Green Fingers Year 2

Friday was a lovely, mild day for a spot of gardening. We moved our plants so we could create a dedicated area for planting and growning. In KS1 the children learn about the parts of a plant, they also learn about what plants need to stay alive. Throughout the year we will be looking closely at our plants for changes. We have planted some herbs and will also be planting some vegetables soon so we can start to see first hand the benefits of our gardening efforts! "Disco heather is so colourful, it looks like a firework!" Shivanshi "I've done gardening at home before, I know you have to carefully put it's roots in." Elise

You could learn more about plants on BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd

Year 2 - Week 1's Celebration Certificates

                                                                     Week 1 certificates 

Rowan Class- 

E for Excellence-

Eden for her maths work this week she independently

wrote numbers to 20. 

Star writer-

Alex for using similes in his writing to describe a picture of

The Great Fire of London 

Resilience-

Rosie for maintaining an positive attitude in lessons

and being able to self-regulate independently.

Pine class- 

E for Excellence -

Aisha for her fantastic writing about the Great Fire of London.

Well done for using fantastic adjectives and similes!

Star Writer -

Manuella for her hard work in her writing about The Great Fire of London.

Well done for applying the sounds you have learnt and

writing sentences independently.

Mulberry class- 

E for Excellence - Liam for writing well punctuated sentences using

his sounds about the Great Fire of London. 

Star Writer -

Ryan for using great noun phrases to describe a picture

of The Great Fire of London. 

Resourcefulnes-

Larissa for using blocks to build her own marble run this week! 

I have made my teacher happy -

George for working hard with extra phonics practice sessions

and learning all his Set 2 sounds.  

Well done everyone!

Many thanks

The Year 2 team

Year 1 - Week 1's Celebration Certificates!

 

Week 1's certificates

Well done to Abdulahad in Apricot Class for his concentration and hard work this week in Maths. Abdulahad used his ten frames to work out subtraction number problems. Fantastic work Abdulahad!

Well done to Noah in Beech Class for his fantastic work this week. Noah has shown brilliant collaboration skills, working alongside his friends, making good choices.

Well done to Umar in Walnut Class, for his fantastic effort in Maths using a number line to subtract numbers under 10 using a 10 frame. Well done Umar!

Well done to Gabi in Apricot Class for his excellent sentence writing in Literacy this week. Gabi used his capital letters, full stops and sounds independently to write about the scene in our new story, Pattan’s Pumpkin. Well done Gabi!

Well done to Ali in Beech Class, for his excellent work in literacy this week. Ali has been working hard to improve his focus and produced an amazing piece of independent writing this week.

Well done to Elena in Walnut Class, for using her creativity when looking at the story of Pattan’s Pumpkin. Elena described the character of Pattan using Capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Well done Elena!

Well done everyone!

Many thanks,

The Year 1 Team

Year 1 - What we've been learning this week!

 

Take a look at some of the things that we've been learning in Year 1 this week!

Maths

In Maths, we've started subtraction. We've been learning how to take away using ten frames, number lines and concrete objects like cubes and Numicon. Why don't you try this subtraction game at home?

Literacy

In Literacy this week we have started a new book, Pattan's Pumpkin. We have been introduced to the two main characters, Pattan and Kanni this week and created a role on the wall for Pattan. We also created some signs with instructions to keep the Pumpkin in the story safe. Here are some of our signs.

Science

In science, we've been starting to look at the human body. We did an investigation in each class to work out who was the tallest. We split into groups and drew around the tallest person, then we put the drawings up on the wall and compared them to see who was the tallest in each class!

Have a good weekend, see you next week!

The Year One Team

Year 2 Egg Box Dragons

We 

Year 2 used their DT skills to create their own dragons based on our focus story 'Egg Box Dragon'. We spoke about how to transform our plain egg boxes using different techniques and the children used various methods to create their own characters. They then used their literacy skills to explain how to make an egg box dragon by writing some fabulous instructions. The children remembered to use Adverbs of time and manner to explain each step! "I carefully cut the cardboard... carefully is an adverb!" Shivanshi "My dragon has a long tail, I had to twist the pipe cleaners to make it." Liam

V

Great Fire of London WOW Day Year 2

Year 2 were transported back to 1666 when they came back to class on Monday. Last half term we started to look at London in our Geography lessons, we learnt that it was the Capital city of England and studied some of the famous landmarks, this half term we are learning about an important event that happened in London in 1666; the great fire of London. The children started the day with a workshop with the Freshwater Theatre company. They helped a lady who had time travelled from 1666 and used their drama skills to act out life in London at that time. We learnt about where the fire started and how it spread. In class we made some items for our role play bakery and investigated clues linked to the Great Fire. The children were really interested in the topic and are excited to find out more about this topic. "I enjoyed acting as the mayor, everyone had to bow to the king" Darcie "I learnt that the fire started in the bakery" Lucas

Year One - Week 7's Celebration Certificates

Week 7's certificates

Well done to Evie in Beech Class for her excellent effort in literacy. Evie has been working hard learning her sounds and applying them to her writing. Keep up the great effort, Evie 

Ava in Apricot Class for her hard work and determination in Maths this week. Ava used her 10 frame to add together two single digit numbers. She grew in confidence and was able to complete the task independently, well done Ava!

Paige in Walnut Class, for her super effort in Maths using a 10 square to add two single digit numbers together. Paige has consistently shown kindness and a positive attitude to learning. Well done Paige.

George in Apricot Class for his fantastic effort writing a diary entry from Beegu’s point of view. George was able to successfully sound out his words in order to spell them. Brilliant work George!

Blake in Walnut Class, for his fantastic effort in writing a diary entry in character as Beegu. Blake described how Beegu felt when she was trying to make friends and related this to his own experience. Well done Blake!

Aayan in Beech Class, for using new vocabulary we have been learning in class and including it in his own writing.

Resilience award for Jack, for his concentration and focus during Maths. Jack carried on despite finding the activity challenging. Well done!

Resilience award for Charlie in Beech Class. Charlie always works hard and tries his best, even when things are challenging

Resilience award for Elliot in Walnut Class, for his effort in listening during the group work to write a diary entry even though he initially found the activity challenging. Well done Elliot!

Reflectiveness award for Lemar in Walnut Class for completing his Literacy and Maths activities this week. Lemar also made the right choices after reflecting on the week. Well done Lemar!

Well done Year One for a fantastic half term.

See you all soon, keep safe!