Learning and more learning!

You produced some superb imaginative writing during our swap around sessions with year 3 where we explored entering a portal into a world of dragons!!!!!!! This was inspired by the BBC Jackanory story of "The Snow Dragon". Our displays of last weeks work are coming along and will be up for you and your families to come and admire by the end of the week!
This week we have travelled back in time to the Victorians again and are learning about Mary Seacole. We will be making comparisons between Mary and Florence Nightingale as well as writing a diary entry either from Mary Seacole or one of the injured soldiers looked after by Mary.
In numeracy we are learning how to use a strategy for a  written method of calculation in addition using a number line (If you would like a copy of this strategy please ask pop in and ask) as well as learning about inverse operations e.g. 10 + 3 = 7 and 10 - 3 = 7 or "I think of a number, double it and add 5. The answer is 35. What was my number?"

Thank you to all of those of you who have been looking into your family history - we have seen some fantastic photos and great information! It is not too late to bring in some super writing for Mr. Farrington! Or, indeed, carry out more of your own research into Mary Seacole or Florence Nightingale - think about an interesting way to present it.  Try this website: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/mary_seacole

Keep up the super learning!

Mrs. Johnson    

Year 1/Year 2 Swap Around Day

Year 2 had a superb "imaginative" and "creative" day today, spending half the day with year 1 and half the day with year 2. The year 2 children were fantastic role models today, helping their year 1 friends to create short stories based around a magic yellow bag and simile poems based around books that come alive!!!!
Tomorrow and Friday we will be working with Year 3 in the mythical and magical worlds of dragons and unicorns!!!!!

Wow! What a week?

Wow year 2! What a busy week we've had. You worked very hard last week learning all about fractions and how to find a fraction of a number - why not impress your parents by showing them - do you remember......find 1/3 of 12? (Use objects to help you share!)
We also learnt all about the life of Florence Nightingale and what an amazing and important lady she was - can you teach someone at home all about her? Super drama, note taking and recall - well done!
We had a fantastic trip today, learning all about Victorian daily life - excellent cooking and scary schools!!!!
This week we are plunging into a themed writing week with a focus on handwriting and presentation - lots of fun to be had and a huge pride to take in our work - you could practise your handwriting at home this week!?
Due to the :snow day" last week, we will be carrying out spellings this Friday, so plenty of time for you to learn them and get them all correct!

Keep up the hard work - well done

Mrs. Johnson - your proud teacher!

School closure Friday 18th January

The school is closed today due to the snow.

Wow! What a welcome!

I would like to send a massive heart felt "thank you" to each and everyone of you - children, parents and staff for making me feel so welcome - your kind words and smiling faces have been overwhelmingly wonderful!!!!! We had a fantastic first couple of days, exploring and expressing our "inner selves" through senses, metaphors art work......a creative concept that you easily grasped - well done year 2! This week has seen the introduction of Florence Nightingale and you have all enthusiastically thrown yourselves into this topic with some superb self initiated home learning taking place too!
A reminder that spellings need to be learnt and in by Friday, also a reminder that we are off to The Priests House Museum on Monday to further our Victorian exploration (please come in victorian costume as you did before Christmas).

Thank you once again

Mrs. Johnson

Clubs

Well the second term of clubs has begun this week and we’ve got a great array of clubs for your children to choose from. If you didn’t sign up for a club and your child wanted to please visit our school office to see if there are spaces.

 

Choir will begin on Thurs lunchtime with Mrs Mewett, and this year we will be having the support of Mrs Gallego in this club. The choir will be open to all children in Yr 2, 3 and 4 and we hope we can entice children to attend with an attendance card which will be signed each time they come. There will be some rewards to work towards to encourage children to regularly attend the choir too!!!!

 

Orchestra – this is very much taking the opportunity this year of our many talented proficient musicians. I endeavour to welcome all to orchestra, the children will need to have a range of notes to be able to play orchestral pieces thus why on the club lists I stated that the Music teachers will help me select children who are ready for this challenge! Anyway our task is to try to put one or two pieces together to showcase in the summer music concert! If you are able to help with this group then the more hands available the better so please contact me!

Recorder club – I will be talking to the school on Wednesday morning about this but wanted to let parents know that we will be offering a beginner recorder class from next Monday, open to Reception children and anyone else who wishes to begin.

 

The clubs are lots of fun for the children, can we ask you to help reinforce to your child that if they commit to a club then they do attend weekly? A lot of time is spent planning and preparing for these clubs, a benefit of when children regularly attend is that it really helps clubs which involve new learning each week like recorders and choir. I have been stunned by the progress recorder players made last year through committing to a weekly club.

 

Many thanks with your support. Any questions regarding clubs please see either the office team or myself.

 

Mrs Mewett

Parents' information session

Sam Johnson the new Year 2 teacher, will be holding an information session for Year 2 parents at 9.00am on Wednesday 16th January to explain the plans for the new tem.