Teacher: Mrs Spring (Monday to Wednesday) and Miss Maggs (Wednesday to Friday)

Teaching Assistant:  Mrs Humphery (Monday to Thursday All Day and Friday Mornings)

PPA Teacher: Miss Woodard (Wednesday Afternoon)

Welcome to Year Two

Our School Day

To find out details of how the Y2 pupils spend their time, please take a look at the timeline of our school day. Important times to note are arrival time (8.40am) and registration (8.50am). It is important the children are at school and settled in time for the day to begin.

Curriculum Support

The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests. If you would like to know more about each individual subject please visit our Curriculum Page. Each term our class topic will link in to the curriculum in a way that brings the subjects to life for the children. 

Autumn Term Topic

This term our topic is Once Upon a Time....... Please look at the topic web below for more information.

PE

Please note the change to our PE days this term; they are Wednesdays and Fridays. The children will need to wear the Rosary PE kit to school on these days. Please click here to find out PE kit requirements.

Forest School

We are very lucky to be able to offer regular Forest School sessions to all our classes at the Rosary School. Our grounds are perfect to help the children connect and engage with the outdoors, and learn through active and exciting tasks and challenges such as den building, making a fire or tools, and identifying insects and birds. Y2 Forest School sessions are every three weeks on Friday.  Children will need to wear Forest School kit to school on these days, details of which can be found along with the session timetable, as links from the Forest School page but dates can also be found on our topic web above.

Reading and Book Change

The children are encouraged to read the books they choose at school regularly. You can use Oxford Owl to select extra reading books for your child. It would be most helpful if you can take time to read with them every week and record your comments in their reading record. When they are familiar with the book they should change it for a new one. Our book change day is on Wednesday. 

Rainbow Spellings

Our Rainbow Spellings in each year group focus on 'tricky words' that are commonly misspelt or do not follow regular rules. These words are re-visited two years in a row and are tested regularly.

Maths

This term we will be reinforcing the strategies to use when working on place value, addition, subtraction, geometry, multiplication and division; encouraging the children to use the number bond facts they know and their knowledge of place value. Have a look at the Maths knowledge organisers below to help you understand what your child is learning.

Rainbow Maths

There is a National Curriculum requirement for children to know their times tables up to 12 x12 by the end of Year 4, at which point they take an online test. To support this objective, children from Y2 onwards take part in daily rainbow maths practice. Once children have completed the unit on multiplication in Y2, they start on the 'black' sheet and work their way up through red, orange, yellow and so on. The document below shows what is required for each colour. We will start this after half-term.

Our Class Saint - St. Paul

Feast Day: 29th June

Saint Paul is one of the most important and influential of all the saints. Many of his writings are contained in the Canon of the Bible and have influenced the growth and development of the Church since the first century.

St. Paul was originally known as Saul, and he was a Roman citizen and a Pharisee. He even presided over the persecutions of the early Christians and was present at the martyrdom of St. Stephen.

However, Saul experienced a powerful vision that caused him to convert to Christianity while on the road to Damascus. Following this he was baptised and took the name Paul.

Paul travelled the world, first to Arabia then back to Damascus. He also visited Jerusalem to see St. Peter, the first pope. During these travels, he preached tirelessly despite criticism from those who rebuffed his message.

The letters Paul wrote that have survived have become part of the Bible. His writings are important because they provide good advice for how Christians should live.

Additional Curriculum Resources

For further resources to support your child across all subjects, please visit our Curriculum page which features links to many useful sites and apps.