Living and Learning : 8Rs for learning
Last week’s Living and Learning statement is ‘I use the 8 Rs to help me learn.’
In KS1 we have been discussing each of the 8 Rs and how they are important in supporting our learning. They are:
- being ready
- being responsive
- being reflective
- being resourceful
- remembering
- risk-taking
- being resilient
- being responsible
Being ready is one of our school rules. We are learning our new routines really well and getting better and better at being ready.
1A Class Reward
In 1A we have a class motto: ‘We’re not collecting warnings, we’re collecting marbles!’ For the past 3 weeks children have been putting marbles into a jar for excellent behaviour, good manners, superb work, listening to instructions, lining up beautifully…the list goes on. In short, our marble jar was filled to the top and because of this we had a class treat. The adventure playground in KS2 was a well deserved reward for everyone in 1A.
Living and Learning : school rules
We have been talking about our school rules since we came back to school. They are useful rules for life too and help make our school a happy and healthy place to learn.
Help at home by talking about why we have rules.
Week 3 in 2C
The children are settling into Year 2 fantastically. It has been brilliant to see how quickly the children have adapted and settled into their new routines.
Here’s an overview of what we have been up to this week!
Reading
In Reading lessons we have been looking at the book ‘Little Red’ by Bethan Woolvin. This is a story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood but it has a twist at the end. We have been reading different versions of Little Red Riding Hood and have been comparing, discussing similarities and differences.
Our Poem of the week this week has been ‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ by Roald Dahl. On the first day, we listened to the poet read the poem via audio. The next day we focussed on rhyming words and discussed what a rhyming word is. The following day, we started to look at the meaning of some tricky vocabulary in the poem and on Thursday we showed off our fluency and prosody. This poem will be sent home alongside homework Friday 20th.
Maths
We are continuing to learn about place value in Maths this half term. This week we have been learning about what each number represents within a two-digit number. For example in the number 24, the 2 represents two tens and the 4 represents 4 ones. See some of our learning below.
Science
In Science this week, the children have been learning about birds. This half term we will be learning all about different types of animals. Last week we learnt about mammals.
We know that all birds have a beak, wings, feathers and lay eggs. But all birds are not the same. Some birds cannot fly and only some birds can swim. During the lesson we went onto our school playground to see if we could spot any common birds. We saw several pigeons and 3 Kites!
History
During Topic lessons this week, the children have been learning all about houses in the past and why the fire spread so quickly back in 1666. We learnt that the fire spread quickly because the houses were made of wood and they were very close together. We also discussed that the ‘Great’ fire refers to the fire being big, spreading quickly and lasting 4 days. It was a significant historical event that happened a long time ago.
Here’s some other photographs showing what we have been up to this week!
Science- What are mammals?
KS1 are looking at animals. What do they need to survive?
Fresh air – Rupert
Food and water – Libby
A safe house (shelter) – Fletcher
We enjoyed learning that mammals are a type of animal that have fur/hair and have live young. The children completed a sorting activity to decide if different animals were mammals or not.
Help at home: As you read animal books, can you find any mammals?
PE – Castles and Cannonballs in 1,2B
We really enjoyed our first PE lesson on Friday. We are learning a new game – Castles and Cannonballs. We enjoyed building castles using all sorts of equipment and then throwing balls at them to knock them down. We are going to change and adapt the game over this half term; adding different rules, using different equipment and using different parts of our body.
Our First Week In 1A
1A have shown amazing resilience by settling into the routines of a Year 1 classroom. Everyone is ready to listen, take part, follow instructions and take care of each other. We are incredibly proud of them!
In Maths, we have focused on number formation and place value.
Our PE lesson was in glorious sunshine. We have begun our new KS1 game -Castles and Cannon Balls.
Please look in your child’s book bag. We have sent a lot of new passwords and information home that are very important home tools to support your child’s learning.
We are really excited about the year ahead!
First week of 2C
We have had a fantastic first week back at school. The new Year 2 children are settling very well into their new classroom. All of the children have been extremely resilient and ready to learn. Here are a few things we have been getting up to this week.
In Maths we have been recapping numbers up to 20. We have been counting forwards and backwards 1-20. We also ordered numbers in table groups by looking at the value of each number.
