Weekly update 29th September 2014

Information

CAFOD Family Fast Day

Envelopes were distributed this week to children. Donations could include the money that each family would have spent on one meal. This is a worthwhile cause and we have received many thank you letters from CAFOD for our generous donations over a number of years.

http://www.cafod.org.uk/fastday

Homework

Homework was sent out last week on Thursday, and we hope that all the children will be able to complete it. Could we remind you that it should be completed in HB pencil and any lines are drawn with a ruler. Numeracy work should be completed online, using the My Maths website. Login details were sent home in your child’s homework bag. We would like parents to sign their child’s homework too every week, so we know you have seen the work your children is expected to complete. If you child experiences any difficulties with homework, please feel free to make a comment in their homework book or their diary.

Homework should be returned to school every Monday in the homework bag.

Maths

This week in Maths we will be starting the topic of counting on from a given number leading to addition.

Year 1 children will say the number that is 1 more than a given number and count on 1, 2, 3 or 4 from a given number.

Year 2 children will add by counting on in 1s from the larger number, crossing a multiple of 10; add three numbers by putting the largest number first.

Some websites to help:-

 

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

 

http://www.counton.org/games/map-numbers/splash/

 

http://www.taw.org.uk/lic/itp/itps/counting_on_and_back_1_1.swf

 

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade2.html

 

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

 

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/rocketmaths.swf

 

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/activities/PYRAMID3.swf 

English

This week we will be reading the story Whatever Next by J Murphy. The story will take the children on a magical journey to the moon. We will be planning and writing our own stories using a story frame and we will be encouraging the children to use their imaginations and use adjectives to describe where they go and what they see in their rockets. The lessons this week are cross curricular, tying in with our topic Journeys, where they will be making their own rockets.

The punctuation focus this week is question marks and exclamation marks. We will be writing sentences and choosing the correct punctuation. Can your child find any question marks or exclamation marks in their reading books?

The following website has lots of great punctuation games for you to try at home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

 

 

 

Topic

IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE CAN YOU SEND YOUR CHILD INTO SCHOOL WITH AN EMPTY SHOE BOX THAT CAN BE USED THIS WEEK (MONDAY AND TUESDAY).

IF YOU HAVE ANY EMPTY TOILET ROLLS (for the rocket boosters!), UNWANTED WRAPPING PAPER, TIN FOIL ETC. THAT CAN BE USED PLEASE CAN YOU SEND THESE IN TOO.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and we have BLAST OFF!!!!!

To start the Topic lessons this week the children will be asked to compose a sentence about space that includes an adjective and a connective.  This links in with recent grammar lessons where we are learning what adjectives and connectives are and how we can use them to make our sentences more interesting.  For example:

The excited astronaut wanted to bounce on the moon after the pilot had landed the rocket safely.

 

In discussion we look at different nations’ spaceships and what they have in common.

Interesting fact – did you know that spaceships are white because they are exposed to high temperature extremes. White is a highly reflective colour and helps reflect some of that heat. White is also highly visible in the black of space and allows others to easily see the spacecraft.

In their pairs/small groups the children will create their own space rocket based on their design from last weeks lesson. They will have access to the schools resources and any other resources they bring from home such as empty toilet rolls, bubble wrap etc.

 

Come and See

 Families

We will be completing the Families topic this week. The children will be continuing to recognise the stories and psalms which reveal God’s love and care.

We will be looking at these pictures and asking the following questions.

·         Who is in the picture?

·         What time of day is it?  

·         What they are doing?

·         What is Mummy saying?

·         What is the little boy saying?

·         Think about the kind of prayers we might say at bedtime. What are your ideas?

 

The children will be making up their own night time prayer.

 

 

Thank you for your continued support- and have a great week!

The Key Stage 1 team.