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W/B 24th March 2025

Time is just whizzing by and we have been enjoying many special events and activities over the past few weeks in Year 2. 

 

It was lovely to see so many of you at our parent-teacher consultations last week and celebrate the progress the children are making. 

 

Our 80s dress up day last week on Friday was so much fun - the children really got into the spirit of the day and had a great time. 

 

This week we enjoyed a special visit to St George's church for a 'Step into Easter' event which taught us all about the Easter story. 

 

Next week we look forward to Surrey Fire Service coming to talk to the children about fire safety and we cannot wait to show you our amazing dancing on Tuesday afternoon.

Comic Relief!

W/B 10th March 2025

Such a lot has happened since our last blog its tricky to know where to begin, but luckily we can say it has been an epic couple of weeks and the children have loved it!!!

 

Book week was a massive success and everyday was jam-packed with quizzes and mystery readers, authors and parades, online illustration tutorials and lots and lots and lots of books!!!

We loved having the time to just take pleasure in reading rather than as a learning task and were able to experience picture books, chapter books, new authors and old, classics and those well-loved.

 

We were very lucky to have lots of mystery readers and each brought their own chosen book which again gave us access to a variety of texts and genres we may not usually experience. Obviously one of our most favoured days was Thursday's Dress Up day. We all looked fantastic and were so excited to parade around the hall for all our friends and teachers to admire.

 

We didn't have as much time for some of our other subjects but still enjoyed; working out in dance with Mr Rae, creating a chassis for our wheels and axle investigation, learning more about Kenya and making time for lots of 'Happy Mind' practice. This half term our focus is around 'Appreciation and Gratitude' we are learning this is something we should aim to practice daily and should be in response to people around us, experiences we have or qualities within ourselves. You could rephrase our daily question of how was your day to 'Tell me something you have been grateful for today'.

 

This week the adventures continued and we had a wonderful day at Wisley. We explored the grounds, investigated plants and seeds using our senses and got to plant our own flowers which we will observe in class for a while but should be able to come home after Easter. One of our favourite places was the Green House, there were so many exotic plants, a waterfall we could walk under and some of us even discovered a Hippo hiding in the pond.

 

Thank you to all of you as parents and families who have done so much to support all of our special events over the past few weeks, we really do appreciate it! Look forward to updating you with our next few weeks by which time the clocks should have gone forward making our days even brighter!

W/B 24th February 2025

Well, what a lovely first week back we have had in Year 2 this week! 

Everyone has settled back into school  life so brilliantly - it's like we've never been away!

 

We started the week by sharing our half term news with each other. Then, as part of our English learning about writing recounts, we practised using the recount writing tools from the tool kit to help us write about our adventures.

We were all able to write openings that describe when, what, who and where. We used adjectives and similes to add detail and precision and we sequenced events starting sentences with words like 'first', 'after that', 'next', and 'finally'. Some of us were able to extend our sentences using words like 'because', 'but' and 'so' as well. 

 

We have now finished our learning about measuring length and height in Maths. Next week we will begin learning about measuring mass, capacity and temperature. 

 

We have continued our learning about 'Living Things in their Habitats' in Science and we now know about three different kinds of habitat: Polar, Desert and Ocean. We also know about 'micro-habitats'. Ask us to tell you about some of the plants and animals that live in these places and why they are suited to their environment. 

When we visit Wisley on the 12th March, we will focus on Woodland habitats and the types of plants and animals that live there. 

 

Next week is our 'Book Week' and we are very excited about the many different activities happening. It is so lovely for the children to have a break from normal routines and come together as a community.

Thank you to all our Mystery Reader volunteers - if you are coming in to read a story, do try to keep it a surprise for the children if you can. We look forward to welcoming you! 

 

Enjoy the Spring sunshine this weekend.

 

 

 

W/B 3rd February 2025

What a special and lovely time we have had celebrating Mental Health Week! We are already excellent mental health champions but this week we have spent even more time dedicated to talking about, thinking about and taking part in activities good for our brains. This included, our whole school 'Grow Yourself' meet up in the play ground, for fresh air, friendship, blue skies, sunshine and some gardening. Not only did the playground look fresh when we had finished, so did our rosy cheeks. 

 

We are coming to the end of many of our topics, so now would be a good time to talk to us about our Nurturing Nurses knowledge, who was Henri Rousseau and what did people think about him? What are our dreams and goals and how can these be achieved with team work? And what is coding?

