What a busy last week of term we have had!

We began the week with a 'Big Write' retelling the story of 'Farmer Duck' that we have been working on for the past few weeks - I was amazed at how much everybody's writing has come on over the term, well done!

To help Farmer Duck out with his jobs for the lazy farmer, on Tuesday we helped him make some Easter biscuits.

We had to put the recipe in the right order and then spotted all the 'bossy' verbs that told us what to do, like 'mix' and 'roll'

We then followed the recipe and baked and decorated the biscuits too!

Finally we used all the bossy verbs we had thought of this week, along with the photos we took as we baked, to help us rewrite the recipe for ourselves. 

We have also been preparing for Easter this week by creating Easter 'collage' cards which were very unique and colourful!

Today we also had our Easter bonnet parade, everyone looked fantastic in their creations and it was lovely to see the different designs and all the effort that was put in to each one.

After a short walk to the common we had great fun in our annual egg rolling competition too! 

I hope you all have a lovely break and return on Monday 16th April ready for the Summer term!

Home Learning
Due Thursday 19th April

Please don't forget to have some relaxing time with your families too!

Happy Easter everyone!

Thank you to all of the parents and carers that joined us for our 'Great British Spring Clean' on Tuesday afternoon - we managed to find quite a lot of litter hidden around the playground and school field!

We have been thinking about 'Floating and Sinking' as part of our topic work on Water - we talked about what each work meant and then predicted which objects would sink and float before testing them.

We also discussed how boats stayed afloat and had a go at making our own boat shapes from Plasticine!

Whilst continuing with our work on Farmer Duck this week in English we have been working on how to make our sentences more exciting and using some different 'time words' to start our sentences, to help us think about the order of events.
We ordered the pictures and then wrote a sentence or two about each one, trying to use some of our new words, like first, next, after that and finally. Year 2 challenged themselves and used some even more exciting sentence starters, such as while, just as and when.


Home Learning 
Due Thursday 22nd March

This week we have been using ‘time words’ in our English lessons to help us remember the order of things that happen and to make our sentences more exciting! 
For your home learning I would like you to tell me about something you did this weekend using some of the time words we have been learning.

Good (Year 1) -      First… Next… Then… After that…  Lastly…
  
Better (Year 2) -     When…    After that… / After a while…  Just as…   While…     Finally…

Don’t forget, your sentences should also have capital letters and full stops.

We have had a fantastic week after the excitement of the snow last week with our slightly delayed 'Eco Week'.

We have been using the book 'One Plastic Bag' in our English and Science/Topic lessons all week and the children have really embraced exploring a story from another culture.

We have acted out the story and re-ordered some muddled up pictures to help us think about what happens when and thought of some terrific adjectives to make our speaking and writing much more interesting. We finished the week with a 'Big Write' retelling of the story and these look brilliant - I am looking forward to reading them over the weekend!

We have also thought about different materials and created some lovely 'Recycling' posters too.

Thank you to everyone who donated lots of plastic for our recycling art afternoon today!

The children chose what they would like to do and we are so impressed with what they managed to create from all the 'rubbish' we were given.

Milk bottle Elmers and masks

Yogurt pot flowers

Bottle top

Plastic bag collage

Home Learning
Due Thursday 15th March 2018

ECO WEEK HOME LEARNING

For your home learning this week I would like you to choose an activity from the grid below to complete.

Find something in your house which is eco friendly. It could be something that helps the environment or something we use to reuse or recycle something we might throw away as rubbish. Draw and explain what it is used for.	Materials Hunt! In your house, find: 5 things made from wood 5 things made from glass 5 things made from metal Draw a small picture of each object.
Make a poster explaining how we can be more eco-friendly. Don’t forget posters need to be bright, colourful and clear!	Get Creative! Make something old into something new – reuse or recycle something you no longer need into something else!

Don't forget our Great British Spring Clean on Tuesday 13th March

Also, please return any parents evening slips by Wednesday 14th March so we can try to allocate a time that suits you. 

** We hope you are managing to stay safe **

** and warm in this freezing weather! **

As we have not been able to get into school for a few days now, here are some activities you might like to have a go at!


Year 1 and 2:

How many adjectives can you think of to describe the snow? See if you can write some down.
Why not have a competition with someone you are spending the day with and see who can think of the most - or the most interesting!
Year 2 - can you use them in some expanded noun phrases - remember, this is 2 or more adjectives and uses a comma and the word 'and' to join them together.

Year 1 - 

Can you make these numbers using objects you find around the house? 
For example, to make the number 5, I might find 5 cups. 
Then can you write down the numbers and how many tens and ones are in each one? You could have an adult give you some other numbers too if you want more of a challenge!

Year 2 - 

What are the other multiplication facts we know for each one? Can you write them down?
For example - if we know 2 x 3 = 6 we also know 3 x 2 = 6 !

If you fancy a challenge, have an adult give you some more multiplication calculations and see if you can draw arrays to find the answers.

We have been making signs this week to keep people out of room(s) where we do not what them to go. 

We talked about how to make our signs 'bossy' by using capital letters or big letters and an exclamation mark !

We also decided our signs needed to be clear and bright, to help people read them easily - and have a picture or colourful design.

We then all made signs for our bedroom doors...

In maths we have been concentrating on counting confidently, firstly to 50 but today we managed to count to 100 without looking at a 100-square! WOW!

Year 2s have been making 'equal groups' to practice multiplying numbers using repeated addition - here is some careful thinking by Jack and Samuel to prove the calculation 

4 x 5 = 20

(  4 groups of 5      or       4 5's       or       5 + 5 + 5 + 5  )

Thank you to the parents and carers that joined us for the e-safety share this morning - we enjoyed having you all in the classroom working with us!


Dotty was in the Golden Book this week for always putting 100% into everything she does - especially this week when she had a nasty fall and hurt herself but still carried on trying her best and doing so with a smile! 


Home Learning 
Due Thursday 1st February 2018

Our topic this term is ‘Wonderful Water’ so for your home learning this week I would like you to think about where we see water around us and what things we might use it for.

Write or draw your ideas, or ask a grown-up to help you print out some pictures if you like. 
You could think about where or how water is used in your house or where you might see it in nature, or in other places around the world.

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!