At Norton, we place huge importance on encouraging each and every child to flourish, supporting them to be the very best they can in order to prepare them for life in modern Britain.
Through our creative curriculum and learning experiences, we will provide children with the skills and knowledge in order to prepare them for life in modern Britain.
Over the year, we see great strides of progress as the children learn in more depth and refine their skills, becoming more independent and taking greater ownership of their learning.
Our learning is based around three main topics that are linked to most subjects across the curriculum. This provides great opportunities for contextualised learning and makes it meaningful for the children.
Topics in Year 2:
PE:
Our PE sessions this term are every Tuesday morning, so children need to wear their PE kits to school on this day.
Trips and experiences:
Autumn- Great Fire of London Drama Workshop
Spring- Castle visit
Summer- Local Wildlife Walk
Phonics
In Year 2, the children will consolidate their recognition of the graphemes previously learnt in Year 1. They will learn further spelling patterns and rules, and begin to apply these in their writing. They will look at the possessive apostrophe, homophones, and near-homophones and suffixes.
Each week, the phonics focus is attached inside the children’s reading records. This reinforces the learning taught in the classroom and encourages children to notice any of the graphemes/ spelling rules when reading at home.
Homework
Daily Reading at home to an adult with reading records signed.
Phonics (weekly words/focus sounds in reading journals)
Common exception words (3 per week)
Maths activity linked to weekly learning (see homework books)
Reading
We expect our children to read every day: the benefits, both academic and social, are huge! Comments should be recorded in their reading record. These are checked throughout the week and need to be in school every day.
A great way to help your child to love reading is to show that you enjoy reading too. Reading together and creating discussion from books will not only help your child with their learning but also show that reading is pleasurable. In class, we timetable opportunities to read for pleasure, fostering a love of reading through listening to stories, class library time, opportunities to share our favourite books in our Year 2 reading journal and taking home ‘Reading Buddies’ (soft toys) to read to.
Support at Home
Below is a link to some suggested books for Year 2 you could read together (or to your child). This is a great reference and could be used as a starting point when visiting the local library or when visiting a bookshop.
We have also included a link to some home learning maths resources, so that you can join us with supporting your child to develop a deep and secure understanding of mathematics.