 

Next week we will be starting a new Maths topic of length and height. We've heard it is a popular one because of all the practical activities. We are in our second week of Living Things and their Habitats in Science. Again this is proving very popular as so many of us are interested in places and creatures. Last week we explored micro-habitats and this week Polar habitats. We asked lots of thoughtful questions about why these places are so cold and how things could survive there, particularly when it is so hard for plants to grow.

 

We have loved our Yoga sessions this half term and have mastered a range of poses, not only do we find it very relaxing, calming and peaceful it has increased our balance, patience and flexibility.... A useful time filler for half term!!! 

 

Only a week to go, we can't believe how quickly this Spring Half Term has gone but it has been happy and successful. We look forward to increasingly brighter days and catching up with you after a restful half term.

 

 

W/B 20th January 2025

We have had an exciting few weeks back at school and it's almost like Christmas never happened!

 

In our English lessons we have started a new unit of learning all about describing character and we are learning a 'Beat the Baddie' story - The Three Little Pigs. Soon we will be innovating the story to make it our own and practise using the tools we have learnt from the 'character' toolkit. 

 

We are developing our knowledge of multiplication and division and have been learning 2, 5 and 10x table facts, as well as the corresponding division facts. What is your top score on 'Hit the Button'? 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 

We are getting better and better at reasoning about multiplication and division and solving related problems. 

 

In Science this week, we planned an experiment to find out whether plants really do grow better and more healthily when they get sunlight. We are very excited about finding out the result...!

 

We have been learning about the work of a French artist called Henri Rousseau, who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He liked to paint animals in jungle scenes. Did you know, he never actually left France? He was inspired by stories people told him and by the museums and botanical gardens he visited. He claims to have invented a genre called 'Portrait Landscape' and over the past few weeks, we have created our own!

 

We are very much enjoying our learning during our 'My Happy Mind' lessons, and this half term we are learning about our character strengths. We have become 'Strength Spotters' and are telling each other and our teachers when we notice particular character strengths in the people around us and in ourselves. Which strengths do you feel you show most often? 

 

 

 

Thank you for helping your children to learn their five spelling words each week - it really does boost their confidence and encourage them to write more independently. The children are also really proud of the reading they do at home which is rewarded when they get their raffle tickets each Friday, so thank you for your ongoing support with this.

 

W/B 6th January 2025

Welcome back to all our lovely Badgers and Foxes and their families, and a very happy new year!

 

We'd like to thank you all for our very kind and generous Christmas gifts. These are never expected but always very much appreciated! Thank you, again!

 

This week, we have enjoyed reliving our Christmas holidays, revising the tools we have learnt to use when writing recounts. It was great to read what everyone had been up to over the break. 

 

Our spelling lessons this week have focused on 'kn', 'gn' and wr'. We learned that, long ago, people used to actually pronounce the 'k', 'g' and 'w' in those words, which we thought was very funny! We also learned about some homophones - words that sound the same when you say them, but when you spell them, they look different. 

 

In our Mastering Number lessons, we have been revising 'near doubles' using the stem sentence 'Double 6 is 12, add 1 equals 13'. You could practise this at home for all the doubles and near doubles to 20. 

 

In Maths, our unit on 'Multiplication and Division' has begun and this week we have been thinking about equal and unequal groups as well as learning how to add equal groups. We have learnt what the multiplication symbol looks like and what it means. You could start to learn some of the times tables, if you haven't already... It might be fun to play 'Hit the Button' to practise rapidly recalling the facts. 

 

This half term in Art we are learning about the artist Henri Rousseau and his work. Can you tell your adult some facts about him?

 

In History we have started our learning about 'Nurturing Nurses'. This week we thought about what it means to be a 'significant' person, and the children talked and wrote about people who are significant in their lives. They also thought about why these people are significant. It was lovely to read that, for many of the children, their mums and dads, siblings and friends are the most significant people!

 

We have a relatively quiet half term ahead, but we will keep you posted about any trips and visits coming up that we might need your help with. 

 

Have a good weekend.

 

 

W/B 16th December 

It has been a very busy, Christmassy week in school this week, with lots of excitement and anticipation for what is to come... Less than a week until Christmas Day!!

 

The children have continued to be kind, respectful, trustworthy, resilient and aspirational learners, even though everyone is feeling a bit weary at this point in the term...

