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Year 2 Meeting for Parents

Stay informed about routines, reading expectations, important dates, assessments, and tips to support your child's learning in Year 2. Be an engaged partner in your child's education journey!

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Year 2 Meeting for Parents

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  1. Year 2 Meeting for Parents Thursday 6th September 2018 Swifts Kingfishers Mrs Nicholls/Miss Dixon Mr Edwards Ms Hall and Mrs Dowle Miss Jones

  2. Adults in class Teachers: Mrs Nicholls Monday/Tuesday Miss Dixon Wednesday am, Thursday/Friday Mr Edwards Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday Mrs Pearce (PPA) Wednesday Mme Haines (PPA)/Mrs Fisher (PPA) Wednesday pm Teaching Partners: Miss Jones in Kingfishers Ms Hall in Swifts Mrs Dowle in Swifts

  3. What we promote • Mature and active attitude. • Good learning behaviour. - Responsibility for themselves, their belongings and their actions. - Increased independence. • Teamwork. • Confidence and bravery.

  4. Routines • Diaries to be handed in every day with evidence of home reading (please initial and write comments) 5 reads per week for a reading star which will work towards a reading reward. • ‘Edgy Time’ to be completed and evidenced weekly. • ‘Edgy Time’ will be given out every Monday to promote home learning and involving the whole family. Please support as much as you are able. Details of this will be on the blog. • If your child is unsure about the Edgy Time – please remind them to ask their teacher or teaching partner! • PE kit in school all the time - spare socks too! • Forest school kit (We will have Forest School in Autumn 1, Spring 1 and Summer 1).

  5. Reading at home • ‘Independent reading’ books – book bands • Children will be offered a range of books that are suited to their current reading ability. • Their reading will be assessed regularly (word reading and comprehension) and they will be moved into a higher book band when they are ready. • The children are responsible for choosing their books – on occasion they may enjoy a book so much they choose it again! • Library books • Children will have the opportunity to choose a Library book each week to bring home. This is not a ‘banded’ book and is the child’s own choice so may not exactly suit their current reading ability. • Please join us in encouraging children to choose a range of text types that challenge them, while also respecting and nurturing their personal preferences and love of reading! * If you have any questions about your child’s reading please speak to their class teacher.*

  6. Important dates for your diaries • Visit to The Wilson in Cheltenham – 20th September 2018 • Cheltenham Literature Festival – 9th October 2018 • Open mornings start soon: please join us • Parents’ Meetings – 5th and 8th November • Christmas Fayre – 20th December • SATs information session – April/May 2019 • Year 1 and 2 production – Spring Term • Class assemblies – Spring Term

  7. Assessment (including SATs) • At the end of Year 2, children take SATs in: • Reading (short text and questions, long text and questions) • Maths (arithmetic and reasoning/problem-solving) • Y2 SATs are much more ‘low key’ than Y6 SATs – timetable is managed according to needs of children. • Results of tests, along with other evidence are used to make judgements on the children’s progress. • All children will be regularly assessed in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and maths to keep track of progress and identify areas for support or greater depth. • Focus on breadth and depth of understanding, rather than ‘next step’ or ‘harder work’. • Information on progress and specific areas for development will be shared in Parents’ Meetingsand at the end of the year in your child’s report. * We will be running a SATs information session nearer to SATs time – date tbc*

  8. What you can do to help - Ensure they arrive on time each day with everything they need. - Encourage your child to do their best – develop a ‘can-do’ attitude. • Support them to become more independent. • Talk to us if you have any concerns. • Be a role model for learning.

  9. What you can do to help English • Reading – 20 minutes every day is the ideal. Please sign or initial their diary every day. • Read a variety of texts to/with your child. • Discuss television programmes / films – why did that character respond that way? What might happen next? • Rehearse spellings each day. • Work on improving/extending sentences in their writing including punctuation, adjectives and noun phrases. • Be a role model for reading!

  10. What you can do to help Maths • Times tables – counting in 2s, 5, 10s. • Any activities linked to cooking! Estimating, weighing, measuring are all good to discuss and do practically. Must use metric measures. • Money – using it in the shops, recognising coins, adding up. • Counting, mental addition, subtraction. • Counting, Reading and writing numbers to 100. • Doubling and halving, odd and even. • Solving number puzzles . • Using their Mathletics account regularly.

  11. Communication • Talk to us before & after school. • Use the children’s reading records. • Class blog • Village Square notices/posters. • Facebook/Twitter • E-mail: • hnicholls@coopersedge.gloucs.sch.uk • cdixon@coopersedge.gloucs.sch.uk • samedwards@coopersedge.gloucs.sch.uk

  12. Meeting for Parents Any questions…..? Please visit the Y2 blog! www.kingfishersswifts1819.wordpress.com Please come in to see us any time…

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