We are Writers

In English this week the children have been writing their own version of Where the Wild Things Are. They drew story maps to help them sequence the events and verbally told the story to their partner. As a class we then created a word bank of effective vocabulary for the children to include in their retells such as ‘mischief, tamed, terrorised,  waves as big as mountains’. We were so impressed with how hard the children worked, their stories were fantastic.

In maths the children have continued learning about co-ordinates and completed their termly assessments.

In phonics the children have reviewed the following sounds:

  • i-e
  • igh
  • a-e
  • oa
  • ow
  • o-e

Attached is the link to the Spelling Shed for the children to be able to revise these sounds: https://play.edshed.co/login

You should also have access to Maths Shed through your child’s login details. Please let us know if you are unable to access either of these.

In art the children enjoyed making their fantastic rain-forest dioramas. Here are the final products:

Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend our virtual Parents Evening this week. Below are the comprehension questions that I had discussed in the meeting, along with the handwriting sheets:

Y1-Bookmark-FRONT-AND-BACK

Reading comprehension for children at home

A-Z Letter Formation Activity Sheets Continuous Cursive (1)

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

Pepys, Planting and Perilous adventures!

Dear Parents and Carers

We have had an excellent week in year 2. The children had a special visitor from Samuel Pepys and had the chance to ask him lots of questions about his life. We finished our experiment on planting, exploring what happens to plants without water, light or soil. The children have brought home their cress they have been growing today. Some of the cress didn’t grow as well as we hoped and so we have replanted them. If your child’s cress is looking a bit sorry for itself, it most likely has some new seeds in it.

In maths, the children have been learning about fractions, looking at the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2, how we can find 3/4 and the difference between unit and non-unit fractions. in English, we have been preparing to write a non-chronological report on the Great Fire of London. We will write this report next week. In our Guided reading lessons, we have now finished our story ‘The Great Fire: A City in Flames’. The children found the adventure of Sam and André very exciting and were pleased that the story had a happy ending.

An email has been sent out detailing our classroom picnic, a treat that the children have earned over the 3 weeks they have been back at school. It was lovely to see all of your at parents evening this week, the parents evening notes have been sent home with the children today.

Have a lovely weekend,

Kind Regards

Mr Stocking

Rainforest Experts

This week  the children wrote their amazing information pages about rain-forests. They worked hard to include the key features:

  • A title that is big and bold
  • An introduction
  • Information that is grouped
  • Picture with a caption

Here are some examples of the children’s work:

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In maths the children have been reviewing position and direction focusing on quarter, and full turns. We will continue with this next week.

In phonics we have been reviewing the following sounds:

  • a-e
  • ai
  • ay
  • aw
  • ew

There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login

Next week on Thursday 25th March the children will be creating a rain-forest diorama for an art project. On Monday 22nd March, please could the children bring in a small box (preferably a shoe box) to use to complete this project. This is to ensure the boxes have enough time to quarantine before being used. Some examples are below:

Thank you so much for our beautiful flowers, it made our day! It was so kind and thoughtful of you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

Back to School!

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back everyone! It is has been great having the children back in school learning and spending time with each other. There has been lots of big smiles on faces as everybody has enjoyed a small slice of normality.

This week we finished our learning on shapes and started looking at fractions, having learnt about halves and quarters. Next week we will be finding how to find quarters of an amount, how to identify thirds and the children will be introduced to unit and non-unit fractions. In English, we have been revising some of our work from home learning, refining our poems and sharing with each other how the first week has been. We also finished the Hodgeheg and the children wrote book reviews to share their thoughts on the story. Next week, we will be starting our new story, set during the Great Fire of London. We will be reading the story in guided reading and writing about it in our English lessons.

On Monday, the children planted individual plants that we will monitor over the next few weeks. The children have also enjoyed various team building games and activities. On Tuesday, they took part in some parachute games with Mrs Warner and today we did team athletics in PE. In art, the children created silhouette pieces based on the Great Fire. In RE, we learnt about Mother’s Day and it’s significance.

There will be no spellings set this week, but both maths shed and spelling shed can still be accessed if you would like to complete some home work. Set spellings will start up again from next Friday.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Fascinating Facts

Welcome back! It has been so lovely to have the children back at school and in our classroom once more.

This week we have started learning lots of facts about rainforests. Did you know that algae grows on a sloth’s back? This helps them camouflage in trees to help hide from predators such as snakes and jaguars.  We have learnt about the layers of a rainforest, the different animals and the reasons for and consequences of deforestation. Next week we will be writing our own information pages about rainforests to show our learning.

