Welcome to the YearYear 2 2 Curriculum Meeting

Worple Primary School

School Staff

• Headteacher – Ms N O’Hara• Deputy Head – Mrs D O’Connor• Key Stage Two Leader – Mr L Redman• Early Years Leader – Miss R Lyon • Senco – Mrs O’Connor Assistant Senco – Mrs Patton• EAL lead – Miss Brohi• Class Teachers – Miss Joy• Teaching Assistants & Support Staff – Mr Stubbs, Mrs

Houmou (Mrs Malika), Mrs O’malley (Kim) and Miss Lupton .

Organisation Chart

Class Teachers

Basic Rules & Expectations• In Class• Around the school• In the playground• Of school Equipment

RewardsRewards – purple tokens praise, stickers, merits, – purple tokens praise, stickers, merits, golden time, certificates, Team points, star of the golden time, certificates, Team points, star of the week week

SanctionsSanctions – being moved, missing minutes of – being moved, missing minutes of playtime/golden time, being sent to another playtime/golden time, being sent to another class/member of senior staff.class/member of senior staff.

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Expectations of Uniform

• School Sweatshirt• Grey/black skirt/shorts/trousers/pinafore dress• White polo shirt/ cotton shirt• Black shoes (no heels, no trainers)• In summer – purple dresses /shorts ( black or

grey)• No Jewellery except small studs or sleepersAll Uniform MUST be labelled!

 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Autumn 17 1/2 Weeks

Autumn 27 Weeks

Spring 16 Weeks

Spring 25 Weeks

Summer 16 Weeks

Summer 27 Weeks

  International Primary CurriculumTRIP – War Memorial

International Primary CurriculumTRIP – TBC

International Primary CurriculumTRIP – Look Out Discovery Centre

English 

Narrative 1 - Stories with Familiar Settings 

(4 weeks)  

Non Fiction 3 - Information Texts (4 

weeks) 

Narrative 2 – Traditional Stories 

(4 weeks) 

Non – Fiction 2 – Explanations (3 weeks) (Great Fire of London)

 Narrative 3 - Different Stories by the same author  (3 weeks) (Roald 

Dahl)Myths legends and fables

 Poetry 2 – Really looking

 (2 weeks)

Non- Fiction 1 – Instructions (4 

weeks) 

Poetry 1 – Patterns on the Page (2 weeks)

SATS  

Narrative 4 – Extended 

Stories/Significant Authors (3 weeks)

Non Friction 4 - Non-chronological reports 

(4 weeks) 

Poetry 3 – Silly Stuff (2 weeks)

Maths

Number and Place ValueMental addition and SubtractionMental multiplication and divisionGeometry: properties of shapes

StatisticsMeasurement

Geometry: position and direction

Number and Place ValueMental addition and Subtraction

MeasurementGeometry: position and directionMental multiplication and divisionFractions, ratio and proportion

Statistics

Number and Place ValueMental addition and Subtraction

MeasurementStatistics

Mental multiplication and divisionFractions, ratio and proportion

SATS Preparation

IPC

Sensational

(7)Country - Australia

 ArtMusicScience

TechnologyInternational

 

History - Time Travellers(5-6)

Country - TBC 

HistoryInternational 

 

The Stories People Tell(5-6)

Country – Greece 

HistoryArtPEMusic

GeographySociety

International

ICT – Say Cheese!(3-4)

Country - TBC ICT

International

Flowers and Insects(7)

Country - TBC 

ScienceGeography

ArtMusicSociety

International

Hooray…Let’s go on Holiday(8)

Country – Africa 

GeographyHistoryArtICT

SocietyInternational

PE

Dance 1 – Colours and Moods Gym 1 Low Level Apparatus Big Apparatus

Dance 2 – Life Cycles Gym 2

Games 1 - Balancing Games 2 – Ball skills

Games 3 – Racket skillsGames 4 – attacking and defending

Sports Athletics

RE Unit 1 - Special Times Unit 2 – Special People Unit 3 – Special Places

PHSCE Circle Time / SEAL New Beginnings

Circle Time / SEALGetting on and Falling Out

Circle Time / SEALGoing for Goals

Circle Time / SEAL 

Good To be Me

Circle Time / SEAL Relationships 

Circle Time / SEAL Changes

FrenchClassroom instructions 

Language Greeting NumbersDays of the 

week/Months of the year

Body parts

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday9.00-9.309:30-9:509:50-10:10 

Learning assembly Phonics

Guided Reading

PhonicsGuided Reading Handwriting

 

