Weekly update 2nd February 2015

 

 

Information

On Wednesday we go to the Bridgewater Hall to watch the Halle orchestra perform. We will be leaving school at 9:00am prompt to be there for 10:00am. The children will need to wear school uniform.

No food or drink are allowed in the auditorium so the children will not need a snack on that day. We will be giving them a biscuit before they go in.

If you have returned the letter requesting a packed lunch to be provided by the school, your child will have that ready for them on their return. Otherwise we will have assumed that you are providing a packed lunch for your child as stated on the letter.

Letters went home last week about Parent/Teacher consultation evenings on the 10thand 11^th of February. If you have not already done so please send completed forms back as soon as possible.

The weather has been very cold recently! We do try to get the children outside for playtimes whenever possible. Therefore please could you make sure that your child has suitable warm clothing for outdoor play- coat, hat, gloves and scarves.

Following on from the previous point, if you have any outgrown children’s socks, tights and underwear at home please could you send them in to school as spares. During the snow a lot of children ended up with wet feet and we only have very limited supplies in school so we could not give them spare socks or tights. Thanks.

Maths

This week in Maths we will be continuing to work on Subtraction. Year 1 children will begin to subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number, and subtract by counting back to a multiple of 10.

 

Year 2 children will subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit number by counting back in 10s, and add and subtract 9, 11, 19 and 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20.

                    

It is important that your child is confidently able to and subtract a multiple of 10 from a given number to achieve them in this objective and as always your support at home is valued.

 

Some websites to help with this are:-

 

http://www.ictgames.com/football2.html

 

http://www.ictgames.com/mummyNumberLine/mummyNumberLine.html

 

http://mtw.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mw/add_sub/9%20and%2011.swf

 

http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd11.html

 

 

 

http://www.ictgames.com/100huntminus11.html

 

 Please use these number bond websites to help with your child’s learning:

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/ a favourite of mine! Click on level B or C and then any of the number activities

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/units120.html how many questions can you answer in 2 minutes?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html click on any of the timed activities to help with number bonds knowledge.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf select the number bonds activity and then make 10 or 20. How many can you get right before the clock runs out?

http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/make10.html make 10

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html make 20 - the dance will really make you giggle!

http://www.ictgames.com/brilliant_beadstring.html move the beadstring to make patterns to 10 and 20

http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html match the pipes to make the number bonds to 10

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html make up your own number bond games

http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/colquiz.html for each question you get right, it colours in a part of the picture!

 

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html a great game for two players. Choose 0 as the lowest number and 9 as the highest, it will create a game to practice and reinforce those number bonds.

 

English 

Our traditional tale this week is The Gingerbread Man. The children will be looking at how to write instructions and then will write instructions to make gingerbread men. All the children will then get to follow their instructions and make gingerbread men. The children will then design and decorate their own gingerbread men. We will be looking at the character description of the fox and write a wanted poster using lots of adjectives to try and find him. The children will also be sequencing the story and writing about it by the end of the week using their writing skills.    

 

Our grammar focus this week is proper adjectives.

 

Ask your child which traditional tales they know. Can they tell you the story?

 

Have a go at some fun online literacy games at home.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

 

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

 

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html

  

Topic

This week the children will be learning about what animals live in the sea.

 

With some fascinating videos to watch and fantastic photography to study the children will be taken to a whole new world of under water creatures!  We will be exploring the animals’ habitats, their survival skills, what they eat and how they move.

The children will be asked to come up with as many types of adjectives to describe the deep ocean and the types of animals that live there.

 

Interesting fact – did you know that an octopus has three hearts and that the colour of its blood is blue!  And did you know that jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years, which means that they outdate both dinosaurs and sharks!

 

Come and See

We are continuing our new topic of “Special People.” We have looked at our friends and family and who is special to us. We have asked the children to bring in photographs of people in their family and friends who are special to them and talk about this in class.

