Mrs Howarth                       Miss Haworth

Welcome to Star Class - a vibrant group of 30 young pupils who are all eager and enthusiastic to grow, learn and have lots of fun together.  It is a privilege to teach, support and nurture each of the children to achieve their fullest potential whilst in Year Two.

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." 

Proverbs 22: 6

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Welcome back! I trust that you had an enjoyable summer and are looking forward to the year ahead. Miss Haworth and I are looking forward to teaching your children and working with you throughout the year.  

To be fully successful in their learning, children need the support from both school and home. In Year 2, children have phonics homework, reading and times tables practise. The times tables learnt in Year 2 are the 2x, 5x and 10x. Children also progress onto learning to count in 3s, prior to learning the 3x table.  

Each week on Thursday, the children will receive their weekly phonics homework and phonics reading book, a separate reading book linked to their reading level and times tables. Please support your child by encouraging him or her to complete this work. These packs need to be returned on the following Wednesday for them to be changed to the current week's learning.  

On the Class 2 webpage, homework can be found should your child misplace their printed copy. Times tables will be tested on Fridays. It is important that times tables are learnt in any order, for example, 2 x 6 or 6 x 2. We will also be progressing onto finding related division facts, for example, 2 x 6 = 12 so 12 ÷ 6 = 2 and 12 ÷ 2 = 6. If your child is confident with their times tables, this is a very useful extra challenge that can be practised at home.

Please continue to read with your child regularly at home, preferably every day, and use their reading record to note down the date, pages read and any comments. The reading record may be used to record any reading that is taking place at home, not only the reading scheme books. It is essential that children are supported to read widely for pleasure, as well as developing their skills through the reading scheme.  

PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Children should come to school in their PE kit (Black leggings/ black jogging bottoms/ plain black shorts, PE top, hoody/ jumper/ cardigan and trainers of their choice).

Our Year 2 Curriculum Overview is available on our class webpage and is intended to give you an understanding of what will be learnt this term and how you can support this learning.  

If you have any brief queries or questions regarding your child’s education, please don’t hesitate to speak with me whilst I am welcoming the children outside before school or dismissing them at the end of day.  

Alternatively, if you would like a longer conversation, please feel free to book a meeting via the school office. Please do contact me if you have any relevant knowledge, expertise, contacts or artefacts you would be happy to share around the curriculum this year. We look forward to a busy term ahead and hope your child has a happy and successful time in Class 2. We look forward to showing you how we develop and progress as we work hard in our learning. 

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at chowarth@olsa.lancs.sch.uk  and I will respond at the earliest opportunity. 

Dates for Your Diary...

• Wednesday 3rd September: School open.
• Monday 8th September: Meet the Teacher.
• Wednesday 10th September: School Photograph Day.
• Thursday 25th September: Year 2 Welly Walk from 1.15pm
• Wednesday 1st October: Non - uniform - Bring a gift for Harvest collection.
• Friday 10th October: Mental Health - Rainbow Day (£1).
• Tuesday 14th October: OLSA Open Day. 
• Friday 24th October: Friends Pumpkin Competition (£1).  School closes.

• Monday 3rd November: School open.
• Friday 14th November: Year 2 Assembly.
• Monday 24th November: Jubilee Anchor.
• Wednesday 26th November: Christmas tree decorations must be in.
• Friday 28th November: Non - uniform - Bring chocolate in for Parish Christmas Fayre. Blessing of the Christmas tree.
• Saturday 29th November: Parish Christmas Fayre
• Monday 1st December: Non - uniform - Bring a gift for Hampers.  Online  Parent Conferencing.
• Saturday 6th December: Brunch with Santa.
• Thursday 11th December: Christmas Productions.
• Monday 15th December: Oranges in for Christingle.  Non - uniform for Christmas Dinner.
• Wednesday 17th December: Christmas Panto.
• Friday 19th December: School closes.

Please work through these words with your child, crossing off any they can read fluently and spell correctly.

Useful Websites

Maths Games

SPAG Games