Hello and Welcome to Year 2

Hello and welcome to our class page. We are Durham Class – Year 2!

We are the oldest children in Key Stage One and really like to show what super role models we can be to the rest of the children. Each and every day we work hard to follow our school mission statement: “Be like Jesus. Be your best. Be Safe. Be Caring.”

Our class name is Durham, which is important to us because it is where Saint Cuthbert, a very holy man, is buried. Saint Cuthbert was a monk who lived a long time ago and was known for helping people, teaching them about God, and caring for the sick and poor. Many people visit Durham to pray and remember Saint Cuthbert. It teaches us about kindness, helping others, and living a life of faith.

Our Golden Rules

Class Promises…

Break and lunch times

Year 2 Teachers

Mr Ward

Deputy Headteacher, Designated Safeguarding Lead, RE Subject Lead, Curriculum Lead, Assessment Lead, Key Stage 1 Phase Lead, Humanities Subject Lead, Year 2 Class Teacher (0.6)

Mrs Parry

Year 3 Class Teacher (0.6), Art and Design Subject Lead, Design Technology Subject Lead

Year 2 Teaching Assistants

Mrs Plastow

Miss Peynado

Erin Peynado

Mrs Hampson

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Meet the Teacher!

Please find below the Year 2 Meet the Teacher presentation for the 2024-25 year. It outlines who is who in Year 2, an overview of our curriculum, reading expectations, communication and reporting and uniform expectations.

St Elizabeth’s Meet The Teacher Presentation Year 2 September 2024

If you are a parent of a child in Year 2, you can follow us on X (previously Twitter) (@StLizClass22) to see what we are getting up to in class each week and keep up-to-date with any class notices.

All of our class X pages at St. Elizabeth’s are private accounts, meaning only approved parents/guardians can access the site. Parents/guardians are asked to provide their X accounts for approval at the beginning of the account’s opening. Photos of your child will be only be put onto the X page, if prior consent from a parent or guardian has been given for this.

Use the resource below to practise spelling our Common Exception Words.

Year 2 Common Exception Words Additional Spelling Practise

In Year 2, Our Franciscan Value is Faith

As a school, we have been thinking about our Franciscan heritage and have decided to introduce seven values – based on the Franciscan values – to underpin all that we do at St Elizabeth’s. The seven values are: Joy, Forgiveness, Faith, Respect, Service, Peace and Stewardship. We will all strive to live out these values on a daily basis but each class will pay close attention to their own value. In Year 2, our value is faith. We tried to think of Bible stories about faith and decided upon the story of Jesus walking on water (Matthew 14: 22-23). We retold the story and created our beautiful display in the school hall.

As a class, we love each other and look after each other just as Jesus would like us to; we treat each other as we would like to be treated. We work hard to reach our full potential and we know that we can change our world!

As part of our morning routine, children have a healthy snack (either fruit or vegetable), which is provided by the school.

Alternatively, the children can bring in their own healthy snacks from home. Again these must be either fruit or vegetable. Nuts or items containing nuts are not allowed.

Please click on the School Meals button on the right-hand side of the page to see our lunch menu.

Our Current Lunch Menu

We live in a digital age and children can gain a lot of knowledge and understanding from good quality educational games and websites.

We have made a list below of a few that we find useful in school, which may aid your child’s learning at home. Please let us know if you have any further suggestions and we will add them to the list.