Welcome to Year 2

Staff members

Class

Teacher

Additional adults

Squirrel

Mr Snook

Ms Debs

Rabbit

Mrs Sadheura

Morning and End of Day Routines

Start time: 9:00am – Finish Time 3.30

Break Time: 10:30 Lunch Time: 12:15 till 13:15

Communication

It is crucial that the school office have the current and up-to-date contact details (phone numbers and email addresses). Please contact them if your details have changed.

At Benhurst Primary, we pride ourselves on our open-door policy. If you need to speak to your child’s class teacher, you can either contact the office and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you could contact teachers via Google Class.

General Class Housekeeping

Indoor P.E.

Outdoor P.E.

Squirrel

Friday

Monday

Rabbit

Monday

Thursday

What to bring to school

We encourage children to not bring backpacks into school unless absolutely necessary so as to limit the number of items they bring in from home each day.

All your children need to bring is:

A named water bottle
A named packed lunch (if not school dinners)
Their reading record

Curriculum

We are very excited about the work we will be doing in Year 2 this year. We will be teaching the full Year 2 curriculum.

Click here to open the Year 2 Curriculum Overview.

Curriculum Maps:

Weekly Home Learning

Google Classroom will be used to communicate relevant information about Year 2 and any half term projects that are set for the children.

Link for Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NDg5MzUwNzU2OTE1

Mathletics – From October half term, Children will be set at least 1 Maths activity per week linked to their Maths Learning in class. The children will log in using their Google login. https://www.mathletics.com/uk/. This will be set each Wednesday and due the following week

In Year 2 children will need to complete:

30 minutes of reading every day – Please see below some suggested books we encourage your child to read this year
Weekly spelling practice
Weekly maths home learning
Half-termly/termly topic learning

Assessments

In Year 2, we will be reassessing any children who did not achieve the Phonics Screening Check pass mark of 32 in Year 1.

This will be taken in the summer term. Each child will be required to read 40 words – 20 are real words and 20 are pseudo or nonsense words.

All children will take part in termly assessments to evaluate their progress at the End of Key Stage 1 and ensure that we are addressing any gaps in their learning. These assessments take place in second half of term on the fifth week. While we will work hard towards these assessments and ensure your children are prepared, we want our children to feel relaxed and optimistic towards the tests.