Welcome
to class Y2GD
Mrs Ditchburn
Meet your teacher
Welcome to Year 2 everyone! I’m really happy that I will be in Year 2 again this year, as it means I get to teach all of you! I know you all already from seeing you at playtimes and when we have worked as a Key Stage 1 team, and I’m really looking forward to getting to know you better!
I’ve taught at Aston Hall since 2012 and I have loved every minute of it. I have taught across both Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage throughout my teaching career.
I love teaching and I especially enjoy teaching children to read and love books like I do, as reading is a real passion of mine. In my free time I enjoy Disney, Football, Ice Hockey and all things geeky- especially Star Wars and the Marvel Universe! (My favourite superheroes are Hawkeye and Captain America). I’ve even been to conventions and have met Hawkeye and Aqua man in real life, which was very exciting!
Meet your Teaching Assistants
Miss Bell
Hello, I’m Mrs Bell and I’ve worked at Aston Hall School for just over 10 years now. In my time here, I’ve been an SMSA and help to run Breakfast Club. More recently I have become a Teaching Assistant working across both EYFS and Key Stage 1 – I absolutely love my job! I especially like to help children with their Phonics. I was once a former pupil of Aston Hall and both my children have attended here too.
In my spare time I love to travel with my family exploring new places and love going for long walks with my dog Bonnie.
Mrs Grady
Hi. My name is Mrs Grady and I began working at Aston Hall just before Christmas. I already knew the school well though, as I have a teenager who came to Aston Hall, and I have a son that is currently here. I also came here as a child! I’m really enjoying working in different classes and getting to know all of the children. I have been a teacher for over 20 years and I really enjoy working with children and seeing them progress through school.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, running and watching films. Disney and superhero films are some of my favourites! I also love going to theme parks and on other days out with my family.
Mrs Gray
Hi my name is Mrs Gray. I’m new to Aston hall as a teaching assistant but know the school very well due to my 3 boys attending. I’ve got serval years of experience working with children at other schools and I’m really looking forward to building new relationships with all of the children at Aston Hall.
In my spare time I love to travel and explore new places with my husband, children and our dogs Milo and Roxy in our campervan.
Miss Pearson
My name is Miss Pearson. I have worked at Aston Hall since September 2023. Previous to this I worked in a SEND college. I currently support our children who have additional needs over in Rainbows. I love my job and enjoy watching them grow and love helping them achieve and celebrate their milestones. I have 1 little boy called Joseph. Out of work I enjoy taking my little boy to the park, play areas and trips away.
Areas of Learning
Phonics:
Within Year 2 we will teach Little Wandle Phonics daily for the first half term. We will then move onto the Little Wandle Spelling programme in Autumn 2 and Spelling will be taught once a day from that point on.
We also teach 30-minute reading sessions which focus on comprehension. We aim to expand children’s inference, prediction and retrieval skills as well as developing their understanding of vocabulary. You can help this at home by reading with your child daily and asking your child questions about what they have read. We will listen to your child read in school and provide them with a reading book matched to their phonics or fluency level.
Class Information
In the Autumn term we will be learning about places that are familiar to you already in History and Geography- Our School and our Local Area! We will be learning about how schools were different in the past and compare to schools in the present. As part of our Geography we will be going on walks around the local area and completing fieldwork and looking at our school grounds and Aston. Our first Novel Study text for KS1 is still to be confirmed, but we will also be focusing on ‘Into the forest’ by Anthony Browne in Autumn 2.
In Science we will be learning all about Humans! We will look at how humans grow and the functions of different parts of our bodies. Within Maths we will be starting off by learning about place value and then moving onto addition and subtraction. We will have a big focus on learning number facts such as number bonds to 10/20 and their related facts as this will help us for the rest of Year 2.
Keep an eye on our class dojo page throughout the term as we will be updating it regularly with messages, pictures and information about current learning. Homework in KS1 is through a ‘menu system’. Each half term children will receive a homework sheet with a selection of activities to complete and return each week. They can select their own activity to complete. Homework is sent out on a Friday and we expect it to be handed in by the following Wednesday. We will also be assigning learning on IXL that is relevant to our class focus within Maths.
Class News
Y2GD Visit Conisbrough Castle
Year 2GD had an amazing trip to Conisbrough Castle! We learnt all about when the castle was built, who loved there and the different jobs people
Year 2 work on their reporting skills
Over the last week Y2GD have been researching meerkats and learning about the features of non-chronological reports. We sorted facts into different sub headings by using
Y2GD Water Safety
On Thursday Year 2 watched a water safety assembly with special guest Rebecca Addlington! We then had a discussion about different careers linked to sport
Y2GD Focus on Refugee Week
This week in Year 2 as part of our work focusing on Refugee Week we have been reading ‘The day war came’. On Monday we
