2023 - 2024 Class Information

Class teacher - Miss E Parker

Class teaching assistant - Mrs A Sporle

Our class PE day is on Friday

Homework

Reading for at least 10 minutes, 5 nights a week (this can just be a few pages and doesn’t have to be a whole book). You need to complete their reading record each time they read. We would very much appreciate you listening to your child’s reading/discussing their book with them and request that you sign your child’s reading record book and, if possible, add a comment. This will really help your child to progress in reading and writing. We check reading records on a weekly basis to ensure children are reading regularly. Children will receive awards for reading 25, 50 and 75 times in a term.  It is very disappointing for the children who have read but do not get these awards because their reading record has not been signed! Year 1 and 2 children will be changing their reading books on a daily basis. Please can you make sure your child has their reading record in school every day. If you have any issues or difficulties reading with your child each day then please come and speak to your child’s teacher, as your support at home is essential and reading at home is monitored as homework.

19.4.24 

Kingfishers and Swifts have had a fantastic first week of the Summer term!

We have begun our new topic in history, learning all about what life was like in the Victorian era. In Maths, we have started learning all about money, identifying the value of coins. Year 2 have been introduced to the new learning behaviour of the term- 'Resilience'. We have discussed how we can display our focus Diamond learning behaviour, in and outside the classroom.

Well done for a fabulous week, Year 2!

Miss Parker & Miss Trainor

2.2.24

Today was NSPCC Number Day. In Year 2, we estimated, investigated and solved many maths problems. We used our number skills to work out how many creatures could be in our 'foot parade' and the children worked brilliantly whilst displaying our learning behaviour- relationships. 

Great work Year 2!

WB 15.1.24

Year 2 have had a busy week working hard on their writing. We have written a non-fiction text using facts about space, the moon and the planets. They have written this text using a variety of conjunctions. We have begun our new maths unit, ‘Multiplication and Division’. Using manipulatives, we have worked out that multiplication is repeated addition and the children have written the corresponding number sentences. In History, we have learnt all about another significant person, Amelia Earhart.

What a great week we have had!

This term, Year 2 will have P.E on a Monday. However, please ensure that your child brings their full P.E kit in everyday. 

W/C 31st October

In English, we have started our new class book ‘Leaf.’ The children have been looking at a picture from the book and then using their inference skills discussed what is going on and how the character is feeling. The children then moved on to writing statements and questions based on the picture. We are moving on to writing non-chronological reports about polar bears thinking about their appearance, habitat and diet.

In Maths, the children have been looking at addition and subtraction by bridging 10. They used practical equipment to work out different problems and were challenged to explain their thinking to their partners. We are moving onto comparing number sentences.

In Science, we are continuing our topic of Animals including Humans. The children have been looking at what humans need to survive.

Thursday 4th March WORLD BOOK DAY !!!

Welcome to World book day - we have a fun filled day of activities, quizzing, guessing and drawing !!

All the links are on the document.

Please make sure you have your Activity pack ready, along with coloured pencils or felt pens.   

English:

Bring your superhero toy to the lesson. 

I have attached some verbs for you to print out if you'd like.

English:

You can bring your own superhero toy to today's lesson.

Print off the word mat if you'd like more adjectives to describe your superhero's personality.

Friday 26th February 2021

Good morning Year 2. Well done on another great week. You have all worked extremely hard after having a deserved rest.

For maths fluency today, if possible, please can you have ready a counter/pasta shell or something similar and some dice. If you do not have any dice then do not worry. Again, if you can, I would encourage you to download the addition and subtraction space race as this will be the main part of today's lesson. 

Thanks in advance, 

Mr Colborne

 World Book Day next week (Thursday March 4th)

We will be using a book called "Show and Tell" by Rob Biddulph 

We will be using the book for some activities, and the day will be delivered as usual by live zoom lessons and activity links on the class web pages. However, we are posting this information ahead of next week, in case you wish to have an actual copy of the book for your child to enjoy at home. There is no pressure or expectation that you buy the book - it is absolutely your choice if you think your child would enjoy reading and looking through the real book, rather than seeing it on a screen.

Many thanks

The KS1 team

Wednesday 24th February 2021

Good morning Year 2. Please can you have a piece of scrap A4 paper reading for today's lesson. 

I have attached some support shapes for today's Maths. You can, if you start to find the tasks difficult, choose to print off this sheet and cut out the shapes - you can practice finding different ways of showing a half. 

Year 2 Team. 

Monday 22nd February

Welcome to Spring 2 Kingfishers!

We hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing half term and are ready for some more fantastic home learning. 

Attached is this week's timetable, Outdoor Learning Grid and  Phonics / Spellings lessons. 

I have also attached the English and Maths PowerPoints if you wish to go back through some of the tasks. 

Have a great week and if you have any questions, please do ask.

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

PLEASE NOTE  ***** ZOOM LESSON TIME CHANGE AFTER HALF TERM ******

After half term please note that the Year 2 maths lessons will start at the new time of 9.15am Monday to Thursday

All other details remain the same. 

Many thanks 

Friday 12th February 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. A massive well done for all your hard work this half term - you all deserve a rest. We are extremely proud of what you have achieved. 

For exciting writing today, we are writing an alternative ending to the short film, 'Pigeon: Impossible'. I have attached some support pictures if you sometimes find writing tricky and are not sure about what you could write. 

I have also attached the video clip in case you want to watch a bit of it first. PLEASE ONLY WATCH UP TO 1:42.

If you want to challenge yourself, I have attached the the FANTASTICs so you know what they all mean. 

Have a fantastic half term, 

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Maths Fluency lesson Friday 12th February  - please have you pack of playing cards ready

We are playing 2 card games we already know - Get out of my House, and Go Fish.  Both of these can be played on your own, ( or with a "toy" for the other player ) 

There is also a new game of noughts and crosses where you can try adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing to make the number you need to win the game.   Good luck !

We will play the videos during the lesson, but you might want to look at them later on as well, if you don't get to play all the games during the lesson, or you want to pause, or rewind the instructions 

The links are on the document below 

Thursday afternoon Feedback zoom meetings - cancelled this week only.

Tomorrow, February 11th, there will not be any English feedback groups as we are making phone calls home during this time. We look forward to checking in with parents at the end of this unusual half term. 

Many thanks 

Miss Knox 

Monday 8th February 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. You did it! We are now into our last week of this half term. 

You have all been fantastic during the live Zoom lessons and it has been great to see how engaged you have all been. Most of all, it as been amazing to see you contribute in the lessons and during feedback so well done! 

Here is the timetable and Spelling lessons for this week. We have also attached a worksheet for Monday's English  if you need support with it.

Have a great day and week. 

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Playing cards for Friday Maths lesson 

Please can you hunt out a pack of plain playing cards for our Friday maths lesson.  If your child is in school, could they bring their pack of cards on Friday.   

Many thanks 

Year 2 Team 

Maths:

If possible, for today's Maths lesson, you will need: 

- 8 plates (plastic or paper if you can)

- 18 healthy snacks (such as grapes, tomatoes etc.)

If you don't have this, use pasta shells. 

Year 2 Team.

Maths

You can use some markers/coloured pencils for today's lesson. If you have a calculator you can use it also.

Thanks, Mrs Voce

Monday 1st February 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. Hope you have had a fantastic weekend. Below is the timetable for this week. This timetable now includes 'screen free' time. 

Don't forget to spend some time exercising and walking and/or running as much as you can. We will be getting out and totalling as many miles as we can. Remember to get your adult to send us the total number of miles you have done at the end of the week. 

Keep up the good work - you are all doing amazing .

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Friday 29th January 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. Well done on another fantastic week of learning. Below is a document that you can use for exciting writing. This will be very useful so please download and/or print it if you can. 

You have all worked extremely hard this week. We have done a lot of writing and lots of multiplying but you have all done very well .

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Tuesday 26th January 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. We hope you have had a good start to the week? We have attached a document that you could download/print for today's English. I have attached the word and PDF version. 

Have a great day.

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Monday 25th January 2021

Good Morning Kingfishers! We hope you have had a good weekend and have enjoyed the snow!

You've all been amazing at completing your Home Learning lessons so far, we're all very impressed! We are 3 weeks in, and it is great to see you all working extremely hard! 

Here is your timetable with links to all the topic learning for the week.

Make sure that you're ready for each lesson with your 'Home Learning' exercise book and a pencil. We will be checking your work during our feedback sessions on a Monday and Thursday. Remember to work hard on your presentation and handwriting so please take your time to write carefully.

Remember to also take regular breaks away from your laptop or iPad and get outside everyday for some exercise and fresh air. 

Keep up the hard work - We are very proud of you all.

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Friday 22nd January

Good Morning Kingfishers! You've made it to Friday, well done!

I've attached the Get Out Of My House game board for you to copy or print out at home. 

I've also attached a website with a video that demonstrates the game again. Just scroll down to the Get Out Of My House video.

There are other videos of maths games you can play at home.

Have fun and keep up the hard work!

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Thursday 21.1.21

Keep up the great Home Learning boys and girls, you're doing a fantastic job! 

Here is a link to to some games that will help you learn your two times tables:

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Monday 18th January

Good Morning Kingfishers!

You've all been amazing at completing your Home Learning lessons so far, we're all very impressed! It was lovely to see you all and catch up during our Circle Time on Wednesday.

Here is your timetable with links to all the topic learning for the week.

We have also included the schedule with links to your phonics/spelling lessons. You should remember which groups you were in before the Christmas holidays so that you know which links to use for your phonics/spellings lessons.

Make sure that you're ready for each lesson with your 'Home Learning' exercise book and a pencil. We will be checking your work during our feedback sessions on a Monday and Thursday. Extra merits will be given (and added to the chart in class for you to count when you come back) for careful presentation and handwriting so please take your time to write carefully.

Remember to also take regular breaks away from your laptop or ipad and get outside everyday for some exercise and fresh air.

Keep up the hard work 

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

For Maths today you will need your pot of objects again and maybe some socks and/or lego to help you make groups. 

Here are is a great website with games to help you practise your times tables:

Useful Home Learning Links:
 

• Oxford Owl Login - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
  Username: roundhousekingfisher
  Password: roundhousekingfisher
• TTROCKSTARS - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/14864
• SCHOOL BLOG - https://roundhouse.primarysite.blog/login/  
• ESPRESSO - https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
• SPELLING SHED - https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login
• NUMBOTS - https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/14864

Monday 11th January

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Welcome to the first day of our live zoom lessons. Let's hope it all runs smoothly today 

I have attached a PDF timetable with links to all lessons this week for you to open in your devices if that helps.

Morning:

9:05: Live Assembly

9:30: Live Maths Zoom and activity: Making Equal Groups- Have ready: a pencil, your exercise book and a pot of dry pasta shapes or marbles etc for counting (at least 16).

