Homework Expectations Oak Class
30 Sep 2022
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elow are the homework expectations for children in Year Two.
Please follow the links for suggestions on how to support your child at home.
Learning to read book
Please attend the regular phonics and early reading sessions for families as these really help you to understand how we teach reading in school.
Little Wandle
Celebratory read at home following direct teaching- matched phonic books go home on Wednesday PM and return on Friday AM
Reading for pleasure
Families are asked to read to their child every day, reading record books help to record reading adventures at home. Children choose from a selection of reading for pleasure books to take home which are changed weekly by the children.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Everybody-read-leaflet-for-parents.pdf
Please attend our regular reading meetings for ideas on how to support RFP at home.
Phonics
Please attend the regular phonics and early reading sessions for families as these really help you to understand how we teach phonics in school.
Guidance is given to parents about progression, letter formation, phonics terminology etc. in line with Little Wandle programme. This can be found on the school website (phonics tab). This includes parent ‘how to’ videos to enable parents to support children at home. All direct teaching happens in school.
Spelling in Year Two
Please attend the regular phonics and early reading sessions for information on this.
We follow the Little Wandle Spelling programme in Year Two.
Key facts or Times tables Notes
- Key facts are instant recall maths facts that the children need to know fluently in order to be able to access all areas of mathematics confidently and securely. They need to know these ‘off by heart’ by the end of KS1 to free up space in their working memory when solving more complex calculations and it allows them to reason and problem solve with greater depth.
- Numbots is used to help the children be able to recall these key facts by gradually building their number sense and knowledge through repeated practise. Numbots has different levels which the children gradually work through. It is automatically built up to match the child’s current working level. Therefore, it is imperative that your child is allowed to answer questions independently. Each child has an individual login.
- There are two different modes to play on Numbots:
- Story Mode – the emphasis is on learning the ideas and concepts behind addition and subtraction so it features more diagrams, shapes and question styles.
- Challenge Mode – the emphasis is more on speed of recall of key facts, like number bonds to 10, doubling small numbers or adding & taking away in your head.
- TTRS = Times Table Rock Stars.
- TTRS helps children develop fluency in recalling multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12. There are different modes which support developing these facts in different ways.
- ‘Sound check mode’ mirrors the Multiplication Table Check (MTC) which all children are required to complete at the end of year 4 (a statutory government assessment point)
- Garage mode is set to automatic training mode (for all year groups in KS2). This means the questions adjust as the children improve their knowledge and fluency. The is played against the clock individually.
- Arena mode has the same settings as Garage mode but the children are in a ‘competition’ with other children who are logged on at the same time.
- In year 2, ‘Garage mode’ and ‘Arena mode’ have been pre-set to the 10x, 2x and 5x tables. These are the times tables the children will be learning in school in KS1.
- Your child’s individual numbots/TTRS login will be provided to you at the start of the year. If you lose your login, please let the class teacher know and they can resend it.
- You do not need keep a written record of when your child accesses these games. The class teachers can see when children log in and how well they are getting on from their teacher account.