Dear Parents/Carers,
In a recent survey carried out at Parents Evening, it was clear that you would like some support in helping your children at home with their reading and maths work. With this in mind, there will be some workshops held where we will explain how reading and maths are taught and how you can support your children further at home.
Reading
Monday 26th February
9:00am - 9:45am or 3:20pm - 4:00pm with Mrs Kaur
Early Reading support from Phonics through to fluent reading.
This session will help you, help us ensure your child will read fluently upon leaving Key Stage 1.
Support will be given in the type of questions you can ask to support your child develop their understanding of texts as well as their fluency. Tips and advice on supporting children with their phonics will also be provided.
Maths
Monday 4th March
9:00am - 9:45am or 3:20pm - 4:00pm with Mrs Johnson
Early Maths
This session will show you the methods we use in our mastery approach to maths.
Support will be given in showing how we use resources, pictures and calculations to develop your children's depth of understanding and fluency in maths. We will also show the methods we use for calculations using all four operations.
Please book the session you would like to attend online via ParentPay so we can ensure we have sufficient resources for you to join in in what will hopefully be fun and interactive support sessions.
These workshops will be recorded and available online should you not be available to attend.
We look forward to seeing you.
Mrs Johnson and Mrs Kaur
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Dear Parents and carers,
Here at Abbey, vocabulary is a key component of our curriculum.
At the beginning of our non-core lessons, the children are shown key words to discuss, and to activate prior knowledge. These words are regularly revisited and referred to in order to help them become embedded in your child’s long-term memory.
In order to further promote a rich vocabulary for our children, lists of subject specific vocabulary have been put together so that you can play a part in helping your child to learn, understand and make good use of this vocabulary.
You can find these lists on our website on the Year 1 and Year 2 class pages, under the heading ‘Subject Specific Language’. Your child will also be bringing home a hard copy. At points throughout the year, Kahoot quizzes will be set for your child to complete at home to show off their super understanding!
Having a good understanding of this vocabulary will certainly support your child’s success across the curriculum.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs R Phillips
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Dear parents and carers
On Thursday 1st February 2024 children will be taking part in Sandwell Council's Road Safety Workshop.
The children will be crossing between Abbey Infants and Juniors for this workshop. This will take place during the school day.
If you have any questions, please speak to your child's teacher.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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Dear Year 2 parents and carers,
The children in year 2 will be sent home with a boarding pass during the last week of school.
Please can you make sure they bring this in with them on their first day back.
This is part of the Australia Day they will be having on the Monday 8th January 2024.
We want the children to imagine they are going to be boarding a flight to Australia - eye masks and neck pillows at the ready!
The children can wear any Australian themed clothes they might have, or the dress in the colours of the Australian flag.
If they have any items linked to the topic (boomerangs, kangaroo cuddly toys etc) they can also bring them in.
Please ensure they are clearly named.
Many thanks Year 2 Team
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Dear Year 1 and 2 parents and carers
On Friday 22nd December, we will be having a movie and PJ day.
The children are asked to come to school dressed in pyjamas or lounge wear (joggers/hoodies etc).
This will be as a reward for filling up the class marble and token jars.
Children can bring slippers with them if they wish, but must also have sensible shoes for playtime and going home time. They will be watching a PG rated Christmas movie and be offered a snack and a drink.
If you do not wish for your child to take part, please let their teacher know.
Many thanks Abbey Federation
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Weston trip due back at 4.30pm.
We will send another email with a more accurate ETA around 4pm.
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Dear parents and carers
Please can we remind you that school meals are free for all children at Abbey Infants.
At the beginning of September, as the cost of the lunches change, the ParentPay accounts may show a school meal debt.
Please ignore this - you do not need to pay.
We have contacted ParentPay to rectify this.
Many thanks,
Abbey Infants
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To start our Autumn topic, we will be holding a Scottish Day on Friday 8th September 2023.
The children will be taking part in a Scottish Day where they will learn about Scottish traditions.
Throughout the day, the children will be participating in Highland games, making shortbread and learning about Scottish art.
The children are also invited to wear their own clothes in the colours blue and white for the day.
These could also include any special, traditional or cultural clothes if they wish.On this day, we also ask that the children wear sensible footwear – trainers or pumps.We are asking for a contribution of £1.00 per child towards this activity.
Please refer to our charging policy and remissions for further details.
