Monday 27th March

Welcome to our blog.

The children had a great time on Friday doing the activities linked to Red Nose day. The school raised over £400 pounds and the final amount will be calculated.

Some pictures from our measurement week.

Homework

The children have homework again and will have a set of new spellings to learn.

The Year 2 spellings this term are based on Year 2 National Curriculum spelling ending and the common exception words that the Year 2 must use in their independent writing.

We have also sent a year 2 Maths booklet and we would like three pages a week completed and please can we have this back on Mondays so the children and the teachers can mark it together.

There will be a spelling test every week. Year 2 have been playing spell well too to help learn their spellings.

They have got a comprehension to do every week too as well as sentences or writing target depending on what they have been told in their homework book. Thank you for all your support.

Reading

The children need to read at home at least three times a week. The children need to be heard read even if they are a free reader please.

It really helps them if you can talk about the book and ask them why something is happening or how something is happening as well as about the story or information itself. We find that the children who read at home make more progress than those who do not.

The Year 2 have to read 90 words a minute with a familiar text.

Thank you for your support.

RE

The children will be starting a new topic on CHANGE.

This week the children will be thinking about different things that change and also how they change  as they grow up in appearance and what they can do. We will be planting seeds too and watching beans as they change in their growth. The children will also be writing about their favourite season.

Phonics

Please remember that the Year 1 have a phonics test in June and any Year 2 who didn’t achieve the expected level in Year 1 will resit in at the same time. The children have to read 32 words which include some alien words that are made up.

Phonics

A few helpful sites.

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

Mrs Sarsfield

English

This week we are focusing on writing. We will be completing a dictation including high frequency words and some spellings from previous homework tasks. We will also be using the book 'Stick Man' to stimulate writing a letter and will be re-writing the story. We will also be completing reading and phonics activities.



Maths

In Maths we will be continuing to complete tasks based on position and direction, using the terms quarter and half turn, clockwise. we will also be starting division, using the terms share, divide, group and will introduce the division sign.

Year 1/2

Whilst Year 2 are completing assessments this week, Year 1 children will be working on their phonics, reviewing all of the sounds that we have learnt so far and will be practising reading these sounds in words, both real and alien words. We will be playing lots of fun, engaging phonics games.

We will also be looking at spelling and reading words that ends in a ‘y’ but makes the ‘ee’ sound such as very, busy, bunny etc.

Children will also complete guided reading sessions.

In Maths, we will be looking at sequencing intervals throughout the day, days of the week and months of the year.

Year 2

This week there will be a focus on an assessment week and the year two will have opportunity to practise some more sats. They really enjoyed doing it last time. We have been going through the 2016 sats too and finding out how to do things we couldn’t do.

The children will be doing a:

Maths arithmetic paper

Maths reasoning paper

Grammar test

Spelling test

Reading papers 1 and 2.

We will also be learning to use the conjunctions and, but, so, when, because etc in our writing. We will be reviewing nouns, adverbs and verbs.

Every week the children do two guided reading sessions one with non fiction and the other with fiction books. Children are also heard read at other time too.

Topic

In our topic lesson this week we will be planting sunflower seeds and beans. We will be looking at the various factors that help them to grow such as light and water. We will also be writing instructions on ‘how to plant sunflower seeds’.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Monday 20th March

Welcome to our blog. Hopefully the weather will dry up soon and spring will arrive officially!

Tatten hall meeting

The meeting will be on at 3pm on Thursday in Mrs Harding’s classroom. If you are having difficulty attending if you send in a named pen stick I will let you have a copy of the ppt we have.

Disco

There is a disco on Thursday starting at six until seven thirty. The children will be dismissed a child at a child and parents are asked to not come into the hall for safe guarding reasons. Thank you for your help in this.

Red Nose day

The children are being asked to bring in a pound for non uniform and lose change for a throw the coin event in the hall.

Telling the time

Please can you help your child learn how to tell the time.

Especially in year two the children need to tell the time in five minute intervals. In year one the children need to know o' clock and half past.

The children need to practise skill all the time. Please stat with  the quarter hours and then progress to the other times too. Thanks for any support you can give us.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=telling%20the%20time

Homework

The children have homework again and will have a set of new spellings to learn.

The Year 2 spellings this term are based on Year 2 National Curriculum spelling ending and the common exception words that the Year 2 must use in their independent writing.

We have also sent a year 2 Maths booklet and we would like three pages a week completed and please can we have this back on Mondays so the children and the teachers can mark it together.

There will be a spelling test every week Year 2 have been playing spell well too to help learn their spellings.

They have got a comprehension to do every week too as well as sentences or writing target depending on what they have been told in their homework book. Thank you for all your support.

Reading

The children need to read at home at least three times a week. The children need to be heard read even if they are a free reader please.

