Spelling

02 May 2014

The spellings this week all contain the ending sion. You’ll notice that this ending makes the same ‘shun’ sound as last week’s spellings.

Can you also spot the words which have a double up for a short vowel sound?

25 April 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 02 May.

25 April 2014

The spellings this week are all contain the letter string tion, making a ‘shun‘ sound. Can you think of any more words which contain this letter string?

It’s the Easter holidays…

…so we have no set homework or spellings, in line with our Homework Policy.

That doesn’t mean we expect your child not to be developing their skills in reading, writing and maths!

Your child should be reading daily – this could be fiction, factual books, a comic or newspaper, and could include being read to at bedtime, too.

It would be good to practise basic skills in writing by writing a letter or email to a relative, perhaps recounting a day-trip or reviewing a film your child watched.

We’re finding quite a few children are ‘squashing their sentences’ such as I went to Leeds City Museum it was really interesting which is wrong.  It would be much better with punctuation to separate or a word to join:

• I went to Leeds City Museum. It was really interesting. (A comma isn’t strong enough to separate two sentences.)
• I went to Leeds City Museum – it was really interesting.
• I went to Leeds City Museum; it was really interesting.
• I went to Leeds City Museum and it was really interesting.
• I went to Leeds City Museum which was really interesting.

Finally, to improve calculation skills, please keep practising mental number facts which your child must know:

• number bonds (two numbers which add up to 10, 20 and 100 eg 3+7, 13+7, 30+70) – these facts should be known by children in Y1 – Y2
• times tables (up to 12×12) and the division facts with your child – children in Y2 should have rapid recall of x2, x 5 and x 10 at least

We know we mention these ‘basics’ a lot, but that’s because they involve practice, practice and more practice – we practise a lot at school, but your child will need to practise at home, too, if they are to truly succeed.

Learn more about current expectations for reading, writing and maths.  However, do be aware that a new National Curriculum comes into effect from September, meaning these expectations have been raised and so many aspects of learning now feature in younger age groups.

28 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 04 April 2014.

28 March 2014

This is the fifth (and final) spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs have irregular past tense changes. For example,

• I am going to sleep.
• He sleeps.
• I slept.
• I am sleeping / I was sleeping.
  

The past tense version (slept) is irregular as it doesn’t follow the normal pattern of adding ed (we don’t say ‘sleeped’).

21 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 28 March.

21 March 2014

This is the fourth spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs end in a y. For the present and past tense forms, you need to drop the y for an i and then add es (present tense) or ed (past tense).

As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous forms (this form could be either past or present tense).

• Infinitive – I cry.
• Present – She cries
• Past – I cried
• Continuous – I was crying or  I am crying.

14 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 21 March 2014.

14 March 2014

This is the third spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs contain a long vowel sound and end in e. This e is dropped when it’s changed to the continuous form.

As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).

• Infinitive – I like to shop.
• Present – She shops very often.
• Past – She shopped all day long.
• Continuous (called the gerund) – She was shopping.  She is shopping.