Please login to your child’s ParentPay account to give your consent and to make payment by Monday 4th Sept 2023.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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ALL DOCUMENTS ABOVE THIS LINE ARE FOR SEPTEMBER 2023 ONWARDS
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Year 2: 19th July. Children will be able to go on the bouncy castle. They will be watching a DVD in the afternoon, so can bring an extra snack to have during that time. They will come to school in their uniform.
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On Thursday 6th July 2023, Year 2 will spend the day in the Juniors including eating in the canteen.
Year 2 children will be dropped off at the Infant school as normal.
Staff will register children and escort them across to the Junior site.
For collection, we would like you to collect from the juniors at 3.25pm.
All parents enter the site from the gates on the corner of Barclay Road, and walk through the playground, exiting on the Warley Woods side. There is a ten minute difference in time to allow parents to move from the infants to juniors.
Your current child’s class teacher will also be there to help safely dismiss the children
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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Dear parents and carers
Please send you child into school on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th June in 'Sports Clothes' tracksuits, leggings, t-shirts etc.
They will also need to bring in on the 7th an old sock and a 500ml plastic bottle for a science experiment.
This email if for children who aren't attending the Frank Chapman residential.
Please can we remind you of the details of the Frank Chapman DAY visit. If you haven't already paid, please make payment during the half term week.
https://www.abbeyfederation.co.uk/year-2-1/
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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On 24th and 25th May, Year 2 will be taking part in a 'Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Initiative' with a visit from Safety Seymour.
Dear Parents/Carers
We are writing to let you know about a very special safety session that is coming up for Yr 2. It is all about carbon monoxide (CO), understanding what it is and how we can keep ourselves safe. Safety Seymour (a superhero bear) and his safety assistant will be visiting your child’s class, on a mission to rid the world of CO poisoning but he needs your help!!
After the session, your child will be given an Activity Pack to take home with them, it will contain:
It would be fantastic if you could assist your child on the Adventure Trail around your home.
We are aware that safety information can be quite alarming for children and have therefore made a great effort to package all of the information in a child friendly way. That said, if your child does have any concerns about CO, please allay fears. It is highly unlikely that CO is present in your home but none the less, we must work to educate ourselves about its dangers and take precautions to keep ourselves safe, such as fitting a CO alarm.
There is more information about CO in the carbon monoxide booklet that you will receive, or you can visit:
www.cadentgas.com/Emergencies-safety/Suspect-carbon-monoxide
PLEASE NOTE: This information page is aimed at adults and may not be suitable for your child to view.
There is also an official Safety Seymour website; it’s full of fun activities for your child to take part in: https://safetyseymour.co.uk.
Thank you for your time and if you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in contact.
Yours sincerely
Year 2 Team
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Dear Year 1 and Year 2 Parents/ Carers Only,
We will be running an Intra-School BenchBall Competition on Tuesday 14th March 2023.
Children will be able to wear sports clothes and appropriate footwear to school on this day.
Many Thanks
Abbey Federation
20/1/2023
Guided Reading will now take place on Mondays for 2G, Wednesdays for 2S and Thursdays for 2J, until further notice.
Please make sure that your child has their reading book in their bag on the correct day.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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Dear Year 1 and 2 parents and carers
On Wednesday 14th December, we will be having a movie and PJ day. The children are asked to come to school dressed in pyjamas or lounge wear (joggers/hoodies etc). This will be as a reward for filling up the class marble and token jars.
Children can bring slippers with them if they wish, but must also have sensible shoes for playtime and going home time.
They will be watching a PG rated Christmas movie and be offered a snack and a drink.
If you do not wish for your child to take part, please let their teacher know.
Many thanks Abbey Federation
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Dear Year 2 parents and carers,
The children in year 2 will be sent home with a boarding pass during the last week of school.
Please can you make sure they bring this in with them on their first day back. This is part of the Australia Day they will be having on the Tuesday 3rd January 2023. We want the children to imagine they are going to be boarding a flight to Australia - eye masks and neck pillows at the ready!
The children can wear any Australian themed clothes they might have, or the dress in the colours of the Australian flag. If they have any items linked to the topic (boomerangs, kangaroo cuddly toys etc) they can also bring them in. Please ensure they are clearly named.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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9/11/2022
Dear 2G parents and carers
Please can you make sure your child has their PE kit in school next Tuesday as they will be having PE during the morning.
This change is for next week only.
Many thanks
Mr Jones
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The children are on their way back from Weston. The Sat Nav on the coach currently says 4.20pm.
However, we will send another message at 4.00pm with a more up to date time.
