Year Two Dean Class

Mrs Harding-Yung (maternity leave from March) is the class teacher with Mrs Aspen, Miss Ahmed and Mr Shah supporting in class.

Mrs McKay is taking over as class teacher from March 2024. 

The best way to get in contact with us is through class Dojo. Please ask if you need any support with this.

Who is Mark Dean?

Mark Dean (2nd March 1957) is an American inventor and computer engineer. During the 1980’s he was part of a team that developed the first ever personal computer. He also developed a system to allow printers, disk drives and monitors to be connected to computers. He is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 

To support your child's learning in school please ensure they have: 

• Water bottle filled with plain water 
• A coat 
• Reading book and planner 
• In the colder months please ensure children have hats, gloves, scarfs, etc.  
• In the warmer months please ensure children have hats, sun cream, and plenty of water to drink.  

Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday.

Please make sure your child has an appropriate PE kit.

Expected PE Kit

School Day

8.50am - 3.15pm

Please make sure your children are dropped off and picked up on time.

Dinner and Snack Money needs to be paid on Fridays for the week after using the Parent Pay log in. 

Please do not send any money into school.

School Dinners - £12.35 per week

Snack Money -  £1 per week

If you need any help with your Parent Pay account, please go to the school office.

If you think you qualify for free school meals, please see Ms Voraji in the school office.

Reading

At Haslam Park, we encourage and foster a love of reading. Our children love to read and love to read as many books as they can each year! To ensure your child reaches their full potential in reading it is vital that they read every night.

When we read with children in school we help them build their fluency by supporting their word reading and we ask questions to help support their understanding. Below are the areas we ask the children questions in and some examples. Children use the 'reading dogs' to help them remeber each skill.

If you would like any help with supporting your child to read please speak with a member of staff. 

1a - Vocabulary

Checking that your child understands the words they are reading.

Can you find a word that means the same as scary?

1b - Retrieval 

Checking that your child understands what they are reading.

Where was Biff when they found the key?

1c - Sequencing 

Checking that your child understands the order of the story they are reading.

What happened at the beginning of the story?

1d - Inference 

Checking that your child can infer (use clues in the text) to work out why something has happened. 

How does Chip feel? What words in the text tell you this?

1e - Predicting

Checking that your child can use evidence from the text to predict what will happen next.

What do you think will be in the box? Why do you think that?

Home Learning

Children are set weekly home learning tasks on a Friday. This is set on Spelling Shed and Maths Shed. Your child's log in is in the back of their reading diary. If you have any issues accessing these websites, please let Mrs Harding-Yung know. 

Children are expected to read with an adult daily and this forms part of their home learning requirement.