10:45: Live English Zoom and activity: Making predictions about our new text - Have ready: a pencil and your exercise book

Afternoon:

Outdoor: Pick an activity from the Outdoor Winter Grid

Science: Which Materials Can Withstand Strong Winds - making new walls. Have ready: playdough, straw, lego, lollipop sticks and sugar cubes again (if you want to join in.)

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/which-materials-can-withstand-strong-winds-cruk2c

Don't forget to fit in 15 minutes of reading today also.

Have a super learning day at home! 

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Friday Maths lesson 

If you have lego at home, please sort out some 2,4,6,and 8 size pieces ( eight or nine of each size piece will be plenty)

If you don't have lego, then some little paper tickets with the numbers written on will work just as well.  Thank you

Thursday 14th January

Good morning Kingfishers. It was great to see you all during circle time yesterday. I have attached a document for today's English lesson. If you find writing sentences tricky and need some extra support, print the sheet off and have a go at doing this task instead. I can explain what you need to do during the lesson. Everyone will need to have a coloured pencil as well as your writing pencil too.

Thanks, and have a great day! 

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Wednesday 13th January

Good morning Kingfishers. I hope you have had a good week so far? I have attached a document for today's English lesson. If you are able to print it out then please do. If you can't, don't worry .

Thanks, and have a great day! 

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

Tuesday 12th January

Good morning Kingfishers. I hope you enjoyed the first day of the live Zoom lessons! I have attached below some useful documents that you may want to use in English today. For Maths, you will need the same resources as yesterday. 

Thanks, and have a great day! 

Mrs Voce and Miss Knox

FRIDAY 8th January

Good Morning Kingfishers.  Firstly thank you for starting your home learning this week, and getting busy while we plan and organise learning for next week.  You are super stars !

Today we have 

English - Tigers lesson 3 

Maths - Learning about quarter past the hour

Science  - Building mini walls ( if you want to join in, then hunt out any of the following things - some lego, wooden lolly sticks, play dough, straw/hay, sugar cubes and glue or sellotape) Don't worry if you have none of these things as you can still watch the lesson.  

Geography - Lesson 3 We are off to Australia !

I have attached the Year 2 timetable for you for next week, so you can have a think about it before Monday. If you have a printer you might like to make a copy and pop it on the fridge at home !  We are hoping to Zoom Maths and English lessons to you, as well as see you in some small group Zoom chats.  The details will come on emails to your parents.  

Fingers crossed the technology all works  - it might be a bit tricky to start with so don't worry if it doesn't work first (or even second )time we all try 

Have a good day, and enjoy the weekend after all your work this week. 

Miss Knox 

THURSDAY 7^th January 2021

Good morning Kingfishers, I hope you managed to start your home learning yesterday. Here is your plan for today. Remember, if you can, let us know how you get on via the blogs.

English - Information text – All About Tigers – Lesson 2  Tell an information text from memory 

Maths - Time Lesson 2   All about how many minutes in one hour

Science – Building Things Lesson 2   What material could you use to build a wall?

Geography – Seven Continents Lesson 2    What is Europe like?

Spelling Shed

20 minutes reading

PE with Joe Wicks: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/playlists

The links to the lesson are posted below, separately. 

Good luck and enjoy.

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Good morning Kingfishers. Here is your plan for today. Remember, if you can, let us know how you get on via the blogs.

English - Information text – All About Tigers – Lesson 1 - https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/information-all-about-tigers-1d38

Maths - Time Lesson 1 - https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/time-ea81

Science – Building Things Lesson 1 https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/building-things7082

Geography – Seven Continents Lesson 1 https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/sevencontinents-cf8c

Spelling Shed

20 minutes reading

PE with Joe Wicks: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/playlists

Good luck and enjoy.

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Happy New Year Kingfishers :) 

As you know, 2021 is starting off a little differently, but I am really confident you can be super hero learners at home once again 

Here is our learning for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.

When you start the Oak lessons, use the small green dots at the bottom of the screen to move through the lesson video and quizzes. 

You can let us know how you got on with your quiz scores on the class blogs, and ask us any questions on the blogs as well.  Good luck, and have a great first 3 days     

Miss Knox and Mrs Voce

Welcome to the Kingfisher class page for Year 2 in 2020

It's great to be back in school !!

Your class teachers are Mrs Voce ( Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays) and Miss Knox ( Thursday and Friday) Our TAs in the class are Mrs Stockley and Ms Rochford.

Our PE day is Tuesday, so please remember to remove earrings on that day, and that you have your PE kit in school.  We have outdoor learning lessons on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday so always have your coat and a  hat ( sunhat or woolly hat) in school. 

Below are updates of our learning during this year. 

21.7.20

Today is the last day of term! Well done for all of your fantastic hard work! We hope you have a great day doing lots of fun and creative activities https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. Have the best summer holiday!

20.7.20

On the website today, are some fun and creative activities for you to do. Go to the website https://www.diamondonline.uk/home to have a look at these. Well done for all your fantastic hard work whilst you have been at home! Have lots of fun!

17.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To be able to spell words that end in ‘tion’ correctly.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write a story.

Maths – Go on NumBots and TT Rockstars.

DT - To make a puppet.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Balloon Pinata’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

16.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To be able to spell words that end in ‘tion’ correctly.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write for a purpose.

Maths – To compare durations of time

PSHE – To create a jar full of things you are looking forward to in the future.

Outside – How about the ‘Sports Day’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

15.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To be able to spell words that end in ‘tion’ correctly.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To use descriptive vocabulary.

Maths –To find durations of time.

Art & Design – To draw an observational drawing of a natural object.

Outside – How about the ‘Super Shoes’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

14.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To be able to spell words that end in ‘tion’ correctly.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To use expanded noun phrases.

Maths – To tell the time in 15 minute intervals (quarter to and quarter past).

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outside – How about the ‘Art in the style of Van Gough’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

13.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To be able to spell words that end in ‘tion’ correctly.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To express opinions of a story.

Maths – To tell the time to the hour and to half the hour.

Science – To explain the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Xylophone’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

10.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Spelling – To know how to spell and pronounce words that begin with ‘k’ and ‘g’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write a fact file.

Maths – Go on to NumBots or TTRockstars

DT – To design a puppet

Outside – How about the ‘Card Making’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

9.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To know how to spell and pronounce words that begin with ‘k’ and ‘g’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a topic.

Maths – To name and describe 3D shapes.

PSHE – To understand how to keep ourselves safe.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Vegetable Superhero’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

8.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To know how to spell and pronounce words that begin with ‘k’ and ‘g’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To use different sentence types.

Maths – To recognise the lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.

Art & Design – To create shadow art.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Rainbow Bubble Snakes’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

7.7.20

Good Morning!  Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To know how to spell and pronounce words that begin with ‘k’ and ‘g’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To create a character.

Maths – To identify right angles in shapes.

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Shadow Drawing’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

6.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely weekend. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To know how to spell and pronounce words that begin with ‘k’ and ‘g’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To answer questions about a text.

Maths – To identify shapes by the number of sides and vertices.

Science – To name, identify and explain the function of parts of a plant.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Bug Hotel’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

3.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Contractions.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Write a story about a superhero.

Maths – Go onto NumBots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know how to keep safe online.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Mud’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

2.7.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Contractions

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To write an exciting story.

Maths – To rotate shapes.

PSHE – To know how to make healthy choices.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Giant Bubbles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

1.7.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Contractions

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Gather ideas for writing.

Maths – To use the language of rotation.

Art & Design – To make insects using natural materials.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Kim’s Game’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

30.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Contractions

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To describe a character using adjectives.

Maths – To be able to give directions.

Topic – To research the life of a significant person.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Cloud Watching’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

29.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Contractions

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To become familiar with a story.

Maths – To describe the position of an object.

Science – To name and identify common plants and trees.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Picture Making’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

 Have a lovely day!

26.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a fact file about lighthouses.

Maths – Go on Numbots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know what code and algorithms are.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Picnic lunch’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

25.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To research all about lighthouses.

Maths – Finding different combinations of coins that equal the same amount.

PSHE – Understanding how to stay safe at the seaside.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Seaside Scene’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

24.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing instructions.

Maths – Recognising and knowing the value of coins.

Art & Design – Creating a textured landscape.

Outdoor – How about the ’Make some Binoculars’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

23.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Collect ideas for making a picnic lunch.

Maths – Using standard units to measure volume and capacity.

Topic – Compare seaside holidays from the past with ones of today.

Outdoor – How about the ’10 Green Bottles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

22.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Answering questions about a text.

Maths – Compare and order volume and capacity.

Science – Plastic pollution.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Snails’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

19.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots or TT Rockstars.

Music – Making music from everyday objects.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Sensory Ice Play’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

18.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Retelling part of a story.

Maths – Ordering and comparing mass/weight.

PSHE: Relationships

Outdoor – How about the ‘Camping’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

17.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Planning the retell of the ending of the story.

Maths – Estimate and measure in mass/weight.

Art & Design: Texture hunt.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Making a Paintbrush’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

16.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Book Review.

Maths – Ordering and comparing lengths and height.

Geography: Features of a coastline.

Outdoor – How about the Ruler of the Garden activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

15.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! We hope you all had a great weekend! Go straight to the website to access your work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Becoming familiar with a new story.

Maths – Estimating and measuring length and height.

Science: Designing and making a boat that will float.

Outdoor – How about the Garden Pictures activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

12.6.20

Good Morning! Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Use descriptive language in a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots or TT Rockstars

PSE: Listening and responding to music.

Outdoor – How about the Pebble Toss activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a fantastic day and have a lovely weekend!

11.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write facts based on research.

Maths – Counting in 3s.

PSE: To talk confidently about talents.

Outdoor – How about the Instruments activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

10.6.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a chosen topic.

Maths – Following number sequences.

Art – Investigating colour.

Outdoor – How about the Tree Leaves activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

9.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday and enjoyed the learning using the online website. Here is an outline of today’s work. Take your time using the website as this is a different way of learning.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Using descriptive language to describe a beach.

Maths – Ordering objects and numbers to 100.

History – Comparing past and present beaches.

Outdoor – How about the Stone Keeper activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

8.6.20

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! This week, you will be carrying out your learning using the work set on the ‘Diamond Online’. There are two options for how you can access the work for this week. There is the digital newsletter, which has been uploaded up onto the class pages, or you can now start to use the website which has gone live for Year 1 and 2 this week. Here is the link https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. You will need to click on the ‘Learning’ tab on the left of the website to access your work. Using the website may take some getting use to! Please take your time and have an explore of it with an adult. The digital newsletter is there for you this week if you feel using the website is a little tricky. If you click on the ‘How to use the Online School’ tab on the left, there are videos to help show you how it all works, and you can watch these with an adult. Here is an outline of the work for today: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Answering questions about the story.

Maths – Comparing objects and numbers to 100.

