Class 2

Today in phonics our Year 1 children have been sorting black cat words into trash or treasure. They worked as a team and practiced reading the words. 
 

In maths today we have been activating our prior knowledge in Place Value to 20. We ordered numbers to 20, partitioned teen numbers into tens and ones, found one more one less and used the < > = symbols to show numbers which are greater than, less than and equal to.

Class 2  had a fantastic time today. We learnt and performed poems and wrote our own version of London’s burning. 

Today in are we have learning about the events of Holy Week. We acted out the story to help us remember. The children are acting out Palm Sunday when Jesus and his disciple rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. 

On Thursday  Class 2 invited their friends from Richard Crosse over for an outdoor learning day. We made potions, created leaf art, did rubbings in the churchyard and we even went to the park! We stayed outside all day even for lunch! 
 

In English we are basing our writing on ‘Vlad and The Great Fire of London’ by Kate Cunningham. Today we have been learning to put the ed suffix into our sentences. Year 1 did some fantastic

In maths today Year 1 have been using the ten frames to find number bonds to 20. We used our prior knowledge of number bonds to 10 to help us.

In science we have been learning about plants and today we looked at the different parts of a flower. We used the magnifying glasses to investigate further finding out that each part has a different job to do. 
 

In IT today Year 1 have been learning about the importance of labels. We had a label hunt around the classroom and then we sorted objects into different categories by using a label to help us. 

We had a great time this morning investigating what plants needs in order to grow. We even managed some drama to show the stages of growth!

In maths Year 2 have been using the resources to help them count money in pence. They have used their prior knowledge of counting in twos, fives and tens to help them. 
 

Today one of our children brought in a scrapbook that he had created over the weekend following a trip to London. He and his family visited all of the landmarks that we have learnt about in our story ‘Katie in London’. It was so lovely to see our learning being brought to life! 
 

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