Phonics

Year 1

This week year 1 have been recapping the u_e digraphs, ue/ee/u_e. Here are this week’s spellings…

glue

chew

tube

rescue

cute

stew

new

they

there

 

Year 2

This week we have been recapped the /k/ sound and when we need the ck or k spelling. In one syllable words with a short vowel sound words usually end with a ck. In one syllable words with a longer vowel sound words usually end with a k. Here are this week’s spellings… 

hook

fork

back

brick

deck

flock

struck

backpack

nineteen

twenty

 

We will also be learning about irregular past tense verbs and how they change. Here are some examples…

come / came

dig / dug

get / got

have / had

say / said

throw / threw

run / ran

 

English

We enjoyed learning about the Great Fire of London in project last week so this week we have been learning even more about it! We sequenced the main events of how the fire spread and finally went out, learnt about Samuel Pepys who buried some very important things. We talked about what we would bury and wrote this in a list with year 2 using commas to list.

Finally the children wrote brief recounts of the fire.

 

Maths

Year 1

This week year 1 have been doubling and halving. Children have used Numicon to find doubles and made doubles using tens frames and counters. We have learnt that halving is the opposite of doubling. At home you could have a go at finding doubles up to 5 and half up to 10. For example- what’s double 3? What’s half of 6? Remind children that they can use their fingers to help with this. 

As an extra challenge they could record these as number sentences.

 

Year 2

This week is all about the 10 and 5 times tables. We have been counting in 10s up to 120 and 5s up to 60 to support us with this. We have been using lots of practical resources such as 10p coins, 10 Numicon & 10 sticks, 5p coins & 5 Numicon as well as pictures to help us with this. Then we used this to help us solve simple problems and equations for x10 and x5.

 

Why not have a go at Topmark daily 10 - level 2, x2 x5 x10 multiplication at home? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 

 

Geography Project - Bright Lights, Big City

This week in project we have been comparing the city of London with Kuala Lumpar in Malaysia. We looked at things which were similar and those which were different.

We have rounded off the project by writing 3 facts which have learnt.