23rd May

Welcome to the last week. Homework was sent out again last week and we need it back in on Monday so it can be marked and given back by Thursday. Year 2 have my Maths exercises too.

This week will fly by and soon we will be in the final half term before your child moves to a new class.

https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

This week the children will be bringing home a sunflower to grow and the children will be writing a diary over the holidays. We hope some of them will come back into school so we can plant them in and around the grounds.

 

Dance lesson in the hall last Wednesday.

Year 2 planning bedding plants. Please send in anymore that you have spare.

Maths lesson in 1/ 2.  

Year 2

This week the children will be having their two reading papers that we have left to complete in their sats. Last week the children did really well doing their arithmetic tests and Maths reasoning test.

Every Friday we have a spelling test on the words sent home for homework. Can you please make sure that the spellings are learnt as there are a few year two that are not learning them and they are the spellings that need learning as part of the Year 2 curriculum.

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic in RE called SPREAD THE WORD.

We will be making up a litany of Good news and linking it to the theme of the Holy Spirit.

We will be making up prayers and thanking God for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Maths Year 2

This week we will be reviewing topics that we have noticed the children need reinforcements with.

We will be reviewing:

Inverse operations
Multiplying by 10
Place value
Division problems
http://resources.woodlands-

 

We will be completing a mental maths test too.

We will be testing the children on their x 2, x 3  x5, x10 tables. Some children are completing tests with both multiplication and division on them too.

Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

English

This week we will be basing all our work around instructions. The children will be learning all about different instructions for making toast, making a jam sandwich and making a cup of tea.

The steps to success will be:

Title – how to
Bossy verbs
List of things
Time phrases
Firstly, secondly, next, finally
Safety warning
Extra information and pictures.
We are busy testing the exception words all the time.

http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-5089-new-common-exception-words-years-1-and-2-word-mat

Phonics

Year 1 and 2 will be continuing with phase five and learning phonemes with alternative sounds. Year 2 will be working through phase six.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm

http://www.magickeys.com/books/phonics.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/eeAltSpellings.html

 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/aiAltSpellings.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PlanetaryPlurals.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PondLifePlurals.html

 The children are busy learning the Years 1 and 2 exception words all the time and these are being tested for reading and spelling constantly. We are playing a spell well game to learn them all too. Ask your child to explain the game spell well.

We will be using phase six phonics too while reviewing phase five phonemes all the time.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Verb+Rap&view=detail&&mid=80B6FE28F792EDBFDFC480B6FE28F792EDBFDFC4

 

Year 1/2
Maths

This week we will focus on solving word problems using all four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.  It is important that your children know their number bonds to 10 and 20 to help them do this efficiently.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/problem-solving

We will be completing a mental maths tests too.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

English Year 1/2

In Grammar this week the children will be learning about prepositions.  Prepositions are linking words in a sentence. We use prepositions to explain where things are in time or space. Prepositions tell us where something is (for example, beside, under, on, against, beneath or over) or when something is happening (for example: until, during, after, before or more specifically 'on Christmas Day', 'at twelve o'clock' or 'in August').

Prepositions usually sit before nouns (or pronouns) to shows the noun's (or pronoun's) relationship to another word in the sentence.

We will read “Goodnight Space” by Michelle Robinson. Discuss the story and how it has been inspired by Tim Peake.

We will show a power point about Tim Peake and his adventures so far.

We will ask the children some key questions below:

·         When did Tim travel into space?

·         How old is Tim?

·         Which country did Tim travel into space from?

·         What jobs has Tim done before he became an astronaut?

·         What did Tim have to do for part of his training?

·         What jobs will he do in space?

We will be looking at the format of different letter writing and the key features of a letter.

 In pair what qualities do they think would make them a good candidate to be an astronaut?

The children will apply in writing and explain why they wish to become an astronaut. They need to provide evidence that meets the required personal specifications.

 Mrs Sarsfield

Year 1

Maths

This week we will be adding 3 numbers where 2 of them are already a pair to 10, such as 3 + 5 + 7 = 15. We will also be adding doubles and near doubles, such as 6 + 6 = 12, so 6 + 7 = 13. We will also be adding coins and notes together, eg £5.00 + 10p = £5.10. Also we will be completing some measuring of length.

 English

This week we will be completing a reading comprehension and will continue to develop our reading and phonics skills by developing our knowledge of the alternative phonemes. We will be reviewing our knowledge of the alphabet and alphabetical order and we will be completing some nonfiction reading and writing about minibeasts, linking with our Science work.
and shapes.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years

Have a good week and a great holiday,

The 1 / 2 team.

Monday 16th May

Welcome to a new week. Homework was sent out again last week and we need it back in on Monday so it can be marked and given back by Thursday. Year 2 have my Maths exercises too.

 https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

Year 2

Will be completing some practice sats tests too and we will be starting the real tests too this week  in arithmetic, maths reasoning and a comprehension paper.

