Welcome to Year 2
We are delighted to welcome you to the Year 2 web page - this page will have lots of information over the school year. We hope that you will find everything here that you require, if you have any suggestions we will be pleased to hear from you. to stay up to date, follow us on Twitter.
Parent Information
How To Support Your Child Presentation (October 2022)
End of Key Stage 1 SATs Parent Information
Year 2 Teachers
Cherry - Miss Tahara
Elder - Mrs Culverhouse
Juniper - Miss Wainwright
Lime - Miss Toft
Year Leader - Miss Wainwright
Lead TA - Mrs Fifoot
Timetables
Below is a sample timetable which reflects a typical week in Year 2.
Forest School
During the Autumn 2 Half Term, Year 2 will be taking part in Forest School.
Please see below for the timetabled Forest School days for your child’s class and please ensure they have the appropriate clothing in school for these days. Please click here for the information letter.
Cherry: Fridays
Elder: Thursdays
Juniper: Wednesdays
Lime: Tuesdays
PE Days
Please see below for the timetabled PE days for your child’s class.
Please ensure your child has the appropriate PE kit in school on these days, particularly as we approach the colder months. Information regarding PE kit can be found on the parents page of the website.
Cherry: Outdoor PE - Tuesdays Indoor PE - Thursdays
Elder: Outdoor PE - Fridays Indoor PE - Tuesdays
Juniper: Outdoor PE - Thursdays Indoor PE - Fridays
Lime: Outdoor PE - Thursdays Indoor PE - Fridays
Library Days
Please see below for the timetabled library days for your child’s class.
If your child wishes to change their library book, please ensure it is in school on this day.
Cherry: Wednesdays
Elder: Wednesdays
Juniper: Mondays
Lime: Mondays
What your child is learning:
Autumn 2 2024 (current)
Homework
Please see the ‘how to support learning at home’ page for details on how to support your child.
https://www.williamhardingschool.co.uk/how-to-support-learning-at-home-home-collaboratio
Spelling
Here you can find the common exception words from Year 2. Children are expected to know how to spell these words to help improve their writing.
Reading
We promote reading at home with our ‘Reading Rocks’ initiative. Class teachers will check Dojo reading journals once a week and award Dojo points accordingly. The class with the most points at the end of the half term will win a prize!
Children will have the opportunity to visit the library weekly and are able to check books out to read at home. They will also have access to a range of reading books and quizzes on Oxford Reading Buddy and Oxford Owl, all set at a level appropriate for their reading level.
Everyday, children will ready during their daily RWI lessons and have opportunities to explore books from the book corner during class reading sessions.
Year 2 Recommended Reading List
Phonics and ‘Fred Frog’
In Year 2 we focus on the decoding, blending and segmenting of words to support children’s developments in reading and spelling. As the progress with their reading the focus turns to fluency in reading, which supports the children’s comprehension skills. We use ‘Read Write Inc’ to teach phonics, so you will hear the children refer to ‘Fred Talk’ (using sounds to sound out and decode words), and ‘Fred Fingers’ (using our fingers to help segment words for spelling).
For more information on RWI click here
Times Tables Rockstars
To develop and support children’s understanding of key multiplication facts, we are using Times Tables Rockstars alongside regular teaching within Maths sessions.
Click here to access the TimesTables Rockstars login page.
Knowledge Organisers
Knowledge organisers give an overview of what pupils will be learning in school over the course of their History, Geography or Art unit of work for the half term. Pupils have a copy of this in their Curriculum books to refer to within lessons. The Knowledge Organisers for each half term are available for you to download below so that you can support your child in discussing with them what they have been learning this week and build upon this learning at home, if you wish to do so.
Knowledge Organiser for Science Autumn 1
Knowledge Organiser for Geography Autumn 1
Knowledge Organiser for Art Autumn 1
Knowledge Organiser for Science Autumn 2 (current)
Knowledge Organiser for History Autumn 2 (current)
Knowledge Organiser of DT Autumn 2 (current)
Knowledge Organiser for Science Spring 1
Knowledge Organiser for Geography Spring 1
Knowledge Organiser for Art Spring 1
Knowledge Organiser for Science Spring 2
Knowledge Organiser for History Spring 2
Knowledge Organiser for DT Spring 2
Knowledge Organiser for Science Summer 1
Knowledge Organiser for Geography Summer 1
Knowledge Organiser for Art Summer 1