Year 2

The Year 2 Team

Class Name

Penguins - Miss Caller

Doors opens at 8:40am -Register 8:45am - 8:55am 

The link below provides details of how long children should remain off school for particular illnesses.

Shoud I keep my child off school checklist poster (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Here is a useful government parental guide with information on how about keeping children healthy

kids healthy this school year – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)

Children who arrive after 8:45am but before 9:15am  will be marked as 'Late' (L) whilst the register is open.  This will not affect the attendance percentage but persistent lateness will lead to parents meeting with senior leaders to discuss possible support and find solutions to prevent further lateness.  Failure to improve lateness may lead to parents been reported to the Local Authority Attendance Team.

Children who arrive after 9:15am (All year groups) will be marked as 'Late' (U) after the register has closed.  This will count against the attendance rate.  Persistent lateness after 9:15am will raise safeguarding concerns and further actions will be taken to support the parents to improve the attendance rate. Parents will be reported to the Local Authority Attendance Team who may have direct involvement with parents.

Communication with the Team

• Morning communications when children arrive must be brief (teachers are busy starting lessons). If needed, hand over a written note to provide more detail and we can phone you during the day.
• Teachers are usually available at the end of each day for a short chat if needed.
• Alternatively send an email to  and this will be forwarded to Miss Caller.

PE Days

Penguins - Monday and Tuesday

Children will come to school in their PE Kit on the days they have PE.

PE Kit

• School logo jade t-shirt

• Navy shorts

• White socks (sports socks ideal)

• Plain Trainers – for outdoor games

• Navy School logo hoodie (optional)

Outdoor

• As above
• Grey, black or navy plain tracksuit bottoms or leggings
• Grey, black or navy plain tracksuit top
• Thermal compression tops – ‘skins’ (optional but recommended)
• Gloves (not allowed for sports activities involving hands such as netball, basketball, throwing and catching)

Equipment

• Water bottle (named, water only please)
• Packed lunch bag (if not having school dinner)
• Book bag or small bag with reading diary and books
• Coat /hat (weather dependent)

• Due to very small cloakrooms it is helpful if children only bring a small bag into school. Checking their school bags daily is a good habit to get into.

All other resources are provided by school.

Homework

Reading - It is expected that your child reads at home daily for at least 10 minutes with an adult.  Re-reading a book several times, becoming familiar with tricky words in a book and asking questions to develop reading comprehension skills can be useful. 

Times Tables – Year 2 should practice times tables to help learn these at least 3 times a week.  Year 2 are expected to have secure knowledge and quick recall of the x2, x5 and x10 multiplication facts by the end of Year 2

During the year Year 2 will have an English or maths activity for homework each week.   

Spellings- will be sent home on a Thursday. These need to be practiced at home daily ready for the spelling test on a Thursday.

Please refer to the table below for the homework this term: