English: In English this week, green group have been reading the story ‘Jam’ and completing sentences about what they have read. Blue group have been reading the story ‘Chips’ and red and yellow groups have been reading ‘Red Ken’. Once the children have read the story with their partner and heard an adult read it with expression, they are encouraged to talk about the story and answer questions. We then write sentences relating to the stories.

Maths: We have continued with addition this week. The children have been using ten frames to make number bonds to 10 and 20, learned how to count on from a given number to add and looked at patterns to help solve addition sentences. We have also discussed starting with the biggest number and adding on the smallest number to make addition easier.

Science: We had a class discussion about the season we are in at the moment and how we can tell. The children then came up with a list of ideas to suggest what to look out for in Autumn.

History: In History this week, we looked at a range of adjectives to describe toys and sorted them into a Venn diagram. The categories were ‘adjectives to describe an old toy’ e.g. old-fashioned, rusty, chipped, etc and ‘adjectives to describe a new toy’ e.g. shiny, modern, colourful, etc.

Spellings: The children have all been working really hard with their spelling practise and this has been showing in their results. Thank you for your continued support with reading and spelling practise at home. New spellings to be tested on Friday 6th October 2017.

Spellings 29.9.17

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards

English – This week the children have been reading ‘Flip Frog and the bug’ (red and yellow group), ‘Black Hat Bob’ (blue group) and ‘A Cat in a pot’ (green group). The children share the reading in partners and we discuss using expression to make the story more exciting. After reading the story the children are encouraged to write sentences about what they have read, remembering to include capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and we are now using adjectives more confidently. The children read everyday in school as we now use the Read Write Inc program for our English lessons. I would just like to reassure parents that we hear the children read everyday in class, however we only record in their reading book when we hear them individually. Thank you for your continued support with hearing your child read at home!

Maths – We have focused on addition this week. The children have been learning their number bonds to 10 and 20 and using equipment to show number bonds in a range of ways. In today’s maths lesson the children have been introduced to ten frames and how these show number bonds to 10 easily.

Science – Our Science linked with Art this week and the children made some beautiful collages of different seasons. These are displayed outside Class 2 on our ‘Work to be proud of’ display.

History – In History we looked at decades 1950 – 1990 and how toys have changed over time and what has stayed very similar. The children then put these dates into order and looked in more depth at the different toys.

Spellings – Spellings to be tested Friday 29th September 2017.

Spellings 22.9.17

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

We have had a brilliant first week back in Class 2 and the children have settled into the class routine very well!

English: The children’s English lessons this year are taught through Read Write Inc. The children begin each lesson with a speed sound (this week the sounds are m, a, ay and ee). We then get into our groups and spend time reading a book with our partner, the children are then given time to discuss the story before moving onto sentence work. We have been focussing on the correct formation of our letters, using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.

Maths: In maths this week we have been counting to 10 and 20 and learning how to create these numbers in a range of different ways, using play dough, cubes, bears, etc. The children have also been matching up numerals to amounts and writing numbers as words.

History: Our new topic ‘Toys – Past and Present’ has been a great success with the children enjoying telling each other all about their favourite toys! They have painted their favourite toys for a display outside Class 2 (in the role play area) and spent time Friday afternoon writing descriptive sentences. Just a reminder that the children have been asked to find out what an older person at home used to play with when they were a child, ready for our next lesson on Thursday.

Science: In Science we discussed the four different seasons and what sort of weather to expect. They then had an activity where they had to decide what clothes their character would wear in each season.

Spellings: The children have been given a yellow Spelling book to keep in their book bags. We will have a weekly spelling test on Friday mornings relating to the sounds they have been focussing on in phonics that week. We had a practise of our new spellings on Friday morning in preparation. Please could you continue to support your child at home with learning their new spellings on the sheet they have been provided with. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in coming to see me before or after school.

Spellings 8.9.17

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards

This week the children have been enjoying D&T. We started the week looking at a variety of fruits and describing them to our friends. The children were then asked to write descriptive sentences about the fruit they liked the most. We then carried out a survey to find out which fruit was the most popular. Year 1 children completed a pictogram to show their findings and year 2 made bar charts. We have been discussing healthy eating, the children enjoyed making their own balanced meals on a paper plate and sharing their ideas with their friends. On Tuesday we had lots of fun making our own fruit salads and the children were very sensible in the new eco room. We have been evaluating our fruit salads today and discussed what we liked and what we could have done to improve our over all product.

Spellings – The children had their final spelling test today. They have not been given new spellings to learn for next week.

Carrier Bags – Please could your child come to school next week with a carrier bag. This will allow them to start bringing home work and books we have gathered over the year.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards