WELCOME!

• Mrs Reid and Mrs Hull(2R) – St. Rose• Mrs May

• Mrs Ingram (2C) – St. Catherine• Mrs Riley(Mon, Tues)• Mrs Monahan (Wed, Thurs, Fri)

Our School Aims and Mission Statement

God’s love is at the heart of our Catholic school

community. We show this in our respect, kindness

and love for others and by treating other people as

we wish to be treated ourselves. We encourage

everyone in our school family to do the best they

can.

Golden Rules – the children were involved in formulating them

“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We

don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary

people who made themselves extraordinary.”

“no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” ― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success

Growth Mindset

Learning Charter

• Teaches the children how to be good learners

• Learning how to learn• Each signed charter• Pea “I am dreaming to

be…” display – a super learner to remind them of charter

THE CURRICULUM

• Great Fire of London• London today• Portraiture• Puppet theatres• Online -safety, coding and programming• Non-fiction, stories and poetry• London songs• Materials • RE and PSHE

RE AND PSHE (LEARNING FOR LIFE)

• Beginnings – God’s presence at every beginning• Signs and Symbols – Baptism• Preparations – Advent

• Anti-bullying Week• Road Safety Week• Online -safety

SPRING TERM

• HEROES AND HEROINES• Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell• Healthy Living

SUMMER TERM

• NIGHT TIME ? SIZZLING SUMMER

KEY DATES

• London Trips – 2C Thursday 12th November, 2R Thursday 19th November

• London’s Burning Workshop – Tuesday 29th September

• Harvest Festival – Thursday 22nd October• Year 1 and 2 Christmas Play – 15th / 16th

December

TIMETABLES & ROUTINES

• Swimming - Tuesdays• PE – Wednesdays (2C), Fridays (2R)• Art overall - named• Show & Tell - Fridays• Reading books – checked every Monday.

Children are responsible for putting them out to be changed.

• Tissues and glue sticks

READING: HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

• Daily reading- please read and sign reading promise with your child

• Children are encouraged to choose a variety of books (non-fiction, fiction)

• Targets will be given to indicate a child’s next step with their reading

• Use of the comprehension questions in the back of the reading records (KS2 questions will be added later in the year)

• All children will be heard in group reading lessons.

READING: HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

• Higher reading skills• Expression• Awareness of punctuation• Retell story and answer questions• Discuss characters/setting/feelings• Predict• Be able to self correct• Develop a range of skills when they meet an unfamiliar

word

• Book skills: features of fiction and non-fiction books

• How to retrieve information

JOLLY SPELLING AND GRAMMAR HOMEWORK

• 5 High Frequency Words will be set• A new spelling pattern will be introduced and children

will make a list of at least 5 of these words• Their homework task is to write sentences using these

words. As they progress and when they are ready children will be asked to write more complex sentences and different types of sentences.

• Children will be sked to complete a page of their Jolly Grammar book each week.

JOLLY SPELLING AND JOLLY GRAMMAR HOMEWORK

• Please encourage children to start early in the week- it is set Fridays and collected in on Wednesdays

• The child’s confidence in spelling these words will be assessed in a dictation each week

• Remind children about sentence construction; CL FS SM Can they show a range of punctuation eg !?

• When reading, encourage your child to point out the sound/ rule they have been learning that week and discuss punctuation.

WRITING

VCOP• V Vocabulary “wow words”• C Connectives• O Openers• P PunctuationWriting for different purposesCross curricular linksCreativity and enjoyment

MATHS

• To give pupils a wide range of strategies to solve problems

• To explore different methods• To choose what works best• More work in maths books – encouraging them to set

out their work correctly and show their workings

How you can help:• Experience maths in everyday life• Homework will be set every fortnight. This will be fun

activities to complete at home, which reinforce learning in class or key ideas.

KS1 SATS 2016

The children's progress is measured by a process of continuous assessment- to know exactly where the children are in their learning. Use of targets to move them onto the next step.

Teacher assessment will determine the overall progress that is reported at the end of the year.

All tests taken are merely a guideline.

FORMAL TESTS

• NEW English grammar, punctuation and spelling test

• English reading• Maths – arithmetic, reasoning

WE HOPE THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE A

THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE YEAR IN Y2

Thank you for coming and for your continued support.