What to expect in
Year 2
Your Year 2 Team
Coming into school
• The children line up in the main playground ready to be
collected by the class teacher. The bell rings at 8.55am.
• If you arrive after the line has gone in you will need to take
your child to the office to be signed in.
• Teachers are available in the playground from 8.45 if you need
to speak to us or arrange an appointment.
• Children need their book bags in school everyday.
• The children in Year 2 are responsible for putting their own
things away in the morning (lunchbox, book bags etc).
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Learning in Year 2
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Topic
Autumn Term
A world of chocolate
• We will be exploring a range of curriculum subjects
through the theme of chocolate including
• Fair trade
• Geographical agriculture and climate
• History within and beyond living memory including
Ancient Culture
• Design and packaging
Winter wonderland
• We will be looking into how winter and associated
celebrations are experienced across different
• Cultures,
• Historical settings and
• Geographical locations.
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For more information…
http://www.frithmanorschool.com/
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Assessment
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Reading
Your
child will be read with twice a week with either their teacher or
TA as a part of guided reading. Guided reading records are kept in a
separate reading folder which remains in school.
Reading
books are changed every Monday and Thursday. If you have
read with you child at home please record it in their yellow reading diary
to ensure that their book is changed. Books and reading diaries must
be in your child's book bag everyday.
Don’t
worry if your child occasionally gets the same book that they’ve
had in Year 1. This is to reinforce their reading skills.
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Home Learning
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Home learning comes home near the beginning of
each new half term.
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There is a variety of activities that the children
can choose from (1-2 tasks per week) which
covers a range of learning.
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It may be that the task doesn’t require your
child to record anything that week so don’t
worry if there isn’t anything in their book.
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We will collect home learning books in on the last
Monday of each half term so that the children
can share their favourite piece.
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Book can stay at home until then.
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Please refer to the new policy on the website.
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Lunchtimes
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We are a healthy and nut free school.
Please take this in to consideration
when making your child’s pack lunch.
Water
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Children need to bring a water bottle
with fresh water into school
everyday. We have water fountains
around the school for the children to
use.
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PPA
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PPA is planning, preparation and
assessment time for the teacher.
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During PPA, children will take part in
two terms of science and one term of
enrichment. The enrichment
activities will be cooking, art and
team building games.
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Year 2’s PPA will be on a Wednesday
afternoon.
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PE and Swimming
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Year 2 children have PE on a Friday.
We will send home PE kits to be washed at the
end of each half term.
Swimming is on Tuesday and is part of the
national curriculum.
All clothing and shoes, including swimming kits
must be labelled with your child’s name and class.
Even underwear!
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Building Learning Power
We are a BLP school from Nursery
through to Year 6.
BLP is a long-term project which aims to
encourage children’s attitudes for lifelong learning.
These attitudes are becoming embedded
within the whole ethos of the school,
equipping the children with strategies to
cope with the challenges of life and
learning (for example, resilience, working
in a team, perseverance etc).
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