Year 2 – Class

Learning Time

There will always be a visual timetable in the classroom.

This is what a day will usually look like:

• Register
• Spelling and Phonics
• English
• Playtime
• Maths
• Lunch
• Meditation
• Guided Reading
• Project/Music/RE/PE/ICT/PSHE/Woodland
• Cultural Capital assemblies
• Story time
• Home time

Our Learning Projects

Our project questions will be:

• Can one person really change the world?
• What makes our world different and the same, and why should we appreciate both?
• How can we protect the things we love?

Music

You will learn the ocarina this year.

PE & Woodland

• Our PE session is on Thursday. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on this day.
• Our Woodland session is on Monday. Please bring wellies to school.
• The swimming pool will also come to school. A timetable will be sent out.

Library Visits

We will visit the library once a term.

Assemblies

• Monday – R&G, SDGs, UNCRC and In the Media Monday (Picture News)
• Tuesday – Picture Book
• Wednesday – I Wonder Wednesday
• Thursday – Lyfta
• Friday – Celebration Assembly

Every week, you will learn about a different country, artist, music genre and poem.

Singing Assembly will be on Monday afternoon.

Playtime

You will play Playworks games with your friends. These will teach you how to take turns, follow rules, win and lose well, and be part of a team.

Lunchtime

• You will order your lunch in the morning or bring a packed lunch from home.
• At lunchtime, you will wash your hands and eat your lunch in the classroom.
• There will be time to play outside, playing Playworks games.

Toilets

If you need the toilet, ask your teacher at a convenient time.

We will use the toilets opposite our classroom, next to Year 6.

Trips, Visits & Celebrations

• There will be a school trip linked to a project.
• We will listen to the Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall in the spring term.
• People may visit our class to help with our projects.
• We will celebrate Christmas, Eid, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, World Book Day, Harvest, Easter, birthdays and lots of other events during the school year.
• We will lead a whole-school Easter assembly. The date is to be confirmed.

End of the Day

• There will always be a story at the end of every day.
• At home time, your teachers will take you to the Year 2 entrance/exit to meet your parents.
• Please make sure your teacher knows who you are leaving with at the end of the day.

Home Learning & Reading Books

• You will receive home learning on Friday.
• Your reading book will be changed every Monday.