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