02 May 2014
Here are this week’s spellings. Please note that the spelling test will be on Thursday 08 May.
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
cake |
treasure |
bubble |
spade |
television |
puddle |
made |
pleasure |
little |
make |
measure |
fiddle |
scrape |
usual |
middle |
tale |
what |
bottle |
whale |
when |
gaggle |
tame |
little |
giggle |
there |
juggle |
|
were |
gobble |
25 April 2014
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
like |
mountain |
wonderful |
pile |
loudest |
something |
nice |
sound |
calculator |
time |
sprout |
important |
cube |
cloud |
thankfully |
tube |
found |
disappointed |
use |
proud |
description |
flute |
ground |
frightening |
fountain |
incredibly |
|
about |
revolting |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 02 May.
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
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
sound |
delay |
feelings |
ouch |
today |
sticks |
loud |
spray |
fetch |
play |
take |
because |
day |
tail |
Tuesday |
stay |
pain |
wheel |
strain |
window |
|
lake |
people |
|
blanket |
||
posters |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 04 April 2014.
21 March 2014
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
looking |
looked |
nouns – the school |
twisting |
asked |
Wednesday |
floating |
called |
happiness |
raining |
screamed |
they |
scrunching |
shouted |
verbs – to smile |
thinking |
could |
to be |
should |
to sneak |
|
would |
adjectives – scruffy | |
dirty |
||
friendly |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 28 March.
14 March 2014
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
went |
came |
taste – tasting |
said |
snake |
take – taking |
then |
amaze |
come – coming |
this |
escape |
put – putting |
will |
made |
clap – clapping |
that |
game |
snap – snapping |
Mr |
sit – sitting |
|
Mrs |
lady – ladies |
|
carry – carried |
||
hurry – hurried |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 21 March 2014.
07 March 2014
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 14 March 2014.
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
my |
melting |
I have – I’ve |
her |
shampoo |
I will – I’ll |
toast |
handstand |
I am – I’m |
paint |
football |
I did – I’d |
fright |
shelter |
cannot – can’t |
stairs |
helper |
will not – won’t |
sandpit |
did not – didn’t |
|
chimpanzee |
could not – couldn’t |
|
would not – wouldn’t |
||
should not – shouldn’t |
28 February 2014
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
were |
pure |
everyone |
there |
impure |
everything |
little |
sure |
everybody |
one |
unsure |
everywhere |
they |
mature |
anywhere |
all |
nature |
anything |
cure |
sometimes |
|
adventure |
anyone |
|
noone |
||
someone |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 07 March.
- Is there a word in the green list that might not be a compound word?
- Can you think of a synonym which is a compound word?
It’s half-term…
It’s the half-term, so in line with our current homework policy, there are no homework tasks or spellings to learn.
However, please make sure you’re reading lots with your child – we’re finding children are reading less than they need to if they are to gain fluency and understanding. You could take your child to a local library, hunt down an old favourite to re-visit, plan a story book for each bedtime over the holiday, read more about a favourite subject on the internet, buy a comic or magazine… And, so they have good role models, make sure your child sees you read, too!
Our current homework policy will be reviewed soon. A small number of you have told us you’re not entirely happy with it – it would be really helpful if you tell us more about what you’d like. Send us an email or speak with Mrs Weekes or me about this. Thank you.
07 February 2014
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
hammer |
burn |
happy |
rabbit |
sister |
unhappy |
duckling |
purse |
tie |
jacket |
hammer |
untie |
window |
germ |
like |
rocket |
burst |
dislike |
dinner |
fortunate |
|
church |
unfortunate |
|
allow |
||
disallow |
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 14 February 2014.
Don’t forget, there will be no spellings sent home over the half term holiday but you can still be looking at words and spellings while you are out and about!