Year 2 Class Page

Welcome to Year 2
 
Chestnut & Cherry

Hello and welcome to the Year 2 page.

This page will include information about the Year 2 curriculum, home learning, PE days and useful links for both parents and children.

Mrs Lake & Miss Griffiths

Miss Abbie Griffiths

Chestnut Class Teacher

abbie.griffiths@horizonmat.com

Mrs Emma Lake

Cherry Class Teacher

emma.lake@horizonmat.com

Mrs Emma Phillips

Cherry Class Teacher (Wednesday)

emma.phillips@horizonmat.com

Meet the Year 2 support team
Mrs Helen Jennings

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Miss Jess Miller

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Debbie Siddalls

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Mel Duggan

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Amanda McHugh

Teaching Assistant

Key Dates for Summer Term 6
 
Monday 5th June 2023 - Return to school for the final term
 
Monday 26th June 2023 - Key Stage 1 Sports Day - scheduled for the afternoon.
 
Monday 10th July 2023 - Transition to Y3 afternoon
 
Friday July 14th 2023      
                                         -  Reports sent home
                                         - Summer Disco KS1 4.30 -5.45 & KS2 6.15-7.30 
 
Thursday 20th July 2023 - Last day of summer term
What are Year 2 learning this year?
PE days
 
The PE/Games timetable for Cherry and Chestnut classes:
 
Tuesday afternoon - Swimming
Friday afternoon - Outdoor Games
 
Please provide your child with warmer clothes throughout the winter months.
All PE kit must be clearly named.
Home Learning
 
Children will be expected to read at home at least five times a week and to log on to NumBots to practice Maths fluency. They can also practise their spellings using Spelling Shed. Children have been given their login details for both websites. Please see links below which will take you directly to the sites. 
Homework grid to follow.
 
Click here for Spelling Shed

Useful links and resources for parents and children

Top Marks Maths

A web page full of number games and activities

Maths Playground

This is a website full of math games that encourage logical thinking and reasoning. It is the perfect site to help your child develop their mathematical knowledge in a fun and interactive way.

Spelling Shed

This website enables your child to learn their spellings through a fun and interactive way. Their weekly spelling lists will be uploaded to the site each week.

NumBots

Your child has their own login to this game. The more they play and learn, the more points they will earn to build and improve their robot avatar.

 Letterjoin

You will need your log in for the website. This is a web site to help your child improve their joined handwriting and help them to master their letter formation. 

Oxford Owl

This is a free website that gives you access to free eBooks that you can share with your child at home.  

Pobble 365

This website gives you a different picture each day and provides you with some question prompts and ideas to help inspire and motivate children to write. 

 Explorify

 This website is free to use and has lots of different science activities that you can work through.

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