English
In English this week we have been looking at animal poems. We started the week reading nursery rhymes about animals that we have already heard of e.g. Pussycat Pussycat, Hey Diddle Diddle and Mary had a little lamb. The children have enjoyed looking at nonsense poems e.g. On the Ning Nang Nong and have had the courage to perform a chosen poem in front of the class with actions. Year 2 have been challenged to write their own versions of poems we have been looking at.
Maths
Year 1 children have been learning to add and subtract using a number line this week, they have also used equipment to check their answers carefully.
Year 2 have moved onto division, starting off the week using equipment to work out division problems and then moving on to drawing pictures to work their answers out.
Phonics
Year 1 have looked at phonemes ‘oo’, ‘ar’ and ‘or’.
Year 2 have been learning about words ending with a ‘y’ and how the letter ‘a’ represents the ‘or’ sound in some words e.g. ‘walk’.
Science
We have continued to look at habitats and linked Science this week with our topic and looked at the Polar Regions. We discussed what organisms can be found in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Geography
The children have made leaflets to persuade visitors to go on a Polar Bear experience in a place called Churchill.
Purple Mash
I have shown the children their half term homework on Purple Mash and explained their task. I would like the children to complete a postcard, pretending that they have visited the Polar Regions and tell me what it is like there. There are prompts available around the postcard to help. I would like the children to submit their homework to me by Friday 4th November. If you have trouble accessing this or would prefer your child to complete a paper copy please let me know on the first day back (Tuesday 1st November).
Spellings
Spellings to be tested 4.11.16
21-10-16
Have a great half term holiday!
Miss Edwards