English: We have been using contracted words in sentences and learning how to use expended noun phrases this week in English. The children have also been introduced to adverbs, they have added the suffix ‘ly’ to the end of an adjective and used these in exciting sentences.Today the children have written a newspaper report, reporting on Bernard’s disappearance from our story ‘Not Now, Bernard!’

Maths: We have recapped on addition subtraction this week and used our number bonds to 10 to find number bonds to 20.

Science: The children went for a walk in the woods on Tuesday to identify trees. They collected leaves and brought them back to classroom to make tree identification booklets.

History: In History, we looked at the seaside town St Ives, in Cornwall. The children found out lots of interesting facts about St Ives and made a poster to advertise it.

Celebration Assembly: We have been practising hard for our performance on Thursday! Please could the children in Class 2 wear summery clothes to school on Thursday morning to go with our topic ‘Seaside holidays in the past and present’. They can bring their uniforms with them to change into after the assembly.

Spellings:The children have had their last spelling test today! There are no new spellings to learn for next week.

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

English: This week, we have been continuing with Not Now, Bernard. The children have had fun sequencing the story and some children have even written their own alternative ending to the story. We then looked at how the story has lots of short sentences so decided that we could write better sentences and extended them using and, but and because.

Maths: We have moved onto shape this week. The children have identified 3D shapes and their names and sorted them into groups according to their properties. We also walked around school to identify 3D shapes in everyday objects. We have also recapped on 2D shapes and their names. The children have also been practising their reasoning and problem solving skills.

Science: In Science, the children were learning names of common garden plants. Then they designed their own gardens using the plants they have identified previously.

RE: We identified plants and why they were created by God. The children came up with great ideas! We thought about what plants are used for e.g. food, shelter and making things.

PE: The children have continued to practise their throwing and catching skills.

Spellings: To be tested Friday 13th July 2018.

Spellings 6.7.18

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards

English: The children have been learning to spell common exception words (words spelt differently to how they sound) and use these in their writing. They have also learned about compound words (two words joined together) and included these in their independent writing. The children have written a letter as Bernard from our story, to his mum or dad telling them how they feel. Today we have written a sequel to the story ‘Not Now, Bernard’. The children came up with some fantastic ideas for how Bernard could escape from the monster!

Maths: We have continued with telling the time this week and practised more reasoning and problem solving questions.

History: The children were comparing seaside holidays in the past to seaside holidays now e.g. travel, activities, swim wear, etc.

RE: We were introduced to the creation story in different religions this week. The children then had to discuss their feelings about the creation story.

Spellings: To be tested on Friday 6th July 2018.

Spellings 29.6.18

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards