25th November 2013

Week beginning 25.11.13

Hello and welcome to another busy week in school.

The children have been working really hard over the past week to practice their Christmas Play and an equal amount of effort will be put in over the coming week!! You are all in for a great treat when you come to see it!

Please could you send in costumes on THURSDAY 28^th NOVEMBER so that we can check that the children have everything they need for the dress rehearsal on Monday. Please could you put them in a bag with the child’s name on. Thank you.

It’s nearly time for the Christmas Party and letters will be going out asking for money to provide the goodies for the party. Please could you check in your child’s bag.

Also the weather is getting chilly so please could you make sure that the children have a warm coat, gloves and hat as we will still be going outside at playtime for fresh air and exercise.

English

This week in English we are continuing the unit on Instructions. As this time of year has lots of interesting and exciting events what better than to write instructions about them! We will be looking at ‘bossy’ verbs (doing words)which could be used to make our instruction more interesting. We will also be looking at the format of instructions and the things which need to be included to make them easy to follow. For example, numbers, bullet points, an equipment box, using ordering words, bossy verbs, clear language.

Have a look at home for any instructions you can find and see if you can see any ordering words-m first, next, then, after, finally.

We will also be working on basic skills in reading and writing including developing the use of verbs and the correct use of capital letters and full stops.

Some websites to help:-

http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-junior/art-attack/

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game/

Maths

This week in Maths we will be learning about money. We will begin by checking that the children can recognise all the coins in circulation from a 1p coin up to a £2 coin. Next we will move on to making set amounts of money using the coins before checking how much change we will get when paying with a particular coin.

The Year 1 children will recognise coins of different values; order coins according to their value; exchange coins for 10p and 1p coins and find totals of sets of coins.

The Year 2 children will find totals of sets of coins: relate to adding three or more numbers and pay an exact sum using smaller coins up to £2.

Some websites to help:-

 

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/moneynew.html

 

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/counting_with_money/index.htm

 

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf

 

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/movecoins.swf

 

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/coincards.swf

 

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

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/dynamo/den/snap/index.htm

 

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/91/fewest_coins#

 

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

 

http://www.ictgames.com/moneypayer50p.html

 

 

Have a great week and thank you for your continued support!

The Year 1/2 Team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18th November 2013

Welcome to another busy week. The children have been very busy this week with their first rehearsals  of the Christmas play “A Christmas Tale”. They are really enjoying the songs and you might find that they will be coming out of school singing them!

Maths

This week in Maths we will be learning about 2D shapes. We will begin by looking at 2D shapes and the number of sides they have before moving on to properties.

The Year 1 children will begin to use the names of common 2D shapes and describe features of familiar 2D shapes

The Year 2 children will use the names of common 2D shapes; sort 2D shapes and describe their features ;begin to recognise line symmetry; make symmetrical patterns.

Some websites to help:-

 

http://www.ictgames.com/Y1shape.html

 

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/memory.html

 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_3.html

 

http://www.coppschool.lancsngfl.ac.uk/Classwork/Classwork/flashaids/sorting_2d_shapes.swf

 

http://mathematics.hellam.net/maths2000/shapes.swf

 

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=31

 

https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/vtc/ngfl/maths/greg_morgan_symmetry/index.htm

 

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/calamity.shtml

 

Anti-bullying Week

We will be basing on curriculum on Anti-Bullying Week this week.

Literacy

We will be reading a book called “Something Else” and talking about different experiences that the children might have come across. The children will be discussing “feeling” words.

Numeracy (extra to our normal week)

The children will be talking about different events that they have come across and will use data handling to collect the data.

Drama

The children will explore through drama the traditional rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. They will look at the negative effects of bullying on Humpty Dumpty and how, through cooperating can respond positively to his situation and exclusion from the group.

PSHE/Citizenship

The children are going to come up with an agreement which is called a class charter. Which all the children who come into the classroom can sign, to make the class a safe place where everyone can feel respected and involved.

 

Design and Technology

The children will design and make their own wristbands based on the theme of Anti bullying. They could be drawn with anti bullying messages printed on and laminated or they could use scoubidou strands and alphabet beads.

Topic

 

This week we will be continuing to tracing the course of Van Gogh’s life on a map of Europe and looking at some of the capital cities of the countries where he lived. The children will produce a map showing the route he took during his life.

If the children have an atlas at home see if they can find Europe.

Vincent van Gogh web links

 

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

Great free site on van Gogh: includes everything from letters, biography, timeline of his life, pictures you can examine in detail, criticism of his work and embedded links to other artists whom he influenced and was influenced by.

