Welcome to Year 2

Dear Parents/Carers,

It has been an absolute pleasure welcoming your children back to school and into Year 2. They have all settled well into their new classes and are already showing a great attitude towards their learning and being part of our school community.

Working with the children in Pluto class are Mrs Counsell (Teacher Monday-Wednesday), Mrs Want (Teacher Thursday-Friday), and Miss Stephens (Class teaching partner). Working with the children in Jupiter class are Miss Arnall (Class teacher) and Mrs Oliffe (Class teaching partner). We hope you find the following information useful.

• Please ensure all items of school uniform, including P.E kit, are labelled clearly with your child’s name.
• Please ensure that P.E. kits are in school. These should include a plain white t-shirt, plain navy blue or black shorts, daps or trainers and plain jogging bottoms for outdoor P.E. when the weather becomes colder.
• Please can all children bring a named water bottle to school every day.
• Reading books will be changed regularly. Those that need changing should be put into the class ‘please change’ box.
• Please read with your child as often as possible. This should be an enjoyable experience for you and your child. Reading to them is just as important as listening to them read so please record this in your child’s Home School Diary.
• Please record in the Home School Dairies when your child reads. Children can achieve a regular reader award if they read three times a week or more.
• Our enquiry for Terms one and two is ‘Where in the world are we?’ We will be learning about the local area and where we are within the UK and beyond.
• Learning Times Tables is a whole school focus. To support your child please practise the 2-, 5- and 10-times table with them.
• We will be continuing phonics until Christmas. After Christmas, we will be looking at spelling rules and spellings will be sent home every week. These will follow the rule we are learning that week, please practice these.

We look forward to getting to know you and your child over the course of the year. If you need to get in contact with us, please use the email year2@uva.clf.uk

Many thanks for your support.

The Year 2 Team.