 

 

 

 

The children will listen and talk about the beginning of Mass.

 

Draw a picture of the priest and add it to your display

Complete some sentences such as:

  i.  At the beginning of Mass we stand and ……

  ii. Then we make the…………………..

  iii. We are welcomed by …………………

Read the story of the Presentation:

 

 

In groups the children will re-enact the story, thinking about the meetings with Simeon and Anna.

 

Make ‘Feast of the Presentation’ celebration cards.

 

Imagine you are a reporter for the Jerusalem Times and you interview Mary and Joseph about the incident. The children will enjoy “hot seating” this activity.

 

www.bbc.co.uk › Home › KS1 › Religious Studies › Christianity

The story of Simeon recognising Jesus as the saviour of the world.

 

 

We hope you have a great week!

The Key Stage 1 team.

 

Weekly update 26th January 2015

 

 

Information

Please could any outstanding permission slips and money be sent into school for the trip to the Bridgewater Hall next week. Thank you.

A reminder about a sticker which was put in your child’s diary containing a link to the song that the children are learning to participate when we go to the Bridgewater Hall. The song is called “Turn to Shine” and the lyrics and music are available on the following link:-  www.halle.co.uk/Shine

Maths

This week in Maths we will be working on Subtraction. Year 1 children will begin to subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number, and subtract by counting back to a multiple of 10.

 

Year 2 children will subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit number by counting back in 10s, and add and subtract 9, 11, 19 and 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20.

 

It is important that your child is confidently able to and subtract a multiple of 10 from a given number to achieve them in this objective and as always your support at home is valued.

 

Some websites to help with this are:-

 

http://www.ictgames.com/football2.html

 

http://www.ictgames.com/mummyNumberLine/mummyNumberLine.html

 

http://mtw.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mw/add_sub/9%20and%2011.swf

 

http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd11.html

 

 http://www.ictgames.com/100huntminus11.html

 

English 

This week we are looking at a classic traditional tale – Cinderella. The children will listen to the original story and create a story map to retell the story to each other. The children will be looking at what a time connective is and highlight them from an extract of Cinderella. We will be looking at the foundations of what makes a traditional story: Characters, settings and traditional tale language. (Once upon a time, in a land far away etc)

We will look at ‘good’ characters and ‘bad’ characters and write a sentence to explain why they are good/bad.

Our grammar focus this week is time connectives.

Ask your child which traditional tales they know. Can they tell you the story?

Have a go at some fun online literacy games at home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html

  

Topic

The children will be creating lots more artwork this week as we study Aboriginal artwork!  The children will learn about Aboriginal people, where they live, what they eat and, because they do not have a written language like we do, how they communicate.

 

The children will learn to look at Aboriginal artwork and study how the dots are used to create different effects.  For example, the dots are not all the same size – sometimes different effects are created by using a mixture of large and small dots, some are in straight lines and sometimes they are arranged in patterns.

Using templates of Aboriginal artwork the children will be dot painting their own picture in the style of an Aboriginal artist.

 

Interesting fact – did you know bark paintings are the oldest form of Aboriginal paintings? However, not many bark paintings exist today. The reason is the natural disintegration of the bark. Aborigines used perishable materials such as carved logs and tree stumps and bark to draw and paint. Hence, only few specimens of the earlier Aboriginal art are remaining.

 

Come and See

We are continuing our new topic of “Special People.” We have looked at our friends and family and who is special to us. We have asked the children to bring in photographs of people in their family and friends who are special to them and talk about this in class.

 

The children will make a large picture in outline of the inside of a church. In groups draw/paint all the furnishings to put into the church, include the people at the door.

We will explain that at the next session you will be speaking to people who help at Mass on Sunday, think of some questions you would like to ask them.

 

The children will be designing their own questions for people who help in church.

 

We hope you have a great week!

The Key Stage 1 team.

