Autumn Week 2: Bog babies

Hello Class 2 Parents,

Class 2 have done a great job this week. Their first full week of the academic year means they are probably quite tired, but they have also hopefully been coming home and telling you all the things they have been up to. 

Spelling cards:
Your child has a home spelling book in their homework folders with attached information. Please note - the I highlight the words when I have tested your child on them (once per half term) - please don't tick/highlight them yourself, just have fun practising!

Reading books:
I've finished assessing where the children are with phonics and reading which means group reading can start up next week. The children will read

with an adult a couple of times per week, and then they will bring the book home on a Thursday (alongside their free choice reading book) to read with you at home. More information will follow when I send out their first books next week. 

Maths:
We started maths lessons this week with some revisiting of previous work. The year 1 children played some counting games, remembering how to count accurately (moving objects into a line, rather than trying to count one group and forgetting which ones have been counted!). The Year 2 children revisited some place value, representing teen numbers and then larger two-digit numbers using base 10 equipment.

Year 1 children can practise counting this week. If you like, ask them how to play '10 lovely things' and play it with them - encouraging them to count carefully and to line up objects when counting. 

(two or more players - 10 objects each. Take it in turns to roll a dice and ask another player for that number of objects from their collection, eg 'please may I have 5 of your lovely things?'. When someone has run out of objects, the other person has won, or play a set number of rounds and then see who has the most left). 

Year 2 children - play Shark Numbers. 

Click on the link, then click on this symbol and choose 'numbers up to 99'. 

Children have to select the correct number that is represented to avoid a shark attack. Help your child by asking them to count in 10s, and then on in ones, eg the number in the picture. '10-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29. Alternatively, encourage them to say 'there are 2 tens and 9 ones, so there is 29 altogether'. 

Writing:
We have started Drawing Club, where children draw a picture and then we write sentences about it. For the Year 1 children at the moment the focus is on a simple sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop, using phonics to spell words and with the correct letter formation. The Year 2 children will start to write a series of sentences, correctly punctuated. 

Bog Babies:
The children finished making their clay bog babies, which will come home soon to be safe. We created a pond habitat, learning that habitats are homes for plants and animals. We added water lillies and bulrushes to the pond, as well as some pond creatures. 

Forest school:
A letter was emailed home about Forest School - I look forward to the first session next week!

I think that's all for now. Have a good week end!

Mrs Simpson