Off to Kimmeridge

It is our trip to Kimmeridge tomorrow and its going to be a warm one.  We will be taking extra water and sun hats for those that require them, but please send your child in prepared for a sunny day.  Sun hat, lots of water, sun cream (already applied).  Also remember sensible footwear as we will be crossing some large rocks to get to the shoreline activity in the afternoon.

Maths Learning - Week Beginning 22nd June

This week in Maths we have been looking at measures.  The children have been focusing on measuring length, weight and capacity using standard units - mm, cm and m; g and kg and ml and l.  They have had lots of practical experience of using rulers, tape measures, scales, balances and measuring jugs and cylinders to measure things around the classroom.  I have been tickled pink with how well they remember these units and how accurate they are beginning to be with their measuring.  One area of green for growth for many of the children would have to be finding the difference between two measures.  At home you could try asking children how much bigger one thing is than another, can they use a ruler to find out the difference?  Later in the week the children will be using time as a measure and recapping on telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes or minute.

Literacy Learning - Week Beginning 22nd June

This week we have continued to write non-chronological reports, (information texts).  The children have been using information that they already know; have found out during our trip to the museum last week or have discovered during our humanities lesson to write their own "Complete Guide to Fossils".  At the beginning of the week, the children had fun finding all of the mistakes I made when I tried to write my own book and now they have the opportunity to write their own.  These will be displayed in the classroom soon along with all of our other Jurassic Coast work.

Wonkatastic!

We had a wonderful time last Monday, dressed to impress as characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the class took part in Drama, Science and Technology based lessons.  The children invented and improved their own chocolate factory machines, designed their own Wonka Bar Wrappers, made a film for assembly and had their very own Chocolate party complete with Chocolate Fountain.  Mr Willy Wonka would have been proud!  The costumes were fantastic, thank you so much for sending your children in costume.

Supply teacher - Mr Martin

As you will be currently aware Mr Farrington is off on sick leave. There is a need for myself therefore to be released (reluctantly!)  Out of the classroom to maintain and ensure all within school is running efficiently.

We have therefore employed Mr Martin to come in and teach Thurs and Fri mornings until the end of term. Mr Martin before retirement was the deputy Head at Broadmayne School, he has plenty of experience in Yr 1 and Yr 2 and comes along with a great track record as a fun, exciting teacher! I will then teach the class as before on Thursday afternoons. Friday afternoon consists of a PE teacher input lesson and Golden Time.

I know you will make him feel welcome and support him in getting to know us all!

 Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Mrs Bates through the school office.

Class Assembly

Don't forget our class assembly, this Friday 9:20am in the school hall!  Everyone is welcome to come and see what fun year 2 have had with their learning this year.

Amazing Artwork

Why not get involved with this year's Art Competition.  Please hand your entries to your child's class teacher by Friday 19th June.  Adults why don't you get involved too?  The theme is "The Art of Science and Technology."