Year 2 has four classes. In Literacy and Numeracy the children are grouped into ability sets so that they can be taught at the appropriate level. This gives the best opportunity to extend the able child and support those children who need extra help. The afternoons are for Science, ICT, geography, history, art and technology and work on a rotational block week timetable. This allows the children to concentrate on one subject at a time for an extended period and has proved to be both great fun and a benefit to learning. Music, PSHCE, P for C, RE and indoor and outdoor PE form the rest of our very busy weekly timetable.
ICT plays a key role in both the learning and teaching in the school. The children have access to a wide range of technology to help them investigate topics. In the year two block we have two computer suites where the children can access the Internet and e-mail for research. They also have access to laptops so that work can be extended within the classrooms as needed. These same skills can be explored during study time in our library.
When outside the year 2 children have their own area where they are encouraged to develop a range of skills using the resources available to them during both morning breaks and at lunchtimes. This outside area is also an extended classroom and there are facilitiies for environmental and conservation studies and drama, as well as physical activities.
Throughout the year the children have opportunities to enjoy a wealth of experiences brought to them in the form of workshops, theatre productions and speakers as well as performing themselves at Christmas and the end of the year. This, combined with a week every half term devoted to the creative curriculum , ensures that we develop the whole child and provide them with a rounded and memorable experience of the Infant School life.
