Welcome to Hungerford Bridge Class.
Class teacher: Miss Agyemang
Teaching assistant: Ms Jones
Thank you to those of you who kindly contributed towards theatre tickets for Mrs Thambi and I. Mrs Thambi was unable to make the show due to family commitments so we took Miss Carr along with us. The year 2 team had a fantastic evening and really enjoyed the show! It was such a lovely thought and we really appreciate it.
Writing
We began writing our individual non-chronological reports last week and will be completing our writing on Monday. The children will be given an opportunity to edit and improve their writing too.
Later in the week we will be using our literacy sessions to complete a short reading paper in preparation for the SATs which are quickly approaching.
Here are some key things that we try to remind the children of:
- Read the question properly. What is it asking you to do? Do you have to match , sequence, tick?
- Do not use your own knowledge to answer the questions. The answer is in the text.
- Read the text at least once. If you need to, read it again.
- The answer is always in the text.
- Don’t panic!
We will go through the paper as a whole class after.
Reading
We are still really enjoying Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. Wilbur, the pig has just met Charlotte!
We will also be doing some focused work using Key Stage 1 SAT style questions as a whole class in preparation for May.
Maths
We will be moving onto shape next week. We will be looking at recognising 2d and 3d shapes, counting sides and vertices on 2d shapes, drawing 2d shapes aswell as looking at lines of symmetry. I will be back in 2H teaching maths this week too!
PSHE
We will be moving onto our next module of Zippy’s Friends. You will have received the home activity last week since we came to the end of the ‘what makes a good friend?’ module.
P.E
We are going to be doing athletics on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.
Science
We will be looking at the different foods that omnivores, carnivores and herbivores ear.
Homework
We did not set any homework last week due to high levels of sickness/ low attendance across the cohort due to the weather. This week there will be homework.
Important information
Parent’s evenings:
Wednesday 14th March 2018
Thursday 22nd March 2018– (this was previously arranged for Thursday 1st March but was cancelled).
This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:
Writing
The children will be writing their own independent non-fiction book based on Dr Xargle’s. We will be focusing on editing and up-levelling our work to make corrections and improvements.
Reading
We are still really enjoying Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
We will also be doing some focused work using Key Stage 1 SAT style questions as a whole class in preparation for May.
Phonics/ SPaG
This week we will be focusing on adding suffixes to verbs.
Maths
We will be finishing our work on division this week.
PSHE
Due to the snowy weather we did not have a Zippy’s Friends session last week. The children had been inside for most of the week and we felt that they wouldn’t have been as focused as we would have liked. Please speak to your child about these sessions (which always take place on a Thursday afternoon).
P.E.
We are going to be doing athletics on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.
Science
We are looking at food chains and are hoping to make our own food chain collages. Please see the examples below.
History
We will be doing some work on Florence Nightingale and how she implemented changes in healthcare.