Good afternoon everyone,
This week we have continued to focus on the Holy Spirit as we have begun to learn about the early Christian communities. We learned that without Jesus’ gift of the Holy Spirit, the disciples would not have developed the confidence or talents to go out into their communities and teach people about God and Jesus. We discussed how we receive the Holy Spirit during our baptism and that this washes away our sins and prepares us for a life with God. We learned that the Holy Spirit helps us to make choices and guides our actions and gives us the confidence and bravery to do great things and make the right choices.
English - This week we have been exploring information texts, specifically non-chronological reports, through a text about toucans. We have identifed interesting vocabulary and used semantic mapping, dictionaries and thesaurus’ to build up our knowledge of definitions, word classes and synonyms. We have written letters to Grandad to share facts about other jungle animals and have explored er and est suffixes to create wonderful comparative sentences.
Maths - In Maths we have had a week of tricky learning as we have looked at mixed numbers where we have a combination of a whole number and a part split into a fraction. We have learned how we can represent these with pictures, how different combinations go together and how we can add mixed numbers together.
Science - In Science we began our materials topic by exploring the various man made and natural materials we find in our world. We learned about how different man made materials are made and began to think about the properties materials have which makes them suitable for specific jobs.
RE - We explored the importance of the Holy Spirit and thought about how it helps us and other Christians.
Geography - We began our new unit all about Australia by looking at the structure, key states and territories and major cities you would find in Australia.
PE - In our first PE lesson, we developed our athletics skills by engaging in relay races. We also practised our Sports Day activities.
Art - We created aboriginal dot paintings.
Please continue to practise the Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words - both reading and spelling!
Please practice learning the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as later this half term we will be having times table tests on these.
Other Tasks
Spelling
Practise the ‘j’ sound spelt either g, ge or dge.
Complete the dots and dashes sheet for the spelling words. When one letter makes one sound (like a), put a dot under the letter, when more than one letter makes one sound (like sh or le) put a line under the letters. Put a loop for any split digraph (ae, o_e, etc) and count this as one sound. Afterwards, add all the dots, dashes and loops together and write the number in the small box. E.g. badge would have the sounds b - a - dge so you would write 3 as there are 3 sounds.
Maths
Count in fractions to find the whole worksheets.
Golden Award - Erin - For showing great kindness and compassion in helping a child in class who was upset.
Writing Award - Elsie - for wonderfully adventurous descriptive sentences using er and est suffixes.
Maths Award - Alistair - For super work adding mixed numbers.
Diary Dates
5th July -MOVING UP AFTERNOON - a chance for the children to experience an afternoon in Year 3!
7th July - Year 2’s Science visit to Stanley Park - arrive at normal time as our coach doesn’t leave until 9.30. Please arrive before then otherwise we may be gone if your child is late.
!4th July - KS1 SPORTS MORNING (Sport’s Day - but just the morning for KS1 - KS2 are in the afternoon) Please note that if it rains and we are unable to do sports day, our next date will be 17th July
17th July - Reports out to Parents
20th July - SCHOOLS CLOSES FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS!
Please Remember….
Water bottles - This will come home each night to be cleaned and re-filled. Please ensure your child brings their’s each day especially now it is hotter as we do not have any spares in class.
Earrings - please ensure these are only small gold/silver studs as stated in the uniform policy. Please also make sure earrings are removed at home before PE on Tuesday and Friday. Children wearing them will not be able to take part in PE.
Nail Varnish - please ensure any nail varnish is removed for the pupils come into class. It should not be worn at school.
In this hot weather the children should come to school wearing sun cream, have a hat with them and have their water bottle each day. Please note the message sent during the week stating that children must wear shoes, and not sandals, to school for safety reasons. Many thanks.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr Whetnall, Mrs Bowdell and Mrs Gibbons
