Summer Week 4: A Turtle, some letters and some symmetry.

 Hello Class 2 Parents,

It seems the summer term has finally arrived, weather-wise. I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday! Naturally, children and staff alike were confused with the Tuesday start to the week. 

In our writing lessons the children have been writing a letter in role as Noi's dad, from the Storm Whale. They've been persuading Noi to put the whale back into the ocean. Next week we will finish reading The Storm Whale to see how it ends, and then find ourselves another book for whole class reading. 

In maths the children finished off their work on shape by looking at symmetry. We have also been revisiting addition and subtraction facts for 10. Homework is to spot symmetrical things! Either bring them in to show the class, or take a photo and send it to me. 

In phonics the children have continued to revisit graphemes - this week, aw, ou and ir.  They also looked at the days of the week - their homework is to have a go at learning to spell them. Some are very tricky, so I have highlighted the tricky parts to focus on. Just have a go!

In spellings Year 2 looked at adding the suffixes - ful and -less to words, and how they change the meaning of a word. Their spellings are here - when I test them, I will either ask them to put either suffix on (so they will learn to spell 'hope', I might ask them to spell 'hopeful' or 'hopeless'. 

In other news, a while ago the children started their new Mantle of the Expert story, and this week it continued. The children had learnt that, many years ago, some sailors found themselves in trouble following a storm and a shipwreck. They thought they were going to drown, but were rescued by a giant turtle - in Hawaiin, a Honu. The honu carried them to a small Polynesian island, where they settled and made their lives. The children created this island together, and then yesterday they imagined themselves as the travellers. They created a statue of the Honu, and thought about what they would say to it if they could meet it again. Next week, they will be writing an 'Ode to the Honu' to thank it. 

Next week the story will continue. 

Enjoy the sunny weekend!

Mrs Simpson

P.S. On a Friday I tend to put children's new reading books and their reading records into their homework folders. Just in case you can't find them!