Welcome to Maple Class

Welcome to Maple Class!

 It is a pleasure to welcome you to Maple Class. The children will be taught by Mrs Ambler and Miss Smith and will be supported by Mrs Wilkinson. Mrs Pugh will also be teaching our Music lesson once a week.
Miss Ellis will be teaching our parallel year 2 class, Sycamore Class, supported by Mrs Golder. We also have a number of Teaching Assistants supporting individual children this year so we would like to welcome Mrs Bumfrey, Miss Clark, Miss Hemmings, Miss Massie, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Smith and Mrs Spicer to the year 2 team.  
 
If you have any questions or would like to talk to us, please speak to any of the team at the gate before or after school and we will be happy to help you. If you aren’t able to catch us then, please write a note in your child’s reading record book. Alternatively, you can make an appointment at the school office. 

​​We are looking forward to lots of exciting learning over the next term...

 

English – responding to stories, descriptive writing, traditional tales, non-fiction animals, comprehension and winter poetry
Maths – number, place value, addition, subtraction, length, shape, money, fractions, capacity, statistics, multiplication and division
Science – plants, animals including humans
Geography ‘The World’
History ‘Why we remember’
Music – ‘Hands, feet and heart’ (beat / rhythm)
Art – portraits
Design Technology - puppets
Computing – E-safety, word processing, creating images, coding
PSHE – being unique, developing self-esteem, anti-bullying, protective behaviours
PE – orienteering, multi-skills
RE – How do we show care for others? How and why do we celebrate at significant times?

Additional information

 
​​PE – As in year one, the children come to school in their PE kit so that we can maximise the time that they are active. For Maple this is Monday  and Friday.

Homework - Homework will be sent home on Friday; please could this be completed and returned by the following Wednesday.
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Library - we will aim to take the children to the library each week so that they can choose a library book to take home. We will inform parents when we have confirmed which day of the week this will take place. 

To help your child at home please read together as much as possible. It is useful to ask your child questions about what they are reading to check that they understand the story or information that they are reading. In year 2 the reading level your child reached in year 1 and our initial assessments are used to assign each child  a reading book 'colour' or a particular set of books to read. The children then read this 'colour' band until they are confident and show good comprehension of what they are reading, the class teacher will then move your child onto a new level. 

Please continue to practise counting at home. In the autumn term we will be working on counting in steps of 10, 2, 5.

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The School Day

Maple Class doors will open at 8.45am. The school day ends at 3.30. 

If someone different is picking your child up, please could you  make a member of our team aware, through a written message that is sent with your child, or a message to the school office.
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We are really looking forward to seeing you all back in school ready for a term of exciting learning!!!
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 The Year 2 team

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