23rd May

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

This week will fly by and soon we will be in the final half term before your child moves to a new class.

https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

This week the children will be bringing home a sunflower to grow and the children will be writing a diary over the holidays. We hope some of them will come back into school so we can plant them in and around the grounds.

 

Dance lesson in the hall last Wednesday.

Year 2 planning bedding plants. Please send in anymore that you have spare.

Maths lesson in 1/ 2.  

Year 2

This week the children will be having their two reading papers that we have left to complete in their sats. Last week the children did really well doing their arithmetic tests and Maths reasoning test.

Every Friday we have a spelling test on the words sent home for homework. Can you please make sure that the spellings are learnt as there are a few year two that are not learning them and they are the spellings that need learning as part of the Year 2 curriculum.

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic in RE called SPREAD THE WORD.

We will be making up a litany of Good news and linking it to the theme of the Holy Spirit.

We will be making up prayers and thanking God for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Maths Year 2

This week we will be reviewing topics that we have noticed the children need reinforcements with.

We will be reviewing:

Inverse operations
Multiplying by 10
Place value
Division problems
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 instructions. The children will be learning all about different instructions for making toast, making a jam sandwich and making a cup of tea.

The steps to success will be:

Title – how to
Bossy verbs
List of things
Time phrases
Firstly, secondly, next, finally
Safety warning
Extra information and pictures.
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

This week we will focus on solving word problems using all four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.  It is important that your children know their number bonds to 10 and 20 to help them do this efficiently.

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

We will be completing a mental maths tests too.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

The children will be tested on their 10 times tables.  Please make sure that your child has instant recall of these timetables.

English Year 1/2

In Grammar this week the children will be learning about prepositions.  Prepositions are linking words in a sentence. We use prepositions to explain where things are in time or space. Prepositions tell us where something is (for example, beside, under, on, against, beneath or over) or when something is happening (for example: until, during, after, before or more specifically 'on Christmas Day', 'at twelve o'clock' or 'in August').

Prepositions usually sit before nouns (or pronouns) to shows the noun's (or pronoun's) relationship to another word in the sentence.

We will read “Goodnight Space” by Michelle Robinson. Discuss the story and how it has been inspired by Tim Peake.

We will show a power point about Tim Peake and his adventures so far.

We will ask the children some key questions below:

·         When did Tim travel into space?

·         How old is Tim?

·         Which country did Tim travel into space from?

·         What jobs has Tim done before he became an astronaut?

·         What did Tim have to do for part of his training?

·         What jobs will he do in space?

We will be looking at the format of different letter writing and the key features of a letter.

 In pair what qualities do they think would make them a good candidate to be an astronaut?

The children will apply in writing and explain why they wish to become an astronaut. They need to provide evidence that meets the required personal specifications.

 Mrs Sarsfield

Year 1

Maths

This week we will be adding 3 numbers where 2 of them are already a pair to 10, such as 3 + 5 + 7 = 15. We will also be adding doubles and near doubles, such as 6 + 6 = 12, so 6 + 7 = 13. We will also be adding coins and notes together, eg £5.00 + 10p = £5.10. Also we will be completing some measuring of length.

 English

This week we will be completing a reading comprehension and will continue to develop our reading and phonics skills by developing our knowledge of the alternative phonemes. We will be reviewing our knowledge of the alphabet and alphabetical order and we will be completing some nonfiction reading and writing about minibeasts, linking with our Science work.
and shapes.

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

Have a good week and a great holiday,

The 1 / 2 team.