Welcome to Year 2
YEAR 2
Class 6 – Pednandrea
Miss Maun
Miss Pelassa/Mrs O' Brian
Miss Pelassa/Mrs O' Brian
Class 7 – South Crofty
Miss Herbert
Mrs Perram
Mrs Perram
Class 8 – Dolcoath
Mr Hill
Mrs Joyce/Mrs O'Brian
Mrs Joyce/Mrs O'Brian
In Year 2, the curriculum has been carefully planned to build upon and progress from Year 1. Our lessons are creative, exciting, and fun as well as being challenging. We aim to build on our children’s independence to become confident, resilient, and self-motivated learners who will be ready for their journey to KS2.
We follow the school’s progression of skills which is linked directly to school’s locality. Each half term has a topic focus which brings together some of our learning and makes links between curriculum areas. At the beginning of each half term, we send home a topic map that outlines the learning for parents to discuss with their children. We also send regular updates on Class dojo to show parents what we have been up to and how children can be supported further.
We follow the school’s progression of skills which is linked directly to school’s locality. Each half term has a topic focus which brings together some of our learning and makes links between curriculum areas. At the beginning of each half term, we send home a topic map that outlines the learning for parents to discuss with their children. We also send regular updates on Class dojo to show parents what we have been up to and how children can be supported further.
We believe children learn best when they have first-hand experiences. We plan the children’s learning to be exciting, memorable and in context. We have several trips planned to enhance the learning that the children do in school.
Phonics and reading is taught discretely every day in Read Write Inc. sessions and then embedded throughout the rest of the days teaching and provision. Children take home reading books that are linked directly to the phonics stage they are on. We also read a wide range of books in class reading (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) where we focus on reading comprehension skills, development of vocabulary and reading for pleasure.
Phonics and reading is taught discretely every day in Read Write Inc. sessions and then embedded throughout the rest of the days teaching and provision. Children take home reading books that are linked directly to the phonics stage they are on. We also read a wide range of books in class reading (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) where we focus on reading comprehension skills, development of vocabulary and reading for pleasure.
For English, we use the TPAT Writing approach. Children work through the Read Write Inc. sheme initially and use the Get Writing activities linked to the texts they read to master their foundational skills. Once the children reach the end of the scheme, we teach them a daily English lesson. Here they learn texts and then innovate on them practising the skills taught t before inventing our own texts. Some of the specific grammar is embedded into the texts the children learn and some in taught in discrete English lessons. Children are given the text maps to take home and practise with their families. Spellings are taught using the RWI Spelling Scheme and sent home for the children to practise. Handwriting is taught using the Nelson Handwriting scheme.