Class 2
Homework 17th January 2020
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Happy Friday everyone! It's been another busy week in Y2. We've been writing diaries in the character of Katie Morag and looking at odd/even numbers in maths. We also learned about rounding for the first time. In literacy, I've introduced the children to spelling planet. Each week we'll be looking at a spelling rule. Next week we're looking at the soft 'c' sound and here's a list of the words we'll be practising:
city
cell
exercise
mice
icy
cycle
fancy
notice
police
You might wish to talk to your child about them.
I've set Mathletics homework on odd/even numbers and there's also a maths sheet in homework books about greater/less than. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Barker
Australia Crisis
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15th January 2020
Both children and staff are very aware of what has been happening in Australia concerning the bushfires. The School Government have come up with a fundraising idea to raise money to help all the animals that have been burned or injured. The WWF-Australia say that it has been estimated that around 1.25 billion animals have been killed across Australia to date. This includes thousands of koalas and other iconic species such as kangaroos, wallabies, kookaburras, cockatoos and honeyeaters burnt alive, and many thousands more injured and homeless. For more information visit https://www.wwf.org.au/get-involved/bushfire-emergency#gs.rrws96.
As a school, we are planning to walk the equivalent of the distance from Sydney to Canberra, which is 288 km or as close to this as possible across next week. We will be collecting donations on Friday 24th where we will see if we can fill an outline of Australia.
We really would appreciate the support and keep your eyes peeled for updates on our school blog.
Thank you,
The School Government
Homework 10/01/20
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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have all had a wonderful break and spent some quality time together. It was great to see all the children back in school this week, and despite a few tears on Monday, we've successfully made it to Friday!
I wanted to say another huge thank you from myself, Miss Littler and Mrs Haley-Porteous for your wonderful Christmas cards and gifts - we really don't expect anything but equally appreciate all your kind gestures.
We have leaped into 2020 this week starting our new topic on 'Bonnie Scotland'. I hope you've had chance to read the Year 2 curriculum letter, which has an abundance of information about what we'll be learning this half term. You can download it here. It's worth printing this out and sticking it on the fridge for future reference. So this week we've looked at Katie Morag delivering the mail, Andy Scott's 'Kelpies', some children have made their shortbread and we've recapped on the continents, and countries that make up the UK. In maths we've been drawing graphs and looking at shape, so this is reflected in Mathletics homework. Mathletics still haven't solved the problem of assignments coming into view, so I've captured the homework here:
Paper-based homework is on adjectives.
Well done to everyone who joined in the reading bingo over the festive period, I had some lovely comments in reading records about this challenge. I will be giving out certificates on Monday in assembly.
Have an amazing weekend!
Mrs Barker
Happy Holidays!
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A huge thank you for all your support during our first term - we've had a brilliant time and it's been a pleasure to see the children grow and progress.
This week has been a busy one, I was so proud of the children in their performance. They learned the songs and their lines like true professionals. Thank you for your time spent creating and gathering costumes, they looked amazing!
A huge thank you too for all your lovely cards and gifts, I feel truly spoilt. I hope you have a peaceful, cosy Christmas and a wonderful new year! I'll see you all back here on Monday the 6th January for another exciting term.
Mrs Barker xxx
Happy Christmas!
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Firstly, a huge thank you for all your support with costumes for our Christmas performance. We had our first mini dress rehearsal today and everyone looked amazing (I nearly cried)!
Next week is a hectic one with watching performances, taking part in performances and Christmas parties but I'm sure we will have a wonderful time. As a busy parent myself, I know how frantic life can be at this time of year. Therefore, I'm not going to set any homework until the new year. Mathletics will still be available to those who want to get on there (BTW, I realise that there is a problem with some people getting notification of the assignments I'm setting, I've contacted Mathletics to see if this problem can be resolved).
I look forward to seeing you next week and have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Barker