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19 November 2010

This week’s homework is creative.

I can tell the time.

It’s due on Wednesday 24 November.

The children could:

• Show the time on analogue clocks
• Show the time on digital clocks
• Calculate time intervals (durations)
• Create a timetable of a typical day

19 November 2010

This week’s spellings have the suffix ‘ness‘, which helps to change adjectives (describing words) like tidy into nouns (things) like tidiness.  Can you change the words into adverbs (which often end in ‘…ly’) to describe how you might do something?

They also have the rule of ‘drop the y for an i‘. These spellings will be tested on Friday 26 November.

New Literacy Module: Traditional Stories

For the rest of the term, Year 2 will be plunged into a world of dragons, princesses and wizards. How much does your child already know about fairy tales and traditional stories? See what stories or characters they can take away from this picture below.

This would be a great time to introduce (or re-visit) stories at home like ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ etc. How well can your child describe the main character and how well can they describe the villain?

12 November 2010

This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 17 November.

I can design a bus or train that is good for the environment.

Ideas that we came up with as a class included:

• Harnessing animal power to move the vehicle
• Using manpower to move the vehicle in a Flintstones style pick-it-up-and-run-with-it way!
• Using old vegetables as fuel
• Making trains and buses at least double decker to maximise the number of passengers per journey

It is up to you how you present your ideas. You could draw and label the vehicle, explaining the special features. You could make a collage using different materials. You could make a prototype – which was an ambitious idea by one of our class members – and photograph this for your homework book!

(Don’t forget our rule: homework should ‘fit’ onto one side of the homework book, but could have flaps and accessories that extend this!)

Good luck! I will look forward to seeing what your creative minds come up with this week!

12 November 2010

For the next couple of weeks our spellings will all be words with prefixes. This week we are learning words with ‘dis’, ‘de’ and ‘un’ prefixes.

Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.

1. unable

2. decode

3. unwell

4. dislike

5. defuse

6. untidy

7. disagree

8. unpopular

9. disappoint

10. unusual

11. decompose

12. disappear

13. untrained

14. dishonest

15. unenthusiastic

Spellings will be tested on Friday 19 November. Good luck!

Anti-Bullying Week SEAL statement 15 November

As part of Anti-Bullying Week this week our SEAL statement is ‘I can be kind to someone feeling left out.’ This year’s theme for Anti-Bullying Week is ‘Taking Action Together’

During this week classes will cover Anti-Bullying as part of their SEAL lessons.  In addition, some classes will be working with visiting drama companies to look at issues such as cyber bullying.

Further information can be found at:

http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

http://www.bullying.co.uk/

http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk/default.aspx?page=bullying&tags=19

http://www.kidscape.org.uk

http://www.childnet-int.org/

Supporting your child’s learning

Don’t forget the Curriculum Evening this Wednesday at 6.30pm!

For ideas for helping your child at home, download some useful leaflets from Early Education entitled ‘Maths is everywhere’ and ‘The road to reading’.

The children takeover!

On Friday, the children in Reception took over ‘Show and Tell’ and did such a fantastic job that we may let them do it every week!

Maths: Understanding Data

This week in Maths we have been estimating weight and length. Ask your child to describe to you what weight and length are and how they can check their predictions.

The children also carried out an investigation this week to find out what was the most common amount of letters in their first names. Ask your child if they can remember which one was the most popular and which one was the least popular letter. Go to the BBC for a great game all about interpreting data.

12 November 2010

This week, it’s Talk Time homework and will be discussed and reviewed on Wednesday 18 November.

I can talk about toys from other countries.

• What toys do children have in other countries?
• Are any of them the same as the ones we have in England?
• Which of our toys come from outside England? How do you know?
• How much do toys cost in other countries?

Why not inspect your toy to see if you can find any clues?