21st January 2019

This week in science we have continued to look at materials. We have talked about whether materials are suitable or unsuitable - for example would trousers made of paper be suitable? Then we used our creativity to make instruments out of recyclable materials. We then thought about the suitability of these. Are they strong? Do they make a nice sound? As part of your home learning you could design or create at item of clothing out of materials other than fabrics. What makes them suitable or unsuitable? This could be recorded in your home learning book.

In maths we have continued to look at division but this week we are focusing on division by grouping. (See the example below) We would love for the children to continue to practice this at home with some sweets or their toys. You are welcome to send up photos of their work or to record anything in their home learning book.

12 ÷ 3 = 4
Share the flowers into groups of 3.
To find the answer count the number of groups.
There are 4 groups. 

In English this week we are focusing on editing work. We have read a fact file about Mrs Ellis where she made lots of mistakes! We read it through lots of times to check for...

• capital letters at the beginning of every sentence
• capital letters for people names and places
• full stops
• spellings of tricky words
• phonetically plausible words (e.g. for the word home- hoam is phonetically plausible, hom is not)
• words which could be contractions (e.g. I am -> I'm)

We will be writing our own fact files this week and then using our editing skills (we like to do this in red pen!) to make our work even better. We will also be learning about apostrophes for possession.

This is a great video to watch...

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zx9ydxs 

We will be using these skills to help us with out writing next week!

Thank you to all those who were able to attend the first internet safety session. Don't forget there is a second session on Thursday 24th January 9 am at Lodge Lane Infant School. 

FOGG are running a film club on Friday 25th January starting at 3pm in the school hall. If your child would like to attend to watch Sing tickets cost £5 and this includes popcorn and a drink. Please see a member of staff to fill in a form.

14th January 2019

A huge thank you to everyone who was able to attend our second reading event last week. We really appreciate all of your feedback and will be acting upon this for our next event.

PLEASE HELP!

We would really like you to send in some clean recyclables for junk modelling. We will be using these for science and topic work and are looking for...

cardboard tubes (not toilet rolls please)

cardboard boxes (small and big)

plastic bottles

We would also love it if you have any old white (or light coloured) t-shirts (children's and adult sizes are all welcome). These will be cut up so please don't send in anything new or that you would like returned. 

Please send them in ASAP

THANK YOU!

In maths this week we have moved on to looking at division through sharing. Children have been learning to recognise the division symbol and how to share into equal groups. We also did this outside by sharing bulbs equally into pots. You could have a go at this at home by sharing toys or sweets. If we have 10 sweets in total and share them between 2 of us- how many do we each get? If we have 20 toy cars and share them between 4 children- how many will they get each? 

In science this week we have bee looking at and comparing everyday materials. We carried out an experiment to compare the bounciness of balls made out of different materials. We also went around the school and classroom on a materials hunt thinking about what things are made from, is this natural or man-made and why it is made from that material? As part of your home learning you could go around the rooms and look at different types of materials and list what they are used for. For example you might find glass in the kitchen in the windows and for drinking glasses. Then think about how these materials can be used outside of the home as well.

In English this week we have continued looking at facts about castles. We have looked at the different features on non-fiction books including headings, subheadings, photographs and pictures and captions. We have created our own contents page and front cover and will also be creating our own mini non-fiction piece of writing about castles. 

 

Thank you to all those who were able to attend the first internet safety session. Don't forget there is a second session on Thursday 24th January 9 am at Lodge Lane Infant School. 

FOGG are running a film club on Friday 25th January starting at 3pm in the school hall. If your child would like to attend to watch Sing tickets cost £5 and this includes popcorn and a drink. Please see a member of staff to fill in a form. 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all and welcome to Spring term.

 If you were lucky enough to visit some where in the UK during the holidays please send us some photos so we can add them to our UK display boards in class! These can be given to a member of staff or emailed to rellis37ru@nsix.org.uk

This week in maths we have continued to look at multiplication. 

