Welcome to Year 2 at St Ursula’s !
Teachers and Learning Support Assistants
2NB
Teacher: Ms Barnham
2GB
Teacher: Mr Butt
2EA
Teacher: Miss Alford
LSAs : Mrs Piper (1:1), Miss Emi (1:1), Miss Bourne (1:1), Mrs Abdi (1:1), Mrs Stabb (1:1), and Mrs Edwards (1:1), Mrs Abdulgadar (1:1), Miss Vearncombe (1:1)
PE
In Year 2, the children have PE on a Thursday morning. The children need to wear their PE kits into school.
Homework
Homework and spellings are given out on a Friday and are to be returned on the following Wednesday. The children will be given Maths or English homework on a rolling rota. Homework for the holidays is always a research-based task on the topic that the children will be studying the next term.
As part of homework, we expect children to be reading to their parents at least five times per week. The children work towards karate reading bands which they collect after twenty reads. The bands are given to reward hard work and frequent reading, not reading ability.
Useful Information for Year 1 and Year 2 Parents
Please find below some useful tools including: hundred square, number line, phonics mats and spellings to practise
- 100 Square
- Cursive script
- 100 High Frequency Words
- 200 High Frequency Words 200
- Number formation
- Numberline
- Phonics talk for parents
- KS1 SATs Powerpoint
- KS1 SATs Information for Parents
Foundation Subjects
All of the foundation subjects are covered through a topic approach.
These include: history, geography, art, design & technology, ICT, French, religious education, music and drama. A topic lasts for one term and where possible, all subjects are linked to that topic. The foundation subjects are covered each afternoon. These will be clearly shown on your child’s timetable.
SATs
In May, Year 2 pupils take their SATS exams. These are national, statutory tests in which we assess maths, reading, writing and SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar).
