Welcome to Walnut Class Year 2

‘Meet the Teachers’

Miss O’GradySupported by Mrs Panitz

Our first week in year 2….

•Settling the children into new routines and expectation. Making sure every child feelshappy, safe and secure

•Ensuring every child feels supported

•Encouraging greater independence and awareness of their next steps in learning

Our ‘Class Contracts’

Written by the children of Ash Class

Some of the things the children have said they

will do are … I will be kind to others.

Listen to other

children and adults

Always try our best and not give up

Respect others ideas

I will be kind to others.

Listen to other

children and adults

Always try our best and not give up

Be kind to each other

Listen to other

children and adults

Never give up!

Look after their own things and classroom

equipment

Timetable…

-Daily Handwriting

- Daily ‘Letters and Sounds’

-Reading at least twice a week

-PE on Wednesday AM and Thursday PM

Celebrating Success!

• We celebrate our behaviour (house points, sunshine and grumpy cloud slips)

• We celebrate our work (apples and apple certificates)

• We celebrate our successes outside of school(e.g. swimming certificates, dance medals)KS1 Assembly on Wednesday/ Tuesday afternoons

• WOW slips

‘Homework Learning Books’Expectations:‘Home Learning’ will be given out on a Friday and

will be returned by the following Wednesday. Reading at home five times a week – The week

begins on the day your child reads with their teacher.

Tasks include: • ‘Letters and Sounds’ – practising sounds &

spellings for example.• Weekly Maths Books – Only one session.• ‘Creative Challenge’ (x 3 per year)T1 – Family Tree T 3 – A structure

To find all the home learning see the website

Homework Club

Additional information

• Reception play equipment off limits before & after school.

• Free school meals and other entitlements.

• Website

Questions and Answers??