Maths: adding two 2-digit numbers
This week in Year 2 we are focussing our learning on adding two 2-digit numbers together. To start with, we are learning to add two 2-digit numbers together that are not across ten. After this, the focus will be on adding across a ten.
Step 1 – write out the equation.
Step 2 – draw base ten to illustrate how many tens and how many ones are present in each number. (Lines to represent 10s, circles or squares to represent 1s).
Step 3 – add the tens together.
Step 4 – add the ones together.
Step 5 – add the above together.
By breaking the addition down into small, manageable steps we are able to answer these difficult questions with ease.
Help at home: by practicing these skills at home with your children. Use blank sheets of paper and ask children to talk through and show you their working out.
Adding two 2-digit numbers (not across a 10) –
Adding two 2-digit numbers (across a ten)
Class News 5/6A
Happy New Year to all pupils, parents and families! I hope you have all had a restful and happy festive period. It has been great to be able to welcome the children back into class. It may have been a short week but we have packed a lot in. Let’s see what they’ve been getting up to.
Our main Topic focus will be geography this half term, in particular ‘Environment and Natural Disasters’. We have been looking at the difference between weather and climate, and exploring the causes of climate change. The Year 6 pupils have filmed their very own version of ‘Newsround’ to report on what is leading to increased global warming across the world.
In Science, Earth and Space are our focus for the next seven weeks. Together we have been looking at the orbit of the moon around the Earth, and the different phases it goes through. Help at home: For their homework, the pupils have been asked to take a photo of the moon each night for the next 28 days. Please remind your child to do this at home, and from a position where they can clearly see it. By the end of this, we will be able to make a “flick book” of the moon’s orbit around Earth.
Help at home: Our times table focus for this week is the 3 times table, and spellings are based on homophones. Daily practice of times table and spellings can make a significant impact on your child’s performance at school. It could be at the breakfast table, on the journey to school, or when chilling on the sofa.
Finally, let’s see who our certificate winners were for this week.
Great Learning – Travis. Resilient, respectful and resourceful, he has shown a fantastic attitude towards learning all week.
Living and Learning – Amelia. Mature, composed and considerate of others, she always makes mature and well thought-out points in our class discussions.
Sport – Louis M. Great basketball skills this week. Controlled dribbling, and accurate shooting. Great job!
Have a great weekend!
Mr. Robson
Living and Learning: I know what a drug is.
Over the next couple of weeks in our Living and Learning sessions, we will be focusing on “Being Safe”. Our discussions this week have centred around what a drug is, and how they might handle the pressure of being asked to use these by friends or peers. As a class we discussed the various strategies young people have at their disposal; passive, aggressive and assertive, and looked at a number of scenarios to see how they might react if they found themselves being put under pressure to take drugs.
Help at home: ask your child if they know where to get help if they’re worried about drugs or being safe. They could talk to a trusted adult. Do they know who their trusted adults are? They could also contact Childline on 0800 1111 or even contact the police using 111.
English – Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers
We are using our class novel, Here We Are (Notes for Living on Planet Earth) by Oliver Jeffers to inspire our reading and writing learning this half term. We have enjoyed reading and discussing the book, picking out the main themes and messages.
We will link the book to our geography learning about our local area and art too. We will be reading about our school and Scholes, then writing about our school and village too.
Help at home
- read the book again and talking about the key messages
- talk about our local area – particularly what you like and dislike about it
- help your child learn their address
- read other books by Oliver Jeffers
There is a link to listen to it here. (This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.)
1,2B PE – large apparatus
There was much excitement in PE yesterday when we got the large apparatus out in PE. We climbed, stretched, rolled and balanced, refining our gross motor skills.
Welcome back!
It was lovely to see everyone this week and we enjoyed hearing all about your Christmas holidays. It sounds like Santa was very busy delivering presents!
This week, we listened to ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and children loved creating their own gingerbread people with the scented play dough. We counted out buttons and talked about the different sized cutters. This led to some discussions about ‘height’ and language including big, little, tall and short. In group time, we compared our heights to see who was tallest/shortest.
