Hello Class 2 Parents,
I hope you all enjoyed the coronation weekend. The children have just started a writing project to report on the coronation. They enjoyed being journalists, watching parts of the coronation on the screen and making notes. From there, we talked about the key events and started planning a news report which we will finish next week.
The main event of the week, though, was a dodgeball tournament. The children filled up their marble jar last week, for the third time this academic year, and voted to have a tournament as their reward. There were four teams, and each team took part in 6 different matches against the other teams. Luckily the sun shone for us so we held the tournament outside where the children could shout and cheer as much as they wanted! There were some fantastic displays of sportsmanship, particularly from the red team who didn't win a single match but continued to play with a smile nonetheless!
In our story, the children received an email from Professor Nash, telling them she thought the Enormous Crocodile might be a Nile crocodile. She set the children the task of finding out more about Nile crocodiles. They used ipads and books to find some facts, which they will turn into some helpful reports and spotting guides ready to go looking for the Enormous Crocodile.
In Maths we have been telling the time! All of the children looked at o'clock and half past times, and the Year 2 children went on to look at quarter to and quarter past. Any practise you can do with this at home is very helpful!
The spelling group has been looking at yet another suffix: -ness. Their spellings are here.
The phonics group continues to revisit digraphs in preparation for the phonics screening check. This week : o (making a long oa sound) and ue. Their spellings are here.
I have not set maths homework for Year 1, instead they have these alien and real words to practise reading by spotting the digraphs they know.
Year 2 have some practise sats questions to have a go at. There are quite a few of them, so just try doing a few at a time. They are here. If your child works particularly hard to complete the whole thing, or most of it, write me a note on it and I will ensure house points are awarded accordingly!
Year 2 parents - you will hopefully have seen my email regarding Year 2 sats. In case you missed it, there is some information here. I am intending for the children to do their first two papers next week, and the other two the following week. If you have any other questions, please email the office or catch me after school!
I hope you have a good weekend,
From. Mrs Simpson
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