Phonics

Year 1

This week in year 1 we are focussing on the digraph “wh” that makes a “w” sound. Here are this weeks spellings:

did

cut

twin

whale

wheel

white

whisper

what 

when

whenever

 

We are also practising reading lots of real and nonsense words to help our blending. This will help for the end of Year phonics test.

 

Year 2

This week we have been recapping the digraphs that make the /er/ sound- er/ir/ur.

Here are this week’s spellings…

drip

plug

third

winter

bird

over

hurt

butterfly

thirty

forty

 

We have also been using the dictionaries to help learn how to spell words and learning the meaning of words.

 

English

This week we have been exploring the text ‘The Odd Egg’ by author Emily Gravett. We started by looking at different shaped and patterned eggs and predicting which animal might hatch from them and why.

We continued to make predictions about what the different birds in the story might be thinking and used thought tapping and a conscience alley to think about how duck might be feeling. The children have learnt about how to write a diary entry from someone else's perspective and year 2 have learnt about how to use an apostrophe for contractions. This link will tell you more… https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcyv4qt#:~:text=Learn%20about%20apostrophes%20for%20contractions.%20You%20can%20use,apostrophe%20takes%20the%20place%20of%20the%20removed%20letters. 

 

Maths

Year 1

This week in year 1 we have recapped counting in 2s and also focussed on groups of 2. Then we have learned about counting in 10s. We have used a hundred square to spot the patterns. When we were confident to count forwards and backwards in 10s we thought about counting groups of 10. We played a game called “Huggies” where we got into groups and then counted how many fingers there were in total by counting in 10s. Finally we put objects into groups of 10 and found the totals.

AT HOME - can you find out how many fingers in your family by counting in 10s? What if a friend comes to play - how many now?

Have fun finding lots of 10s!

 

Year 2

We have carried on with multiplication this week and used arrays (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h/articles/z3tvcj6) to show that multiplication is commutative depending on where we look at the columns or rows…

 

This picture shows that 3 x 10 = 10 x 3

We then used our knowledge of doubles to help us solve problems for the two times tables.

2 x 6 = 12

Double 6 is 6 + 6 

Finally we reminded ourselves that halving is the inverse (opposite) of doubling. We used bar models and counters to find halves of numbers…

 

At home you could have a go at Topmarks Daily 10 Level 2 - Doubles/Halves - up to 10 or 20.

 

D&T Project- Taxi!

Our new D&T project is all about taxis. Children will be learning how wheels can help things move and investigating fixed and moving axles. We looked at different things with wheels and then explored how to make a base with fixed and moving axels. The children will be designing their taxi and which axle they want to use before making these next week.

 

The knowledge organiser with all the key information and vocabulary is attached to the end of this blog.