Weekly NewsletterW.b 9.9.19

As part of English this week the children have continued their first story writing genre of the year with Little Red Riding Hood. The children have used pictures from the story and ordered them correctly so they can sequence the story in order.

Once they had completed this the children we able to verbally share WOW sentences that could be applied to each stage of the story with a great emphasis of using Co-ordinating conjunctions (and, but, or) and Subordinating conjunctions (because,

when, if) in their sentences. By using conjunctions the children can add detail using adverbs and adjectives which then means the children are writing for a purpose: so the reader can enjoy the story. Year 2’s have also had a session focusing on

describing the characters of the story and the setting (where the story takes place) also. The children have access to help sheets on their table and they were really pro-active with choosing higher levelled vocabulary for their work.

Can your child sequence the story of Little Red Riding Hood to you at home? Can your child explain what an adjective is? (A word to describe a noun). Can your child explain what a verb is? (A doing word – jumping, knitting, went). Can your child explain what a noun is? (Person, place or thing). Can your child explain what an adverb is? (It describes a verb – quietly,

carefully, eagerly).

In Maths this week, the children have continued their first area of focus: Place Value. The children have continued to look at sequences but in a range of different ways. Year 2 have continued a sequence that is counting either forwards or

backwards in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s or 10’s, they have identified the biggest number out of two given numbers and then worked out the difference between the two numbers, they have explained whether a certain number would feature later down a

sequence counting in 2’s, 5’s or 10’s from ANY number using their knowledge of the rules and they have also looked at knowing the fact families for 2 digit numbers.

The rules mentioned previously are:

When counting in 2’s all of the numbers are even, or if we start counting from an odd number, they are all odd.

When counting in 5’s, the last digit always alternates e.g. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 – The last digits go: 5, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0 etc.

When counting in 10’s, the last digit always stays the same: e.g. 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59 – The last digits are all 9’s.

Reminders:

Class 8 are starting their swimming block on Tuesday 10th November and their last session will be on Tuesday 12th

October. Class 7 will be starting their swimming block on Tuesday 19th November.

Children must have a hair bobble if they have long hair or come to school with their hair already tied back. They must have a towel and their swimsuit or shorts (no bikinis or shorts longer than the knee). If you allow your child to wear goggles then a

permission slip must be signed and handed back to school but please be aware, if your child cannot swim and used arm bands in the water, goggles are not allowed to be worn until they can swim comfortably without the use of armbands.

Little Messy’s After School Football Club will be on Tuesday’s & Wednesday’s; 3:30pm - 4:30pm. The block of sessions will commence on Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th September 2019, for 5 weeks (last sessions Tue 15th & Wed 16th October

2019).

Dance After -School Club will run on Thursdays and the last dance session is on 24.10.19.

Circuits After -School club will run on Fridays.

KS1 are going to watch The Jungle Book theatre production on Monday 16th September. Please can you return permission slip and monies in as soon as you can.

Our Macmillan coffee morning will now take place on Thursday 3rd October. Parents will be welcome to come in and watch our phonics and then the coffee morning will begin straight after phonics at 9:30 where you can enjoy a catch-up with some cake and raise some money for Macmillan. If anyone would like to bake or buy a cake and donate it to the coffee morning,

this would be happily welcomed.

P.E Days for Year 2

Class 7 PE days are Tuesday and Friday.

Class 8 PE days are Tuesday and Friday.

P.E Kit MUST be in school all week as lessons can be moved occasionally and taught out of time-tabled slots.

Attendance for KS1:

Class 7 – 96.9%

Class 8 – 95.4%

Homework

Homework will mainly be handed out on a Tuesday. On the odd occasion it may be on a different day due to timetable changes. Please return homework on a Monday. Handing it on a Monday gives you the opportunity before the weekend to

ask the teacher any questions so that you are clear of how to support your child if unsure. There is a tray in each class where the homework needs to be returned. Please ask the teacher where this tray is if unsure.

Spellings

Spellings are handed out each Thursday and your child will be tested on these spellings the following Thursday. Children will receive a list of spellings to practise each week. In addition to the spellings, children will be tested on a sentence

containing the words. However, the sentence will not be sent home. This is to see if they can apply the spelling currently within their writing. Can you get your child to practise applying the words by creating their very own sentences?

Reading Diary’s

Children in KS1 have all been provided with a Home Reading Diary. Please fill this in daily based on your child reading a couple of pages of a book or a whole book. Please return the Reading Diary to school each day and leave it in their book

bags. There are books situated in the classroom for your child to take home daily. Reading is extremely important to your child’s development so we really encourage your child to read a book or pages of a book daily. If you are unsure of

your child’s reading book colour then please ask your teacher.

Thank you

Miss James and Miss Bamford