Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 12 December.
move improve parents shoe large bridge climbing climbed
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
This week, we drew inspiration from the artist Paul Klee to create our own prints. We experimented with a variety of shapes in our designs, taking extra care as the styrofoam printing plates were very delicate. After choosing a primary-coloured ink, we used a brayer to roll it on and transfer our prints.
We also began making colourful tissue-paper collages, which we’ll be printing onto next week. We can’t wait to see the results!
Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 05 December.
said come where your today house here some
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
In our English lessons, we’ve been exploring the story Not Now, Bernard by David McKee. We’ve really enjoyed retelling the events and sequencing the key parts of the story. Inspired by Bernard’s encounter with the monster, we’ve been creating our own monster-themed writing. We’ve been using expanded noun phrases to describe the creatures, such as:
the ugly, mean, sly monster
the unkind, evil, cross ogre
the horrible, scary, cross ogre
Today, we read a short paragraph describing a monster named Dink. As we read, we had to draw what we imagined he looked like. We had great fun comparing our illustrations and seeing how differently everyone pictured him!
Help at home: Use some expanded noun phrases to describe the monster.
Here are the spellings for this week. Please practice using the look, say, cover, write and check method. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Thursday 28 November
many through again special social emotion action mission
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
Here are the spellings for this week. Please practice using the look, say, cover, write and check method. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Thursday 20 November
move improve parents shoe usual large bridge gym
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
We kicked off anti-bullying day with our odd socks to celebrate that we are all unique and different.
Odd socks day is a celebration to show that we are all different and that makes us unique.
We are wearing odd socks today because we are all different and we should be treated fairly.
Odd socks day shows that we are all different. We should respect everyone no matter what they look like
We explored our school definition of bullying, created by our junior leaders, by looking at what some of the words meant.
What are the different types of bullying?
Our school definition helped us understand the different types of bullying – physical (hurting someone’s body), emotional (hurting someone’s feelings) or cyber bullying (online).
We also considered the role of bystanders and their responsibility to start telling other people.
The story #Goldilocks looks at how we should treat everyone with respect whether it is in person or online.
How can you STOP bullying?
We used our weekly circle time to think about the role we all have to STOP bullying. Year 2 had some excellent suggestions.
Our main message is Start Telling Other People and to continue to do that until you are heard.
You can stop bullying by…
respecting others
telling the bully to stop if you are a bystander.
telling a trusted adult.
asking a lunchtime helper to help.
standing up for others.
letting everyone join in and not leaving people out.
being kind to people and not hurting them.
helping the person being bullied and take them to an adult.
being resilient and saying STOP.
ignoring the bully, walk away and don’t say anything back to them.
Using positive words and actions can also help to prevent bullying by creating a happy and healthy school.
We thought about some positive words and actions we could use to stop bullying.
How can you get help?
Seeking help can be done in a number of different ways.
Who could you tell? (taken from our child friendly anti-bullying policy)
The children thought about who they would tell if they needed to Start Telling Other People.
Help at home: discuss our school definition of bullying with your child. Do they know the difference between falling out and bullying, and between a one-off situation and something that’s happened more than once?
Here are the spellings for this week. Please practice using the look, say, cover, write and check method. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 14 November
busy beautiful pretty hour money eight great know
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
We’ve had a fantastic start to the week! The children have returned from the half-term break feeling refreshed and ready to learn. We’ve begun our Me and My Money themed week by exploring the difference between wants and needs, discussing why saving is important and having fun investigating real money.
Help at home: Have a think about the things you spend your money on? Are they a want or a need? Is it ok to spend money on things you want?
Please practice your spellings from this half term.24
once here of his tie like both woke
today there people your blue flew use saw
thought friend two eye phone white grow chasing
love once our because field shield gem magic
next after first finally now then reptiles bird
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.