The Cathedral School

Years 1 & 2

 
Miss Toms, Mrs Holloway and the team welcome you to our Year 1/2 class page. 
 
Thank you for taking the time to visit our page. We are very proud of what we do and always love to share our learning with others. Please check our class page regularly for updates of what we have been learning in class and what we will be covering this term. You will also find copies of any letters sent out as well as any home learning information.
 
We will endeavour to share photos of the learning that we are doing each term on the website and via ClassDojo.
Miss K Toms

Miss K Toms

Year 1/2 Teacher

K.toms@plymouthcast.com
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Key Information:
 
Reading and homework
All children must read at least 4 times a week at home. Children are asked to bring their reading records to school on a Friday so we can keep a record of who is reading. Homework is set on a Friday and should be returned the following Friday. 
 
PE 
We are a fit and healthy class and love to get out to do some exercise whenever we can. The children have designated PE on a Monday and Thursday afternoons. They should come to school dressed in their PE kits on these days.
 
ClassDojo 
Don't forget that ClassDojo is our primary way of sharing the class'  learning. If you require any assistance with this, please get in touch.
Children will be coming home with a Phonics book (these are pitched to their level and reading abilities based on the groups they work in everyday, these are the ones labelled under Read Write Inc Phonics) in addition to this, the children will also bring a reading for pleasure book home. This is any book your child has chosen from our library area that they will most likely need your support in reading as it isn’t necessarily linked to their reading ability. 


Home Learning Information:

Each week children will be expected to:

*Read at least 4 times each week
*Learn weekly spellings - children will bring home a spelling grid each half term containing all of the spelling words required for each half-term
*Practice times tables - 2s, 5s and 10s
*Complete a maths activity based on what they have learned that week.
General Information 

Book Bag (named): All children require a book bag which they will need to bring everyday.

Fruit Snack: The children will have the opportunity to choose a piece of fruit every day for their morning playtime snack.

Water bottle: Children need to bring in a named water bottle where they can have a drink of water throughout the day. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL SCHOOL UNIFORM IS NAMED!

Timings Information
*Please make sure that your child arrives promptly for school. Children can arrive from 08:30am but should be in class by 08:45am. Register will be taken at 08:50am

*Please collect your child promptly at 15:15pm from the playground by the main entrance.
*Reading folders must be in school every day.

Please listen to your child read as often as you can and make a comment in their reading diary  The children need to read the same book 3 times, and then it will be changed. Please support your child by providing some quiet time to read every day and record their achievements in the reading diary.
Please see both Year 1's and Year 2's long term plans below to see what we will be learning throughout the year.