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Abbey House Museum Trip

Class 2’s behaviour was nothing short of exemplary, leading one of the members of the museum to comment that we were one of the best behaved schools ever to visit Abbey House.

Introductions

Hello to all the parents and family of Year 2!

I would like to introduce myself to parents that I have not met yet, as well as informing everyone of the exciting learning that has been taking place at Moortown this week.

We have started our new topic this week, which is ‘Toybox’ as I’m sure you’re aware in relation to the trip to Abbey House (I have posted some pictures of the children outside Kirkstall Abbey).

Please see other posts to find out what we have being doing in Maths and Literacy.

Kind regards,

Mr Redfearn

01 October 2010

This week, it’s Talk Time homework and is due in on Wednesday 6th October.

I can talk about what I learnt at Abbey House.

• What different kinds of toys were discovered at Abbey House Museum?
• What are the major differences between toys a hundred years ago and toys today?
• What materials are used to make toys?
• What is a replica?
• What was your favourite piece of learning at Abbey House?

The homework last week was brilliant. I’m looking forward to discussing our trip next week!

01 October 2010

This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges groups all include prefixes ‘al’ and ‘de’.

Apples group have some high-frequency words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 08 October 2010.

Hunting for Mildred

In Literacy we have been looking at the story of Dogger. It is the endearing story of how Dave’s beloved Dogger was lost and found. We experienced the same emotional journey as Dave by hunting for our Year 1 crocodile, Mildred, who was eventually found in Mr Roundtree’s office!

Here are some pictures of us hunting for Mildred.

01 October 2010

Practice Makes Perfect:

This week’s homework is to practise high frequency words. These are words that your child will come across regularly in their reading books.

• Let your child read through the words. If he/she can read the word colour it in.
• Continue doing this until your child can read all the words independently.
• PLEASE be aware that children may not know all the words, but with practice and repetition these words will become familiar.
• This piece of homework may take a few weeks, so please keep referring to it.

If you have any questions just ask Mrs Maver or Mrs Weekes.

01 October 2010

This week’s spellings are adjectives and adverbs.  In the list below, you can see a lot of adjectives can change to adverbs just by adding ‘ly’.

We are doing a lot of work on these in class to make our writing even better!

Spellings will be tested on Friday o8 October 2010.

01 October 2010

This homework this week is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 06 October.

I can show my knowledge of the four number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

You could choose just one or all four – it’s up to you!

Visit to Abbey House Museum

To launch our new topic, ‘TOYBOX‘, we visited Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall.  It was an excellent day and there was a lot of exploring to be done looking at old and new toys.  Thank you to all of the children for their fantastic behaviour while out of school.  We received great compliments from museum staff.

Stranger Danger

Today, children in Year 1 – Year 6 in our school have had a brief reminder of the importance of being aware of ‘stranger danger‘.  For example:

• not getting into a stranger’s car
• making sure they go home with the right person
• not encouraging chat with strangers

We encourage you to talk to your child about this as well. 

There has been a number of incidents in Leeds schools this term so far.

We want all our children and parents / carers to be safe, happy and healthy learners.