Admission Contacts for different Local Authorities:
Sandwell - 0121 569 6765
Birmingham 0121 303 1888
Walsall - 01922 652 585
Dudley - 0300 555 2345
Wolverhampton - 01902 551 459
Worcester - 01905 822 700
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20/09/2022
Dear 2S parents and carers
Due to yesterday being a Bank Holiday, guided reading will take place on Friday instead.
Please send your child's reading books in on Friday, for this week only.
Many thanks
Miss Stocking
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Dear parents and carers
Please can we remind you that school meals are free for all children at Abbey Infants.
At the beginning of September, as the cost of the lunches change, the ParentPay accounts may show a school meal debt.
Please ignore this - you do not need to pay.
We have contacted ParentPay to rectify this.
Many thanks
Abbey Infants
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ALL DOCUMENTS ABOVE THIS LINE ARE FOR SEPTEMBER 2022 ONWARDS
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Dear Year 2 parents and carers
Can we please remind you that the Year 2 show is going to be split over two sessions tomorrow, to ease the temperature in the hall.
The morning show will be 9:30am and the afternoon show will be 1:45pm.
If you are able to come to the morning show, please let us know via ParentPay. This is so we can gauge how many chairs are required.
However please rest assured that the afternoon show will still go ahead if you cannot make the morning.
We are still limiting tickets to two per child for the day - not two tickets per show.
Many thanks
Abbey Federation
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Dear year 2 parents and carers
Due to the forecast hot weather on Tuesday, we have decided that it would be sensible to add a morning performance as well as the afternoon performance for the year 2 show.
This is to reduce the number of people in the hall, (hopefully) making the temperature comfortable.
Rest assured, the afternoon performance will still go ahead, as we are aware parents will have made special arrangements at work. However, if you would like to attend the morning performance instead at 9:30am, please let us know via ParentPay.
Please can we remind you that tickets have to be limited due to Health and Safety and Fire Regulations. Unfortunately, we also ask that no siblings or other children attend, even those sitting on laps.
To avoid disappointment, please be aware that should more than two adults per child arrive, they will be refused entry.
This extra performance is not for additional family members, it is simply to reduce the number of people in the hall at one time.
Refreshments will not be provided for parents, so feel free to bring your own soft drinks due to the expected high temperature.
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Please can you return your child's reading book by the end of this week - 15th July 2022.
Many thanks
Year 2
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Dear parents and carers,
Please can we remind you that children shouldn't be bringing toys or teddy bears etc into school to play with.
We wouldn't want to risk anything getting lost or broken, so these items are safer kept at home.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
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Dear year 2 parents and carers
Can we remind you of the end of year events coming up for year 2.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO Please can you log onto ParentPay to give your consent.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
Dear parents and carers
Year 2 WHO ARE NOT GOING ON THE RESIDENTIAL will be taking part in Forest School sessions on Wednesday 8th June 2022.
Your child will be coming home with a permission form today that must be completed and returned by Monday 6th June 2022.
Your child will be unable to take part without the completed permission form.
Information on suitable clothing will be on the other side of the permission form.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
INFORMATION FOR THE MORNING SESSION ONLY
Dear parents and carers
Thank you for signing up to the Year 2 Parent Workshop tomorrow (30/3/22) morning.
As soon as you have dropped your child into class, please go into the school hall to wait for the Workshop to start.
If you are no longer able to attend, please let us know so your child isn't taken to the hall to meet you.
Can we remind you that younger siblings are unable to attend, and only one parent will be permitted per child.
Please do not attend if you are displaying any symptoms of Covid, to ensure the safety of others.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
Guided reading for your child's class will be:
2J Wednesday
2S Thursday
2G Friday
Please make sure your child has their book in school for this day.
Many thanks
Year 2 Team
Dear Year 1 and 2 parents and carers
On Wednesday 15th December, we will be having a movie and PJ day.
The children are asked to come to school dressed in pyjamas or lounge wear (joggers/hoodies etc).
They will be watching a U rated Christmas movie and be offered a snack and a drink.
Many thanks
Abbey Federation
On 16th and 17th November, year 2 will be taking part in a 'Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Initiative' with a visit from Safety Seymour.
We are aware that safety information can be quite alarming for children and therefore this workshop is designed to give all of the information in a child friendly way. To find out more information, you could take a look at Safety Seymour’s web page at http://cadentgas.com/about-us/safety-seymour. Children will receive a goody bag to take home at the end of the day, so that they can share the information with you.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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