Year 2

Welcome to Year 2 at St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School.

Meet the Year 2 team

Mrs Tonks: Class Teacher

Mrs Cole: Classroom Assistant (mornings)

Mrs Chapman: Support Assistant

In Year 2 we encourage children to begin to apply all their fabulous early years learning and build upon their growing skill set. We celebrate the children's achievements and encourage a love of learning! Each half term we focus on a particular topic and use a cross-curricular approach to engage and enthuse the children. Our topics for this academic year are: London and the Queen, Famous People, Castles, Africa, The Seaside and Me and My World.

The children are taught Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Phonics, Science, History, Geography, Computing, Music, Art, Design Technology and Physical Education. We also take part in a weekly singing lesson with Miss Kitson.

Our two School Council Representatives are chosen by the children each year and take our ideas and share them with the rest of the School Council. We also have Class Ambassadors, Eco Councillors, Sports Councillors and many other important child-led roles which enable the children to feel valued and important.

We have lots of fun in Year 2 and there are many opportunities for children to consolidate their learning through taking part in activities such as extra-curricular visits and workshops throughout the year. We enjoy taking part in singing lessons with Miss Kitson and proudly show off our singing talents in numerous performances!

We hope the information on this page gives you a ‘window’ into life in Year 2. Our door is always open if you would like to visit!

Important information

Homework – handed out on a Friday, to be handed in by Wednesday.

Spellings – handed out at the beginning of each half term. Spelling tests are on a Friday.

Times tables – tests will be on a Friday. The test for the week is listed on the spelling sheet also.

PE days vary throughout the year depending on the planned provision. Please send PE kits to school every Monday. They will be returned at the end of the week for washing.

Autumn dates for your diary

26^th September – Individual & family photographs

1st October - EYFS/KS1 Harvest Festival 9.15-10.30am

3^rd October – Year 2 Maths information session for parents 3.15-4pm

21st & 22nd October – Parent consultation evenings

22^nd October – Year 2 Pedestrian safety workshop in school

25^th October – INSET day

7^th November – Year 2 Writing information session for parents 3.15-4pm

w/b 11^th November – Anti-bullying Week

12^th November – PA Film night

21^st November – Year 2 visit to The Hepworth Gallery

5^th December – PA Christmas Fayre 3-5.30pm