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20 September 2013

This week, we are continuing to look at what happens to words when we add  ‘ing’ to them. Most of the spellings this week end in ‘le’ so you have to drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’. However,  some of the words just require you to add ‘ing’. Can you spot them?

20 September 2013

This week’s homework is talk time.

How do we use our senses?

We will discuss this on Wednesday 25 September so that we are ready to learn more about our senses in our topic learning.

Please remember there does not have to be anything written in books unless the children want to write a few points.

Industrial action

As you will be aware the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of School and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have voted to hold a regional strike on Tuesday 01 October.  This action is being taken as part of a campaign against proposals to make changes to public sector pay, working conditions and pensions provisions going forwards.

The staff at Moortown Primary who are members of the affected unions will meet on Monday regarding whether they will be participating in this strike action.

I’m sorry I can’t confirm for definite if the school will close or remain open on this day, but I can say that it seems likely that we will at least partially close.  There is a possibility that part of school (eg Key Stage 2) will remain open.

I’ll will inform you of definite plans on Tuesday.

20 September 2013

This week, the spellings are a mixture of the previous two weeks’ ‘ing’ rules and also some words where you just have to add ‘ing’ to the word.

The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 27 September.

20 September 2013

The home work this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 25 September.

What makes a house a home?

You should explore the important things which make a house a home. Is it material things like the furnishings or the size of the house? Is it the location of the house? Is it the people who live in the house? Is it a combination of all these things?

Below are the guidance notes taken from the school’s Homework Policy for Talk Time homework:

Talk Time

Teachers have noticed that, in some instances, a lot of time has been taken on the presentation of the Talk Time homework. Children are welcome to do this although it is not necessary. The purpose of Talk Time homework is to encourage a conversation around their current learning. Any notes made in their homework book should simply be there to aid them as a prompt when it is discussed in class the following week. For this reason, teachers tend to give verbal feedback during their talk time session in class. We want our children to be expert talkers, using a variety of sentences and expressions, and able to back up their points or disagree with others in a polite way – this is more important than written notes for Talk Time. Simply: it’s hard to be a good writer if you’re not a good speaker, so Talk Times using ambitious words, useful phrases, interesting sentences is the best way to support your child.

20 September 2013

This week is creative homework. Just to remind everyone, this means that the homework can be presented in a variety of different ways – it’s up to you and your child! The only rule is that you can only use one page of the homework book (but you can come up with your own sneaky ways of enlarging the space if you need to!).

Homework needs to be handed in on Wednesday 25th September 2013.

I can explain similarities and differences between humans and animals.

It’s up to you how you do this but if you’re stuck here are some suggestions:

• Choose one or two animals to concentrate on
• Compare images
• Think about skeletons, movement, behaviour or habitat
• Write a descriptive paragraph

Happy homeworking!

20 September 2013

Here are this week’s spellings; please remember to make sure that your child learns the correct spellings.

These spellings will be tested on Friday 27 September.

When you are practising the spellings, try and make it as fun as possible so that the children remember them: eg you can use magnetic letters, write the spellings in shaving foam or flour, ask your child to test you and then let them mark them or write the words on cards and play snap.  If you need any support then please come and ask.

Magnificent measurements

Year 2 have just started their new topic ‘Doctor! Doctor!’

We spent our first lesson on length measuring different parts of our bodies.

Marvellous Magnets

How do you make a metal pin or paperclip move without touching it?

Ask Year 1 children and they will be able to tell you.

13 September 2013

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 18th September.

How does it feel to do something new?

Below are the guidance notes taken from the school’s Homework Policy for Talk Time homework:

Talk Time

Teachers have noticed that, in some instances, a lot of time has been taken on the presentation of the Talk Time homework. Children are welcome to do this although it is not necessary. The purpose of Talk Time homework is to encourage a conversation around their current learning. Any notes made in their homework book should simply be there to aid them as a prompt when it is discussed in class the following week. For this reason, teachers tend to give verbal feedback during their talk time session in class. We want our children to be expert talkers, using a variety of sentences and expressions, and able to back up their points or disagree with others in a polite way – this is more important than written notes for Talk Time. Simply: it’s hard to be a good writer if you’re not a good speaker, so Talk Times using ambitious words, useful phrases, interesting sentences is the best way to support your child.

Make a note in your child’s homework book that you have discussed this question with them.

Top Tips

We have discussed the homework as a class and have decided that the best way to answer this question is to all try something new ourselves (whether that be a new food, a new experience or a new route to a familiar place) and discuss how that felt.