In maths we have been learning how to read and record time on an analogue clock. We have also been learning to sequence the days of the week. We used a special song to help us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

Next week we will be reviewing our learning of position and direction.

On Thursday 25th March the children will be creating a rainforest diorama for an art project. On Monday 22nd March, please could the children bring in a small box (preferably a shoe box) to use to complete this project. This is to ensure the boxes have enough time to quarantine before being used. Some examples are below:

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂

Year 2 Home Learning for Friday 5th March 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

Below is the lesson overview and resources needed for today’s learning. Lots of today’s activities are continuations of yesterday’s World Book Day activities. I will be available to contact between 10am and 12pm if you have any questions about the learning. There will be some videos on Class Dojo for today’s lessons.

Today is the final day of home learning. Thank you for the hard work and support the children have received at home to continue their education while we couldn’t be in the classroom. We will work hard to identify and close any gaps that might have been caused due to this time away from school.

Have a lovely weekend, and we will see everyone on Monday!

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Lesson Overview

Friday 5th March Lesson Overview

Friday 5th March Lesson Overview (PDF)

Maths

Properties of Shape Assessment

Properties of Shape Assessment Answers

Properties of Shape Assessment 2 (Answers at the end)

Writing

Friendship Poem

My True Friend Poem

Reading

Art

Marvellous hat examples

Music

https://vle.mmf.org.uk/yumu

PE

Year One Home Learning Friday 5th March

Dear Parents and Carers,

Below is the lesson overview for Friday 5th March and the resources you will need to carry out the activities.

Please remember that under these difficult circumstances, these activities are suggestions so only complete what you can.

Once again thank you for your continued support during these unprecedented times.

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon

Plan Home-Learning-Friday-5th-March

Phonics- See teaching video on Class Dojo

Friday 5th March review sounds

Writing-  See teaching video on Class Dojo

My Favourite Book Template for Friday

Handwriting – See teaching video on Class Dojo

Maths- See teaching video on Class Dojo

Money quiz Friday

Music https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reading-and-writing-rhythms-75j3ad

P.E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFG5CPrzwXU

 

Year 2 Home Learning for Thursday 4th March 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

Below is the lesson overview and resources needed for today’s learning. I will be available to contact between 10am and 12pm if you have any questions about the learning. There will be two Class Dojo Videos for today’s lessons. As today is World Book Day, the reading, writing and art activities are to do with this.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Lesson Overview

Thursday 4th March Lesson Overview

Thursday 4th March Lesson Overview (PDF)

Maths

Make patterns using 3D shapes

Make patterns using 3D shapes (PDF)

Video on Class Dojo

Writing

World Book Day

World Book Day (PDF)

If I Were a Hawk

If Pigs could fly

The Dark

Video on Class Dojo

Reading

Millie’s Marvellous Hat

Millie’s Marvellous Hat (PDF)

Miss Luetchford reading the story will be posted to our Class Dojo

Art

Marvellous hat examples

Marvellous hat examples (PDF)

Year One Home Learning Thursday 4th March

Dear Parents and Carers,

Below is the lesson overview for Thursday 4th March and the resources you will need to carry out the activities. As it is World Book Day we are not following the usual timetable.

Please remember that under these difficult circumstances, these activities are suggestions so only complete what you can.

Once again thank you for your continued support during these unprecedented times.

Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon

Plan Home Learning Thursday 4th March

Phonics– See teaching video on Class Dojo

ear words

Writing ideas– example of texts hidden in a picture: 

Maths- See teaching video on Class Dojo

Recognising notes challenge sheet Thursday

Art– See video of Mille’s Marvellous Hat on Class Dojo

See video explaining activity on Class Dojo

Hat examples

Links to storytelling events for WBD-

https://www.worldbookday.com/events/

https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldBookDayUK

Year 2 Home Learning for Wednesday 3rd March 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

Below is the lesson overview and resources needed for today’s learning.  I will be available to contact between 10am and 12pm if you have any questions about the learning. There will be two class dojo video for today.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy

Lesson Overview

Wednesday 3rd March Lesson Overview

Wednesday 3rd March Lesson Overview (PDF)

Maths

Sorting 3D Shapes

Sorting 3D Shapes (PDF)

Writing

Video on Class Dojo

Letter Template

Reading

Inference PowerPoint

Inference PowerPoint (PDF)

RE

R.E. Easter Story

R.E. Easter Story (PDF)