Broadfields Primary School

We are looking forward to a new academic year with you and your children! If you would like to talk to any of the adults please come and find us at the end of the school day or make an appointment for a time that suits you. Alternatively, you can contact us via Class Dojo or send us an email! Here are the Year 2 team:

Peach Class

Head of Year 2 and Teacher: Keree Thomas (kthomas@broadfields.net)

Orange Class

Teacher: Alina Cernat (acernat@broadfields.net)

Lemon Class

Teacher: Esra Uzcan (euzcanboshnjaku@broadfields.net)

Maths Groups Teacher: Mrs Davina McIntosh (dmcintosh@broadfields.net)

Year 2's Creative Curriculum Topics:

Autumn term - The Great Fire of London

Spring Term - Villages, towns and cities

Summer Term - Explorers and adventurers

Our timetable in Year 2.

Reading

Reading is a huge focus this year and we will be encouraging the children to read daily. Please read with your child everyday even if it is a couple of pages, the back of a cereal box, even the subtitles of their favourite TV show!! Reading has a huge impact on your children's learning and development. It stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. Read read read!

Supersonic Phonic Friends

In Year 2, children who did not pass or didn't take the phonics screening will sit the phonics screening test. This will take place in the Summer term. Throughout the year, your child will be taught the sounds they need to know in order to read the words on the test. For the test, the children are asked to read real and 'alien' words to test their knowledge.

This year we have signed up to a new phonics scheme called Supersonic Phonic Friends!

You can find a link to the website below:

https://www.supersonicphonicfriends.co.uk/

We will be sending out reading books that align with this new scheme and we will be keeping parents updated about the sounds the children are learning through newsletters posted on Class Dojo.

At Broadfields Primary School, we prioritise reading, aiming for all children to read for pleasure by the end of Year 2. Phonics is key to developing reading skills. Children needing extra support may join phonics catch-up groups with experienced teachers. Weekly phonics assessments help identify those who need additional help.

Homework is given out on a Friday and is due back on the following Wednesday.

- Reading records are given out on a Friday and due back on the Wednesday. Inside the reading records, you will see your child's login card (see picture below).

- Each week there will be spelling homework (purple book). The children will be tested every Wednesday.

- Maths Group Homework (This will be an online Google quiz on Google classroom).

- Reading comprehension homework will either be a hard copy or a Google quiz (this will commence in January).

- Children should also read everyday. Reading books and diaries need to be brought in daily and books will be changed on a Wednesday.