Welcome to Year 2!

In Year 2, we aim to build on children’s learning and development in Year 1 to enable children to become curious, inspired and independent within their learning. We embed our school rules daily by reminding children how they can be ready, respectful and safe throughout the school day to enable them to become good people within our school and the wider society.

This year we have introduced continuous provision to facilitate learning across the curriculum. Continuous provision refers to the resources which are always available within the classroom for the children to access to continue their learning independently. The continuous provision within the setting remains consistent for long periods of time. Our environment allows for carefully planned and child led play-based experiences which inspire the children to consolidate their skills, knowledge and understanding and enables them to be independent, resilient learners who motivate themselves to take on the next challenge.

We recognise that not all subjects can be taught through continuous provision. Some subjects need discrete teaching – these include: phonics, handwriting, English skills, maths and foundation subject teaching inputs. All these subjects, however, can be enhanced and skills can be rehearsed within continuous provision to ensure children know more and remember more.

We are lucky to have a dedicated team of experienced professionals:

Mrs Munnik: Class Teacher and Year Group Leader

Miss Simpson: Class Teacher

Mrs Woodward: Class Teacher

Mrs Hasler-Cope: Cover Supervisor (Year 1/2)

Mrs Woodcock: Music Specialist and PPA Cover

Mr Fellows: PPA Cover

Mrs Ingall: Teaching Assistant

Mrs Arnold: Teaching Assistant

Miss Hextall: Teaching Assistant and ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant)

Mrs Darji-Hackworthy: Teaching Assistant