 

Today we enjoyed some fun and games during our class Christmas parties and we ate some delicious, well-deserved treats as well. 

 

We would like to thank all our families for your support during this first term in Year 2, especially if you were able to help out with walking the children here, there and everywhere! It really is very much appreciated as we couldn't offer the children such lovely learning opportunities without your help. Thank you for helping the children with their reading each week, encouraging them to develop a life-long love of reading and thank you for helping the children to learn their weekly spelling words. 

 

We wish you all a restful Christmas break and look forward to hearing all your news on the first day back of the Spring term on Tuesday 7th January.

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

 

 

W/B 9th December 

Wow! What superstars we have in Year 2! We absolutely loved watching you in our Christmas performance at St George's church yesterday - you were amazing and made us all very proud.

 

This week we have been busy finishing innovating and writing our own warning stories based on the story we learned about Peter and the Wolf and we have produced some excellent writing.

It was our last week of 'Bridge to Spelling' and next week we will be revising some of our previous spelling rules. After the Christmas break, we will begin a new Year 2 Spelling unit. 

 

We have been learning many skills involving money in Maths, including finding totals and calculating change. We talked to the children about how, nowadays, many of us pay for things by card, but that it would be really great if they could have a go at paying for items in shops using notes and coins.

 

In our Geography learning, we were looking at places from above and describing what they are like, which was good fun! 

 

This week in DT (food tech), we had another look at eating a healthy, balanced diet and how we can plan healthy meals and snacks. Maybe ask the children to help you plan and prepare some healthy, balanced meals over the Christmas break. 

 

Next week promises to be an exciting, Christmassy week, with our class Christmas parties and lots of fun activities planned. 

 

There are lots of runny noses in the classrooms at the moment, so please send in a box of tissues if you haven't already done so!

 

Finally, a huge thank you for your help in walking the children to St George's and back this week. We couldn't do these lovely outings without your support.

 

Enjoy the weekend.

 

W/B 2nd December 

We have had a wonderful and busy week starting with our trip to Ashtead library on Tuesday. We were very lucky with the weather and had a lovely walk through the park where we identified Mistletoe and enjoyed spotting other signs of winter. At the library we were given a lovely talk about the library and how we can become free members and borrow books. We practiced scanning our books in and out, and were able to choose a book we would like to read in the future. These have been placed in a box at the library so on your next visit or joining up let them know and your child will be able to borrow the book to take home.

 

Wednesday really felt like Christmas had arrived. We spent a crafty morning making snowflakes, reindeer, Christmas trees and cascading stars, which are hanging in the hall. There was lots of glue, lots of glitter but mostly lots of chatter and fun. If visiting the school fair on Sunday don't forget to look at the ceiling where you can see lots of our creations.

 

In Maths we have begun looking at coins and notes and how to count and create different amounts. Unfortunately in todays society, physical money is used less and less and so any extra parctise or opportunities you can provide for your child at home would be a great additional experience and help cement the learning taking place in school.

 

Our topic of Materials is coming to a close in Science and this week we have carried out the experiment we planned for, where we wanted to find out the best type of paper for absorbtion. We began by thinking about the papers we would test, how we would carry out the experiment and even identified things we would need to keep the same to make it a fair test. We made  predictions about which we throught would be the best and could justify our reasons..... our teachers thought we were very clever! Carrying out the experiement was the fun part, don't forget to ask us what the results were.

 

We had our first full run through of our Christmas Nativity and our tecahers were soooooo impressed with how quickly the lines had been learnt, so thank you for helping us to practise and we can't wait to show you how super we are next week!

 

A few up and coming date reminders;

  • Sunday Christmas Fair 11-2pm
  • Wednesday Dress rehearsal at St Georges
  • Thursday Nativity Performance 9.15 St Georges
  • Friday Christmas jumper and lunch

W/B 25th November 

This week we have enjoyed learning about 3D shapes - we are learning to identify faces, edges and vertices and have learnt lots of new vocabulary! We also had a go at identifying and describing different shape patterns.

 

Next week in Maths we begin a new unit of learning all about Money. Over the weekend, you could practice recognising coins and counting their value. 

 

We have started innovating the story of Peter and the Wolf in our English lessons this week. We have stories about Sophie and the Snake, Freddie and the Fox and Ella and the Bear, to name but a few! We can't wait to read the finished versions...

