Spring Week 3: A mouse in London, 1666

 Hello Class 2 Parents, 

I hope you have had a good week. We've had an excellent one in Class 2. 

Firstly, here are the geographical features of London the children created last week. Can you work out which is which? They made: Hyde Park, The Shard (it was taller, but got knocked over and rebuilt just before photos!), Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, Nelson's Column and the Houses of Parliament. There is a Tower Bridge in the classroom, but it's as yet unfinished. 

We started the week by creating Pudding Lane. The children learnt how to use charcoal to draw lines of different shades. Then they looked at some Tudor style houses and drew some houses using charcoal. The houses were put together along a cobbled street to create Pudding Lane - the lane that will be central to our Mantle of the Expert topic this term. 

Using a beautifully illustrated book, the children heard the story of The Great Fire of London. A few of them asked the question - 'Did this really happen?' so we had a discussion about what 'history' is. Then for our literacy lessons the children created some ears and tails and became little mice in the bakery, starting the night before the fire. They have been writing diaries this week, in role as the mouse. 

The school's value this half term is creativity. We have discussed what this means and looked at the dictionary definition: 

The children then had a go at being creative in lots of different ways!

Maths:

Year 1 children have begun to look at place value beyond 20. They were introduced to base 10 equipment (10 rods and 1s) and how to represent 2-digit numbers using them. They have also been counting in 2s. For homework, please use this game to practice counting in 2s. On the top left, you can select 'steps of 2' and you can add extra challenge by starting from different numbers.

Year 2 children have been dividing by grouping - so for 20 ÷ 4, they have been making groups of 4 from a larger group of 20. You can practice this in all sorts of ways at home using objects found around the house! Year 2 have also been reciting the 2x table. Their homework is this speed challenge - it will be glued in their books. 

 

Phonics and Spellings:

The Phonics group have looked at two split digraphs this week: a_e and e_e (as in cake and these). Their spellings are here. 

The Spellings group have been adding suffixes to words ending in 'consonant-e' such as nice, spike, hike. They have been learning to drop the e. Their spellings are here. 

Thank you for all your support of your children's learning. Have a good week end!

From Mrs Simpson