Monday 2nd November

Welcome to our second half term. This will be a very busy period for us all. This week we will start to learn the Christmas play songs and we will also be auditioning and allocating parts for the play.

We will start homework again next week and new activities on my Maths will start again too.

Phonics

Years 1 and 2 will be concentrating on ou, ay, ie, ai.
Year two will be continuing with phase five phonemes. We will be concentrating on split digraphs.
o –e, e – e, i – e,

 http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm

English

Year 1 and 2
 – The Gunpowder Plot and Firework Poetry
The children will start the beginning of the week writing about their half term holiday. We will be suing key questions:

What did you do?

Where did you go?
What did you see?
Who did you go with?
What happened?
Did you enjoy yourself?
Who did you meet?
The children will be learning about the Gunpowder plot. They will be sequencing the story and talking about the events that happened.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/guy/history.htm

Towards the end of the week the children will be reciting the poem below and generating ideas to write their own poetry.

One huge firework
Looking rather dull and blue.
Then it went WHOOSH
And how the sparks flew!
Red and green and gold stars
Falling through the sky.
Ending with a great big bang
And then a little ss-sigh.
https://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/poem/fireworks
 
https://www.makewav.es/story/306063/title/myfireworkpoem

English Year 1

In English this week the children will be learning to add es and s to plurals. They will also be completing some writing about Autumn.

Maths Year 1

The children will be focusing on money, the value of coins, shopping and working out change. The children will also be counting in 2ps, 5ps and 10ps.

http://www.ictgames.com/moneyPage.htm

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

Maths Year 2

This week we will be concentrating on number and the age related objectives and non negotiables.

We will be adding and subtracting 10, 20 and 30 from any 2 digit number.

We will be adding and subtracting 9 with any two digit number.

We will also be practising telling the time very week.
We have been practising
·         clock
·         Half past
·         Quarter to
·         Quarter past

 http://www.wmnet.org.uk/files/clock.swf

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm

 

Maths

Mrs Pinto/Mrs Sheerin
The children will be naming and describe squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.

Their main focus will be describing and recognising regular and irregular common 2D shapes. The will start to Make and describe polygons.

Some useful websites are listed below:

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Infant_activities/daysofweek1.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/seasons.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzIbbvoiMA

http://www.ictgames.com/Y1shape.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/memory.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_3.html

http://www.coppschool.lancsngfl.ac.uk/Classwork/Classwork/flashaids/sorting_2d_shapes.swf

http://mathematics.hellam.net/maths2000/shapes.swf

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=31

https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/vtc/ngfl/maths/greg_morgan_symmetry/index.htm

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

Topic

This week we will be looking at the four seasons in a year; which months (and birthdays) fall into which season and what we typically associate with each season.  For example: Easter, daffodils, sunshine, snow, lambs, fireworks, falling leaves and so on.

We will create a tally chart of the class’ birthday months and a living pictogram so the children can physically get involved with understanding months and seasons.

Independently the children will then create a birthday pictogram on paper using the tally chart to help them.

In keeping with the ‘seasons’ theme as we near the end of autumn we will also be looking into how animals survive the winter.  More specifically the children will learn about adaptation, hibernation and migration.

Interesting fact – did you know that the word migration comes from the Latin migratus that means “to change” and refers to how birds change their geographic locations seasonally.

 

Have a great first week back everyone,

The 1 / 2 team.

 

Monday 19th October

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Homework

The children won’t be having homework this week as it is the last week of the half term.

Please remember that we have parent’s evenings on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week and you should have received a time slot for an appointment with the class teacher.

RE

This week we will be continuing our topic SIGNS AND SYMBOLS. We will be exploring the sacrament of Baptism and will be learning about the symbols contained in the sacrament.

Maths Year 2 Mrs Harding

Year 2 we will be learning about ordinal numbers- first, second etc.

The children will also be practising adding two digit numbers to one digit numbers. We will also be learning ten more and ten less, one more and one less using a 100 square.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SplatSquares/splatsq100.html

English Year 2 Mrs Harding

This week the children will be learning about the features of poetry. They will be going for an autumn walk around the school and using their senses to develop ideas to help them to write an autumn poem.

The children will be reading different poems and learning about poems that rhyme and don’t rhyme.

