Following on from our work on 2D shapes last week, we have been looking at 3D shapes this week in maths.

We have been learning the names of some 3D shapes and went for a walk around school to see which 'real-life' objects we could find.......

 Can you name the 3D shapes?

 










To fit in with our topic, we have discussed under-sea worlds this week and have practised writing lists of our ideas before planning and creating our own map of the lake in our story: 'The Lonely Sea Monster'.

Here are some of our lists of ideas and initial plans - and then the finished neat map, including a key, underneath! 

 

Billy

Jodie

Home Learning
Due Thursday 25th January

Over the past 2 weeks we have been thinking about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths.

Your home learning task this week is to go on a hunt for some 2D and 3D shapes, either at home or whilst out and about!

Please either take photographs, draw or make a list of what you find and where you found it.

Year 2 – how can you sort some of the shapes into groups and label each group?   
HINT – think about the properties of the shapes - for example – you could put all the 3D shapes with a curved face together!

In English this term we will be thinking about 'information texts' - can you think of some ways we can learn new things or get more information about something?

We have begun by looking at labels and signs - here are some examples from around the school:

We have also read some facts about sea creatures and labelled some drawings and have created some lovely clear signs to help give directions for a lost sea monster!

Our maths this week has been focusing on 2D ('flat') shapes and their properties.

Can you remember the names of the shapes we have been using? 

How many sides (edges) and corners (vertices) they each have? 

Can you talk about the length of each side?

Here we are playing a game where we need to match the shape to it's name - but all the cards are face down so we also need to use our memory to remember where each one is!

We have had a great start to our new topic - 'Wonderful Water' and have come up with some really interesting questions we would like to find out the answers to, such as 

"How does the water get in the taps?"

and 

"How do the sun and the rain make a rainbow?"

In the Golden Book this week were Horace and Logan - well done! 
Horace has been a super-star in the classroom already this term, always trying his best with his learning and he always checks with Mrs Flynn to see if she needs any help with classroom jobs. 
Logan has had a super 'can-do' attitude towards his learning and school this week and is always looking to challenge himself - a great example of 'Growth Mindset' ! 



Home Learning
Due Thursday 18th January 2018

This week we have been thinking about signs and labels in English.
Your home learning task this week is to go on a hunt for some different signs and labels, either at home or whilst out and about!

Please either take photographs, draw or make a list of what you find and where you found it - we would love to be able to put some interesting examples up in the classroom with the signs and labels we found in school!

It has been a busy week of challenges to show how much we have learned this term - everyone has been working so hard and has had a good go at using and applying what they know, well done!

We have been working really hard on our Christmas Play also - everyone has learned their lines and we are impressed with the acting and singing skills of all of the cast. 
We are really looking forward to showing everyone on Thursday - we hope lots of you will be able to come and see us perform on the big stage then!

Please could all costumes be in school on Monday 11th for our dress rehearsal.

As we have had such a busy few days, we have also had a few treats this week!

On Thursday Mr Mack (who helps us do PE with Mr Knights) showed us some of his boxing skills and taught us some moves too!

To conclude our 'Journeys' topic, today we had a special pyjama and teddy day to watch a Christmas film with a 'travelling' theme ........

We created our own tickets and also made and had some yummy hot chocolate whilst we watched the film - thank you to Sophie's mummy for providing some biscuits too!

We will be watching the rest of the film on Monday and doing some more 'Polar Express' themed Christmas activities next week.

WELL DONE!

A HUGE WELL DONE to Iris who was the first person to complete our reading challenge for this term, winning a certificate and a prize from Mrs Flynn's prize box as well as 5 House Points!

Fantastic effort Iris, congratulations!

No home learning this week, other than to please keep practising your lines for the Christmas Play in your biggest, clearest voices.

Please also read your reading book and have your journal signed.

We have finished off our work on 'What the Ladybird Heard' this week by creating "WANTED" posters for the two thieves. We had to think about what information we needed to include to make sure people know who to look out for....

We concluded the week with a Big Write, retelling the story. I was amazed to see how much the children remembered from the story and could rewrite, almost word for word!

