1. Your Child in Year 2Wednesday 18th September 2013

2. Transition Understanding the importance of the transition between Year 1 and Year 2 Establishing rules and routines Continuing to develop the independence of your children Continuing high expectations of all children

3. Independent Children Establishing routines at the start of the day: Blue homework diary handed in Home reading book changed and handed in or put in your drawer Number bond / times table card handed in On appropriate days, spelling book or homework book handed in Letters or notes handed to the teacher Blue folder in the box

4. Independent Children Establishing routines at the end of the day: Collect blue folder from the box Collect homework diary, reading book and number bond / times table card On appropriate days, collect homework book, homework and spelling book Collect lunchbox and coats Collect letters when appropriate P.E kits are sent home at the end of every half term

5. Year 2 Topics Autumn: Chicken Soup Spring: Storyboard Summer: Conflict

6. A Weekly Timetable PE ~ Thursday am and one afternoon per week Homework ~ due in each Monday and new homework given out each Tuesday Reading ~ heard at least once per week Number bonds / times tables ~ tested weekly. Spellings ~ tested on a Tuesday and new spellings given out on a Wednesday

7. P.E Ensure all kit is named and in school Navy tracksuits are encouraged as the weather gets colder Hair should be tied back and tape placed over earrings Spare socks should be kept in P.E bags A coloured t-shirt to match your house

8. Blue Homework Diaries Use them to communicate with the teacher We will use them to communicate with you Please return them to school on a daily basis Make sure your child is aware of any notes, so they remember to hand it to the teacher Please sign every week

9. Homework Short and frequent sessions Reinforces the work completed in school or prepares for future learning Encourage your child to work independently, but be available for support Add notes about how they get on, so we are aware of the level of challenge provided

10. Reading with Your Child Words are everywhere Reading strategies Encourage success Changing books Word games Comprehension and inference

11. Number Bonds Why do them? How often? Number bond diary ~ use it to let us know how your child is getting on at home with number bonds Weekly tests

12. Spellings and Phonics Important for reading and writing . Spellings will link to the phonemes they are learning that week. Spellings are usually decodable wish  w-i-sh quoit  qu-oi-t Weekly tests and half termly high frequency word assessments.

13. Phonics Some of the lingo you may be hearing at home Phoneme ~ the sound Grapheme ~ how written Diagraph ~ a phoneme made up of 2 letters(ai) Trigraph~ a phoneme made up of 3 letters (igh) Phoneme Buttons~ marking the number of phonemes in a word (this can help with spelling) tin with rain night liquid

14. Assessments Continual assessment throughout the year Official assessment week in the Summer Term End of Key Stage levels are as follows: Level 3 Level 2a (School Expectation) Level 2b (National Average) Level 2c Level 1

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17. Educational Visits Autumn: National Portrait Gallery Spring: Visit to cinema subject to film availability Summer: Windsor Castle

18. Helping in School Parents and/or grandparents Reading, words in a bag, visits, computer, trips, nativity (particularly sorting costumes), sewing You will be asked to work with the year group, but not necessarily directly with your child Class rep’s CRB Checks

19. Thank you for coming and for your continuing support