Kingfishers - Year 2

Welcome to Year 2 at St Mark's Primary School.

The class teacher is Miss Edwards and the TA is Miss Walbridge in the morning and Miss Morgan in the afternoon. 

A typical day in year 2 

In the morning we begin our day by completing a 'flash back 4s' these are revision questions for all of the maths topics taught. They have 4 questions (and a bonus question!) to answer, we then go through these as a class. This is great for consolidating learning.

We then move onto stage not age phonics. This means that your child's learning is individualised to meet their needs. In Year 2 we begin Phase 6 learning which focuses on learning spelling rules and applying spelling patterns as well as reinforcing phase 5 sounds.

In Guided reading we look at books which expose the children to lots of new vocabulary. Each day we focus on a different element of reading comprehension and complete tasks based on this. The books that we cover are outlined below.

Afterwards, we go into our maths lessons, these are often practical sessions with children exploring a range of mathematical equipment to support their learning. 

We are lucky enough to be able to offer each child a snack at break time and they can choose from hot buttery toast or a piece of fruit. 

After break time we start our literacy lessons, these are often taught based around a class text. We base our writing around a high quality book and we cover a range of writing genres. 

The afternoons consist of PE, Science, RE, Music, Art/DT & PSHE. 

Our PE days for this term are:

Tuesday & Thursday so please send your child into school wearing PE kit on these days. 

Home learning:

Children are expected to read at least 4 times a week and this is to be signed in their reading log. If your child reads 4 times a week they are entered into our golden ticket draw where they can win a free book!