Tigers

Tigers

Welcome to Tigers Class - Summer 2025

Class Teachers

Miss M Kilpatrick (Miss K) Mon - Thurs

Mrs C Salter (Fridays)

Teaching Assistants

We have several Teaching Assistants working with individuals and the whole class across the week.

Mrs S Pearce (Monday - Friday)

Ms Nuzzolese (Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri)

Mrs B Greenaway (Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri)

Miss Allen (Wednesdays)

Dear Parents,

Firstly, we hope you had a Happy Easter and a great holiday.

Curriculum:

This term our topic is called Changes and covers a mix of topics from plants and insects to the Great Fire of London! There is more information on the curriculum topic web.

Please help your child to learn the 2-, 5-,10- and 3-times tables by heart – knowing both multiplication and division facts. Please involve your child in doing some practical maths e.g. using weights and capacity while cooking together.

Later this term we will be working on learning to tell and record the time - knowing O’ Clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to are all Year 2 objectives.

Reading:

Children should bring their reading book and reading record in their bookbags every day to ensure adults can access these throughout the week, as required. The books are connected to our phonic scheme, Rocket Phonics. We ask that the children read four times a week for ten minutes at home. If your child has been through the book band books at school, please encourage them to try reading a wide range of books. Abingdon library has great books to borrow for free.

Please help your child to read confidently by reading to them and listening to them read. Encourage them to use punctuation to breathe and sometimes get them to reread a paragraph to improve their expression. Please ask questions about the story or information text to check your child understands.

Homework:

Children will continue to be given maths or topic-based homework in their purple homework book. Homework will be handed out on a Friday and must be returned the following Thursday so it can be marked that night! Thank you!

Spellings:

The children will be given spellings on a Friday, which they will then be tested on the following Thursday. These are based on the work we have be doing in phonics or common exception words that children need to learn in Year 2. Please encourage your child to practise their weekly spellings so they can use them correctly in their own writing.

PE Kits:

This year our specific PE days are Wednesday and Thursday, but please can we ask that your child has a full PE kit in school from Monday to Friday. The PE kit needs to include a red t-shirt, black shorts and trainers. We will send these kits home every half term to be washed.

Water Bottles:

Please provide a named water bottle for your child as they will always have access to their water bottles in the classroom and children are encouraged to drink regularly. We can refill them as required.

Staffing changes:

Mrs Salter will be teaching Tigers on Fridays from the start of term. She has spent a couple of days with the class reacquainting herself with the children and getting ready to teach them shape in Maths and to work on reading comprehension, spelling and handwriting in English. On Friday afternoons she will teach PSHE and computing.

If you have any questions, please catch us at the end of the day or send an email via the office.

Many thanks for your support.

Best wishes

Mary Kilpatrick and Cat Salter

Year 2 Teachers

Tigers Curriculum Web

Tigers Curriculum Web - Summer 2025

Meetings

Tiger's Parents Meeting - Autumn 2024

Tigers Gallery 2024/25

Cotswold Wildlife Park

Tigers Gallery 2023/24

Welcome to Tigers Class - Summer 2025

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