Hazel

7 years ago
Posted on 09th Nov 2018 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 09.11.18

First and foremost I would like to say a massive “WELL DONE” to everybody in Class 2 for their lovely performance in their Celebration Assembly before we broke up for half term.
In English this week the children in Purple Group have been reading the RWI book ‘Ken’s Cap’ and have been answering questions and writing exciting sentences which have built up to writing a letter of apology concerning a lost item linked to both the text and their own experiences. Red Group have been reading ‘The Big Match’ and have focused on the ‘ck’ speed sound in particular when reading and writing writing this week. The children have also used their literacy skills in their topic work when devising interesting questions to ask a current scientist working in the Arctic.
During maths this week the children have continued the mastery process for addition. They have used lots of equipment and scenarios to aid their understanding of the concept. The children are also becoming very confident with recording their number sentences neatly in their books on squared paper. Today they have moved onto finding one less than a given number through subtraction, something which we will look at in greater depth next week. Another one of our next steps is to start counting confidently in two’s. I can feel a song and rhyme coming on…..
In Science we have learned how the different seasons affect animals. We looked at the Robin garden bird and how it adapts to each season. We also discussed how some animals, such as hedgehogs, hibernate in the winter months and what this means.
New spellings have gone out today to be tested next Friday 16th November. Your children are doing so wonderfully well with them and they relish their Friday challenge every time.
Our trip to Chester Zoo was a very memorable one indeed. The children were wonderfully behaved and we all thoroughly enjoyed the amazing animals we encountered. Mind you, Class 2 had the penguins at the top of their agenda.
Have a great weekend together and see you on Monday.
Mr Mavin

7 years ago
Posted on 19th Oct 2018 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 19.10.18

We have all been full of the joys of autumn this week in Class 2.
In our English lessons we have continued with sharing lovely reading with our story books and non-fiction texts in Read Write Inc (RWI) and have written more accomplished sentences towards the end of the week. The children have been doing some reading and writing assessments this week which they have done very indeed!
As we are approaching Halloween, the children had the opportunity to write independently about a spooky setting…. Dracula’s castle. The children watched some digital literacy animation to spark their imaginations with a 3D tour of the castle. This was set on a murky, blustery night in Whitby. They were encouraged to use lots of adjectives in their sentences to make their writing interesting. Their talk for writing was delightful to listen to yet again, with some really vivid accounts being given when in role of somebody walking around the ruins of his home.
In maths the children have been trying to master their number bonds within 10.They have been working systematically to try and solve missing number problems and have gone on to identifying the bonds and using them to solve a simple problem. This has been supported by leaning number bond songs, rhymes and lots of practical contexts. They have been using 10 frames to help them make number bonds to 10/20 and learned how to count on from a given number to add. Additionally, we looked at patterns to help solve the addition sentences they were given. We have decided as a class that it is easier starting with the bigger number and adding on the smallest number.
In PE the children have all shown they are budding dancers in their lessons and have worked well both on an individual level and in a partnership. Their ball, balance and co-ordination skills have been put to the test in their Monday sessions too.
New spelling lists have gone out today and the children will be tested on Thursday. We are so proud of the children with how they have taken to learning them every week.
Have a lovely weekend together and I look forward to seeing you next week during parent consultation day.

Mr Mavin

7 years ago
Posted on 12th Oct 2018 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 12.10.18

