What can you see?
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.
Friday’s Big Birdwatch
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…
Whole class reading
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.
Microscopes
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!
Arrays arrays arrays
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 Parent Webinars
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…
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1 minute maths app
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…
Writing calculations
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…
Monster phonics
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.
Phonics games
We’re really enjoying Phonics in Class 2. We’ve been playing lots of phonics games this week, revising sounds and learning new ones.
Exploring London
We’ve been using Google Arts and Culture on our new whiteboard today to look at landmarks in and around London. We moved along the river Thames learning about the different buIldings, river and bridges we could see.