 

Weekly update 19th January 2015

 

 

Information

A letter went about the trip to the Bridgewater Hall to see a performance of the Halle Orchestra. Please could all permission slips be in school by Friday 23^rd January. Thank you.

Also a sticker was put in your child’s diary containing a link to the song that the children are learning to participate when we go to the Bridgewater Hall. The song is called “Turn to Shine” and the lyrics and music are available on the following link:-  www.halle.co.uk/Shine

Maths

This week the children will be learning about number bonds for a range of numbers. The Year 1 children will know the addition facts for pairs that total up to 8. The Year 2 children will rehearse addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 10. If they are able to know the bonds to 10, then they will be able to easily calculate the bonds to 100 or even 1000.

They will also be applying their knowledge to begin to add three 1-digit numbers mentally

 

The children will be learning this number bond rhyme.

 

Number bonds to 10

 

0 and 10 are big strong men

 

 1 and 9 are feeling fine

 

 2 and 8 are never late  

 

 3 and 7 come from Devon

 

 4 and 6 like to play tricks

 

 5 and 5 come alive

 

6 and 4 hold open the door

7 and 3 visit for tea

 

  8 and 2 are feeling blue

 

  9 and 1 have just gone 

 

 10 and 0 are superheroes!!

 

Here are some websites to help with the children’s learning:

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

 a favourite of mine! Click on level B or C and then any of the number activities

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/units120.html

how many questions can you answer in 2 minutes?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html

click on any of the timed activities to help with number bonds knowledge.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf select the number bonds activity and then make 10 or 20. How many can you get right before the clock runs out?

http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/make10.html make 10

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html

make 20 - the dance will really make you giggle!

http://www.ictgames.com/brilliant_beadstring.html

move the beadstring to make patterns to 10 and 20

http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html

match the pipes to make the number bonds to 10

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html make up your own number bond games

http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/colquiz.html

for each question you get right, it colours in a part of the picture.

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html

 a great game for two players. Choose 0 as the lowest number and 9 as the highest, it will create a game to practice and reinforce those number bonds.

English 

We are continuing with our topic this week ‘Carnival of the Animals!’ We will be looking at an Australian tradition tale called ‘The Kangaroo and the Porpoise’ and Dreamtime tales which are from the Aboriginal culture. We will see how stories and art have carried the culture to present day by the tales being passed down orally to each generation. We will look at the English traditional tale – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and adapt the characters and the setting as if it were set in Australia. The children will work in groups and act out and write their new versions of the story.

Our grammar focus this week is proper nouns.

Ask your child which traditional tales they know. Can they tell you the story?

Have a go at some fun online literacy games at home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html

Topic

Year 1/2 blog

Topic

Our second week of the new topic, ‘Carnival of the Animals”, starts with the children learning about orchestras, the four main families of instruments and the job of a conductor.  We will be listening to and describing the sounds different instruments make and discussing how they make us feel.

This week we will also study the work of Henri Rousseau – a famous French artist who, despite painting many jungle pictures, never actually went to the rainforest!

 

The children will learn to look at his artwork and identify key features that denote the work to be that of Rousseau.  For example, his paintings had very clear outlines using simple colours where jungle animals appeared in the foreground and lush green foliage in the background.

 

Using examples of his work the children will be drawing and painting their own picture in the style of Rousseau.

 

 

Interesting fact – did you know that the word ‘orchestra’ derives from a Greek phrase meaning ‘dancing place’ and that when the word ‘orchestra’ first appeared in English it meant ‘the art of dancing’.

 

Come and See

We are continuing our new topic of “Special People.” We have looked at our friends and family and who is special to us. We have asked the children to bring in photographs of people in their family and friends who are special to them and talk about this in class.

The children will make a large picture in outline of the inside of a church. In groups draw/paint all the furnishings to put into the church, include the people at the door.

We will explain that at the next session you will be speaking to people who help at Mass on Sunday, think of some questions you would like to ask them.

 

We hope you have a great week!

The Key Stage 1 team.