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Welcome to Mr. Tinker's and Miss Gavin's Class Page.
Welcome to Year 2's class page! We hope that you have had a wonderful summer break and are ready for the challenges of Year 2! The children have settled in wonderfully to life in Year 2 and are setting a fantastic example to their younger peers.
Please see the Year 2 Broadoak Backpack found in the important documents part of the webpage to gain an insight on what will be studied this year.
You will also be able to find information on the exciting lessons that we have planned and useful websites and activities to further support your child's learning at home.
Staffing & General Information:
Class Teacher: Mr. J.Tinker / Miss. A. Gavin
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Cahill
Lunchtime Assistant: Mrs Dyson
Sports Coaches: Coach Kim / Coach Vicky
Spanish: Mrs. McClaren
Key Stage One Leader: Miss. A. Gavin
Key Dates & Reminders:
P.E: Every Wednesday.
Homework: This is given out on a Wednesday and should be returned to school by the following Monday.
Spellings: Given out on a Friday and children are tested the following Friday. Access Spelling Shed online, a fun and interactive way of learning spellings. Children's logins are found in the front of Spelling journals.
TT RockStars: Children are asked to learn their 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables - log ins are stuck inside Homework books.
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. Once
a week each children’s reading records will be checked
in school and they will receive either a red, amber or
green traffic light:
Red: Read 3 times or less
Amber: Read 4 times
Green: Read 5 times or more
Those with green traffic lights will be celebrated in class
by the reward of Dojo Dip Points and class rewards.
Those children with amber and red traffic lights will
have to read during play time in class.
Important Documents
Year Two Broadoak Backpack:
Year 2 Medium Term Plan:
Important Documents
Year 2 Parent Curriculum Meeting:
Rewards
Class Dojo: Children can earn 'dojo points' for any number of positive reasons; such as following the Golden Rules, participating, being on task or working hard. Reasons for being awarded points were chosen by the children during transition days and reflect what they believe makes an effective Year 2 learner.
Star of the day: Each day a child will be chosen for 'star of the day', for working hard that day. Star of the day is worth 5 extra Dojo points!
Star of the week: Each week, children are chosen for 'star of the week' for working hard that week. The award is given in assembly every Friday afternoon.
Fun Friday: On the last Friday of every half term, children will take part in a curriculum enhancement day. Activities such as craft, sport etc will be planned for the children to participate in.
Homework: Homework is handed out every Wednesday and will have an English or Mathematics focus. Please ensure homework is handed in on the following Monday to ensure work can be marked and returned promptly.
Spellings: A key part of the Year 2 National Curriculum is that children are able to write a sentence dictated by the teacher. Every Friday, children will have the opportunity to practise this skill in their spelling books, using their class spelling journals to support them with their spellings. Feel free to support your child at home with their spellings each week but we kindly ask that spelling books are brought back into school every Friday ready for the dictation.
Reading: It is important that the children are read to as often as possible, as this will not only improve their phonics and fluency, but will also improve their access to vocabulary and sight word recognition but this will help their writing and ability to proof read and check their own work - a vital skill in Year Two.
Handwriting: Using the correct formation and terminology at home with your children. Here are some sheets to help you encourage your children with their handwriting at home and the correct terminology.
Pick and Mix Homework
- Visit the following website to play an interactive game that will help you learn how to tell the time: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#
- Each week read a book from the class library of Broadoak’s 50 Brilliant Books and write a book review about it.
- Find 5 items around your house and estimate their lengths in cm then use a ruler and measure the items. Don't forget the rules for using a ruler (always start at 0)
- Create a word search with your weekly spellings and challenge someone to find them all.
- Grow your own plant, create a diary of its growth and measure it as it grows using the template below.
- Write a simple set of instructions of how to grow your own plant.
- Design and make your own model aeroplane out of paper and test how far it travels.
- Take some time out to meditate and relax by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BS87NTV5I
- Get up and keep active by following a Just Dance routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCzgc_RelBA
- Research these facts about India.Which continent is India located in? Find out about India's animals. What is the major religion/religions of India? Which city is India's largest in terms of population? What is India's official language? Where is the Taj Mahal located?
Remember these are optional homework challenges - have fun!
Key Texts
Key Texts
Key Texts
Arithmetic Aids
Attached is the document used to support and develop mental fluency throughout Year 2.
Feel free to download and print these off to work on at home with your child.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Year 2 Maths Quiz.doc | Download |
Reading Support
As children become more fluent readers, our reading sessions in school begin to delve deeper into the texts that we read with the children.
We unpick vocabulary, emotions, thoughts and feelings and begin to make our own predictions around the texts that we read.
These are important discussions to really support the children in their understanding of a text and prepare them for the KS1 SAT's and reading in the juniors.
Here we have a selection of questions based around vocabulary, comprehension (fiction and non-fiction), inference, sequencing and prediction you may use to support your child in their reading at home.
Click on the picture to bring up a different focus. We hope you find them useful!
