Hello everyone!

The children have worked extremely hard producing their own story on The Three Billy Goats Gruff; they created their own recurring sentences and including adjectives, exclamation and question marks.

In maths, the children enjoyed solving problems using bar models for addition and subtraction.

Next week

English - we will be focusing on the story The Three Little Pigs and changing the recurring sentences.

Maths - the children will solve problems with addition and subtraction applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods.

Science – Mrs Prime who is a midwife, came and explained to the children what babies need as they grow. Next week, the children will write about what they learnt.

History – to find out about Samuel Pepys and his diary.

RE – to discuss and think about why religious places are special to people and how they help them to feel close to God.

Spellings for next Friday are:
Group 1 - them, do, me, down.
Group 2 - shine, shiny, scare, scary, bone, bony, stone, stony, smoke, smoky.
Group 3 - chimney, valley, alley, money.

KS1 Workbooks please see below the following topics and return by Thursday. 

Please can I re-iterate, if your child is finding the topics difficult or do not want to complete the pages, please do not worry as we work through the pages together. I will also be starting a maths club for one lunchtime a week (30 minutes) for children who would like to attend after half-term.

English – Animals and Slippers at school?

Maths – Measuring problems (2 pages)

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team

Good evening to all,

The children have had a very productive week in English planning their own version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They have worked very hard checking they have changed the characters and repeated phrases, including commas, adjectives and exclamation marks.

Next week, the children will write their stories and we will be continuing our topic on recurring language. We will be looking at the story The Enormous Turnip.

In maths, the children learnt about pictograms, tally charts, tables and totaling and comparing amounts in block graphs. The children discussed the graphs in detail and answered questions to consolidate their learning.

Next week, the children will be solving calculations with addition and subtraction, using bar models.

In science, the children named and described how humans change as they grow.

Next week, the children will discuss the basic needs they would need on their trip to mars.

In art, we discussed where different fruits are grown.

Next week, the children will write down all the equipment and which fruit they would need to make their fruit kebab for the following week.

In history, the children learnt the events of the Great Fire.

Next week, the children will find out why the fire spread so quickly.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – as, no, mum, one

Group 2 – let’s, I’m, I’ve, isn’t, can’t, it’s, I’ll, didn’t

Group 3 – they’re, couldn’t, hasn’t, we’ve

KS1 Workbooks, please see below the following topics and return by Thursday.

English – Habitats, The monkeys and the crocodile

Maths - Fractions

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team

Good afternoon all, it has been a busy but fun week back!

In English the children role played the story of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff‘ using recurring language, we also discussed the punctuation in the story. They created a detailed storyboard and sequenced the story.

Next week, the children will start to write their own version of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. They will change the characters and recurring language along with including commas and exclamation marks. We will also discuss speech marks to use in their recurring sentences.

In maths, the children learnt pictograms, tally charts, block graphs, tables and comparing amounts. The children discussed the graphs in detail and answered questions to consolidate their learning.

Next week, the children will be applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods by using place value and number facts to solve problems with addition and subtraction.

In history we started our new topic on ‘The Great Fire of London’ and the children are really enjoying learning about London and when are where is started.

Next week, the children will be learning the events of the Great Fire of London.

In science, we looked at life cycles and discussed how animals and humans change as they grow.

Next week, the children will describe and draw pictures of the process.

In art, the children designed their fruit kebab.

Next week, we will be discussing healthy eating and how fruits grow.

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1 – not, them, were, go.

Group 2 – cry, dry, July, fly, try, by, why

Group 3 – quickly, multiply, supply, activity, reply

Have a great weekend

From the Year 2 team.

 Hello everyone,

It has been drawn to my attention that quite a few children have not been able to complete the pages in the  KS1 workbooks.

Please do not worry, I have extended the time till next Thursday.

Mrs Beadle

Happy New Year! 

I hope you all had an amazing fun Christmas.

Please see below the lessons for the first week and an insight into the topics we will be covering in this term.

English - our topic starts with stories with recurring literacy language. Our first traditional story will be The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children will role-play and create their own version of this story over two weeks.

Maths - the children will be looking at statistics. This week the children will be totaling and comparing amounts in block graphs, creating pictograms, tables and tally charts.

Science - our topic is animals, including humans. The children will discuss and observe that animals, including humans have offspring that grow into adults, by describing the changes to animals as they grow.

History - the topic is on the Great Fire of London. We will start the topic by introducing where and when the Great Fire of London started.

D&T - the topic is preparing fruit and vegetables. The children will discuss fruit and vegetables and investigate a variety of fruit and vegetables to understand where a range of fruit and vegetables come from.

ICT - the children will develop familiarity and typing skills with the computer and keyboard along with, understanding that the internet contains a large amount of information and recognise the need to use search tools and search engines to begin to find information.

PSHE - the topic is Dreams and Goals, encouraging the children to stay motivated when doing something challenging. The children will identify their successes and know how this makes them feel proud.

RE - the children will be learning different ways of giving thanks to God. They will discuss where they like to go that is special to you. The children will discuss and draw their special place. Within this term, we will visit Little Heath Christ Church.

 

Enjoy your Sunday and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Mrs Beadle