Welcome to Earps Class

Autumn Term in Year 2

This Year, our Year 2 class will be named after the inspirational person Mary Earps. As a child, Mary loved playing football in the garden and at 10 years old she joined a local team, saving a penalty in her very first match. From then on she dreamt of being a professional goalie and worked hard to develop her skills. As an adult, she made it into the England team, where her impressive saves helped the Lionesses win the Euros. Her path wasn’t easy but Mary never stopped believing in herself or her dream. We want our Year 2 children to be inspired by her journey and, just like her, work hard to develop their own skills this year.

Our class teachers are Miss Knox and Ms McGuire. Miss Knox will teach our class on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and Ms McGuire will teach our class on Thursday afternoons and all day on Friday. Miss Knox leads PE across the school and Ms McGuire is our Deputy Head, leading Teaching and Learning and MFL. We are also supported by Mrs Dann who is our class Teaching Assistant. At times we may be supported by other Teaching Assistants too. 

Our Year 2 Curriculum Overview.

PE

Our PE days are on Mondays and Tuesdays. Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on these days. Children should wear their Mount Street PE hoodie, team coloured T-shirt, black shorts, jogging bottoms or leggings and black trainers. Children should not wear any jewellery on these days as it is not safe to wear during PE lessons. If you have any questions, please ask your class teacher. 

Home learning

This will be set at the following times:

Home learning will be given out on a Friday (English and Maths ) and will be due in on the following  Friday. Spelling Home learning will be sent home on a Friday to be quized on the following Friday. 

Home learning will bet sent home in a paper format. Sometimes we will send the learning on Teams. 

Reading – 10 minutes reading daily. We ask that an adult signs the reading diary and it is brought into school every day.  The children will bring home Read Write Inc books that match their phonics group and reading levels. They will be able to decode these independently to you. We encourage them to read the same RWI book 3 times - by the final read their confidence and expression! 

Numbots - an exciting way for your child to practice their maths skills daily at home. I Can't wait to see your child's weekly score! I have set 10 minute targets weekly. 

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