Autumn Week 4: the windiest, coldest, driest place on earth.

 

Hello Class 2 Parents.

It has, as ever, been a busy week in  Class 2.

We've been practising for our Harvest Festival service on Monday as well as doing some related watercolour art work. Please help your child to practise their lines over the weekend - the theme is loud, slow and clear!

Our story took a dramatic turn when we decided to try and return the penguins to Antarctica. We plotted a route, after labelling the continents and oceans on a world map. Many of the team decided the best route would take us across the Atlantic Ocean, down through North and South America and then across the Southern Ocean. Not everyone agreed though so we agreed to plot our different routes and make our own way there. 

Thankfully everyone arrived safely. Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent we were somewhat underprepared. One of the team became very, very cold and very, very ill. A hat, warm clothing and hot chocolate were found and luckily she was revived. At this point we decided we should learn more about the weather and climate in Antarctica, and how to survive there. See what your child can tell you about survival in Antarctica! 

In other news:

Maths:

After a bit more work on partitioning, the Year 2 children looked at more/less/equal - or in mathematical language, greater than, fewer than, equal to. They have been using the symbols  <  >  =   to compare numbers. We noticed that when comparing two-digit numbers, we need to look at the tens before the ones. 

This sheet will be in home learning books to practise this skill - it's a bit of a puzzle which will involve a lot of discussion. 

Year 1 children have also been comparing numbers using more than/ fewer than/ equal to. They practised using the words first, and then began to look at the symbols. 

This sheet will be in home learning books to practise this skill.

Phonics/Spelling:

The phonics group have been revisiting oo, oo and ar this week. 

oo makes two sounds - the long 'ooooo' in boot, shoot and moon, and the short 'oo' in book, took and look. 

Spellings are here and will be in home learning books. 

The spellings group have been looking at words where the 's' sound is made with a soft 'c'. This week's spellings have a lot of useful patterns in and rimes which will help. 

Spellings are here and will be in home learning books. 

I think that's everything for now. Have a lovely weekend!

From Mrs Simpson