;
Plan what they want to write before writing it.
Handwriting
When writing, always encourage your child to form their letters correctly. In
Year 2, we teach the children how to join up their handwriting however, if they
don’t form their letters correctly, they cannot move onto this. Please look in
your child’s homework book for how we form our letters in school and
encourage them to practise these at home when writing their spelling words
and sentences.
Morning Sessions
Below are the next 200 high frequency words your child will be learning to read
and write in Year 2:
water away good want over how did man going where
would or took school think
home who didn’t ran know
bear can’t again cat long
things new after wanted eat
everyone our two has yes
play take thought dog well
find more I’ll round tree
magic shouted us other food
fox through way been stop
must red door right sea
these began boy animals never
next first work lots need
that’s baby fish gave mouse
something bed may still found
live say soon night narrator
small car couldn’t three head king town I’ve around every
garden fast only many laughed
let’s much suddenly told another
great why cried keep room
last jumped because even am
before gran clothes tell key
fun place mother sat boat
window sleep feet morning queen
each book its green different
let girl which inside run
any under hat snow air
trees bad tea top eyes
fell friends box dark granddad
there’s looking end than best
better hot sun across gone
hard floppy really wind wish
eggs once Please thing stopped
ever miss most cold park lived birds duck horse rabbit
white coming he’s river liked
giant looks use along plants
dragon pulled we’re fly grow
When your child can read all of these words, they will win a
prize so please practise reading them at home too.
In Maths, your child will be taught how to:
Solve problems mentally, practically and by recording;
Read and write numbers to 100 and beyond in figures and words;
Add, subtract, multiply and divide;
Collect information and present it in different ways including tally charts
and bar graphs;
Name and describe the properties of 2D and 3D regular and irregular
shapes;
Find right angles on a shape;
Use directional language accurately;
Read the time.
How you can support your child at home:
Practise forming numbers correctly
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Learn number bonds to 10 and to 20 by heart
Number bonds to 10 0 + 10 = 10 1 + 9 = 10 2 + 8 = 10 3 + 7 = 10 4 + 6 = 10 5 + 5 = 10 6 + 4 = 10 7 + 3 = 10 8 + 2 = 10 9 + 1 = 10 10 + 0 = 10
Number bonds to 20 0 + 20 = 20 11 + 9 = 20 1 + 19 = 20 12 + 8 = 20 2 + 18 = 20 13 + 7 = 20 3 + 17 = 20 14 + 6 = 20 4 + 16 = 20 15 + 5 = 20 5 + 15 = 20 16 + 4 = 20 6 + 14 = 20 17 + 3 = 20 7 + 13 = 20 18 + 2 = 20 8 + 12 = 20 19 + 1 = 20 9 + 11 = 20 20 + 0 = 20 10 + 10 = 20
Afternoon Sessions
Every afternoon, the children explore the foundation subjects of the curriculum
through a topic. Every half term the children will acquire and develop a variety
of skills through a theme.
Term 1A Keeping Healthy
Term 1B Transport Term 2A Amazing Animals
Term 2B Go Green Term 3A Creature Comforts
Term 3B Seaside Holidays
Details of what the children will be learning during each topic will be handed
out at the beginning of each half term. Details are also on the School Blog. On
the Year 2 landing there is a Year 2 Information Board which shows the key
learning objectives for the week.
In Year 2 we will continually assess your child’s progress in class in reading,
writing and maths. Your child will have targets at the front of their English and
Maths book. There is a reading bookmark inside their Reading Record on their
table in a basket which outlines the end of Year 2 expectations that your child
needs to achieve by the end of the year. As your child achieves these, they will
be ticked off in their book or reading book mark. Please look in their book and
bookmark during Sharing Time so that you can see how your child is doing in
class.
At the end of each half term, your child will be formally assessed in Spoken
Language, Reading, Writing, Maths and Science. Their progress is tracked very
carefully to make sure they are achieving their targets. If a child is not making
sufficient progress, they will go to an Intervention Group to give them extra
support. If a child is working well below expectations, they will be given an
Individual Education Plan where they will receive extra support in the specific
area. You will be invited into school to discuss this.
