The children have had another exciting week in Class 2. They have really enjoyed the story work done in their RWI groups and have also been focusing on fun phonics activities too. This week has also brought World Book Day which celebrated all of the wonderful characters and story books which have influenced and captivated our children’s imaginations. This was a day of the utmost priority in the children’s calendars and we were so delighted to see all of the wonderful costumes which they came in to celebrate that day. Their day focussed on the inspirational author Julia Donaldson who is famous for titles such as ‘The Gruffalo’ , ‘Room on a Broom’ and ‘Stick Man.’ The children started the day by both role playing and talking about their favourite books they brought in to show the class. They then learned about the author and had a variety of her stories read to them with interlinked activities throughout the day. These included making forever reader bookmarks, illustrated story maps, Gruffalo Crumble (baking), clay figure making, making potions and then finally eating their crumble. Story telling is big in our class and it was so lovely to hear the experiences the children have outside of school involving literature.
In Maths the children initially explored counting objects in 2’s (pairs) which then led them to comparing totals and looking at odd and even numbers. They then looked at the patterns of counting in 2’s to 50 and what that looked like on number grids and 100 squares. They ended the week doing the same for counting in 5’s and looked at how this might be shown on their own number lines which they then made with Numicon.
In RE the children have looked at what makes an excellent leader and explored leaders within the religion of Judaism. The story of Moses was a catalyst for great discussion
In PE the children really enjoyed their session with Embrace involving ball and invasion games.
A big congratulations to Paige who won class Star Trophy Award. Paige has made great impression on everybody with her willingness to help others, set a great example and also complete her work on time.
It was so nice to see you all on Wednesday for parent consultations. Thank you so very much for your continued support and remember I am always there with an open door if you wish to chat about anything concerning your child in the future.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend together and see you on Monday.

Mr Mavin

This week the children have related some of their English work to our science topic animals and humans. We chose to do owls in particular because some of the children had said that they were very interested in that type of Bird of Prey. They wrote some facts about them and also some descriptions using adjectives. In RWI the children have been assessing their partners work and offering suggestions as to how they could improve their reading and writing. This has been a lovely thing to behold as they approached it very tactfully indeed.
In Maths the children have been focusing on place value of numbers up to 50 and beyond. They have been mastering using grids to find 1 more and less than a number and have applied this when reasoning and problem solving. They then went on to comparing groups of objects and then numbers using the correct comparison signs. They then finished the week ordering up to 3 numbers from the smallest to the biggest and then vice versa.
In music the children have been composing songs which have incorporated instruments with Mrs Tan. They have had a very good go at reading and playing musical notes as a collective.
In RE the children have been looking at Judaism and what Jews believe and what is important to them. There have been some very thoughtful discussions and work produced.
In topic we started the week learning all about Queen Victoria and how they named the period in history we are doing after her. We then dedicated a mini junior bake off to this very important historical figure by making Victoria sponges together. The children followed instructions and weighed, mixed and spooned all the ingredients independently in their group. We had our fingers crossed and luckily the sponges rose and were a success! They looked fit for a queen!
May we take this opportunity to say how wonderful all of the children’s Victorian inventions homework is! Thank you ever so much for supporting your children with this project. We hope you had a lovely time doing it together. They have been displayed outside of the classroom and have sparked discussion from all going up and down the corridor. Work and presentations related to the inventions and their inventors are being done next week with the children.
World Book Day is on this Thursday the 7th March. The children are to dress up as their favourite characters and have been told to bring in their favourite story books from home. We are all looking forward to this one!
A big congratulations to Bonnie for getting star of the week trophy. She has made great improvements with her written work and has shown real determination and concentration during every lesson.
I hope you have a lovely weekend and will look forward to seeing you all for parent consultations on Wednesday!

Mr Mavin