Welcome to St Bernadette Page

Welcome to St. Bernadette class! 

 

We have an exciting year ahead as we embark on a journey of discovery, building upon learning that has already taken place and challenging each pupil to have the best experience in the year ahead. We aim to provide your children with enriching learning opportunities that will have a positive impact on them. 

 As part of our journey through Year 2, we have some exciting learning opportunities planned including educational visits, school trips and WOW days - enthusiastically hosted my our dedicated staff at our brilliant school.

 We encourage parents to keep an open line of communication with us throughout the year. Your involvement is invaluable, and we truly appreciate any support you can offer—whether it’s sharing skills, resources, or simply words of encouragement. If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 Thank you for your ongoing support, and here’s to a year full of learning, enjoyment, and new adventures!

The Year 2 Team

Teachers:

Mrs Turnbull 

Mr Kelliher

Learning Support Assistants:

Miss Horsford

Mrs Graefe

Mrs Bentley

Meet The Teacher Power Point

bt parent meeting template.pdf

This terms Caritas Curriculum Learning

Join Henry the Explorer as we explore the world and think about how we look after and care for one another in our different communities finding out about explorers of the past in history and whether they made the right choices. Through geography we discover the differences in our lands(both human and physical) between the UK and Australia using our computing skills to research safely. In music we discover some South African tunes and use our bodies to help create new pieces. During science we learn about the different animals and habitats of these places and begin to learn how food chains work. Finally, we create some remarkable drawings in art as we use the landscapes and environment to inspire us. 

y2 knowledge organiser life down under.pdf

Caritas Learning Overview 

 

 

Home Learning

Home Learning

Home learning will be set on a Monday and is to be completed and handed back by Friday, ready for the next lot of home work to be stuck in and handed back out on Monday. The home learning will consist of a weekly alternating Maths or English task, inline with what the children are learning in class. At times, the home learning may be used as a pre-teaching tool, engaging children with an upcoming topic. 

Children will be given house points for their efforts, and we would like to celebrate their learning through posting pictures on the school website for everyone to see.

 Spellings 

Each week within the home learning, the children will be given a small selection of spellings from the Year 2 common exceptions.

Spellings will be allocated weekly through the home learning books and our online learning page. Children will be encouraged to practise these at home in preparation for a weekly quiz on a Friday.

Reading

Please ensure that your child reads daily.  They should be reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction books.  It is important that they read to an adult/older sibling as often as possible.  Please ask your child questions about what they have read to build up their understanding and encourage them to give opinions about the book. 

Reading books will be changed up to twice a week and reading diaries can now be brought to and from school and can be written in. The days the children will read on have been written in their reading diaries.  We encourage children to read at home, this can be there school book, library book, magazines or anything that may interest them. This will help them learn new vocabulary and build up on their fluency and understanding of different texts.

Please listen to your child read, then mark the date and page(s) in the diary page and comment if you wish.

Your child will also be given the opportunity to take home a library book to build up a love for reading. Children have the opportunity to change their library books every Wednesday. 

P.E. 

 Our PE day is a Thursday.

Please come to school in your outdoor PE kits.