Team WHARFE

Good afternoon, 

What a busy first week back! The children have settled back in really well and have really enjoyed learning about the Victorian age and how horrible it was in a Victorian workhouse. 

Coming up next week: 

English: the children will be independently writing a character description linked to a Victorian workhouse

Maths Year 1- The children will be focusing on money and exploring that a single coin can be worth several pennies. They will be calculating the total value of 2p, 5p and 10p coins along with using their knowledge of the value of coins to solve problems. 

Maths Year 2 - the children will be exploring addition and subtraction money problems

Curriculum - the children will be looking at what life was like under Queen Victoria’s reign

Science - the children will be learning about how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain.

PSHE

Next week, the children will be looking at life cycles from birth to old age. 

This will involve the following language: Growing up, old, young, change, appearance, age, ageing

Please see below the spellings for each year group:

Year 1 spellings:

1. race

2. first

3. glue

4.stray

5. phone

6.whisper

7.gloom

8. stroke

Year 2 spellings:

1. treasure

2. busy

3. bee

4. be

5. pretty

6. casual

7. invasion

8. persuasion

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you

The KS1 Team