Welcome Meeting Welcome to Year 2 at Launde Primary School 2019-2020

Welcome Meeting
Welcome to Year 2 at Launde Primary School
                                2019-2020

Staff introductions

• Bramblewood    Miss Woch

• Swiftwood Miss Stewart

• Bosworth   Mr Frost

Developing their characters

It is important we develop the children’s characters through the curriculum we teach.
We will be ensuring that each subject is taught with a development of character at the
foundation. Here are some of the character's we will be developing.

• Independence
• Positive attitude to learning
• Adaptation to different situations
• Good communication
• Sense of pride
• Resilience
• Taking responsibility

A typical day

          9.00 - 10.20 English
         10.20 – 10.35 Break time
         10.40 – 11.40 Maths

         11.45 – 12.45 Lunch

         12.50 – 1.15 Phonics
          1.15 – 3.10 Science/Foundation subjects

Writing

•    Capital letters and full stops                               Texts:
                                                                  • George’s Marvellous Medicine
•    Range of sentence styles - question, exclamation,            • Where the Poppies Now Grow
     command                                                      • Traditional tales
•    Expanded noun phrases – beautiful, blue butterfly
•    Extending sentences with conjunctions
•    Common exception words

Children will be encouraged to use their own ideas.
Reading widely - imagination, new vocabulary and a knowledge of
sentence structure.

Reading

• Whole class reading and guided reading
• Individual reading book which will be changed three times a week
  (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).
• Please read every night with your child and remember to sign
  their reading record when they have finished their book.
• Ask questions about what they have read.
• Children are expected to read aloud with fluency, pace and
  expression.

Reading Eggspress – www.readingeggs.com

Handwriting

Focus
• Continue to develop continuous cursive handwriting
• Focus on lowercase and capital letters
• Show clear ascenders and descenders
• Introduce the different letter joins
• Encourage children to join when they are ready

www.teachhandwriting.com – show exercises to develop fine motor
skills and correct letter formation clips

Maths

• Counting and number sequences to 100.
• Place value of any 2-digit number
•   + - x ÷
•   Times tables- 10, 5 and 2 times tables
•   Fractions – ½, ¼, ¾
•   Measuring in centimetres, metres, grams and kilograms.
•   Telling the time – o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.
•   2D and 3D shapes
•   Handling data

Deepening understanding

• Reasoning and problem solving

• Applying their knowledge and strategies

• Explaining how they have calculated an
  answer

• Explaining why an answer is correct or
  incorrect and how they know that

Support at home

•   Times tables – 2, 5 and 10
•   Number bonds to 10 and 20
•   Pace
•   Homework

Useful websites:
www.snappymaths.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Other Subjects

Science: Animals including humans; Health and Growth; Materials; Plants and
Habitats.

History: Roald Dahl; Commemorating war heroes in our local area; The Great Fire
of London

Geography: Our Local Area; Comparing hot and cold regions; Knowledge of our
World (India)

Other Subjects

• Art: Quentin Blake, Nolan Stacey, war artists

• Design and technology: Animal sculptures

• Physical Education: Gymnastics; Team Games; Dance; Ball Skills

• Religious Education: Muslim and Jewish faiths

SATs – May 2020

• Grammar and spelling

• Reading

• Arithmetic and reasoning

Homework

• Build on and consolidate any classroom learning – handed out Friday, due in
  following the Wednesday.

• Make sure that you support your child to complete their homework to a high
  standard.

• Weekly spelling test

• Reading and arithmetic

• Family days out, discovery and building relationships are also of great value.

White
   Equipment and uniform                        shirt or
                                                t-shirt
All items should be named clearly

• An adult shirt to be used as a painting       Navy
  overall;                                      skirt,
• A Launde book bag                             trousers
• A pair of indoor shoes (plimsolls or          or shorts
  other);

• Uniform – please ensure your child
  conforms to the schools rules and is free
  from makeup, jewellery and hair
  accessories. All hair if it is long enough,
  should be tied up and outdoor shoes           plimsolls
  should be sensible and plain black.

PE kit

In addition to this the children   Red t-shirt
will need to have their P.E. kit
available throughout the week;
this needs to include…              Red
                                    shorts or
• Red T/polo shirt and shorts;      joggers
• Red joggers, sweat shirt;
• Trainers (not school shoes)
• Sports socks.
Please ensure that the bag and     Sports socks
the clothing within it are all
clearly labelled.                   Trainers

Partnership

You are always welcome to speak with us.

After school is best rather than at the beginning of the day
so we can give your queries the time they deserve.

We are here to help and are all part of the same team.

Over the holidays you could…

•   Visit the Oadby library and take part in the Reading Challenge

•   Read with your child from a variety of sources (e.g. comics, newspapers, fiction, non-fiction,
    poems, etc.)

•   Complete the fun maths activities to practise numbers bonds to 10 and 20; 10, 5 and 2 times
    tables.

•   Physical outdoor challenges - Develop your child’s general knowledge by providing
    opportunities to try something new

•   Write and send a postcard

•   Remember to relax and have a good rest!