Year 2 is a pivotal year in your child's educational journey, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of it. Our dedicated team of teachers and staff has been hard at work preparing an enriching and engaging curriculum that will inspire your child's curiosity, foster their love for learning, and help them reach new milestones in their academic and personal development. 

• Length of Day - 7:45 - 2:45 M, W, T F  

• Tuesday is a 1:45 finish for everyone

• Snack and playtime - 10:00 - 10:30

• Lunch and playtime - 12:00 - 12:45

We follow the English National Curriculm  (ENC) for English and Maths and we use the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) unit overviews to plan our Eplore topics. 

• Bring a water bottle daily

• Bring a hat daily

• Pack a spare change of clothes

• Bring your red book bag on Library day

• Bring swim kit on swim day: swimsuit, towel, goggles, swim cap, and flip-flops.

• Wear PHE uniform on PE, Swimming or if they have an 'active' ECA after school

• Wear black shoes when wearing batik

• Label clothes, water bottles, snack and lunch boxes

• Pack a healthy snack and lunch

• Please, NO NUTS OF SHELLFISH

1. Read Together Daily: Spend time reading with your child every day. Read the levelled reading books we send home but also let them pick books they enjoy to make it fun.

2. Ask Questions: After reading, ask simple questions about the story to help them understand and think about what they have read.

3. Sound Out Words: Encourage your child to sound out words they don’t know, helping them use phonics skills they are learning at school.

4. Practice Sight Words: Work on sight words (common words like "the" and "and") to help them recognise words quickly. These words usually can’t be decoded using phonics and to aid fluency children should be able to read them on sight.

5. Create a Reading Routine: Set aside a special time each day for reading so it becomes a fun habit, like before bed or after school.

6. Use Environmental Print: Encourage reading everyday signs, labels, or menus while out and about to show that reading is everywhere.

7. Praise Their Efforts: Celebrate their reading achievements, no matter how small, to boost their confidence and motivation to keep reading.

8. Make Reading Interactive: Use different voices for characters, and let them act out parts of the story to make reading more engaging and fun.

9. Read the same books again: We will be sending 5 books home at a time, these books should not only be read once. Each time you read the book focus on a different skill from the list above. E.g one day focus on picking out all the ‘tricky words’, the next day focus on asking comprehension questions etc.