Crazy about conkers in 1,2B
We’re collecting conkers to use in our maths lessons. It’s helping us count in tens and add bigger numbers. We have 357 so far!
Geography – I can see the seas!
This week in Geography, 2C have been researching the seas that surround the UK and how to read a map key.
We listened to a song about the UK – United Kingdom Song with signing | By Al Start | Primary School Geography – YouTube (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.)
We also used Google Earth and Atlases to help us with our research.
Maths: place value
This half term, Y2 are focussing on Place Value in Maths. Numbers are very important so it is important we know everything we can about numbers 0-100. We have been using place value charts, part-part-whole models and ten frames to recognise which number represents the ‘tens’ and which represents the ‘ones’.
PE in 1,2B
We certainly have had happy and healthy PE lessons the last two weeks. We played a tag game, after making our own ‘pitch’ using cones. The highlight for most people was the ‘up and down’ team game at the end. We could all see and feel how our bodies had changed after exercise!
Science in Year 1
In Science we are learning about the human body! We have enjoyed drawing around our bodies on the playground and labeling our body parts.
Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on the five senses. The children were very inquisitive when finding out about their sense of sight and what it might be like to be blind. Guides dogs and braille came into our conversations. We conducted a little investigation on the playground: Could we accurately throw a beanbag into a hoop if we were partially sighted or blind? Ask your child to retell their findings.
PE in 2C!
Today in PE we focussed on dodging skills and finding space.
We had fun playing a few different games where everybody could get involved!
Living and Learning
This weeks’ Living and Learning statement is ‘I use good manners’.
In KS1 we had a long discussion about what good manners look like and sound like. We thought about lots of ways we can use good manners both at home and at school.
We know that manners are very important. They make us feel good when we use them, and others good when they receive them.
Y2 maths
Year 2s have been learning all about place value in maths. Recognising the value of each digit lays the foundations for all the maths that we will build on this year.
Help at home by playing this game on the Top Marks website. It is great for recognising tens and ones (and is fun too).
Class novel
We have started reading a new class novel this week. It is The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton.
We are really enjoying a longer story, with chapters, that we can immerse ourselves in. It has sparked many discussions already about the characters, who we like and dislike and what we would do in the same situations.
Help at home by reading along (if you have a copy) or talk about some of the new words we have come across, such as enchanted, peculiar, folk and tremendous.
We are geographers
Our topic this half term is Geography. We are being geographers. We have been using Google Earth, maps, atlases and globes to find the continents (this song helps). We have also been learning about the countries that make up the United Kingdom and their capital cities. We have a song that helps with that too.
We researched landmarks in each city – and found out each capital city has a zoo! They also have lots of important buildings like castles, museums and palaces.
Help at home by helping your child to learn their address and postcode.
