Robins

Welcome to our class page!

Our class teacher is Miss Amjad and we also have Miss Mothersole in with us to help us.  

Our exciting topic this term is Turrets and Tiaras. We will be focusing on knights, castles and dragons. 

We enjoyed our trip to Windsor Castle looking for our lost dragon as we walked around. We also got to learn lots about knights and even got to try on their special armour. 

As part of our geography, we will make ourselves more aware of the world around us by watching the BBC Newsround and reading First News. This will support our speaking and listening skills as well as helping us gain knowledge by identifying countries, continents and oceans. 

Please visit our page regularly to see what we are up to!

Our Christian value this half term is Thankfulness.

PE: Our PE days are Monday and Wednesdays  Please practise getting changed at home so you can be super speedy in school!

 Please ensure that the children have their PE kit in school every day as we try to keep the timetable flexible so that we can make the most of the weather and other opportunities to teach PE.

Star of the Week: 

Dojo Winner: 

Hot Chocolate Friday Winner:

There will be no maths homework as the children need to practice for the nativity. Please practice as much as you can at home as it really helps the children feel more confident when they are performing. 

We are currently learning;

Maths Year 1- Position and Direction 

Maths Year 2- Multiplication

English-

We are currently learning about how to rewrite a story developing our knowledge of writing using creative story language. We are also developing our use of capital letters and full stops. finger spaces, conjunctions, adjectives. Year 2 are also developing their use of alliteration and similies within their writing as well as SPaG.  

Music-

We are learning about medieval music. We are then going to create our own piece of medieval music for our banquet which we are really excited about!

Reading

If your child reads at least four times a week for ten weeks throughout the term then they will receive a certificate which they can proudly show off. So please remember to write in the partnership book about the reading your child has been doing! Reading books will be changed if there is a note saying the child has finished their book. Your child may come home with three books towards the end of the week, this is so they can build their fluency and also have books to read over the weekend. 

Homework

Maths

Maths homework is given fortnightly. The year 2's are focusing on multiples of 2, 5 and 10. The year 1's are focusing on number bonds to 10 this week.

TT Rockstar is an online maths activity that we have subscribed to and is to be used to develop fluency at home.

The children have been shown how to access the app and it should help the Year 2s to develop the fluency of 2s,5s and 10 times tables.

It may be a little tricky for the Year 1's at this moment in time but they will eventually be learning multiplication in which case it can be used at home. The logins are within the children's partnership books.  

Spellings

Spellings will now be sent home on a Monday, ready for a test the following Friday. We will be practising some of the spellings in school, but, as always, your support would be greatly appreciated with the practice of this. The spellings are usually put together from the phonics sounds the children are learning within school or spellings the children have found difficult within their writing through the week. 

Topic Homework

Each term the children are asked to complete one activity from a selection that is published at the beginning of the term. This will allow you to share the children 's learning and hopefully complete a task together with your children. The deadline for this term is 16th December.

Useful Websites

Here is a list of different websites which your child can visit if they wish to complete some extra practise at home in either maths, times tables, literacy or phonics. To follow a link, copy and paste it into the search bar.

Maths:

Counting- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting 

Counting, matching and ordering 1- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots 

Counting, matching and ordering 2- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game 

Higher or lower- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=HigherAndLower

Number ordering- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_ordering/play/

Number sequences- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_sequences/play/

Ordering- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering 

Times Tables: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/ 

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/en/index2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/cross_the_swamp/big_sound/full.shtml

http://www.mad4maths.com/3_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

Literacy:

Joining words- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/joining_words/play/

Making sentences- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/making_sentences/play/

Rhyming words- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/rhyming_words/play/

Phonics:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/ 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PictureMatch.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/SentSubPhase3.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html