Welcome to Dragon Class
Miss N Nyazika
Year 2 Class Teacher (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) |
Mrs A Williams
Year 2 Class Teacher (Friday) |
Mrs S Allen
Support Staff |
Welcome to the Dragons everybody!
Miss Nyazika will teach the children on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and then Mrs Williams will teach the class on a Friday. Mrs Allen is our wonderful Teaching Assistant. We feel so lucky to be working with your children this year, they are genuinely so polite and enthusiastic about learning, what more could we ask for?!
Learning for this term:
Our topic is Castles, Knights and Dragons! We have already started learning about the Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror. We really enjoy all our topic learning in year 2, be it gruesome, weird or just plain old fun! Attached to this letter is a curriculum overview for this term.
Wellies
Please bring in a named pair of wellies in a bag for your child to keep in school. This will allow us to use the field even when it's wet, for both play and learning. Finally, if you have any KS1 Size wellies going spare, we would really appreciate the donation.
Reading
As a school, we believe that creating a culture of reading is a vital tool in ensuring our children are given the best possible life chances. We ensure that all our pupils are provided with a rich and varied learning experience that aims to develop them as lifelong readers.
Book changes have started today and they will be different to last year. We are now allowed to change books on any day of the week again, however your child will receive only 1 book this time. A corresponding comprehension sheet will still be sent home for completion for all children on the relevant levels. This sheet does not need to come back in to school, please keep it for your own reference.
Our children are encouraged to read the same book more than once. We do ask that those early readers read their book at least 3 times before they are changed. The research to support this approach is as follows;
Read 1: To practise their phonics especially their sounding out and blending
Read 2: So you can assess their comprehension by asking deeper questions (we’ve attached a comprehension questions example sheet with this newsletter)
Read 3: This should be a celebration read, they should be so fluent in this text it all flows naturally. One day, if they were asked to write a similar text, they could think of this familiar book and use even 1 idea or writing feature they learned about when reading with you.
Phonics Screening
This is usually taken in Year 1 however, due to the government changes in school assessment last year this did not go ahead. At the end of this Autumn term your child will take the phonics assessment and the results will be shared with you.
Keeping in touch
Please do use the private message facility on ClassDojo if you need to update us on anything however, you will still need to inform the school office for your child's absence, medical needs, or any alterations to collection at the end of the day.
Homework
Homework will be sent home with your child and the return date will be shared with you and your child.
If you have any questions then please do let us know.
Welcome to the Dragons everybody!
Miss Nyazika Mrs Williams Mrs Allen
Useful websites:
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.letters-and-sounds.com
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
Miss Nyazika will teach the children on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and then Mrs Williams will teach the class on a Friday. Mrs Allen is our wonderful Teaching Assistant. We feel so lucky to be working with your children this year, they are genuinely so polite and enthusiastic about learning, what more could we ask for?!
Learning for this term:
Our topic is Castles, Knights and Dragons! We have already started learning about the Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror. We really enjoy all our topic learning in year 2, be it gruesome, weird or just plain old fun! Attached to this letter is a curriculum overview for this term.
Wellies
Please bring in a named pair of wellies in a bag for your child to keep in school. This will allow us to use the field even when it's wet, for both play and learning. Finally, if you have any KS1 Size wellies going spare, we would really appreciate the donation.
Reading
As a school, we believe that creating a culture of reading is a vital tool in ensuring our children are given the best possible life chances. We ensure that all our pupils are provided with a rich and varied learning experience that aims to develop them as lifelong readers.
Book changes have started today and they will be different to last year. We are now allowed to change books on any day of the week again, however your child will receive only 1 book this time. A corresponding comprehension sheet will still be sent home for completion for all children on the relevant levels. This sheet does not need to come back in to school, please keep it for your own reference.
Our children are encouraged to read the same book more than once. We do ask that those early readers read their book at least 3 times before they are changed. The research to support this approach is as follows;
Read 1: To practise their phonics especially their sounding out and blending
Read 2: So you can assess their comprehension by asking deeper questions (we’ve attached a comprehension questions example sheet with this newsletter)
Read 3: This should be a celebration read, they should be so fluent in this text it all flows naturally. One day, if they were asked to write a similar text, they could think of this familiar book and use even 1 idea or writing feature they learned about when reading with you.
Phonics Screening
This is usually taken in Year 1 however, due to the government changes in school assessment last year this did not go ahead. At the end of this Autumn term your child will take the phonics assessment and the results will be shared with you.
Keeping in touch
Please do use the private message facility on ClassDojo if you need to update us on anything however, you will still need to inform the school office for your child's absence, medical needs, or any alterations to collection at the end of the day.
Homework
Homework will be sent home with your child and the return date will be shared with you and your child.
If you have any questions then please do let us know.
Welcome to the Dragons everybody!
Miss Nyazika Mrs Williams Mrs Allen
Useful websites:
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.letters-and-sounds.com
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