 

In our Spelling lessons, we have learnt some new rules about adding 'ck' at the end of words to protect the short vowel sound and when to add 'tch' to words. We are rapidly becoming super spellers! 

 

We loved our DT lesson this week where we got to make the savoury salads that we had designed. We practised the important skills of peeling, grating and cutting. Have a look at the photos below...

 

We met a tiny baby boy on Thursday afternoon when Mr and Mrs Clements came in to introduce Toby! He is so lovely!

 

Our Christmas performance at St George's church is fast approaching - the musicians are learning to play their instruments and the narrators have been given their lines to learn. You will find these in their reading diaries. Please practice at home with your child so that they are as confident as can be! Thank you!

A reminder that the dress rehearsal will be on Wednesday 11th December and the actual performance is on Thursday 12th December. 

 

Next week on Wednesday we have our annual Christmas Art/DT morning where we get to create lots of lovely decorations to make our classrooms look beautifully festive! Please remember to send in three toilet roll tubes and a cereal box if you have one.

 

Enjoy the weekend...

W/B 18th November

Well there wasn't any snow! But it has been a very, very cold week and the children have really noticed it. Please ensure your child has all the correct uniform and outdoor wear to keep them snug and happy.

 

We want to thank you all in advance for all your support with various outings and supplies coming up, we appreciate it can often seem short notice or lots of things at once, however we want to provide as many exciting and enagaging opportunities for the children as possible.

 

On that note a few reminders for next week;

Tues 26th - ingredients needed for salad making.

Fri 29th - Mufti Day (Lucky Bag and Bottle Tombola contributions)

                Visit to The Greville to watch the Year 2 Christmas Production.

 

This week we had lots of fun in music playing rhythms on the big base drum, maraccas and tambourines. We have started rehearsing our Christmas songs and are looking forward to beginning our Christmas Production practises.

 

As highlighted in recent news letters we have invested in a new scheme of learning called Happy Minds (championed by the NHS). This scheme has a specific focus on mental health and well being, with specific teaching to the children around the function of the brain and how this impacts us and the health of our minds. We will continue to unpdate you with the fascinating learning taking place but for now see if your child can tell you anything about their experience this week and who Team H-A-P are.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

 

W/B 11th November

 

We started the week with a few moments of silence on Monday morning to remember all the people who have sacrificed their lives to help others over the years. The children were very calm and sensible, which made us very proud. 

 

In Maths this week, we have been revising our knowledge of 2D shapes, with a particular focus on naming shapes and counting their sides and vertices (corners). We also made a range of 2D shapes with lolly sticks and practised drawing 2D shapes. Next weeks' focus is on symmetry and sorting shapes. We will also begin to learn more about 3D shapes. 

 

We started a new unit in English all about creating suspense when writing warning stories. We wrote some poems this week to help develop our vocabulary and we began to learn the story of 'Peter and the Wolf'. More on this next week...

 

We started 'Bridge to Spelling' this week, which is Little Wandle's Spelling programme. Your child will have brought home their lesson handouts. Hopefully they can talk to you about the lessons and what we have learnt so far. 

 

On Thursday we welcomed a group of prospective parents into school and the Year 2 ambassadors did an amazing job of showing them around. We got so many compliments about the children - they did us all proud! 

 

A reminder that as the weather gets colder, it is important that children have warm clothes to wear outside for PE on Thursdays. A dark tracksuit would be perfect. Please also make sure that your child has a pair of trainers or plimsolls to wear outside. Thank you!

 

Could we also give a gentle nudge to ask you to help your child to learn their spellings each week - some of the words are quite tricky but it is important that the children learn to spell them correctly and begin to use the words independently in their own writing. Little and often is best for committing the words to your child's long term memory. Your support is very much appreciated. 

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

 

W/B 21st October 

What a lovely first half term we have had in Year 2! It's been great getting to know the children and settling into our new classes. They have been amazing!

The children may have told you that the teachers swap classes for Music and PSHE on Wednesdays. Ms Higgins teaches PSHE to both classes, while Mrs Theobald teaches Music to both classes. (Not at the same time!) We have really enjoyed working with such super learners. Thank you, Foxes and Badgers. This will continue for the whole year. 

 

Thank you for coming to our Harvest Celebration on Tuesday at St George's church. We loved performing to you all.