Science- Identifying properties of materials

Outdoor – How about the Natural Rubbings Activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

 Year 2 - Kingfishers

This is where you will see your daily learning activities!

Class Information
Welcome to Kingfishers class page! Kingfishers will have PE on a Wednesday this term. Please make sure you have the correct named PE kit and that earrings are removed.

We love reading in Kingfishers! Within our weekly reading challenge, Kingfishers will move up the reading display which is counted once a week. The children will need to read five times a week. Get reading Kingfishers!

5.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Writing your own story about a mermaid.

Maths – Go on Numbots or TT Rockstars

Music- Make an instrument ready for next week’s assembly. If you have already made one, you could practise playing it.

Outdoor – How about making a minibeast hunt? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day  and enjoy the weekend!

4.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Writing a description about the mermaid you drew yesterday.

Maths – Focusing on 10 more or 10 less

PSE- drawing a picture about a time you have found something tricky and worked at worked hard at trying to overcome it.

Outdoor – How about making a kite? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

3.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will be drawing a picture of the mermaid and using exciting vocabulary to describe her.

Maths – Focusing on hundreds, tens and ones using addition.

Art  - mark making

Outdoor – How about making a stone tower? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

2.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will continue to look at the book ‘The Singing Mermaid’ and writing some questions that you would like to ask. What do you need to remember when writing questions?

Maths – You will be looking at the value of a 3-digit number.

Geography  - Looking at the human and physical features of a beach.

Outdoor - How about making a collage with garden materials? Or pick whichever garden activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

1.6.20   

Please find above the Diamond Online digital newsletter for this week.

Good Morning Kingfishers!

I hope you have all had a lovely half term! The Diamond Online digital newsletter is above this post. It contains a series of lessons each day. Towards the bottom of the newsletter, there are additional activities that can be done during the week which include an assembly link and a link to Springwatch live wildlife cam! 

Please refer to the Diamond digital newsletter for today’s work. Here is an outline of today’s work: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will be looking at a lovely book called ‘The Singing Mermaid’ by Julia Donaldson (link on the newsletter). As you are listening to the story, think about what your favourite part is.

Maths – Focusing on place value of numbers. What could you draw to help you?

Science  - looking at different materials that you can find around your house. Think about their names and the different ways you could group these materials.

Outdoor activity - How about playing a game of noughts and crosses using sticks and stones? Or pick whichever outdoor activity you like! 

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog!

Friday 22nd May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 5 

Indoor Activity - Activity 5 – Write 5 questions 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 5 – Blindfold safari 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Thursday 21st May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 4 

Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 16? 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – Ball run challenge 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Topic - Introduction to Grace Darling Video  

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/t2_music_search/dynamics/video_grace_inv.html?source=search-all-all-all-all&source-keywords=Grace%20Darling 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Wednesday 20th May 2020

Good morning Kingfishers! Hope you are having a good week so far.

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 20 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed/TT Rockstars - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 3

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own Joe Wicks workout

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Create an obstacle course

Letter join- Spend 20 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja - compass – Draw a picture of a compass (2)

I look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Tuesday 19th May 2020

Good morning Kingfishers.

Here are the learning activities for today:-

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 20 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed/TT Rockstars – 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 2

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 – Write an acrostic poem

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Cardboard foot

Letter join- Spend 20 minutes on letter join.

I look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Monday 18th May 2020

Good morning Kingfishers. I hope you have had a fantastic weekend. Below is a list of activities I would like you to do today. I have also attached the new indoor and outdoor activities, and the White Rose worksheets for this week are posted above. 

Reading - 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 20 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed/TT Rockstars – 30 minutes

White Rose – Summer Week 3 (w/c 4^th May)- Day 1

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Write a fact sheet about an animal

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Observational drawing

Letter join- Spend 20 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- compass – write a sentence using this word (1)

Friday 15th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 5 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 9 or 10 – Hot seating or create your own game 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 9 or 10 – Ice escape or shadow pictures 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Thursday 14th May 2020 

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 4 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 8 – Indoor camping 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 8 – Create your own museum of natural treasures 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Topic - Lucy and Tom at the Seaside story https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/video/item1070591/grade1/module1067404/index.html 

Activity to go with Lucy and Tom at the Seaside https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item325027/grade1/module1067404/index.html 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Wednesday 13th May 2020.

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 3

Indoor Activity - Activity 7 – Learn your full name, your birthday and your address

Outdoor Activity – Activity – Magic wands

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – Draw a picture to represent the word erosion (2)

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a lovely day!

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Tuesday 12th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 2 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 6 – Make your own musical instrument 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 6 – Build a mini den for a bear 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Good Morning Kingfishers! 

Monday 11th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 1 

Indoor Activity- Activity 5 – Write a story 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 5 – Mini beast hunt 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – write a sentence using this word (1) 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Good Morning Kingfishers, 

Thursday 7th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 3 

Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 12? 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – What’s this critter thinking? 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Topic - Beach Vocabularyhttps://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/photo_gallery/item1067404/grade1/index.html 

Activity to go with Beach Vocabularyhttps://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item1069178/grade1/module1067404/index.html 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Good morning Kingfishers! 

Wednesday 6th May 2020. 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 3

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own perfect cupcake

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Outdoor masterpieces

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja - pier – Draw a picture of a pier (2)

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog

Tuesday 5th May

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 2 

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 - Seasons 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Explore and make a map 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Good Morning. Please find attached a suggested set of activities for the day. If you would prefer to choose your own, then this is fine. Please find the following above: Vocabulary Ninja, Maths and Spelling Activities and Indoor and Outdoor Activity Home Learning Grids. Please share what you have been up to on the blog. 

Monday 4th May 2020 

Reading - 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose – Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 1 

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Create your own animal 

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Sensory and texture walk 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- pier – write a sentence using this word (1) 

Wednesday 29th April 

Good Morning! I hope you’ve enjoyed the activities so far this week! Thank you for sharing on the blog what you have been up to. You can continue with the same structure for your child, as outlined on Monday, if this is working for your child. Please keep sharing on the blog! We love to see what you have been doing. 

Miss O'Sullivan

Monday 27th April 

Good Morning! I hope that you’ve had a good weekend. The activity sheets remain the same as last week. You may continue to choose one activity from each section for your child to complete. Why don’t you have a look at, ‘The Beach – Magic Grandad,’ to discover more about the Seaside.  Please keep sharing what your child has been up to on the blog. We love to see this. 

Miss O'Sullivan

Wednesday 22nd April 

Good Morning! I hope you’ve enjoyed the activities so far this week!  You can continue with the same structure for your child, as outlined on Monday, if this is working for your child. If you would like, you can continue your trip to the Seaside and take a look at, ‘Seaside Entertainment – Magic Grandad.’ Please keep sharing on the blog! We love to see what you have been doing.  

Miss O'Sullivan

WC 20.4.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!

I hope that you all had a lovely Easter break. Please have a look at the Maths and Spelling Activities Monday 20th April to Friday 1st May task sheet  as well as the indoor and outdoor learning activities (posted above as 'Learning Activities WC 20.4.20 to 1.5.20). If you want some structure for your child, then you can choose one task per day from the indoor and outdoor activity sheets as well as completing one Maths activity and one phonics activity. There are also some topic introduction links. If you would like, have a look at the first link to start the Seaside topic ‘Barnaby Goes to the Seaside’ We would love to see what you have been doing so please share what you have been up to on the blog. If you are not able to access Numbots, please let me know. This is a fantastic resource for the children to use independently. 

Miss O'Sullivan

TT Rockstars and Numbots

Hi everyone, here is a message from Mr Hall regarding TT Rockstars and Numbots:

Hi everyone,

I have set up usernames and passwords for TT Rockstars and Numbots for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. They are the same for both apps. 

Their username is the first 2 letters of their forename and surname. eg. Joe Bloggs username is 'jobl'

Password: abc

Year 2 - Encourage children to play Numbots and TTRockstars (if they are secure with their number bonds to 20).

If you need any help, let me know.   https://play.ttrockstars.com/numbots/dashboard  

Thanks, 

Mr Hall

Date 1.4.20

Today is Reward Day

Congratulations on your Spring Term full of learning, fabulous behaviour and hard work ...  both at school and at home.  We are incredibly proud of you and your families.

Today is a day filled with some magic and fun .... enjoy !!

Magician Nick Barnes has recorded a special magic show to watch while we are staying safe at home ... Here it is -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLaQCNB8J9o

If you want to learn some fun magic tricks to perform for your family ... here are some ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tDK9wfCYs  

You have all worked really hard this term and today is to be filled with all of the things that you love doing! Remember to share what you have been doing on our blog. 

Have a lovely day!

Miss O'Sullivan

Date 31.3.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!  

Here are you learning activities for today:-

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Complete the reading comprehension that has a number 4 at the top of the page.  Remember to answer in full sentences where possible and underline the key parts of the question - this will help you find the answer quicker!

Spelling shed – I have set Stage 2, List 7 for you all to practise.

Handwriting - In your books, please write a row for each letter and word - b, d, e, s, u, bed, sun, bun.

Maths -  

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item902653/grade1/module883167/index.html 

For those of you with a paper copy - Page 7 of Money Problems sheets

For those of you with a paper copy - Page 7 of Maths Reasoning sheets

Maths Shed – 2's multiply

English - You will be writing a letter in the role of Beegu. You wrote an information guide last week and you (Beegu) are now going to reply to the children of Earth with a letter.

Your letter should include:-

• 'Dear Children' at the top. 
•  A sentence thanking the children for their guides to Earth and that the guides have persuaded her (you as Beegu) to come back to Earth for a visit.
• Explaining what you didn't enjoy whilst being on Earth (remember you are Beegu - being lonely, no one listening to you etc.).
• Something that you are looking forward to doing whilst visiting back on Earth (linking to something that was written about in your guide to Earth. For example, birthday parties, holidays etc.). 

Remember to use subordinate conjunctions to explain - because, when, so that, if. 

Have a lovely day!

Miss O'Sullivan

Date 30.3.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!  

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Here are your learning activities for today:-

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Complete the reading comprehension that has a number 3 at the top of the page.  Remember to answer in full sentences where possible and underline the key parts of the question - this will help you find the answer quicker!

Book Review - Using one of the books you have read, write a book review. Write today's date at the top of the page (30.03.20) and write the learning objective, 'L.O. To be able to write a book review.' You must include the following things:

- Title: _________

- Author: __________

- Paragraph 1: What the book is about (summarise it in as fewer sentences as possible)

- Paragraph 2: Who the main characters are - write about what they look like and what their personality is like.

- Paragraph 3: What you liked about the book.

    + In my opinion, the part of the book was great because...

    + Personally, this part of the book where ____________ was the best because....

- Paragraph 4: What you would change to the book.

    + I would change ____________ because....

    + This part of the book where __________ didn't work because....

-  Paragraph 5: Would you recommend the book - use sentence starters such as:

    + I would recommend this book because...

