Year Two- Welcome!
Class teacher: Mrs Hancock
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Payton
Literacy:
READING
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During the year your child will continue to learn to use a variety of approaches when working out unfamiliar words, e.g. sounding them out or looking for clues in the context.
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He or she will be encouraged to talk and write about:Why they enjoyed a particular part of the story.
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Humour in stories/poems.
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What they think of charactersReasons for event in stories.
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What they think might happen next in a story
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Patterns in the text, e/g/ rhyme, repetition.
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The meanings of words which are new to them
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What they have found out from a non-fiction text Your child will study:Stories and poems with familiar settings
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Stories and poems by significant children’s writers
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Traditional stories
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Humorous stories and poems
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Extended stories Instructions
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Explanations
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Dictionaries, glossaries and other alphabetically ordered texts
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Information books, mainly related to class topics.
WRITING!
Your child will be encouraged to:
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Re-read her/his own writing for sense and punctuation!
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Write in sentences, using capital letters and full stops!
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Add interest to own writing, e.g. by including simple descriptions! Use story or poetry structures to help in their own writing.
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Make simple notes from non-fiction books about topics which interest them! Write their own simple non-fiction texts.
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Learn spellings and spelling patterns (spelling sent home weekly)
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Make basic joins in handwriting and improve letter formation
What can we do to help?
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Help your child to learn to spell common words.
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Use look, say, cover, write, check.Hear your child read and read to them – make reading fun
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Help your child to practise handwriting – holding a pencil correctly, letter formation and joins.
Numeracy:
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Count, read, write and order whole numbers to at least 100; know what each digit represents (including 0 as a place holder).
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Describe and extend simple number sequences (including odd/even numbers, counting on or back in ones or tens from any two digit number, and so on).
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Understand that subtraction is the inverse of addition; state the subtraction corresponding to a given addition and vice versa.
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Know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number to at least 10.
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Use knowledge that addition can be done in any order to do mental calculations more efficiently.
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Understand the operation of multiplication as repeated addition.
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Know and use halving as the inverse of doubling.Say 2, 5 and 10 timetables with confidence and know by heart facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.
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Estimate, measure and compare lengths, masses and capacities, using standard units; suggest suitable units and equipment for such measurements.
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Read a simple scale to the nearest labelled division, including using a ruler to draw and measure line to the nearest centimetre.
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Use the mathematical names for common 2-D and 3-D shapes; sort shapes and describe some of their features.Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement e.g. forwards, back, left, right.
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Choose and use appropriate operations and efficient calculation strategies to solve problems, explaining how the problem was solved.
What can you do to help?
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Counting to 100 – counting in 2s, 5s, 10s. Then beyond 100 – counting in 100s, 50s.
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Draw your child’s attention to shapes in the environment and encourage them to learn the names of shapes.
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Talk to your child about units of time e.g.: 60 seconds – 1 minute, 60 minutes = 1 hour, 24 hours = 1 day, 7 days = 1 week, 12 months = 1 year.
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Practise telling the time o’clock, half past and quarter past.
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Encourage your child to handle money, add coins and find change from 50p.Make your child aware of patterns that exist in the 2x, 5x and 10x tables
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Practise regularly chanting the 2, 5, and 10 timetables.