We had a great week last week – we even went to the Cinéma Worrall, complete with popcorn! Of course this was to introduce the theme of fantasy worlds, which the children have really become absorbed in. More about that later on...
We also had a visit from a theatre company, showing a production called ‘The little princess’. The theme was anti-bullying and the children really took home the message. Many thanks to Mr. Barker for organising this.
Parent’s Evening
This week sees our two formal parent’s evenings on Tuesday (3.30-6.00) and Wednesday (6.00-7.30). As you can appreciate, there are 30 children in each class and so times and very tight on both evenings. The teachers have prepared a series of targets for your child for reading, writing, numeracy, science and personal and social development, which you will receive at your appointment. If there are any issues which you wish to discuss in more depth, please do not hesitate to make an additional appointment at another time. Many, many thanks for your understanding with this.
National Year of Reading
We also had a visit from a theatre company, showing a production called ‘The little princess’. The theme was anti-bullying and the children really took home the message. Many thanks to Mr. Barker for organising this.
Parent’s Evening
This week sees our two formal parent’s evenings on Tuesday (3.30-6.00) and Wednesday (6.00-7.30). As you can appreciate, there are 30 children in each class and so times and very tight on both evenings. The teachers have prepared a series of targets for your child for reading, writing, numeracy, science and personal and social development, which you will receive at your appointment. If there are any issues which you wish to discuss in more depth, please do not hesitate to make an additional appointment at another time. Many, many thanks for your understanding with this.
National Year of Reading
As you read last week, the whole school are taking part in lots of activities to promote and foster a love of reading. Mrs Narraway has asked me to inform you of a book exchange which she has organised. There is basket outside Foundation Stage classroom, which has an array of books for parents. If you would like to borrow one, then please feel free to take one and return it when you have finished. All that we ask is, that you follow a ‘one in – one out’ rule. Why not have a look through the books that you have at home this weekend and place them in the basket on Monday? We could eventually have our very own St.Vincent’s Library!
Literacy
As mentioned earlier, we made a great start to this topic last week, watching excerpts of films such as Labyrinth, Star Wars, and The Wizard of Oz, whilst eating popcorn! The children have gained some great ideas, which they are chomping at the bit to use this week.
We will be looking at still pictures of fantasy settings and going on a sense walk around them. If they were parachuted into the setting, what would they be able to see, smell, hear, touch and maybe taste? They will also be coming up with at least two characters who they would like to take with them on their fantasy journey.
Have a try at this at home. Look at the picture below and see how many adjectives you can come up with. Why not extend this to using similes – as cold as ice; as warm as toast.
When the children are completing their writing activities this week, the children:
MUST
To try to make sure that someone reading their writing does not need to have it explained to them
To be able to use a full stop in the correct place
To show that their spelling demonstrates they have thought about the sounds that words make
SHOULD
To use a connective to join two shorter sentences together
To use at least one adjective in each sentence
To make sure ideas follow each other in sequence
To be able to use a question mark when needed
COULD
To use specific nouns – instead of ‘dog’ use terrier
Describe characters and events rather than jumping from one event to another
To begin to use speech marks
Phonics
This week we move on to some of the trickier sounds. Remember we were taught a rule for spelling a school and then we found lots of exceptions? Well, we will be doing the same this week, so expect some furrowed brows when your child is writing at home this week!
We will be looking at the ‘zh’ sound. Words such as treasure, television, usual, pleasure, usual. The children will learn that it is the ‘s’ that makes the sound.
We will also be looking at different ways of pronouncing the vowel sounds. Is it a long or a short sound? You could help at home by making sure that you child knows all of the five vowel names and sounds.
Be a vowel detective! Take a page from a magazine or newspaper and a highlighter pen. Highlight all the vowels they can see. They should be able to tell you that every word has to have at least one vowel. Then, take the investigation a stage further, and see how many different sounds the letter ‘a’ can make. You can do this for every vowel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/phonics/index.shtml this is great site to practice all the phonemes learned so far.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml we have used lots of this site this year, so why not have a look back to review some of your favourites.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/wordmaker_long_vowels_2 looking at i, o and u long vowel sounds
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/wordmaker_long_vowels_1 looking at a and e as long sounding vowels
http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html use this to practice spelling of those sneaky high frequency words – thay or they?
Numeracy
We move back to work on number activities this week. We will be adding and subtracting 10 and multiples of 10, such as 20, 30, 40 etc. We will also be looking at adding and subtracting 9 and 11.
9 and 11 are ‘nearly’ 10. So, when adding 9 to a number, add 10 and then take 1 away. Similarly, when taking away 9, take away 10 and add 1.
30 – 9...
Say 30 – 10 = 20
Then give one back = 21
Once the children have mastered this, they should be able to add and subtract 19 and 21, using the same method.
A really useful numeracy tool to have at home for this, is a hundred square. We will include one with this week’s homework, so find a place on the front of a cupboard or fridge to use throughout the year!
By the end of the week, the children:
MUST: Be able to add by counting on. Be able to add two multiples of 10 by counting on in 10’s.
SHOULD: Be able to subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2 digit number by counting back in 10’s.