    + You should definitely read this book because...

    + You need to make sure you read this book because....

Spelling shed – I have set Stage 2, List 6 for you all to practise.

Handwriting - complete the next two pages of your handwriting booklet.

Maths -  

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item903522/grade1/module883167/index.html  

Those with paper copies - Page 6 of Money Problems sheets

Those with paper copies - Page 6 of Maths reasoning sheets

Maths Shed – Number bonds 20 - Add

Have a lovely day! 

Miss O'Sullivan

Date 27.3.20

Good Morning!

What lovely weather we have has this week!

It has been lovely to read about all the fantastic things you have been doing this week on the blog. I know you are all working really hard :).

Here are your learning activities for today:-

Reading - Please ensure that you are reading for 20-30 minutes.

Spelling Shed - I have set Stage 2, List 5 for you all to practise.

Handwriting - Please complete the next 'High Frequency word' sheet.

In your books, write a row of each of the letters - k, t, p

English - Write a character description about Beegu. Write one paragraph about her appearance and another paragraph about her personality.

Before you start, think of some adjectives or expanded noun phrases to describe her appearance (on the outside/what she looks like). For exmple - long, flexible ears. 

Do the same for her personality (what she is like on the inside). For example - brave, friendly.

Once you have done that, you can then start to write your character description. 

Here are some sentence starters to help:-

Beegu is...

If you look closely...

When she turns her head...

Sometimes Beegu can be...

Beegu would make a very good friend because...

Challenge - Can you use what happened in the book to help explain how you have described Beegu's  personality? For example, Sometimes Beegu can be appreciative especially when the children let her join in their their playground games. 

Maths - 

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item893150/grade1/module883307/index.html 

For those with a paper copy - Page 5 of Money Problem sheet

For those with a paper copy - Page 5 of Maths Reasoning sheet

Maths Shed - Bonds to 20 - Mixed

I look forward to hearing about all the fantastic things you have done today on the blog. 

Miss O'Sullivan

Date - 26.3.20

Good Morning!

I hope you are all enjoying your learning activities so far :).

Here are your learning activities for today:- 

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Complete the reading comprehension that has a number 1 at the top of the page.  Remember to answer in full sentences and underline the key parts of the question and find this in the text. Refer back to the text when you are answering the questions. 

Spelling shed – I have set Stage 2, List 4 for you all to practise.

Handwriting – Please complete the next two pages of the sheet titled, 'High Frequency words'.

English - Write today's date in your book (26.03.20). Write the learning objective, 'L.O. To be able to write questions and statements.' Write 5 questions you would want to ask Beegu and 5 statements about Beegu. Make sure you include the correct punctuation.

Maths -  

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item893113/grade1/module883307/index.html  

For those with a paper copy - Page 4 of Money Problems sheets

For those with a paper copy - Page 4 of Maths Reasoning sheets

Go around the house or garden. Write down all the 2D and 3D shapes you can find.

Maths Shed – Bonds to 20 - Subtract 

Make sure you take time to do some of the things that you enjoy doing Kingfishers.

Miss O'Sullivan

Date -  25.03.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!

What lovely blue sky we had yesterday!

Here are your learning activities for today:-

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Complete the reading comprehensions titled, 'Musical Instruments' and 'Ancient Greece'. Remember to answer in full sentences and underline the key parts of the question - this will help you find the answer quicker!

Spelling shed – I have set Stage 2, List 3 for you all to practise.

Handwriting – Please complete the first two pages of the sheet titled, 'High Frequency words'.

Knowledge Organisers - Read the information about Robert Falcon Scott. In your home learning book, write about what equipment he would need on his expeditions and explain why he would need them. Remember to write the date, '25.03.20' at the top of your page and write the title, 'Equipment that Robert Falcon Scott used for his Expedition'.

Maths -   

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item891192/grade1/module883307/index.html 

Page 3 of Money Problems for those with a  paper copy 

Page 3 of Maths reasoning for those with a paper copy

Maths Shed – Bonds to 20 - Add

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Miss O'Sullivan

Date 24.03.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!

I hope you had a good day of completing your learning activities yesterday and managed to also find some time to do things that you enjoy. 

Here are your learning activities for today:-

• Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 
• Spelling Shed - Please complete Stage 2, list 2.
• Handwriting - Please complete the sheet marked '5 to 9'. In your home learning books please complete a row of each of the letters h, l, t
• Practise reading and writing your word walls.
• Maths- https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item464849/grade1/module736870/index.html 

        Money problems Page 2

        Reasoning problems Page 2

• Maths Shed - Bonds to 10 mixed
• English - Use the subordinating conjunctions - when, if, because and as - in a sentence in two different ways.

Remember to share what you have been doing onto our blog!

Miss O'Sullivan

Date -  23.03.20

Good Morning Kingfishers!

Here are your learning activities for today:-

• Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 
• Spelling shed – I have set Stage 2, List 1 for you all to practise.
• Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled, 'Numbers 0 to 4' 
• Practise reading and writing your word walls. 
• Maths - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742131/grade1/module736870/index.html  Page 1 - Money problems, Page 1 Maths Reasoning problems
• Maths Shed – Bonds to 10 - Adding
• English - Write your 'Guide to Earth' for Beegu. Write an introductory sentence or two to introduce Beegu to your Guide to Earth - There are some thrilling, exciting events that happen on Earth and they are going to be explained to you now in this handy guide. Then write the rest of your 'Guide to Earth' for Beegu. Make sure you have a Heading for your guide and subheading for each paragraph. Examples for your subheadings -  Everything you need to know about Holidays, Going to Birthday parties etc. Use your notes from the last English lesson to help you with this. Can you include rhetorical questions? Interesting sentence openers?

•  Have a look through your knowledge organisers and write 5 key facts about Amelia Earhart.

In our community, there are a lot of people who are painting/drawing rainbows and displaying these in their windows as a sign of hope. If you would like to, you could create your own rainbow. You don't have to use paint, you could use colouring pencils or crayons. 

Remember to go to the blog to share everything that you have been doing!

Miss O'Sullivan

WC 4.2.19

In English, the children have been planning their own ending to our story ‘Traction Man’ using a story map. The children included interesting sentence openers, powerful verbs and expanded noun phrases that they would like to use. From this, the children then used their story maps to write their ending of the story. 

In maths, the children have started to learn about fractions. They have looked at how to write a fraction, that the bottom number is called a denominator which shows how many equal parts there are of the whole and the top number is the numerator which shows how many parts are being considered. They have then carried out different activities that involve finding a half of shapes, liquids and money.

WC 28.1.19

In English this week, the children have taken on the role of a character from our book 'Traction Man'. They have written statements, questions, exclamations or commands onto speech bubbles of something one of the characters may say. Kingfishers then used this to write a dialogue between two characters using speech marks. The children had to try and use different words instead of 'said'.

In maths, the children made links between multiplication and division. They used arrays to create fact families which included two multiplication number sentences and two division number sentences.

WC 21.1.19

In English this week, the children have written a setting description of a scene from our book 'Traction Man'. The scene was of a kitchen which appeared in our classroom! The children used this to help them create expanded noun phrases to describe what they could see, smell and hear. This lead the children to write a detailed setting description with exciting vocabulary.

In maths, the children continued to learn about division. They first started to share amounts into different groups making sure that they had an equal amount in each group. Kingfishers then progressed onto solving word problems using grouping.

WC 14.1.19

In English this week, the children were introduced to their new text for this half term 'Traction Man'. Kingfisher thought of exciting adjectives to describe Traction Man's personality and appearance. They then used this to help them write a character description. The children all wrote fantastic pieces of writing that included expanded noun phrases.

In maths, the children used their reasoning skills to help them think about what the answer should be based on their knowledge of multiples of 2, 5 and 10. Kingfishers then moved onto division. The children carried out an investigation to see how many ways 12, 16 or 20 cookies could be shared out equally.

Could you please make sure that your child has their PE kit in on Monday.

Thank you! Have a lovely weekend!

13.1.19

Due to a slight change in Kingfishers timetable, Kingfisher Class will be doing PE on a Monday. Please can you make sure that your child has jogging bottoms, a white PE top, a jumper and trainers in their PE kit please. 

Thank you!

WC 7.1.19

Kingfishers Class have had a fantastic first week back to school! They are all very excited about their new topic 'Back to the Future'. The children have been on a trail around the school to find letters from significant people from 1940 and had to put these in order. Since reading the letter from the mouse, the children have written a reply and explained what they do when they leave school each day. As well as this, the children have designed a future communication device and wrote a description about it. 
It has been so lovely to see all the children excited to tell the Class all about the older person they had asked questions to over the Holidays. Thank you to all that let us know a little bit about their childhood! This has inspired a lot of excitement!

WC 7.1.19

What a lovely first day back to the term! We are all very excited about our new topic 'Back to the Future'! The children have had a visitor from a mouse that has been living in the school and wants to know what they do when they are not in school. The children have written down some ideas ready to write a reply back to the mouse. This has lead to the children thinking about what their parents used to do when they went home after school and even what their Grandparents used to do. 

It would be fantastic if we could have the children's sheet in, that was sent home before Christmas, which gave the children the opportunity to ask the oldest person they knew questions about their childhood. 

WC 17.12.18

What a busy couple of weeks Kingfisher Class have had! In maths, the children have been learning about multiplication and have created arrays to help them work out their answers. They investigated swapping around the numbers in a multiplication sentence and understood that they will always get the same answer. In English, the children have retold part of our story 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. Kingfishers ensured that they used interesting sentence openers, expanded noun phrases and subordinate conjunctions. 

Kingfishers have had a fantastic term and they have all worked very hard. I would like to thank everyone for all my lovely cards and gifts that I have received! I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a very Happy New Year! I hope all of Kingfishers have a well earned rest and I will see them all in 2019!

WC 10.12.18

In English, the children have edited and finished off their story. The children asked to think about the adjectives they have used to see if there are any that they could change for a more exciting one. Kingfishers were very excited to read out their stories to the rest of the class!

In maths, the children have continued their learning with multiplication and have drawn arrays to match a multiplication sentence.

WC 3.12.18

In English, the children first retold the story ‘The Princess and the White Bear King’ as a whole class and used pictures from the book to help us do this. From this, the children were given either the beginning, middle or end of the story to re-tell and thought of interesting sentence openers and adjectives to use in their writing. From this, the children began to re-tell their own version of the story. It has been so lovely to see some fantastic language that the children have learnt to use throughout this half term!

In maths, the children carried on with their learning of multiplication. They carried out an investigation where the children had to see if they would get the same answer if they used the same numbers in a multiplication sentence but just swapped them around. The children created an array city where they picked a multiplication sentence and drew arrays to match.

WC 19.11.18

In English, the children took on the role of the Princess. They wrote a diary entry of how the Princess climbed a glass mountain. The children used expanded noun phrases to help create a detailed picture in the readers head. Kingfishers also tried to add a subordinate conjunction at the beginning of a sentence.

