Mrs. Hale introduces herself as the second year teacher for Year 2. She provides the class timetable for the autumn term which includes subjects like maths, literacy, PE, and topics. The document also outlines the weekly topics and lessons as well as homework expectations. Important dates like SATs in July 2016 are mentioned. Mrs. Hale reviews the class rules and stresses the importance of attendance and punctuality.

1. Introduce myself
 My name is Mrs Hale
 2nd year at BJR
 2nd year teaching year 2
 Class TA is Mrs Morris

2. Y 2 timetable
Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School
Year 2 Class Time Table Autumn Term 2015
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:55 – 9:05 Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Guided
Reading/comprehension
Registration
Early Work
Maths
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Spellings
9:05 –
10:15
Maths Maths PE Maths Maths
Problem solving
10:15 –
10:35
Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship
10:35 –
10:55
Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime
11-00 –
12:20
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
SPaG
12:20 –
1:20
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:20 – 2:15 RE Science Maths ICT Music Express
2:15 – 2:30
KS1 Playtime KS1 Playtime 2.10-3.05 Topic Guided Reading PATHS/MFL
2:30 -3:30
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
Art/DT
Story time
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
PE
Story time
Golden Time 2:55 –
3:15
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:55 – 9:05 Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Guided
Reading/comprehension
Registration
Early Work
Maths
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Spellings
9:05 – 10:15 Maths Maths PE Maths Maths
Problem solving
10:15 – 10:35 Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship
10:35 – 10:55 Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime
11-00 – 12:20
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
SPaG
12:20 – 1:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:20 – 2:15 RE Science Maths ICT Music Express
2:15 – 2:30
KS1 Playtime KS1 Playtime 2.10-3.05 Topic Guided Reading PATHS/MFL
2:30 -3:30
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehe
nsion
Story time
Art/DT
Story time
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehe
nsion
Story time
PE
Story time
Golden Time 2:55 – 3:15
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:55 –
9:05
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Guided
Reading/comprehension
Registration
Early Work
Maths
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Spellings
9:05 –
10:15
Maths Maths PE Maths Maths
Problem solving
10:15 –
10:35
Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship
10:35 –
10:55
Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime
11-00 –
12:20
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
SPaG
12:20 –
1:20
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:20 – 2:15 RE Science Maths ICT Music Express
2:15 –
2:30
KS1 Playtime KS1 Playtime 2.10-3.05 Topic Guided Reading PATHS/MFL
2:30 -3:30
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
Art/DT
Story time
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
PE
Story time
Golden Time 2:55 –
3:15
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:55 –
9:05
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Guided
Reading/comprehension
Registration
Early Work
Maths
Registration
Early Work
Handwriting
Registration
Early Work
Spellings
9:05 –
10:15
Maths Maths PE Maths Maths
Problem solving
10:15 –
10:35
Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship Collective Worship
10:35 –
10:55
Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime Playtime
11-00 –
12:20
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
Phonics
Literacy
SPaG
12:20 –
1:20
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:20 – 2:15 RE Science Maths ICT Music Express
2:15 –
2:30
KS1 Playtime KS1 Playtime 2.10-3.05 Topic Guided Reading PATHS/MFL
2:30 -3:30
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
Art/DT
Story time
Guided
Reading/VCOP/comprehension
Story time
PE
Story time
Golden Time 2:55 –
3:15

3. Topics for this term
 Our whole school theme is Time
Travellers
 In literacy will be following the Power
of reading and the Language and
Literacy schemes of work
 In maths we will be following the Busy
Ants scheme of work

