English: This week the children have been continuing our routine with RWI. Two groups have been reading their RWI books and writing about it whilst the other two groups have been independently working on the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. The children have also been learning how to add ‘ing’ to a verb and using these in sentences and today focused on adding ‘s’ to a word to change it from singular to plural e.g. one cat – two cats.

Maths: We have been looking at 2D shapes this week. The children have been learning how to identify circles, squares, oblongs and triangles and what properties these shapes have. They have also been identifying these shapes in everyday life e.g. our doors are oblong and the clock in the classroom is a circle.

Science: We had lots of fun on Tuesday walking around Bicton village finding things that remind us of Autumn. The children found lots of lovely, colourful leaves, berries, etc and put these in the middle of the table to inspire their creative writing. The children used lots of lovely adjectives to describe their findings.

Spellings: To be tested Friday 1st December 2017.

Spellings 24.11.17

Nativity: The children will be visiting the church on Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon next week. Please could you ensure that the children have a warm coat/clothing in school all week as the church is very cold. If they still need their lines to support them please could these also be brought in next week. Thank you for your support.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards

English: This week the children have been reading the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Two independent groups have sequenced the story, written character descriptions and written their own version of the story. Yellow group have been reading pink RWI book ‘Scruffy Ted’ and Green group have been reading red RWI book ‘Lets swim’.

Maths: In maths the children have been continuing their sharing and grouping and writing sentences such as ‘8 shared by 2 is 4′ and ’15 split into groups of 5 is 3’.

Science: In Science this week, the children made rain gauges to measure how much rainfall we have in autumn. They had lots of fun placing these in different areas in the wild life area. They will revisit these during next weeks Science lesson.

History: The children answered lots of questions about what they have learned about toys so far and played games about their knowledge. Today the children imagined they were a child in the past waking up on the morning of their birthday/Christmas morning and described the toys that they would get.

Spellings: To be tested on Friday 24th November 2017.

Spellings 17.11.17

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

English: This week Blue group have been reading ‘Pip’s Pizza’ and writing about all of the yummy toppings they can have on their favourite pizza. Red group have been reading ‘ I think I want to be a bee’ and writing about what they want to be when they are older. We had lots of lovely suggestions: vets, doctors, teachers, pop stars, etc. Green and Yellow group worked independently writing instructions on ‘how to make a sandwich’ and progressed onto writing instructions for making a puppet.

Maths: We have started looking at division this week. The children have been learning to share given amounts between 2, 5 and 10 and checking that each group are ‘equal’ and ‘fair’ to get the right answer. Some children have recognised that not all numbers can be shared equally.

PE: The children enjoyed their circuits in PE on Monday to raise money for the NSPCC. Please return any sponsor forms once they are completed. Thank you for sending Class 2 children in their PE kits this morning! It really helped with getting to Worship on time.

History: In History this week, the children made posters of toys in different categories to make a class museum. They made posters about moving toys, outdoor toys, building toys, dolls and stuffed animals and puzzles and games.

D & T: In D & T the children made leavers to make a picture move. They read the story Jack and the Beanstalk and made a moving leaver to make Jack climb up the beanstalk.

Spellings: Spellings to be tested on Friday 17th November 2017.

Spellings 10.11.17

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

English: This week green group have been reading ‘let’s sing’ and writing some interesting sentences about their story and answering questions. Yellow group have been reading a non-fiction text about ‘puppets’. We then had lots of discussions about making our own puppets and which puppets we like best in the book. Blue and red group have worked independently in English this week, writing instructions. They started with writing instructions about how to make a sandwich and progressed onto writing instructions about how to make a wooden spoon puppet.

Maths: In Maths we have continued to practise counting in twos and then challenged ourselves to count in tens and fives. The children have related this to money and have been counting 2ps, 10ps and 5ps.

Science: The children have been investigating day length in Science this week. We have had lots of lovely discussions about clocks going forwards and backwards and how much daylight we get in different seasons. The children have been explaining how it is now getting dark when they come to school and when it is their dinner time.

RE: In RE the children went on a Winter/Christmas walk. They looked for signs around the school that winter was coming and found lots of lovely things e.g. frost on the ground, seeing their breath, colourful leaves, berries, etc.

Spellings: Spellings to be tested on Friday 10th November 2017.

Spellings 3.11.17

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

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