Author: Mrs Taylor

We’re ready to travel back in time

We’re excited to start our new history themed topic, Time Travel.  In Year 1 and 2, we’ll be focusing this learning on houses and homes in the past to the current day.

First, we considered what we want to find out.

‘I would like to learn about where rich and poor people lived in the Victorian times.’ Eleanor

‘What did people live in back in time?’ Sameeksha

‘I would like to learn about bungalows and other houses.’ Kirtan

‘What did Stone Age houses look like?’ Jack

‘How many houses are there in the United Kingdom?’ (Nice link to our Where in the world? topic, Junior!)

‘How would people afford houses in the past?’ Zain

‘I would like to learn how you make a house.’ Isla

‘I want to learn about how dark the houses were.’ Lily

‘I would like to know how houses were built in the olden times.’ Jake

‘I would like to learn about what beds used to be like.’ Bridget

 

Where in the world?

This week, we have begun our new history themed topic, Time Travel.  Before that we reflected (one of 8Rs for learning) on our geography topic, Where in the world?

‘I learnt there are five oceans in the world.’ Inam

‘Australasia is a continent.’ Noah G

‘I learnt that North America is joined up to South America.’ Gabrielle H

‘I learnt the North Pole and the South Pole are the coldest places.’ Shasmeen

‘I learnt there are four countries in the United Kingdom.’ Soloman

‘I learnt that all countries need a capital letter.’ Olivia

‘I learnt all the oceans and continents in our topic.’ Rizwan

Maths

At the start of Year 2, our maths learning has been all about number and place value (understanding the value of a digit depends on its place in the number).

In this lesson, we were being resourceful by comparing numbers using numicon, place value counters and Base 10.

Which sign (< less than, > more than or =) would we use to compare these two numbers?

Living and Learning: Four of the eight Rs for learning

So far, in our Living and Learning sessions, we have thought about the importance of the following 8 Rs – being ready, being responsive, taking a safe risk and being responsible.

As well as discussing these aspects of learning in our specific sessions, we also refer to them at other times to reinforce good learning.

Being ready

As well as being punctual for school at 8:50am, we talked about how to be ready to learn promptly – having your equipment ready, looking at the speaker, having good body language and using a silent voice.

Being responsive

Year 2 are encouraged to respond to feedback in their learning.  Using our purple pens, we’ve been improving learning in our books and taking on board any areas for improvement.  If the children note some ‘star’ parts of their work, they should be keen to keep doing that.

Being responsible

We’ve been very impressed, after such a short time in Year 2, how the children are taking responsibility by following our new classroom routines, rather than relying on an adult.  These might include bringing their library book to school to change on Monday, putting their reading book and signed reading record book in the basket for changing on Mondays and Thursdays, having their PE kit in school on Tuesday and Thursday, taking earrings out for PE on those days, changing the calendar and taking temperature and weather readings.  There’s lots of responsibility in Year 2!

Risk-taking

We’ve seen lots of examples of children taking a safe risk in class.  This could be putting our hand up even if we’re unsure, having a go at some learning, trying a new meal on our school dinner menu, attempting a word when reading even if we’re not sure and trying a new skill in PE.

Can you remember the next four of the eight Rs for learning?

Cycle Leeds Learn to ride a bike sessions

These popular sessions are running locally in the half term holiday. Booking is essential for all sessions and can be done by clicking on the appropriate link below.

Children’s Beginners Learn to Ride Sessions
Tuesday 30th October and Thursday 1st November
At Carr Manor Community School (Secondary Phase)
Times: 9am, 10:30am and 12:30
For more information and to book:
https://childrencarrmanor.eventbrite.co.uk

Children’s Improvers – Skills, Circuits & Games!
Thursday 1st November – Carr Manor Community School (Secondary Phase)
Time: 14:00
For more information and to book:
https://childrenimproverscarrmanor.eventbrite.co.uk

 

Meet Henry

This week, the children have got to meet our class mascot, Henry.

Every Friday, Henry will get the chance to come and stay with someone in the class for the weekend.  Don’t forget to bring him back to school on Monday.

He will also bring his diary so it would be great if you could write about what you have been doing with Henry and even add a picture.  Then, we can tell the rest of the class all about his adventures.

He’s looking forward to having lots of fun with you!

Where in the world do your family live?

Learning the seven continents has been one of the Year 2 geography objectives in our Where in the world topic.  We also had a discussion about where our families live around the world.

It was interesting to hear the different places the children talked about and who in their family lived there.  If we weren’t sure which continent it was in, we used the atlas to check.

Let’s see what you can remember (one of our 8 Rs for learning):

  • Whose family live in South America?
  • Can you name one of the children whose family live in Asia?
  • Can you name one of the countries in Europe that was mentioned?
  • Why is zero the total for Antarctica?

KS2 fruit tuck shop returns on Tuesday 25 September

Our popular Key Stage 2 fruit tuck shop runs every Tuesday playtime and regularly sells about one hundred portions of fruit.

The dates for the tuck shop for this year are:

  • Autumn term: Tuesday 25 September 2018 to Tuesday 18 December 2018 inclusive
  • Spring term: Tuesday 08 January 2019 to Tuesday 26 March 2019 inclusive
  • Summer term: Tuesday 16 April 2019 to Tuesday 16 July 2019 inclusive

This year, we’ll continue with the pre-payment option so that you pay in advance for the whole year for your child to have fruit from the tuck shop.    We know that some children like to buy more than one portion of fruit, either for variety or to top up their packed lunch and we can also offer the option of paying for two items.

As an incentive for selecting the pre-pay option, we’re able to offer you one week per term free.  Therefore for this year, you would pay for 32 weeks and receive fruit for 35 weeks.  The cost for one portion of fruit for this year is £6.40 and the cost for two portions is £12.80.

Please note that payments are non-refundable and should be made via School Gateway.  If you prefer your child to pay in cash on a weekly basis, that’s fine – we’ll continue to operate this system.  Each portion of fruit costs 20p.

If you would like to pay in advance for your child to visit the tuck shop, please do this via School Gateway, under the payment option, by Friday 21 September 2018.

Thank you for your support for the fruit tuck shop.

07 September 2018

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due in on Thursday 13 September:

I know my address.

Our current geography-themed mini topic is Where in the World and we’d like the children to know what their address is to build up their knowledge of where they live in the world.

In our homework review on Thursday, we’ll discuss when we might need to use our address but also, from a safety point of view, when we shouldn’t give out this personal information.