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Welcome to the Summer term!
This week in F2, we have started our story, Handa’s Surprise.
This is a story about a Kenyan girl called Handa who visits her friend, Akeyo, with a basket full of seven different fruits as gifts. Along the way, Handa thinks which fruit Akeyo will like the best, however, each time Handa thinks about a certain fruit an animal pops along and takes that fruit.
In literacy we told the story using our signifiers, picture sequenced it, and drew our story maps and added sentences to it too.
During our topic lesson, we thought about the fruits from the story and then about all the other fruits we know, including our favourites. Then we designed, drew and labeled our own fruit cocktail, which we’ll be making next week, we can’t wait!
Thank you for your 50p contribution each week, which enables us to carry out these fun learning activities.
In maths we have continued and extended our learning of sharing and grouping.
On Wednesday we all put on our smartest and most sparkly clothes and enjoy our very own disco!
We danced and sang along to all our favourite songs, and even enjoyed a bag of sweets and juice at the end… we were tied out from all our fabulous dance moves.
We have also been looking at and naming farm animals this week, in preparation for our school trip on Wednesday 12th June. Please remember to dress your child suitably for the weather and to bring a packed lunch.
This week in F2…
In literacy we innovated our story, The Enormous Turnip. We changed the turnip to a pumpkin and the animals in our story were a fox, a deer and a goat! Then we used our ‘Fred fingers’ to pinch the sounds so we could write some fabulous sentences.
In maths, we learnt all about sharing and grouping … we particularly enjoyed sharing out the cookies equally so that each plate had the same amount.
Unfortunately, on Wednesday, our park trip had to be cancelled due to the terrible rainy weather, but this didn’t stop us from having fun! We embraced the weather, put on our wetsuits and wellies, and went exploring our school forest area! We had a fabulous time searching for bugs and flowers, looking for fairies, squelching in the mud and catching raindrops, finishing off with a teddy bears picnic and some dancing…it was a wonderful day for the children…and staff too!
In topic we found out where our food comes from. We already knew that animals at farms provide us with eggs, milk and meat, but we also found out that fruit and vegetables are grown at farms too. We learnt that wheat is used to make bread.
We hope you all enjoy the half-term holidays, and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 3rd June.
This week in F2, we have continued with our story, The Enormous Turnip. In literacy as well as retelling the story using our signifiers, we had a go at hot seating. This is when one of the children pretends to be a character from the story, and the other children ask them questions. Mia, Forrest, Thomas and Declan took turns at being the farmer and the children thought of some fabulous questions…”why wouldn’t the turnip come out?”, “how did it taste?” and “have you ever grown anything so big?”.
In maths, we continued rotating and manipulating shapes to make more patterns and pictures.
On Wednesday we had a special visitor, Neil from the local Buddhist Centre. He chatted to us about Buddha, explained their beliefs and brought special artifacts which they use. We loved the special bell, drum and sound bowl, which we used while we did some meditation.
In Jigsaw (our PSHE learning) we were thinking about what makes a good friend and how we can make someone who is lonely feel happier.
We have also looked at the history of farming and created some beautiful trees in art, inspired by Kandinsky’s concentric circles.
PE was focused on our football skills; controlling, stopping and dribbling the ball and we also enjoyed different types of jumping… it’s been a very busy week!
This week in F2, we have started our story, The Enormous Turnip. In literacy we have been acting out the story using our signifiers, drawing our story maps and adding sentences to it too. We think of a sentence together, hold it in our head, count on our fingers how many words are in it and then use our Fred Fingers to help spell the words. We remember that a sentence must always have a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.
In maths, we have had a closer look at shapes. We looked at similarities and differences between shapes, we learnt that even if we rotate a shape, it remains the same shape and then we manipulated shapes to make patterns and pictures.
On Tuesday we had our Big Build Stay and Play where we had great fun building bridges… we used Lego, rolled up newspaper, junk modelling, wooden and foam bricks… it was lovely to see our children working together with their grown-up and some amazing constructions were made. A big thank you to those that were able to join us.
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…the weather has been so sunny, we have loved being able to go out without our coats on. Please remember to send your child with a sun hat, water bottle and apply sunscreen at home.
We’ve splashed in the water, while creating waterways to fill buckets, built the best sandcastles decorated with sparkly jewels and made delicious picnic feasts and soups in our mud kitchen.
In literacy we continued with the story of the 3 B
illy goats, but this time we got imaginative and innovated the story. The goats changed to pigs and the troll turned into a scary dragon! We had great fun acting out our new story, and then used our phonic knowledge to write some fabulous sentences.
In maths we focused more on number bonds to 5 and 10, thinking of all the different ways to make these numbers. We’ve also sang number songs, our favourites are ’10 fat sausages’ where we need to take away numbers and ‘1 potato, 2 potato’ where we need to add
numbers.
In art we used our knowledge of paint mixing and got creative, painting our own concentric circles inspired by Kandinsky… they all looked truly amazing and individual.
In PE we continued with our circuit training. The children thoroughly enjoyed last week, so this week we invited Mrs. Marson to join us, and she did! After a good warm-up we had 60 seconds at each station… star jumps, burpees, walking lunges, step ups and planks… we all worked so hard, and then enjoyed a much needed cool down.
