Welcome to Year Two!

Mrs Hicks is the class teacher and Mr Ellis is the teaching assistant.

On this page, you will find information about Class Two, news, pictures of things we've done and more.

Reminders

Arrival and Collection Times

All children should enter and leave school via their external classroom door. 

All children should arrive between 8.45am to 8.55am.

All children should be collected at 3.20pm.

Breakfast Club & After School Club

Children in Year R, 1 to 6 should arrive as normal and be taken to the Breakfast Club room. They will be taken to their classroom ready for lessons. Breakfast Club will be open from 7.45am. After School Club will be open until 5.45pm. 

P.E.

Children in Class Two will need to ensure that their P.E. kit is in school on a Tuesday and Friday. P.E. kits should consist of jogging bottoms, shorts, a house-coloured t-shirt, jumper and trainers.

Link to School Uniform and P.E.Kit Expectations Page

Spellings

Your child will be taught a new spelling rule to practise during the week, ready for a spelling test on Friday. Please spend time at home practising these spellings using ‘look, say, cover, write and check’ in the Spelling Homework Booklets, as well as discussing the spelling rule. Please ensure spelling books are kept in school bags. You also now have a Spelling Shed login (in the front of your child's yellow reading diary) for use to further practise spellings at home.

English

In Year Two, children learn to orally retell different types of texts using story maps and actions. We ask all parents to support children with learning these texts at home orally, so that children can use them to create their own versions. The table below highlights the text types and texts that we are learning in Year Two. Please download the texts and practise retelling them.  Aim to retell the texts with actions and expression! 

Reading

During the year, we will use a range of texts to develop our reading skills and read stories written by a range of authors. The texts we will use are detailed in the document below.

Phonics

Here are some links to Little Wandle resources that may come in use to support your child. 

Maths

As a school, we place emphasis on teaching Maths using a Maths Mastery approach. We place emphasis on children learning to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills. We use Maths No Problem Maths Textbooks and Workbooks in school.

To find out more, visit https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos/ to watch parent videos all about how we teach Maths at St Luke's.

The table below highlights the textbook and chapters that we are learning in Year Two. If you wish to purchase a copy of the Maths No Problem Textbook A and B and Workbook A and B for your year group for use at home and also find out more about how Maths is taught in school, these are available to order at https://mathsnoproblem.com/mathematics/primary

We ask all parents to support children with learning their number bonds and times tables at home; this is key to children being successful as Mathematicians. 

Please remember to log in to:

Hit the Button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

IXL https://uk.ixl.com/signin/stlukesprimary

Times Tables Rockstars  https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/teacher

Our Class Country is Rwanda!

We will be learning all about Rwanda. We will investigate where it is in the world and find out facts about what it is like to go to school in Rwanda.

• Can you find Rwanda on a map? 
• Search for a map of the town Kibirizi - what features can you spot there?
• What continent is it in?
• What facts can you find out about Rwanda?

Autumn One  - History 

The History topic for Spring One is called 'Flight'. The children will learn when the first plane was invented, explore some of the ways we find out about the past and understand the importance of the Wright Brothers, Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart. The children will visit the Bournemouth Aviation Museum at the end of the term.