King’s CollegeWelcome to Year 2

2015-2016

Primary DepartmentHead of Primary – Mrs Paula Parkinson

Deputy Head of Primary – Ms Adele Dickson

Early Years Foundation Stage

•Pre Pre Nursery: From 20 months•Pre – Nursery : 2-3 years•Nursery : 3-4 years•Reception : 4-5 years

•Co-ordinator – Mrs Janice Kelly

Key Stage 1

•Year 1 : 5-6 years•Year 2 : 6-7 years

•Co-ordinator – Ms Amanda Nichols

Primary Department

Lower Key Stage 2

•Year 3 :7 – 8 years•Year 4 :8 – 9 years

•Co-ordinator – Ms Alex Martinez

Upper Key Stage 2

•Year 5 : 9 – 10 years•Year 6 : 10-11years

•Co-ordinator – Ms Sally-Anne Banks

The Year 2 Team

Year 2 Teachers

•Ms Nicola Burke (Tigers)

•Ms Melanie McGeever(Lions)

•Ms Dawn Sutherland(Kangaroos)

• Ms Mar Vallejo (Spanish)

Year 2 Assistants

•Ms Maureen Purdue

•Ms Ailie Cortabarria

•Ms Rebecca Fry

•Ms Ashley Brown

Communication is the key

• Open door policy

• Book Bags

• Open Afternoon

• Parents evenings

• Written reports

• Contact books/E-mails

• School trips and visits

• Show interest in your child's learning

Year 2 Topics

Autumn Term

•You Are What You Eat

•Olympic Gold

Spring Term

•Africa

•Time Detectives

Summer Term

•Machines and Inventions

•We’re All Going On a Summer Holiday

Curriculum

1. Understanding English, Communication and Language

2. Mathematical Understanding

3. Scientific and Technological Understanding

4. Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding

5. Understanding the Arts

6. Physical Development and PSHE

7. Spanish

Understanding English, Communication and Language

• Speaking and Listening

• Reading:ORT

Reading Meeting

• Writing:Narrative and non-fiction

Handwriting

Spellings

• Phonics:Regular assessments

Mathematical Understanding

• Count, read, write and order numbers to at least 100

• Describe and extend simple number sequences (including odd and even numbers)

• Understand the relationships between addition and subtraction

•Number bonds

•Understand multiplication as repeated addition

•Doubling and halving

•Problem solving

•Measure length and capacity using standard units

•2-D and 3-D shapes

•Simple fractions

Science and Technology•Healthy and Growth

•Bones, skeletons and muscles

•Keeping Fit and Healthy - Healthy Week

•Light and Dark

•Variations of animals and plants and their habitats

•Life Cycles

•Water - Water Cycle

eLearning

Year 2 - 2015/16

Puffin Academy App to enable Education City on iPad

Historical and Geographical Understanding

•Geography of Olympic games

•Contrasting localities - Africa/Spain

•The Great Fire of London

•Machines and inventors

•Holidays past and present

•Journeys

•Geography of places around the world

Understanding the ArtsArt

•Paint, wax crayons, water colour

•Silhouettes and Pastels

•Observational drawings

•Printing

•Collage

•Observational drawings

•Clay – 3D sculptures

•Perspective

•Designing a city

•Seascapes

Music•Dynamics

•Rhythm

•Pitch

•Tempo

Understanding Physical Development

PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Understanding)

and Religious Education

• Choices

• Communities

• Creation story

• Symbols

•Explore space and begin to develop skills

•Travelling, balancing, jumping and rolling

•Playing team games

Spanish

Parent Planner

A Day in Year 2

•9:25 – 9.50 Phonics•9:50 - 10:45 Session 1•10:45-11:10 Morning playtime•11:10-12:15 Session 2 •12:15-13:50 Lunchtime•13:50-15:05 Session 3•15:05-15:30 Afternoon playtime•15:30-16:25 Session 4

Homework

• Reading: 10 mins a day• Spellings: Every week 10 to 20 words per week • Maths: Every week• Occasionally your child will be asked to complete

some other pieces of homework to reinforce what is being taught at school.

• Espresso - http://www.espresso.co.uk/online/• Education City• Phonics Bug

Uniform

•No necklaces or bracelets•Earrings-only studs•Hair accessories must be black, dark blue or dark green•Coats/Hats/scarves MUST be navy blue•Winter uniformAll named please!

School Nurse

•9am to 5pm Monday to Friday•First aiders•Medicines

House Captains

• Houses: Knight (blue), Shield (red), Lion (yellow), Crown (green)

• Will be elected from each class (1 per house per term)

• Extra responsibilities

• Honour

Useful websites

• http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/index.htm• http://www.ictgames.co.uk/• http://www.espresso.co.uk/home/• http://www.educationcity.com/• http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/• http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/• http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/

Thank you for your support and attending!