In maths, the children have progressed their learning onto multiplication. The children have learnt that when we multiply we are essentially using repeated addition. For example, 5x3 means we are adding 5 three times. The children moved onto multiplication word problems.

WC 12.11.18

In English, the children wrote a character description of the Princess from out story. They wrote exciting adjectives to describe her appearance and personality as well as using different sentence starters in their writing.  After this, Kingfishers were transported to the Bear’s castle by jumping through a picture! Whilst we were there, we shared our ideas about all the things that we could see, hear, smell and touch. We used this to help us write a setting description of the castle.

In maths, the children added two 2-digit numbers together. They used dienes to help them as well using number bonds to 10 facts to help them reason if the answer was correct or not. The children then progressed onto doubling.

WC 5.11.18

In English, the children wrote descriptions for the crown that they had designed for the Princess in the story ‘The Princess and the White Bear King’. Kingfishers had to make sure that they were using interesting adjectives as well as using subordinate conjunctions to add extra detail into their writing. The children then progressed onto asking the Princess questions sing question marks and interesting questions starters.

In maths, Kingfishers were using their number bond facts and applied them to bigger numbers. For example, if I know that 3+5=8, 13+5=18, 23+5=28. The children have also added and subtracted tens from any given number and they had noticed that the ones stays the same but the tens change each time.

WC 29.10.18

In maths this week, Kingfisher's have been learning to add and subtract 1- digit numbers to 2-digit numbers. The children have used dienes to help them do this as well as referring to their knowledge of number facts. For example, if I know that 5+3=8, then I know that 25+3=28. The children then progressed onto adding and subtracting multiples of 10 to 2-digit numbers. Kingfisher's became maths detectives and observed that when we add or subtract multiples of 10, the tens digit changes but the ones digit will always stay the same. 

In English, the children were introduced to their book for this half term 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. The children had to become craftsmen and design a crown that the Princess in our story had dreamt of. They then had to write expanded noun phrases to describe this. We had some fantastic language such as "the unique, smooth pearls" as well as "the beautiful, shiny emeralds".

For the children that have lines in our Christmas Play, please can you make sure your child is practising these as much a possible! Thank you!

WC 15.10.18

It is a very exciting time in KS1! The lines, as well as costume requests, for the KS1 Christmas Play have gone home with your child this afternoon. 

All children will be doing a dance. In Year 1, your child will either be in the Angel Dance, Star Dance or in the Hand Jive Dance.
In Year 2, your child will either be in the Nazareth Line Dance, Camel Funk Dance, Shepherds Dance (including some sheep - these children know who they are!) or the Innkeepers Dance. If your child hasn't come home with any lines, then they will just be in their dance and will need one costume for this (details are on the slip given to your child). If your child has a speaking part within these dances, then they will have been given the lines for this to practise. 

If your child is a Host/Narrator they will need two costumes - one for their Host role and one for their chosen dance. Your child will have their Host lines given to them to practise. 

Please could we start practising lines over the half term!
 

WC 8.10.18

In maths this week, Year 2 have been ordering numbers on a numbers line and really focusing on what multiples of 10 would be either side of a number. For example 28 is between 20 and 30. The children were then asked which of these multiples of 10 is it closest to and why. This helped to further develop the children's understanding. The children then moved onto comparing number sentences using greater than, less than and equals to symbols. Year 2 were encouraged to identify what was the same and what was different to help them highlight certain number patterns.

In English, the children have been looking at the Wolf as he has appeared in our story 'The Jolly Postman'. We looked at the difference between appearance and personality and came up with different adjectives to describe him. Year 2 discovered that the wolf character is in many different stories and his character/personality is different in them. For example In Little Red Riding Hood he is mean, but in Mr Wolf's Pancakes he is very friendly. The children then wrote about this using their inference skills.

WC 1.10.18

In maths this week, the children have used whole part models to help create fact family sentences. The children then moved onto looking at subtraction number sentences. We discussed how we must always take the smaller number away from the bigger number. Later on in the week, we started to look at ordering numbers between 0-100. The children went outside and had an empty chalk number line. We started off by using multiples of 10 as these are a good starting point. From this, the children were given 2-digit numbers to place onto the number line. For example 35, the children then discussed what two multiples of 10 are either side of this number.

In English, we read up to the next part in our book 'The Jolly Postman'. The Jolly Postman delivered an envelope to a witch. After some detective work, we came to realise that it was the witch from the fairytale 'Hansel and Gretel'. In the letter was a brochure exclusively for witches. Kingfishers were very good a picking out all the adjectives that would have attracted the witch to all the different products. The children were then given either a hat, broomstick or magic wand. They had to write a description about their objects, using adjectives to help persuade the witch to buy it.  

WC 24.9.18

In maths this week, the children have continued their learning with the place value of a 2-digit number. The children have looked at partitioning a 2-digit numbers in different ways (e.g. 28=20+8, 28=10+18). Kingfishers used whole part models and used dienes to transfer a ten over to a different part. They wrote number sentences to match. 

In English, Kingfishers came across the character 'Goldilocks' in our story 'The Jolly Postman'. The children had to write in the role of 'Baby Bear' to let her know if he would forgive her or not for coming into his house, eating his porridge, breaking his chair and sleeping in his bed. The children used subordinate conjunctions (if, when, because) to help explain their reasons why. The children then progressed onto describing Goldilocks' appearance and personality. We discussed the difference between the two and the children then came up with different adjectives to describe each of these. 

WC 17.9.18

In maths this week, the children were looking at the place value of 2-digit numbers. They started off by grouping amounts into groups of ten and then adding on the ones left over. From this, the children wrote number sentences to match these. 

In English the children were introduced to the book 'The Jolly Postman' which will be the main focus of the children's learning this half term. Kingfisher's have been identifying question and statements and understanding the correct punctuation to use with these types of sentences. The children then progressed onto asking the Jolly Postman questions and then wrote statements to answer these.

WC 10.9.18

The children had a fantastic time for our ‘History off the Page’ day all about our topic ‘Castles’. They carried out many different activities which included pie making, weaving, ink making, perfume bag making and making a thumb protector for a bow and arrow. The children then had a banquet in the afternoon and each child played very important roles ranging from servers, dancers, singers, jesters and knights. It was a lovely day! The children also had ‘Maths Day’ which involved a carousel of mathematical activities throughout the morning. Later, Kingfisher Class carried out investigations involving Lego as well as a maths trail outside on the field. 

Just a reminder, our PE day this half term is a Tuesday.

WC 3.9.18

Kingfishers have had a fantastic start to the week! Our Castle topic kickstarted off with a Castle trail out on the school field. Items from a Castle had mysteriously been scattered everywhere and it was up to Kingfisher Class to identify what they were and what they would have been used for in a Castle. The children have also learnt about the three different types of castles and put these in order of when they were built. To finish off a very short but busy week, the children made butter! We put double cream into a jar and had to shake the jar really fast! The children were pretending to be a cook from a Castle that had to make butter for the King's breakfast. Of course we had to make sure it tasted just right for the King! 
Just a few reminders - It's our History off the Page day on Monday! Please can you make sure that your child has something to wear for this day. All named PE kits and wellies need to be brought in as well.
One final thing! For our class reading corner display, please could you take a picture of your child reading at home and send it in. 

Thanks, 

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 25.6.18

In maths, the children continued their learning of statistics and were introduced to Carroll diagrams. Kingfishers went outside and drew their own Carroll diagram onto the playground with chalk. They chose 4 different groups to organise their group into. For example boys, not boys, like pizza, do not like pizza. They were then able to discuss their findings. They then progressed onto looking at block graphs and drawing their own one based on class data of favourite sandwich fillings. 

In English, the children focused on the snail's emotions throughout the book. The children used this to help them write a diary entry from the snail's perspective. Kingfishers made sure that they included interesting sentence openers, subordinate conjunctions and exciting adjectives. 

WB 18.6.18

In maths, the children learnt about statistics. They were introduced to tally charts and why we use tallies. From this, the children produced their own tally chart. The children the analysed their findings by calculating the difference between the largest and the smallest. 

In English, the children enjoyed some role play which helped them to take on the role of a character. The children imagined they were the snail from our book 'The Snail and the Whale' to emphasis the different emotions that they snail experienced. The children then had to make a very important decision, in their role as the snail, to stay put or go travelling around the world with the whale. They wrote their responses to the whale in speech bubbles, using speech marks. 

WB 11.6.18

In maths this week, the children have have been looking at word problems. The children have been closing their eyes to help really picture what the question has been asking them to do. The children looked at problems that involved place value and money. From this, the children were given pictures and were then asked to create their own word problems. 

In English, the children were being rhyme detectives and picked out the rhyming patterns that they could find in 'The Snail and the Whale'. The children then picked a favourite adjective and explain why they liked that specific word, concentrating on what emotions were created. Kingfishers then moved onto writing different adjectives, verbs and adverbs and put into phrases in preparation for writing an acrostic poem about the whale. 

WB 4.6.18

It has been a lovely start back after half term! In English, the children were introduced to their new text 'The Snail and the Whale'. They started the week off by asking questions and about the book and then writing statements to answer these questions after they had read the book. The children then moved onto writing a setting description from one of the different settings in the book. Kingfisher's included expanded noun phrases and subordinate conjunctions to help create a detailed picture in the reader's mind. 

In maths, the children were making number links  using their prior knowledge "If I know that 6+6=12, then I know that 6+7=13...). The children were encouraged to explain how they knew it was that particular number. Kingfishers also looked at segmenting 2-digit numbers in different ways and writing number sentences to match. 

WB 21.5.18

Kingfisher's worked really hard this week! In science, the children over the past half term were growing beans in bags, using just water and sunlight. The children then had a chance to write up all of their observations, starting from when they put the beans into the bags up to this week. Some of the bean plants were even starting to pop out of the top of the bag! The children learnt that these plants are grown in a hydroponic way which means with just water and sunlight. 

WB 14.5.18

It's been a lovely week in Kingfisher Class this week. The children have been finishing their non-fiction texts about whales with a labelled diagram of a whale. The children then ended a hardworking week with a cake and dancing out on the field with the whole of the school in celebration of the Royal Wedding.

WB 7.5.18

In English this week, Kingfishers have continued to write their non-fiction text about whales. The children made sure they were including subtitles for each of their paragraphs and using interesting vocabulary. 

In maths, the children were looking at fractions of an amount. Kingfishers were using mathematical vocabulary to ensure that they were looking at how many 'equal' pieces there was of the whole. The children were looking at the links between halving and doubling to help them reason with their answers.  Kingfishers knew that in order to quarter an amount, they would need to half it and then half it again. 

WB 30.4.18

In maths, the children used an effective strategy in multiplication and division. The children were using vocabulary such as 'groups of' to help them understand what is being asked of them. The children used their reasoning skills to discuss what the answer is likely to be using what they know about multiples of 2, 5 and 10. 

