14 October 2016
| This week’s spellings are all homophones – words that sound the same but have different meanings (and are often spelled differently).
Children should practise/practice spelling these words in preparation for a test on Friday 21 October. In this example, it should be practise because it’s a verb (the action that is being done).
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| isle – aisle – I’ll |
| aloud – allowed |
| affect – effect |
| deaf – death |
| herd – heard |
| led – lead |
| steel – steal |
| altar – alter |
| assent – ascent |
| practise – practice |
14 October 2016
As usual, we have two homeworks this week.
The first is Creative:
I can show multiply and divide means.
Children should complete the word study (on the sheet) as imaginatively as they can. We’ve done a similar word study in class so they should feel confident. This homework is due on Thursday 20 October.
The second homework is Talk Time:
I can learn my lines (and the lines around mine) for our class assembly.
Children should learn their lines as soon as possible for our class assembly on Wednesday 19 October.
Creative Homework
Wow! I was so impressed with the creative homework this week. We had a really good time looking at them, playing games, doing quizzes and all the rest! Here are a few examples. You can encourage your child to be creative with maths even without a creative homework. They really enjoyed it!
Parents’ / Carers’ Appointment Times
14 October 2016
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 21 October.
You’re completing an independent project at the moment. Discuss what you’re doing at home and think about how it’s going, whether you’re enjoying it and how you could work more effectively.
We’ll then use this discussion to reflect on our independent learning in class.
14 October 2016
This week, we’re going to recap some old spelling rules which we learnt many years ago as people are making silly errors in their writing. Here are some key spelling rules. In your book, practise adding suffixes to words (and not just simple ones) and there will be a test next week. The example words below are not a spelling list; the words tested will require these rules to be applied. Remember, you need to think about how to spell the root word (eg hurry) before you then think about how to change it for adding the suffix (change the y to an i).
drop the y for an i
- countries
- diaries
- hurried
double up for a short vowel sound
- accommodate
- immediately
- embarrass
drop the e
- advising
- evaporating
- practising
i before e, except after c
- ceiling
- receive
- believe
Cookery after-school club
At cookery club this evening, the recipe was a simple vegetarian curry. Hope the children enjoyed their tea!
For those who didn’t attend, here is the recipe to try at home.
Thank you!
Thank you to all family and friends who came to watch our assembly this afternoon.
Despite our prop malfunction, we hope you enjoyed the arty assembly and finding out about some of our learning so far in Year 2.
There were a few nerves beforehand but we were very proud of all the children who spoke or acted very confidently in front of the big audience.
Well done, Year 2!
What’s appeared in our classroom?
Towards the end of last week, this strange object appeared in our reading corner.
It’s a bomb shelter!
Here’s Sam explaining how he built the shelter with the help of Elias, Brandon, Archie and Oliver.
‘We used card, plumbing poles and some camo to build it. We painted some corrugated card grey to make it look like a real WW2 metal shelter. Then, we worked as a team to build it. We also put tins of beans and some torches in there to make it more realistic.’
Here are some pics:
Bonfire Celebrations themed menu
Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Wednesday 02 November: Bonfire Celebrations. Please contact the office if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