It really helps them if you can talk about the book and ask them why something is happening or how something is happening as well as about the story or information itself. We find that the children who read at home make more progress than those who do not.

The Year 2 have to read 90 words a minute with a familiar text.

Thank you for your support.

RE

The children will be starting a new topic on CHANGE.

This week the children will be thinking about different things that change and also how they change  as they grow up in appearance and what they can do. We will be planting seeds too and watching beans as they change in their growth.

Phonics

Please remember that the Year 1 have a phonics test in June and any Year 2 who didn’t achieve the expected level in Year 1 will resit in at the same time. The children have to read 32 words which include some alien words that are made up.

Phonics

A few helpful sites.

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

Mrs Sarsfield

English

This week we will be writing a poem and completing a dictation based on the high frequency words and spellings we have had to learn for homework. We will also be completing a comprehension about Spring and a variety of reading and phonics activities. 



http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds



Maths

This week we will continue work on using the times sign by drawing arrays and we will be learning about position and direction using the vocabulary such as :clockwise, anti-clockwise, quarter turn, half turn, between, next to.


Year 1 pictures
The children explored different materials in Science,

Year 1/2

English.

Maths

This week we will be finishing off our addition and subtraction work. At the end of last week children had a go at column addition. We will briefly review this again before moving on to column subtraction. We will be starting our maths lessons with problem solving activities and we will engage in discussions about these problems. We will also be looking again at telling the time and recapping our times tables work from last week.

English

Last week, the children enjoyed writing about an orangutan who went on an adventure, after escaping from Chester Zoo. This week, our writing will be based on the book ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers. We will begin the week by writing descriptions of the setting (space) and the characters. We will watch video clips of space to help inspire our descriptions. We will also write an alternative ending for the story, but we will be writing from the main character’s point of view.

We will also be completed guided reading activities and a lesson on exclamation sentences.

Year 2 English

This week the children will be having a writing week. They will be practising the skills by writing stories with different themes. They will be using a writing mat to do this that was given out on parent’s evening.

The children will be self assessing and peer assessing too.

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

Year 2 Maths

This week we will exploring measurement. The children will be weighing themselves and other object. They will be using water to measure different amounts of water, they will be reading thermometers and using a trundle wheel to draw a whale on the playground.

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

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Topic

This week in our topic work, we will be looking at seasonal change and discussing signs of spring. We will be thinking about how plants start to grow and we will soon be planting our own beans/plants in school and observing them grow.

 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=plants

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Monday 13th March

Welcome to our blog.

The children had a great time at the zoo and the weather was fantastic for us.

Homework

The children now have homework again and will have a set of new spellings to learn.

The Year 2 spellings this term are based on Year 2 National Curriculum spelling ending and the common exception words that the Year 2 must use in their independent writing.

We have also sent a year 2 Maths booklet and we would like three pages a week completed and please can we have this back on Mondays so the children and the teachers can mark it together.

There will be a spelling test every week. A few children have not been learning the spellings and this could really help them in their writing if they do.

They have got a comprehension to do every week too as well as sentences or writing target depending on what they have been told in their homework book. Thank you for all your support.

Reading

The children need to read at home at least three times a week. The children need to be heard read even if they are a free reader please.

It really helps them if you can talk about the book and ask them why something is happening or how something is happening as well as about the story or information itself. We find that the children who read at home make more progress than those who do not.

The Year 2 have to read 90 words a minute with a familiar text.

Thank you for your support.

RE

The children will be completing work on MEALS. They will be thinking about other special meals and the important meal of the Last Supper.

Phonics

Please remember that the Year 1 have a phonics test in June and any Year 2 who didn’t achieve the expected level in Year 1 will resit in at the same time. The children have to read 32 words which include some alien words that are made up.

Phonics

A few helpful sites.

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

Mrs Sarsfield

English

This week we will be completing a reading comprehension and a variety of other reading and phonics activities. We will be focusing on spelling all the year 1 common exception words and some children will move onto the year 2 words too. We will be learning about adding s and es onto nouns when there is more than one eg bushes, boys. We will also be improving our writing skills , focusing on using joining words such as: but, and because.



Maths

This week we will be learning to use repeated addition to multiply two numbers and learning to recognize the multiplication sign. We will also be reviewing how to find a half and a  quarter of an even number. We will be reviewing the time - o'clock, half past, practically with clocks.



http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=telling%20the%20time

Year 1/2

English.

We will start our week looking at different sentence types such as exclamation sentences, questions, commands and statements as Year 2 must be able to identify the different types in their KS1 SATs. Year 1 children will focus on writing questions.

In our writing this week, we will be looking at narrative! We will be looking at the story of the cheeky orangutans that escaped from their enclosure at Chester Zoo last year, as inspiration for our writing. We will then go on to write a story about how the orangutan escaped and imagining what adventures he got up to!

