Ash- Year 2 2023 - 2024

Hello and welcome to Ash Class! 

My name is Miss Dalton and I am the class teacher in Year Two. Our fabulous teaching assistants are Mr Jones, Mrs Barratt (Mon-Thurs am) Miss Palmer (Mon) and Mrs Hunt (Fri am). We also have Mr Moss teaching on a Tuesday.

In Year Two, we spend a lot of time working on our phonics, reading, writing and maths skills and enjoy using all the equipment around the classroom to help us learn. We will also begin to teach the children how to use our school's joined handwriting style. Throughout the year, we will also study lots of different topics such as The Gunpowder Plot, places around the world, the nurses through history and much, much more! 

For phonics, we use a phonics programme called Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. For more information on how you can support at home, please go to 

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

At the end of every day Miss Dalton, or another member of the team, will choose a Class Captain. This person gets to be at the front of the line and do all the important jobs for the day! 

In line with the school procedures, reading books will be changed by an adult on Tuesdays. These books will be ones that they have read in school the week before and link to their learning in phonics and an additional book for fluency. Each time your child reads and has their record signed, they will be able to move their reading rockets across the stars to reach the prizes and reading three times a week at home earns the children a ticket in the sparkly reading box! Please ensure reading books are sent into school everyday so we can read them with the children too.

Homework will be sent home on Friday to be handed in the following Tuesday. 

PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit suitable for outdoors. (White PE T-shirt, Black/Blue leggings or tracksuit bottoms, Black/Blue hoodie and suitable footwear). 

If you have any questions, queries or problems please do not hesitate to ask a member of staff.

Thank you!