Hi
Welcome to another week in KS1!
It will be another busy week, we have lots of
exciting things planned!
English
In English
this week will be continuing to learn about nocturnal animals. We will be
researching different nocturnal animals before writing our own reports on them.
Our
objectives this week are to:-
- Understand differences between fact and fiction and be able to explain this.
- Ask simple and more complex questions.
- Talk about key structural features of an information page in a book.
- Produce own information page using key features, eg captions, labels, text boxes etc.
- Recognise and talk about the features of a non-chronological report.
- Write more complex sentences for a non-chronological report in an appropriate style.
Can you think of any animals that wake up at night?
Have a look at some of the websites below to give you some ideas!
Phonics websites
worksheets
for-
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consonant and vowel recognition,
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initial consonant sounds,
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beginning and end blends,
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consonant diagraphs,
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silent letters,
- long
vowel sounds,
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Phase 3 and 5 sounds.
a good
selection of resources including worksheets and some interactive games. Covers-
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Phase 3 and 5 sounds
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Phase 6 work such as prefixes and suffixes, plurals and tense worksheets.
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extensive list of long vowel worksheets and games such as hangman.
Has
and Letters and Sounds section that covers all
the phonic phases and the tricky words, 100/200 common words.
Lots
of letter fans, mats, display ideas and games that follow ideas in Letters and Sounds phases.
Under
word level section of literacy, a good selection of worksheets and powerpoints.
Covers-
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Early phonics and alphabet work.
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Phase 6 work (plurals, tenses, prefixes/suffixes etc)
- some
phase 3/4/5 sounds.
American
site, simple worksheets mostly CVC and initial sounds.
mix of
very good interactive games and worksheets covering most phonic phases.
Recommend Sandcastle quiz for phase 3 and 5.
a very
good selection of interactive games focussing on phonics and sentence
construction. Each is split into medium/hard/really hard and are short and fun.
a
great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.
a
selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.
interactive
games for a range of sounds. Each has a couple interactive games and a clever
LCWC game.
Maths
This week in maths the Year 1 children will be learning how to add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number. They will also be finding a small difference between two numbers by counting on.
The Year 2 children will begin to add by bridging a multiple
of 10. They will also find the difference between two numbers by counting on.
They will use the 100 square and the number line to support
this.
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
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://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-two-digit-whole-numbers/soccer_challenge_quiz_2.swf
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/activities/digitmenu.swf
http://www.ictgames.com/targettakeaway.html
Science
This
week in science we will be continuing our topic Changing Materials. We will be going to try to find out - Which objects will change shape if we stretch, twist, bend or squash
them? The children will have a set of objects to explore and will see
how they change when they use different forces on them.
Can you have a look around
at home and identify which materials have been used to make different things.
Why have these materials been chosen? Can you change the shape of any of these
objects?
(contains some useful links to sites about materials).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/science/changing_materials/play/
Topic
In topic we will be continuing to look at The Great Fire of
London.
We
will ask the children if they remember the story of the Great Fire? We will re-tell the story & make sure the children
understand the main aspects. Ask key questions? Where did it start? Why did it
start? What helped to make it stop? (Wind died down & gunpowder explosions
caused breaks). What famous buildings were destroyed? We will ask children to
imagine how the fire spread & how difficult it was to stop!. Happily,
at the end remarkably few people seem to have actually lost their lives – only
about 8 or 9. This was because most people had time to clear their houses of
their most important possessions & then escape without being burnt. We will ask the children what they would take if they had
to clear their home of their most important possessions – we will be careful to
stress that this does not include people!!!
We will also stress that if anyone is in a real fire, they should never
stop to collect their possessions – they must leave the burning building
straight away.
This amazing
virtual tour of St Paul’s has a brilliant animation of the Great Fire. Click on
Explore St Paul’s and then on the picture to reach this (or use the click here link). The page you reach
contains a Thumbnail picture of the great fire on the right (use
vertical scroll bar to find it amongst other short animations) on which you
click for an audio video animation. QUITE SUPERB!
This is a must!
VERY good brief
history
Good history
outline with excellent extract from Pepys
This one is
simple and clear and has a good map showing the extent of the fire on
successive days
Come and See
The children will be continuing their new
topic “Spread The Word”.
Jesus is risen
We
will be looking at the verses in Luke that describe when the women went to the
tomb and found that Jesus was not there. The women were then given the message
that Jesus had been raised from the dead. The women took this message to the
disciples.
Some
questions we will be thinking about.
- How do you think the women were feeling?
- What was the message the men gave to the women?
- What had Jesus told them to remember? Discuss the words used.
- How do you think the eleven disciples felt when they heard the news from the women?
Reminders
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SATs
We will be continuing
the KS1 SATs tests for Y2 children this week. If possible please could you try
to ensure that the Y2 children are in school every day as testing could go on
any day. Experience has shown it is better for the children to carry out the
assessments as part of a group rather than on their own if they are absent.
Obviously if the children are ill we do understand.
Thank you for your continued support.
Year 1/2 Team.
