Information:
There will be no homework this week or the first week back. Over the holidays please can children continue to read daily and practice their phonic sounds - Thank You.
Literacy/ Topic:
This week we are continuing with our work on speech marks. It is assessment week, so we will be reviewing all grammar work we have covered this half term.
Last week in our topic work, we planted Sunflower seeds, so we will be revisiting how to write a good set of instructions, explaining How to Plant a Sunflower Seed. We will be encouraging the children to remember how they planted the seeds step by step.
Maths:
This week we will be looking at 'Telling the Time' We will be learning how to:
* Read
the time to the hour and half hour on analogue clocks.
* Use units of time and know the relationship between them: hours, minutes and seconds.
* Read the time to quarter to the hour on analogue clocks.
Here are some websites for children to try:
http://resources.oswego.org/games/ClassClock/clockres.html
http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/on_time_game1.swf
Have a great week.
Year 1/2 Team
Sunday 17 May 2015
Sunday 10 May 2015
Weekly update 11th May
This week the Year 2s are continuing with their SATs Tests. We are very proud of all of our children and are impressed on such a positive attitude to learning.
What are we learning this week?
English
This week the children are learning about the beginning, middle and end of a story and using this skill to write a recount. The children have had lots of practice writing connectives and adjectives and will be encouraged to include these in their writing. The children will be proof reading their work to check they have the correct punctuation and spelling. The children are then looking at speech from the story and using talking partners, creating their own dialogue. The children will learn how to write this dialogue using inverted commas, new speaker, new line and writing who said the speech and how it was said.
The children will also be completing a reading comprehension and Grammar activities about silent letters and questions.
Can your child think of any words with silent letters in them? What words do the children start with when asking a question?
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
Maths
This week will be an assessment week for all children. We will be using areas that we have already covered such as, addition, subtraction, multiplication and money to solve multi step word problems. Please see previous entries for relevant websites.
Come and See
This week we are continuing the topic “Holidays and Holydays.” We will be exploring that holidays are days to be happy and that they are different from other days.
We will talk about Ascension day and what Jesus promised to send.
Key questions asked:
* Which holy days can you think of?
* What happens on those days?
* Which of them were also holidays?
* How did you celebrate them?
The children will retell the story of the Pentecost using appropriate language.
The children will create a stained glass window on a template in the shape of a dove.
Have a great week
Year 1/2 Team
What are we learning this week?
English
This week the children are learning about the beginning, middle and end of a story and using this skill to write a recount. The children have had lots of practice writing connectives and adjectives and will be encouraged to include these in their writing. The children will be proof reading their work to check they have the correct punctuation and spelling. The children are then looking at speech from the story and using talking partners, creating their own dialogue. The children will learn how to write this dialogue using inverted commas, new speaker, new line and writing who said the speech and how it was said.
The children will also be completing a reading comprehension and Grammar activities about silent letters and questions.
Can your child think of any words with silent letters in them? What words do the children start with when asking a question?
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
Maths
This week will be an assessment week for all children. We will be using areas that we have already covered such as, addition, subtraction, multiplication and money to solve multi step word problems. Please see previous entries for relevant websites.
Come and See
This week we are continuing the topic “Holidays and Holydays.” We will be exploring that holidays are days to be happy and that they are different from other days.
We will talk about Ascension day and what Jesus promised to send.
Key questions asked:
* Which holy days can you think of?
* What happens on those days?
* Which of them were also holidays?
* How did you celebrate them?
The children will retell the story of the Pentecost using appropriate language.
The children will create a stained glass window on a template in the shape of a dove.
Have a great week
Year 1/2 Team
Monday 4 May 2015
Weekly Update: 5th May
Information:
On Friday our school will be celebrating VE Day. All children are invited to come to school wearing Red, White and Blue. Over the week we will be celebrating by exploring different British Cultures, playing traditional games, singing traditional songs, making celebration bunting and if weather permits we will be enjoying a barbeque outside.
English:
This week we will be looking at how to improve our sentences. We will be using 2A sentences. (sentences using 2 adjectives) we will also be brushing up on our grammar and punctuation skills. A reminder that Literacy homework is sentences based on spellings of the week. These spellings are learnt as part of the homework and assessed not by a formal test, but by application of the words into written work over the course of the week.
Phonics websites
www.free-phonics-worksheets.com
worksheets for-
- consonant and vowel recognition,
- initial consonant sounds,
- beginning and end blends,
- consonant diagraphs,
- silent letters,
- long vowel sounds,
- Phase 3 and 5 sounds.
www.firstschoolyears.com
a good selection of resources including worksheets and some interactive games. Covers-
- Phase 3 and 5 sounds
- Phase 6 work such as prefixes and suffixes, plurals and tense worksheets.
