Children had a spelling test before the holiday and we are not sending any spellings over the holidays. This is due to the fact that the children have been asked to write a newspaper report on a subject of their choosing (information about this will be in their diaries). They…
Homework: Spellings – words ending ly quickly slowly gladly loudly softly badly greatly perfectly proudly lovely For homework the children have been asked to design an egg-splorer! As a cross curricular link between our explorers topic and Easter we are asking children to design an explorer themed egg. I…
Homework: Spellings: helpful forgetful fearful painful powerful thankful dreadful careful useful harmful Reading comprehension- Layers of the Ocean This week for maths could all children please practise reading the time on an analogue clock. Next week we are looking at some punctuation and grammar skills including past and present tense…
Spellings: Ending ‘ness’ happiness sadness sickness freshness braveness illness awareness greatness weakness lateness Homework- Reading comprehension about St Patrick’s Day. Please complete by next Friday. Reading- Please continue to read Bug Club books and any other books towards the reading challenge. Please also question your children about the text that…
Spellings: The suffix ‘ment’ statement basement treatment payment document movement punishment apartment agreement equipment Please practise these with your child. We are trying to really practise phonics skills and spellings as this is something we are finding tricky as a year group. Reading comprehension- Children have a comprehension on…
This week the children have been working very hard writing fantastic stories to enter in to the Radio Two 500 words competition. They are extremely enthusiastic about it and have tried their very best to create an interesting and unusual story. It is completely their own ideas therefore,…
Next week will be Year Two’s enterprise week. The whole week will be based on designing and creating our moon buggies. We will be writing persuasive posters advertising them, using our maths to work out costings for them, using our designing skills to design them, our art skills to paint…
Turtles and Sharks have continued with the Explorers and Adventurers topic this week and had great fun acting out the journey of Christopher Columbus in the workshop on Wednesday. Next week, we will continue writing newspaper reports about the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart and start looking at how to…
Spellings: ‘l’ spelt as ‘le’ bubble apple little people table simple smile double bottle castle Please could children research (and start to design if they wish) moon buggies in preparation for our upcoming project to make one! Any materials you have for this project will still be greatly received. Curriculum…
Spellings: ‘r’ spelt ‘wr’ wrist write wrong wrap wrestle wrinkle wrote written The children have a comprehension about Eileen Collins (an Astronaut). Please could they complete this and bring it back to school by the end of next week. Reading – Bug Club and Reading challenge. Maths- Mathletics- Additional…
