Year 2 2023 - 2024

Welcome to Year 2!

Miss Dodd, Miss O'Dell and Mrs Dillon-Hall are excited about the year of fun and learning ahead in Year 2. We will make sure we keep this page updated with news, photos and top tips for you to share with your child as the year progresses. We will also provide regular updates to resources that may support learning taking place at home. 

Keep up to date with our class progress on Twitter too, by following: @parishschool1 and @MissDoddY2 

Key Information:

Below is the 'Y2 Meet the Teacher Booklet'. This contains all of the key information that you may need about attendance, school uniform, our Curriculum, Home Study and things to look forward to in Year 2.

If you have any further queries about the information, please email: teacher.parish@ldst.org.uk to speak to Miss Dodd directly or support.parish@ldst.org.uk for any confidential matters. 

Our Curriculum:

In the file 'Year 2 Curriculum Overview', you are able to find all of the exciting learning that will take place in Year 2 this year. Topics change each half-term and are taught as discrete subjects. 

Our learning each half term can be found below in our 'Y2 Learning Menus' which provides additional information and specific detail of what we are learning. To support this learning, knowledge organisers for topics are found within your child's Rainbow Folder. This breaks down all of the knowledge that children should know within each topic. 

Home Study  Guidance:

The file 'Phase 2 Study Buddy' found below, provides some activites that can be used to complete home study at home. Teachers will also provide additional guidance in their home-school diary. This will be set each Friday by the class teacher and should be completed alongside reading, learning spellings, use of Spelling Frame and TTRS on a weekly basis. 

Home Study Resources:

Resources found below to support home learning include:

- KS1 Cursive Handwriting Booklet.
- Phase 2 Study Buddy Guide.
- Home Study Expectations at Parish [overview].
- Y2 Meet the Teacher Booklet 2021-22.
- Y2 Curriculum Overview 2021-22. 
- Y2 Common Exception Words [Spellings].
- Half-termly Learning Menus. 

Some useful learning links can be find below. Children have access to log ins for TTRS and SpellingFrame.co.uk in their home-school diary, on the 'Passwords' page:

- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
- https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
- https://www.letterjoin.co.uk
- https://spellingframe.co.uk

Assessments:

Please click on the link below to access guidance for KS1 Phonics Screening Assessments (due to take place in November/December, 2021):

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/at-school/primary-school-assessment-tests/year-1-phonics-screening-check/

Please click on the link below to access guidance for KS1 SATS assessments and examples of previous tests (due to take place in May, 2022):

https://www.satspapers.org.uk/Page.aspx?TId=4