We have been working on learning our number bonds to 10 this week in Year 1 - these are 2 numbers that add up to 10. 

One of the things we did to help us was to put 10 spots onto 2 mushrooms and then look at which 2 numbers worked together to make 10 altogether!

In Year 2 we have been practising adding and taking away (subtracting) in multiples of 10. This was tricky to start with so we used our Base 10 ('chips and peas') and 100 squares to help us, but by the end of the week we were all feeling much more confident and were attempting the hardest challenges Mrs Flynn set us!   

What a great growth mindset attitude Year 2!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 7th December.

Your Home Learning this week is to spend some time learning your lines for the Christmas play!

Begin by reading them through a few times quietly to yourself to get used to what the words say. Ask an adult to help if you need to.

Then read them out loud to someone else – remember to use a big, clear voice!

Once you are confident, try it without your script!

House points will be given next week to anyone who can come to rehearsals without their lines! 

*** NARRATORS – YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR WORDS IN FRONT OF YOU SO PLEASE DO NOT WORRY – PLEASE JUST PRACTICE SAYING THEM AS CLEARLY AND FLUENTLY AS YOU CAN! ***

Please also make sure you read your school reading book to an adult and get your reading journal signed.

A huge thank you to everyone that came today for our Children in Need Ramble and Cake Sale - it was great to see so many children enjoying the afternoon sunshine with their families and hopefully we have raised a good amount for the Children in Need charity and also some to put into our play equipment fund!

We have had another busy week this week and have been using our maths resources to help us add 2 numbers together. In Year 2 we were using equipment like Numicon and Base 10 ('chips and peas'!) to help us check Mrs Flynn's work - we had to work out and then, more importantly, prove whether each calculation was right or wrong! 

Some children demonstrated some absolutely super thinking skills, well done!

"12 add 4 isn't 18, it should be 16, look!"

"3 = 8 - 5 - that one is right because I can get 8 then cover up 5 and I have 3 left!"

We have been reading the story 'What the ladybird heard' this week and as well as acting our parts of the story and adding some sounds for the animal noises, we have been using it to learn about adjectives - the 'grown up' word for describing words! 
I was amazed by some of the descriptive language used this week 😊


Home Learning
Due Thursday 23rd November

Your home learning is to complete the adjectives activity that is stuck into your home learning books. 
See if you can use the most interesting describing word you can think of for each one!

Year 2 have been working on finding out 'fact families' for different numbers. We realised that we can use the same 3 numbers to write lots of different number sentences!
It was a bit tricky to begin with but we persevered and have learned lots!

Year 1 have been building on what we learned last week using our 'part-whole' models to add 2 numbers together. We have been using resources like cubes, counters and our fingers to help us.

Some of us even chose to have a bit more practice during our free learning time! WOW!

Because this weekend lots of us will be celebrating Remembrance Day we talked about why we wear poppies and that we have a 2 minute silence to remember and say thank you to our soldiers that have fought in wars all around the world. 

We made some poppies to take home and wear too!

Home Learning
Due Thursday 16th November

We have had quite a busy week in Class 2!

Thank you to everyone that came along to our Maths 'share' morning on Tuesday - it was great to see the children showing off all of the things they learned last term!

Here are a few photos of the amazing work produced!

 

We have been reading 'The Magic Bed' by John Burningham and have been using our imaginations to think about where we might go if we had a magic bed!

We will be having a go at writing our own stories based on this book next week.

In Maths we have been using the 'part-whole' model to help us split up numbers and write addition number sentences. 

The Year 2s have been being the 'teacher' for the Year 1s and explaining how they have been working out how to do this with bigger numbers, or how they have managed to find ALL of the possible ways to split up a number! Super!

Iris was in the Golden Book this week for consistent hard work in class and also for a fantastic piece of home learning over half term - it was clear you had put so much thought and effort into this, so well done!

Ava was also in the Golden Book for settling in to our class so well this week!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 9th November 

Your home learning this week is to complete the 'part-whole' calculations in your home learning book.

Remember - If you need to use counters/blocks or anything else you have at home to help you, please do!