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Year 2 Curriculum Meeting September 2019

Learn about Year 2 team, expectations, topics, core curriculum in English & Maths, foundation subjects, assessment, and how to support learning at home and school.

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Year 2 Curriculum Meeting September 2019

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  1. Year 2 Curriculum Meeting September 2019

  2. Agenda • The Year 2 team • Year 2 expectations • This year’s topics and the curriculum • Information about groupings • Assessment in Year 2 • ‘Homework’ • How you can help at home and at school

  3. The Year 2 Team Lime • Mr Genn • Mrs Flynn (Wednesday and Thursday) • Mrs Williams Hazel • Mrs Cotton • Mrs Wrightson

  4. Year 2 expectations • Be independent – but know when to ask for help • Be keen to learn – seeking help when needed, but also challenge • Make mistakes • Be kind always – zero tolerance of rough play at playtimes • Be a role model to others • Be responsible for their own belongings • Go to the toilet at a sensible time. • Follow instructions of at least 2 steps • Complete tasks in a given time to the expected standard.

  5. Whole School Topics Autumn 1 – Detectives Autumn 2 – Guy Fawkes Author Study Spring 1 – Great Fire of London Spring 2 – South America Summer 1 – Dragons and Queens Summer 2 – Olympics

  6. Trips and visitors Autumn – Odiham Gordon Brown Centre PCSO Wallace Jane Pratt Spring – Jim Bernadin Rainbow Theatre Warburtons NSPCC Visit Dance Workshop Summer – Hampton Court Palace

  7. The Core Curriculum - English • Reading – Guided reading, whole class reading & individual reading; comprehension • Writing – Year 2 usually write every day. • Handwriting • Spelling and grammar • Genres: narrative, poetry, recounts, non-chronological reports • Cross curricular • Shared and guided writing • Speaking and Listening • Cross curricular • In English lessons • Discrete drama lessons • Phonics and Spelling • Four times per week • Increased focus on spelling • Dictation

  8. The Core Curriculum - Maths • Areas covered • Number and place value; fractions • The four operations – addition and subtraction, multiplication and division • Geometry and measurement • Statistics • Times tables • Fluency • Problem solving and explaining reasoning • Methods of calculation – • Concrete Pictorial  Abstract - not the column method please! • Consolidation and extension • Going from one skill to another

  9. The foundation subjects • Geography: Local study, South America, human and physical features • Science: longitudinal study – • History: significant past events (Guy Fawkes, Great Fire of London) and events within living memory; local history study, comparison of lives and times of different queens. • RE: Christianity and Hinduism • PE: Multi-skills, rugby, basketball, athletics, tennis, dance and gym • Design and Technology: food, freestanding structures, mechanisms – sliders, levers and pivots • PSHE: Basic Rights, Play, Homes, Families, Food, Diversity, Cooperation, Safety, Water • Music: tempo, pitch, dynamics, duration, texture, world music • ICT: e-safety, word processing, multi-media, modelling, control

  10. Groupings • When and why we group; importance of mixed ability groups/pairings • Flexible • No glass ceiling

  11. Assessment • Assessment is ongoing! • ARE- age related expectations • In reading, writing and maths, children are assessed as being: • WTS – working towards expectations • EXS – meeting expectations • GDS – working at a greater depth • End of year assessments are teacher assessed • End of key stage ‘tests’ – support teacher assessment • 2 X reading comprehension papers. • 2 X maths papers – arithmetic and reasoning. • Speaking and listening and science are currently based solely on teacher assessments, though we only report science (and only whether they are working towards or meeting expectations)

  12. Home/school activities • Reading at least 4 x per week – including reading ‘real books’. • Spellings • Topic related activities when relevant • Weekly bingo card for mini-achievements to be completed at home.

  13. How you can help • Speak to us • Please don’t leave it until parents’ evening • Deployment and other concerns • Please read all letters! • Open door policy • Parent helpers • In the classroom – reading, spelling, admin • Any time is appreciated - even if it is on an ad hoc basis and/or for only half an hour after drop-off or before the end of the day. • On school trips • How to get DBS checked

  14. Any questions? • Handouts • Thank you for coming and for all your support!

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