PhonicsGuided Reading 

Big Maths

Singing assembly Phonics

Guided Reading  

Phonics9.30-9.55 French

9.55-  10.55   

10:10-10:55 English English English 10:10-10:55 English Spelling Test  

English(Hall Slot)

           11.10– 12.00  

Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths

        Football  1.05– 2.15    

 RE   

 IPC

 PE 

1:15 – 1:40 Library IPC

1:05 Guided Reading 

1:35 Celebration Assembly

 2:00 PSHCE (Mind Up)

           

2.30 -3.30  

PE(Indoor)

IPC 

3:00 Birthday Assembly in Year 1

ICT / Handwriting  

IPC Golden time 2:45

  Hand spellings out   Hand out reading books

  Homework out Due Wednesday

PE Kit 

• PE Kit – These should be brought in on a Monday and kept in school until Friday.  It is essential for your child's wellbeing that they are fully equipped to take part in PE. The kit must be black shorts, white t-shirt, white socks, black plimsolls

Attendance and Punctuality

• Importance of regular attendance ( & rewards – class trophy/certificates)

• Importance of punctuality – Raffle tickets• When attendance drops below 92% Ms O’Hara becomes involved and you will be contacted by letter.

• A home school agreement with targets will be put in place if attendance continues to be poor which can result in the EWO becoming involved.

New Curriculum 2014

• Video

• Year 2 Changes

• MFL is now statutory for years 3 – 6 however the children will be taught French by Mrs Stevens weekly from Year 1.

• Year 2 will have a 25 minute French lesson on Friday at 9:30-9:55

Foundation Subjects• IPC has been updated in line with the new curriculum. 

• Topic based but discrete subjects.

• A rolling programme between years 1 and 2.

• Exit and Entry points.• Other subjects will also be timetabled into the school week, such as PE and RE.

• Any skills not covered will be taught at other times.• Science knowledge will be revised throughout. 

• KS2 pupils will receive a music lesson paid for by the school where they will be taught either fife or clarinet by a specialist music teacher. 

Physical Education

Monday – PE (Miss Lyon)

Wednesday – Games (Miss Joy)

Maths Targets

Example of Year 2 targets

(2c/b)

I can count in steps of 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. I can recognise place value in two-digit numbers.

I can compare and order numbers up to 100 using ≤, ≥and =.

I can recall and use number addition and subtraction facts to 20, and use related facts up to 100.

I can add and subtract mentally, and with objects, with both one and two digit numbers. I can understand that addition and subtraction are the inverse.

I can add and subtract numbers using objects and pictorial representations and mentally including:•2 digit number and ones•2 digit number and tens•Two 2 digit numbers•Adding three 1 digit numbers.

I can recall the x2, x5 and x10 tables and their related division facts.

I can recognise odd and even numbers.

Writing Targets

Example of Year 2 targets

I can use BOYS sentences (but, or, yet, so)

I can sometimes use expanded noun phrases

Eg The blue butterfly.

I can begin my sentences with a variety of openers

(not just he/she or a person’s name)First Next, Then, This, That, These, One day,

Yesterday

I can usually use capital letters and full stops

correctly in all my writing.

I am beginning to consistently use a range of punctuation in my writing including question marks

and exclamation marks.

I can use commas in lists.

I am beginning to use apostrophes correctly for contraction.

don’t can’t won’t I’m

I am beginning to use apostrophes for possession.The dog’s tail wagged rapidly.

Reading & Homework

• New Reading Journal – MUST be brought to school everyday with the child’s book.

• Homework:Reading: Daily at home – new books will be given out on a Wednesday.Spellings: Given out on a Monday – Test FridayEnglish/Maths: Alternate weeks. Given out on a Friday due in

on Wednesday

Enrichment Activities

• Trips we may be going on this year:• War memorial – November • Look Out Discovery Centre

• Other trips tbc

Parent Help & Support

We would really appreciate you We would really appreciate you coming in to help with:coming in to help with:

• Reading with individual children• Help with the PTA events• Help on school trips• Help making resources• Parent Council - we need reps for Nursery, Year

4 and year 6

Website and the Internet• New website has on line calendar to New website has on line calendar to

keep you up to date keep you up to date

• www.worple.orgwww.worple.org

• Parent mail – please make sure you are Parent mail – please make sure you are registered for parent mail. If you are registered for parent mail. If you are unsure how to do this there will be a unsure how to do this there will be a training session in the Autumn term. training session in the Autumn term.

• Safe use of the internetSafe use of the internethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOOn2wR8bU

School Dinners

• New company

• Juniors will need to pay online in advance

• £10 per week

• Dinners must be ordered in advance.

• Children will have the opportunity to have fresh bread, vegetables cooked on site.

Questions?