Week 9: a potential disaster for the bog babies.

Hello and happy Friday Class 2 Parents,

The children have received some alarming news. The woodland, which the bog baby pond is part of, is due to be destroyed to make way for a new housing estate. The children were very upset when they learnt of this and quickly made some suggestions. They created some drawings for the building company showing the range of animals that the pond microhabitat housed (learning the word 'microhabitat' along the way) and wrote some letters outlining their concerns. 

Now that the children know the story of The Bog Baby so well, they have started writing their own versions of it. They have learnt to tell (a shortened version of) the story and are using this to base their ideas on. 

In other news:

The children have also started listening to the songs for the Nativity (information about which will be with you early next week). 

We marked Remembrance Day. The children will learn about the meaning of Remembrance day on Friday and will make poppies to take along to Friday's 11am service. 

In Maths

Year 1 children have been writing and solving addition number sentences. Their homework is here and will be in their folders. 

Year 2 children have been learning to add or subtract multiples of ten, noting that the ones column does not change. Their homework is here and will be in their folders

In Phonics the Year 1 children have looked at the graphemes    ir (as in bird)   ie  (as in pie)  ue (as in blue) and   u (as in tuna/music). 

In Spellings the Year 2 children have been learning to spell words that start with either kn or gn. Their spellings are here and will be in their folders. 

I think that's all for now. Have a good weekend, and see you next week!

Mrs Simpson