Grenoside Primary Community School

Welcome to Year 2!

Our teachers are Miss Marston and Mr Greenwood and we are supported by Ms Sleney and Miss Colton. We are really looking forward to our time in Y2 together and we hope you are too. We have many engaging and interactive learning topics planned.

This year our topics will be:

Educational Visits 

We currently have no educational visits planned. As the current situation is constantly changing. If this becomes possible, we will give you as much notice as possible before we undertake any visits.

Home Learning

Home learning is set online through your child’s Google Classroom half-termly and is linked to the focus topic for the current half term. Please see the current topic ‘Can you…? Grid’ that has been shared and set as an assignment on your child’s Google Classroom page. You can upload any of the home learning activities completed onto the assignment and this will be shared with the class if you child wishes to.

The children learn their key word spellings within class frequently however, we do set these as a weekly assignment and we ask that the children practice these regularly at home each week. Please refer to your child’s spelling colour group (red, orange of green.) If you or your child is ensure please check with your child’s class teacher which colour spellings to learn.

PE Days

                   Y2GM - Tuesday    Y2DG - Wednesday

Children are expected to come to school in their P.E. kits on the day of their P.E. lessons. P.E. kits include a coloured PE T-shirt (in the colour of their House Team or a plain white T-short), navy or black shorts and trainers (children will usually have bare feet in the hall). Navy or black jogging bottoms and a school jumper will be needed for outdoor sessions in winter, as children will be taken outdoors whenever possible. We would also like children to bring a waterproof coat on these days. Please do not allow your child/ren to wear any jewellery on PE days and ensure all kit is labelled with your child’s name. You child is also expected to bring a water bottle to school everyday.

Home Reading and Phonics

It is important in Y2 that children are enjoying regular reading at home, as a child’s ability to read impacts on all areas of learning. Encourage your child to read on a daily basis for a short time. This doesn’t always have to be a book from school and we encourage children to make careful and appropriate choices of extra reading materials at home (e.g. magazines, stories and non-fiction books). Reading for pleasure is an important aspect of creating a lifelong love of reading so we encourage you to read a non-school text with your child where possible.

Children will bring a reading book home from school each week alongside a Reading Record which we encourage you to write comments in when reading with your child. Please encourage your child to read their book more than once to build fluency and to also provide opportunity to ask more questions about the book to improve their understanding.

There are also some free ebooks available online on ‘Oxford Reading Owl’ at: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/#

You can choose the appropriate age range and level for your child.

Phonics is also an important aspect to reading. Y2 children, who would have normally undertaken the ‘Phonics Screening Check’ in June of Y1, will now be undertaking this during the autumn term. We practise phonics daily in school but it will also be beneficial if you encourage phonics learning at home. Here are some useful sites to visit:

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

https://www.education.com/games/word-patterns/

If you have anything you would like to discuss, please contact your child’s class teacher through Google Classroom (via the Messages for Miss Marston/Mr Greenwood assignment), via parents@grenoside.sheffield.sch.uk or by phoning the school office. Please make sure school has your current email address and up to date contact details.

Best wishes,

Y2 Team