 

 

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=nl

The van Gogh museum site (change the language to English).  Offers decent biography broken down into discernible periods in his life, access to decent quality images of his work, including drawings, sketches, late and early paintings, and most importantly an incredible audio-visual animated overview of his life and work.

 

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/

Vincent van Gogh at the WebMuseum: this incredible resource has everything you could ever want to know about Vincent van Gogh, including many decent resolution images of his work.  It also contains embedded links to just about every significant artist throughout history, artistic movements, traditions and events.  This resource is a must for all art lovers!

 

 

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vangogh.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Archive: another good and comprehensive site, with lots of quality images and bibliographical extras.

 

 

http://www.vggallery.com/

The Vincent van Gogh Gallery bills itself as ‘the most comprehensive’ van Gogh resource on the internet and it is not far wrong: here you will find fully 100% of all the artist’s paintings, drawings, water colours, sketches, graphic works, letter sketches and letters. 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

Wikipedia offers its usual slice of excellence with this entry on the famous Dutch artist.  Embedded links, audio-visual resources, critical works; there’s not much else you could want.

 

 

http://www.abcgallery.com/V/vangogh/vangogh.html

Another great art site in general, with excellent entry for the Dutch Master (not Dennis Bergkamp!); lots of images.

 

 

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/van_gogh_vincent.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Artcylcopedia: basically a links portal for all things Van Gogh

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Year1/2 Team.

11th November 2013

Welcome to another busy week. The children have been very busy this week with bonfire night and school disco. The Christmas play parts have now been given out and we will be starting to look at the formalities of the play in the upcoming week.

English

This week in English we will begin a unit on Instructions. As this time of year has lots of interesting and exciting events what better than to write instructions about them! We will begin this week by recognising what makes a good set of instructions and how to make them clear to follow. We will be looking at ‘bossy’ verbs (doing words)which could be used to make our instruction more interesting.

Have a look at home for any instructions you can find and see if you can see any ordering words-m first, next, then, after, finally.

We will also be working on basic skills in reading and writing including developing the use of verbs and the correct use of capital letters and full stops.

Some websites to help:-

http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-junior/art-attack/

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game/

Maths

This week in Maths we will be learning about time. We will begin by learning the order of the days of the week, months and seasons and the events which happen in each.

The Year 1 children will know the days of the week; order familiar events in time, know the seasons of the year; begin to know the months.

The Year 2 children will use units of time: hours in a day, days in a week, use units of time: months in a year, seasons in a year.

Some websites to help:-

 

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Infant_activities/daysofweek1.htm

 

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/seasons.htm

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzIbbvoiMA

 

Topic

 

This week we will be tracing the course of Van Gogh’s life on a map of Europe and looking at some of the capital cities of the countries where he lived. The children will produce a map showing the route he took during his life.

If the children have an atlas at home see if they can find Europe.

Vincent van Gogh web links

 

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

Great free site on van Gogh: includes everything from letters, biography, timeline of his life, pictures you can examine in detail, criticism of his work and embedded links to other artists whom he influenced and was influenced by.

 

 

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=nl

The van Gogh museum site (change the language to English).  Offers decent biography broken down into discernible periods in his life, access to decent quality images of his work, including drawings, sketches, late and early paintings, and most importantly an incredible audio-visual animated overview of his life and work.

 

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/

Vincent van Gogh at the WebMuseum: this incredible resource has everything you could ever want to know about Vincent van Gogh, including many decent resolution images of his work.  It also contains embedded links to just about every significant artist throughout history, artistic movements, traditions and events.  This resource is a must for all art lovers!

 

 

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vangogh.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Archive: another good and comprehensive site, with lots of quality images and bibliographical extras.

 

 

http://www.vggallery.com/

The Vincent van Gogh Gallery bills itself as ‘the most comprehensive’ van Gogh resource on the internet and it is not far wrong: here you will find fully 100% of all the artist’s paintings, drawings, water colours, sketches, graphic works, letter sketches and letters. 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

Wikipedia offers its usual slice of excellence with this entry on the famous Dutch artist.  Embedded links, audio-visual resources, critical works; there’s not much else you could want.

 

 

http://www.abcgallery.com/V/vangogh/vangogh.html

Another great art site in general, with excellent entry for the Dutch Master (not Dennis Bergkamp!); lots of images.

 

 

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/van_gogh_vincent.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Artcylcopedia: basically a links portal for all things Van Gogh

 

 

Science

This week in science we will be continuing to think about forces. We will be helping Discovery Dog with an investigation! Naughty Nora has torn a hole in the shopping bag and the shopping has fallen out. Discovery Dog wants to know how far the different items roll. Which ones roll the furthest? We will be planning an investigation to help him work out the answer!

