15th April 2013

Welcome to another week ahead, the children enjoyed their first week back after the Easter break and are ready for the next half term.

Literacy

Silly stuff and patterns

This plan links to Sessions 1-2 in the Journeys in Space theme, Journeys Topic

The children will be looking at the poem the Owl and the Pussycat and looking at the different words and whether they make sense.  We will be talking about verses and rhymes. The focus is will to use the framework of the Owl and the Pussycat to make up another poem The Owl and the Astronaut. The children will be using related language to select vocabulary to appropriate to space.  The children will be looking for similar patterns in the text.

http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/owlpussycat.htm

 

Numeracy

This week in Maths we will be learning about addition and subtraction including finding the difference between two numbers.

Year 1 children will add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number and find a small difference between two numbers by counting on

Year 2 children will begin to add by bridging a multiple of 10 and find the difference between two numbers by counting on

It is vital that all children really understand the different language involved in addition and subtraction.

Some websites to help:-

 

 

www.ictgames.com/emptyline.html

 

www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/3.html

 

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/pyramid.html

 

http://www.ictgames.com/bridging.html

 

http://www.counton.org/games/map-numbers/splash/

 

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/rockhopper_grade3.html

 

http://www.ictgames.com/technowithflock.html

 

http://baileytraining.co.uk/resources/ma_num/swf/y2d2a3.html

 

http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-two-digit-whole-numbers/soccer_challenge_quiz_2.swf

 

http://www.taw.org.uk/lic/itp/itps/difference_1_2.swf

 

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/activities/digitmenu.swf

 

http://mathszone.webspace.virginmedia.com/mw/mental/2%20digit%20difference.swf

 

http://www.ictgames.com/targettakeaway.html

 

http://www.ictgames.com/emptyline.html

 

Science

 

This week the children will Investigate the question, which ball bounces best? (Discovery Dog investigation)

 

The children will test conditions, in order to find out which ball bounces the highest.  The children will continue to explore the concept of fair testing.  I will develop this concept by allowing the children to suggest that each ball must be dropped from the same height with the same amount of force. 

The children will be provided with a pre-drawn recording sheet so they can present their findings.

-           In order to conclude the lesson children will be provided with an opportunity to evaluate what they have discovered and say whether what happened was what they expected.

Topic

 

This session follows session 1 and children compare The Owl and the Astronaut with Owl and Pussycat. The idea of travel into space is introduced and discussed – what is space like? We discuss owl’s dreams and children write what they might dream of in space.

If the children have any space books at home that they would like to share with their class, they are welcome to bring them in. Please ensure that they have their name in them.

Homework will commence week beginning 15th April.

Beeston Meeting

Thank you to all of the parents who attended the Beeston meeting on Thursday. Hopefully all of your questions were answered. We would appreciate any outstanding medical forms returned as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.

As you are all aware, Mrs Worrall has been asked by the Local Authority to be Acting Headteacher at another primary school for two weeks, to cover for the Paternity leave of another headteacher. Her class will be covered by Mr Broadbent during this time.

We look forward to a happy and hardworking half term.

 

Year 1/2 Team