Year 2 Curriculum
Welcome to Year 2!
It has been fantastic to see you all after the Summer holiday and to welcome you into your new classrooms!
This Term our topic is Dinosaur Discovery where we will be finding out all about Mary Anning, Lyme Regis where she lived and her amazing fossil discoveries.
Thank you for all your amazing dinosaur creations that have been brought in. They look fantastic and have pride of place around our classrooms!
It is important to encourage your child to read at home at least 3 times per week to receive their regular reader stamp. Remember that reading any book is fantastic, not just your Phonics book. We would love to see these recorded in your reading records!
Homework will be given out weekly on a Friday to be brought back to school on the following Friday. The homework will be linked to Phonics and Arithmetic, to help complement our learning within the classroom.
Spellings will be given out on a Friday, with your homework, ready to practise for the following week’s test.
Thank you for your support.
Miss Macadam & Miss Searby
Further information:
The pastoral team works well together to ensure that pupils are safe.
Everyone cares for each other and that every teacher adds a little bit of fun into every lesson
Pupils are encouraged to develop a positive attitude towards themselves and others.
Pupils are proud to be part of the Wheeler family.
Being at Wheeler is like being part of a family and that makes learning fun
Parents say that the school is ‘fantastic’ and that staff ‘greet the children come hail, rain or shine’ every morning as they arrive.
I think the best thing about being a Wheeler pupil is that all of the staff listen and care about you
Leaders and teachers have high expectations for every child.
The support that leaders provide for families is a strength of the school.
Leaders are passionate about preparing pupils to be good citizens for the world beyond Wheeler Primary School
Pupils are excited about adding experiences to their ‘Bag for Life’.
It is a safe and happy place to learn.
The staff are really encouraging. They always help us to be the best we can be
The school has made recent changes to the teaching
of phonics to help pupils get off to the best start with their reading.
Pupils report that bullying is rare, but if it happens, staff will sort it out quickly and fairly.
Throughout my time at Wheeler, I have been given so many opportunities to experience and learn new things
They want pupils to ‘Be Respectful, Responsible and Resilient in Learning and Life’
The best thing is having someone to go to when you’re upset
Leaders give pupils the opportunity to complete well-planned and exciting
activities, such as performing in front of an audience, in order to create a ‘bag’ full of life experiences as they progress through the school. .
There are
opportunities for pupils to attend different clubs and raise funds for charities
Pupils in key stage 2 talk confidently about a wide range of authors and texts they have read.
Pupils enjoy coming to Wheeler Primary School every day.
The teachers are so supportive they help and guide you all the way through the year
Classrooms are calm and purposeful places for pupils to learn.
Pupils take books home which contain the sounds that they are learning in class. This gives them plenty of practice.
The leader’s vision for the school is demonstrated in the way pupils behave
Leaders have designed and implemented an ambitious and well-planned curriculum.