Lime Tree Class - Year 1/2
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Welcome to our class page!
Year 1/2 Lime Tree is taught by Miss Atkinson with support from Mrs Bellwood and Mrs Hand.
As we are sure you can appreciate, the mornings are a very busy time and our main concern is to get the children into school safely and ready to start the day. If a message needs to be passed on to do with home-time arrangements or something that we need to know about for that day then please feel free to speak to the teacher at the door. If a longer or more confidential conversation is needed please use the class email or call the school office to arrange a phone call.
Our class email is lime@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk
Routines:
PE: PE lessons will be on Wednesday and Thursday each week. Children will need to wear PE kit to school on these days. Earrings should not be worn and long hair also needs to be tied up. If for any reason earrings can not be taken out then they should be covered with tape (this needs to be brought to school or put on in the morning at home).
Reading: Reading books need to be brought to school each day in book bags. They will be changed on a Tuesday. Children should, ideally, be reading at home to an adult daily. The minimum expectation is that children will read 3 times each week. Please remember to sign your child's reading record book so that we know they have read at home.
Children will also have the opportunity to choose a library book to take home each week. This can be changed every Friday.
Homework:
For Year 1:
Phonics activities will be sent home with your child every Friday. These will reflect the sounds that have been taught during the week in school. We do not expect the phonics sheets to be returned to school, but please make sure you help your child to practise them at home.
In Autumn 2 children will start to be given Maths or English homework every Friday and this should be completed and returned by the following Thursday.
For Year 2:
Maths or English homework is given out every Friday and should be returned by the following Thursday. Spellings will also be sent home with your child.
- For Year 2 the spellings will be the same as the weekly spellings that have been worked on in school.
We do not expect the spellings to be returned to school, but please make sure you help your child to practise them at home.
Uniform: The children have all come back to school looking super smart. Please remember to label clothing (especially jumpers and PE hoodies). The children do not need indoor shoes but must wear black shoes except on PE days.
Rucksacks: Rucksacks should not be brought into school. These bags take up a lot of space in the cloakroom and make it harder for children to hang their coats up and access them independently.
Water Bottles: Children need to bring a named water bottle to school each day filled with water only.
Coats: Children must have a coat in school each day. This should be waterproof!
Summer Term 2025
Before the May half term we are going to be focusing on geography by learning about the seven continents, five oceans and the points on a compass. After May half term we are going to focus on history and learn about some famous explorers.
In English our key text is "The Pirates Next Door" which we will be using to do some creative writing. We will also be learning the poem 'The Moon' by Robert Louis Stevenson.
In maths both Year 1 and Year 2 will be learning about position and direction. Year 1s will be learning about full, half and quarter turns both clockwise and anticlockwise. Year 2s will be building on this by learning how to make patterns and distinguishing between a rotation and a turn.
Every morning, Year 1 will continue to learn some new phonics sounds and Year 2 will be learning new spelling rules.
The curriculum overview for the term can be seen below.