On Thursday Purple Pig Farm came to visit…we were all so excited! We saw a calf, sheep, pigs, rabbits and a 6 day old goat called Dora. We even got to hold a chick, which we all loved.
On Friday we all had ‘Freedom Friday’ as a reward for having the highest attendance of the week (Mrs. Buss/Miss Carrick’s class with 99%, amazing!) we get to wear non-uniform and have a flapjack treat… yummy!
We have also enjoyed our wonderful outdoor area this week … we’ve used tubes and pipes to make fantastic waterways, made sandcastles to keep the troll away, cooked delicious snacks for the goats in our mud kitchen and developed our physical strength on our climbing wall and pole…we love exploring and learning outside!
We hope you all have a happy Bank Holiday Weekend, we’ll see you back at school on Tuesday 6th May.
This week in F2, we have continued our story, The 3 Billy Goats Gruff.
In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers, while discussing the beginning, middle, end, problem, journey and solution of the story. We also thought of words to describe that terrible troll and used our ‘fred fingers’ to pinch the sounds to help us write:-
‘I can see a bad troll’, ‘Push the troll off’ and ‘It is bad grass’.
In maths we have continued exploring teen numbers and number bonds to ten as well as creating patterns and writing number sentences in our maths area.
In preparation for Purple Pig Farm visiting us next week, we looked at the differences between farm life and our own lives.
We have also been carefully watching our eggs, we can’t wait for them to hatch!
On Wednesday it was ‘Beep, beep day’ and the children really impressed us with their knowledge of road safety. We took a walk in the local area, found a zebra crossing and used ‘stop, look, listen, think’ to cross the road safely.
In art we enjoyed exploring mixing primary colours to make new ones, red and yellow to make orange, blue and yellow to make green and that mixing red and blue makes purple. We also discovered that by adding white, we can make lots of different tones of colours, we had great fun!
This week in F2, we have started our story, The 3 Billy Goats Gruff.
First, we read the book together, lots of us were familiar with it and loved joining in, especially with the “who’s that trip-trapping over my bridge?”
Next, we had great fun acting out the story…Mrs. Buss was the troll, she was very scary!
Finally, we read the story again, this time using signifiers to help to retell the story.
In literacy we have been sequencing the story, drawing a map of the story and adding dictated sentences (this is when we make up a sentence together, using the correct structure, including capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.)
In maths, we have been learning our teen numbers. We know that a teen number always has one set of ten, so we can put that in our head and count on.
In PE we took part in team games, taking turns and cheering our team members on.
In RE we found out that Buddhism is one of the largest religions of the world, it is based what Buddha taught people and they live by 5 important rules. Not lying or stealing are two of them, we discussed why these are important to our lives too.
We also learnt about the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. He was born in Russia in 1866 and many people believe he was the first abstract painter. He didn’t paint objects and instead painted colours and shapes, often listening to music so he could try to paint what he heard and felt … next week we will be embracing our creativity and painting in the style of Kandinsky.
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…weeding and watering our tomato plants that have started to grow, checking our bug hotel for creatures, making troll bridges and a feast for the goats in the mud kitchen.
This week in F2, we have enjoyed sharing all our Easter news, exploring Spring and celebrating the festival of Holi.
We went on a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Spring… we spotted blossom on the trees, saw beautiful green leaves and even heard some birds singing. Then, in literacy we wrote “I can see…” sentences, thinking about all the beautiful things we saw.
On Wednesday we all dressed in our brightest colours to celebrate Holi … which is a festival celebrated by Hindus. It marks the start of spring and is sometimes known as the Festival of Colour. It’s all about getting together and having fun, no matter who you are. Everyone chases each other with dry powder paint and coloured water.
We embraced Holi, by singing, dancing and exploring lots of ways to use colour…we painted, we chalked and used dry powder paint on sheets and the pavement…though some of us did get it on ourselves! We all had such a happy time.
In maths we recapped our learning of doubles, odd and even numbers and we have been practising our number bonds to 10.
In PSHE the children shared their bedtime routines. First, we chatted about what they do before bed, what they wear, what time they go to bed, if they have a story, a special toy to cuddle and if any of them say their prayers … it was lovely for us all to hear and share our different routines. Then, we learnt about how important sleep is, as that’s the time when our bodies grow and repair.
This week in F2, we have started our story, Oliver’s Vegetables.
It’s all about a boy who doesn’t like vegetables, only chips!
In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers, sequencing the story, recalling the days of the week, writing sentences about what we can see in the garden (I can see mud/a bush/a pond) and finding out all about the vegetables in the story.
In maths, first we recapped our learning of 2D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle). We can say how we know what shape it is by counting its sides and corners. Then we learnt all about 3D shapes and their properties – cube, cuboid, cylinder and sphere.
In PE we practised for our Easter Bonnet Parade – we can’t wait for you to hear our amazing singing and see our fabulous dance moves!
On Thursday we spent time in our school library. We all enjoyed looking at all the fabulous books and sharing stories with our friends.
Friday was Red Nose Day. We all dressed in red and enjoyed lots of fun activities. We also found out about why we raise money. how it is used to help people and why it is important that we support charities like these.
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…we have been looking for signs of Spring, weeding and watering the plants that have started to grow, gaining confidence when using the climbing wall and pole, singing our days of the week song, chalking shapes and much, much more!
