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Next week.

Next week is our Health and Wellbeing Week. We have lots of exciting things planned involving cooking, exercise and extra sports. English We are looking at instruction writing and thinking about routines. Our story is ‘The Tunnel’. It is an adventure story...

Posted On 29 Sep 2016

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Writing a story

We are writing our version of the story ‘On the way home’. We have started using a story planner and thinking about the beginning, middle and end. We have introduced a new character. We can’t wait to see the finished piece in our English books.

Posted On 29 Sep 2016

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Our Cafe

We are loving our new home corner and are busy cooking and taking orders for our friends. Feel free to pop in for a coffee during Early Bird and the children can serve you.

Posted On 29 Sep 2016

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Repeating patterns

We are investigating repeating patterns using shapes, colours and objects. Some great repeating patterns in our maths books. Class 2 described it as doing it all again.

Posted On 29 Sep 2016

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Next week

In English we will be looking at story structure thinking about characters and setting. In Maths we will be looking at length and repeating patterns. In Geography we will continue with our map reading skills. Science is all about seasonal change. In music we will be...

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Ordering numbers to 20

We are getting very good at ordering numbers to 20.

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Music making in our outside classroom.

We enjoy making music outside because we can be as loud as we like!

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Spellings

Our sounds of the week are ‘sh’ ‘ch’ ‘ng’ ‘th’. Spellings will go out with your child on Friday and we ask if you can return the spelling book on Wednesday along with their orange homework book. Thank you.

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Counting sets of numbers.

We are comparing sets of objects to see if they are the same number. Great counting and comparing. Well done!

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Reading records and reading books.

Could you please make sure your child brings their reading record and reading books to school every day. Thank you very much.

Posted On 22 Sep 2016

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Next week

In English we are looking at retelling a story and looking at the characters. In Maths we are looking at money and the value of different coins. Next week Spellings will be sent out on Friday and our first weekly Newsletter for Class 2 will be available. Just a reminder:...

Posted On 16 Sep 2016

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Number bonds

The children worked hard today making number bonds to 10. They used cubes and bead strings to help them . Great effort Class 2.

Posted On 14 Sep 2016

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Hats and water bottles

Just a quick reminder! Since we are enjoying wonderful hot weather, could you please ensure your child has a sun hat and a water bottle. Thank you.

Posted On 14 Sep 2016

Happy faces

The children in Class 2 are making good friends and learning all the new routines. We have had a fun packed week enjoying our new class. See you all bright and breezy on Monday.

Posted On 09 Sep 2016

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Counting

The children are learning to sequencing and order numbers to 20. Their teachers are so impressed how well they are doing. Brilliant counting Keep it up!

Posted On 09 Sep 2016

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Welcome back!

The children have made a fantastic start in Class 2 and settling in really well.

Posted On 09 Sep 2016

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Summer is here!

Have a fantastic summer holiday enjoy doing lots of exciting things. We look forward to seeing you all again in September in your new classes. Happy holidays!

Posted On 22 Jul 2016

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Sea creatures.

As part of our DT we designed and made some lovely seaside creatures. They are all fantastic and your child should now have brought it home to show you.

Posted On 22 Jul 2016

End of term

Class 2 have had a wonderful year and we are so proud of all they have achieved. Here we are enjoying the outside classroom. A very happy class 2!

Posted On 22 Jul 2016

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Race for Life.

Class 2 children were amazing! Despite the hot weather all the children ran 10 laps around the field and were given a Race for Life medal. If you wish to donate some pennies to Cancer Research please do so in the next day or so. Thank you.

Posted On 18 Jul 2016

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Prize for the best sponsorship poster.

Class 2 are very thrilled to have won the best poster competition for the Plantathon. We are delighted with our new books and would like to say a big thank you.

Posted On 18 Jul 2016

At the seaside

We had an amazing time at the seaside. We built sandcastles, paddled in the sea and walked round Peasholme Park. The children behaved so well and we are proud of them. Well done class 2!

Posted On 14 Jul 2016

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Spelling

The spellings this week are the ‘oo’ sound.

Posted On 14 Jul 2016

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Next week.

We can’t believe next week will be our last week in class 2! But we have lots of fun things planned. First we will finish our finger puppets and make sure our topic books are completed. We have Our Race for Life on Monday and we are watching the Year 5 play on...

Posted On 14 Jul 2016

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ICT

Today we practised our multiplication skills linking to the times tables. We are all getting very good using a mouse and the keyboard on the laptops. Try testing your child at home on the 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s times tables.

Posted On 14 Jul 2016

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Art

The children made some fantastic jelly fish using a paper bowl, tissue paper, bubble wrap and streamers. They look amazing on our seaside topic board. Please take a look.

