Homework

 

In Year 2 your child will have weekly Maths and Spelling homework. Your child is also expected to read regularly at home. They will have a reading record where you should record when they read and their strengths and weaknesses during each session.

Our spellings are from the Little Wandle Spelling Programme. Little Wandle Spelling builds on children’s knowledge of the alphabetic code and teaches them how to spell with confidence. The programme provides a seamless link from the core Little Wandle programme to teaching spelling in Year 2.

New spellings will be sent home on a Friday and homework should be returned on a Wednesday. Our spelling test will be on a Friday, they can still practise their spellings on Spelling Shed and using the half term grid sent home. 

Spelling Shed can be accessed from this website https://play.edshed.co/login

 

Maths homework will be given out every Friday. Please return maths books on a Monday morning so that they can be marked before the new homework goes out. Your child's maths homework will be based around the maths topic we are learning or be for consolidating something taught before. If your child struggles at home, please use the homework book as a place to make notes and let me know what they found difficult. That way I can support them going forward. I try to change up the format of maths homework, please be prepared for some active maths homework or baking when we learn about measuring grams! In these instances where there is no written evidence of homework, any photos that you could take and stick into your homework book would be lovely to see!

This year I would really like to stress the importance of quality reading over the quantity of books your child reads. They will be given a new book every week, this book would have been read 3 times in school and when they read the book at home, they should be able to read it fluently and it is a celebration of what they have learnt in school. They will also have a sharing book, which can be changed when they have finished the book. Please also read other books at home, to promote a love for reading. Addlestone library has some lovely books too and it's free! 

I will assess their reading each half-term.  If your child doesn't move up to the next group, please don't worry. It is more important that we build up their fluency skills, to support their comprehension. It is also okay if they have read that book before. Again, this will build up their fluency skills and their confidence in reading. 

 

If your child would like to share a book with the class they have enjoyed at home, please send it to school. I would love to read this with the class at story time.