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Welcome to Year 2

Important information:

Physical Education
PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. The children will need to bring their PE kit on these days to get changed into before the PE lesson. PE kit should consist of a navy or white t-shirt and navy shorts or navy/black tracksuit bottoms or leggings. Children will need pumps or trainers because we will be outside as much as possible.

Reading Books
Books will be changed on Mondays and will need to be returned to school on Fridays.
Please try to listen to your child reading for at least 5-10 minutes each day.
Sharing a book at bedtime or reading a story to your child will help them develop a love for reading!

Spellings
Spelling Tests take place on Fridays and new spellings will be given out on Monday. Words will be given to your child which they can stick in to their spelling book at home. Please make sure that your child looks after their book and that you check it regularly. Thank you.

Homework
Please practise times tables with your children so that they can learn them by reciting them and know them by heart. They should practise x2, x10, x5 and x3. A reading comprehension book or a maths arithmetic book will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned the following Thursday.
Children have the opportunity to complete activities from the topic homework menu. These activities link to the learning we will be doing in class that half term.

and finally....
If you have any questions about Year 2 and the things we do, please come and talk to either Miss Horigan and Miss Paterson.

Homework Menu

Newsletters

Summer 1 Text Map: Jack and the Beanstalk

Apple, Orange and Lime group

Banana and Strawberry group

Spring 2 Text Map: Samuel Pepys Diary

Apple, Orange and Lime group

Banana and Strawberry group

Spring 1 Text map: Traction Man!
Apple, Orange and Lime groups

Banana and Strawberry groups

Autumn 2 Text map: The Montgolfier brothers (non-chronological report)

Apple, Orange and Lime groups

Banana and Strawberry groups

Autumn 1 Text map: Tinga Tinga Riddle

Spelling Menu and Year 2 Common exception word list

Use the spelling menu games to help you practice the year 2 common exception words.

Advice for reading at home

Your child will have been sent their home reading book home. This book is colour coded according to their reading level. If you would like to access more books you can do so online at https://www.oxfordreadingbuddy.com/uk

When you log in, the books you can access are colour coded according to children's reading levels. Please check the colour of your child's home reading book, this will correspond with a number on the Oxford Reading Buddy website. If you are unsure of your child's reading level, please email me – Year2@quarrymountprimary.org.uk

Yellow	Oxford level 3
Blue	Oxford level 4
Green	Oxford level 5
Orange	Oxford level 6
Turquoise	Oxford level 7
Purple	Oxford level 8
Gold	Oxford level 9
White	Oxford level 10

I hope this helps you to continue enjoying reading at home!