Posted On 14 Jul 2016

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Praise Post Cards

Class 2 are designing a new praise post card. Not sure which designs will be selected but what do you think of this one?

Posted On 08 Jul 2016

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Construction

We have been enjoying our areas of provision and using some of our learning challenges to build a sandcastle. Great team work class 2.

Posted On 08 Jul 2016

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Next week.

We are looking forward to our seaside trip to Scarborough on Thursday. Please don’t forget to make a donation to help cover the cost of the coach. We very much appreciate your help. Thank you. In Maths we will be looking at multiplication and division. In English we...

Posted On 08 Jul 2016

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Spelling

Consolidation of all our sounds. Try writing a sentence to include a word from your list.

Posted On 08 Jul 2016

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Testing the strength of the wind.

We are carrying out an experiment to test the strength of the wind. We tested it on card to see the impact and now we are using bubbles to see which way the wind is blowing and how strong it is. We watch the bubbles move and mark the speed out of ten. Take a look in our science...

Posted On 05 Jul 2016

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Spelling

This weeks spelling are the sounds ‘or’ and ‘aw’

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Next week

Class 2 are really looking forward to visiting their new class on Wednesday and meeting their new teacher. So exciting! Also, we will be getting ready for Sports Day the following week.

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Drama

We’ve had lots of fun in our puppet show this week using masks to retell our stories. Can you guess what our favourite story might be?

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Community garden visit

We visited the community garden on Haxby Road and planted flowers. We also completed a tree spotting activity. On the way back to school we got soaked by the rain, but it didn’t spoil our fun. A big thank you to all the parent helpers, we couldn’t do it without you....

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Letter writing

We wrote letters to our new teachers for next year. We had fun thinking what to say and what questions we want to ask. Most common one was ‘What time do we go for lunch?’

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Assembly class 2 Tuesday

Great assembly class 2 well done you all worked really hard and all the parents enjoyed it. So proud of you!

Posted On 30 Jun 2016

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Spelling

This week is the sound ‘ear’ and different ways of spelling the same sound.

Posted On 23 Jun 2016

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Next week

A reminder: Could you please bring in your sponsorship money by Monday so we can find our total for class 2. Also, we are visiting the community garden on Tuesday afternoon so please provide your child with a sun hat and water bottle if they don’t already have one....

Posted On 23 Jun 2016

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Writing a postcard

As part of our topic work we are writing postcards to say what we did at the seaside and what a great time we are having. Lots of the children went on donkey rides and made sandcastles. What would you do at the seaside?

Posted On 23 Jun 2016

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Adding and subtracting

The Reception children are using a number line find out the answer to adding and taking away. Great work and they didn’t need any help.

Posted On 23 Jun 2016

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Plantathon

What a fantastic effort class 2. We planted all the plants and the sponsorship money is coming in. The area looks great and we have already had bees visiting. Please take a look.

Posted On 23 Jun 2016

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Next week.

On Tuesday we have our sponsored planting event. We hope you have all managed to get your sponsorship forms filled in and let’s hope we raise lots of money. We also have a music workshop next week which we are all looking forward too. In English we are looking at...

Posted On 17 Jun 2016

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Special lunch

We had a special lunch today to celebrate the Queen’s birthday. Look at our splendid crowns.

Posted On 17 Jun 2016

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Drama

We love the story The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch and decided to act it out to see if we could sequence the events correctly. Mr Grimling sorted out the the naughty seagulls and saved his lunch.

Posted On 17 Jun 2016

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Hotseating

We have been thinking about the characters in the story The Lighthouse Keepers’s Lunch. Today we thought of an interesting question for the character Mr Grimling and used our hotseat to test it out.

Posted On 17 Jun 2016

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Spelling

This week we are consolidating tricky words. Words you can’t sound out.

Posted On 17 Jun 2016

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Science

Today the children worked out how to setup an experiment to observe and measure the weather. We decided to measure the temperature outside in various different places. We placed covered containers filled with the same amount of water in the shade, in the sun, near a fence and a...

Posted On 14 Jun 2016

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Playing at the seaside

We are having so much fun playing on our beach. We are making very large sandcastles and wearing our rubber ring to keep us safe when we swim in the sea.

Posted On 11 Jun 2016

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Sharing

The Reception children are solving problems using sharing. They have to share out lollipops from our Ice Cream Parlour between some monkeys. They worked it out and solved the problem. Well done Class 2

Posted On 11 Jun 2016

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Data interpretation on the computer

The children are looking at data interpretation using Purple Mash and Topmarks on the laptops. They are looking at tally charts, pictograms and bar charts. Great work Class 2

Posted On 11 Jun 2016

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Spellings

We are revising the following sounds. ee ie oe ue

Posted On 11 Jun 2016

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Next Week

In English we will be reading The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch and exploring the characters and setting. In Maths we will be looking at position and direction. In Science we will be looking at seasonal change and making a wind measuring machine

Posted On 11 Jun 2016

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Using our senses

We are exploring the seaside using our senses. It’s great fun to take our shoes off and play in the sand. We are discovering phonics shells hidden underneath the sand and estimating how many pebbles there are. The children are busy writing what they can do at the seaside...