Miss Morris and Mrs Kilburn have been busy visiting all of our new families at home. Look out for some new faces in Nursery next week, and please be patient as we help our new children to settle in.
Reading stars!
This week, I have been blown away by the dedication of year 5 with their reading. Some children continued to read during the Christmas holiday and have been reading daily this week too. They have even completed a reading task. This is amazing and well done!
Help at home: please continue to read daily with your child at home. This really helps to improve their fluency and understanding. Don’t forget that there is a task set each week that needs to be completed in the journals. Please make sure you sign the journal too.
Here are some examples of the work from over the Christmas holiday.
Welcome back!
Welcome back
The children have returned to school ready to spring into action this spring half term! It has been fantastic to hear about everybody’s Christmas holidays – the children have really enjoyed confidently and articulately sharing their news.
Lost and Found
This week, in literacy we have been reading the book ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. We have been retelling the story using actions and story maps.
Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog (it’s along the play bar) and turn off auto play – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.
Maths – super subitising!
This week we have been practising our subitising skills. This means, we have been looking and saying how many objects we can see – without counting one by one! Ask your child how many spots they can see by subitising.
“…there’s 4 because there’s 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom – that makes 4!” Edie
“3 because there’s 2 there and 1 there – that makes 3!” Jack.
You can also practice subitising by playing board games with a dice at home with your child.
Phonics
This week, the children have learnt some new digraphs – a digraph consists of ‘two letters that make one sound’. Ask your child to tell you the sounds the digraphs below make.
ai ee igh oa
Before reading a word we always look for any digraphs (two letters that make one sound). Then, we say the sound the digraph makes. Finally, we sound out the word and blend it together – using our phoneme (the sound a letter makes) fingers! This helps your child identify the digraphs (two letters that make one sound) before reading a word.
Here is a video modelling how we do this in school. This is something you can do with your child when reading their book at home.
Poetry Picnic
Each week, we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. This week’s poem is ‘Let’s put on our mittens’.
We talk about how a poem sometimes has rhyming words and sometimes doesn’t. Can your child tell you the rhyming words in this week’s poem? We also talk about how a poem can have a fast rhythm or a slow rhythm. Can your child tell you if this week’s poem is fast or slow?
PE
This week, Sunshine class had their first Foot-Tech session. They were excellent listeners and played lots of fun games to keep fit and healthy.
Library
This week, we have visited the school library. Your child will have bought a library book home. Please enjoy reading and sharing this at home.
Please return your child’s library book to school on Thursday’s so that your child can choose a different book – if they are ready to change it.
Reminders
Swimming/Football
Spring 1 – swimming
Rainbow Class- 4 Jan, 18 Jan, 1 Feb
Sunshine Class- 11 Jan, 25 Jan, 8 Feb
When your child is not swimming, they will be taking part in Foot Tech Football sessions. Please ensure your child comes in PE kit every Wednesday, including suitable trainers.
Living and Learning: I know what a drug is
We start the new year with drug education.
- I know what a drug is.
- I know that some drugs are harmful.
This week, we focus on the reasons why we use household products and medicines and the importance of using them safely. Our pupil explore a range of medicine labels and instructions and assess risk in different situations. They identify how to minimise/prevent further risk to help prevent accidents from occurring.
Even young children can begin to develop an understanding of drugs.
Talk to your child about medicines – they’re helpful drugs, but only when used by the right people in the right way. Older children can develop this understanding in terms of other drugs like alcohol – talk about age restrictions and drinking in moderation.
In today’s lesson, we looked at empty medicine packaging with partners. The aim was to find the all the information someone would need before taking the medicine, and how they were labelled.
Living and Learning – Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco
This week in Living and Learning across Years 3 and 4, we have been talking about medicines and how they can help us. We have also talked about the risks and what we can do to reduce the risks, including the importance of following the instructions of a doctor and our adult at home.
Help at home by discussing with your child further how we can be safe with chemicals in our home, whether it relates to medicines, cleaning products or toiletries for example.