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Year 2 Scores for Optional SATs

NFER uses standardised scores but Year 2 optional papers use scaled scores. 

A standardised score compares a child's performance with that of other children of the same age. These scores are often used in assessments throughout school and usually have an average score of 100.

A scaled score is what children receive for the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs. The raw marks (the number of questions answered correctly) are converted into a scaled score so that results can be compared fairly from year to year, even if the tests vary slightly in difficulty. In SATs, a score of 100 represents the expected standard.

In short:

• Standardised scores compare children against others of the same age.
• Scaled scores convert test marks onto a national scale and show whether a child has met the expected standard.

Both types of scores help us understand how children are progressing, but they are calculated in different ways and shouldn't be directly compared.

Recorders

2H and 2F have now completed their recorder sessions and no longer need to bring recorders to school.  2P and 2S -Please bring recorders into school every Tuesday starting on 2nd June. Please make sure they have a name on. Ms Lynch has asked parents to buy one recorder for their child. They will be needed for the summer term. The children will need a descant recorder like this one. If this is a problem, please email admin/ Ms Lynch as she has some recorders that children can borrow. Thank you for your support. 

Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by the class teacher.

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

• To contribute, please log into your MCAS account
• The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket.

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!

Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

• Fresh fruit or vegetables
• Plain rice cakes or crackers
• A small pot of dried fruit
• Cheese cubes or yoghurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Please use these to practise spelling patterns and other words that are recorded. Some words are called red words because they are common exception words (Y2 list) that also need to be learned in Year 2 and our phonics skills can't always be applied to these words.  Orange words are words connected to our learning in school.  The spelling words will also be recorded here.

WC 13th April - suffix ness part 1

sadness, darkness, kindness, illness, goodness, fitness

Red Words: whole, half, many

Orange Words: plant, grass, seeds

WC 20th April - suffix ness part 2 

silliness, chattiness, cheekiness, sleepiness, happiness, bossiness

Red Words: after, fast, last

Orange Words: herbivore, omnivore, carnivore,

WC 27th April - words ending in le

middle, little, table, purple, cuddle, bubble

Red Words: father, past, class

Orange Words: puppet, sew, needle

WC 5th May - words ending in el

level, travel, camel, cancel, angel, parcel

Red Words: grass, pass, plant

Orange Words: needle, felt, material

WC 11th May - words ending in al

special, capital, magical, animal, equal, royal

Red Words: bath, path, hour,

Orange Words: scissors, vote, tragedy

WC 18th May

No new words this week as we will be undertaking Year 2 assessments. There will be a spelling assessment on Monday.

WC 1st June

This will be a review and assent week for units 5 - 10. There will be an assessment on Thursday 4th June (2F and 2S) and Friday 5th June (2H and 2P). 

WC 8th June - suffix -ful

thankful, cheerful, wonderful, painful, careful, thoughtful

Red Words: move, prove, sure

Orange Words: First, few, gallery

WC 15th June - suffix -less

useless, endless, hopeless, fearless, helpless, painless 

Red Words: eye, could, sugar

Orange words: diary, women, length

WC 22nd June - suffix - ment

movement, enjoyment, amazement, punishment, agreement, argument

Red Words: should, would, who

Orange words: with, laws, government

WC 29th  June - suffix - ed 

poked, tickle, rotted, jogged, fried, denied

Red Words: what, where, when

Orange words: paint, brush, art.

WC 6th  July - ion endings

potion, station, nation, fiction, fraction, repetition

Red Words: sugar, water, plant

Orange words: butterfly, caterpillar, pupa

WC 13th  July - es endings

ladies, replies, cries, families, tries, hobbies

Red Words: beautiful, pretty, because

Orange words: primary, secondary, colour

The Clockwork Dragon 

Jonathon Emmett 

IBSN: 978-0192738011

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl 

IBSN: 978-0241558508

No need to purchase a book this half-term.

Arthur and the Golden Rope 

Joe Todd Stanton

IBSN: 978-1911171034