We will also complete a reading comprehension and guided reading activities.

Maths

This week in maths we will be working on multiplication and division. We will be learning our 2s, 5s and 10 times tables in a range of different ways, e.g. songs, chanting them, counting. We will be looking at how multiplication can be done in any order, but division cannot.

Year 1 children will also revise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/

Year 2 English

This week we will be learning all about sharks. We will be finding out about sharks and recording information about them. At the end of the week the children will be writing a report about sharks.

The children may also be writing a story about a shark’s adventure too.

We will be reviewing verbs, nouns and adverbs. The children will be practising using them in their sentences.

The children will be doing guided reading and a comprehension too.

Year 2 Maths

This week we will be practising subtracting with exchanging a ten. The children will be learning that multiplication and addition can be done either way round but division and subtraction cannot. The children will be choosing signs in equations such as equals, greater than/less than.

The children will be practising lots of topics that they got wrong in their recent SAT paper that we practised.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Topic

This week in our topic lesson, we will be looking at how babies and animals change as they grow older and we will also be looking at what animals and humans need to survive. We will be imagining that we are stuck on a desert island and we will be thinking about the things that we would want and the things that we would need in order to survive.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Monday 6th March

Welcome to our blog.

This week we have the book fair and it is on after school each day. The children had a quick look around on Friday afternoon.

The children had a great time on World book day.

Zoo Trip

Please remember that we will be out all day and we have sent out letters with all the details on. The children will need to order a packed lunch or bring one of their own. The weather appears to be unsettled so as well as their uniform the children will need a waterproof coat. Thank you.

Homework

The children will receive homework again and will have a set of new spellings to learn on Thursday.

The Year 2 spellings this term are based on Year 2 National Curriculum spelling ending and the common exception words that the Year 2 must use in their independent writing.

There will be a spelling test every week. A few children have not been learning the spellings and this could really help them in their writing if they do.

They have got a comprehension to do every week too as well as sentences or writing target depending on what they have been told in their homework book.

Reading

The children need to read at home at least three times a week. The children need to be heard read even if they are a free reader. It really helps them if you can talk about the book and ask them why something is happening or how something is happening as well as about the story or information itself. We find that the children who read at home make more progress than those who do not.

The Year 2 have to read 90 words a minute with a familiar text.

Thank you for your support.

RE

The children will be starting  a new topic MEALS. The children will be thinking about different types of meals and special meals. They will be thinking about where and when special meals take place.

Phonics

A few helpful sites.

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

Mrs Sarsfield

English

This week we will be completing a reading comprehension along with other reading activities. We will also be writing a diary about our the zoo and researching and writing facts about animals.



Maths

This week we will be consolidating addition and subtraction facts. This will start with doubles, pairs to 10 and near pairs to 10 and adding 2 and 3 digits in a variety of ways. We will also use pairs to 10 to add multiples of 10 to 100. Eg 2 + 8 = 10, so 20 + 80 =  100.

Year 1/2

Maths

This week in maths Year 2 children will be looking at how to solve missing number calculations such as 63 - ___ = 27 and how we can use addition (or the inverse) to help us work out the answers. Year 1 children will also be completing missing number calculations, using their number bonds to 10 and 20 knowledge.

We will also be going over the SATs paper that the Year 2s completed last week and looking at the questions carefully, working them out as a class.

English

We will be looking at Command and Exclamation sentences this week in our grammar lesson. We will also be completing guided reading and phonics activities.

After Tuesday, we will also be writing a diary entry about our trip to the zoo. Later in the week we will be editing our piece of writing and then redrafting to ensure that we include things like noun phrases and time connectives such as first, next.

Year 2 English

We will be looking at Command and Exclamation sentences this week in our grammar lesson. We will also be completing guided reading and phonics activities.

After Tuesday, we will also be writing a diary entry about our trip to the zoo. Later in the week we will be editing our piece of writing and then redrafting to ensure that we include things like noun phrases and time connectives such as first, next.

The children will be going over the sats too and teaching will target anything that the children could not do.

Year 2 Maths

This week we will be learning about telling the time again.

We will be reviewing telling the time.

Year 2 need to tell the time to the nearest five minutes.

We did plan to do this last week but did the 2016 sats instead in Reading, Maths and grammar.

The children need to know time facts off by heart such as 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day etc.

The children will be completing a timetables test and mental maths test too.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

The children will be going over the sats too and teaching will target anything that the children could not do.

Topic

In our topic lessons this week, we will be looking at how our bodies are different to animal bodies. Animals have tails, paws and beaks, which humans don’t have. We will also be looking at animal babies and Year 2 children will be writing about the life cycle of a frog.

We will be visiting the zoo and looking closely at how the animals look and how they are different from us.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett