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6 years ago
Posted on 18th Nov 2019 by

Spelling Patterns

The spelling patterns we are learning in Class 2 this week are:

Year 1: The sound ‘ng’ spelt n before g.  E.g. hang, long

The sound ‘nk’ spelt n before k.  E.g. think, honk

Year 2: The sound /j/ spelt with ‘-dge’ and ‘-ge’ at the end of words.  E.g. badge, change

 

6 years ago
Posted on 17th Nov 2019 by

Are you sitting comfortably…

Class 5 have been busy writing their own mini-tales, based on the main character ‘Jub’ in ‘The Lost Happy Endings.’ On Friday morning, they had the pleasure of reading their tales to children in Class 2. Thank you Class 2 for being such a captive audience!

 

6 years ago
Posted on 14th Oct 2019 by

Spelling Patterns

The spelling patterns we are learning in Class 2 this week are:

Year 1: Adding the endings -ing, -ed and -er to verbs where no change is needed to the root word. E.g. hunting, hunted, hunter

Year 2: The sound /s/ spelt ‘c’ before e, i and y. E.g. fancy, face

6 years ago
Posted on 30th Sep 2019 by

Spelling Patterns

The spelling patterns we are learning in Class 2 this week are:

Year 1: The sounds /l/ and /k/, /z/ spelt ‘ll’, ‘zz’ and ‘ck’ e.g. well, buzz, flick

Year 2: The sounds /r/ spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words e.g. written

6 years ago
Posted on 23rd Sep 2019 by

Spelling Patterns

The spelling patterns we are learning in Class 2 this week are:

Year 1: the sound /f/ and /s/ spelt ‘ff’ and ‘ss’ e.g. sniff, miss

Year 2: the sound /n/ spelt ‘kn’ and less often ‘gn’ at the start of words e.g. knock, gnome

6 years ago
Posted on 23rd Jun 2019 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 21/06/2019

As Sports Day is quickly approaching, the children have been putting in their final preparations around school. There has usually been a race or two to the classroom door in the morning and the field has been a hive of activity in the sunshine.
In English the children have done reading activities linked to topic work. Plants, animals and conservation have been the topics of interest. They have answered comprehension questions by recording and have learned to re-read passages to gain a greater understanding when using non-fiction texts. Some of the groups have done RWI where they have moved onto Non-Fiction texts and have been writing about their own experiences related to what they have read about. The children finished the week off by talking and writing about specific animals and birds in Britain which are on the verge of being extinct and said what might be causing this to happen.
In Maths the children have moved onto the area of Place Value. They have initially counted up to and beyond 100 objects by grouping them into 10’s and 1’s. We then moved onto them partitioning into 10’s and 1’s. At the end of the week we compared numbers containing hundreds, tens and ones.
In Science the children have been focussing on trees and have learned about the deciduous and evergreen trees around them in Bicton. They did some leaf identification, rubbings and then annotated diagrams of their favourite within the school grounds. They have already planted their broad beans and have devised a diary to track its progress. They all look to be growing really well and the children helped to saw a few canes down to support them too!
In Topic the children have collected their natural materials to go towards our conservation work of the school grounds. Animal homes, monitoring screens and hides are next on the agenda. We have also looked at local hills surrounding Shropshire, alongside work done about the River Seven.
I would like to say an enormous well done to all of the children who did the Phonics screening check. They all did very well and it was such a pleasure listening to how much they have all improved.
We would like to also say congratulations to Martha for getting Star of the Week award. Martha has been offering lots of insightful and helpful contributions to whole class and group discussions. She has also been a good friend around school.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend together and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mr Mavin

6 years ago
Posted on 09th Jun 2019 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 07/06/2019

On Wednesday Class 2 joined forces with Class 3 for a glorious day out at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. Every child did the school proud and it was an absolute pleasure taking them. They all had memorable experiences which we feel will enhance and enrich their future studies for both Science and Topic work this term.
In English Class 2 have been doing revision for their phonics screening which is starting on Monday. They have also done some verbal and written work about caring for their natural environment. They have used emerging persuasive language which they have attempted to incorporate within their written work. They finished the week identifying verbs within their Alfie novel text and planned a leaflet to correspond with their experiences they had at the Shropshire Hills Centre.
In Maths they have continued with their work on Fractions. They initially found quarters of shapes and amounts. Then they moved onto finding quarters of quantities by sharing equally with apparatus. The children have also started using mental Maths involving halving small numbers.
In Topic the children have been in the great outdoors investigating common plants and trees in their school grounds. They are currently working towards doing some conservation work which would aim to monitor and protect the plants and wildlife in their immediate natural surroundings.
In Science the children have been doing a bean plant investigation. The beans are all planted and potted and are now ready to be cared for and monitored by the children.
Spellings have gone home again this week. There is also an additional phonics reading list for some of the children with some real and nonsense words for them to practise.
A big congratulations to both Evie Herbert and Ashanti for getting Star of the Week trophy. They have both worked extremely hard in lessons and have both shown real improvement with their reading too.
Have a lovely weekend together and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Mr Mavin