Posted On 08 Jun 2016

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At the seaside

The children are very excited to return to their classroom full of seaside activities. We have an Ice Cream Parlour and a Puppet Show. We have wet and dry sand for making sandcastles equipped with buckets, spades, shells and flags. The children can also pack their suitcases for...

Posted On 08 Jun 2016

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Half term holiday.

We hope you all have a fantastic half term and a good rest.

Posted On 25 May 2016

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Sunflowers

The Reception children are growing their own sunflowers and kept a diary on their progress. Over the past couple of weeks the children have counted the leaves, measured how big they are and written about how to look after them. We all agree they have done a great job and the...

Posted On 25 May 2016

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Sewing

We have finally finished our mini beasts and can’t wait to bring them home on Thursday. Well done Class 2 they look great!

Posted On 25 May 2016

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Maths Enrichment Day

We loved our Maths Enrichment Day! We listened to a story about 100 ants trying to get to a picnic before all the food disappeared. We had to work out what groups we could put them in so they would get to the picnic quickly. Some children decided groups of 10 would work, others...

Posted On 25 May 2016

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Next week

Next week the children will not be in school on Friday due to a staff inset day. However, Class 2 will be as busy as ever. Tuesday is our Maths Enrichment day and we have lots of wonderful activities planned. Monday and Wednesday we will be looking at silly nonsense poems and...

Posted On 19 May 2016

Stuffing our mini beasts

As part of our DT project the children have designed and sewn together their mini beast using felt. Today we stuffed their bodies to make them look realistic. Next week we will add some more features such as eyes, legs etc. The children will be bringing their finished product...

Posted On 19 May 2016

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Spelling

The spellings for the week are the sound ‘ear’ and the alternate spellings for the same sound.

Posted On 18 May 2016

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Making a web

We read the story of The very busy Spider by Eric Carle and the Reception children wanted to make a web for the busy spider. They also wrote a sentence about the story.

Posted On 18 May 2016

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Mini beast hunt

Class 2 had a fantastic time searching the forest for mini beasts. We found worms, wood lice, snails and slugs. The children looked closely at their habitats and wrote about them in their science books.

Posted On 18 May 2016

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The Honey Bee Adventure

The children in Class 2 had a real treat today and watched a performance of The Story of the Honey Bees. They loved it and came back into class talking about all their favourite parts and singing the song about saving the bees.

Posted On 12 May 2016

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Next week.

In English we will be using our describing skills to write a character profile about ourselves using adjectives and effective punctuation. In DT we will be adding the finishing touches to our mini beast models. The children have enjoyed sewing and hope to finish their model by...

Posted On 12 May 2016

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Spelling

The spellings this week is the sound ‘air’ and the alternate ways to spell the same sound.

Posted On 10 May 2016

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Singing picnic

The Reception children had a fantastic singing picnic. They sang their way round the school field and finished with a picnic lunch outside in the sunshine. What a great day!

Posted On 10 May 2016

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Science experiment

Today the children discussed what a plant needs to grow. They watched a video which explained how a seed starts its roots and spouts through the soil. Then they set up an experiment to see which conditions a plant grows best in. They planted seeds in a cupboard, some on a window...

Posted On 10 May 2016

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Class 2 Newsletter 06/05/16

Posted On 06 May 2016

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Next week

Singing picnic The Reception children are attending a singing picnic on Monday, which will take place over lunchtime. The children will eat their lunch outside and will be provided with a grab bag if they normally have a hot dinner. English We will be writing...

Posted On 06 May 2016

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Animals -in -Tuition

The children had a fantastic experience last Friday. Animals -in Tuition visited Park Grove and brought lots of mini beasts to show the children. We saw spiders, millipedes, a scorpion, and stick insects. We were able to touch them, hold them and discovered some amazing...

Posted On 05 May 2016

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Spellings

The spellings for this week is the sound ‘oi’ and the alternate spelling for the same sound, spelt ‘oy’.

Posted On 05 May 2016

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Exciting writing.

Can you think of a story using an old wooden door picture for your beginning? The children in Class 2 can! They wrote fantastic stories about what happened when you opened the door, who was there and what happened next. They used great adjectives, connectives and different...

Posted On 04 May 2016

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Art using running colours

The children experimented using tissue paper and water to create a colour running effect to decorate a small creature, such as a fish or a bird. Please have a look at our class display to see their wonderful art work.

