Term 2

Week Beginning 24/11/25

This week we have:

·       Been working hard behind the scenes to get ready for our Christmas show

·       Looked at tessellations and identified shapes that tesselate. We created our own tessellating patterns making sure there were no gaps!

·       Used the ‘ow’ sound – cow, down, crown

·       Practised using different strategies to add numbers together (split and jump)

·       Joined letters in handwriting – focusing on ‘ll’ and ‘li’ joins

·       Moved our bodies in sequences doing Yoga

·       Learned about verbs and sorted words into categories of ‘verb’ and ‘not a verb’

·       Enjoyed exploring our book bags and we look forward to sharing them at home too

Week Beginning 10/11/25

This week we have:

·       Named, sorted and described 2D shapes

·       Identified, read and practised writing ‘igh’ and ‘oa’ words

·       Engaged in an online anti-bullying live lesson

·       Created a story map that helped us to sequence the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’

·       Used a number line as a strategy to help us add two numbers together.

·       Solved missing number addition calculations

·       Discussed nouns (naming words) and listed examples of nouns

·       Applied all of our tennis skills we have been practising to serve the ball and pass to a partner with developing fluency

Week Beginning 27/10/25

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great holiday and are well rested for another busy term.

This week we have:

·       Ordered months of the year

·       Practised French vocabulary for numbers 0-10

·       Created fantastic descriptions of a witch and a haunted house

·       Practised reading the time on analogue clocks

·       Practised spelling common words

·       Used the underarm throw technique and developed our understanding of how to safely use a tennis racket

·       Identified the purpose of question marks and came up with some interesting questions

·       Created some beautiful zentangle patterns

·       Practised forming letters b, p and k correctly

·       Reflected on our learning and set our targets for Term 2

This week we also started our four-week block of Kodaly music with Mr Thomson. The children really enjoyed participating in games to practising matching pitch when singing.