Hello Class 2 Parents,
And here we are - the first half term is done and dusted! The children have done such a good job to make it to the end - the first half term is always tiring after the summer holidays and even more so for our new Year 1 children.
We have had a busy-and-good half term including: phonics, spellings, maths, drawing club and writing, special places in religions, lots of singing, rainbow jobs filled with lots of different subjects, painting self-portraits, performing our Harvest story, becoming the B.B.P, starting Forest School ....
...among other things.
In maths this week both year groups have started work on addition and subtraction, recognising that a number can be split into different parts. Year 1 children have focused on a part plus a part equals a whole (eg 4 + 3 = 7) while Year 2 children have been recapping number bonds to 10 and looking at fact families (related number sentences such as 3 + 4 = 7 4 + 3 = 7 7 - 4 = 3 7 - 3 = 4).
Year 1 homework is here and will be in their folders.
Year 2 homework is here and will be in their folders.
In spellings and phonics we have been taking time to test the children on their common exception word spellings.
In our story the children did some super work learning to tie knots in order to make a net. To start with everyone had a piece of twine and learnt how to tie a simple half knot (as you do when tying laces). Then, one at a time the children had a go at applying this to make part of a net. There was an incredible amount of perseverence going on and the children were very pleased with their finished net!
It was good to catch up with you all this week and thank you for your ongoing support of your children's education.
A couple of notes for next half term.
Spelling booklets. I have updated your child's spelling booklet accordingly by highlighting the words they were able to spell. If your child's booklet was not in their folder, I have been unable to do this.
Water only in water bottles please. If your child has a medical or other need for squash, please come and talk to me, otherwise their bottles will be refilled with water. Squash gets sticky when spilled and is of course not as healthy as water.
Small keyrings on book bags please. Large cuddly toy keyrings just don't fit in the book bag boxes!
Forest school clothing - the weather will take a turn towards winter so please make sure your child has suitable layers, thick socks and waterproof tops and bottoms, thank you!
Forest school wishlist - several of you have kindly offered to supply things for Forest School. There is of course no pressure at all ( you've already helped a lot with the initial sponsor money) but I will put a list of things together over half term and send you the link.
For now, any bricks or large stones you have lurking around, or decent pallets, or unused raised beds would be great!
I hope you all have a good week - see you for the countdown to Christmas!
From Mrs Simpson
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