Week Five: A penguin (and other things).

Hello Class 2 Parents,

Firstly, thank you to those of you who came along to our Harvest service. The children did a great job of telling the story of The Enormous Turnip. 

Our story. 
There have been some interesting events this week in our story. Firstly, the Lost and Found officers rehomed most of the animals in their charge. For this, they learnt about which British animals lived in which habitats (woodland, pond, marshland, hedgerows and so on). The Lost and Found offices seemed very quiet after that...

until a box was left on the doorstep. 

Inside the box was a penguin. An adelie penguin. The team decided they had to look after it (they imagined how it might be feeling, and thought about what it would need to survive). Next week we're going to learn more about adelie penguins in order to prepare us for caring for this one. 

Phonics. 
The year 1 children have learnt two new digraphs this week: oy and ay. 

Spellings. 
For the third week in a row, the children have been looking at the sound 'j'. This time, with a 'g' at the start of words. 

The general rule (though there are always exceptions in the English language) is that 'g' can usually be found in words before e, i or y. Their spellings are here and will be tested next week. 

Just to reiterate - I only ever expect children to have a go with their spellings. If they are really stuck during a spelling challenge I will always help them - it's more about the process of learning, than the test!

Maths. 
We've started a unit on addition and subtraction. This week, the children looked at part whole models and finding number bonds. Both year groups need to know their number bonds to 10 off by heart, so homework this week is to play number bonds to 1- pairs. 

You can play online here.

or

you can play using playing cards from joker to 10 (the joker represents 'zero'). 

For an extra challenge (Year 2s should be able to do this!) write down all of the number bonds to 10 in a logical order (e.g. 10 + 0 = 10, 9 +1 = 10) and then write all of the subtraction facts (eg 10 - 0 = 10, 10 - 1 = 9). 

Below are some photos of the children this week including some children with the box, and in role as the penguin imagining how it might be feeling. 

Have a good weekend!

Mrs Simpson

Week 4:

 Hello Class 2 Parents,

I hope this blog finds you all well! What a wild week for weather - it's been so good to end it with some sun and some time outside. 

The week in Class 2...

Firstly - harvest words!

The children have some lines to learn for our harvest story. Please help them to learn them this week - they are in their homework folders. 

Drawing club. 
The children watched Pip, a trainee guide dog and did some writing around him and his adventures. It's a lovely animation - you can see it here. 

Maths.
We've been looking at number lines this week - placing numbers in their correct place, and estimating where numbers might be if the number line is blank. The children need a good knowledge of numbers to 20 for this!

Their maths homework is this game -  go to the image of the game, press 'play', then:

*Year 1s, start with a 0-10 number line and try the 0-20 line if you like!
* Year 2s, attempt the 0-20 number line. 
* Move the red flag to the position of the given number
* Press 'check' to see whether you are correct!

Choose whether to collect points or not. 

Our story.
The Lost and Found offices have been busy with animals coming in and out. The children learnt how to identify whether a creature is alive or dead, and then we went further to look at things that have never been alive. The children also learnt what creatures need in order to stay alive (air, water, food and shelter). This helped them in their roles looking after animals in the Lost and Found offices. 

Phonics and spellings. 

In Phonics the children have been revisiting  or, ur and ow. They have been reading and writing words with these sounds in. 

In Spellings the Year 2 children have learnt that  ge  makes the 'j' sound at the end of a word, after anything that is not a short vowel. Their spellings are here and will be tested in their yellow books next Friday!

I think that is everything for now - have a good weekend!

From 

Mrs Simpson