Summer Week 7: Turtles continued.

 Hello Class 2 Parents and welcome to the final half term of the year. 

The children came in smiling happily on Monday. 

Firstly, thank you for all the fabulous turtle posters I received - the children had a great time showing them to each other their work.  A lot of effort clearly went into them. Don't worry if you didn't do one (it was optional) but if your child has done one/is in the middle of one and wants to show it, there is still time to send it in. 

Our turtle story has been moving rapidly on this week. The children have continued to track their turtles. They met a lady from Honu Island (our fictional Polynesian island) whose name is Kanoa. She is the chief Environmental Officer for Honu Island and had come seeking the advice of Turtle Watch. She told the team that while Honu Island used to be a popular habitat for sea turtles, not a single turtle has been seen there for ten years. 

The team are working on why this might be. As part of their work, they found out that some of the human geographical features on Honu Island might be disturbing the turtles (such as the hotels, beach furniture and artificial lighting). They are in the middle of redesigning Honu Island to allow for some turtle-friendly areas. 

The children have also continued with their non-fiction writing. The aim is to publish their green turtle information books next week. 

In maths the children have finished their work on fractions. 

Their homework is here. The first side is for everyone, the second side is for Year 2. 

In spellings the Year 2 children have been looking at words ending in -tion. Their are some tricky spellings this week, but just have a go at learning them! I have indicated which parts of the words are the trickiest. They can be found here. 

In phonics the Year 1 children have been practising their alien and real word reading. The Phonics Screening Check is due to take place next week. The children have no idea they are sitting a 'test'  and it will not be a big event - they will just spend 5-10 minutes with me on a 1:1 basis some time next week taking the test. 

Their homework is to play buried treasure. Select the 'phase 5' sounds. Choose a digraph your child finds trickier and play the game. Then go back and practise another one or two!

I think that's everything. Have a good weekend!

From 

Mrs Simpson