Ordering numbers
This week in KS1 we have been ordering numbers from 0-100. We have been practising recognising and using the greater than (>), less than (<) and equal to (=) signs. We came up with some actions to help us remember these.
Help at home by using Go Noodle and practising this dance:
Hallabaloo – Learn Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To | Math | GoNoodle – 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.)
Y1 phonics revision from this half term
The phonics resources that we have been sending home this half term with homework are proving beneficial for those who use them. Help your child at home by re-reading the sounds and words on them.
Junior Leadership Team Elections
It’s that time of year again where we vote for new members of the Junior Leadership Team. Do you fancy being the representative for your class? Can you listen well to other people’s ideas and opinions? Do you want to make a difference in our school? Then this is the role for you.
Make sure you take a look at this weeks homework – you will need to get writing a speech. It will need to convince others that you are the best candidate – there will be lots of competition! Make sure you mention your strengths, qualities, what you’d like to change in school and any other useful skills you might have.
Good luck!
Geography topic review morning – Year 2s
We had a topic review morning today with the Year 2 children – recapping learning from last year. We particularly looked at the big concepts of PLACE, SPACE, SCALE and INTERDEPENDENCE.
We used concentric circles to show how Scholes is in Leeds, Leeds is in England, England is in Europe and Europe is in the world.
We looked at human and physical features in different environments.
We marked the equator, southern and northern hemispheres on a ball.
We also played North, South, East, West to review the points of a compass.
Science – looking for seasonal changes on our autumn walk
All the key stage 1 classes had a lovely autumnal walk around our school grounds on Monday. We returned our conker collection back into the food chain and looked for signs of autumn too.
Help at home by talking about seasonal changes you can see : the days getting shorter, leaves falling from trees and animals hibernating.
‘I respect myself’
Today we have been discussing our Living and Learning statement, ‘I respect myself.’ The class came up with many reasons why we are all different. As a class, we came to the conclusion that we are all different and unique. We respect our differences as well as other peoples.
We then created lots of different characters on A4 paper. We started by drawing a head. We then folded our paper and passed it on to another person in the class. We repeated this until each character had a full body. Take a look at some of our weird and wonderful creations!
Autumn walk – all Y1 and Y2 children bring wellies on Monday 10th October!
We are going on an autumn walk around the school grounds on Monday. Please bring a pair of wellies as the field is muddy!
Singing – Make your own kind of music
We added some singing to our golden assembly today; Make your own kind of music by Paloma Faith. It’s all about being yourself and making your own choices and we love singing it. Here is a video of KS1 singing some of the song!
1A Science – food chains
In Science, we have been learning about food chains. The children have enjoyed making their own.
Y2 Spellings
We’ve had another fantastic week in 2C so far. I have been extremely proud of how each child has been practising their spellings in preparation for their spelling test every other week. Here is our current spelling list:
- of
- once
- one
- our
- pull
- push
- put
- said
- saw
- says
Help at home by practicing sounding out spellings with your children. Why not get them to use coloured pencils or pens? This will help them to memorise spellings more easily and will encourage neat handwriting!