In English, Kingfishers started off the week with planning a non-fiction text about Whales. They created subtitles and wrote notes under each one using textbooks to help them research. The children then started to write their introductions and first paragraph of their non-fiction text. 

WB 23.4.18

In maths this week, the children were looking at subtraction. The children practised drawing dienes to help them have an effective strategy. The children then moved onto crossing 10 and we discussed and observed what this means. From this, the children were given subtraction number sentences with numbers that are close together. We talked about using the inverse to do this as counting on would be a better strategy and less time consuming!

In English, the children started to look at the features of a non-fiction text and were able to observe and detect pictures, captions, lables, subtitles, contents page, index page and glossary. From this, the children wrote definitions for some of these. The children progressed to looking specifically at Wales and created their own glossary by matching names to their definitions.  

WB 16.4.18

It has been a lovely first week back after the Easter Holidays. Kingfisher Class were introduced to their new topic of 'Seaside'. The children started of the week by exploring their senses through investigating things that would see, hear, feel and touch at the beach. The children wrote down different adjectives to describe each of these. 
In English this week, Kingfishers created their own seaside water, sand, shells and seaweed. From this, they wrote a description about their seaside. They looked fantastic!
In maths, the children were looking at partitioning number in different ways. They used dienes to help them do this as well as writing on the tables in whiteboard pens!

Please can I remind parents that all children need to bring in a hat and a named water bottle. Thank you!

WB 26.3.18

In maths this week, Kingfishers have looked at rotation and making full, half, a quarter and three-quarter to turns either Clockwise or Anti-clockwise. The children then went outside and had to guide each other around certain places using this mathematical vocabulary. During our other maths lesson, the children looked at repeated patterns using 2D shapes and investigated what the 9th, 10th etc shape would be. 

In English, the children wrote their own rhyming poems. They thought of different rhyming words  to help them create different phrases and then created their own version of 'One, two buckle my shoe'. 

Well done Kingfishers for all your fabulous hard work this term. I hope you all have a lovely Easter break! I will see you in the Summer Term. 

Thanks, 

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 19.3.18

In maths, the children looked at measuring height, length and width of objects. We did an investigation that involved thinking about if you have the biggest feet then you are the tallest. The children used rulers and metre sticks to help them do this. 

In English, Kingfishers looked at the character of 'the wolf'. They looked at him in different stories and we discussed that the wolf can be mean and in other stories he can be very kind and caring. From this, we created expanded noun phrases to help is write a report about the wolf. 

WB 12.3.18

Over the past couple of weeks, the children have been exploring capacity. The children started by estimating and then measuring the volume of water in different sized containers. The children also progressed onto writing the volume of liquid in a container when some of the numbers of the scales are missing. The children had to be maths detectives and look at what the scales were going up in -1's, 2's, 5's or 10's.

In English, the children created an advert to persuade the witches in our story 'The Jolly Postman' to buy an object the children had designed for them (broomstick, wand or a witch's hat). The children had to write a description about the object to help persuade the witches to buy it. Kingfishers had to use interesting adjectives to help them do this. 

WB 26.2.18

In maths this week, the children learnt about telling the time, including o'clock, quarter to/ quarter past, half past and to the nearest 5 minutes. Each child had a clock to practise with and they were then able to draw the time onto clocks. 

In English, the children had a class debate about whether Baby Bear should forgive Goldilocks for eating his porridge, breaking his chair and sleeping in his bed. Kingfishers had to use subordinate conjunctions to help explain why. From this, the children then wrote letters to Goldilocks accepting her apology. 

WB 19.2.18

It is been a lovely week back after half term. In maths, the children continued their learning with fractions. They looked at fraction walls and compared fractions to create factual statements of what was greater than, less than or equal to each other. The children then progressed onto finding fractions of an amount. 

In English, the children were introduced to their new book 'The Jolly Postman'. They had a box delivered by the Jolly Postman himself which gave them clues as to what characters we may see in the book. From this, the children created questions and statements using the correct punctuation. 

Today has been an exciting day! We walked to St.Mary's Church. We were given a talk by Father Paul who provided us with a lot of interesting information about the church. We then got the chance to have a look around. This provided us a lot of things to write about in our exciting writing.

WB 5.2.18

In maths this week, the children were exploring fractions. We discussed that fractions are looking at pieces that are part of a whole. The children then had a carousel of activities which helped them to explore fractions of shape, amount and capacity. From this, the children then started to write fractions down that they saw. 

In English, the children wrote their own version of the story 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. Kingfishers were using exciting sentence openers, subordinate conjunctions and expanded noun phrases. 

I hope all of Kingfisher Class have a lovely half-term and a well earned break!

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 29.1.18

In English this week, Kingfishers have created their own pictures of a setting based on the description from the book 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. They used pastels to do this. From this, they then created expanded noun phrases and similes to add their own description to their picture. The children also created a story map to help them with writing their own version of the story next week.

In maths, the children were finding the correct change and understood that we use subtraction when doing this. Kingfishers also moved onto looking at word problems involving money.

WB 22.1.18

In maths this week, Kingfishers continued to learn about money. They were adding amounts together and putting the correct £ or p sign. The children were 'buying' sweets and used mental strategies to help them work out the cost. 
In English, the children wrote a description of the castle from the story 'The Princess and the White Bear King', to which they were including subordinate conjunctions as well as fabulous sentence starters. We also had a class debate based on the perspectives of two different characters from the book. 
Kingfishers had a lovely treat on Thursday morning as they had Art with Mr Cornell. They learnt about the Impressionist Artist 'Claude Monet' and went on to produce some of his paintings using oil pastels. It was a lovely morning

WB 15.1.18

In English this week, the children have written a description about the Princess in our story 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. Kingfishers wrote two paragraphs that described the characters appearance and personality. There were some lovely sentences that included subordinate conjunctions, which helped to add extra detail into their writing. 

In maths, the children started to learn about money. The children matched the coins to the correct amount, as well as counting money from a purse and then wrote this down as a number sentence. 

If your child has signed up to the Top 100 Book Challenge, please could I remind you that your child has one week to return the book back into school. 

Thanks, 

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 8.1.18

WB 1/1/18

Happy New Year! It has been a lovely first week back in Year 2! The children were introduced to our exciting topic of 'The Great Fire of London'. It all started with the children having to piece together clues about the famous city the event took place in 350 years ago. The children successfully worked out that the city was London, to which we then travelled back in time until we reached 1666. The children were given an old newspaper article to pick out key information to help them work out what happened during the time of the fire. The children worked really well as a team and are very enthusiastic for the term ahead. The children are also looking forward to our 'History off the Page' day on Tuesday, where they will be learning further about the Great Fire of London as well as dressing up like the people in those times. Please can you make sure the children have something to wear in order for them to fully enjoy the day. Details of appropriate dress were sent home on Friday to help give you some ideas. 

PE is on a Wednesday this term. The children will need to bring in a named PE kit, which includes clothes that are appropriate for the weather outside (jogging bottoms, long-sleeved top etc.). The children also need to be bringing in a named water bottle into school everyday. 

Thanks, 

Miss O'Sullivan 

WB 18/12/17 Kingfisher's have had an exciting end to the term this week! On reward day, they were treated to a magician! Lots of laughter was had! The rest of the day was filled with dancing, a Christmas quiz, Christmas craft making and nail painting.

Kingfisher's have had a fantastic term and they have all worked very hard! I hope they all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year! I would also like to thank all parents who contributed food to our Christmas party! The children had a lovely time.

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 11/12/17  Kingfisher's wrote a guide to earth, to help explain to our character from 'Beegu', the fantastic things there are to do on earth. The children chose three different areas of focus which were Christmas, swimming and dancing. Kingfisher's wrote a paragraph for each and made sure they used subordinate conjunctions as well as different sentence starters. 
In maths, the children started to look at 3-D shapes. They looked at the properties of these shapes and even had a go at making some using match sticks and midget gems!

WB 4/12/17 This week, the children planned a guide to earth for Beegu. They first went outside to think of and discover different activities that they thought Beegu might like to do. From this, we picked three top activities and created a mind map ready to write the guide next week. In maths, the children were given a multiplication sentence and they had to write multiplication and division facts related to this. 
Kingfisher's had their Christmas performances this week! They performed amazingly well and we are all very proud of them. Thank you to everyone for sorting out costumes, helping to rehearse lines and dance moves! Super job Kingfishers!

WB 27/11/17 Kingfisher's had their dress rehearsal- the audience being the whole of the school! They did fantastically well! In the Ice Zone, the children were looking at things you would expect to find in Antarctica and had to identify these. 

WB 20/11/17

In maths this week, the children were learning about division. The children started by listening to a story and had to pick out the relevant information to create division sentences. The children then used counters to share between different groups. The children then progressed onto looking at division word problems. 
In English, the children worked together to build a free verse poem about 'Beegu', the character from our book. The children created phrases about what had happened to Beegu, Beegu's emotions and what Beegu wanted. From this, Kingfisher's then moved these phrases around to create their free verse poem. The children then used this to act out.

Wb 13/11/17 In English, the week started off with the children writing a character description of their ideal friend for Beegu. The children used adjectives to describe the characters personality and appearance. Kingfisher's then moved onto looking at different types of poetry and had a go at acting these out.

In maths, the children continued their learning with multiplication. The children had a maths trail, in which they had to solve a multiplication word problem and find that answer. The winner was the group that worked though all of the questions to find the winning star. Arrays were drawn on the ground, in chalk, to help work the problem out.

Wb 6/11/17 In maths, the children started to look at multiplication. They were using different vocabulary to help further their understanding such us 'groups of' and repeated addition. The children then moved onto writing multiplication sentences and then drawing arrays to help count in 2's, 5's or 10's to find the answers. 
In English, the children were continuing to focus on our book 'Beegu'. The children created an ideal friend for Beegu out of salt dough. Alongside this, the children were focusing on appropriate adjectives to describe the ideal friend.

WB 30/10/2017

Kingfisher's had a lovely first week back after half term. In maths, the children were adding 1-digit numbers to 2-digit numbers using the column method. It was explained to the children that they had to add the ones first and then add the tens. Kingfisher's then progressed to adding two 2-digit numbers together.
In English, the children were introduced to the book 'Beegu'. At first, the children were just shown an picture of Beegu and they had to ask questions to help pin point what they wanted to find out. Kingfisher's then used role-play to act as if they were Beegu to help them think about what the character may be thinking. 
It is a very exciting time as last week was our first round of rehearsals! Can we please make sure that if your child has a line that they practise as much as possible.

Thank you,

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 16.10.17

In maths, Kingfisher's focused on addition and subtraction facts. The children achieved this through using their knowledge of number bonds to 10, to make 100 ( 9 + 1 = 10, 90 + 10 = 100). We then moved onto discussing the pattern we could see each time 10 is subtracted from a multiple of 10. 

