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Our Staff
The Year Group Lead is Mrs Ray
Spruce Class Teacher is Mrs Ray and Teaching Assistant Mrs Whyte
Pine Class Teacher is Miss Yorulmaz and Teaching Assistant is Mrs Harkin
Birch Class Teacher is Miss Singleton and Teaching Assistant Mrs Bailey
Click here for an introduction to Year 2 'Meet the Teacher' Presentation
Year 2 Curriculum
Click here for the Year 2 Yearly Overview
Below is an overview of the learning that will take place termly:
Year 2 have PE twice per week. The children's PE kit is to be bought in at the start of the term and will remain in school for the duration of the term. PE Kits will be sent home at the end of the term. Earrings are to be taken out on the day your child has PE.
Click here to see the end of year expectations for Year 2.
Year 2 Pupil Offer
As well as accessing our broad curriculum, our pupil offer outlines the additional opportunities your child will have whilst in Year 2.
We follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised programme for phonics. More information can be found at Little Wandle: https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Phonics
We timetable daily phonics lessons for any child in Year 2 or 3 who is not fully fluent at reading or has not passed the Phonics Screening Check. These children urgently need to catch up, so the gap between themselves and their peers does not widen. We use the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised assessments to identify the gaps in their phonic knowledge and teach to these using the Keep-up resources – at pace.
Ongoing assessment for catch-up
Children in Year 2 to 6 are assessed through their teacher’s ongoing formative assessment as well as through the half-termly Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised summative assessments.
Statutory Assessment
Children in Year 1 sit the Phonics Screening Check. Any child not passing the check re-sits it in Year 2.
Reading in Year Two
Similar to Year 1, children will be listened to on a weekly basis in a guided reading group. This guided reading session is timetabled to enable the children access a different English based activity everyday e.g. a comprehension activity or a Spelling, Punctuation and/or Grammar (SPaG) related piece of work.
Continuing from Year 1, the children are taught to read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially the alternative sounds for graphemes. By the end of Year 2, a child should be able to read books written at an age-appropriate interest level with accuracy. They should also be able to read at a speed that is sufficient for a child to focus on understanding what is read rather than sounding out individual words.
Writing and GPAS in Year Two
Throughout Year 2, children will have the opportunity to learn and develop their key skills of writing. By the end of Year 2 we would like all children to spell words in a phonetically plausible way, even if sometimes it is incorrect. They should be able to write down ideas that have been composed orally and letters should be orientated correctly. They should be able to use age-appropriate vocabulary, grammar and punctuation concepts correctly.
Maths in Year Two
Children will be taught to compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100 and to use place value and number facts to solve problems.
In measures, children will be encouraged to solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money including giving change.
In fractions they will learn how to recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/4, 1/3, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape and set of objects or quantity.
In multiplication and division they will recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times table including recognising odd and even numbers. They will also solve problems involving multiplication and division.
What is the Year 2 SATs?
Previously at the end of Year 2, it was a statutory requirement for children to be tested in Reading, Writing and Maths. The score would help to inform teacher assessment judgments which would be reported to the LEA. This academic year these tests have been made non- statutory and therefore do not need to be reported to the LEA, however, as a trust we will be administering them to confirm whether your child has met the expected standard for a child at the end of Year 2.
When are the Year 2 SATs?
The KS1 SATs (assessments) will take place in June.
How will they be administered?
At New Horizons Children’s Academy, we are making sure that the children do not feel nervous about these assessments as they are only a small part of their learning journey in Year 2. The children have been practicing getting used to sitting an assessment over the past few terms and have been working as a whole class to go through some past papers so they are more confident in taking part in an assessment. We will make sure that we are working in small groups when we do the assessments.
KS1 English Papers
There are two reading papers for KS1 pupils to complete, and two spelling, punctuation and grammar tests.
KS1 Mathematics papers
Paper two is on reasoning. The test lasts for 35 minutes.
Daily Reading
We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading record book. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books or comics that you have at home. These can also be record in the reading record and count towards the number of daily reads.
Phonics
Every Friday we will send home a phonics or fluency book appropriate to each child's individual decoding or fluency ability. Please practise these with your child at home. Please ensure that the books are returned by Friday.
Spellings
Spelling will be sent home on a Friday and will tested the following Friday.
TT Rockstars
We suggest working on TT Rockstars for 15 minutes a week; however you can do more should you wish. Specific timetables will be set for your child and this programme aims to increase the fluency of these. This is an online maths game that can be accessed on tablet, iPads and desktops.
Curriculum Website Links
The below websites may be useful for supporting your child further with their learning:
Phonics Play (Phonics games) http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Oxford Owl (Online reading books) https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Letter Join (Handwriting) http://www.letterjoin.co.uk/
Spelling Shed https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
TT Rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/
White Rose Maths Reasons Problems https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/
Educational Top Marks Games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