 

http://www.englishpoemsforkids.com/autumn-poems-for-kids.html#.ViPTmv7F9qU

http://www.brendawilliamspoet.co.uk/Autumn.html

Mrs Sheerin/Mrs Pinto

English

The children will be continuing on the Poetry theme and looking at a variety of poems which have patterns. They will be trying to learn a poem by heart and looking at rhyme and repeated line endings.

http://www.brendawilliamspoet.co.uk/Autumn.html

http://www.englishpoemsforkids.com/autumn-poems-for-kids.html#.ViPTmv7F9qU

Maths

The children will be starting to learn their doubles to 20 and related halves. They will also be starting to share numbers to 10 to find which are even/odd. The children have been assessed on their knowledge of the days of the week and we will be reviewing this too. We will be asking the children the following questions:

How many days in a week?

How many days begin with S?
How many days begin with T?
What days is the weekend on?
What days do you go to school?
How many months in a year?
What is the last month?

 Maths

Engllsh Year 1
In English we are still focusing on reading and writing high frequency and tricky words. Also we will be composing Autumn phrases to create an Autumn poem, and learning a simple Autumn poem to recite.

http://www.englishpoemsforkids.com/autumn-poems-for-kids.html#.ViPTmv7F9qU

First 100 High Frequency Word.

the that not look put and with then don’t could a all were come house to we go will old said can little into too in are as back by he up no from day I had mum children made of my one him time it her them Mr I’m was what do get if you there me just help they out down now Mrs on this dad came called she have big oh here is went when about off for be it’s got asked at like see their saw his some looked people make but so very your an

 

Maths Year 1
In Maths this week we are focusing on 2d shape;  naming 2d shapes, sorting shapes using Carroll and Venn diagrams, and finding the line of symmetry on 2d shapes.

Phonics

This week we will revisiting and reviewing graphemes ear, air, ure, er,
We will be also reviewing constantly the meaning of  phonemes, graphemes and digraphs.
The year two children will be working on phase five graphemes: EW, WH, AW, OE, AU, EY.
The children will say, write it sound it with all the activities. They will write down words with the phonemes in and play games related to all the learning.

Topic

This week the children will learn about keeping fit and healthy.  We will talk why exercise is important for our muscles, bones, heart and mind.

Children will find out how exercise affects our bodies and we will find out our favourite ways of doing exercise!

Did you know that there are more than 600 individual skeletal muscles and 206 bones in your body?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54m6XOpRgU

Have a great week everyone and a great week off.

 

The 1 / 2 team.

 

Monday 12th October

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Homework

The children were given homework again and this is due in on Monday please so it can be marked ready to go back out.

 

Parents' evening

Slips will be returned this week. Please let us know if you don't receive one.

 

 

RE

This week we will be continuing our new topic SIGNS AND SYMBOLS. We will be exploring the signs and symbols we see every day and will be listening to a story and recognising the signs and symbols in a story about a wedding.

Maths Year 2 Mrs Harding

Year 2 we will be also learning about right angles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5mZIInE6s

We will also be learning about the signs greater than and less than. The children will be comparing two and three digit numbers. They children will also be practising 10 more/ten less, one more/one less.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=16

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=9

English Year 2 Mrs Harding

This week the children will be starting to work on non fiction texts and will be learning about its features. The children will be using a book about orang utans. The children will be learning about how to care for orangutans and written work will be related to this too.

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/oragutan.html

Mrs Sheerin/Mrs Pinto

English

This week the children will be learning about the features of poetry. They will be going for an autumn walk around the school and using their senses to develop ideas to help them to write an autumn poem.

Maths

The children will be working on counting on in tens and will be introduced to the word multiplication. They will also be focusing on learning their odd and even numbers.

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

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=13

Engllsh Year 1

This week in English there will be again  a focus on reading and spelling high frequency and tricky words. Also we are focusing on sentence structure;orally planning a sentence before writing,  using capital letters and full stops and leaving a space in between words.

We will be using the theme of Autumn to explore poems and stories.

