Welcome to Year 2!
Meet the team
Useful information
Reminders for parents
Gates open at 8.40am and children need to be in class by 8.50am. The school day ends at 3.15pm.
PE days for this half term are Tuesday and Friday. Please be aware that this will change in the future. Their PE kit can stay at school all half-term and be sent home at the end of each to be washed.
Please ensure your child comes to school with:
- A named water bottle
- A coat or jacket regardless of the weather
- Wellies (these will be kept at school in a shed outside of the classroom for OPAL play)
Last year, many children misplaced some of their uniform. To help us get this back to you, please label all items clearly with your child's name.
Thank you to everyone who came to our Meet the Teachers session. Please see the below document for reminders or if you were unable to attend.
Reading
Group reading books will be sent home weekly. Alongside these books, year 2 children are responsible for choosing their own ‘shared reading’ which can be changed whenever these books have been read at home or if the children just fancy a change! Please record any time you read with your child in their blue reading record book and ensure plastic reading folders are in school every day.
Phonics
As always, phonics lessons take place daily. Children are split into different groups based on their phonics needs. Follow the link to find more information and helpful videos to help you support your child with their phonics at home. https://coveinfantschool.co.uk/phonics-and-early-reading/ .
Once your child has completed Little Wandle phonics, they will have daily spelling sessions. Please click on the document below to access all of the spellings that are taught throughout the units.
Look at what we've been up to:
Self portraits
Pointillism butterflies
Project - The Journey Home
The children arrived back into the classroom to discover a mysterious parcel with the words ‘Do not open until you have no more questions left!’ alongside envelopes containing images of a polar bear. The children were keen to discover more and wrote letters to the polar bear about the images. After sending their letters and receiving a reply, the children were finally able to open the parcel of The Journey Home book.
Over the course of the project, the children will learn about continents and countries within them. Using this knowledge, they will plot on a map the location of animals in the story whilst learning about the challenges each animal faces and the adaptations they have for their habitat. The children will also use the animal's journey to write a storm narrative and a fact file for one of the animals.
Please see the Home Learning document below for more information.