Welcome to Year 2 Cedar Class Page

Spring 2025

WELCOME TO YEAR 2

Year 2 staff would like to wish you a happy new year and a warm welcome back to school. It has been wonderful to see all the pupils wearing their uniform with pride and greeting friends and staff with happy smiles, kind words and good manners. We had a wonderful previous term working together, from making stain glass windows to visiting Chester Zoo. We have already had an excellent start to our Spring Term and want to continue this with many more exciting moments and challenges for the children.

YEAR 2 STAFF

If you need any support or would like to discuss how we can best work in partnership to support your child in school, we are always here to help. Your class teacher is always the first point of contact, followed by Miss Crosbee as Phase Lead (Y2 and 3). For any advice on special educational needs, it may be appropriate, after speaking with the class teacher, to also contact Mrs Whitehead, who is our school Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO).

Smaller queries can often be answered at drop off times, however for more private conversations, or those that may take a little longer, please make an appointment by discussing this with the teacher or calling the school office instead.

Please be advised that collection time is a very busy time, and not a time when we can give you our full attention.

Miss Crosbee: Y2 Teacher and phase leader (Fir)

Miss Cochrane: Y2 Teacher (Cedar)

Mrs Latimer, Miss Worthington: Teaching Assistants

Computing: Mr Keaney (MGL)

PE: Mr Lee (Little Sports Coaches)

ATTENDANCE

Good attendance and punctuality are vital, not only for learning, but also to help pupils settle into their new school routine, make friends and grow in confidence.  

Each week, every class with 100% attendance is rewarded with a prize. We have our weekly extra play award for every class that hits 96% and certificates for best class and most improved. Being on time is vital to help your child settle in the morning and access lessons to the full. Our classroom door opens at 8.40am for the start of the day, closing at 8:55 and collection time is at 3.10pm.  

If you have any queries with regards to attendance, please contact our Attendance Officer Miss North or Designated Attendance Lead Andy Murphy.  

Spring Curriculum Coverage

English	The Bog Baby  Narrative: Finding Narrative Instructions: How to build a habitat Grandad’s Island  Narrative: Return Narrative Information: Jungle Animals
Maths	Shape Multiplication and Division   Length and Height   Mass, Capacity and Temperature
RE	Local Church- COMMUNITY- Books  Eucharist- RELATING- Thanksgiving  Lent/ Easter- GIVING- Opportunities
History	Significant historical events, people, places in our locality: Kitty Wilkinson
Geography	Compare a small part of the UK to a non-European location – London and Nairobi
Science	Uses of everyday materials  Revisit Living things and their habitats / materials
Computing	Programming using Scratch JR Storing and Presenting Date
PE	Dance Skills and Net & Wall Skills Our PE lessons are on Thursdays. Children are to come into school wearing the school PE kit.
Art	Block B – Painting Block C – Printmaking Block D – Textiles and Collage
Design & Technology	Block B – Food and Nutrition Block C – Mechanisms Block D – Understanding materials
Music	Block C – Introducing rhythm and pulse Block D – Introducing pitch
PSHE	Dreams and Goals and Healthy Me

Spring Curriculum Coverage

Daily reading of books sent home- these are changed weekly

(please write in the blue reading record each time you read with your child)

Weekly Spelling and Handwriting practise (as part of spelling practise)

Regular and ongoing times tables practise online using TTRockstars

(pupils will be provided with usernames and passwords) Children will bring a homework book home for them to complete homework in.
Please can this be returned each week for us to have a look at your child’s wonderful work.

READING

Developing strong readers is our priority. All pupils read in school daily and have already this week had reading practise sent home, coinciding with their reading stage. Reading each day, with your child at home, will help to accelerate learning and help your child to grow in confidence. Please help us by writing in the blue home-school reading record when you read with your child, keeping the home school partnership strong. We are aiming for each child to read at home five times a week.

Here are some Y2 book recommendations, which you can enjoy reading

at home with your child in addition to the ones we send home weekly.

More information on reading, and the rest of the curriculum, can be

found on our school website. https://stteresaoflisieux.co.uk/

Remember to also follow our Twitter / X page and keep up with
what we are doing on our class pages on the school website.

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