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“Run, run, as fast as you can!”

Having spent three weeks learning, acting out and writing about the Gingerbread Man, Year 2 decided to try and make our own. But did it come to life?

In groups, we seived, beat, stirred and kneaded until we had a rich, brown dough that smelt delicious! We then cut out our Gingerbread shapes and popped them into the oven – just like Granny!

The staff in the office were teased by the tempting scents that wafted in their direction and, with mouths watering, we took out our perfectly cooked Gingerbread. Don’t worry! It wasn’t running!

Here are our decorations.

07 February 2014

This week’s homework is creative so get those juices flowing!

I can find out about a hero from the past.

Before we all disappear for half term, we’ll learn about two real life heroes from the past. We’ll step into the life of Grace Darling, a young woman who saved 9 people after their ship crashed off the Northumbrian coast, and learn about Rosa Parks, who refused to give her seat up for a white person on a bus in Alabama, 1955.

We want to know what real life heroes in history you can find out about. Choose one and present everything you find out about them in the most creative way you can think of. Here are some ideas:

• Write an autobiography as though you are that person.
• Create an information leaflet on their life and what they did.
• Draw a story board of their life and what they did.
• Create a quiz and answer booklet to challenge your friends.

Chickwatch 2014

We have ten chicks! Most are now in the brooder box. Feel free to pop in after school next week to have a look at them!

Chickwatch 2014

And then there were three…

Chickwatch 2014

Hatched!

Chickwatch 2014

Chick number two is almost ready!

Chickwatch 2014

Miss Valentine arrived at school early this morning to find that we had our first chick! The chick has been very patient waiting for the other chicks to hatch. Unfortunately, they’re still not quite ready so it’s still waiting!

More updates will follow!

Multiplication in Reception

This week in Maths, children will be learning about multiplication and counting in 2s.

Multiplication is often seen as repeat addition, but it differs from addition in that the sets of objects you are totalling are made up of the same number of items. In Reception, children’s experience of multiplication as counting equal groups is done through pairing and counting feet, eyes, socks, gloves and pairs of shoes!

Counting two objects as one unit is an important multiplication skill.

How you can help at home

Give your child lots of practical experiences. Let your child help to put socks in pairs and count how many there are.

It is important that children also see multiplication as an arrangement of rows and columns. Examples of this around the home include

• egg boxes
• egg and bun trays
• squares in a large chocolate bar
• some of the buttons on most remote controls

31 January 2014

Our spellings this week investigate how words change when er and est are added.  In the list, all the words are adjectives – they describe nouns.

Notice how, when adding er and est, the final consonant is doubled due to the short vowel which precedes it.

31 January 2014

Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 07 February.