Welcome to Class 2 - Year 1/2
Autumn Term 2019
Dear parents,
Welcome to Year One and Year Two, we are very excited to start the new academic year together as a new class! Welcome to our first learning letter of the year. Each half term we will send out a learning letter to let you know what our topic will be and any important information you may need to know, e.g. special dates etc. These learning letters will give ideas for activities that you may wish to do at home to support learning outside of the classroom. Please let us know if you enjoy any of these activities and take part in them by talking to us, emailing us information and photos to the school office, or bringing in your work.
Our class information so far -
Mrs Adey will teach on a Monday, Tuesday and the first part of a Wednesday morning.
Mrs Marsden will teach the second part of a Wednesday morning and afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday. Our classroom team is supported by Mrs Scott and Miss Jones.
We will have PE on a Thursday, however we ask that you have a PE kit in school all week as we will capture other opportunities to carry out physical activity throughout the week.
We do not have a formal show and tell session however we do encourage children to share with us any of their personal achievements such as swimming certificates etc. They are welcome to share these by bringing them into school or by sending a photograph of them to the school office and we will share them as a class.
Children are welcome to bring in items that are related closely to our topics, however we do not encourage children to bring in any other personal items such as toys etc.
Over the next fortnight we will be reading with your child and arranging books and reading diaries with children. We encourage children, as part of our homework policy, to read as often as possible out loud, preferably daily. However we are mindful that sometimes this is not achievable due to busy lives and other interests after school. Therefore we ask that children read our loud to an adult at home at least three times a week. We are very grateful for your continued support with this.
This half term our topic will be Castles and Dragons. We are very excited to get started on this and we cannot wait to delve deeper with the children and their leaning.
However to kick start the term the whole school will be focusing on the book, ‘Flotsam’ by David Wiesner.
As we begin our castles and dragons topic we will send out a learning letter with ideas for activities that can be carried out at home and information about the curriculum areas we are going to cover.
We hope that you find these letters helpful and as always please feel free to come and talk to us if you have any questions.
Many thanks,
Zoe Marsden and Vicky Adey
Dear parents,
Welcome to Year One and Year Two, we are very excited to start the new academic year together as a new class! Welcome to our first learning letter of the year. Each half term we will send out a learning letter to let you know what our topic will be and any important information you may need to know, e.g. special dates etc. These learning letters will give ideas for activities that you may wish to do at home to support learning outside of the classroom. Please let us know if you enjoy any of these activities and take part in them by talking to us, emailing us information and photos to the school office, or bringing in your work.
Our class information so far -
Mrs Adey will teach on a Monday, Tuesday and the first part of a Wednesday morning.
Mrs Marsden will teach the second part of a Wednesday morning and afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday. Our classroom team is supported by Mrs Scott and Miss Jones.
We will have PE on a Thursday, however we ask that you have a PE kit in school all week as we will capture other opportunities to carry out physical activity throughout the week.
We do not have a formal show and tell session however we do encourage children to share with us any of their personal achievements such as swimming certificates etc. They are welcome to share these by bringing them into school or by sending a photograph of them to the school office and we will share them as a class.
Children are welcome to bring in items that are related closely to our topics, however we do not encourage children to bring in any other personal items such as toys etc.
Over the next fortnight we will be reading with your child and arranging books and reading diaries with children. We encourage children, as part of our homework policy, to read as often as possible out loud, preferably daily. However we are mindful that sometimes this is not achievable due to busy lives and other interests after school. Therefore we ask that children read our loud to an adult at home at least three times a week. We are very grateful for your continued support with this.
This half term our topic will be Castles and Dragons. We are very excited to get started on this and we cannot wait to delve deeper with the children and their leaning.
However to kick start the term the whole school will be focusing on the book, ‘Flotsam’ by David Wiesner.
As we begin our castles and dragons topic we will send out a learning letter with ideas for activities that can be carried out at home and information about the curriculum areas we are going to cover.
We hope that you find these letters helpful and as always please feel free to come and talk to us if you have any questions.
Many thanks,
Zoe Marsden and Vicky Adey
Summer Term 2018
Our topic - The Great Fire of London
Over our Easter break children in Year One and Two were very busy researching information about the Great Fire of London. Children completed fantastic homework projects to display what they found out. They then taught each other all that they knew by presenting their projects to the class. They all did a super job, well done!
Here are just some (come and have a look in our classroom to see more) of their amazing projects...
Here are just some (come and have a look in our classroom to see more) of their amazing projects...
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Our Pudding Lane Bakery role play area...
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Twycross Zoo visit - Spring Term 2018
During the Summer Term we visited Twycross Zoo as part of our 'Wonderful World' topic. We all had a fantastic time!
2018-2019 - Autumn Term
Our topic - TOYS!
This half term our topic is 'Toys'. Our topic includes studying the history of toys and how they have changed over time, designing, making and evaluating our own toys from the future, studying the materials that toys are made out of and many more exciting activities!
Our topic - BEARS!
Welcome to Year One and Two. Our topic this half term is 'Bears'!
What have we been learning about?
This term our topic is 'Explorers'. Mini topics will include 'Space', 'Frozen Planet' and 'Exploring the Oceans'. These themes were chosen by the children at the end of last term. So far we have been looking at two famous explorers; Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus.
If you would like to find out more about what we have been learning about in class, please visit the 'Curriculum' page under the 'Our School' tab.
Visits and Trips
This term we went to visit a city school in Leicester to explore our cultural similarities and differences. We made lots of new friends and they will be coming to visit our school very soon!
We also had lots of fun visiting the Space Centre this term, there was so much to see and do! A BIG thank-you to all of the helpers involved!
Homework
I have been really pleased with the effort you have all put into your homework over the past term, so a big thank-you to all of the Mums and Dads for helping! Reminder: homework is usually set on a Monday, due in for the following Monday.
Maths Challenge!
Your homework this week is to choose your own maths challenge from one of the following:
This term our topic is 'Explorers'. Mini topics will include 'Space', 'Frozen Planet' and 'Exploring the Oceans'. These themes were chosen by the children at the end of last term. So far we have been looking at two famous explorers; Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus.
If you would like to find out more about what we have been learning about in class, please visit the 'Curriculum' page under the 'Our School' tab.
Visits and Trips
This term we went to visit a city school in Leicester to explore our cultural similarities and differences. We made lots of new friends and they will be coming to visit our school very soon!
We also had lots of fun visiting the Space Centre this term, there was so much to see and do! A BIG thank-you to all of the helpers involved!
Homework
I have been really pleased with the effort you have all put into your homework over the past term, so a big thank-you to all of the Mums and Dads for helping! Reminder: homework is usually set on a Monday, due in for the following Monday.
Maths Challenge!
Your homework this week is to choose your own maths challenge from one of the following:
- What is your favourite number? How many different
ways can you make this number? Can you make your favourite number using
different number operations, + x - ÷(e.g number for 3, 1 + 1 + 1, 1 x 3, 4 - 1, 6 ÷2,
etc)
- Using these six numbers and the + x symbols make the highest possible number: 6 6 6 3 3 3
- Pick a pair of the following numbers and add
them together, choose a different pair, keep doing it. How many different
number sentences can you make? 1,4,2,8.
Environmental Art
Take a look at Class 2's excellent environmental art, inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's artwork.
Take a look at Class 2's excellent environmental art, inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's artwork.
