Hello Class 2 Parents,
Firstly, I must apologise for the delay in this blog - apparently I forgot to hit 'publish'!
It's been a sunny week in Class 2, including...
The start of a new story.
We have started our new Mantle of the Expert story. So far, the children have created an island. It's a Polynesian island, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, and it has many interesting physical features so far. They learnt that, many years ago, the first humans to land on the island came due to a storm. Their boat was wrecked and they thought they were going to drown. Fortunately, a large turtle rescued them and took them to safety on the island. The island was given the name 'Honu Island' (Honu being their name for 'turtle'). The children learnt that the first people on the island created statues of the Honu to honour it, so we created a representation of Honu Beach with those statues on.
In maths:
The Year 1 children continued their work on place value. They revisited how to represent numbers using tens and ones, and then learnt how to partition numbers by splitting up the tens and ones.
To practice this they can play Ducky Dispatch.
Select 'order limit' 1-99
Then choose your order and time limit.
Children have to select the correct number of 10s and 1s to create the number ordered.
The Year 2 children have continued their work on fractions. They have now been taught that:
a half is one out of two equal parts.
a quarter is one out of four equal parts
a third is one out of three equal parts.
To practise this at home, they can play Firepit Fractions - select 'Year 2' or if your child needs more challenge 'Year 2 and above'.
In phonics the Year 1 children have continued to revisit some graphemes. Please do continue to practise reading alien and real words with your child using games on Phonics Play. The Phonics Screening Check takes place after half term, and the more practice they get, the merrier.
In spellings the Year 2 children have been dropping a y to add an i when adding the suffixes -est and -er. Their spellings have been added to The Spelling Shed. Please let me know how you are getting on with The Spelling Shed - I've not used it before so would be interested in how you are finding it.
At Forest School:
We had another lovely morning, including:
* making clay monster heads
* extending our wildflower meadow thanks to Seth's seed donation
* watering the trees
* hunting for minibeasts in their habitats (linking to the science Mr Garbutt has been teaching the children)
* and relaxing in the hammock
I hope you have a good weekend!
From Mrs Simpson
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