In Year 2 we do not level the children, we state whether they are:
Working Towards Age Related Expectations
Meeting Age Related Expectations
Working at Greater Depth
There are three Parent Meetings during the school year where your child’s class
teacher will inform you of how your child is progressing through the Year 2
expectations and they will give you targets to work on at home to support your
child’s learning. They will also inform you if your child is taking part in any
Intervention Groups.
Assessment in Year 2
Every Friday, your child will take home a reading book, spellings and a maths
activity. All homework should be returned on the Monday of the following
week to give the class teacher sufficient time to mark the homework and
change over the reading books.
Reading
The reading book is the same stage of text that your child is reading in Guided
Reading. There is a Reading Record in their homework bag for you to comment
on how your child has read and understood it.
Spellings
In their homework book there are words that your child has been learning in
Phonics for them to practice spelling and writing in sentences. Always
encourage neat handwriting, starting sentences with a capital letter, ending the
sentence with a full stop and good spelling. The children will be
tested on these words on a Friday.
Maths
In their homework book, there will be a Maths activity based upon what they
have been learning in Maths that week. If your child finds it hard to remember
what they have done or has found the homework challenging, please speak to
their class teacher.
At the end of each half term, we also give the children a topic piece of
homework and a comprehension to do.
You can purchase a school book bag from the school office for £3.
Please make sure your child brings their book bag to school every
day and then they will be able to change their library book and
choose a book from the class reading area daily.
Homework
In Year 2, we plan trips and visitors that link to our topic work.
Below is an overview of trips and visitors for this academic year.
Term 1A Rugby Coach Term 1B None
Term 2A Pantomime Trip Visiting a church and a mosque
Term 2B Tree spotting at Sparrow Woods Term 3A Pond dipping at Headfield and Tree shaking at
School and Sparrow Woods IPad Art with Year 3 at Headfield junior School
Term 3B Visiting Bridlington A local sculptor will be den building with us
Extra-Curricular Activities
Every term various clubs are run in school. Some are at lunch time and some
are after school. To avoid any disappointment please make sure you return any
club letters to school as soon as possible. We do keep a register of which child
attends which club to try and ensure that the children do have a turn.
Year 2 Assemblies and Production
At the end of each half term, the children in Year 2 take part in a Good Work
Assembly and this is to celebrate their hard work. At these assemblies, children
will be chosen from each class to share their work with the rest of the school
and will receive a certificate. A register is kept to make sure all children receive
praise for their hard work. Every Friday there is a Celebration assembly which
you are invited to. You will see the children being rewarded for hard work and
following our school rules. Finally, there is the end of Year 2 Production which
is always a huge success and delight to watch. The children thoroughly enjoy
taking part in these special events especially performing in front of their parents
and family. So please support them and attend.
Trips and Visitors in Year 2
School Meals
The Government provides a Universal Free School Meal
for every child in our school free of charge. If you wish
your child to have a packed lunch instead of a free school
meal, please inform the school office. If you would like to
change from a free school dinner to a packed lunch or a
packed lunch to a free school dinner, you will need to
speak to the office as soon as possible.
Every day your child will receive a piece of fruit which is free of charge. If your
child would like to have a small carton of milk, the cost of this is £10.00 per term.
Although no payment is required for your child’s school meal, if your child is
entitled to free school meals and milk, it is vital that you still register with
Kirklees in order to claim for your child’s milk payment.
If you believe your child is entitled to free school meals and milk then
information regarding this can be obtained from Kirklees Direct, Civic Centre,
Huddersfield (Tel: 01484 221928/221000) or click on the link:
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/leisure/sportHealth/freeSchoolMeals.aspx
Allergies and Special diets
If your child has an allergy or specific food requirements, please inform the class
teacher.
Water Bottles
Your child will be encouraged to drink water in school. Please make
sure they bring a water bottle to school with their name clearly
marked on. This can be brought in on a Monday and will be taken
home on a Friday.
School Meals
Please enter school through the main entrance and walk on the left hand side
on the stairs.
Please collect your child at the end of the school day (3.10pm) at the
following locations:
2MH: Outside at the bottom of the ramp by the hall
2TR: Through the doors at the back of the hall
2FA: Through the side door in the hall
Please keep referring to the school blog to find out what exciting
activities we have been doing in school (www.thornhilllees.com)
If a reading book sent home is lost or damaged, we ask for a £5
contribution to replace it.
Please refrain from taking your child on holiday during term time. This
has a major impact on their learning.
Additional Information