Year 2 Parent Meeting
September 2013
Aims of this Meeting
• Give information about Year 2
in terms of staff and the
curriculum.
• Begin to talk about end of
Key Stage assessment/SATs.
The Y2 Team
Teachers and Teaching Assistants
 Mr Kempton and Mrs Foley
 Mrs Marshall, Mrs Simpson and Mrs
Lochrane
 Miss Rice and Mrs Hornibrook
Home-School Links
• Informal contact – after school.
• Formal meetings – 2 consultation meetings (first one in
October)
• Letters will be put in PACT folders, check email or
website.
• Homework – no formal tasks, however there should be
at least 15 minutes daily reading, plus everyday stories
and games to be played at home.
• There will be informal ‘Weekend Challenges’ related to
up coming work.
• Refer to year group newsletter for ideas and websites
to support your child at home.
Y2 Autumn Topics
Many People, One World and The Tower of London after half
term.
Food from Around the World: Food groups, different types of
balanced diets and an investigation into what people need to keep
healthy and how diets vary around the world.
Harvest: How do different cultures and religions celebrate weddings
and harvest time?
ICT: Research, data and graphs.
New beginnings: Communities, self awareness, managing feelings,
understanding other’s feelings and making choices to solve problems.
Reading
• Children need to bring in their PACT folder every
day including books and reading record.
• Staff will hear the children read these same
books and comments will be written in the new
‘Reading Record and Phonics Log’ books.
• These comments are designed to give you an
indication of what your child is doing well and
what they need to improve on.
• Children will bring home 3-5 books which will be
changed when they have read them all.
SATs
Don’t
panic!
SATs
Three main components of the SATs:
Numeracy – a level two test in which the children can use
support materials or a completely unaided level three test.
Reading – either a level two or level three reading
comprehension test.
Literacy – a bundle of tasks; a short ‘What am I?’ riddle piece,
a longer ‘magic event’ story and a spelling test. We also use
these pieces to assess handwriting and grammar.
SATs Numeracy
• For the level two test, number squares, unifix
cubes and other aids can be used.
• The level three test is carried out unaided.
• As these are tests on ability in Numeracy only, all
questions can be read out to the children if
necessary.
• A good understanding of mathematical language is
useful i.e. more than/less than, how many more.
SATs Reading
Comprehension.
• Comprised of two sections: fiction and informational text.
• The level two test has more multiple choice answers and all
questions are answerable by looking at the text above the
question.
• The level three test has less multiple choice questions and
some questions are only answerable with an understanding
of the whole story.
SATs Literacy.
• A spelling test.
• A short ‘riddle’ style piece of 6 – 8
lines.
• A longer imaginative story, based
upon a magical event/object.
Things to remember…
• Children can wear a white top, black shorts and
sensible shoes for PE each week. No football kits
please.
• We do like to celebrate birthdays, however due to
allergies and our Healthy School status, please do
not send in cakes or sweets. As an alternative, your
child could bring in something for the class such as a
book that can be shared.
• Please bring in a bottle of water, not juice or squash.