Greetings earthlings!
The children have had two brilliant days back after half-term despite the grey and drizzly weather!
In English we have begun to investigate the features of non-chronological reports. We predicted what features we would see in an information book e.g. photo, diagram, index, facts etc. (It really helps if you know your alphabet because the index and glossary are in alphabetical order. ) We have looked at information sheets and non-fiction books to start getting ideas for our own non-chronological reports. We will spend the next two weeks researching, planning and writing our own texts to make a big book. If Mrs Dewing likes them, we hope we will be able to put them in the library.
In Maths we have looked at funky fractions! We have started with fractions of shapes. We have tried not to be tricked by the denominator (the number on the bottom) being bigger e.g. 1/2 is bigger than 1/4 because you are getting one of two equal parts rather than one of four equal parts. This week's homework will have a fractions theme too.
On Friday we will be attending Astronaut Academy again and doing lots of different learning activities to help us.
Signing off for now,
Mrs R
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Planet Earth? This is Mrs R.
The Year Twos are having an absolute blast (pun intended) learning about space. So far, we have found out about the solar system and astronauts. The children have helped to build space station role play areas in each classroom and enjoyed lots of space themed learning activities.
Did you know that you can grow plants in space?
In English we have been learning about instructions and thinking about the features of this particular type of non-fiction text. We have used plants in space as our theme for writing our own.
In Maths we have been learning about telling the time,and repeating patterns. They have also been using positional and directional language. The children have used the Bee-Bots to develop these skills. (Bee-Bots are programmable robots!)
We have new Reading for Pleasure boards in our classrooms. On Wednesdays we would like the children to bring in a book from home to enjoy. Please remember to name them in case we end up with 30 copies of The Gruffalo!
The Year Twos are having an absolute blast (pun intended) learning about space. So far, we have found out about the solar system and astronauts. The children have helped to build space station role play areas in each classroom and enjoyed lots of space themed learning activities.
Did you know that you can grow plants in space?
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| This is a sunflower seedling growing on the International Space Station. |
In English we have been learning about instructions and thinking about the features of this particular type of non-fiction text. We have used plants in space as our theme for writing our own.
In Maths we have been learning about telling the time,and repeating patterns. They have also been using positional and directional language. The children have used the Bee-Bots to develop these skills. (Bee-Bots are programmable robots!)
We have new Reading for Pleasure boards in our classrooms. On Wednesdays we would like the children to bring in a book from home to enjoy. Please remember to name them in case we end up with 30 copies of The Gruffalo!
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