Year 2 Curriculum Evening

Wednesday 25th September 2013

Agenda

1. Welcome 2. Meet the Staff3. Home School Agreement

Attendance, including holidays4. Voluntary Contributions5. SATs6. Numeracy7. General Overview, including an overview of a typical day8. Homework9. E-Safety10. Questions11. English Update

- Writing in Year 2 (with your child’s Literacy teacher)

SATs

• This stands for Standard Assessment Tests.

• Children are assessed in:ReadingWriting (including Spelling and Handwriting)Mathematics

• The emphasis is on teacher judgement.

• The tests are used to contribute to final teacher judgements.

Children are assessed by either their teacher and/or by formal tests. These assessments form a vital part of everyday teaching and learning as they inform the teacher of each child’s progress and what the next steps for learning should be.

Teachers assess children in relation to the levels described in the National Curriculum. Children in Key Stage 1 are, generally, working within level 1, 2 or 3. Each level judgement is broken down further into sub-levels, which helps monitor children’s progress.

What do ‘levels’ mean?

‘Low’ or ‘c’ means that the pupil is just into the level, but aspects of their knowledge and understanding may not be secure

‘Secure’ or ‘b’ means that the pupil is working securely in that level

‘High’ or ‘a’ means that the pupil is working at the top of the level and is almost into the next level

Children will progress through the sub-levels in the following way:

low 1 or 1c → secure 1 or 1b → high 1 or 1a → low 2 or 2c → secure 2 or 2b → high 2 or 2a →  

The national expectations are that by the end of Year 2, most children are working at a secure 2 (or 2b)

What do ‘levels’ mean?

Year 1 and 2 are taught in three groups.

This ensures that the children receive personalised learning

that meets their needs.

Curriculum Update

Routes to Calculation – website

www.streetsbrook.co.uk

Numeracy at Streetsbrook

A day in the life of Year 2…

• Expectations we have of the children

~ Growing independence

• Swimming• Library• Named uniform, including PE kit• Water bottles• Paint aprons• Contact book

A typical day in Year 2…

Morning:• Register • Literacy• Letters and Sounds• Playtime• Numeracy

Afternoon:• Assembly• Topic work• Playtime (when children need

one)• Story/ Singing

2B Timetable

8.45-9.00

9.00 – 10.15 10.15-

10.35

10.35 -

10.50

10.50-12.00 12.00- 1.10

1.10 1.10-1.30

1.30- 3.15(Afternoon play at teacher’s

discretion)

Monday Register

English Letters and Sounds

Playtime

Mathematics

Lunchtime

Register

Celebration Assembly

Topic/ ICTPE

Story and Singing

Tuesday English Mathematics Collective

Worship

Art/Swimming

Wednesday English Mathematics Assem

bly

Topic

Thursday English Mathematics TopicGolden Time

(Library)

Friday English Mathematics Music & Spanish/PE

2A Timetable

8.45-9.00

9.00 – 10.15 10.15-

10.35

10.35 -

10.50

10.50-12.00 12.00- 1.10

1.10 1.10-1.30

1.30- 3.15(Afternoon play at teacher’s

discretion)

Monday Register

English Letters and Sounds

Playtime

Mathematics

Lunchtime

Register

Celebration Assembly

Topic/ ICTPE

Story and Singing

Tuesday English Mathematics Collective

Worship

Topic

Wednesday English Mathematics Assem

bly

Swimming/ Art

Thursday English Mathematics Topic/ ICTGolden Time

(Library)

Friday English Mathematics Music & Spanish/PE

Homework• Home reading (books generally changed each Monday)

• Extension books

• Comprehension activity issued on a Tuesday and handed in on the following Monday (October-May)

• Numeracy activity most Fridays to be handed in the following Monday

• Topic work when required in place of Friday Numeracy

• Spellings and times tables (on-going)

E-safety

• With ever expanding new technologies such as blogs (online diaries), social networking spaces, online chat and mobile phones children are using technology in a way never seen before.

• The increased use of technology at school and home also exposes children to a number of risks and dangers.

• In its simplest form e-safety is about ensuring children use new technologies in a way which will keep them safe without limiting their opportunities for creation and innovation.

• Safe ~ to remain safe by protecting personal information;

• Meeting ~ never meet somebody you have only been in touch with online without a parent or guardian;

• Accepting ~ do not accept email, files or messages from people you don’t know;

• Reliable ~ not all information on the Internet is true, including the identity of others

• Tell ~ it is never to late to tell a parent, carer or responsible adult if someone or something makes you feel afraid online.

E-safety – Rules