Broadoak Backpack Character Values
Respect - Perseverance - Ambition - Happiness - Kindness - Love - Honesty - Co-operation - Empathy - Courage - Resilience - Determination - Enthusiasm - Peacefulness - Creativity - Acceptance - Gratitude - Confidence - Humour - Optimism -
Welcome to Year 2
Welcome to Year 2's class page!
On this page, you will find key information related to our class curriculum, along with news, dates and important updates. You will also be able to see photographs of the exciting things we have been doing and work that we have been producing via our window into the classroom - Twitter @Broadoak_Year2. We hope Year 2 is an enjoyable year at Broadoak Primary School and we hope you find the page useful.
Year Two Team
Miss McNicoll's Class
2023 - 2024
Miss Stead's Class
2023 - 2024
The Year 2 Staff Team
Teaching Team: Miss McNicoll, Miss Stead, Mrs Hanson, Mrs Hunting and Miss Luckman
Health and Well-being Team: Coach Kim and Coach Vicki
SENDCO: Mrs Manson / Deputy Headteacher: Miss Fairhurst / Headteacher: Mrs Wild
Teaching Team
Health and Well-being Team
Key Dates / Reminders / Homework
PE: Every Thursday - children to wear PE kits on this day.
Homework: This is allocated every Wednesday and should be completed in homework books which are to returned by Monday.
TT RockStars: Children are asked to learn their 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables - logins will be issued in the Autumn term.
Super Sonic Phonic Friends: Weekly newsletters will be issued highlighting important information about the sound of the week.
Spelling Shed: Weekly newsletters will be issued highlighting important information about the spelling pattern of the week.
Reading: We ask that all children have their reading record signed by an adult each time they have read at home. We have adopted a traffic light system to encourage the consistency of reading at home across the school. On Friday, staff will check the reading records and record either a red, amber or green traffic light:
Red : Read 3 times or less
Amber : Read 4 times
Green : Read 5 times or more
The children's names are put into a 'Traffic Light Treat' draw on a Friday, if your child has read 5 times or more that week and their name comes out of the box, they will choose a special prize from the Traffic Light Treat box!
Rewards and Celebrations
Class Dojo: Children can earn 'Dojo Points' for any number of positive reasons, such as: following our Golden Rules, demonstrating our character values, excellent attitude, effort and achievement.
Dojo Dip Winner: Weekly celebration for a child in each class who are awarded the most Dojo Points. The winner selects a book as a reward for their achievement.
Achievement Awards: One child from each class is awarded the Achievement Award to reflect the excellent learning they have demonstrated that week These certificates are awarded to the children during Friday Celebration Assembly.
Handwriting Hero: Each week, one child from each class will be recognised for producing excellent handwriting which will be celebrated in assembly and they will receive a certificate for their efforts.
Sparkle and Shine Book: Each week, a child is selected from each class who has been demonstrating our focus Broadoak Value. This is announced in the Friday Celebration Assembly and children may receive a special postcard home for their efforts.
Class Rewards: As a reward for positive behaviour, the whole class receives a treat when they have received 100 merits/points.
Reward and Celebration Day: Every half-term, each class takes part in Reward and Celebration Day - usually on the Friday before each half-term.
Star of PE: Our Health and Wellbeing coaches award 'Star of PE' to children who show a commitment to their physical and mental wellbeing.
Window into the Classroom - Twitter
To enable you to gain an insight into some of the learning and experiences that your child will have whilst in Year 2, we will tweet pictures, videos and work which you can use as a starting point for discussion at home with your child.
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Head Bump Protocol
If children have a head injury when at school, they will be assessed by a First Aider. Should the injury be a minor bump, parents/carers will receive an email to inform them that their child has bumped their head in addition to a sticker and a first aid note being sent home. Parents/carers do not need to respond to this email – it is just another way to ensure parents and carers are informed. If a child has a head injury which the first aider believes need to be checked or the child is unwell after a head injury, a telephone call to parents/carers will be made and they will be asked to collect their child and advised to seek medical advice. In the most serious cases, medical assistance would be called to school.
