Welcome to Year 2 St Martha St John

Welcome to Year 2

St Martha St John Paul Class Teacher Mrs Campbell Class Teacher Mrs Chandler Mrs Mooney (Tuesday) Teaching Assistants Mrs Britto Mrs Wiseman Teaching Assistants Mrs Wiseman Mrs Britto

Agenda • • • Rules Uniform PE kit Assemblies Presentation Curriculum Changes • Homework • How to contact us

Class Rules • Listen carefully to the person who is speaking and put your hand up when you want to speak. • Sit sensibly on a chair. • Stay in your seat unless you have asked to move. • Be kind and considerate to others. • Keep your hands and feet to yourself. • Respect the classroom and everything in it. • Always try your best!

Uniform • Correct school uniform must be worn at all times including school trips. • Children are expected to wear a St Chads reversible black school coat or a grey duffle coat. ( Available from Bubblegum ) Children must wear a black blazer with a school badge. • The only jewellery to be worn is a pair of stud earrings. • Long hair must be tied back with a grey, white, yellow, or black hairband. No beads. • Children must wear grey or white socks or grey tights. • Black shoes need to be worn , no ankle boots or trainer type shoes, ballet pumps or flashing light shoes.

PE kit Correct PE kit must be worn to school on PE day. ( St Martha on Monday and St John Paul on Tuesday) • Yellow polo shirt with school logo • Black shorts • Black plimsolls • A pair of trainers for outside P. E • Black tracksuit (winter only) • Please ensure child has socks to change into if they are wearing tights. • ALL P. E KIT MUST BE NAMED.

Assemblies Day Monday Assembly Gospel Assembly Tuesday. Class Wednesday Worship Friday Achievement Assembly Info Year 1 and Year 2 Related to RE/RSE topics Bible Stories KS 1 celebration of classes achievements. Achievements from outside of school are also welcome.

Presentation • Children are expected to write clearly and neatly. • Children will be beginning to develop cursive script through weekly handwriting lessons. • They are encouraged to sit correctly in their chair as this improves handwriting and focus.

Curriculum Literacy • Focus on spelling, comprehension, punctuation, grammar and independent writing. • There will be Daily Phonics sessions and a Phonics. Test in Year 2. Maths • Greater focus on fluency, problem solving and reasoning linked to new maths mastery curriculum.

Homework • Spellings will be given out on a Friday and tested on a Thursday. • For Homework, children will be given topic challenges from the scheme, Cornerstones and set work on My maths and SPAG. com • Children should read every day and this should be recorded in the reading record. • Reading Books will be changed on the days specified. • Children should continue to learn up to Phase 5 in their phonics, as they will be taking the Phonics test in Year 2.

How to contact us • Please make your child’s class teacher your first port of call by calling the office and asking to speak to the teacher or by sending an email or writing a note in their Reading Record. • The School must be informed if someone else is collecting your child at the end of the day. • We will also put useful information under Year 2’s page on St Chads website….