In English, the children have been absolute writing superstars! They  retold the story of 'The Man on the Moon'. During each lesson they wrote the beginning, middle and end. The children included expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and time adverbs. These were a joy to read!

We are also starting to prepare for our Christmas play as we had auditions on Tuesday afternoon! Some children were sent home with their roles for the play on Thursday afternoon. Rehearsals for the play will start after the half term, which will include all of Kingfisher's. WARNING - you may hear many of the songs from our production in weeks to come. Practise, practise!

It has been an absolute fantastic first half term with Kingfisher's. They have settled well into Year 2! I hope they have a well earned rest over half-term as well as lots of fun! I look forward to hearing about all their adventures when we get back. 

See you soon Kingfisher's!

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 09.10.17

In maths, the children were using the symbols 'greater than', 'less than' and 'equal to' to show relationships between numbers. I wonder if Kingfisher's can remember the rule for this? We then moved onto looking at 'fact families' and wrote as many different number sentences for a set of numbers. The children used whole part models and tens frames to help them do this. 

In English, the children focused on using conjunctions in their writing as this helps to provide extra detail into their writing. Kingfisher's then put this into practise, through re-writing the ending of our book 'Man on the Moon'. We focused on not wanting our endings to just be 'they all lived happily ever after'. Kingfisher's thought of different ways to make the reader feel excited and we talked about how cliff hangers can help create this. The children had some fantastic ideas, which we were able to share with the rest of the class.

WB 02.10.17

Last week in maths, the children looked at number sequences of counting in 2's, 5's and 10's from any given number. The children became maths detectives by looking for the special pattern of counting in tens (7, 17, 27...). We discussed that the ones digit stays the same, but the tens digit changes. 
In English, the children created their own aliens based on our text 'Man on the Moon'. The children labelled their aliens with adjectives to describe personality and appearance. These were then used to help write a description about the aliens. The children then progressed onto orally retelling the story

wb 25/09/17
Kingfisher's had a lovely week! In maths, the children were ordering numbers onto a blank number line. They used multiples of 10 to help them. The children used this to help them complete 'more than or less than' statement. 
In English, the children were introduced to their book called 'The Man on the Moon'. Kingfisher's were first presented with a picture of the main character called Bob. They then had to ask him questions to help write a class letter to him. To their surprise, they got a reply due to their fantastic questioning skills. 
Please can you ensure that the children are bringing a change of shoes for PE.

Thanks,

Miss O'Sullivan

WB 18/09/2017

In maths this week, we have been looking at place value. The children have been using the dienes and dice to make 2-digit numbers. The children then carried out an investigation with odd and even numbers. I think Kingfisher's enjoyed this!

In English, the children have been writing space fact booklets this week. They wrote three paragraphs about the moon, the sun and the stars. The children tried to vary their sentence starters, as well as adding in words such as 'because' and 'that' to add extra detail for the reader. I wonder if Kingfishers can remember another way to excite the reader with their writing?

The children have been given spellings to practise. They will be having a spelling quiz on Thursday. Please don't worry if the children are struggling with these, as we will be learning the rules for these spellings in our phonics lessons next week.

Thanks,

Miss O'Sullivan

W/B 11/09/2017

Kingfishers have had a lovely week this week! They have visited an alien crash landing in our playground! They saw parts of the spaceship as well as some alien slime! It was very exciting! In their exciting writing, the children wrote a letter to the alien, asking the alien some questions as well as telling the alien all about themselves. 
On Monday, we had maths day. The children had a carousel of activities, to which they worked their way around in small groups. The Year 6's were here to help too! 
Just a reminder that we have PE on a Tuesday. Please can you make sure that the children have their PE kits. The amount the children have read this week will be counted on Monday!

Thank you,

Miss O'Sullivan

W/B 4/9/2017

Kingfisher's had a fantastic first week in Year 2! The children had the chance to share all the lovely adventures that they got up to over the summer holidays. The children also explored the playground and tried to find different shapes and patterns. As well as this, Kingfisher's were introduced to their topic of Space Explorers! They had the chance to find out about one of the most famous space explorers Neil Armstrong. From this, the children got to practise their moon walks and created posters of Mr Armstrong landing on the moon for our reading corner. Kingfisher's have also practised their artistic skills this week, through creating a space scene with the use of chalk and blending. I wonder if Kingfisher's can remember how astronauts wash their hair in space? 

What a 'space-tacular' week it has been! 

Reading Challenge

Calling all book worms!

In our exciting new reading challenge the children will be rewarded when they read 25, 50 and 75 times. They will receive a certificate during award assembly. The children will also receive a special reward in class if they read every day of this half term. Have fun reading...

17.7.16

Year 2 had an exciting reward day. The children got to take part in a disco, biscuit decorating, bracelet making, nail painting and games. The children also had the special treat of bouncy castles and an inflatable climbing wall. They loved it!

27th June 2017

Key Stage 1 had an amazing trip to Whipsnade Zoo. The children absolutely loved it and saw lots of different animals ranging from butterflies to giraffes and rhinos. 

Week Beginning 5.6.17

Welcome back after half term. We have had a very busy first week back. In English, we started a new book called, 'Amazing Grace.' The children thought about the character and what we already know about her and began to think about what we would like to know. In maths we focused on turns and became right angle detectives. Today we were very lucky to have a visit from Dog's Trust who told us about how to look after a dog and whilst we were doing this, the children were solving maths word problems. Finally, we participated in our own vote today, teaching the children about the process.

May 2017

We have had a busy couple of weeks in Kingfisher class. The children have been incredibly busy carrying out their 'secret missions.' I have been incredibly proud of how hard the children have worked and they have all put in their best effort. Well done Kingfishers! Today we were really lucky to have a visit from Sofia's dad to talk to us about his job as a Wildlife Biologist. It was a fascinating talk and great to see pictures of some of the things the children have learnt about in real life. The children asked some excellent questions and really enjoyed it. In science today, we have been looking at food chains and thinking about who eats who.

Week Beginning 24.4.17

Kingfisher class have had a good week. In English, we have continued to look at our new book and the children explored vocabulary to describe animals. This then meant the children wrote some fabulous riddles which we had great fun guessing. In maths, we have been looking at subtraction and reminding ourselves how to do this. Science has seen the introduction of our new topic, living things and their habitats. We started off by looking at different things and thinking about if they are alive, were once alive or have never lived. What a busy week we have had!

Week Beginning 1.5.17

It has been a good week in Kingfisher class. In English, we have been continuing to look at our book and focusing on the under the sea setting. The children recreated the setting with oil pastels and then wrote excellent diary entries as if they had visited there themselves. In maths, the children looked at word problems based on all four calculation methods. Science was exciting this week with the children exploring the school grounds and discovering where all of our mini beasts are living. We have been working really hard this week and have been impressed with the focus of the children. Keep up the good work Kingfishers!

Week beginning 18.4.17

Welcome back. I hope that you all had a lovely Easter. This week, in Kingfisher class, the children have been introduced to their new ICE Zone topic-Africa. We started off my putting together all if the things that we already know about Africa and then we made a list of questions about what we would like to know. Today the children looked at African patterns and necklaces and had a go at recreating their own. In English we have started looking at our new book, 'One Night Far From Here.' This links closely to our topic and the children used the computers to write information sentences about animals of the African Savannah. The children had a lot of fun doing this. Maths started with a recap of place value and how we can use this to estimate answers. This term for PE we have Alex coming from Cambridge United who has started off with football. He will be incorporating other sports as the term progresses. Wow, what a busy week we have had!

Week beginning 27.3.17

We have had a busy week in maths, English and science. In maths we have been looking at capacity and had a go at measuring how much water different sized containers could hold. In English, we looked at lots of Julia Donaldson stories and thought about in what ways they were similar. In science, the children had to build a bridge out of newspaper so support a car. They had to consider how rigid and strong it needed to be and how they were going to achieve this. The final results were fantastic. I hope everyone is looking forward to Reward Day tomorrow!

Week Beginning 20.3.17

14.3.17

Kingfisher class had a fantastic afternoon in the woods. We inspected different types of fungi which were very difficult to find. We 'met a tree' which involved the children being blindfolded, led to a tree by a partner, feeling/hugging the tree, being taken away from the tree and then the child who was blind folded had to try and find the tree. It was harder than it looked as Miss Abbott found. Finally, the children built dens for Simba. A good time was had by all!

Week Beginning 20.2.17

Week Beginning 6.2.17

I hope everyone is having a lovely start to their half term. I would just like to thank Kingfishers for all their hard work for the last half term. In the last week of term in English, the children wrote their own stories based on the Princess and the White Bear King. I have started reading these and so far am really impressed with the contents. I look forward to finishing reading these. In maths, we moved to looking at 3D shapes. We considered the properties of the 3D shapes and how we would be able to sort them. In science, the children carried out an investigation to find out which materials were waterproof. The children had a lot of fun doing this.

Week Beginning 30.1.17

Kingfisher class have had a busy week. In maths, we have explored 2D shapes. We have thought about naming them, describing them, lines of symmetry and creating pictures using the shapes. In English, we started the week off doing pastel pictures of the setting and describing the setting, We then thought about our own version of the Princess and the White Bear King and story boarded our ideas in preparation to write our stories next week. This afternoon was very exciting, We watched the pantomime Dick Whittington and the children thoroughly enjoyed this.

Week Beginning 23.1.17

This week in Kingfisher class we have been very busy. In English, we have continued to look at our text The Princess and the White Bear King. The children took part in a debate and were very confident sharing their ideas in front of the class and on camera! The children were very persuasive and it was difficult to decide which side of the argument won. In maths, the children have been using their knowledge of money and applying it in problem solving. We set up a sweet shop on Thursday and the children had to work out all the different combinations of sweets they could buy with a given amount of money. Finally, we have had Indian Drumming again and this week not only did the children sing but they danced too. The children really enjoyed this as you will see from the pictures.

Week Beginning 16.1.17

This week in Kingfisher class we have continued to look at money. The children have explored addition of money and the classroom has been transformed into a sweet shop (a very expensive one) and a pet shop. In English, we have read some more of The Princess and the White Bear King and the children are thoroughly enjoying this. We have explored writing different types of sentences. Science saw the continuation of looking at different materials and their properties. In PE I was super impressed with the children's throwing and catching skills. They are excited next week to get the netball goals out. Thanks for a great week Kingfishers!

Week Commencing 5.9.16

We have had an excellent first week back. The children have participated in lots of exciting activities including: creating art work, some fantastic writing, decorating biscuits and the week ended with a visit from Forest Owl (photos to follow). I hope the children have all had a fantastic week and I am really looking forward to the year ahead with them.

