Weekly Update 13.07.15

English

The children had a great time at Chester Zoo on Wednesday. They will be continuing with their follow up work this week.

The children will also be completing work for their records of achievement to pass onto the next teacher.

This week we will be continuing the theme  Songs and Repetitive Poems.  Share Move it, Conversation and I’m the Youngest in this House . We will be reading  each poem aloud to the children encouraging them to join in.  We will be discussing what makes a good performance of a poem, highlighting intonation and expression.  Model reading a poem in a monotone voice, then using expression.  We will be asking the children to say which performance they prefer and why?


The children will be learning a poem by heart and understanding how  full stops and capital letters are used differently when writing poetry.



http://watsoneastwoldblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/our-poems-inspired-by-michael-rosens-conversation/

http://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes

Examples of conversation poems: http://watsoneastwoldblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/our-poems-inspired-by-michael-rosens-conversation/

Maths

The children will be revisiting doubles and halves of numbers. Can they recall all of the doubles up to double 20?

Here are some useful websites to recall doubles of numbers:

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

http://mathszone.webspace.virginmedia.com/mw/doubling/contents.swf

 

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

 

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/media/games/doubling/

 

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

 

 

Come and See

 

We will continuing with the topic called “Neighbours” which is a CAFOD based topic.

We will go outside and lead children into this shared reflective activity: Stand in a space. Close your eyes. Think about yourself in your space. What can you hear? Now open your eyes and look around you. What do you see? What do you see above you? If you were here tonight, what would you see above you? What are you standing on? Look around you. Look at the people who share this space with you. You are a neighbour to each one. There is only one sun, one sky, one world. We share all these with one another.

 

Back in class/gathered together, share the story of King David, who wrote a psalm about the sky that we share with all our neighbours. This story imagines when and why he wrote it.

One morning, King David woke up very early. Everything was bright and beautiful. Even though he could not see it, he knew the sun had risen in the sky. David was a good king. He often thought about the people that he was a neighbour to, all the people who lived in his land.

He thought about them looking up at the same sky, seeing the same sun, feeling the same light and warmth as himself. “How wonderful God is!” he thought. He knew the golden sun spread the message of God‟s love for neighbours all over the world. He wanted his people to know this too.

Listen to or read the psalm he wrote - play Psalm PowerPoint available at cafod.org.uk/comeandsee, alongside some reflective music).

The sky above tells how wonderful God is.

Every day it is there for us to see.

Every morning the golden sun appears shining on everyone,

bringing light and warmth to all.

Spreading the message of God‟s love all over the world

to neighbours here, neighbours there, neighbours everywhere.

(based on Psalm 18:1−5)

Some key questions we will be asking the children:

 How does the sky tell us how wonderful God is?

 Why does looking at the sky help us to think about neighbours everywhere?

 We have friends and neighbours throughout the world. They are called our global neighbours/friends. Why are people in our own and other countries all our neighbours?

 How do we show God‟s love to our neighbours?

We will also be listening to the story of the Good Samaritan and talking about how the story make us feel?

 

Leaver’s MassThe Leaver’s Mass will be on Tuesday 21^st at 9.15am. Please remember that this is a very special event for our year six children and space is a premium in the hall.

Thank you for your support throughout the year and we look forward to working with you all in September.

Have a great week.

Year 1/2 Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 06.07.15

English


This week we will be continuing the theme  Songs and Repetitive Poems.  Share Move it, Conversation and I’m the Youngest in this House . We will be reading  each poem aloud to the children encouraging them to join in.  We will be discussing what makes a good performance of a poem, highlighting intonation and expression.  Model reading a poem in a monotone voice, then using expression.  We will be asking the children to say which performance they prefer and why?


The children will be learning a poem by heart and understanding how  full stops and capital letters are used differently when writing poetry.



http://watsoneastwoldblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/our-poems-inspired-by-michael-rosens-conversation/

http://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes

Examples of conversation poems: http://watsoneastwoldblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/our-poems-inspired-by-michael-rosens-conversation/

Maths

The children will be trying to solve ‘real-life’ problems involving money (change)

The year 1 children will be  adding and subtracting 9 by adding and subtracting 10.

