Welcome to Year 2
Information for Parents
The Year 2 Team
Mrs Agnieszka
Klos Brito
2KB Class Teacher
Miss Eades-Jones
2EJ Class Teacher
Mrs Ruby Tayaparan
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Iris Kandiah
Teaching Assistant
Miss Kadiwal (Monday)
2KB Class Teacher
8:40am School Opens the gates close at 8:50am. If arrive after this time, you will need go to the school office via the Frinton Road gate.
12:00 -13:00 Lunch Time- Children eat their lunch in the school hall. Then they play in the playground, supervised by midday supervisors.
3:15pm Home Time- Collect your child from the Playground by Frinton Road. Late children will be collected from the school office.
If your child is unwell or has an appointment. Please record this on the Studybugs app.
Good attendance is important because:
School Uniform
Plain white polo shirt�Dark grey trousers / grey skirt / grey pinafore dress�Dark grey shorts / green checked dress (Summer term only)�Plain dark green V-necked jumper / dark green cardigan with/ without the Links logo (optional)
Dark grey or bottle green tights or white socks
Headscarves must be black or dark green, without diamante and decorations.
Black school shoes / black trainers (No flashing lights)
Whole school:� No jewellery, except for one plain stud in each ear.� Long hair should be tied back and hair accessories should be dark green or black� Outerwear (coats, hats, scarves, gloves etc…) can be any colour� All uniform and outerwear should be clearly labelled
PE
In Year 2 we have 2 PE lessons a week.
We will have PE on Monday and Tuesdays
Please ensure that your child comes to these days in their PE kit.
Links PE KIT
Jewellery- On health and safety grounds, we do not allow children to wear jewellery in our school. The exceptions to this rule are small, plain stud earrings in pierced ears, a watch and small objects of religious significance. We ask the children either to remove these objects during PE and games, or to cover them with a plaster.
One of the PE lessons will be taught by Coach Cardisha, a professional sports coach from Merton Schools Sports Partnership.
We also attend Merton sporting competitions across the school year.
Children in Year 2 will have a weekly music lesson with Miss Hefsteinsdóttir our music teacher from Merton Music Foundation.
Each year group learns to play a different instrument.
Year 2 will be studying ‘General Musicianship and glockenspiel’
Daily Reading
Phonics Practise
Handwriting
Maths
More reading !
And more reading !
Home Learning:
Short piece of homework set each week, alternating between English and Maths.
Spelling: practiced and tested weekly.
This format will then continue. Completed work needs to be returned to school for marking.
Year 2 Autumn
English: Writing activities will be based around the stories:
Vlad and the Great Fire of London and The Leopard’s Drum
A range of genres will emerge from this topic that we will cover with great excitement.
Some writing milestones:
Greater range of punctuation including commas, apostrophes ( + Year 1 punctuation)
Greater range of connectives including but, so, when, then, or, if, that.
We will aim to make the writing flow and entertain the reader.
Handwriting : a new Letter-join handwriting scheme
Spellings: Given to children as handouts. Practised at school and at home.
Test every Tuesday.
Year 2 Autumn- continued
Numeracy: Continue to implement White Rose Scheme strategies,
Autumn: Place Value, Addition and subtraction, Shapes
Key facts to learn off by heart in Year 2 are: please practice number bonds as it will immensely help your child to progress in their maths learning. Also practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as it will help with multiplication.
Addition: 3+8, 3+9,4+7,4+8,4+9,5+4,5+6,6+7,8+7,8+9,5+9,6+9,5+7,5+8,6+8
Multiplication: X10, X5, X2 tables
History: The Great Fire of London
Geography: Kenya
Science: Animals including Humans
Art/DT: Will link to all our topics.
Computing: The importance of E. safety.
RE: Christian Festivals and Sacred Writings
In Autumn term, we are planning on having a wonderful trip to St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Monument to the Great Fire of London.
Other trips and topics
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I bring in cakes and party bags to celebrate my child’s birthday? No, due to allergies we suggest you donate a book or toy to your classes book corner.
I didn’t know about the dress up day/ school trip? Please make sure that you activate your MyChildAtSchool account. This is how the school communicates with you about EVERYTHING!
This was different when I was at school! How do I teach it? Don’t worry, we will be holding several workshops throughout the year to show you how we each certain subjects. Remember, You can always talk to your class teacher.