What time is it?
By the end of Year 2, children should be able to achieve the following objectives in relation to telling the time (taken from the Year 2 Core Subjects expectations).
- compare and sequence intervals of time
- tell the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour
- write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times
- know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day
This is always a difficult area of Maths for children to master but we have been particularly impressed by two time ‘boffins’ who shared their knowledge to teach others.
You can continue to embed these Maths skills at home by asking your child the time at different times of the day. We have been focusing on the analogue time.
Phonics
Thanks to everyone for attending last week’s phonics mornings. Some of you asked for a reminder of the phonemes the children have learnt so far, so here they are:
Phase 2 and 3 phonemes
- s a t p
- i n m d
- g o c k
- ck e u r
- h b f ff
- l ll ss
- j v w x y z zz
- ch sh th th ng qu
- ai ee igh oa oo oo
- ow oi ar or ur ir
- er air ear ure
Keep blending!
What is under the surface of the Earth?
We have had a great start to our new topic – Extreme Earth. This week, Year 3 imagined they were on an underground journey, travelling down through each of the Earth’s layers. The children used different coloured modelling clay to create their own Earth model. When we cut the models in half we could clearly see the different layers of the Earth.
Green Fingers
Our own ‘tin forest’ is growing well and we’ve been making lots of observations to see the changes in such a short time.
Day 4
Day 13
Next week in our Green Fingers topic, we will be focusing our learning on trees. In preparation for this, children are encouraged to bring in leaves to be used for classifying and identifying. Just one example of each leaf is needed and these should be brought in next Monday.
These spotter sheets can help with identifying any leaves you may find.
Rewarding Residential
Last week, Year 4 enjoyed a residential trip at Herd Farm.
It was fabulous to see all the children so enthusiastic about all aspects of our stay. For a lot of the children, this was the first time being away from home without parents. All staff were impressed with how well everyone supported, cared for and encouraged each other.
Some of the activities really took our breath away – and our legs!
Lots of children pushed themselves into taking a safe risk and attempting things they’ve never done before. Being responsible, remembering, being resilient and showing resourcefulness were also demonstrated by all – especially with bed making!
Mrs Burke, Miss Hale and I were incredibly proud of the all the children. It was an absolute pleasure to take them away for a few days – albeit with very little sleep. Here are some photos of our adventures…
Phonics mornings!
Don’t forget our third and final phonics mornings this week. These will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 9am.
If you didn’t return the slip, don’t worry – there is plenty of space.
See you there!
Have a great holiday!
We hope you all have a great holiday after what has been a very busy term!
The highlight of our term has to be our trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The children really enjoyed learning about polar bears and the threat they face to their habitat. We hope you are all turning off your lights!
Enjoy the two week break and we look forward to seeing you all at the start of the children’s last term in Reception.
Have a great holiday!
Just a quick note to say have a great holiday. All the children have worked very hard indeed and deserve a good rest. However, keep adding in a bit of learning here and there to keep them fresh for when they return to school.
Many thanks to everyone who came to see our recent production. The show was a big success and we were so very proud of each and every child. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.
Enjoy the break and we will see you back at school in two weeks (and one day).
Have a great holiday!
Just a quick note to say have a great holiday. Make sure that the children have a good rest but also dip in and out of some learning to keep them fresh for when they return in two weeks time. We’ve all done revision timetables which keep us doing little bits but make sure we’ve got time for resting, too.
See you in two weeks (and one day).
A brainy visitor
We had a visit from a scientist this week and learnt all about our brains. We had lots of questions and now know about the different parts of our brains, how neurons and receptors work and why we sometimes make conscious decisions and sometimes react reflexively.
First, we looked at different parts of the brain.
We even looked at real brains: a snail’s, a mouse’s and a rat’s.
Then we created a human model of how our receptors (buttons on our skins), which send messages down neurons to our brains and back.
