17th March 2014

This is going to be another busy week! This week is assessment week and we will be assessing the children on the skills that they have been learning this term.

Literacy

 

The children will be re-telling a story and focusing on the grammar and punctuation of the story.

 

Can you help your child by:

 

       emphasising that a capital letter needs to be at the start of a sentence and a full stop needs to be at the end of a sentence?

 

   discussing that adjectives can be added to sentences to make objects sound more interesting.

 

   explaining that conjunctions can be added to sentences to extend the sentence and add extra information.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Numeracy

The children will be having a numeracy test which will test all of the areas covered so far this term.

 

 

 

Below is a list of some of the topics that the children will be tested on:

 

       Use every day language to describe 2D and 3D shapes – what the shape are called and how many sides and corners shapes have.

 

       Odds and evens – can they identify odds and evens numbers up to 100.

 

       Counting reliably up to 30 and above.

 

       Reading and writing numbers up to 100.

 

       Understanding the operation of + and – and use related vocabulary.

 

       To know pairs to 10 and build up to pairs to 100.

 

       To recognise coins and their values – to be able to add up amounts and find totals.

 

       To read the time to the hour/half hour on an analogue clock.

 

       Start to recognise multiples of 2,5 and 10

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

bonds

Number bonds to 10

 

0 and 10 are big strong men   

 

  1 and 9 are feeling fine

 

  2 and 8 are never late  

 

3 and 7 come from Devon

 

4 and 6 like to play tricks

 

5 and 5 come alive

 

6 and 4 hold open the door

 

7 and 3 visit for tea

 

 8 and 2 are feeling blue

 

  9 and 1 have just gone 

 

10 and 0 are superheroes.  

Please use these number bond websites to help with your child’s learning:

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/ a favourite of mine! Click on level B or C and then any of the number activities

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/units120.html how many questions can you answer in 2 minutes?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html click on any of the timed activities to help with number bonds knowledge.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf select the number bonds activity and then make 10 or 20. How many can you get right before the clock runs out?

http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/make10.html make 10

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html make 20 - the dance will really make you giggle!

http://www.ictgames.com/brilliant_beadstring.html move the beadstring to make patterns to 10 and 20

http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html match the pipes to make the number bonds to 10

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html make up your own number bond games

http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/colquiz.html for each question you get right, it colours in a part of the picture!

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html a great game for two players. Choose 0 as the lowest number and 9 as the highest, it will create a game to practice and reinforce those number bonds.

 

Science

We will be continuing to look at plants and this week we will be observing the changes in our broad bean seeds and looking at what are the best conditions for seeds to grow.

We will also be looking at the life cycles of different types of plants and drawing these.

Also shortly we will be planting other seeds and getting ready for planting out in the allotment, very exciting! Here’s hoping for a good summer and a bumper harvest!

Although the following websites are a great way to learn about this topic during the wet weather, there is really nothing better than getting out the wellies and a trowel and having a great time in the garden. It might even be a good way to get the children helping out with the weeding after the winter – just as long as they know the difference between the dandelions and the prize azaleas!!

Also have a look around on the way to school, can you see any buds forming or spring bulbs coming up?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml can you find the right conditions for the plant to grow?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml a little more challenging

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/browse.php?item_ID=5584&subject=Science&topic=Life%20-%20Plants this is a really useful powerpoint to download and keep for the whole of the topic. It is aimed at Year 3, but we really do need to push the children on, as their knowledge on this subject is very good already.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants/index.htm click on the seed growth leaf for a great animation of what a seed needs to grow.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=plantlabelmx a very simple resource to drag and drop the labels onto the right part of the plant. As you move through this site though, you will be expected to explain the functions of each part. This is also really useful in supporting the literacy for this week.

http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/earlygrowth/germination/germ.html how fascinating! You will need to sit with your child for this, but the use of stop motion photography is fantastic. Just click on the sunflower germination – it’s really interesting! The movies for flowers are also beautiful!

 

Topic

 

The children will be continuing their new topic called “How do our senses help us?”

We talked about the importance of our different senses.  We will be discussing the question:

“What do we use our senses for?”

To support this learning at home you could talk to your child about the importance of our differences senses in our everyday life.

This week we will be looking particularly at the sense of hearing. What sounds can you hear on your journey to school?

 

Come and See

The children will be continuing their new topic “Giving”.

They will be thinking about how we give something up at lent, and also try to do good deeds for others. We also aim to pray more in Lent.

The key words the children will be focusing on are sharing, giving, opportunities, Ash Wednesday, Lent, prayer.

 

Some questions we will be thinking about.

• What happens the day before Ash Wednesday and why?
• Why is Lent a good time for Christians?
• When does Lent begin?
• Where do the ashes for Ash Wednesday come from?
   
  Reminders

Sainsbury’s vouchers We are continuing to collect Sainsbury’s vouchers. Please send them into school with your child if you have them. Many thanks.

 

Father Richard will be giving a Lenten Mass for everyone in school on Friday 21st Feb at 9.05am to which all parents and grandparents are invited.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

Year 1/2 Team.