"You can't use up creativity, the more you use the more you have ."

This week we have been focused on our special story book, ‘The Queen’s Hat’. Would you believe that Her Royal Highness has written a letter to Reception? She was visiting St Annes when she lost her hat again! So, she wrote to the children to ask them if they had seen her hat. Many of them are sure they have seen it, with some of our children certain that a crown was spotted on their way home from school. Hopefully we can help the Queen and find her hat!

Certificates

Co-operative Roger Robin Amelia for… making such a great learning partner! I have loved watching and listening to you on the carpet with your partner.  It is just delightful to watch you share your ideas with others and celebrate your friends learning too.  Thank you Amelia, your care and love towards others helps to make our classroom a caring place.

Concentrating Cooper Crab Logan for… concentrating so carefully in your learning. We have been so impressed with you recently Logan. You are so focused and determined to achieve your latest targets. Your reading skills are improving daily and you are now reading longer words and red tricky words! A huge well done Logan, keep up the great effort!

In maths, we have been thinking deeply about how numbers are made up. The children are becoming more confident playing with numbers and exploring how they are made up. Together, we looked deeper at the number 5 and came up with many ways that it can be made. Hudson had a very interesting way of making 5, by having 1 and 2 and 1 and 1. We loved this idea and it sparked many new ways that 5 could be made up. Well done Reception, you thought very creatively, just like Kiki Chameleon!

During our RE learning we have been reflecting on times when we have felt poorly and how it feels to be looked after when we are not feeling very well. The children were very reflective and understood that they can help others to feel better through their actions too.

In phonics this week we have been learning the new sounds:

ay-may I play? / ee-what can you see? / igh-fly high

These are our long vowel sounds, please practise saying, reading and writing these sounds. Thank you.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend, Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley

Homework 24.1.2020 to be handed in 30.1.2020

Homework

Flute— Please practise ‘We will rock you’ and ‘Prince of Belair’ this week on your flute.

Maths—Please practise the 6 times table this week, can you do it while being active maybe? Could you skip before every answer or jump as you think?

RE— Our new RE topic is Judaism, please do some research and in your own words write down the 3 most interesting facts you learn.

Spellings—The children have all been given their spellings to learn, my apologies they were sent home on Tuesday instead of Monday. Many new routines for me to get into!

'Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths' Walt Disney

Today we looked at one of our new virtues for this half term… curiosity. We explored various quotes about the importance of curiosity and being active in our learning as well as our faith and how it is our curiosity and desire to ask questions that brings us closer to God. We explored and discussed how the disciples were curious to follow Jesus, how we are all curious as we listen to His teachings and of course we are always asking questions about God’s beautiful creation.

The children have been showing great curiosity in their learning all week, and we have been most impressed with their desire to learn and their active participation. We have now finished our class novel ‘The Ice Cat’, the children have loved this book, exploring all of its themes and have responded so deeply. Once we finished we then had the most amazing conversation of how ‘the ice cat’ was actually a representation of the main characters feelings. I can’t wait to see how they put all of this depth in to their writing next week!

In Maths the children our showing great curiosity at looking at the different methods involved when adding numbers that bridge, deciding on the strategies that work best for them! Science yesterday, was a whole morning of the children experimenting and exploring their curiosity through making circuits and electricity- they loved experimenting on which circuits would light the bulb and when it wouldn’t asking the vital question of why not?

Reminders:

A letter went out today about our school trip on Wednesday 12th February- can we please make sure payment is made by 31st January

Parents day on Wednesday- I am most looking forward to celebrating your child’s achievements!

Blue group starts next Thursday 8am with Mr Nay!

The awards this week go to …

Jess thank you for being such a Curious Clara Clown Fish, you have wowed us this week with how deep you have took your learning and that is because you ask all the right questions and actively search to find our more or think deeper- well done Jess, we are very proud of you.

Max you are such a Bobby Bee in your enthusiasm and desire to learn and are now channeling this enthusiasm the right way- well done Max keep it up!

Have a lovely weekend and God bless

Home Learning 24.1.20

English

To finish the sentences with the correct punctuation. ? ! .

Maths

Ongoing learning challenge - IXL maths ‘Numbers and Counting up to 20’. There are lots of questions on here, I would like the children to do as many as they can over the next couple of weeks.

Reading

Please ensure children are reading every night.

