Tuesday 3rd May

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

 https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

We had an exciting week last week and had lots of activities and learning happening. Talk for writing is really helping the children and Year 1 had a great time making 3d shapes.

 

Year 2

Will be completing some practice sats tests too in reading and Maths.

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

Maths Year 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.

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 poetry and will be learning the poem about the JUMBLIES.

The children will be making up actions, making a story map of the poem and then they will be making up another few verse of the poem.

http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

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

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.

English

In Grammar this week the children will be reviewing conjunctions, why we use them and the different types of conjunctions we can use to make our sentences more interesting. They will also be completing a reading comprehension.

The children will be writing instructions this week and looking and bossy verbs(imperative verbs) The  children will learn word such as cut, paste, eat, drink, take, read, place, spread and push.

We will also be looking at language such as first, second, third, fourth and last to place the instructions in an order. We will be looking at numbering instructions to make them easier to read.

The children will be making toast and sandwiches so that they can write about them from first hand experience.

Can the children find any instructions at home and bring them in to share with the class. For example: instructions on how to play a game.

Phonics the children will be tested on their knowledge of alternative pronunciations this week. Can they also continue to learn the common exception words in their diaries.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/text.htm

English

Mrs Sarsfield

Year 1
Maths
This week in Maths we will be dividing numbers using arrays, by sharing into groups - drawing rings around groups of numbers and counting how many groups. We will also be reviewing the names and features of 3d shapes and continuing to count in 2's 5's and 10's, and count on and back in 10's.
 
English
This week in English we will be reviewing plurals by adding s and es. We will also be continuing to find out about L S Lowry and write an autobiography. We will continue to develop our reading skills by completing a comprehension and will be continuing to review and extend our phonics skills.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/text.htm

Topic

This week in Topic we will be focusing on streets in the industrial Victorian era. We will study the work of L S Lowry in order to guide our understanding and will be drawing streets in the style of Lowry. We will also be finding out about his life and writing an autobiography on L S Lowry.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Art.html#L S Lowry
Also we will be starting a new topic on habitats and learning about different habitats

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.