Class 2

We each spent 5 minutes trying to draw our partners. We looked for the shapes and shadows we could see, not what we though we saw.

Today we’ve been outside drawing from obsevation. We’ve been drawing what we can see in the outdoor area and some of us have been using view finders to help us.

Today we tidied the gardening area and got the soil ready to begin planting this year’s crops. 

Today we’ve been using the microscopes. We had a play with them to of us them and try to look at different objects around the classroom using them.

It’s time for the RSPB’s big birdwatch again. We will take part on Friday afternoon. Please send children in with warm clothes, hats and scarves on Friday so we can sit outside to watch birds on Friday afternoon. If you have any binoculars that you would like to bring in, please send them in for…

Some of our class have taken part in whole class reading over the past two weeks. We have enjoyed reading Paddington, echo reading, searching for vocabulary in the text and answering questions. Here we are highlighting key vocabulary in the text.

We’re all very excited in St Mary’s at the moment. We’ve borrowed a microscope kit from the Royal Microscopic Society and we can’t wait to use it!

In maths year 2 have been making arrays with counters and trying to work out what the calculations are for each of the arrays.

Monster Phonics are running webinars to support parents at home with phonics. The webinars will give you an overview of how we teacher phonics, the resources we use and how you can support your child at home.

Please see the links below. Click on the date that is suitable for you and sign…

White Rose Maths have just released a free maths app for Year 1 and Year 2 children. The app has 1 minute games aimed to help children with the basic maths skills. I've had a go at the app and it's easy to use. It will support children's learning in school brilliantly so please download it and let…

Today Year 1 have been recalling number bonds to 10 and 20 by making and writing them. We had a competition to write as many calculations as we could but they only counted if they had numbers the correct way around and an equals sign. 
 

Year 1 will be working on different methods for addition…

This week we will be learning:

ir for bird and birthday

ue  for clue and blue

ue for Tuesday 

ew for stew and new

There are lots of games for these sounds on Education City for you to play at home.