Greetings Class 2 Parents,
Welcome to another installation of 'life in Class 2'.
We have done a lot this week, so here is a little snapshot.
In our story:
The children continued to make their display about bog babies. The display had photos on it and facts about bog babies.
One day, a visitor came to see them. She had this 'photograph', and was looking for the Society for the Protection of Bog Babies to see if they could identify the creatures in the photo (when children ask if the photo is real, I tend to say, 'It is part of our story').
The children quickly identifed that the creatures were definitely bog babies. They agreed that they could be the Society for the Protection of Bog Babies, and they wanted to find out more about this pond.
We did a bit of geography, making maps of the woodland with geographical features, including a key, and marked on the maps where bog babies were likely to be found. We then stepped into the story and went to look for bog babies. Sure enough, when we crept quietly around the woodland, we quickly spotted a pond. Sitting quietly next to it, the children began to spot bog babies. Each time they spotted a bog baby, they showed everyone else where it was using chalk.
As we sat watching the bog babies, we decided that we definitely needed to look after them. The children said that they were rare, and that we needed to make sure no one harmed them or took them away.
For the rest of the term, the children will be The Society for the Protection of Bog Babies and will work to protect the pond and the bog babies, and to keep the public informed about them.
In writing:
The children have been writing instructions for how to care for a bog baby.
In maths:
Year 1 have continued to look at numbers to 20 and the fact that they are made up of one ten and some ones. They were introduced to base 10 (10 rods and single cubes). Their homework is here and will be in their folders.
Year 2 have continued to work on representing numbers to 100 and this week have been partitioning numbers to 100. Their homework is simply to play this game. Go to the link and select '10s'. Children select the correct amount of 10s (snakes) and 1s (snake heads) to make the number If your child is very confident, have a go at 100s too!
In phonics:
Blue group has been continuing to revisit phase 3 digraphs and have been reading words with consonant blends in as well, such as stamp, trick, best, frog. Here is a phase 2 and 3 sound mat, which will help you to spot digraphs with your child in their reading book.
Green group has been looking at 'igh' alternatives: igh, ie, i_e, y, i.
Year one parents, see if you can spot these graphemes with your child in their books. Have a look at the spellings if you want to.
The Year 2 spellings are here and will be in their book bags.
Finally, Year 1 parents are invited to a reading workshop on Wednesday (4th October) at 3.20pm. Reception parents will be invited too. I will go over phonics, the Year 1 phonics check and some strategies for reading, similarly to last year. I will also be talking about Litttle Wandle and its phonics and reading programme.
I think that's all for now!
From Mrs Simpson
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