Parent Curriculum Meeting Presentation
The Year 2 Curriculum
Our broad and balanced curriculum aims to develop in children a curiosity and fascination of the world around us. It is our intention that our children will be inquisitive about the world- locally, nationally and globally; to have a sense of awe and wonder about the physical and natural world: places, people, processes, times, changes and development.
Our curriculum is focused on the development of children’s knowledge and skills across all curriculum subjects. We know learning is defined as changes in long term memory so we ensure children build upon and recall previous learning to enable them to know more and remember more in the long term. We aim for our children to become happy, resilient and determined life-long learners who are great thinkers, problem solvers and who are fully prepared for further learning and life events ahead of them.
We prioritise the personal development of our children through our curriculum. They will learn how to take care of themselves, and be healthy -physically, emotionally and mentally, knowledge which will stay with them throughout their life.
Our Broadoak Backpack character values encourage them to celebrate differences, be respectful, have empathy, to be tolerant and kind. They learn and appreciate Fundamental British Values and the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural dimensions of the world as part of our curriculum, to ensure they are fully prepared for life in modern Britain.
Our curriculum aspires to develop a ‘Backpack’ for life for each Broadoak child, filled with knowledge, skills, experiences, personal attributes and ultimately, an understanding about the world around them which will enable them to thrive and have the confidence and courage to achieve their best in all they do, whilst at Broadoak and beyond.
Year 2 - Broadoak Backpack for Life
Year 2 - Parent Curriculum Overview - Autumn (Page 1)
Year 2 - Parent Curriculum Overview - Autumn (Page 2)
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Handwriting
Handwriting
Our Commitment to Embedding a Life Long Love of Reading to ALL children
What is Reading at Broadoak?
At Broadoak Primary School, we want all children to develop a lifelong love of reading that will become an integral part of their future. As a school, we believe that creating a culture of reading is a vital tool in ensuring our children are given the best life chances. Cultivating readers with a passion for a wide range of materials, will ensure that children’s love of reading will extend far beyond the classroom and allow them to build on their skills independently through a real curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
It is our aim that all pupils-irrespective of their needs, abilities or background- will be able to:
- Read with confidence, fluency and understanding
- Develop the pleasure of reading widely and often and appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage
- Use higher order reading skills including retrieval and inference through the use of text referral, assessment of author’s intentions, justifications of their opinions and judgements and in the pursuit of critical awareness
- Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
We use individual reading books, author focus units, high quality key texts and Broadoak's 50 Brilliant Books to engage all our children in reading.
Reading at Home - Support for Parents
Parents play a vital part in their child's learning and progress. Below are some suggestion question stems that can be used by parents whilst completing reading at home.
Retrieval Questions
Children have to pick out information from a text in order to answer questions about it.
- Who is/are the main characters?
- Tell me three facts that you have learnt from the text?
Inference Questions
Children have to look for clues in the text in order to answer questions about how someone might be feeling or why something is happening
- Why do you think…?
- Where do you think…?
Word meaning and Effective Language Questions
Children have to explain how phrases/words have been used to add to the meaning of the text
- Which word means the same as?
- What does the word ___ tell you about Sam?
Author Focus - Autumn
Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Sussex.
Key Text - Autumn
Levi Pinfold
Levi Pinfold is the author and illustrator of a number of books for children. The Django (2010) won the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. His second book, Black Dog, was also shortlisted for the medal.
Key Text - Autumn
Jonathan Emmett
Jonathan Emmett (born 10 December 1965) is a British children’s author and pop-up book designer. He is best known for his picture books including Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig.
Broadoak's 50 Brilliant Books - Year 2
Mathematics
This term, we will be focussing on:
- Number & Place Value
- Length & mass / weight
- Addition & subtraction
- 2D & 3D shape
- Multiplication & division
- Statistics
- Fractions
- Money
- Time
The children will be using Base 10 to support with most of their number work. Base 10 supports the children with their place value understanding, this can then be applied to their adding and subtracting. The children will focus on adding and subtracting up to 100.
Year 2 Addition Strategies
Year 2 Subtraction Strategies
Year 2 Multiplication Strategies
Year 2 Division Strategies
Our Full / Wider Curriculum Offer
Life Skills Curriculum
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After School Clubs Timetable