 

This week in Maths we have been learning how to add two-digit numbers accurately, using jottings and Base 10 to support our thinking. We have also begun to subtract two-digit numbers and we will continue with this learning after the half term break. You might like to practise at home so that you get even quicker and better. 

 

In English we have been learning to use the tools that will help us to write amazing recounts. More on this after half term!

 

You are doing amazingly well at learning your spellings each week, Year 2. Keep it up!

After half term, we will be starting our Bridge to Spelling programme, which allows us to move slowly away from Phonics and more into learning about spelling rules and patterns so that we can all become really super spellers! 

 

We hope you all have a relaxing half term and will come back refreshed and ready to learn on Monday 4th November.

 

 

W/B 14th October 

Zig the Alien made another appearance in our classroom this week, as he returned to teach us all about writing a recount!

 

We will be learning about three new writing tools during this unit;

  • Writing an opening that describes, who, what, where and when.
  • Choosing adjectives and similes to add detail.
  • Using a range of adverbials and conjunctions to sequence events.

 

We have continued our learning in Maths all about addition and subtraction, with a particular focus on counting on and back on a number line. We learned that, if you know your number bonds to 10 really well, you can be more efficient when adding and subtracting bigger numbers. Keep practising your number bonds if you don’t feel confident yet…! Playing ‘Hit the Button’, even just for five minutes a day, will really help.

 

We had a run-through of our Harvest performance on Wednesday. The singing is sounding beautiful, the musicians know which songs they are playing their different instruments for and nearly all the children now know their words. If you’re not quite sure of your words, please spend some time learning them before Tuesday!

 

On Thursday afternoon we had two ladies from Leatherhead Museum visit the school to tell us all about the history of Ashtead. We learned that there used to be a pottery in Ashtead as well as a factory called 'The Goblin Factory' that made vacuum cleaners, clocks and teas-maids! 

 

There was a buzz of excitement around the school on Friday as we showed off our crazy hair and wore our own clothes.

 

We can’t quite believe next week is the last week of the half term! We are looking forward to seeing you at our Harvest celebrations at St. George’s Church on Tuesday morning. Thank you to all those parents who have offered to help walk us over and back on Monday afternoon for the dress rehearsal and on Tuesday morning for the ‘real thing’!

 

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

We hope to see lots of you at our ‘Bake and Taste’ social event between 10am and 12pm tomorrow.   

Leatherhead Museum Visit - Thursday 17th October

W/B 7th October

Its been another busy, busy week but we have had some lovely experiences along the way!

 

On Monday, we had a very successful visit to St George's church, where we found out about the history of the church and the buildings' development. We were able to study changes within the interior and ask all sorts of questions. Although the church has only been here for 120 years, the original iron structure was erected over 900 years ago and eventually became the scout hut across the road...... they moved it on wheels!

 

We have completed our innovated Zig the Alien stories with great success. Using the skills we developed we were then set the challenge of writing our own 'journey' stories. We could be as creative, imaginative and diverse as we wished.

The children loved having the freedom to make their own choices and decisions and wrote some really beautiful pieces.

 

In Art & Design, we have been using watercolours to create colourwash backgrounds in the style of artist Paul Klee, ready for us to add line drawings over the top next week. We explored how we could mix deep rich tones, and with water turn them into translucent pastel shades. 

 

We are now far enough into the year that our mindfulness practice is fully embedded. Both Foxes and Badgers practice most days and the children have explored breathing techniques, guided meditations and body scans just to name a few. Ask your child to share some of these with you so that they can use them when needed at home too. Many of our practices come from the free App Insight Timer. Again something you may find of great help at home..... especially the guided sleep stories!!!!!

 

Just a reminder that next week will be school photos on Thursday!

 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

 

 

W/B 30th September 

 

This week, we have been exploring how houses have changed over time as part of our learning in History. The children loved looking at each other's houses and talking about how old their houses are. We created a timeline and talked about some of their key features. We think the oldest houses in our classes were built in the late 1800s! 

 

In PSHE we have been thinking about our rights and responsibilities, as well as rewards and consequences. The children came up with many great suggestions. We thought about realistic time frames for sanctions... e.g. sitting on the 'thinking step' for three hours might be a bit excessive! 

 

The children are now preparing for our Harvest celebrations. The narrators have their words to learn - please see the reading diaries - and the musicians have begun to practise playing their musical instrument. 

