Term 1, week 4
Another wonderful week in Maple last week!
This week in English, we will continue looking at instructions, both following them and writing them. To do this, our learning will be focused on the book ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, by Michelle Robinson. We read/share the book again and discuss the story in more detail. The children will also be doing a baseline assessment writing exercise this week.
Whole Class reading this week will be an extract from ‘Stuart Little’, by E B White. We will read the extract together to build familiarity, and then we will use questions to discuss the narrative and language features. The children will then complete independent work to confirm their understanding of the text.
In Maths this week we will be continuing to focus on place value, mainly working with 1,000s. Times tables will be an ongoing feature, with the children completing a times table challenge each week.
In science this week, we continue looking at Animals, including humans, investigating skeletons, joints and dietary requirements. We will also continue the ‘Time and Place’ unit about Stone Age, this week investigating artefacts.
Mrs Banner will be teaching our RE on Friday, and will be continuing with the unit, People of God and what it is like to follow God, using the story of Noah. Mrs Banner will also do a spelling test, computing and elements of the maths curriculum.
Maple class have PE on Mondays and swimming on Wednesday mornings. Each week, they will need full PE kit, swimming costume/trunks, a towel, swimming cap - this is required by the swimming pool, and goggles (although these are optional). There will also be occasions when we do additional PE sessions, so please can the children have their PE kit in school all week.
Homework will continue this week and Reading Records will generally be changed on a Monday and Thursday. We would ask however, that children bring their reading books and Reading Records in to school each day and that they aim to read daily, ideally with an adult – details of this can then be recorded in the Reading Record. The books coming home initially, will still be based on advice from the Year 2 team. However, we do understand that children progress at different rates during the summer holidays, so please do contact me if you feel your child’s book is either too easy or too difficult. Homework will be sent home most Tuesdays and will need to be back in school by the following Monday.
I am always happy to answer any questions you may have, so please do contact me if you have any queries, using the class email address:
Best wishes
Mrs Smallcombe and the Maple Team