Posted On 04 May 2016

Next week

In English we will be writing our own story as well as writing an information leaflet about the lifecycle of a frog. In Maths we will be consolidating our addition skills and solving problems using money. We are loving our science lessons and will continue to learn about the...

Posted On 29 Apr 2016

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Spelling

The spelling this week are words using the sound ow as in owl and ou as in cloud.

Posted On 28 Apr 2016

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Acting out a story.

In English we used different objects to help us make up a story. Some children had an old pot and other children had a hairy glove, a wooden spoon and a giant boot! The children were brilliant acting out their ideas and used very theatrical voices.

Posted On 28 Apr 2016

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Making wiggly worms

As part of our minibeast topic we made wiggly worms out of jelly. We had great fun dissolving the jelly and pouring it into straws to make the worms.

Posted On 28 Apr 2016

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Addition using a 100 square

We have consolidated our addition skills using a 100 square to add 2 digit numbers. Tomorrow are going to try using a empty number line.

Posted On 28 Apr 2016

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Finding out about plants.

We explored the structure of plants today and went into the forest to find different plants and leaves. Take a look at the work in our science books.

Posted On 28 Apr 2016

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Next week

In English we will be using drama to create a story . We also have exciting writing on Monday when we will be writing a letter. In Maths our focus is methods for subtraction, addition, multiplication and division. In Science we are looking at the structure of plants and...

Posted On 22 Apr 2016

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Spellings

This week’s spelling are the sound er and the different ways of spelling the same sound.

Posted On 22 Apr 2016

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Counting skills

The Reception children are working hard practising their counting skills. They are counting objects up to 20. They also practised adding and subtracting. Well done you did really well.

Posted On 22 Apr 2016

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Measuring weight

The children had a great maths lesson learning how to measure weight. They investigated which objects were the heaviest and lightest and then measured using standard units.

Posted On 22 Apr 2016

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Relationships.

In our P.H.S.E we discussed healthy relationships and what they mean. We thought about special people in our lives and made a relationship web showing all our friends in class.

Posted On 22 Apr 2016

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Next week.

We will be starting our DT sewing project next week, starting with designing a model for a minibeast. Also, we will naming different plants and trees in science. The children have throughly enjoyed reading The owl who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson and...

Posted On 15 Apr 2016

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Spellings

This week’s spelling cover the split digraphes e-e, o-e, i-e, a-e, u-e. Please help your child to practise their spellings. Thank you.

Posted On 15 Apr 2016

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ICT

In ICT we are exploring Art using technology. The children used the Purple Mass software 2Paint to create a picture in the style of Eric Carle. Have a look at their wonderful creations on our minibeast display.

Posted On 14 Apr 2016

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Partitioning numbers

The children are working on understanding place value. They are breaking the number in to parts using base 10 and units. They are able to show what a number looks like and feel very confident with partitioning numbers.

Posted On 14 Apr 2016

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Welcome back.

Hope you all had a great Easter holiday and it is lovely to see the children return full of the joys of spring. We started our story ‘Plop who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. Today the children wrote a character profile about Plop the barn owl.

Posted On 13 Apr 2016

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Forest schools

The children are so enthusiastic about our new topic Minibeasts and spent the afternoon discovering all sorts of insects and other mini creatures in the forest. We even found a tiny frog from our pond.

Posted On 13 Apr 2016

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Easter holidays

As it is the Easter holiday there is no homework this week. Have a super Easter break and see you all on the 11th April.

Posted On 24 Mar 2016

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Hot Cross Buns!

What a treat! The children loved the hot cross buns as part of our Easter celebrations. Please pass the jam!

Posted On 24 Mar 2016

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Numbered Easter Eggs

In Forest schools the children went on a Easter egg hunt. They found lots of eggs with different numbers on and placed each egg in order from 0 – 20. It was great to see the children working so well in their teams and helping each other.

Posted On 23 Mar 2016

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Easter cards

The children are very excited about the Easter holidays and the hope of some Easter eggs! We are very busy making some lovely Easter cards.

Posted On 23 Mar 2016

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Easter story

We loved learning about the Easter story and why this time of year is important. We then sequenced the story pictures and wrote sentences to say what happened.

Posted On 23 Mar 2016

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Exciting Writing

The children have throughly enjoyed their topic on healthy lifestyles and were able to show off their knowledge in their Exciting Writing. They used lots of features of information text and remembered some great key facts.

Posted On 23 Mar 2016

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Spelling

sounds of the week ‘ph’ and ‘wh’

Posted On 17 Mar 2016

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Next week

Exciting writing on Monday and practising our Maths skills throughout the week. Don’t forget toy day on Thursday and we break up at 2.30 for our Easter holidays.

Posted On 17 Mar 2016

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