This week, I have been really impressed with the children’s hard work to learn new strategies and we have had much success with both column addition and subtraction! Ask your child if they can explain each strategy to you. The…
Introducing FRECKLES!
Class 3 would like to introduce Freckles our very own sea turtle. Freckles is currently swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of America! We have had great fun tracking him, finding out about sea turtles, researching the lifecycle…
English – Spelling (Homework 1.10.20)
Over the past 2 weeks we have been looking at the range of different spelling patterns for ‘ai’. We have been so busy exploring all the different choices. We have also had a focus on ‘tricky words’ to make sure…
Balloon Globes
In order to recap the continents and oceans of the world, we made balloon globes to hang in the classroom. I’m sure you will agree that they look fab and will be very useful for our theme….
English – Expanded Noun Phrases (Homework 25.9.20)
In English this week we have been working hard to use expanded noun phrases linked to our text ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. It is a great story about the trials and tribulations of a plastic bag! Have a listen to the…
Classifying Animals – A trip to the zoo!
Today we started our Science work linked to animals and their habitats. We had great fun at the ‘zoo’ sorting the animals into their animal groups, luckily no one got bitten!
Maths Exploring Place Value (Homework 18.9.20)
This week in Maths we have focused on Place Value….we have worked very hard! For homework this week I would like you to continue working on these skills. The following websites are great to do this. (I have also added…
September Newsletter
Just in case anyone misplaces it, I thought it would be useful to share our class newsletter here…don’t forget the new routines with PE and reading books…. Below you will also find the Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words…
Building Our Team
Today we had great fun completing challenges to build our Class 3 TEAM. We made paper chains, built towers, constructed structures, completed listening and observation challenges and even completed a scavenger hunt. It was great to see team work, perseverance,…
Class 3 off to a cracking start….
Class 3 got off to a flying start to the year today. We spent some time sorting pegs and book bags but then we got straight to work on some activities linked to emotions, using the film ‘Inside Out’ as…