Hello to all, and welcome back.

The children have settled back into routine and enjoyed writing about one of their favourite days during the Easter holiday.

Next week

In English, the children will look at comprehension and grammar. We will also recap punctuation, commas, adjectives, apostrophes and conjunctions.

In maths, the children will be learning fractions. They will find halves, quarters, thirds and three-quarters of a shape and amount.

In science, the children will label the parts of a plant and tree in detail.

In history, the children will find out who Florence Nightingale was and where she lived.

In RE, the children will look at faith stories.

In PSHE, the children will discuss how to solve friendship problems when they occur.

In D&T this term the topic is mechanisms. The children will design, create and evaluate a moving vehicle which will include wheels and axles.

 If you have any small cardboard boxes at home, please could your child bring them into school for their moving vehicle.

School jotter – today I have sent the children home with a letter about Little Heath’s new app, School Jotter. This is a free app that has all the important information in one place. The letter contains your username and password to use this app. Should you have any questions, please contact the school office and they will be happy to help.

Smile! Whole class photos will be next Tuesday 30th April. 

All clubs will start again next week.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1: feel, heel, fuel, hole, pole.

Group 2: middle, camel, bottle, paddle, tunnel, apple, squirrel, angle, little, circle, female, people, double.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle

Hello, I hope your having a wonderful break, below is an insight of the topics we will be covering next term.

In English, the first week back the children will write about their chosen special day during the holidays. During the term the children will focus on punctuation and vocabulary along with instructions centred on how to plant seeds, we will also start out topic on Myths.

In maths, we will start out topic on fractions-finding halves, quarters and thirds of amounts, shapes and quantities. During the term the children will tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes and learn the properties, symmetry of 2-D  and 3-D shapes.

In science, our topic is plants. The children will plant seeds and bulbs and monitor their growth in detail.

In history, our topic is Florence Nightingale.

In RE we will start with showing care and concern. The children will be involved with discussion on how faith stories guide people and how we live together when we are all different.

In D&T our topic is mechanisms; wheels and axles. The children will create a moving vehicle.

In PSHE our topic is relationships. The children will discuss how to make friends, solve friendship problems and respect each other.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays,
Mrs Beadle

Wishing you a fun and hopefully sunny Easter holidays.

I will write a detailed blog prior to returning back to school giving an insight of the topics we will be covering next term.

The majority of the children have asked to take a copy of a national curriculum maths or English paper home to complete over the holidays. The first few questions will be practise questions and the question will not be written on paper 2: reasoning, please start from question 6.

Happy Easter holidays!
Mrs Beadle

Good afternoon all,

Where has this week gone, we have had a very busy week.

In English, the children have enjoyed learning facts on sharks for their report writing and next week they will create an A3 poster including all their information they have collected.

In maths, the children completed numerous different methods for their times tables and next week the children will be linking repeated additions and multiples along with exploring arrays.

In art, we are changing our display outside outside the classroom, the children will be creating detailed trees with blossom using shading pastels and water paints.

Spellings for next Friday are:;
Group 1: I'm, if, help, Mrs.
Group 2: Practise using dictionaries in class.

On Monday we are very lucky to be watching the KS2 production on 'Rock Bottom'.

Just a reminder we will be finishing school at 2pm for our Easter holidays.

Wishing you a sunny, fun weekend,
Mrs Beadle

Good afternoon,

Wow, the children produced an amazing performance this morning for their class assembly. I was extremely proud, they have grown in confidence I am sure you would agree.

In English the children have been researching sharks and have written facts for their report writing next week.

In maths the children learnt to halve and double two-digit numbers using a variety of methods.

Next week

In maths, the children will be learning patterns and strategies to 2s, 5s and 10s-time tables along with counting in 3s. This will include recall and use of multiplication and division facts.

Pre-learning: To practise recall of 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

In science, the children will be learning that medicines are harmful substances and to name the objects around the house that could be dangerous.

In RE, the children will be learning and researching, why does Shabbat have a special place in Jewish families?

In geography, we will continue to look at the local map and discuss key points and the key abbreviations also we will look at google earth and locate Potters Bar.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1: by, day, made, time.

Group 2: no spellings, however the children will be practising dictionary skills in class.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle

Hello to all, wow this week has flown by !

Today in school was our Danceathon. The children thoroughly enjoyed dancing for an hour in total-so they have been given plenty of exercise and may be tired.

It has been science week which has given plenty of opportunities for investigative learning, including a workshop on materials. The children had to work collaboratively to investigate a variety of materials and to find out which materials were and were not waterproof. We also researched the scientist Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone.

Next week:

Maths, we will be doubling and halving numbers and coins.

English, we will start our topic on report writing. Our non-fiction book we will be centring our learning on will be 'sharks'.

Science, we will be describing the importance for humans of hygiene, by learning about good hygiene habits.

Art, we will be experimenting colours by mixing water paints.

Geography, we will be looking at local maps to locate where we live in detail along with understanding the symbols and key.

On Friday it is our Mufti Day and children are to bring in an Easter Egg this will be for the Easter Egg treasure hunt or tombola on Friday the 29^th March.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1: could, house, old, too.

Group 2: eyes, friends, grandad, than, better, across, really.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle

Good afternoon to all.

We had an amazing Great Fire of London day on Tuesday. I would like to particularly thank all our helpers for their time and support, we really could not have completed all the activities without you. The children carried out numerous tasks including role play and learnt a lot of exciting facts. The children all looked fantastic and were extremely well behaved. I did take lots of photographs and these will be displayed at our class assembly on Friday week, being the 22^nd March at 9.00am.

On Thursday we had World Book Day, it was wonderful to see all the different fictional characters in school.  The children enjoyed sharing information on their character and as a class we read the book ‘Beegu’. The children created a detailed story board of their version of the story.

Next week is science week, the children will be learning about a scientist and attend a workshop on materials.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

On Tuesday morning (10.30 to 12.00) the children will be having a science workshop as it is science week. If any of you are happy to volunteer to help run the workshop that would be very helpful.

Next week:

In English the children will be writing and practising for their class assembly.

In maths the children will continue with the topic on ‘time’. They will be estimating, ordering and comparing intervals of time.

In RE we will be sequencing the Easter story.

RED NOSE DAY- On Friday it is non-uniform in aid of Red Nose Day. The children are to bring in £1 to wear their own clothes. Little Heath will also be taking place in a dance-a-thon! Year 2 will be dancing in class from 11:00 – 11.30 and with the whole school at 14:15-14:45. 

Spellings for Friday are:

Group 1-their, people, your, put.

Group 2-action, fiction, section, position, reception, nation, solution, station.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle