Our Lady's School is a caring family, where, with Jesus in our hearts, we value everyone and encourage them to be the best that they can be.

Welcome to Class 2!

Hello! My name is Miss Watkinson and I am your class teacher.

Miss Naz will be working in class with us on Mondays and Tuesdays and Mrs Troughton will be working in class with us on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

Book Bags

Reading book bags are expected to be in every day to take important letters home. We may also listen to your child read their home reading book on any day and record this in their reading record so this is needed in school daily. Two reading books will be sent home every Friday: a phonics book for your child to read aloud and a story book that can be read to the child by an adult. It is important that children are read with daily at home and in school. Children should read their phonics book every day, so that the book becomes familiar and your child becomes more confident reading it each time to build up their reading fluency.

Harder to Read and Spell flashcards

Children will be sent home with Harder to Read and Spell flashcards. Please practice reading these words, writing these words and spelling these words. Children will be tested on these at the end of each half term. 

P.E.

PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday each week. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit for outdoor sports. They do not need to bring their uniform on this day. 

In Year 2 we hope to learn lots, have fun and grow together in God's love.

Homework

Year 2 pupils will be set homework on Purple Mash.

- Reading should be daily (books changed on a Friday).

- Maths homework will be on a Wednesday.

- Harder to Read and Spell words will be sent at the beginning of each half term. 

Maths homework needs to be completed by the Wednesday of the following week. 

Purple Mash allows us to set homework, allows your child to send it back to us and allows us to provide feedback on their achievement.  

Any problems using this please let us know, as we are eager for children to continue their learning at home.

More information about what your child will learn in class can be seen on the curriculum page.

Useful Websites

We use websites such as Phonics Play and Teach Your Monster to Read, as well as resources from Essential Letters and Sounds and Oxford Owl, to support children when teaching phonics and reading.

Other websites to support your child's learning: Spelling Shed, Topmarks, MathsFrame, timestables.co.uk.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the curriculum your child is being taught, please contact school.

At Our Lady's we are always pleased to meet our parents, I will be available to talk to you any day before 8.45 and after school. If you would like me to ring you, please leave a message at the school office.

Many thanks for your ongoing support,

Miss Watkinson 

Autumn 1 - The Place Where I Live

As part of their art learning in this topic, Year 2 went into the local area to complete observational line drawings. We chose to draw Father Ged's house and our church because of the different lines needed for the outlines. This will then lead us onto printing this scene later in the half term. 

In music, the children are learning to sing the song 'The Big Ship Sails Through The Alley-Alley-Oh' in unison, with expression and will later be adding both body percussion and percussion instruments to it. First, after learning the song, the children went outside to play the traditional playground game. 

We have been making rubbings of different textures in our school grounds. The children may, later in the unit of work, choose to add rubbings to their outcome if they wish.