Week Three: rain and a Lost and Found office.

 

Hello Class 2 Parents,

The week started in a very soggy way - our new sandpit and outdoor area got a bit of a soaking! However, we've managed to get outside still this week at various points in between showers. 

An important homework note:
* Homework is set on a Friday via the blog and in folders if necessary

* I collect homework, reading diaries, group books and free choice books every Thursday morning, to go out again on Friday

* The only compulsory homework is reading, but any maths and spellings you do with your children will help them!

This week:

In Phonics the children have been revisiting oa, oo and oo. They've been reading and spelling words using these digraphs. 

In Spellings the Year 2 children have looked at the dge digraph - this is the 'j' sound that comes at the end of a word, after a short vowel. The children have learnt that words tend not to end in j. 

The Year 2 spellings for this week can be found here - their spelling challenge will be next week!

In Maths the children have been learning to use the phrases 'greater than', 'less than' and 'equal to' to compare numbers and quantities. The children have been using the symbols < > and = as well. 

Year 1 homework is here and will be in their folders. 

Year 2 homework is here and will be in their folders. 

In other news:

This week the children set up a Wildlife Lost and Found office. There are four rooms: one each for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds. The children learnt to categorise animals into the four rooms. A few injured animals came into the offices and the children took care of them. 

I think that's all for now. The class is coming together well and the Year 1s are getting used to life in Class 2. 

Have a good weekend!

From Mrs Simpson