Spring Week 7: A witan, a giant and some other things.

 

Hello Class 2 Parents,

Welcome to the second half of the spring term! It's a relatively short half term so we will have a lot to fit in!

This week...

Our story:
Having learnt about the four countries of the United Kingdom, the children met Queen Matilda for a witan under the old oak tree. Together, they decided that they should head to Wales to find a good location to build a castle. The Queen and the serfs set off but soon came to a creepy road: dark, with twisty trees either side and rough rocks and holes on the ground. They headed down the road but soon heard an ominous sound in the distance. They hid just before a giant came stomping down the road. They stayed still for hours until they were sure the giant had passed by.

Descriptive writing.
The children drew some fantastic pictures of the giant they had seen. They have started to write some descriptions of him. 

Maths.

Year 1 children have been looking at place value to 100. They've been learning how to identify how many tens and how many ones are in a number. 

Their homework is here. and will be in their folders. 

Year 2 children have continued their work on division. They've been dividing by two and ten and learning that division is the inverse of multiplication. 

Their homework is here and will be in their folders. 

Phonics.
The children have looked at three graphemes this week:
y making 'ee' at the end of a word (as in happy, jolly, grumpy)
ea making the 'e' sound (as in head, bread, instead)
wh making the 'wh' sound (the h is lazy)

Blue group spellings are here. 
Green group spellings are here. 

Spellings.
The Year 2 children have looked at the spelling patterns 'all' and 'al'. Usually, 'all' is found at the end of root word such as tall, small and fall. 

Their spellings are here.

P.E. Kits
I am sorry I didn't send the children's P.E. kits home before the holidays! I will send them home this weekend.

Finally: Spanish Club.

We have had some interest in the Spanish Club that has been offered to the school. It should be a really good club - the children had a great time at the taster session! Please do sign up if your child is interested: we need some more interest in order for the club to go ahead. 

It's been a very good week!

From Mrs Simpson