Hello Class 2 Parents,
It's been a very soggy but very good week in Class 2!
A missing fleece.
Liam's new school fleece has gone missing - please can you check at home in case your child has accidentally brought it home? Thank you.
Nativity lines!
Your child has their nativity words in their purple folder. We have a lot of time to practise, but please help your child to start learning their words this weekend. One line at a time is a good approach - get them to learn the first line very confidently, before adding in another one! Information regarding costumes will follow very soon.
Power for Good.
The week started on Monday with Odd Socks day and an assembly led by our anti-bullying ambassadors to introduce anti-bullying week. The theme this year is Power for Good, and how we all have the power in us to do good. The children have taken part in several different activities, including making a Power for Good paper chain; each child wrote on their link how they could use their powers for good, and the intention is to create a whole school Power for Good paper chain. The week has been based around a very good book called 'Have you Filled a Bucket Today?' - have a chat to your children about it and see if they can think of ways to use their powers for good at home too!
Maths this week:
Year 1 children have continued to look at number bonds (two numbers that make up another number) and fact families, with a focus on number bonds to 10. Number bonds to 10 are very important going forwards and by the end of Year 1, the aim is for the children to know them off by heart.
If you like songs, there is a song here that helps (and may get stuck in your head).
You can play 'pairs' using playing cards - take two each of the numbers 1 to 9, turn them all face down, and play pairs. Each player takes it in turn to reveal two cards and if they total 10 they can keep them. If they don't make 10, they get turned face down again.
If your child is more confident and is beginning to know the bonds to 10 by heart, you can play hit the button. Select 'number bonds' and 'make 10'.
Year 2 children have continued their work on addition. This week, they have looked how to add three small numbers efficiently by looking for known number facts (eg, for 7 + 5 + 3, they know that 7 + 3 = 10, which helps to make the addition simpler. They have also looked at adding two numbers by making 10 first, again making the addition simpler. For example, if they have 8 + 5, they know that 8+2 = 10, so 8 + 5 = 10 + 3 which is 13.
Their maths homework is here and will be in their purple folders.
In phonics the children have learnt three new digraphs: wh (whisk, whisper, whale), ph (phonics, alphabet, dolphin) and ck (which they have learnt, but this week they 've started to learn that the digraph goes at the end or in the middle of a word, after a short vowel sound).
In spellings the children have been learning to spell words with 'ge' at the end making the 'j' sound. Last week they learnt that 'dge' goes after a short vowel. This week they learnt that 'ge' is used in other circumstances.
I have assigned the Year 2 children a new spelling list this week on The Spelling Shed. A few of you have had a go at the games, which is great - the idea is for the children to practise their spellings in a fun a low-pressure way, which will help them going forwards so if you do have a chance to look at The Spelling Shed that would be great.
Year 1 Spelling Shed.
Although Year 1 children don't have weekly spellings, I have uploaded the common exception word lists (the ones in their home spelling books) onto The Spelling Shed. I have assigned every Year 1 list to every child, so that you can work through them in your own time (they directly correspond to the lists in your home spelling books).
Your child's login will be in their purple folder, and the parent guide is here. I hope you find The Spelling Shed useful!
Have a good weekend and I will see you all next week,
Mrs Simpson
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