Year 2

WELCOME TO YEAR 2

Our teaching team...

Mr J Beevers

Miss M Davies

Mrs J Roberts

Mrs R Poole

DAILY ROUTINE

Start of the day – Doors open at 8:35am. Children can enter school and will be asked to complete morning tasks. 

Registration – 8.35-8.45am. Registers close at 8:45am, after which a child will be marked as late. 

Break Time – 10.30am until 10.45am

Lunch Time – 12.00pm until 1.00pm. Year 3 will usually eat in the canteen from 12.00pm to 12.15pm,

End of the day – Our teaching time will end at 3.00pm and the children will exit from Door 2 (Ramp) shortly after.

HOMEWORK

Each Wednesday, children will receive a homework task set on Google Classroom. The weekly homework will go out each Wednesday and is expected to be completed by the following Tuesday. If completing work online poses a problem, we can arrange for work to be sent home in a book. 

We require all children to strengthen their times table knowledge, and address gaps. Our school subscription to Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) supports this and we would encourage daily practise at home, for no more than 20 minutes.

During the Autumn and Spring term, a project-based homework will be set on Google Classroom, known as ‘Six Ways to Be Smart'. Usually, the child will have 6 weeks to complete one of the six given tasks. The time available is much greater than our weekly homework and therefore, we expect that the standard of work in the finished piece should reflect this. Click on our 6WTBS page for current details.

Your child’s passwords for Google Classroom, Purple Mash, Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) should be available in your child’s reading record. 

READING AT HOME

Children are expected to read for 15 minutes each day. We ask that a note is made in their reading record to show this, so that we capture your child’s reading experience across the year. Please ensure that reading records are in school each day as we often use opportunities to read in school.  Your child will have an appropriate book from our book bands, or a ‘free reader’ for those with more advanced skills, but these can be supplemented by reading other books and texts at home.

WATER BOTTLES

We ask for children each day to bring in to school a water bottle of their own with fresh water inside, children have access to their bottles throughout the day and they will be sent home at the end of the day to be cleaned. Should your child require anything other than water, ie for medical reasons, please notify your child’s teacher.

LUNCH and SNACKS

Each day, we will ask children to select one of 3 options for their lunch. Lunch choices can be accessed on the website. CLICK HERE

Children will have access to fruit at break times.

PE KIT

Children will participate in two PE lessons each week. Currently, outdoor PE takes place on a Friday and Indoor PE on a Monday. Please can you ensure children have the appropriate kits in school at all times in case of opportunities for extra curricular sport or if the PE day changes. We recommend you send in kits at the start of each half term and we will send them home at the end of each half term to be cleaned.

Indoor PE Kits should contain – White T-shirt, Red Shorts, pumps

Outdoor PE kits should contain a plain Blue / Black or Grey Tracksuit. Trainers are preferable for outdoor PE.

Additional indoor kit is available at Classworx on King Edward Road, or Finesse Schoolwear on Pickford Street. 

CURRICULUM

Full details of our curriculum can be found on our school curriculum page

These are some of the texts used to support our Reading and Writing curriculum this year...

The Way Home for Wolf

by Rachel Bright and Jim Field

Tuesday

David Weisner

Flood

by Alvaro F Villa

The Great Fire of London

by Stewart Ross

The Night Gardener

by Terry Fan and Eric Fan

Once upon a Raindrop

by James Carter

Tuesday

by David Wiesner

Bog Baby

Jeanne Willis

Grey Island, Red Boat

by Ian Beck

The Jolly Postman

Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

What is Pink?

Christina Rossetti

Our foundation curriculum this year will include...

Art & Design

Digital Media - Create a Christmas Card, David Hockney 

Drawing - Drawing something imagined

Painting - Developing knowledge of the colour wheel, L.S. Lowry

Textiles - To use materials creatively

Design Technology

Textiles - Design a pouch for a specific purpose and intended user. 

Cooking and Nutrition - Design a healthy wrap.

Mechanisms - Design a moving vehicle.

History

Why is Silk important to Macclesfield?

How was life different when Elizabeth I was on the throne compared to Victorian times?

Who got to the South Pole first?

Science

Where do woodlice like to live?

How do we grow?

Which material makes the bounciest ball?

How do plants grow?

Geography

What is in our local area?

Where do we belong in the UK?

What is similar and different between Cheshire East, UK and Bono East, Ghana, Africa?

Religious Education (RE)

We will learn about aspects of:

Judaism

Christianity

Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education (PSHE)

This year, key elements of our PSHE curriculum is being delivered through My Happy Mind, a science-backed programme designed to help children build resilience, self-esteem and confidence. During Relationship Week in the Spring Term, our teaching staff will deliver a series of lessons on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE), using the Christopher Winter Project (CWP) materials. Click below to download the Scheme of Work for Year 2.