Another week of great learning

This week we have enjoyed reading the story of Superworm, looking at rhyming words and compound words within the text. We discussed the 'goodies' and 'baddies' in the story and the friendship shown by the animals when they rescued Superworm. The children produced some wonderful writing about  new evil characters for the story and how they got their super powers. In maths the children demonstrated just how much progress they had made in their money work, everyone had made good progress, some had made an outstanding amount of progress - well done! Also in maths we continued with the theme of worms in a 'Thinking Things Through' challenge which involved using dominoes to create worms of certain values. The children worked really well in pairs and the mental maths and mathematical discussions overheard were great. It was a shame Mr Wainwright wasn't available to come and see it.
The Julia Donaldson display is taking shape in the classroom, once again some amazing home learning creations being brought in - thank you.
Finally, I have to say a huge well done to the year 2 children who tackled their reading tests this week with determination and perseverance. I was incredibly impressed and proud of how every single one of you did your very best. Keep up the great attitude!

New prayers on the prayer tree

Some examples of the amazing home learning

New prayers for the prayer tree and amazing home learning

A thousand apologies for no photos this week - I left the camera in school!

I have been incredibly impressed with the amazing home learning; such a variety of countries studied and presented in different ways. There were powerpoint presentations, posters, blog posts, written work, as well as art and craft - truly stunning.

We have continued with stories from Julia Donaldson, the latest being 'A Squash and a Squeeze'. We were focusing on past tense verbs and the children produced some great work. Thanks to Mrs McMillan, I have been singing the song all weekend! In maths we have started a new topic on money, recognising the different coins and solving money related problems.

Our R.E. work has been writing new prayers for the tree in the hall, these are all now ready to be hung. Due to the rather erratic weather, we had our cricket session in the hall but we still managed to practise our throwing and catching skills. In Science, year two planted a variety of seeds. Fingers crossed they remembered to water them on Friday. Year one had fun exploring a range of objects using their sense of touch.

Well done Class 2 for another week of great learning!

  

Great effort!

The children have worked really hard this week in Maths practising and improving telling the time. In English we have been focusing on the different types of sentences and using the correct punctuation. We have been thinking about special people in RE and the children talked about who was special to them and why. In cricket we were able to play on the field as it was such a lovely day and we were learning fielding skills and the role of the backstop.
Home Learning; Year 1 have a phonics activity, Year 2 have Maths and English tasks in their CGP books. In addition to this all children have Bug Club books allocated to them.

Days of the week paper chains

Welcome back!

It was great to see everyone back in school  and I have enjoyed reading the children's recounts of what you've all been doing during the Easter holiday.
Our theme this half term is the books by Julia Donaldson and we started this week with her most well known - The Gruffalo. Activities have included making 'Owl Ice Cream' and 'Gruffalo Faces'. You will see from the photos that great fun was had by all.
Our P.E. this half term is cricket and dance, which is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
In Maths we have been telling the time, please help your child by practising using an analogue clock.
It has been lovely to have met with all the children and discussed their learning high points. We have talked about ways of moving their learning forward, and reviewed targets. Where appropriate new targets have been set.
A new Home Learning task has been set this week; to find out about a country they would like to visit or have been to.

Healthy Faces!

In Science year 2 were learning about the importance of a healthy, balanced diet. We then had great fun creating faces from fruit and vegetables. Here are some of the children's creations!

Goodbye Ducklings and World Book Day

We said 'goodbye' to the ducklings today as they had grown too big to be kept in a cage, they will now be roaming freely on the farm. On Monday we named them and they went swimming!

We had great fun for World Book Day, lots of fantastic costumes as the children dressed up as characters from their favourite books. 

The adults joined in too!

After reading the wonderful story 'Giraffes Can't Dance', we recreated our own jungle dance by making dancing animals. It involved lots of problem solving, including how to make the peg giraffes stand up!