Year 2 Presentation

1. Year 2 Information

2. Y2 staff
• Mrs McBride teaches the class Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Mrs Graces teaches the class Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays.
• Mrs Farghaly and Miss Keddy are our class teaching
assistants.
• Mrs Almond is our class teaching assistant on Tuesdays.
• Mrs Nixon covers teacher planning time on Thursday
afternoons.

3. Y2 time table

4. Uniform
• Please make sure that all your child’s clothes and belongings are named.
• The children should wear their winter uniform from the start of the
Autumn term until the end of the Spring term. They can wear their
summer uniform throughout the Summer term.
• We would appreciate your support in ensuring the children wear the
correct school uniform as outlined on the school website and in the class
procedures letter.
• Jewellery should not be worn to school.
• Children should wear suitable school shoes at all times and bring a coat
to wear during playtimes.
• Long hair must be tied back.

5. PE
• The children will have their PE lessons on Mondays and
Thursdays.
• We will need to send the children home in their PE kits on
Mondays and these will need to be returned before
Thursday’s lesson.
• The school PE kits should be worn. No long sleeves or
trousers should be worn for indoor PE.
• Tracksuits can be worn for outdoor PE during the winter
months along with their St Benedict’s PE t-shirt.

6. Year 2 Curriculum Overview
and maps
• Y2 Curriculum Overview
• Curriculum Map Autumn 1
• Curriculum Map Autumn 2
• Curriculum Map Spring 1
• Curriculum Map Spring 2
• Curriculum Map Summer 1
• Curriculum Map Summer 2

7. Reading and Homework expectations
• It is essential that your child reads to an adult, every day, for at
least ten minutes. Please ensure you communicate with us, and
comment on their reading, in their Reading Record book.
• Reading books need to be in school each day even if they have
not been finished.
• We will change ‘practise’ reading books on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. Children will also be taking home a
reading book for pleasure. This can either be read to the child or
be read by the child.
• Spelling Shed and Maths Shed homework with be set each Friday.
Please help your child to login so they can complete the tasks.

8. Snacks
• A school snack (fruit or veg) will be provided, free of charge,
at morning breaks, but if you wish, your child can also bring
in a healthy snack from home.
• Unhealthy snacks are allowed each Friday.
• Please note that no nuts, chocolate or sweets are allowed for
their snack.
• Children are encouraged to bring a named bottle of water
into school. This will be kept in the classroom for them to
access throughout the day.
• Fizzy drinks and juice are not permitted.

9. Rewards
• Children who are spotted behaving in a respectful manner
will be added to the class Respect wall. If a child is on the
Respect wall all week, they will have their photo shared on
Facebook for the school community to see.
• Each child is in one of six school houses. Children can win
tokens for their house by showing respect, good work and
general good behaviour.
• Each half term, the house with the most tokens wins a prize,
e.g. a chocolate fountain party or pizza party.

10. Website and Contacts
• There is more information for parents on the school website
• The weekly school newsletter is a great source of
information.
• Please follow our Twitter and Facebook accounts for regular
updates about what we have been doing in class.
• In the morning, messages can be passed to teachers via the
person on the gate (often Mrs McGuire) or by the person on
the class door. If you would like to speak to us in person,
please leave a message for us to call you or wait until we
have finished sending the children home at the end of the
day.