- extensive list of long vowel worksheets and games such as hangman.
www.sparklebox.co.uk
Has and Letters and Sounds section that covers all the phonic phases and the tricky words, 100/200 common words.
Lots of letter fans, mats, display ideas and games that follow ideas in Letters and Sounds phases.
www.primaryresources.co.uk
Under word level section of literacy, a good selection of worksheets and powerpoints. Covers-
- Early phonics and alphabet work.
- Phase 6 work (plurals, tenses, prefixes/suffixes etc)
- some phase 3/4/5 sounds.
www.kidzone.ws/phonics
American site, simple worksheets mostly CVC and initial sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/
mix of very good interactive games and worksheets covering most phonic phases. Recommend Sandcastle quiz for phase 3 and 5.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/
a very good selection of interactive games focussing on phonics and sentence construction. Each is split into medium/hard/really hard and are short and fun.
www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
a great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
a selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.
www.northwood.org.uk/phonics
interactive games for a range of sounds. Each has a couple interactive games and a clever LCWC game.
Maths:
This week we will be continuing our addition theme, looking at the addition of money in particular. See last week for relevant websites.
Come and See:
This week we are starting our new topic “Holidays and Holydays.” We will be exploring that holidays are days to be happy and that they are different from other days.
* Why are holidays different from ordinary days?
* What do you like to do in the holidays?
* Do you stay at home, visit relations or go away?
* Who is with you?
* What do you take?
* If you have to travel, what means of travel do you use?
* What do you like to do on holiday?
* What makes it a happy time?
The children will make a list of things that like to do in holiday time. (on a suitcase template)
Some children will write a postcard from their favourite holiday destination.
Some children will write a letter from their holiday destination saying what they are doing on their holiday.
We will talk about Ascension day and what Jesus promised to send.
Have a Great Week
Year 1/2 Team
On Friday our school will be celebrating VE Day. All children are invited to come to school wearing Red, White and Blue. Over the week we will be celebrating by exploring different British Cultures, playing traditional games, singing traditional songs, making celebration bunting and if weather permits we will be enjoying a barbeque outside.
English:
This week we will be looking at how to improve our sentences. We will be using 2A sentences. (sentences using 2 adjectives) we will also be brushing up on our grammar and punctuation skills. A reminder that Literacy homework is sentences based on spellings of the week. These spellings are learnt as part of the homework and assessed not by a formal test, but by application of the words into written work over the course of the week.
Phonics websites
www.free-phonics-worksheets.com
worksheets for-
- consonant and vowel recognition,
- initial consonant sounds,
- beginning and end blends,
- consonant diagraphs,
- silent letters,
- long vowel sounds,
- Phase 3 and 5 sounds.
www.firstschoolyears.com
a good selection of resources including worksheets and some interactive games. Covers-
- Phase 3 and 5 sounds
- Phase 6 work such as prefixes and suffixes, plurals and tense worksheets.
- extensive list of long vowel worksheets and games such as hangman.
www.sparklebox.co.uk
Has and Letters and Sounds section that covers all the phonic phases and the tricky words, 100/200 common words.
Lots of letter fans, mats, display ideas and games that follow ideas in Letters and Sounds phases.
www.primaryresources.co.uk
Under word level section of literacy, a good selection of worksheets and powerpoints. Covers-
- Early phonics and alphabet work.
- Phase 6 work (plurals, tenses, prefixes/suffixes etc)
- some phase 3/4/5 sounds.
www.kidzone.ws/phonics
American site, simple worksheets mostly CVC and initial sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/
mix of very good interactive games and worksheets covering most phonic phases. Recommend Sandcastle quiz for phase 3 and 5.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/
a very good selection of interactive games focussing on phonics and sentence construction. Each is split into medium/hard/really hard and are short and fun.
www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
a great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
a selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.
www.northwood.org.uk/phonics
interactive games for a range of sounds. Each has a couple interactive games and a clever LCWC game.
Maths:
This week we will be continuing our addition theme, looking at the addition of money in particular. See last week for relevant websites.
Come and See:
This week we are starting our new topic “Holidays and Holydays.” We will be exploring that holidays are days to be happy and that they are different from other days.
* Why are holidays different from ordinary days?
* What do you like to do in the holidays?
* Do you stay at home, visit relations or go away?
* Who is with you?
* What do you take?
* If you have to travel, what means of travel do you use?
* What do you like to do on holiday?
* What makes it a happy time?
The children will make a list of things that like to do in holiday time. (on a suitcase template)
Some children will write a postcard from their favourite holiday destination.
Some children will write a letter from their holiday destination saying what they are doing on their holiday.
We will talk about Ascension day and what Jesus promised to send.
Have a Great Week
Year 1/2 Team
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