Can you look around at home for things that move when you apply a force? Can you decide if you need to use a push or a pull to make things move? Can you try rolling some different items of shopping? Which ones travel the furthest?

Information for the week:

The Religious Education Inspection will take place on the 12^th November in school.

Any Morrison vouchers can be placed in the special Morrison’s box in the Key Stage 1 Area.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Year1/2 Team.

4th October 2013

Welcome to another busy week. The children have settled back into the school routine. We have mentioned the Christmas play to the children and we had many happy faces. By the end of this week you will have received a letter about what character your child is going to be and the costume they will need. Thank you for your support.

Mrs Worrall's class

Many thanks for your support and understanding which you expressed during last week's parent meetings. We would like to welcome Miss Greenhalgh to the team from this week who will be working in Mrs Worrall's class. She has worked with the team two years ago, in fact some of the older children remembered her when she visited school last week. We are delighted to welcome her back to St. Vincent's.

English

This week in English we will continue our unit on Poetry. As this time of year has lots of interesting and exciting events what better than to write poems about them! We will continue this week by writing about Bonfire night and all the lovely fireworks we can see. We will be looking at the type of adjectives (describing words)which could be used to make our poems more interesting.

We will also be working on basic skills in reading and writing including developing comprehension skills and the correct use of capital letters and full stops.

Some websites to help:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/patch.shtml

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/writingRepeater_v6_withloop.html

http://www.rhymezone.com/

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Infant_activities/rhymingwords.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/adjective_detective_stamp.swf

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/lug_game.shtml

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/alpha_drag/widepage.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/hms.shtml

 

Maths

This week in Maths we will be learning about doubles and near doubles of numbers. This is a useful strategy to help us when we are adding numbers together.

The Year 1 children will recognise doubling as addition; know doubles of numbers up to 5 and add by identifying near doubles.

The Year 2 children will know doubles for numbers up to at least 15 and corresponding halves; and begin to derive doubles of multiples of 5 up to 100 and corresponding halves

Some websites to help:-

 

 

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

 

http://mathszone.webspace.virginmedia.com/mw/doubling/contents.swf

 

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

 

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/media/games/doubling/

 

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

 

Science

This week in science  we will be continuing to think about forces. We will be helping Discovery Dog with an investigation! Naughty Nora has torn a hole in the shopping bag and the shopping has fallen out. Discovery Dog wants to know how far the different items roll. Which ones roll the furthest? We will be planning an investigation to help him work out the answer!

Can you look around at home for things that move when you apply a force? Can you decide if you need to use a push or a pull to make things move? Can you try rolling some different items of shopping? Which ones travel the furthest?

 

Topic

This week we will looking at some of Van Gogh’s pictures in chronological order and looking at how they reflect the events in his life. We will discuss his choice of subjects for his paintings & the children can select a picture and write why they think Van Gogh chose this subject.

Vincent van Gogh web links

 

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

Great free site on van Gogh: includes everything from letters, biography, timeline of his life, pictures you can examine in detail, criticism of his work and embedded links to other artists whom he influenced and was influenced by.

 

 

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=nl

The van Gogh museum site (change the language to English).  Offers decent biography broken down into discernible periods in his life, access to decent quality images of his work, including drawings, sketches, late and early paintings, and most importantly an incredible audio-visual animated overview of his life and work.

 

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/

Vincent van Gogh at the WebMuseum: this incredible resource has everything you could ever want to know about Vincent van Gogh, including many decent resolution images of his work.  It also contains embedded links to just about every significant artist throughout history, artistic movements, traditions and events.  This resource is a must for all art lovers!

 

 

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vangogh.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Archive: another good and comprehensive site, with lots of quality images and bibliographical extras.

 

 

http://www.vggallery.com/

The Vincent van Gogh Gallery bills itself as ‘the most comprehensive’ van Gogh resource on the internet and it is not far wrong: here you will find fully 100% of all the artist’s paintings, drawings, water colours, sketches, graphic works, letter sketches and letters. 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

Wikipedia offers its usual slice of excellence with this entry on the famous Dutch artist.  Embedded links, audio-visual resources, critical works; there’s not much else you could want.

 

 

http://www.abcgallery.com/V/vangogh/vangogh.html

Another great art site in general, with excellent entry for the Dutch Master (not Dennis Bergkamp!); lots of images.

 

 

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/van_gogh_vincent.html

Vincent van Gogh at the Artcylcopedia: basically a links portal for all things van Gog

 

Bonfire night is on Tuesday night and Penketh South will be holding their own display on their field. If you are interested in attending this display you need to contact Penketh South School directly.

Thank you

Year 1/2 Team.