What can our special items tell us about our history?
Class 2 have had a wonderful afternoon sharing their special memories. They have listened to each others stories and then presented what they heard to their peers. They then plotted their favourite memory on their own timeline. Super history learning everyone!
Place value power!
Year 1 have worked very hard mastering place value within 10 this week. They have played quick counting games against partners, represented numbers, investigated number lines and looked at 1 more than. Great work year 1.
Phonics fun!
Class 2 have had a great week getting back into phonics! Lots of practical learning and fun.
Well done children!
Little Red Riding Hood
Class 2 have begun their first English unit studying traditional tales. To start with they passed clues around the circle making predictions about which story it could be and explaining their reasons. After working out that it was Little Red Riding Hood, the children have read the story and…
Our class is a family!
What a wonderful first week together we have had! The children spent time getting to know each other, building fabulous new friendships and finding out about each other. They then had fun imagining what they didn’t do on holiday- nobody swam with sharks or flew a rocket to space. To finish we…
Practical maths
Year 1 have had lots of fun working practically in maths. Their knowledge of place value within 100 is coming on wonderfully!
Transition day fun!
This week we have held our transition day. We were sad to loose our wonderful year 2 children but we were very excited to meet our new friends who will be joining us in class 2 in September. To get ready for our first topic, traditional tales, the children began by guessing what our topic would be…
Coding wonders!
Class 2 are reaching the end of their coding unit of work and their skills are impressive! Using scratch jr they can make images come to life with wonderful animations. They have learnt how to changed backgrounds, sprites (the characters), code individual sprites and add it altogether to create…
Twycross zoo
What a brilliant day we have had at the zoo! The children took part in a workshop called ‘Grubs up’ which complimented our school learning perfectly! The children enjoyed visiting all of the animals in the zoo and the sun shone for us all day! Well done to all of class 2 for being such wonderful…
How do we use the toolbar?
Learning to use the Chromebook is very tricky but lots of fun! Today the children learnt how to type capital letters and investigated the bold, italic and underline tools on the toolbar. Great work everyone!
Budding historians
The children became wonderful historians putting clues together to answer the question, “What was life like in Tudor times?” The used their knowledge to make for sale posters for Tudor houses.
What can we do with a paintbrush?
This week we started our final art topic of the year. We are exploring our painting skills. The first lesson focused on brush strokes. We explored how different sized brushes could be used in different ways to create different effects. Lots of fun and learning!