Wednesday, 27 January 2016
A windy walk to the post box!
This week we have been writing 'real' letters! This morning we walked to the post box at the end of the village and posted them. As you will see from the photos it was very windy and certainly blew away the cobwebs. The children were very well behaved, walking sensibly and crossing the roads safely. Watch out for the postman/woman to see if the children addressed their letters correctly. Please let us know via the blog if they arrive safely.
Friday, 22 January 2016
A note from Mrs Riggs
Hello!
What a great week we have had in Class 2! We have been looking at endangered animals in
English, using the wonderful book Dear Greenpeace as our base. The children have worked
extremely hard, researching different animals and writing a letter containing a question to find out more. One of my many favourite questions was, "Do whales need friends?". This tied in beautifully with our Christian Value this half term; friendship.
We also ventured into using some new technology this week! On Thursday, the children used the school ipads, working their way through a presentation on endangered animals. They were able to write about what they had already learned, draw pictures of their chosen animal and answer questions in a quiz. Great work, and some excellent artists among us!! They have all been given a link, in their planners, to complete a small piece of homework, using the same website. I know quite a few of them have already completed the homework; I love your enthusiasm!! The children do not need to have access to an ipad for this homework. They can use any device, logging on to http://www.nearpod.com, then skip the tour, click on "Join Session", and the PIN is DHUSR.
I have managed to speak to a couple of parents over the last couple of weeks, and it has been lovely to meet you! Apologies to those of you that I haven't said hello to yet. Thank you to all for your continued support.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Riggs
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What a great week we have had in Class 2! We have been looking at endangered animals in
English, using the wonderful book Dear Greenpeace as our base. The children have worked
extremely hard, researching different animals and writing a letter containing a question to find out more. One of my many favourite questions was, "Do whales need friends?". This tied in beautifully with our Christian Value this half term; friendship.
We also ventured into using some new technology this week! On Thursday, the children used the school ipads, working their way through a presentation on endangered animals. They were able to write about what they had already learned, draw pictures of their chosen animal and answer questions in a quiz. Great work, and some excellent artists among us!! They have all been given a link, in their planners, to complete a small piece of homework, using the same website. I know quite a few of them have already completed the homework; I love your enthusiasm!! The children do not need to have access to an ipad for this homework. They can use any device, logging on to http://www.nearpod.com, then skip the tour, click on "Join Session", and the PIN is DHUSR.
I have managed to speak to a couple of parents over the last couple of weeks, and it has been lovely to meet you! Apologies to those of you that I haven't said hello to yet. Thank you to all for your continued support.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Riggs
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Friday, 15 January 2016
Hockey, Thinking Things Through Maths and lots more...
We have been working very hard in Class 2 this week. In English we have been writing to the zoo to ask for a pet. The requests were very varied, ranging from cats to dinosaurs! I wonder if we will receive any...! In Maths we have been learning quick ways of adding and subtracting 9, 10 and 11. We also enjoyed a TTT activity which involved solving problems by adding 3 numbers. Despite the cold weather, we enjoyed our hockey lesson with Nikita. The children kept moving to make sure they stayed warm, I imagine they slept well Tuesday night! In Science we have been learning about animals. Year One were comparing different animals with Mrs MacMorrin and Year Two were finding out about animals and their babies with me. Well done to the children who have been reading their books on Bug Club and having a go at the maths activities on Active Learn. Year Two have some more home learning tasks in their new books, details are in the planner.
I am looking forward to seeing your creative home learning activity next week about special words and stories.
Enjoy the photos of some of this week's learning.
I am looking forward to seeing your creative home learning activity next week about special words and stories.
Enjoy the photos of some of this week's learning.
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| Friendship posters |
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| Different types of letters |
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| Hockey |
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| Great concentration Megan! |
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| The scores made by throwing 2 bean bags into buckets labelled 1,2,3 and 4 |
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| 5 + 5 = 10 |
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Happy New Year and Welcome back!
It was lovely to see everyone return to school on Monday and hear about many of the exciting things you have been up to during the holiday.
In English we have started our unit on writing letters, we began with a 'thank you' letter to Santa or a family member for a favourite Christmas present. This week's grammar focus is capital letters (yr1) and using commas correctly when writing lists (yr2). Spelling focus is the correct spelling of the days of the week, ensuring a capital letter is used. In Maths year one have been working with numbers, finding 1 more and 1 less, 2 more and 2 less and relating this to written number sentences. Year two have been working on place value, understanding the value of different digits in 2 and 3 digit numbers. In RE this term we will be learning about special books and stories, in particular the Bible but we also be finding out about special books and words from other faiths.
The children enjoyed their first hockey session with Nikita from Colchester United on Tuesday and they will be doing Dance on Thursday afternoons. Weather permitting, Tuesday PE will be outside so please ensure your child has trainers and a tracksuit.
Fortnightly Home Learning Tasks will continue in the red books, this week's is about the children's own special books, stories, poems or songs. In addition to this the year two children will be bringing home a Grammar task and Maths activity linked to the week's focus, as explained in Mr Wainwright's letter. Details of this will be in the Home/School planner. Year One children will be assigned relevant activities on Active Learn and phonics activities as appropriate.
