Today the children wrote their final version of their Traction Man adventures they have been working on for the past week or so - it looks like he has been very busy!

Firstly we thought about our new characters ....

... then we planned our new adventures through role play ....

...and then finally we created 'story mountains' to plan the beginning, middle and end of the adventure...!

In Maths we have been continuing with addition using the part whole model from last week, working hard on writing addition (+) number sentences using these models to help us.

We have also been learning about Remembrance Sunday and thinking about how and why we mark this special date and the reasons for wearing poppies. 

We had some lovely discussions about the reasons behind the day and the children were really thoughtful and showed real compassion for those who lost their lives and their families that were left behind.

Home Learning
Due Thursday 15th November

This week we have been starting to plan our own adventure for Traction Man, using what we know about the style of the original story to think about a different problem for him to 'solve', as well as new characters and settings, before writing these next week.

We have role-played our adventures using puppets...

 ... in lots of different settings...

...and come up with a story plan!

In Maths this week we have been using the 'part-whole' model to split big numbers (whole numbers) into 2 smaller ones (parts). We have been doing lots of practice using cubes and big part-whole models to help us and have started to record some different number sentences to show our working too!

  

Home Learning

Due Thursday 8th November

This week your home learning task is to practice what we have been learning in Maths this week - using 'part whole' models to partition (split) big numbers into 2 smaller numbers (parts) and writing a number sentence to go with it.

For example: 

The part-whole models are stuck into your home learning books as usual - please come and see me if you are not sure what to do!

Please also take some time to practice this weeks spellings (stuck in reading diaries) and read some of your reading book.

On Tuesday we had a special challenge – looking after a new Jelly Baby friend for the whole day!

We gave them names and wrote some facts about them. 

We talked lots about how best to take care of them and how to be a kind friend. 

We also created a healthy packed lunch for them and designed and made them a home to live in too!

Creating a healthy lunch.

Sharing a book.

Designing and creating somewhere for them to live.

Building a house from bricks

In Maths this week we have been comparing numbers using words like 'greatest' and 'smallest' and have been learning about some new symbols we can use to help us do this 

<     >     and     = 

These are called 'inequality symbols' - but we also know this as 'Charlie Croc': the greedy crocodile that always wants to eat the biggest number!

 

Here is some of our work showing that we can use Charlie Croc (inequality symbols) to compare numbers - 

  

Over half term please take some time to learn your spelling words that have been given this term - these have been stuck into reading diaries each week and are also listed below.

You should be able to read and spell these confidently now.

Please also make sure to read your reading books to an adult - perhaps you could have a go at retelling the story to someone to see how much you can remember!

Have a lovely week - see you on Monday 29th October.

 This week we have been practising retelling the story 'Traction Man' by finishing our storymaps from last week and using these to help us remember the story.

We have also been ordering the events in the story and writing sentences to say what is happening in each in preparation for our first 'Big Write' today - I am so impressed with the effort put in by the children and am really looking forward to reading them all!

We have also been practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and have been making these number sequences using different resources to help us 'see' what they look like

We have been continuing our work on 'materials' in Science this week, thinking about what objects are made from which materials - and why that might be!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 18th October

This is also stuck into home learning books as usual - 

This week we have been continuing to get to know the story 'Traction Man' by adding some actions to different parts of the story.

We have also started to create 'story maps' to help us retell the story in the right order - we will be continuing these next week before having a go at writing it ourselves!

In Maths we have been busy practising our counting and ordering of numbers, filling in missing numbers and finding one more in Year 1 and showing patterns and sequences using Dienes ("chips and peas" - tens and ones) in Year 2.

We have also all been enjoying learning to count in 10's using a song and video to help us!

In science we have started to think about different materials (what things are made out of) and have been looking at lots of objects and deciding what materials they are made of, before describing what they looked/felt like using lots of different adjectives.

We also had to sort a box of objects by the material they are made from - wood, metal, plastic, fabric or stone.

This week we got the instruments out in music and explored the different sounds they could make. We tried playing softly and loudly and then practised making different rhythms together. 

Golden Book 

In the Golden Book this week were Lilly and Ruby for consistently trying hard with ALL of their learning over the past few weeks - WELL DONE!

We also said a huge well done to TJ who has just joined us and has been trying hard to remember all of our new routines and do his best with his work in Class!

Home Learning 

Due Thursday 11th October

Home Learning books have been sent home today with an activity to complete based on the work we have been doing in Maths this week. 

These are stuck into home learning books but please feel free to come and see me if you are not sure what to do.

Please also try to cover your new book this weekend (for example in wrapping paper or sticky-backed plastic) to protect it and keep it looking nice for the year ahead. 

Thank you to everyone that came to our Harvest celebration on Friday and for all the produce donated - we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

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We have been continuing our work on number and place value this week, Year 2 have continued to think about how 2-digit numbers are made up (how many tens/ones) and how we can show this using different resources or what we can draw to help us show any number. Year 1 have been practising sequencing numbers (backwards and forwards!) and finding missing numbers on a number line.

We have been working hard on our phonics this week - Year 2 are trying hard to remember all of the alternate spellings we are learning! 

Here are some super sentences using the 'air' sound spelt 'ear'....

Year 2 have been showing me how much they know in some quite tricky Maths and Reading challenges - well done to everyone for at least having a go and trying to keep a positive attitude even when they were finding things hard!

Year 1 have been doing lots of different thinking this week too - here we are listening carefully and following instructions to move and use our bodies in different ways...

Well done to all the children who have been working hard on their spelling words and who received a 'Super Speller' certificate this week - great work!


Please make sure you are reading your reading book at home to an adult at the weekends and as often as possible during the week too!

Everyone is beginning to settle in nicely to Class 2 and we are getting used to our routines and new learning well and this week we have produced some super work as a result.

This week we have been continuing our work on number in maths and have been thinking about the different ways we can 'show' numbers.

In Year 1 we have been ordering numbers and making number lines in different ways using the resources and objects we have in the classroom.

We have also been practising writing our numbers the right way round and also learning the words for the numbers too! 

 

Year 2 have been using 'chips and peas' (base 10 / Dienes) to show that 2 digit numbers are made up of tens and ones.

We have been continuing our work on 'Traction Man' acting out parts of the story, talking about what characters might be thinking and feeling and designing and describing new outfits for Traction Man!

Finally, Miss Neal will be joining our team in the next few weeks and will be working with us in Class 2 each day - the children have been very welcoming and got to know her a little already, so we look forward to her joining us full time soon!

Please make sure you try to read your reading book over the weekend to an adult and practise this weeks spellings.

Have lovely weekend!