Welcome to Poplar Class! 

Year 2 Class Information

Hello and welcome to Year 3 (Popular Class) Miss Hourigan will be teaching all exciting, informative and engaging lessons. I will be teaching us throughout the week, with Miss Shepherd teaching on a Tuesday morning for PPA cover. Mrs Finn, Miss Green and Mrs Slater are our TA's to help us with all our learning and to support us throughout the day.

Please find further details that you will need to know further below 

Units of Study:

The subject areas that your child will be covering will be shown on a curriculum overview which will be emailed home at the beginning of each term.

Reading at home:

We want to encourage children to read for pleasure at home. Children will select a a book at appropriate reading level to read at home. Books and reading records should come back home each day to allow children to read their books. In Year 2, we ask that your child's reading record is signed three times a week and they read for a minimum of five minutes each time. Reading records and reading books should then come into school and once your child has finished reading their book they will be expected to answer questions which assess their understanding of the book. 

Reading at school: 

In addition to English lessons there will be daily Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS) sessions and guided reading sessions. Activities taking place may include:

Guided reading with class teacher or teaching assistant;

Language and text comprehension work;

Library sessions;

Independent reading;

Follow-up activities e.g. book review, blurb writing etc;

One to one reading.

Homework:

Homework will be set on a Friday on LearningByQuestion (LbQ) section, which your child should be able to navigate. Spellings are now online which children have all been given access to through SpellingShed. These will be released on a Monday and children will be tested on the Friday.

I hope you understand our new routines in Year 2. I look forward to working alongside you this term and thank you for your continued support. If there are any questions please do not hesitate to reach me via email or arrange an appointment at the office. 

Our Daily Routine

8.45-9.05 - Registration/Handwriting

9.05-10.05 - Maths 

10.05-10.25 - Morning Break (with snack) 

10.25-10.55 - Guided Reading  

10.55-11.50 - English 

11.50-12.50 - Lunch 

12.50-13.05 - Class Story

13.05-13.25 - Phonics/Spellings

13.25-14.05 - Wider Curriculum 

14.05-14.15 - Break 

14.15-15.00 - Wider Curriculum 

15.00-15.30 - Collective Worship 

Please send in Bookbags/reading journals everyday so we can check reading and write in when we have read together. 

Each week we aim to read 1:1 once with every child on top of their Guided Reading group sessions and daily phonics sessions. 

Become a shooting star! Every time you read 3x a week (with parent/carer signatures), you get to move up the chart. Star 5 receives a prize! 

Homework is sent every week on a Friday to be brought back for Monday. Some of the homework this year will be set via Purple Mash or TT Rockstars. Please let me know if you struggle to access this. 

PE is on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Please see the Uniform Policy for correct PE kit. 

P.E:

We will have two sessions of P.E. each week, your child will need to come into school in their full PE kit on a Tuesday and Friday.  Kit may be required at other times but prior notice will be given.

For Autumn 2 on Thursday afternoon we will be partaking in Forest School so please make sure your child comes in PE kit and brings a change of clothes for the outdoors. For Forest School please bring spare trainers or wellies, appropriate coat and clothes that might get dirty.

P.E. Kit – Our PE kit consists of a white t-shirt with the school logo, plain black shorts or black jogging bottoms/leggings, school hoody/jumper and trainers (not pumps as we will aim to be outside as much as possible). Please ensure all kit is named. Please make sure if your child is wearing shorts that they are at an appropriate size and are long enough to be mid thigh.