4. W/C Collective
Worship
English Maths Science RE PE Topic
History/Geog
Art/DT Trips/Events
01/09/15
New beginnings The Magic
Finger
Place value INSET Days
1st Day back
Friday.
08/09/15
Behaviour The Magic
Finger
Place value Use of
everyday
materials –
making
predictions.
To know that
David in the
Bible was a
shepherd boy, a
musician & a
poet.
Agility/Game
s
Creating a picture
made from
everyday
materials
1st Full Week
back
15/09/15
Trust The Man on the
Moon – Power of
Reading
Addition
and
subtraction
What
materials are
waterproof?
Finding
evidence to
support.
To know how
David was
chosen by God
to be King.
Agility/Game
s
This is what we do -
Children think about
what they do when
they leave school at
the end of the day.
They create pictures
and write captions to
represent their lives
today and start a
timeline to represent
a typical day.
Start to find out
about the artist
Vincent Van Gogh
Find out about the
life and times of
Van Gogh;
generate
questions you
would like to have
asked him.
Yr1 visit to
William Temple
Church
Yr6 trip to V&A
museum
22/09/15
Trust The Man on the
Moon – Power of
Reading
Properties
of shape
Can different
materials be
manipulated
and return to
original state.
Agility/Game
s
What did our parents
do? - Children discuss
and write down what
they think their
parents did at the
end of their school
day and how this is
similar or different
to today’s children.
Paint pictures of
sunflowers in the
style of Van Gogh

5. W/C Collective
Worship
English Maths Science RE PE Topic
History/Geog
Art/DT Trips/Events
29/09/15
Trust Claude in the
City – Power of
Reading
Addition and
subtraction
Collecting data
– why is it
important?
To know how
David was
victorious over
Goliath.
Agility/Games PEEPO! -
Children read
‘Peepo!’ by Janet
and Allan
Ahlberg and
compare and
contrast
similarities and
differences
between then
and now.
Paint a picture
inspired by Van
Gogh's The
Starry Night
Find out more
about the life
of Van Gogh;
study his
painting The
Starry Night
and make your
own starry
night picture
using oil pastels
and paint.
06/10/15
Harvest Claude in the
City – Power of
Reading
Addition and
subtraction
Measuring
experiment
using different
materials e.g.:
how many coins
fill a glass jar
before it
overflows.
To know that
David was close
to God and
draw a personal
lesson from his
life.
Agility/Games Introduction to
transport -
Children name
and describe
different types
of transport and
begin to
understand
transport was
different when
their parents,
grandparents and
great-
grandparents
were little.
Finding out
about the
artist L.S.
Lowry
Find out about
the artist L.S.
Lowry and his
paintings of
industrial
landscapes;
draw your own
pictures of
rural and
industrial
landscapes and
buildings.

6. 13/10/15
Compassion Claude in the
City – Power of
Reading
Measurement
(length and
height)
Plan an
investigation
with a fair test.
To consider
why it is
important to
remember
people from
the past such
as Guru Nanak.
Agility/Games Wheel printing
Children use toy
vehicles to
identify the
features of
‘modern’ and ‘old
fashioned’ cars.
They then create
artwork using
printing with toy
vehicles. Children
recognise the
name Jackson
Pollock as a
famous artist.
Compare
Lowry's times
with our own
and paint
figures in his
style
Study the
stories told in
Lowry’s
paintings and
paint figures in
the style of
Lowry.
20/10/15
Compassion Language and
Literacy
Multiplication
and division
including
Number and
place value
Carry out
investigation
and record
results.
To know that
Sikhs believe
that God told
Guru Nanak to
teach people
how to behave.
Agility/Games History of cars
Children explore
the story of the
automobile,
looking at how
the internal
combustion
engine was
invented and how
the car
developed over
time. Children
produce a
timeline of cars
over 100 years.
Discuss the
contributions of
Lowry and Van
Gough
Consider the
contrast in the
environment
and times of
Van Gogh and
Lowry; produce
artwork
inspired by
Lowry; finally
reflect on the
work of these
two artists and
decide which
paintings you
like best and
why.

7. SAT’s
 Will be in July 2016
 Different to previous years
 The children will be given plenty of
practise prior to this
 We will hold another parents meeting
nearer the time

8. Homework expectations
 Homework is given out on a Friday and
to be returned on Tuesday morning.
Your child will have a piece of literacy
and numeracy work to complete. Also,
we give out spellings on a Friday for your
child to learn and this will be tested the
following Friday. Once they have learnt
the spellings we would like your child to
write a sentence in their homework book,
containing each word and using
connectives to make them interesting.

9. Behaviour in Y 2
 Our class rules are
 We will walk into the classroom
quietly.
 We will follow adults instructions.
 We will respect all adults and others.
 We will treat people how we would like
to be treated.
 We will sit quietly in the carpet.

10. Attendance and punctuality
 Please ensure your children arrive on
time every day
 Early morning work
 Handwriting
 Maths
 Reading comprehension

11.  Questions?