This super video explains what arrays are...

https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/maths-ks1--ks2-how-to-use-arrays-to-multiply/zrks382

There is also a great game you can play...

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

As part of you home learning can you use different toys such as lego to make different arrays? 

Here we have 4 lots of 3 (4 x 3)
or 3 lots of 4 (4 x 4)

Our new topic for this term is 'Off With Their Heads' and is all about castles! This week in English we have been learning lots of facts about castles and next week we will be doing some non-fiction writing about the various features of castles. We have also been learning how to spell some trick words- can you remember the mnemonic for castle? (Castles Are So Tall Like Elephants)We have also recapped using commas in a list. As part of your home learning you could visit the library to find some non-fiction books about castles. Can you discover any new facts? These can be written down in your Home Learning Books.

We hope you are able to join us for one of our internet safety sessions. The children have been learning about staying safe online all year and this week have been designing posters to share some important messages.
There are two sessions and you are welcome to attend either-

Tuesday 15th January 7 pm at Garrick Green Infant School
Thursday 24th January 9 am at Lodge Lane Infant School

FOGG are running a film club on Friday 25th January starting at 3pm in the school hall. If your child would like to attend to watch Sing tickets cost £5 and this includes popcorn and a drink. Please see a member of staff to fill in a form. 

10th December 2018

Well done to the 12 children who took part in the Gymnastics Festival and represented Garrick Green. They had a fantastic time and got to try out lots of different equipment!

 




 

This week in English we have been learning about Christmas around the world. We have been looking at how different countries celebrate and making comparisons to our traditions in the UK. 

In maths we have been learning about multiplication. The basic idea of multiplication is repeated addition. Example: 5 × 3 = 5 + 5 + 5 = 15. We will be continuing with this in the new term. As part of your home learning it would be great if you can continue to count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s as this help children to answer multiplication problems. 

We also ask that for your Christmas home learning that all children read every day or at least 5 times a week. Thank you for your support with this. 

Finally, thank you for your continued support this term. We are really proud of how hard the children have worked. They have settled in to year 2 really well and we are really excited about the Spring term.

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and look froward to seeing you in the new year. 

It is Christmas jumper day Friday 14th December.We are asking for a £1 donation which will all go to Save the Children. 

The last day of term is Tuesday 18th December and we return to school on Thursday 3rd January. Don't forget we have a drop-in session on Tuesday 18th where you are welcome to come into the classroom any time from 915 am until 1130 am. You can look at how hard the children have worked this term and join us for some Christmas crafts! 

We have our second year 2 reading event on Wednesday 9th January at 2pm. 

3rd December 2018

The children had a fantastic time at the Playhouse on Friday watching The Snail and the Whale. We hope that you've heard all about it!

This week in maths we have been continuing to look at money. We have been...

- making amounts using the fewest coins ( e.g. 57p = 50p + 5p + 2p)

- solving simple problems for money (e.g. I have one coin and Mr Whitehead had 2 coins. Who has 10p and who has 12p?)

We have also been carrying out some assessments so the children have been very busy!

In English we have been writing a letter the Father Christmas! We have tried to include all of the following things...

- contractions (such as I'm, I'd)

- common exception words spelled correctly

- different types of sentences including statements (ending in a full stop) and questions (ending in a question mark).

In science we learnt about our skeleton and muscles. We also looked at animals that have an internal skeletong (endoskelton) like us and those that have an external skeleton (exoskelton). Don't forget that you can log on to Developing Experts website and complete the quiz at home. 

Don't forget that we have the disco next Wednesday 530 - 7pm. Tickets are £2.50 and include a drink and a snack. 

It is Christmas jumper day Friday 14th December.We are asking for a £1 donation which will all go to Save the Children. 

The last day of term is Tuesday 18th December and we return to school on Thursday 3rd January. Don't forget we have a drop-in session on Tuesday 18th where you are welcome to come into the classroom any time from 915 am until 1130 am. You can look at how hard the children have worked this term and join us for some Christmas crafts! 

We have our second year 2 reading event on Wednesday 9th January at 2pm.