September 15, 2008

We love Gymnastics in Year 2

This half term we are using the gymnastic equipment...and loving it!

We love PE! This half term we are using the gymnastic equipment. Sometimes it's scary (especially on the tall climbing frame) but it's always fun. We know how to balance on the horse and travel across the equipment in creative ways. Parents please remember that PE is on Mondays and Thursdays and children will need full kit. Thank you.

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Writing Instructions in Year 2

Today in Year 2, we have been making cheese and tomato sandwiches.

This is all part of our Literacy topic on writing instructions. Over the past two weeks, we have followed instructions to make jam and banana sandwiches for Miss Allen's friend and we have also made split-pin gingerbread men. We have read and ordered instructions and this week, we are going to write instructions. Can you remember some of the features of instructions? You need to include a title and bullet points. Also, you need to make sure you write each numbered point in order. Can you find any examples of instructions at home? Maybe you can bring a recipe into school.
This week we are going to make fairy cakes...pictures to follow!

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March 25, 2008

Celebrating success in Literacy!

We love reading and spelling!

All of the infants in Roman road are working on reading and spelling their 300 key words. We learn them as part of our homework. It is very tricky, but our teachers have made it easier for us by splitting the words into groups. We have Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.

Every time we achieve and award, we receive a certificate in whole school celebration assembly on Friday.

We all love achieving our awards...they are FAB!!!

by Miss Allen

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Multiplying and Dividing in Year 2

We have recently been looking at multiplication, division and fractions, in maths.

Starting in last half term with Miss Allen, and continuing with Mr Ball, we have done a lot of work on multiplication and division. Using blocks and white boards to help us, we were able to calculate problems like, 2 x 12 = and 12 / 2 = . We were then relating them to doubling and halving, using the 2 times table. Fractions were a bit more difficult to do, we started with finding 1/2 and 1/4 of shapes, which was ok, but finding 1/2 and 1/4 of numbers proved a little more difficult until we realised it was like dividing by 2 or 4.

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February 7, 2008

Take time to read this

It's about time!
Year 2 have been learning about time.

We have loved learning about the 12 hour clock and using the interactive whiteboard to help us tell the time. We can tell the time using o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to! Cory was one of our maths kings this week... his work was fantastic! WoW!
Miss Allen said... "I think it's brilliant! My class are fab and we are lovin' maths!"

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January 23, 2008

Read Write Inc

Across Key Stage One and Year 3 we are using a great new reading and writing scheme.

Every day we are reading and writing with our partners and teaching sticks.

We start the day by learning a new phoneme - this is the sound made by a letter or group of letters.

We then move onto our speed sounds - this is practising reading every phoneme we have learnt so far at speed.

Then we work out the green words with our partner - these are the words that can be blended.

Red words follow - these are words that have grotty graphemes and can't be sounded out.

Next we read the book using a teaching stick to point to the words. We help each other lots.

Finally we concentrate on using the phonemes and our knowledge of the book to complete writing tasks.

All of our teachers are so impressed with our progress and we show our achievements with lots of celebrations. Some of our celebratios are King Kong, marshmallow clap, L'oreal, Elvis, lorry driver and many more. Why not ask for a demonstration we would love to show you and share our success?

To find out more aout Read Write Inc click on the link below.
www.readwriteinc.com/page12.html

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November 29, 2007

Reading Around the Solar System

In Key Stage One we are rewarding reading by giving each child some rocket fuel!

Every child has their own rocket. In our sink area we have displayed eight planets and the sun. We all started on the sun. Then each time we read a book at home and at school we gain rocket fuel. This means that our rockets are able to fly to the next star. When we land on a planet we get a prize. When we land on the last planet we will be presented with a special prize in assembly.

Everyone is much more excited about reading at home and at school!
Who is in the lead? Pop into school and find out.

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November 4, 2007

What is Fred talk?

This year in Key Stage One, each class has a special visitor called Fred. Fred has come to help with our reading. Unfortunately Fred can only speak in sounds and so it is the children's job to help him understand by saying the words. For example Fred may say c-a-t and the children say cat. This is helping the chidlren to blend words from the sounds they are learning. When reading at home with your child you can ask them to Fred talk the word and then say the word if they are stuck. Remember the more you practise reading the easier it gets!

Photos of Year 1 Fred are to follow.

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November 2, 2007

Year 2 Numeracy - money problems

The Money Monster

There is nothing scary about our Money Monster, just like there's nothing scary about money! Why don't you do some money work at home?

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Year 2 Numeracy - money problems

Money Monster

In Year 2 one of our targets is to be able to work with money. We have a money monster in our classroom and we can buy items from him. We tick the items we want and pay the money monster. Some of us are beginning to learn about using pounds. Do you know how many pence are in one pound?

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Year 2 Numeracy

Magic Maths

In Year 2 we have a Magic Dragon called Denzel who writes to us. He travels around the world visiting various places. He even knows where Santa Claus lives. Denzel told us that he lives in a place called Magic Island. We used our own Magic Island maps and plotted the places that Denzel told us about on the map. We remember how to plot co-ordinates by 'going along the corridor and up the stairs'. Do you like Numeracy?

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Year 2 writing

Miss Allen says "I'm tickled pink!"

In Year 2 we are trying something new linked with assessment for learning. Miss Allen highlights our work with pink if she is tickled pink with our work. If she sees something that we can improve, she highlights it in green. This means 'grow green' and we try to improve on these bits of our work. Look at the picture. Miss Allen marked our Halloween stories about 'The Three Little Witches' using 'TICKLED PINK' and 'GROW GREEN'.

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November 1, 2007

Magic Sandwiches

In Year 2 we have been making jam and banana sandwiches for our magic dragon Denzel's party.

We really enjoyed making them. After that we wrote instructions for making a sandwich. We made sure that we included bossy verbs and gave plenty of detail about how we made our sandwich. We also included bullet points, list of equipment and ingredients and numbered steps.

Photos to follow soon.

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February 13, 2006

Cats galore!

Year 2 have been doing lots of work about cats this term. We have a wall full of cat pictures which we looked at to give us lots of ideas for descriptions. We all drew sketches of cats, and then used oil crayons to produce cat pictures. We wrote descriptions of cats, trying to be as imaginative as we could. We all chose our favourite cat on the cat wall and typed our name to use as a label. We had to give our reasons for choosing our cat, and found out about fact and opinion. We let visitors to our classroom choose a cat as well. Why not pop in and see which is your favourite?

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