COULD: Be able to add and subtract 9,11, 19, 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/fairy2.html adding 9 fairy
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd9.html use the 100 square to add 9 to the target number
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd11.html adding 11
http://www.ictgames.com/technowithflock.html this made me laugh! A tortoise, with goggles jumping +10, -10 on a number line!!
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html a game to play in pairs to add 2 two-digit numbers
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Function%20wheel%20v6.swf click on the add and take wheel to guess the function of each wheel.
http://www.ictgames.com/countonconvict.html find the difference between two numbers
Science
We continue with our topic on plants and growth this week. We will be setting up an investigation which we will carry out next week, looking at the conditions we need for plant growth.
They will also be posing questions which they want to find the answers to, such as:
· Do all plant need light to grow?
· What happens if a plant doesn’t get light?
· Do plants need water?
· What would happen if a plant was put in the fridge?
Then we will plan a series of investigations which will be able to answer these questions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/factors_plant_growth/eng/Introduction/default.htm
http://www.topicbox.org.uk/browse.php?item_ID=5584&subject=Science&topic=Life%20-%20Plants click on the cress picture to download a great powerpoint which explains how you can help plants grow well.
Thank you for all the support you have given us and your children so far this year and we look forward to seeing you all at parent’s evening this week.
Year 1/2 team.
To try to make sure that someone reading their writing does not need to have it explained to them
To be able to use a full stop in the correct place
To show that their spelling demonstrates they have thought about the sounds that words make
SHOULD
To use a connective to join two shorter sentences together
To use at least one adjective in each sentence
To make sure ideas follow each other in sequence
To be able to use a question mark when needed
COULD
To use specific nouns – instead of ‘dog’ use terrier
Describe characters and events rather than jumping from one event to another
To begin to use speech marks
Phonics
This week we move on to some of the trickier sounds. Remember we were taught a rule for spelling a school and then we found lots of exceptions? Well, we will be doing the same this week, so expect some furrowed brows when your child is writing at home this week!
We will be looking at the ‘zh’ sound. Words such as treasure, television, usual, pleasure, usual. The children will learn that it is the ‘s’ that makes the sound.
We will also be looking at different ways of pronouncing the vowel sounds. Is it a long or a short sound? You could help at home by making sure that you child knows all of the five vowel names and sounds.
Be a vowel detective! Take a page from a magazine or newspaper and a highlighter pen. Highlight all the vowels they can see. They should be able to tell you that every word has to have at least one vowel. Then, take the investigation a stage further, and see how many different sounds the letter ‘a’ can make. You can do this for every vowel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/phonics/index.shtml this is great site to practice all the phonemes learned so far.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml we have used lots of this site this year, so why not have a look back to review some of your favourites.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/wordmaker_long_vowels_2 looking at i, o and u long vowel sounds
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/wordmaker_long_vowels_1 looking at a and e as long sounding vowels
http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html use this to practice spelling of those sneaky high frequency words – thay or they?
Numeracy
We move back to work on number activities this week. We will be adding and subtracting 10 and multiples of 10, such as 20, 30, 40 etc. We will also be looking at adding and subtracting 9 and 11.
9 and 11 are ‘nearly’ 10. So, when adding 9 to a number, add 10 and then take 1 away. Similarly, when taking away 9, take away 10 and add 1.
30 – 9...
Say 30 – 10 = 20
Then give one back = 21
Once the children have mastered this, they should be able to add and subtract 19 and 21, using the same method.
A really useful numeracy tool to have at home for this, is a hundred square. We will include one with this week’s homework, so find a place on the front of a cupboard or fridge to use throughout the year!
By the end of the week, the children:
MUST: Be able to add by counting on. Be able to add two multiples of 10 by counting on in 10’s.
SHOULD: Be able to subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2 digit number by counting back in 10’s.
COULD: Be able to add and subtract 9,11, 19, 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/fairy2.html adding 9 fairy
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd9.html use the 100 square to add 9 to the target number
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntadd11.html adding 11
http://www.ictgames.com/technowithflock.html this made me laugh! A tortoise, with goggles jumping +10, -10 on a number line!!
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html a game to play in pairs to add 2 two-digit numbers
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Function%20wheel%20v6.swf click on the add and take wheel to guess the function of each wheel.
http://www.ictgames.com/countonconvict.html find the difference between two numbers
Science
We continue with our topic on plants and growth this week. We will be setting up an investigation which we will carry out next week, looking at the conditions we need for plant growth.
They will also be posing questions which they want to find the answers to, such as:
· Do all plant need light to grow?
· What happens if a plant doesn’t get light?
· Do plants need water?
· What would happen if a plant was put in the fridge?
Then we will plan a series of investigations which will be able to answer these questions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/factors_plant_growth/eng/Introduction/default.htm
http://www.topicbox.org.uk/browse.php?item_ID=5584&subject=Science&topic=Life%20-%20Plants click on the cress picture to download a great powerpoint which explains how you can help plants grow well.
Thank you for all the support you have given us and your children so far this year and we look forward to seeing you all at parent’s evening this week.
Year 1/2 team.
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