It has been all smiles in Class 2 this week!
In English the children have continued to read our story books through our Read Write Inc scheme. Some of the children have also focused on non-fiction texts about animals that swim and have produced some excellent sentences about things that are factual. We have also used and practised the personal pronoun ‘I’ in our work and have looked in greater depth at using capital letters for names of people and places. Each child also had a focus on particular aspects of their handwriting which they needed to show an improvement with in their work. The children did this brilliantly.
The children have had problem solving lessons in maths involving addition and partitioning numbers and relating this to number bonds within 20. The children have used lots of equipment in order to help and support them with their learning for addition. The children have now started writing complete number sentences for addition and have related them to number bonds within and to 10. In Class 2 we have started some rhymes to go with our number bonds to 10. Maybe the children can share a few with you at home!
The children have had a wonderful music lesson yet again with Mrs Tan playing their instruments to a song in complete unison. It was very easy on the ears this week and is coming together really well for them.
In other subjects the children have had the project of starting a 3D map of Antarctica from various materials. We are going to include animals on it next week when we investigate the ones which inhabit such a place and how they survive there. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent learning about the Northern Lights and why they occur as a natural phenomenon in that part of the world. We then did a step by step chalk drawing in an art lesson.
The new spelling list is in their books. The children have done wonderfully well yet again with learning them this week.
Have a lovely time together over the weekend and see you Monday!
Mr Mavin

7 years ago
Posted on 05th Oct 2018 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 05.10.18

Every child has done themselves proud this week in Class 2!

In English this week the children have been reading a variety of short stories. Green group have been reading the story ‘Stitch the Witch’ and red have been looking at ‘Cat in a Pot’ and have been devising their ever improving sentences about what they have read. Once the children have read the story with their partner and have heard a teacher read it with expression, they are encouraged to discuss the story and answer questions. We then write sentences relating to the stories. We have also enjoyed visual literacy with short animated stories in which we have had some glorious speaking and listening sessions together. The children in Class 2 have such wonderful imaginations.

In Maths we have done lots of practical lessons involving number lines and place value, and have most recently moved on to number addition. A very important building block for us was to develop our understanding of the concept of a ‘whole’ and how it is used in our everyday maths lessons to mean an entire object or group of objects. We did practical activities with an autumn theme of using whole collections of conkers to develop their understanding of the word ‘part’ as used in their maths to represent the portions of the whole object/group of objects. Towards the end of the week the children represented this ‘part-part-whole’ relationship with pictorial representations after using appropriate apparatus. They all developed the understanding that a part cannot be greater than a whole.

In Science we have had fascinating discussions about the autumn season in which we find ourselves in and what being in an autumn climate and surroundings means to them. The children then came up with a list of ideas to suggest what to expect from an autumn setting. We are now gearing up to making some weather testing equipment next week.

In topic we have studied igloos and are in the initial stages of constructing our miniature models. We have learnt about the people whom inhabit extremely cold places in the world and what they would need in order to survive and what infrastructures they have in comparison to our own in the UK.

Our army of clay penguins are in production too……

The children have all been working really hard with their spelling practise and this has been evident in their results. Thank you for your continued support with reading and spelling practise at home. New spelling lists have gone home today and will be done next Friday in class as usual with the children.

Have a brilliant weekend together and see you on Monday.

 Mr Mavin

 

7 years ago
Posted on 28th Sep 2018 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 28.09.18

Class 2 have asked some amazing questions this week such as, ‘If God created the world, how did he create himself?’, ‘Are there Polar Bears in Wales?’ and ‘Did you know that local people in Antarctica love ice lollies?’ We have certainly had lots of smiles this week!
In English they have been collaborating so well with their perfect partners in Read Write Inc lessons. The focus has been on improving sentence structure and using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces more independently. Furthermore, they have been experimenting with using pre cursive letters which some children have started to include within their work during writing exercises. We had an independent write at the end of the week where the children decided they wanted to use their special writing powers by describing their favourite Superhero for 15 minutes.
The children’s reading to one another has been heart-warming to watch and listen to. They have had regular opportunities to read either to a teacher or partner. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you so much for reading with your children at home. The children really appreciate it and they look forward to telling me about what they have read every day.
During maths we have been doing lots of practical lessons involving identifying and representing numbers. We have used counting objects and number lines to help us and have used new mathematical vocabulary along the way such as ‘greatest’ and ‘smallest when ordering and comparing our numbers.
Spellings-new spellings have gone out today ready for next Friday’s session. The children have done ever so well learning their previous ones and have achieved super results today. You can find out how your child got on in the back of their spelling book.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend together and see you on Monday.
Mr Mavin