Every Friday we have a spelling test on the words sent home for homework. Can you please make sure that the spellings are learnt as there are a few year two that are not learning them and they are the spellings that need learning as part of the Year 2 curriculum.

 

Photos from the last week:

 

Children doing movement and dance.

Maths work in 1 and 2.

Year 1 working out double 103!!

Year 1 making models of the owl and the pussy cat.

Year 2 learning about dolphins and writing letters to Greenpeace.

 

Year 1 and 2 making a rocket balloon.

 

 

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic in RE called SPREAD THE WORD.
The children will be reviewing the story of Pentecost and learning about the gift of the Holy Spirit. The children will also be learning about the Ascension into heaven. We will be making up a litany of Good news and linking it to the theme of the Holy Spirit.
 
Maths Year 2
This week we will be reviewing topics that we have noticed the children need reinforcements with.
We will be reviewing:
Inverse operations
Multiplication and repeated addition
Multiplying by 10
Place value
 
http://resources.woodlands-

 

We will be completing a mental maths test too.
We will be testing the children on their x 2, x 3  x5, x10 tables. Some children are completing tests with both multiplication and division on them too.

Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

 

English
This week we will be basing all our work around fairy stories. We will be learning and retelling the story of Hansel Gretel. The children will be completing a story board and be practising writing sentences with noun phrases in too. The children will learn all about how fairy stories are written too.

The children will be completing a comprehension too using a practice sat.

 

We are busy testing the exception words all the time.

http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-5089-new-common-exception-words-years-1-and-2-word-mat

Phonics

Year 1 and 2 will be continuing with phase five and learning phonemes with alternative sounds. Year 2 will be working through phase six.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm

http://www.magickeys.com/books/phonics.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/eeAltSpellings.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/aiAltSpellings.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PlanetaryPlurals.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PondLifePlurals.html

The children are busy learning the Years 1 and 2 exception words all the time and these are being tested for reading and spelling constantly. We are playing a spell well game to learn them all too. Ask your child to explain the game spell well.

We will be using phase six phonics too while reviewing phase five phonemes all the time.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Verb+Rap&view=detail&&mid=80B6FE28F792EDBFDFC480B6FE28F792EDBFDFC4

 

Year 1/2
Maths
We will be concentrating on number work again this week.  The children will be practising counting in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's from any given number.  They will also be introduced to column addition and subtraction.  This involves carrying and exchanging tens which are difficult concepts for children to grasp so please encourage your children to practise at home.

 

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/twenty120.html

http://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-the-column-method

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

Maths Year 1/2

This week we will focus on solving word problems using all four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.  It is important that your children know their number bonds to 10 and 20 to help them do this efficiently.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/problem-solving

We will be completing a mental maths tests too.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

English Year 1/2

In Grammar this week the children will be learning about prepositions.  Prepositions are linking words in a sentence. We use prepositions to explain where things are in time or space. Prepositions tell us where something is (for example, beside, under, on, against, beneath or over) or when something is happening (for example: until, during, after, before or more specifically 'on Christmas Day', 'at twelve o'clock' or 'in August').

Prepositions usually sit before nouns (or pronouns) to shows the noun's (or pronoun's) relationship to another word in the sentence.

We will read “Goodnight Space” by Michelle Robinson. Discuss the story and how it has been inspired by Tim Peake.

We will show a power point about Tim Peake and his adventures so far.

We will ask the children some key questions below:

·         When did Tim travel into space?

·         How old is Tim?

·         Which country did Tim travel into space from?

·         What jobs has Tim done before he became an astronaut?

·         What did Tim have to do for part of his training?

·         What jobs will he do in space?

We will be looking at the format of different letter writing and the key features of a letter.

In pair what qualities do they think would make them a good candidate to be an astronaut?

The children will apply in writing and explain why they wish to become an astronaut. They need to provide evidence that meets the required personal specifications.

English

Mrs Sarsfield
Year 1
English
This week we will be focusing on the correct spelling of high frequency words and year 1 common exception words. We will also be reviewing the use of ? and !

 We will also be making an information booklet about minibeasts after discovering some basic facts from the internet and reference books.

We will also be concentrating on revising all the phonemes in phonics and reading a variety of real and nonsense words.

Maths

This week we will continue solving real life word problems. We will also be developing our knowledge of 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 turns by planning and drawing a road way for a car. Also we will be developing our knowledge of fractions - 1/2 and 1/4 - of numbers and shapes.

 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/shapes

 Have a good week,

The 1 / 2 team.

I can divide by  grouping things. I know what  divide means.

I can divide by  grouping things. I know what  divide means.

 

Monday 8th May

Welcome to a new week. Homework was sent out again last week and we need it back in on Monday so it can be marked and given back by Thursday. Year 2 have my Maths exercises too.

Sats

We sent a sample Math’s sat home last week and we would appreciate you going through the paper and help your child practise anything that they got wrong. We will be practising more this week too.

https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

 

We had great week last week. Some children learnt about Lowry and Year 2 learnt a poem called the jumblies. They made up actions to remember the poem and drew pictures. The children even went outside to draw right angles.