 

The year 2 will be starting to add and begin to subtract a 1-digit number to and from a multiple of 10 and 100.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/counting_with_money/index.htm

 

 http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf

 

 http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/movecoins.swf

 

 http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/coincards.swf

 

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

 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/dynamo/den/snap/index.htm

 

 http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/91/fewest_coins#

 

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

 

 http://www.ictgames.com/moneypayer50p.html

Come and See

 

We will continuing with the topic called “Neighbours” which is a CAFOD based topic.

We will go outside and lead children into this shared reflective activity: Stand in a space. Close your eyes. Think about yourself in your space. What can you hear? Now open your eyes and look around you. What do you see? What do you see above you? If you were here tonight, what would you see above you? What are you standing on? Look around you. Look at the people who share this space with you. You are a neighbour to each one. There is only one sun, one sky, one world. We share all these with one another.

 

Back in class/gathered together, share the story of King David, who wrote a psalm about the sky that we share with all our neighbours. This story imagines when and why he wrote it.

One morning, King David woke up very early. Everything was bright and beautiful. Even though he could not see it, he knew the sun had risen in the sky. David was a good king. He often thought about the people that he was a neighbour to, all the people who lived in his land.

He thought about them looking up at the same sky, seeing the same sun, feeling the same light and warmth as himself. “How wonderful God is!” he thought. He knew the golden sun spread the message of God‟s love for neighbours all over the world. He wanted his people to know this too.

Listen to or read the psalm he wrote - play Psalm PowerPoint available at cafod.org.uk/comeandsee, alongside some reflective music).

The sky above tells how wonderful God is.

Every day it is there for us to see.

Every morning the golden sun appears shining on everyone,

bringing light and warmth to all.

Spreading the message of God‟s love all over the world

to neighbours here, neighbours there, neighbours everywhere.

(based on Psalm 18:1−5)

Some key questions we will be asking the children:

 How does the sky tell us how wonderful God is?

 Why does looking at the sky help us to think about neighbours everywhere?

 We have friends and neighbours throughout the world. They are called our global neighbours/friends. Why are people in our own and other countries all our neighbours?

 How do we show God‟s love to our neighbours?

 

 

 

 

 

Produce a sky at night collage on black paper using silver and gold squares of paper for the stars and moon OR produce a sky during the day collage on blue paper using gold/yellow squares of paper for the sun and white/grey for the clouds. Choose the appropriate line from the psalm to stick next to the collage. Add photographs of global neighbours to show that we all share the same sky, the same world (see cafod.org.uk/comeandsee).

 Ask the children to talk about their favourite part of the psalm and record this in a way of their choice.

 

 

Topic

Our learning challenge is what are man-made materials?

We will be asking the children if they can recall what three materials the three little pigs made their houses out of (straw, sticks and bricks).

On the investigation sheet the children need to write down which house they think will be the strongest and why.

The children enjoyed their transition days on Thursday and Friday.


 FOSV End of Year Discos
  

Our KS1 Disco takes place on Tuesday 7th

July, 6.00pm to 7.30pm and KS2 takes

place on Thursday 9th July 6.00pm to

7.30pm. Please be considerate of our neighbours

with your parking please.



Chester Zoo Visit.

Our trip to Chester Zoo takes place on

Wednesday 8th July. The children will leave

 

school at approx. 9.15am and return at approx.

4.00pm. Please can any outstanding payments

for the above trip be sent to the school as soon

as possible. Thank you.

Art Exhibition Pictures

   

There is still one week left if

you wish to buy your child’s

framed artwork for £7.

Framed prints are available

in the school office.

Summer Fair

   

A huge thank you to all who came along to

our Summer Fair on Tuesday after Sports Day.

The FOSV will let us know the grand total

raised soon, which will be used to purchase

wet play equipment for the children.

Many thanks to all involved, including the Eco

team , who certainly rivalled Bent’s Garden

Centre with their wonderful plants!

Sports Day

   

What a wonderful day was had

by all on Tuesday during our

annual Sports Day. The weather

was very kind to us indeed! Many

thanks to all involved who made

the whole day a success.



Have a great week.

Year 1/2 Teachers