Monday 17th October

Welcome to our blog.

Please remember that we have three parent’s evenings this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. You should have received an appointment and if you have any problems please contact us.

 

The children have had a great half term.

 RE Families

The children will be moving onto the topic BELONGING. The children will be thinking about different things that they belong to. They will be designing a class badge and thinking about how they feel about belonging to a group.
 

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

 English Blog for Year 1 / 2

This week we will be looking at nouns and building up noun phrases which we can then use in our writing to make it more interesting. We will also be looking at suitable adjectives that we can use to describe the nouns. We will be going on a noun hunt around the classroom and thinking of adjectives and wow words to describe nouns!

The children will be continuing with their book “Aliens love Underpants”. We will be using the grammar work from Monday and Tuesday to expand their noun phrases and use commas in a list.

The children will update their phonics and high frequency word assessment this week.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Yoga+Aliens+Love+Under+Pants&&view=detail&mid=E20931BE2C2D530B467EE20931BE2C2D530B467E&FORM=VRDGAR

Mrs Sarsfield

English

This week we will continue using Autumn as our focus - writing poetry and completing some factual writing. We will also focus on the use of capital letters for opening sentences and for proper nouns - days of the week, names of people and places. We will also continue to learn to read and write more high frequency words.

http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html

Maths

This week we will continue to add and subtract 2 numbers practically and record using the + - and = signs. We will also be doubling numbers - aiming to learn the doubles off by heart.

Year 2 English
This week we will be starting to learn some of the common homophones. We will be starting with THEIR AND THERE. Our story writing this week will centre around the story of PINNOCHIO. We will be learning the story off by heart with lots of talk for writing activities. We will be using finger puppets.

Year 2 Maths
This week we will be completing a post learning tasks adding and subtracting numbers. We will be moving onto 3D and 2D shape. The children will be learning about properties and the vocabulary: faces, edges and vertices.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/shape.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/3d_shapes/play/

 Topic

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/neil-Armstrong

http://www.space.com/15519-neil-armstrong-man-moon.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2635000/2635845.stm

This week we will be coming to the end of our topic work on Space and Famous Journeys. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the planets, the moon and the stars. We will be finishing off the topic by looking at the famous Neil Armstrong and his famous quote “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

We will also be finishing off our rockets so that they can go up on display in our classrooms! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-34985274

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zctgq6f

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/space_missions

http://www.spacekids.co.uk/learn/

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?

q=rockts+in+space&view=detail&mid=64E1D9F0F008EB66BF3664E1D9F0F008EB66BF36&FORM=VIRE
Best wishes
Mrs Harding
Mrs Sarsfield
Mrs Pinto Edwards
Miss Birchall
Mrs Lockett