Class 2

Welcome to Class 2

Year 1 and Year 2

School Day:

Core subjects:

Phonics - Read Write Inc phonics in small groups, 4 x week. Phonics is taught by Mrs Hunter, Mrs Kelly or Mrs Wooldridge, Miss Doyle, Miss Hancock and Mrs Manning.

English - Whole class English lesson with a focus on writing, 4 x week.

Maths - Whole class or in year groups, 4 x week.

Science - Monday afternoons

Foundation Subjects:

Foundation subjects are taught mostly in the afternoons.

Tuesday - PE in AM, Art and Design or DT in the PM.

Wednesday - History or Geography

Thursday - Music or singing.

Friday - RE and PSHE in AM, Computing and PE in PM.

Homework:

Book bags will be sent home on Thursdays and collected in on Tuesdays.

Reading:

We will send home the RWI storybook they have read that week in their phonics group, plus a RWI 'Book Bag Book' that is matched to their current colour band. It is important, especially for year 1 children, to re-read their book up to 3 times to support fluency and develop their comprehension.

For more information and helpful hints for reading with your child at home, click here.

Y2 Spellings:

Year 2 will have a spelling focus each week for the autumn term to prepare them for formally learning spellings. When ready, they will begin the RWI spelling scheme – this is normally in the spring term. There will be no spelling tests this year.

English and Maths:

The children will have a sheet of English and maths homework, linked to the skills we have been teaching in school.

Maths fluency:

There will be a fluency focus for each half term. This will be counting based for Y1 and times tables for Y2. This is a skill that will need to be practised repeatedly and could have a huge impact on your child's mathematics in school.

Autumn term 1:

Y1 - Counting on and back in 10s to 100

Y2 - The 10 x table

Autumn term 2:

Y1 - Counting on in 2s to 24

Y2 - The 5 x table

Maths songs:

Below are some links to songs we have/will be using in class to support their times tables:

Year 1 and Year 2:

Counting from 20

Counting in 2s

Counting in 5s