Presentation used at the Meet the Teacher sessions September 2022

1. DRAGONFLY
CLASS
W E LC O M E PA R E N T S
A N D C A R E G I V E R S

2. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN YEAR 2
• Mrs Browning - Class Teacher
• Mrs Mitchell– Class Teacher
• Mrs Ross - Class Teaching Assistant
• Mrs Higham - PPA cover
• Mrs Phillips - PPA Cover (music)
Across the Key Stage
Mrs Britnell, Mrs Moore, Miss Burton and
Mrs Hawkins are supporting pupils

3. HOW HAVE THE CHILDREN SETTLED
Eco warriors:
Ege and Molly
Art Councillors:
Ariana and Kyle
School Council Members:
Ella and Savannah
Rights Respecting School
Ambassadors:
Victoria and Oliver A
Science Councillors:
Alexander and Ameliya
Class Charter
We will keep our hands and our feet
to ourselves.
We will always be kind.
We will wash our hands when we go
to the toilet.
We will do what the teacher asks.
We will not run in the classroom or
corridor.
We will listen to others
We will not shout in the classroom.
We will not lie.

4. BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS
At Marlow C of E Infant School we believe that in order to enable
effective teaching and learning to take place, good behaviour in
all aspects of school life is necessary.
As a school we support the rights of children and these rights are encompassed in
the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. This is reflected in this policy by
Article 19
‘You have the right to be protected from being mistreated, in body and mind’ and
Article 28 “Children have the right to go to school and receive a good quality
education.”

5. RESTORATIVE APPROACH
A Restorative Approach involves a conversation to enable the child to learn about
themselves and others, after an incident has occurred and is age appropriate for our
children.
The more it feels like this is a collaborative conversation and curious exploration that the
child is able to reflect and contribute to, the more they will learn from the experience.
We will talk to your child in a supportive manner to enable them to reflect and learn from their experience.
What happened?
What were you thinking?
How were you feeling?
Who else has been affected by this?
What do you need, and what needs to happen now so that the harm can be repaired?

6. CLASS REWARD
-To encourage the children to work as
a team they will also have the
opportunity to collect pom poms.
-When the class reaches 25 and 50
pom poms they will receive a treat
that they have chosen.

7. CELEBRATION WORSHIP
• Star Award – recognising someone going above and beyond
in their work
• Values Award – Showing the specific value that we are
learning about that term in worship. This half term we are
focusing on the value ‘kindness’.
• Certificates will be sent home on Friday

8. READING RECORDS
• Children are encouraged to change their reading books everyday - themselves. Books are
located in the classroom.
• At school, only the class teacher or support staff will write in the reading records.
• At home, we assume that if there are no comments, there was no reading completed at
home.
• *A child will only move up colour bands if s/he demonstrates solid, consistent written
comprehension of the book level*
• We are updating the information given on levels and these will be communicated soon.
• Our library day is Thursday, therefore the books and reading records will be checked and
changed every Thursday.

9. HOME LEARNING
The MOST valuable gift you can give your children is
listen to them read and let them hear you read.
• Home-learning activities will go live on the Google
Classroom each Friday - (Maths, English, Spellings,
Topic)
• Values related activity set by Mrs Reynolds for the half
term

10. MATHS
• To support the children’s fluency skills, this year we
are asking parents to download ‘1 minute maths’
• Individual one-minute tasks focus on adding and
subtracting – and on ‘Subitising’, the skill of instantly
recognising the number of items in a group without
counting.
• A link to this will be available on the class home page.

11. DAILY WORK
• Morning work on board - will vary depending on
day, usually reviewing something from the day
before
• Worship - children to attend each day
• Hymn practise is on Tuesday with Mrs Phillips
• English – 4 times per week and one session of
writing workshop
• Maths – 4/5 times per week
• Phonics - 5 times per week (20 minutes)
• Guided Reading – 5 times per week

12. DAILY WORK
• Handwriting - cursive style – three or four times per week
(depending on timetable)
• Guided Reading – five (or four closer to Christmas!) times per
week – if Benchmarking, children read on a 1:1 with the class
teacher
• Library Session – as a class we will go to the library on
Thursday as a Guided Read session.
• Spelling test – this will be once a week to practise the
common exception words, the words will be posted on
Google classroom.

13. DAILY REMINDERS
• PE is on Tuesday and Friday afternoon and children must wear their PE
kit
• They must not wear any accessories, such as earrings or watches on PE
days. Pierced ears must have earrings removed on PE days or they
cannot participate.
NO EARINGS AT ALL ANY DAY – except in cultural
exceptional circumstances
No earrings or jewellery for PE
Check days of PE
Only LIB bags on Library day
Snack and drink
NO Juice only water pls!

14. KEY INFORMATION
• *If you have declined for your child to be filmed or
photographed, it is likely they will not have visible roles in
the Nativity, or Year 2 performances.*
• Please ensure your child comes to school with their hair
back
• Please make sure the office has updated contact phone
numbers.
• Nut free school

15. KEY INFORMATION
• The school newsletter – sent VIA WEBSITE
• Can be sent to more than one contact per family (parents, child minders,
etc.)
• It is VERY important to read the newsletter each week as it advises any
scheduling changes or special days, etc.
• If there has been an injury you will be contacted by phone call or
spoken to at the end of the day.

16. NATIONAL ONLINE
SAFETY
• Sign up for the free
App and receive
#Wake Up
Wednesday
a weekly cheat sheet
with quick ‘what you
need to know’ info to
keep popular games
and apps safe for your
children

17. NATIONAL ONLINE SAFETY
• For further detail: Myleene Klass
presents short webinars (2-5 mins)
explaining different aspects of online
life – this is all free for parents to use.
• Log into NOS for free
via the App or website
using the link on the
school website
• Parent information session in the
Spring term

18. TOPIC FOR THIS TERM…
ROMANS – ESCAPE FROM POMPEII
Science
Materials
Testing materials
Investigating scientists
Geography
Seven continents of the world – make a
world map
Countries of Great Britain – where do they
belong
Design Technology
Roman banquet, making pizza
Where food comes from and Food types
Music
Understand pitch
Improvising and composing tunes
PSHE
Family and friend relationships
PE
Real PE – Static Balance
Games
RE
What do Christians think God is like?

19. CONTACTING THE YEAR 2 TEAM
• Please message the office if there are any pick up
arrangement changes or to phone in an emergency.
• Please limit messages given on the door, there is the option
to email the office and the teacher will make contact and
book an appointment if needed.

20. PARENT HELPERS
• We are always very grateful of help on a regular basis
• This supports teachers with tasks such as listening to children read, preparing resources,
working on classroom display boards or helping with art activities.
• It will start after half-term
• The Parent-helper training sessions are:
Tuesday 18th at 9.30am
Thursday 20th October at 2.00pm
The meetings will last around 30 minutes and will be online
Please note you do not need to attend this training if you only intend to come and help
school trips or on ad hoc special days

21. PARENT CONSULTATION
•17th October 3:30pm – 6:30pm
•19th October 4:00pm – 7pm
•Book an appointment when open via E for
Education App (School News)
•There is also a Year 2 Curriculum evening
on Wednesday 5th October.

22. QUESTION TIME