Hunstanton Trip - June 2016

A few photos from Hunstanton - we all had such a good day. The children say the sea was freezing (and they lost their feet), the ice cream marvellous and they enjoyed building sandcastles with moats, arrow slits and defensive walls - some as big as the great wall of China apparently! There are some great Andy Goldsworthy style natural sculptures too. I think there is another camera's worth of photos around too...

Happy 90th Birthday HRH Queen Elizabeth II

Red, white and blue party clothes, jewel encrusted crowns, egg and cress sandwiches, homemade and home-decorated biscuits, lovely singing ... a Key Stage One Party "street" party to be proud of. 
The children worked hard to make their crowns, the ICE Zone TAs produced delicious sandwiches and biscuits and together they had practised and practised their singing. It was a lovely afternoon, despite the Queen not being able to come (yes, the children did write a letter inviting her).

June

We were glad to welcome the children back after a well deserved half term break. The children all worked very hard on their "special work" (SATs) before the holidays so we are enjoying things being back to normal again now.

We have started thinking about our new science topic - Habitats and Living Things - and have sorted things into living, was once alive and never lived. We talked abouot the 7 life processes of living things. There were some interesting conversations about whether a tree was alive (does it move?) and, before we added the 'was once alive' category, whether a newspaper was alive (well it is made from a tree, and a tree is alive so therefore the newspaper is alive...)

May

Kingfishers have been finding out a lot about plants in our Science work. The children wanted to know how seeds and bulbs grow so they set up experiments to find out what seeds need to germinate. Now they want to find out what the plant seedlings need to grow and stay healthy.

It has been lovely to be able to do more learning outside even though we need sunhats and sunscreen one day and coats again the next! Recently the children have enjoyed spending time in the pond area and sorting words into spelling groups in the playground.

Our research on sea creatures is finally complete and the children have written many impressive non-chronological reports about different sea creatures. If you want to know more about sharks, sea turtles, dolphins or other species, ask your children! 

Finally, thank you for everyone for reading at home with your children. It is great to see how many times they have read in their reading records. Some children have already read more than 25 times and are working towards 50. We talked together about how it is sometimes hard to remember to write in the reading records so we came up with a 3 step slogan - "Read, Write, Give it in". If your child hassles you to write in their reading record, this is why! 

March

Kingfishers had a fantastic time during our trip to Tescos yesterday. We went on a tour around the warehouse where the children learned how to unload new stock, and store it to keep it fresh.
The chefs in the bakery showed the children what ingredients and machinery is used to create their delicious crusty loaves. The children then tasted different trypes of breads and had a go at kneading their own dough to take home and bake in the oven. I hope you enjoyed the lovely, fresh bread! I know I did. I was very impressed by the children's behaviour during our trip as they all listened really carefully and remembered to say "Please" and "Thank you"!

February

Kingfishers had a super week last week. We explored the fantastic story, 'Where The WIld Things Are' and the children created their own 'Wild Things' out of paper bags and collage materials. We also had a D.T. Day in class in preparation for the children making their own fire engines in the Ice Zone this term. We looked at different types of vehicles, their parts and how they move. The children then investigated how wheels can be turned using axles and we had a go at constructing them in different ways.

Kingfishers have been taking advantage of the lovely, mild Winter weather this week by getting out to make some clocks on the playground. They also read different times on analogue clocks such as quarter to/past and half past to put them in order. The children will be taking clock templates home next week so that they can practise making different times over the holidays.
I think the children were dreaming about snow when they created their beautiful pastel pictures showing the journey that the princess took to find the White Bear King in our class story. They then wrote fantastic noun phrases and similes to describe their settings, such as; 'A lonely, tumbledown cottage' and, 'As cold as a snowman's fingers'! We will use these noun phrases to retell the story next week! 

January

Kingfishers have had a great few weeks of problem solving involving multiplication and division. They used sharing and grouping skills to find out how many ways 18, 24 and 26 can be divided equally and if all numbers divided by 2 give an even answer.

In Literacy, the children are thoroughly enjoying our book, The Princess and the White Bear King. They wrote questions that they'd like to ask the princess on her adventure with the bear. They also created some amazing character descriptions of the princess using noun phrases. 

November

Kingfishers have been working really hard this week to show what they've learnt so far this term.
I was really impressed that they could identify verbs, adjectives, nouns and some adverbs in sentences and phrases. They have also made a great improvement in their reading skills. We will continue to work on answering comprehension and inference questions to further improve.
In Maths, the children showed great stamina and used their problem solving skills to answer questions in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Next term, we will continue to develop our arithmetic skills in order to answer questions even more quickly. Wow, what a busy class!

Kingfishers have been very keen mathematicians. They have been using their multiplication skills to count 10ps, 5p and 2ps and record number sentences. They have also been solving problems by counting the number of (pairs of) eyes and fingers in pictures.

In English, the children used story bags to plan our own class story set in space. They are getting really good now at using noun phrases and different sentence starters. We look forward to reading the children's 'Space Adventure' story booklets over the next few days!

October

Kingfishers have had another brilliant week of learning. In Maths, we have been adding and subtracting using dienes, number lines and 100 squares. The children used their problem solving skills to find out that when we subtract 5 from the number the answer is not always odd!
In English, the children really enjoyed creating their own aliens and using a thesaurus to find new adventurous vocabulary to describe them. They then wrote noun phrases and paragraphs using these fantastic words.
In Science, we have measured children with different ages around school to explore if people really do get bigger/taller as they get older. We hope to create bar charts with our results for all to see.
 

Creative Week

Kingfishers have had a fantastic start to this Autumn term. We started off the week with our exciting discovery of a rocket crash site in the playground. The children then wrote letters to a new extra-terrestrial friend and wrote some questions they'd like to find out about space. We learned a little about the solar system and made our own papier mache planets. The children were very excited about designing and making a giant rocket which was then used to return our friendly alien back to his planet. This creative week has really helped to inspire the children to ask some interesting questions about the solar system in preparation for their time in the Ice Zone next week. More photos to follow soon. 

Summer Term 2015

Nocturnal Week

Kingfishers have had loads of fun learning interesting facts about owls and other nocturnal animals during our visit from The Raptor Foundation this week. They really amazed me at how calm they were handling the owls and watching them feed. They listened attentively and this has been reflected in the range of great facts the children have written today in their reports about owls.

Here are some African animals the children created using 2 Paint on the class laptops in the style of Tinga Tinga art.

Spring Term 2015

Our new topic, Dungeons and Dragons, is going to be very exciting. The children are going to learn all about the various people, clothing, food and weapons used in Medieval Britain. They will immerse themselves in a castle role play area where they will design menus and make food for a banquet. They will create and measure potions and describe a mysterious magician in 'Merlin's cave'. They will count in 2, 5 and 10s along a beanstalk and use their mental arithmetic skills to play medieval games, such as skittles.

February

Kingfishers have thoroughly enjoyed exploring our class text, 'The Princess and the White Bear King'. Last week the children looked at snowy settings from around the world and re-created a setting from the story using pastels. They then used laptops to type powerful phrases to describe elements of the setting, such as 'tiny, lonely cottage' and 'wisp of smoke'.

We also 'interviewed' the troll queen and used synonyms for words such as 'small' and 'short' to describe our own troll queens.

This week we are creating a story map to retell the story, then the children will retell the story in their own words and publish them in mini-books. We hope you will enjoy reading them during parent's evening.

In Numeracy, we have been counting forward and back in tens and ones using number lines to add and subtract. We then used these skills to investigate if; 'every time you add 5 the answer is odd', and 'every time you subtract 10 the last digit is 0'. The children really enjoyed being number detectives to solve these investigations.

This week we're also going to continue counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and back from different numbers so that we can work towards getting a bronze badge for our multiplications.

January

In Literacy, we looked at some objects in a magical story telling bag and the children really impressed me with their imaginative and creative descriptions of the objects. We have started to read the fabulous book, 'The Princess and the White Bear King' and the children designed their own golden crowns, 'brighter than the sun itself'. They then wrote letters to the king persuading him to choose their crown for the princess to wear using similes, such as, 'as sparkly as a diamond'.

In Maths, the children threw beanbags into numbered buckets and hoops to solve help them number puzzles. They added 4 numbers together to see who could score the highest score. They also used diennes and numicon to make 2- and 3-digit numbers. Some children even made 4-digit numbers!

December

This week Kingfishers, along with all the other KS1 children, have made us all really proud with their fantastic Christmas performances. They sang beautifully, danced with enthusiasm and delivered their lines clearly and loudly. Well done KS1!
In Literacy, the children have been exploring glossaries, putting letters and words in alphabetical order and writing definitions for electricity themed words in preparation for writing our own Explanation texts next week.

In Maths, the children have been using 'speedy spider' and a 100-grid to help them add and subtract multiples of 10 from 2-and 3-digit numbers.

November

Kingfishers have been very busy over the past few weeks doing lots of outdoors learning. In Maths, the children sorted and measured objects in the playground using metre sticks and rulers.

In Literacy (linked to our Science topic; electricity) the children asked questions about electricity that they'd like to find answers to using non-fiction books. They presented their ideas as groups and talked about how we could use the Contents Page and index to help us find answers.

October

The children  have been inspired by the change in season and the abundance of colour around us at the minute. In Literacy, we have been looking at Autumn leaves to inspire us to write fantastic poems using powerful verbs and effective adjectives. They also made and wrote recipes for super hero smoothies.

September
In Numeracy, we went outside to make a giant number line where the children placed numbers and numicon shapes up to 100 in order. The children worked really well as a group and shared their ideas about where each number should be positioned on the line. They then used < and > symbols to compare and describe pairs of numbers.

What a great start to the new academic year. We had a busy creative week writing text messages to the class describing our summer holidays, making superhero masks, Papier-mâché bones and life-size moving puppets. We used our paint mixing skills to paint kingfishers and even created our own superheroes. The children are very excited about reading books with their favourite superheroes in them and are already eager to start our superhero reading challenge!

Reading Challenge

Read with your children 4 or more times a week so that they can receive stamps in their Reading Records and move their superheroes up to the next planet. When the children have reached the sun at the end of the half term they'll receive a certificate to reward their fantastic reading achievement.

Literacy

We have just started to read the action-packed picture book; 'Traction Man is Here' by Mini Grey. The children are very excited that Traction Man has come to stay with year 2 for a few weeks and have already generated some interesting adjectives to describe this superhero. We're looking forward to using our voices in different ways to become characters and act out the story. 

Numeracy

This week the children estimated and counted pine cones and conkers. They put them into numicon patterns to help count them more quickly, especially tens and ones.

We looked for numbers around the school and completed a maths trail. The children enjoyed using apparatus, such as dienes, numicon and bead strings to make numbers in different ways.

Learning about numbers is fun!

 PE

Our PE days are Monday and Friday. Please make sure your child has a full PE kit with a jumper and jogging bottoms for outdoor PE. Earrings must be taken out on these days also. Please also make sure that your child has a named water bottle everyday.

Miss Simpson and Mrs Keber

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