First 100 High Frequency Word.

the that not look put and with then don’t could a all were come house to we go will old said can little into too in are as back by he up no from day I had mum children made of my one him time it her them Mr I’m was what do get if you there me just help they out down now Mrs on this dad came called she have big oh here is went when about off for be it’s got asked at like see their saw his some looked people make but so very your an

Maths Year 1

In Maths this week we will be concentrating on our teen numbers and we will be learning to count in tens.

http://www.snappymaths.com/addition/make10/interactive/make10attack.htm

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

Phonics

This week we will revisiting and reviewing graphemes or ur, ow, oi. We will be also be reviewing phonemes and digraphs. The children will be singing an alphabet song. The year two children will be moving onto phase five graphemes: AY/OU/IE/EA/AU/EU/PH/EW

The children will say, write it sound it with all the activities. They will write down words with the phonemes in and play games related to all the learning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKq8s8154s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOK4fINGB4

Topic

This week the children will learn more about balanced diets.  Firstly, we will talk about what things we should all do to keep fit and healthy.  Followed by what kinds of food we eat a lot of and what kind of foods we hardly eat at all and if they know what a balanced diet is.

Children will understand that the meaning of ‘diet’ is a description of what we eat, rather than losing weight.  The children will be introduced to the food pyramid as a guide to a healthy diet.

During the lesson children will have an opportunity to design a healthy and unhealthy lunch box with a ‘healthy food message’ on their lunch box lid.

We will also be creating a favourite fruit pictogram this week giving the children greater exposure to data handling and representing data using graphs.
http://foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?contentId=56&sectionId=61&siteId=14

Have a great week everyone

The 1 / 2 team.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday 5th October

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Homework
The children were given homework again and this is due in on Monday please so it can be marked ready to go back out.

RE

This week we will be starting new topic SIGNS AND SYMBOLS. We will be exploring the signs and symbols we see every day and will be listening to a story and recognising the signs and symbols in a story about a wedding.

Maths Year 2 Mrs Harding
Year 2 will be learning all about 2d shape and lines of symmetry. They will be also learning about right angles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5mZIInE6s

English Year 2 Mrs Harding

This week the children will be starting to read the Worst witch and our work will be related to this. We will be learning about setting and  character. We will also be recognising and writing adverbs.

English Mrs Sheerin/Mrs Pinto

This week the children will be learning about the features of a non-fiction book. They will be reading a book about orang-utans and learning facts about them. We will be composing questions about what makes a good pet.

Maths Mrs Pinto/Mrs Sheerin
The children will be working on subtraction this week. We will be focusing on using out knowledge of pairs to ten to find the next ten. Can the children highlight the 10’a on the 100 square that they have taken home. They will be taking 1 and 2 away from a given number. E.g. Take 1 way from 34?

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

 

Engllsh Year 1

This week in English there will be a focus on reading and spelling high frequency and tricky words. Also we are focusing on sentence structure;orally planning a sentence before writing,  using capital letters and full stops and leaving a space in between words.

Finally re-reading to check our sentence makes sense. We will be using the book Class Two at the Zoo as a focus for writing sentences.

First 100 High Frequency Word.

the that not look put and with then don’t could a all were come house to we go will old said can little into too in are as back by he up no from day I had mum children made of my one him time it her them Mr I’m was what do get if you there me just help they out down now Mrs on this dad came called she have big oh here is went when about off for be it’s got asked at like see their saw his some looked people make but so very your an

 Maths Year 1

In Maths this week we will remain focused on learning our pairs to 10 and will be extending this by staring with 10 and subtracting a unit, and also completing missing number sums to 10. We will also be moving onto doubling the numbers up to 10.

http://www.snappymaths.com/addition/make10/interactive/make10attack.htm

English Year 2

The children will continue to read traditional tales. The children will be reading ‘The worst witch.’
They will be learning what a setting is and will be writing and drawing about a setting. They will also be using adverbs to describe some of the characters in the book.

 Phonics

This week we will revisiting and reviewing graphemes igh, oa, oo and ,igh. We will be also be reviewing phonemes and digraphs. Ask your child what a digraph is! The children will be singing an alphabet song. The children will say, write it sound it with all the activities. They will write down words with the phonemes in and play games related to all the learning. Year 2 will also be moving onto phase four graphemes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKq8s8154s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOK4fINGB4

Topic

This week the children will learn that one thing a human needs to survive is a balanced diet.  Discussion will be based on food groups and what each type of food is needed for.
The children will get to draw their own representation of a balanced diet!  We will also carry out a class survey on our favourite drinks, which will allow us to collect data and create pictograms and bar charts with the results.  Lots of science and maths work this week!

http://food-games.dressupgames8.com/

Have a great week everyone

The 1 / 2 team.

 

Monday 28th September

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Homework
Well done to the children who handed their homework in last week. It went out again last Thursday and is due back on Monday. My Maths homework is on line and the children have their own individual login details.

 RE

Beginnings

This week the children will be making up a class psalm to do with the beginning of the day and also the beautiful things in God’s world. The children will also be thinking about words that can linked to how God wants us to behave.

 Maths Year 2

Year 2 will continue to  review different numbers bonds.
The children will be adding and subtracting number bonds to 20.
The children will be learning how to partition numbers.
The children will be moving onto adding one and two digit numbers moving bridging 10.

Also the children will be doing  a timetables test on a Friday. We will start with the 2, 3 and 5 timetables.

http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

Maths Year 1
The children will be concentrating on their number bonds to 10 and 20.
http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkW1Y11tGxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDC9YzWYkU

The children will be  also making totals of numbers.

What makes 8?
What makes 5?
What makes 10?

 English

The children will continue  to read traditional tales. The children will be reading ‘The little red hen’ and be completing lots of exciting activities related to this. They will be writing a letter of apology from the hen to the other animals, they will be designing their own farm, they will be retelling and sequencing the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0f9c0lpxZQ

Phonics

This week we will revisiting and reviewing graphemes ai, ee, th and ng. We will be also be reviewing phonemes and digraphs. Ask your child what a digraph is! The children will be singing an alphabet song. The children will say, write it sound it with all the activities. They will write down words with the phonemes in and play games related to all the learning.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMWecQ9nGk

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=phase+3+phonics+song&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=9A25BE2B179AD5EB933E9A25BE2B179AD5EB933E

Topic

This week the children will be learning all about what animals need to survive.  We will be talking about pets they have or pets friends or relatives have and what kind of care they need.  The children will watch various RSPCA clips that encourage them to think about what animals need to survive.
This week’s lesson lends itself to some interactive group work and discussion giving the children an opportunity to present their findings to the rest of the class.
Interesting fact – did you know that goats are extremely social creatures and hate being alone. Although they are herd animals, they tend to make special friends within the herd, and if they ever get separated they will cry and scream all day long until they are reunited!

 http://www.rspca-education.org.uk/youngpeople.htm

Have a great week everyone

The 1 / 2 team.

 

Monday 21st September

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Homework

Last week the children received their sentences homework and spellings homework. They will have been asked to choose five or three of their spellings to write a sentence. They should now have their my Maths login details.

RE

The children will be thinking about the start of the day and our morning prayer. They will be singing morning has broken and also be reading a psalm.

We praise you God

Each day the sun rises high in the sky to give us light and warmth.

Words are not needed to tell us how wonderful you are:

the silent message reaches everyone, everywhere

We are full of joy as each new day begins.

 

Maths Year 2

Year 2 will reviewing different numbers bonds.

What numbers make 8?

What number make 10?

What numbers make 6?

 The children will be moving onto number bonds and 20 and 100.

Also the children will be starting to do a timetables test on a Friday. We will start with the 2, 3 and 5 timetables.

http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

Maths Year 1

The children will be concentrating on their number bonds to 10.

http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkW1Y11tGxw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDC9YzWYkU

English

The children will continue  to read traditional tales. The children will be reading Dogger and whatever next. They will be thinking about the characters, plot and setting. The children will be concentrating on capital letters and full stops. They will be using different connectives to write sentences. The children will be planning and starting to write their own story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD3DURks15E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMWecQ9nGk

Phonics

This week we will revisiting and reviewing graphemes z, zz, qu and ch. We will be also be reviewing phonemes and digraphs. Ask your child what a digraph is! The children will be singing an alphabet song.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMWecQ9nGk

Topic

Moving on from the life cycle of a frog, this week the children will be studying the life cycle of a butterfly!  Introducing the topic through The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle the children be fascinated by the unique metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly.

Discussion will include where we can find butterfly eggs, caterpillars and cocoons.  The topic lends itself to some mathematics where symmetry will be discussed by looking at the patterns on butterflies wings.

The children will learn key scientific vocabulary and be able to talk about what happens in each stage of a butterflies’ development.

Interesting fact – did you know that butterflies can live in the adult stage from anywhere between a week and a year, depending on the species.

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Spring/FrogLifeCycle.aspx?age=ks2

Have a great week everyone

The 1 / 2 team.