Our new theme is Canada and the Arctic, Fridays promise to be lots of fun when the children will be doing Art and theme related activities with Mrs MacMorrin.
Thank you for your help with developing the children's independence by saying 'goodbye' at the outside door allowing children to come into class by themselves.
In English we have started our unit on writing letters, we began with a 'thank you' letter to Santa or a family member for a favourite Christmas present. This week's grammar focus is capital letters (yr1) and using commas correctly when writing lists (yr2). Spelling focus is the correct spelling of the days of the week, ensuring a capital letter is used. In Maths year one have been working with numbers, finding 1 more and 1 less, 2 more and 2 less and relating this to written number sentences. Year two have been working on place value, understanding the value of different digits in 2 and 3 digit numbers. In RE this term we will be learning about special books and stories, in particular the Bible but we also be finding out about special books and words from other faiths.
The children enjoyed their first hockey session with Nikita from Colchester United on Tuesday and they will be doing Dance on Thursday afternoons. Weather permitting, Tuesday PE will be outside so please ensure your child has trainers and a tracksuit.
Fortnightly Home Learning Tasks will continue in the red books, this week's is about the children's own special books, stories, poems or songs. In addition to this the year two children will be bringing home a Grammar task and Maths activity linked to the week's focus, as explained in Mr Wainwright's letter. Details of this will be in the Home/School planner. Year One children will be assigned relevant activities on Active Learn and phonics activities as appropriate.
Our new theme is Canada and the Arctic, Fridays promise to be lots of fun when the children will be doing Art and theme related activities with Mrs MacMorrin.
Thank you for your help with developing the children's independence by saying 'goodbye' at the outside door allowing children to come into class by themselves.
Friday, 18 December 2015
Last few days before Christmas ....
Such a busy end of term, the Nativity was beautiful, the party fun and just the carol service to go!
Hope the children love their stockings from us all and thank you for all our lovely cards and presents. Happy Christmas and all good wishes for the New Year from us all in Class 2 and see you in 2016!
Hope the children love their stockings from us all and thank you for all our lovely cards and presents. Happy Christmas and all good wishes for the New Year from us all in Class 2 and see you in 2016!
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| Oliver with Father Christmas! |
Friday, 11 December 2015
HELLO
Hello,
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Mrs Riggs, and I am lucky enough to be carrying out part of my teacher training with Fordham All Saints. I have spent the last two weeks getting to know, and working with, the wonderful children in Class 2. I have loved every minute! I feel very privileged to have arrived, just as all of the Christmas preparations are underway, and have thoroughly enjoyed hearing the children practice their Christmas songs - I have found myself humming these in the car on the way to and from school!
Next term, I will continue to work in Class 2, and will be teaching the children for part of the week. I am really looking forward to what promises to be a very exciting half term.
I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Mrs Riggs
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Mrs Riggs, and I am lucky enough to be carrying out part of my teacher training with Fordham All Saints. I have spent the last two weeks getting to know, and working with, the wonderful children in Class 2. I have loved every minute! I feel very privileged to have arrived, just as all of the Christmas preparations are underway, and have thoroughly enjoyed hearing the children practice their Christmas songs - I have found myself humming these in the car on the way to and from school!
Next term, I will continue to work in Class 2, and will be teaching the children for part of the week. I am really looking forward to what promises to be a very exciting half term.
I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Mrs Riggs
Sunday, 6 December 2015
week ending 4th December
Such a busy week and still two weeks to go!!
This week saw science experiments - finding the best materials to repair an umberella with a hole in it! As one child suggested, when asked what we could do .... go out and buy a new one! Fair enough, but if we didn't have enough money?! The children got the idea. It was lovely to see the children working together, older children helping the younger children to record their findings and try to make it a fair test!
We also read a great story about Neil Armstrong, from when he was a little boy and found out lots about him, including his childhood and the different jobs he did. We watched as Neil Armstrong landed on the moon! The children thought about what he might have felt / said. They then painted some wonderful moon scenes and then used speech bubbles to write about what Neil Armstrong thought / said.
We then made christingles and learnt about the meaning of the different parts and took part in the beautiful Christingle Service in church. We also made our game for the Christmas Fayre!
19 sleeps till the real Santa!!
This week saw science experiments - finding the best materials to repair an umberella with a hole in it! As one child suggested, when asked what we could do .... go out and buy a new one! Fair enough, but if we didn't have enough money?! The children got the idea. It was lovely to see the children working together, older children helping the younger children to record their findings and try to make it a fair test!
We also read a great story about Neil Armstrong, from when he was a little boy and found out lots about him, including his childhood and the different jobs he did. We watched as Neil Armstrong landed on the moon! The children thought about what he might have felt / said. They then painted some wonderful moon scenes and then used speech bubbles to write about what Neil Armstrong thought / said.
We then made christingles and learnt about the meaning of the different parts and took part in the beautiful Christingle Service in church. We also made our game for the Christmas Fayre!
19 sleeps till the real Santa!!
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