 

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic in RE called SPREAD THE WORD.

The children will be listening to the story of Pentecost and learning about the gift of the Holy Spirit. We will be taking a walk around school and noting signs of new life. The children will also be learning about the Ascension into heaven.

We will be learning some hymns about the holy spirit such as colours of day.

Maths Year 2

This week we will be having a problem solving week. We will be solving problems linked to addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.

http://resources.woodlands-

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/problem-solving

We will be completing a mental maths tests too.

We will be testing the children on their x 2, x 3  x5, x10 tables. Some children are completing tests with both multiplication and division on them too. A few children have started a timetables test with all the tables on them,

Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

English
This week we will be basing all our work around the book DEAR GREENPEACE. We will be thinking about facts about whales. We will be learning again about contractions and apostrophes and then writing letters at the end of the week with our writing partners.

The children will be completing a comprehension too.

We are busy testing the exception words all the time.

http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-5089-new-common-exception-words-years-1-and-2-word-mat

Phonics

Year 1 and 2 will be continuing with phase five and learning phonemes with alternative sounds. Year 2 will be working through phase six.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm

http://www.magickeys.com/books/phonics.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/eeAltSpellings.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/aiAltSpellings.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PlanetaryPlurals.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PondLifePlurals.html

The children are busy learning the Years 1 and 2 exception words all the time and these are being tested for reading and spelling constantly. We are playing a spell well game to learn them all too. Ask your child to explain the game spell well.

 We will be using phase six phonics too while reviewing phase five phonemes all the time.

 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Verb+Rap&view=detail&&mid=80B6FE28F792EDBFDFC480B6FE28F792EDBFDFC4

 
Year 1/2
English Year 1/2

In Grammar this week the children will be learning about what a compound sentence is.  This builds on our work completed last week, which was about conjunctions. In a compound sentence, two independent clauses (sentences) can be joined by a comma and a conjunction. Each clause has a subject and a verb.

When you are writing, it would be strange to only use short, simple sentences.

‘I do not like eating meat.’ is a simple sentence.

‘I love vegetables.’ is also a simple sentence.

By putting the two sentences together and joining them with a conjunction, we can make a much more interesting compound sentence:

 ‘I do not like eating meat but I love vegetables.’

 http://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-simple-compound-and-complex-sentences-0

 

We will talk about a new topic - Explanation Texts.

Discuss what the children think an explanation text might be.  Using my own explanation text we will look at features of an explanation text (title- it should include how or why, Intro paragraph, information that has steps and time connectives, pictures to help the reader, conclusion- what happens as a result of this?) 

Before we talk about what our explanation will be about, we will show this video.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi0sv3P68PMAhWcHsAKHek6AB8QFggiMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.studyladder.com%2Fgames%2Factivity%2Fhow-do-bees-make-honey-explanation-6142&usg=AFQjCNH1vX_QrK3ib7GJtb4tm6L4udbNYA&sig2=vG3Zb9Px4MlO6zgtxQR5Cw

Watch a short video clip on how bees make honey:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiI2_zK7MPMAhUqBsAKHeOhDRkQtwIIUTAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F39248822&usg=AFQjCNHi51CmjU3b9MEbQG6kE63VsdZhCQ&sig2=5h5r8EAMl

We will be talking about the success criteria of explanation text:

Success Criteria

I used the present tense.

I used a heading in a large, clear font.

My main text is written in the order that things happen.

I used illustrations and diagrams with labels and captions.

I used arrows to show the order things happen.

I used subheadings to give extra information.

I used sentences beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.

Maths Year 1/2

This week we will be reviewing topics that we have noticed the children need reinforcement with. 

We will be learning more about right angles, multiplication using repeated addition and fractions of shapes and numbers.

 We will be completing a mental maths test.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

Mrs Sarsfield

Year 1
English
This week we will be learning off by heart the nonsense poem The Owl and The Pussycat by Edward Lear. We will be acting it out in drama and studying the rhyming words and re-writing our own version. We will also be focusing on the suffix ing and the use of the punctuation mark ! We will also continue improving our reading skills by giving likes and dislikes about the book and by completing a comprehension text. Phonics will include reading a variety of real and nonsense words containing phase 3 and 5 phonemes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVU_6GLZ-5Q

Maths
In maths this week we will be focusing on quick recall of addition and subtraction facts - doubles, adding on ten, counting backwards from 100 plus, adding and taking away units. We will also try solving real life word problems including money. We will continue to learn to tell the time and think about times of the day when we complete certain tasks.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money

 Topic

We will continue our new Topic on Habitats.  This topic lends itself to lots of work in science.  This week the children will learn what a habitat is and to be able to name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats.  We will answer the following questions key questions:

What is a habitat?
What does the habitat provide for the animals and plants? What is a micro-habitat?

 Have a good week,

The 1 / 2 team.

I can divide by  grouping things. I know what  divide means.

I can divide by  grouping things. I know what  divide means.