Hello Class 2 Parents,
What a busy, busy week!
Important note: reading books
Due to the trip and the different teacher set up this week, we have not had time to do all of the reading groups. I therefore won't be sending new books home but will read this week's books again with the children next week. However, the children will come home with new Badger books as usual, and I will collect in their current reading books ready for the usual school Easter holiday book sort out.
Class 2 have had the pleasure of Mrs Barnes' company this week. I've been teaching Class 1 each morning while Mrs Barnes has been with Class 2. I've had excellent reports about their work, which has been good! They've been:
- Writing instructions for 'How to Tame a Dragon'. For this, the children
took inspiration from exerpts of the animation 'How to Train a Dragon'. - Learning to measure accurately using cubes and centimetres
- Showing Mrs Barnes how good they are at doing their passport jobs.
Today, of course, we took a trip to Rockingham Castle! The children were given a thorough tour of the castle; the best part was spotting some of the features they've been learning about. As we appoached in the coach there were many cries of 'arrow loops!' We also saw the towers, battlements, dungeon, very thick walls (see the picture below of the children measuring them with their arms) and the space where the portcullis would have been.
After an indoor tour, we went for a walk around the grounds. The children noticed how high up the castle was (another good feature they've been learning about) and went searching for Wentworth's missing armour. Wentworth is a griffin - an emblem of the castle.
The children were fantastically enthusiastic and well-behaved and did us all proud.
There is no homework this week.
I'll be checking the children's common exception word spelling as usual next week, but it hasn't been very long since the last time they were tested. If you have time, please practise them over the weekend.
After an indoor tour, we went for a walk around the grounds. The children noticed how high up the castle was (another good feature they've been learning about) and went searching for Wentworth's missing armour. Wentworth is a griffin - an emblem of the castle.
The children were fantastically enthusiastic and well-behaved and did us all proud.
There is no homework this week.
I'll be checking the children's common exception word spelling as usual next week, but it hasn't been very long since the last time they were tested. If you have time, please practise them over the weekend.
Mrs Simpson
Enjoy a few photos from the trip!
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