Monday 22nd May

Welcome to our blog.

The year 2 did really well coping with the pressures of the tests. We were really proud of hem and we hope their results will reflect the hard work that they have put in.

We are continuing with  HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS.

We will be finishing off the topic this week. We will be thinking about how people feel when they have received the Holy Spirit. The children will be completing their formal assessment.

Homework

Normal spellings and sentences were sent home his week.

Thank you to everyone that sent them back on time.

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

Year1

English

This week we will continue to focus our work on the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We will complete a comprehension based on the story and write sentences containing adjectives to describe the characters. We will also be writing an apology letter to the giant from Jack. We will also be focusing on phonics and reading activities.



Maths

In Maths this week we will be finishing our work based on Jack and the Beanstalk and will be learning about fractions. We will be shading in given fractions and focusing on knowing how to find 1/2 and 1/4 of a given amount - of both a shape and number.

English

This week we will be studying the author Julia Donaldson. We will spend Monday’s lesson looking at a range of her books, reading them and talking about which ones we like best and why. If you have any Julia Donaldson books at home, please bring them in and share them with the class. Year 2 children will be writing a book review about their favourite.

 We will spend the rest of the week writing a letter to Julia Donaldson, telling her how much we enjoy her books and that we will look forward to spending time writing stories based on her books over the next few weeks.

Maths

This week we will be revising measure, looking at how we measure height, weight and length in both standard and non-standard units. We will be doing lots of problem solving on this topic and working together as groups.

Year 2 Maths

We will be deepening our understanding of partitioning and place value. We will also be practising adding with and without regrouping. We will be subtracting with and without exchanging a ten. We will be dividing with and without remainders.

English

This week we will be having a writing week. We will be using pictures and animations to write narrative stories. We will be writing a description and a set of instructions too.

Science

This week we will be looking at omnivores, carnivores and herbivores. We will be looking at what these terms mean and the types of foods that animals might eat. Year 2 children will also be learning about and constructing food chains.

Geography

We will be finishing our topic about The UK with a lesson on Northern Ireland. We will be looking at their traditions and landmarks and will be writing a postcard from Northern Ireland.

Have a great holiday. Thank you for all the support and help you have given during this half term which has seen many changes for our school.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Mrs Pinto Edwards

Monday 15th May

Welcome to our blog.

We hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather. We expect rain this week so our gardens will be better.

SATS

The year two will be completing their sats this week:

Arithmetic paper

Reasoning paper

Reading paper one

Reading paper 2

I am sure they will do very well as they have been working so very hard.

RE

We are continuing with  HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS.

We will be finishing off the topic this week.

We will be creating newspaper article about what happened at Pentecost. The children will also be writing about what they would tell others about Jesus.

Homework

Normal spellings and sentences were sent home his week.

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

Year 1
English

This week most of  our English will be linked to the story 'jack and the Beanstalk'. We will be exploring and using adjectives describing Jack and the Giant and writing a character description based on the things they do in the story and what they look like. We will also be writing a diary as Jack, on the first day he climbs the beanstalk, and re-writing the story in the correct chronological order. Phonics and reading activities will also take place.

Maths

Most of the Maths this week will also be linked with the same story: using beans to work out the capacity of 4 containers, measuring and cutting beanstalks to a certain length, using 3d shapes to build the giant's castle, and adding totals in multiples of 10p to buy fruit for the characters. We will also be reviewing counting in 2's, 10's and 5's.

Year 1/2

Maths

This week in our maths lessons, we will be looking at word problems and reasoning problems. Year 1 children will be focusing on addition and subtraction problems, whereas Year 2 will be working on all four operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Towards the end of the week Year 2 will be looking and revising how to estimate answers to calculations and Year 1 children will be looking at how to add multiples of 10 and near 10 (9 and 11) to a two-digit number e.g. 63 + 9 =

English

This week we will be spending the week looking at a poem written by Edward Lear, called The Jumblies. We will be learning to recite the first verse of this poem, with the help of a story map. We will also be using our imagination to create drawings of a ‘Jumblie’ and writing a character description. We will move on to planning and writing our own, alternative verse of this poem. Year 2 children will also be introduced to similes to make our descriptions much more interesting e.g. The Jumblies have hands that are as blue as the deep blue sea. They have heads that are as green as the leaves on the trees.

Year 2

English

The children will be learning to rehearse and recite two poems by Edward Lear. They will be using the owl and the pussy cat and the Jumblies. The children will be learning about what they are about, writing out their stories and also will be writing another verse to the owl and the pussy cat.

Maths

We will be having a word problem week. This week we will be solving word problems with all four rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

The children will have to:

Read the question

Find the maths

Calculate the Maths.

Check the question.

The children will also be practising adding 9, 19 and other numbers with 9 in the ones.

Science

The children will be reviewing healthy eating and creating a healthy plate of food that is good for them.

The children will also be finding out about evaporation. The children will understand what evaporation is by watching a hair dryer dry up water. They will be wondering where all the puddles go?

Geography

This week in our geography lessons, we will be looking at Scotland and learning to recognise Scotland as one of the four countries of the UK. We will be finding out about the myth of the Loch Ness monster and writing a newspaper report about a sighting!

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield
Miss Birchall
Mrs Pinto Edwards

Monday 8th May

Welcome to our blog.

We hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather. Long may it last!

RE

We are continuing with  HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS.

We will be finishing off and will be thinking about the Pentecost. The children will be learning about the Holy Spirit and its special gifts. The children will be making a flame and writing about the Holy Spirit. The children will write a prayer asking the Holy Spirit for guidance.

Homework

The children had some more special homework to complete over weekend.  Please can you make sure this is sent back in this week. Thanks.

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

and 10's and will be beginning to count in 3's.

Year 1

English

This week we will be completing reading and phonics activities and continue focusing on the use of ! We will also be using the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' to inspire a variety of writing and comprehension activities. We will be aiming to improve our story writing by focusing on only using the word 'and' once within a sentence as a joining word, but to use .But   .Then   .After that   .Also  .Finally.....



Maths

This week we will continue to develop adding and taking away 10 and 20 from a 2 digit number. We will also be multiplying 2 numbers and dividing multiples of 2, 3, 5 and 10. Also we will be completing some measurement activities linked with' Jack and the Beanstalk'.

Year 1/2

English 

This week in our English lessons, we will be focusing on aspects that we are missing out/not using correctly in our writing. This includes things like: full stops and capital letters and contractions (can’t, don’t etc.). We will also be doing some handwriting practise and looking at suffixes. Y2 will be focusing on -ment, -ful, -ness, -ly and writing a recipe for friendship using words with these suffixes.

E.g. You will need: A spoonful of kindness, a handful of enjoyment.

We will also be doing lots of phonics activities and reading, in preparation for the phonics screening check.

The new Y1 spelling lists will be given out next week for this half term and the dates that these will be tested will be clearly marked on the lists. Y2 children already have their spelling lists and will be tested on week 1 on Friday (12.5.17).

Maths

This week, we will be looking at our areas for development and going over things that we are not yet secure on. This will include division, missing number calculations and using the inverse to find the missing number, symmetry and shapes.

Year 2

English

The children will be concentrating on elements needed for their writing.

The children will practise writing contractions.

The children will be using but, because, if, that, when, so.

The children will be using the suffixes ment, ful and ly in their writing.

Maths

We will be learning and reviewing some of the things we need to show evidence in our Maths books.

The children will be dividing with and without remainders.

The children will be reviewing 2D and 3 D shape.

The children will be solving problems with the four rules of addition and subtraction etc

Science

In our science lessons this week, we will be planting our sunflowers in the school grounds! They are growing very tall and will look very pretty in our school! We will be thinking about what a seed needs to grow and setting up an experiment with beans to investigate this.

We will be finding out about the life cycle of a frog and a caterpillar.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=life+cycle+of+a+forg+and+butterfly+u+tube&view=detail&mid=26A1BD46CF6B2E96168226A1BD46CF6B2E961682&FORM=VIRE

History

This half term, we will be looking at Florence Nightingale and how she was significant. We will be looking in to who she was, what she did and how she changed hospitals for the better.

Geography

We have been looking at the countries and capital cities of the UK. This week we will be focusing on Wales. We will be looking at the flag, location, the capital city and Welsh traditions.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Mrs Pinto Edwards

Tuesday 1st May

Welcome to our blog.

We hope you enjoyed the long bank holiday weekend and I am glad the weather was kinder to us than the last.

RE

We have started a new topic on HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS. We will be thinking about the word holiday sounding like the word holy day. We have just celebrated Easter and we will be thinking about the word ALLELUIA that we use to celebrate. We will also be remembering the story of Jesus going back into Heaven to be with His Father.

Homework

The children had some more special homework to complete over weekend.  Please can you make sure this is sent back in this week. Thanks.

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

and 10's and will be beginning to count in 3's.

Year 1

English

This week we will be completing a comprehension about the weather. We will also be focusing on phonics and grammar - using an exclamation mark, reviewing the writing of capital letters. We will also be reviewing adding un to words as a prefix. Reading activities will also continue using words suitable for year 1.



Maths

This week we will be reviewing subtraction by counting back and using pairs to 10, 20 and doubles. We will also be using in multiples of 10 - adding, taking away, doubling and linking these with our knowledge of handling digits. We will be reviewing counting backwards from 100 and 2D and 3D shapes.

Year 1/2

English 

Maths

This week in our maths lessons, we will be looking at place value and estimation. We will start the week by placing missing numbers on a number line and looking at the value of the figures in a two digit number e.g. 73 = 7 tens and 3 ones (units). We will then move on to estimating. Year 1 children will be estimating numbers of objects and Year 2 children will be estimating the answers to calculations. This will help them check that their answers are ‘sensible’ when completing the SATs tests.

English

At the beginning of the week, we will be finishing off our work on pirates. Last week, children enjoyed researching about pirates and creating non-chronological reports. This week we will be writing a pirate character description and a pirate adventure story!  Later in the week, we will spend a few days creating animal riddles, using the different sentence types e.g.

What a long neck I have!

I am a large mammal with four legs.

Take good care of me

Can you guess what I am?

Year 2

English

The children will be having a writing week and will have lots of opportunities to write using familiar and traditional tales. We will be using Jack and the beanstalk, the hungry caterpillar and an adventure from Barnaby bear going to London!

The children will be writing independently.

Maths

We will be learning and reviewing some of the things that the children got wrong in their sats tests the other  week.

The children will be practising multiplying using repeated addition, partitioning numbers and finding out about right angles.

Geography

In our geography lesson, we will be looking at England and our capital city. We will look at famous landmarks such as Big Ben and the London Eye. We will watch a video about Barnaby Bear and his visit to London and we will write a diary entry, from Barnaby’s point of view.

Science

We will be learning more about plants and finding out about the function of a stem. The children will be looking at how water and nutrients move up then stem of a flower.

Art

The children will be observational drawing different flower heads and using pastel to colour them.

Best wishes

Mrs Harding

Mrs Sarsfield

Miss Birchall

Mrs Lockett

Mrs Pinto Edwards