Flash Cards

A few children have now learned ALL of the flash cards. This is a HUGE achievement and I am incredibly proud of their hard work and determination. For these children their new challenge is to spell these words. They will be tested on the spellings of these words once a week and moved onto the next set when they can confidently spell them.

The fire service came to visit!!

On Wednesday afternoon we had a visit from the fire service. It was great fun, everyone got to go inside the engine and find out what equipment is kept in all the compartments. We even had a turn of squirting the hoses, it was so exciting!

The children continue their passion of learning about the planets and the solar system. This week we have designed our own rocket and using computer technology to make ourselves into astronauts and visit our favourite planet.

Sarah has started a display using recycled materials. She is creating planet earth to emphasis how single use plastics are damaging our world. We all watched a short video about how plastics find their way into the seas and hurt the animals and creatures who live there and it was sad to see. After a short discussion we decided to do something about it! The children throughout the week have become more aware of wasting resources such as paper and now notice how much plastic we throw away each day. To help us in our quest to take care of planet earth we are asking you to join us by not using single use plastics in lunch boxes etc and instead use reusable pots. Together we can make a difference.

Finally, could I please ask, if your child brings show and tell to nursery could you ensure that it is named, not too large and only one item. At the moment we are struggling to accommodate some of the life size toys that are arriving. As always we are grateful for your support.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 29th January

MATHS- Please complete the calculations on below in your homework books, by following the methods we have been doing in class shown below. The children have been working hard on these in class, so therefore should know what to do in each method. You can decide which one works best, but try and show it in your working out.

Could you also please practice your numbers bonds to 100 to make sure you have that instant recall it is so important and will help you with ALL of your adding and subtracting in the future…

Make it a game …here is a brilliant game to help you practice- you could even have a go at beating your mum, dad or brother/ sister!

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- Please practice your NEW Year 3 tricky spellings (I have added some in there that we are forever getting wrong also to mix it up a little)

Might Doesn’t Probably Maybe Library Circle

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

GRAMMAR

In class we have been revising compound sentences from our Year 2, the children are doing really well with this but do need lots of practice in order for them to use different sentence structures in their own writing. Please complete the compound sentence sheet in their books.

Compound sentences are when two main clauses are linked together using a coordinating conjunction. Have a look at the picture below to help:

SCIENCE (LAST WEEK TO COMPLETE)

Can you please complete the research sheet in your homework books finding out who the inventors of electricity were and any information you can find out about them.

Homework - Wednesday 22nd January

Spelling - next week will be a random test covering all of the spelling rules that we have looked at this year:

Silent letters, -ible ending, -able ending, -ibly and -ably ending, -ent ending, -ence ending, ei words, -ant, -ance and -ancy ending

Maths - Complete the two reasoning sheets with questions on for homework. Think carefully about what the question is asking you and how you are going to jot and annotate to get to your answer.

English - is Harry Potter a classic text? Complete the sheet in your book with 4 different reasons for it being a classic text and 4 different reasons against it being a classic text. Think about the criteria for something being a classic? This needs to be in school on Monday please.

Science - Who Was Carl Linnaeus? Next week, as part of our classification unit, we will be looking at the scientist Carl Linnaeus - but who was he? Complete some research about his scientific work. Can you collect some cohesive devices as you are researching? Record in your homework book.

‘If we all did the things that we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves …’ Thomas Edison

Wow another exciting week of learning in the year 3 classroom ,with lots of focused Cooper Crabs! There is such a difference when we look at the children that started in September to now- they seemed to have matured and grown so much, especially in their learning- we are so proud of them all! We have LOVED our class novel this week, the children have been collected vocabulary, predicting what happens next, deducing information from the text and thinking deeply about what the author is showing us. In fact, the year 3 team have been blown away by the children’s depth of thought, which showed in their writing this week, where they all wrote a diary entry as the main character Tom. During this the children used what they found out from the text, but also added personal details to give more of an insight to the characters feelings. In Maths this week we have been looking at adding and subtracting larger numbers and started to bridge over the hundreds, which can be a tricky task, but the children are managing really well! In RE, we are continuing to look at the sacrament of Reconciliation, acting out situations that we may come across and how we can problem solve and resolve through asking forgiveness. In Science the children wowed Mrs Nel with how enthusiastic they were when they created a ‘human’ circuit! We love learning about electricity!

Next week we look forward to finishing our class novel and then using what we have learnt and the vocabulary we have gathered to begin writing our own stories. We will also be starting our Celts to Romans History topic next week, which we know the children will love.

Have a lovely weekend and God bless,

The awards this week go to …

Evie thank you for being such a focused Cooper Crab, concentrating in class,participating in lessons and producing much more work- well done Evie!

Isabella you have been such a creative Kiki Chameleon this week, with your wonderful diary entry, using all of your knowledge of the book, great characterization and using all of our grammar skills- what progress you have made!

Homework to be handed in on Thursday 23rd January 2020

Maths - please practise your three times tables, there are lots of great songs and rhymes on the internet or maybe make your own?

Spellings - As explained on my blog today spellings will now be tested on Mondays within the children’s spelling lesson, please recap on the same spellings given last week ready for Monday 20th January.

autograph automatic autopilot autocue certain century notice circle medicine recent

History - please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/resources/1 and watch the video called ‘The story of China. How the Shang invented writing.’ There are plenty more videos on there if you want to discover more (this is optional).

Flute

Please practise Fresh Prince and the new note C.

Year 2 Home Learning - 17.01.20

Maths

Please complete the multiplication activity below

English

Please read your reading books EVERY night for at least 10 minutes.

Please complete the reading comprehension below

Spellings

Adding the suffix -ed - hugged dropped clapped patted chopped painted

Set 10 from the spelling pack - could would should other brother mother

English IXL

A.1   A.2  

B.1   B.2   B.3   B.4

C.1   C.2   C.3

E.1    E.2    E.3  E.4   E.5    E.6    E.7  

H.1 H.2 H.3 H.4

K.1   K.2   K.3

L.1    L.2    L.3    L.4

M.1    M.2    M.3    M.4

O.1    O.2    O.3    O.4    O.9   O.10   O.11   O.12

Q.1   Q.2   Q.3   Q.4   Q.5   Q.6

S.1    S.2    S.3

Maths IXL

A.1   A.2   A.3   A.4   A.5   A.6   A.7   A.8   A.9    A.10    A.11   A.20    A.21    A.22   A.24   A.25   A.26   A.27

B.1   B.2    B.3    B.4 

D.1   D.2   D.3   D.4   D.5   D.6   D.7   D.8    D.9    D.10    D.11    D.12

E.1    E.2    E.3    E.4    E.5

H.1    H.2    H.3    H.4   H.5    H.6    H.7    H.8

X.1    X.2    X.3    X.4 X.5 X.6 X.7 X.8

"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will learn."

Well our second week back after the Christmas holidays has certainly flown by! We have introduced the children to the two new virtues that we are focusing on throughout school this term, “curious” and “active”. The children had many curious questions about God’s world, and it was lovely to hear their ideas when trying to answer their friends’ thoughts. After, we thought about God’s beautiful world and the children were shocked to discover the many ways in which humans are damaging it. Reception were so shocked and upset by this they are trying hard to help God’s world, demonstrating just what active learners they already are! Reception are trying very hard to recycle and not to waste water. These are two things we thought we could improve in our classroom.

Certificates

Concentrating Cooper crab Henry… For always concentrating carefully each day in school. You manage to connect your ideas from previous learning to help you during new challenges. We are also delighted to see your growth in confidence. You are now much more vocal and happy to take part in fun games, singing and dancing. This is great to see Henry. keep it up.  

Enthusiastic Bobby bee Jacob…For gaining great confidence when taking part in new challenges. It is so wonderful to see your confidence and happiness to have  a go at new challenges. I remember when you first started Reception, you were a little hesitant to take part and share your ideas. You have certainly overcome this and now, seeing your smile and hearing your laughter is just magical. Well done Jacob.

 We have also been very impressed with the children and their reading skills this week. Many of them have achieved one or more of their reading targets that are on their bookmarks. Next week we will be teaching new sounds alongside small reading groups and Read Write Inc. Read Write Inc is the reading scheme which we follow in the infants. It helps the children to gain confidence reading and writing, through short interesting stories. We are also sending home the next set of High Frequency words. Thank you to showing such interest in teaching these to your child, it is really having a great impact on their reading.

In PE we have continued to practise our jumping skills whilst also improving our side gallop. This is quiet tricky as it requires good coordination using their legs. Please practise this way of travelling at home.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend, Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley