English – This week we have been making a prediction about the purpose of a text by identifying what a contents pages is for, predicting what the topic of the text is and predicting who the text is aimed at.  The children created a spider diagram using the information they learnt from watching videos about the Great Barrier Reef and added information from further research.  Then they used an information piece of text to make a prediction about the text, extract information from it  and record what they found out.

In Read Write Inc the blue group have been reading ‘I think I want to be a bee’ and writing about writing about what they want to be when they grow up.  They had lots of interesting suggestions, including a fox and a horse!    Others wanted to be a firefighter, vet, pilot and rock star! The red group have been reading ‘King of birds’ and writing a story about a boy called Otto who told a fib to get his friends to like him more.  The yellow and green group have been reading and writing compound words (e.g. arm + chair = armchair, tooth + brush = toothbrush).  They have then been using these in their own sentences and correcting them in sentences.

Maths – This week the children have been looking at measures.  At the start of the week they measured objects to the nearest centimetre and metre and recorded what they found out.  They then compared the mass (weight) of objects by predicting which objects were heavier/lighter using non-standard units (cubes).  Then they started to find the mass of objects using standard units (grams).  They have all enjoyed the practical aspects of finding measures this week and have worked really well together.

Topic – The children have been looking at the physical features of Australia this week, including; the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, the Pinnacles Desert, the Blue Mountains, the Twelve Apostles and Ayres Rock.

Class 2 and 3 had a fantastic time on their trip to ‘Shropshire Discovery Centre this week.  They took part in lots of fun activities including, pond dipping, a meadow walk and finding different minibeasts in their habitats.  They will be doing some follow up work during their science lesson next week.

Spellings- To be tested on Friday 14th June 07.06.19

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

English – At the start of the week the children planned a persuasive leaflet about Bicton Primary School.  They made sure they included rhetorical questions, adjectives and persuasive language in their work.

In Read, Write, Inc the green group have been reading ‘Scruffy Ted’, then discussing and writing about the different toys in the story.  Yellow group have been reading ‘Off sick’, then discussing and writing about being off sick from school.  Blue and red group have been reading and writing compound words and using these in their own sentences.  A compound word is made up of two separate words which are joined together to make a new word, e.g. bath + room = bathroom, arm + chair = armchair.  They were all very familiar with these types of words and were able to spot them in a range of texts.

Maths – The children have been telling the time using o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.  They have also been continuing with their work on fractions by finding the equivalence between the fractions one half (1/2) and two quarters (2/4) and finding three quarters (3/4) in shapes and different amounts.  They have used 2D shapes and a range of counting equipment to help them work out each of these fractions.  At the end of the week they used their knowledge and understanding of fractions to recognise, find, name and write all the fractions they have looked at – halves, thirds and quarters of different shapes/ amounts.

Science – This week we looked at identifying and naming a variety of animals in their natural habitats.  The children were able to share lots of examples from what they knew already.  They then worked in pairs to complete interactive activities to find a number of animals in their habitats, including ponds, gardens, coral and nocturnal animals. You can find this link on: www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/seekandfind/   

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 24th May.  17.05.19

Please can children write sentences for each of their spellings in their test books.

Next week Year 2 will be taking their end of key stage 1 SATs tests in reading and maths.   They have all worked really hard over the last few weeks in preparation for them. We wish them lots of luck with this!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

English – In Read, Write, Inc this week the red group have been reading ‘Hairy Fairy’ which is all about a fairy who couldn’t get a job because he was so hairy!  They discussed the story and wrote a letter in the role as the fairy hairy to ask the Fairy Queen for a job with Father Christmas. The blue group have been reading ‘Playday’ which is all about children playing different different games in class.  They discussed the story and wrote about playing.

The rest of the class have been focusing on identifying and writing past and present progressive forms of verbs in sentences.  Past progressive sentences (a sentence that uses was / were and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix): e.g. We were playing football all afternoon.  Present progressive sentences (a sentence that uses is / are and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix): e.g. My friends are jumping.

Maths – The children have been looking at telling the time using half past, o’clock, quarter past and quarter to.

They have also been recognising and finding a third of shapes and amounts.  They used shapes to find one third in as many different ways as they could and used equipment such as bar models and counters to find one third of amounts by sharing objects into three equal groups.  Some children were also able to link this to the 3 times tables.  They have also been using non-unit fractions to recognise, make and write the fractions 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1/3 and 2/3.

Science – This week we have been exploring and comparing the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive and sorting objects into these categories.  We also linked this to our work on MRS GREN last week (all the common characteristics shared by all living things), e.g. movement, respiration, sense.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 17th May.  Please write at least 4 sentences using these words in spellings book.  10.05.19

Letters sent home today – Summer newsletter for Class 3.  summer newsletter

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

English – This week the children have been looking at features of persuasive texts.  They started by looking at some examples of texts and found features such as rhetorical questions, adjectives and emotive language and discussed this with their English buddy.  They used these features to then create a piece of persuasive writing of their own to persuade somebody to try their own amazing Easter egg!

In Read, write, inc the green group read the story ‘Puppets’ and discussed/wrote about different types of puppets.  The yellow group read the story ‘Duckchick’ and discussed/wrote about how mama hen got a shock when one of her eggs hatched as a duck!  The red and blue groups have been identifying progressive forms of verbs in the past and present tense.  They looked at a range of sentences and identified the difference between the types of sentences.  PRESENT PROGRESSIVE – A sentence that uses is/are and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix.  For example, My friends are jumping.  PAST PROGRESSIVE – A sentence that uses was/were and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix.  For example, We were making friendship bracelets all afternoon.

Maths – The children have been focusing on fractions this week.  They have been finding half of numbers, e.g. 1/2 of 12 and using equipment such as a part whole model and counters to help them divide numbers equally by 2.  Then they were recognising and finding a quarter of shapes and numbers.  They used further equipment such as smarties and cake to help them divide shapes/numbers by 3 equal parts.

Science – They started their new unit ‘Living things and their habitats’.  The children were introduced to the common characteristics shared by all living things – MRS GREN (Movement, Respiration, Sense, Growth, Reproduce, Excrete, Nutrition).  They all joined in well with discussion about each of these features and understanding what each one meant.  We even did some actions to help us remember each one!

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 10th May. 03.05.19

Thank you everyone for your help with bringing in lots of plastics and pebbles….the children are going to have lots of fun with  our upcoming art projects!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas and Miss Moran

English – In English the children have been identifying features of instructions by looking at the layout (e.g. subheadings, numbered lists), imperative verbs and time conjunctions. They then wrote their own set of instructions, remembering to include all the features they looked at.

In Read, write, inc the green group have been reading a non-fiction book about ‘Hens’ and using the information in the book to write about how to look after hens and what they do.  The yellow group have been reading a non-fiction book called ‘Jim’s house in 1874’ and using the information to write about houses in the past compared to houses today.  Red and blue group have been working independently looking at and using apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spellings (contractions).  They have changed two words into one using the apostrophe (e.g. can not = can’t).  They have also been using these words in their own sentences.

Maths – This week we have finding odd and even numbers and dividing numbers by 5 and 10 using the 5 and 10 times table to find the answer more efficiently.  For example 5 x 10 = 50 / 50 ÷ 10 = 5.

Science – The children have been investigating how strong different types of paper are.  They tested a range of papers to find out how much weight they took until they broke.  They all worked well in groups to carry out the investigation and shared lots of good ideas to include in their conclusion, including looking at which papers were thick/ thin and strong/weak.

Spellings- To be tested on Friday 5th April.   29.03.19

Please can children write at least 3 sentences in their spellings books using the spelling focus words.

The children have also been practising for the celebration assembly next week and they all sound fantastic!  Thank you for all your help with learning the song at home.  A letter went home yesterday about what costume they will need.  Thursday 28th March 2019

We welcome Miss Francis into class 3 this week, who will be with us until the end of the summer term.  Miss Francis is a PGCE student and will be working with the children  and teaching lessons during her time here.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas and Miss Moran