Aims
To show you what is expected of children in Year 2.
To explain to you what the National Expectations are
for your child by the end of this year group.
To show you how we teach your children Literacy and
Numeracy skills
To provide you with the chance to ask questions and
chat with other parents and the teachers
To give you ideas and ways to help your children at
home.
Welcome to Year 2
Your teachers in Year 2 this year are:Mrs Lyons and Mrs Thomas
Key differences between Year 1 and 2
Whole class rather than group work.
Working towards more structured learning.
An increase in teacher-led rather than
child-led learning.
Key Skills and Objectives
in Maths
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Use an empty number line to add and subtract
Count on and back in 10s
Know number bonds to 10 e.g. 3+7=10 and use place value to derive
30+70=100
Know doubles to double 10
Know the 2, 5, 10 times tables
Be able to partition 2 and 3 digit numbers
To add multiples of 10 mentally
Homework will be given out once a week on a Friday starting after
the Autumn half term. It needs to be handed in the following
Wednesday so that it can be marked.
Key Skills and Objectives
in Reading
• read a range of key words on sight and blend
sounds to decode unfamiliar words
• recall basic information from texts read, for
example, names of characters
• look for information in print and on a website and
make simple inferences, for example, how a
character is feeling
• express simple likes and dislikes in their reading.
It is vital that children read on a daily basis.
Ways to help your child at
home with their reading
• read books together, reading a section in turn,
and talk about:
– what happened
– how the pictures support the story
– which parts they liked best
• encourage them to choose books independently
• encourage them to decode unfamiliar words
independently, but prompt them if they lose the
gist of what they’re reading.
Key Skills and Objectives
in Writing
• have a clear purpose for their writing, for example, to tell a
story, recount a visit, give instructions, etc.
• use some features of the style they choose to write in, for
example, ‘once upon a time’ in a story.
• organise their ideas straightforwardly, for example, by
grouping ideas together in sections or sequencing events.
Write mainly simple sentences, marking where they begin
and end with full stops and capital letters.
• Begin to use conjunctives (joining words) to write compound
sentences, e.g The boy went upstairs and went to bed.
• Use sentences from texts as models for writing.
How to support your child
at home with their writing.
• encourage writing in play and what they do, for
example, lists for shopping, record the results for
their favourite sports team
• engage with their writing through:
– saying what you liked in it
– asking where their ideas have come from
– asking them to show you where a sentence begins
and ends
• help them to organise and sequence their writing
by asking them to talk about their ideas or to
draw a sequence of simple pictures to show how
the main events in a story might be organised.
Overview of theTopics
for 2011/12
Autumn Term – Castles, Castles,
Castles.
Spring Term – Dinosaurs
Summer Term – Seaside Rescue
What we will be doing
this term.
• During this term we will be finding out
about castles and castle life.
• During October, the children will be
making ‘castles’ as part of their D.T.
curriculum. We would like your help with
this activity, extra hands are always
welcome, and we will need lots of
resources such as boxes, cartons, kitchen
roll tubes, etc.
How can you help your
child at home?
• READ, READ, READ! Both listening to your child read AND
reading to them on a daily basis!
• Model correct pronunciation – get them to look at your face
when you speak to them, this will help with their spelling!
• Model correct grammar!
• Play games to help maths skills – snakes and ladders, card
games, monopoly, etc.
• Ask questions which require them to mentally add, subtract,
divide or multiply.
• Use correct maths vocabulary and explain new words that
might be used in your conversation.
Enterprise Projects
• The children will be hosting a
‘Banquet’ during which they will be
selling a variety of cakes and biscuits
that they have made.
• During this time you will have an
opportunity to see the work they
have been doing as part of this topic.
Future Workshops
• SATS workshop in the Spring Term
2012.
• This meeting will explain in detail
about the SATs that your child will
be taking in May and ways to support
them.
How can we help you
further?
• You tell us what we can do to help you
help your child.
• Please complete the form.
Thank you for listening and we hope
you have found this workshop useful.