In phonics lessons we have been recapping letters of the alphabet and letter formation. We have also been recapping some of our sounds and ‘tricky words’ ready to begin our Little Wandle phonics lessons from next week.
The children have spent some time this week, practising saying and writing the days of the week. In Year 2, we write the ‘long date’ in our books each day. This activity is helping children to remember their spelling as well as remembering that days of the week and months of the year need a capital letter.
In PE we have been playing games that will help us to work as a team. This half term we will be working on developing skills such as spacial awareness, throwing and kicking.
It has been a pleasure to get to know the children this week. It’s going to be a brilliant year!
1A Class Information and First Day
Hello! We have been SO impressed with 1A! What super stars! The children have done amazingly well to settle into life in Year 1. We are going to have a fantastic year. We can’t wait to see these children fly with their learning.
A paper copy of the following should have come home already but just in case:
- PE day is Friday and swimming day is Tuesday (PE kit, following the school uniform policy, can be worn all day on both days). Ensure your child can fasten their own shoes if they wear laced shoes.
- Reading eBooks allocation day – Friday. Please bring reading records in on Thursday to be sent home on Friday.
- Library/love of reading book – bring in on Monday
- Spare clothes – can be kept in a small bag on their peg, if required (we have limited spares).
- Lunch menus – on the Class News/Year 1 & 2 page of the website.
- Playtime snacks – fruit or vegetables only, please, but there is a fruit/veg bowl in each class for playtimes
- Water bottle (clearly named) – should be in school every day, can be emptied and refilled in school or taken home each day.
- Children will have their own tray for suncream, tissues, hats/gloves, snack.
- Coat – please send one every day as we may be learning outside and for lunchtimes and playtimes (often in the rain).
- Numbots/TTRockstars username and password will be stuck on of reading records.
- Collins Hub (eBook) username and password will be stuck in reading records also.
Check out our Class News page for updates on what is going on in school : scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/classnews/year1-2showcase/
Homework and spellings are posted weekly too :
https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/homework/
https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/spelling/year1-2spelling/
Teacher emails for non-urgent questions or notifications : fionabrown@spherefederation.org lydiawilkins@spherefederation.org
2C class information and first day
2C had a fantastic first day back at school. Every child came in with a smile on their face, ready to start the day. I was very impressed with how quickly the class settled into their new environment. We are going to have a brilliant year!
A paper copy of the information below should have come home with your child too. Please check their bags!
Thanks, Miss Young 🙂
2C class information
Below is some information about your child’s new class and some of the day to day things that will help your child settle into their new class and routine. Please clearly label everything your child brings into school with their full name– 90 children share the KS1 corridor!
- PE day is Friday and swimming day is Thursday (PE kit, following the school uniform policy, can be worn all day on both days). Ensure your child can fasten their own shoes if they wear laced shoes.
- Reading eBooks allocation day – Friday. Please bring reading records in on Thursday to be sent home on Friday.
- Library/love of reading book – bring in on
- Spare clothes – can be kept in a small bag on their peg, if required (we have limited spares).
- Lunch menus – on the Class News/Year 1 & 2 page of the website and in the classroom window.
- Playtime snacks – fruit or vegetables only, please, but there is a fruit/veg bowl in each class for playtimes
- Water bottle (clearly named) – should be in school every day, can be emptied and refilled in school or taken home each day.
- Children will have their own tray for suncream, tissues, hats/gloves, snack.
- Coat – please send one every day as we may be learning outside and for lunchtimes and playtimes (often in the rain).
- Numbots/TTRockstars username and password will be stuck on of reading records.
- Collins Hub (eBook) username and password will be stuck in reading records also.
- Show and tell day is Friday. Please note your child cannot do a show and tell two weeks in a row, so to let everybody have a fair turn!
Check out our Class News page for updates on what is going on in school: scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/classnews/year1-2showcase/
Homework and spellings are posted weekly too :
https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/homework/
https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/category/spelling/year1-2spelling/
Teacher email for non-urgent questions or notifications: kateyoung@spherefederation.org
Please call the office for urgent queries or questions 0113-3649149