 

We are so impressed with how many reading raffle tickets the children are earning each week! Please  make sure you record any reading that you do together at home in your child's diary so that they can earn all the tickets they deserve.

 

We have taught the children how to use the 'Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check' strategy so that they can practice their spellings independently, but please do take the time to support your child to learn their spellings each week so that any trickier words can be targeted with your help. Thank you so much! 

 

We are very proud of our Year 2 ambassadors and how brilliantly they guided our visitors around the school on Thursday this week. Well done, Badgers and Foxes! 

 

Thank you so much to all the parents and grandparents who were able to volunteer to accompany us on our walk to St George's next Monday - we were inundated with helpers in the end, which was amazing! The office will have emailed you to say yes please or no thank you. If you are unsure, please do ask.

We are very much looking forward to learning about the history of the church. 

 

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! 

 

 

 

W/B 23rd September

Wow! The weeks are just flying by and we can't quite believe that we are already half way through this half term!

 

Year 2 have really impressed us with their story writing this week. We have been innovating the story of Zig the Alien and the children have been able to let their imaginations run wild! We are really enjoying reading their stories.

 

We have now completed our first Maths unit of the year on Place Value. Next week, we will begin a new unit on addition and subtraction. In order to prepare for this learning, you might like to practise recalling number bonds on this website: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 

In Science this week, we have been learning about Amphibians and Reptiles and we had a very special visitor - Lily, who is Ms Higgins' tortoise! We learned that reptiles have five needs for survival. Can you tell your adult what they are? We hope you enjoy looking at the photos below. 

 

With only four weeks to go, we are starting to think about the Harvest festival. Some children will have words to learn. They will be stuck into your child's reading diary so that you can practise at home. Some children will play musical instruments which we will practise playing at school. You are in for a treat as we are going to be singing some fabulous songs! 

 

Finally, we just want to draw your attention to the email that was sent earlier about our History learning next week - if you can, please send in a photograph of your home on Monday.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Badgers Meet Lily!

W/B 16th September

Welcome to Week 3 where the children have been lucky enough to continue to access the field and enjoy this lovely weather.

 

Hopefully you have now all heard the story of Zig the Alien! This week the children have been innovating parts of the story and we have been so impressed with the range of vocabulary they have been able to brainstorm.

 

In Maths we have continued to look at place value and number, in relation to other numbers, including estimating where a number might be placed on a number line. If you would like to see what experts your children have become, take a look at the following link where the children can use interactive number lines to place the numbers. 

 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/450/ITP-Number-Line

 

In Computing, our current focus is Online Safety, looking at safe searching, emails and our digital footprints. It may be a good opportunity to revisit online safety at home and review parental controls. Perhaps your child could advise you on things you might need to consider...

 

Now that children are confident with note b, we are beginning to learn to play note a on our recorders. Next week we will learn out first tune 'What's the time?' using both the notes a and b. Something for you all to look forward to the children practising at home!

 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

Meet the Teacher

Please find the slides from the presentation below. 

W/B 9th September 2024

 

The first full week back in Year 2 has been packed full of exciting learning!

 

An alien called Zig visited our classrooms this week. We didn't actually get to see him but he left glitter, slime and footprints all over the place! We have started to learn a story all about him - it's called 'Zig the Alien'. Ask us to retell it to you!

 

In Maths we have been learning to write numbers as words and we have been learning about the value of the digits within a number. We practised different ways of partitioning numbers using Base 10. Did you know that numbers can be partitioned in different ways? For example,

68 = 60 + 8

68 = 50 + 18

68 = 40 + 28

68 = 30 + 38

and so on.

You might like to practise this at home over the weekend.

 

We created beautiful self-portraits in Art this week, and in Music we have been learning about pulse. We played some games to help us keep the pulse. We have also learned to play the recorder and can all play note 'b'. The children were given their own recorders which are theirs to keep - please look after them and make sure you bring them back to school each day. 

We really loved learning about what our school was like in the past in our History learning this week! In Computing we are learning about safe searching within Purple Mash and on the wider internet. If you want to practise at home, your login can be found at the front of your reading record. 

 

We have enjoyed reading every day in school, especially our reading for pleasure times and our daily story times before we go home. We would love to see the children earning lots of raffle tickets for reading at home at least three times during the week as well!

 

Next week we will begin our Phonics lessons, where we will be recapping 'Phase 5'. 

 

Have a lovely weekend! 

 

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