Year 2
Miss Courtney and Mrs Montgomery-Gill are our Year 2 class teachers.
Mrs Yusef is our lovely teaching assistant.
Our Pilgrim vision is the driving force behind everything we do as we explore together the two fundamental questions of,
'Who are we?' and 'How do we live?'
Our Class Books
Each term, we will be reading a variety of topic and story books from Walderslade Library which link to our learning in class.
Alongside this, children read in their guided reading groups three times per week, as well as hearing daily class stories. These may be picture books, or longer chapter books.
What will we be learning in Term 1?
Please see below an outline of our planning for Term 1, however, this is subject to change.
Forest School
Please send your child to school each Wednesday wearing Forest School clothes (jeans/jogging bottoms, long sleeve top) with named wellies. Wellies can go home each week or alternatively, they can stay on the racks outside the classroom.
Homework
It is our aim to provide regular homework, which prepares your child for an activity, reinforces work in class or gives the opportunity to develop essential skills through open-ended exploration on a particular theme. It will also give you the opportunity to see what your child is currently learning in school and become involved in this.
Homework is set on a THURSDAY and is due in the following TUESDAY. Our homework will be set in our homework book each week for your child to complete and bring to school to be marked.
Marshmallow
Each week, usually on a Friday, a different child is chosen to take home a class journal along with Marshmallow, our cuddly tortoise. On your week, your child is welcome to take Marshmallow on some adventures and either write, draw or share photographs of your time together. Adventures can simply be making a reading den together at home or taking him for a walk to the park. Each week, once Marshmallow is back in school, the children can share their entries with the class.
Home Reading
Reading Journals
Reading is so much more than just “learning to read” and “reading for pleasure”: reading helps us to develop wisdom and build character; reading is essential and powerful knowledge that grows with us throughout life.
Your child will read every day at Pilgrim; we expect them to read every day at home too. You don’t need to tell us about their number of reads - we are looking for quality not quantity. We want to see, hear and enjoy their engagement in reading for life - where families have also played an active role.
Each term, your child will be given a reading bookmark (Term 1: red, Term 2: orange) with a set of reading challenges to complete and personalise which will develop and extend their engagement with reading on deeper level. Let’s all work together in building Pilgrim’s reading for life!
Reading Cafe
We have a Reading Café which runs twice a week during lunchtime at school. This provides children the opportunity to add to their reading journal, along with having a milkshake and biscuit!
Timetable
P.E. is on a THURSDAY. Children are to come to school in their P.E. kits and remain in them throughout the day. P.E lessons are often outside, so please make sure that pupils have the appropriate clothing.
Please see below our class timetable, however please note that it is subject to change!
