Year 2 Blog - Penguins Class
- Read MorePublished 03/07/23, by Claire JonesHappy Monday everyone! Whether you have been at the Keyworth show, doing football fun or at Loughborough Town Hall, it sounds like you've all had happy yet busy weekends! Spelling: contractions work eg shortening words "I will"
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Homework Blog 26.06.23
Published 26/06/23, by Claire JonesHomework and reminders for this week: *Your weekly spelling (wordsearch) and ‘special homework’ activity can be found in your child’s purple book which will come home with you on Tuesday. Our special homework this week is a - Read More
Cinderella - COStume
Published 19/06/23, by Claire JonesI'm sure the children have been excited to tell you about the show we will be doing for our summer performance which is of course, Cinderella. I can reveal now that our Penguins will be... clocks! Time keeping is incredibly important in this - Read More
Synagogue trip - 11.07.23
Published 19/06/23, by Claire JonesPlease see the new payment available on schoolmoney for our Synagogue trip on 11.07.23. - Read More
Homework wb 19.06.23
Published 19/06/23, by Claire JonesHomework and reminders for this week:
We've had a good start to the new week in Year One.
*Your weekly spelling and ‘special homework’ activity can be found in your child’s purple book which will come home with you on Tuesday. Our special homework this week is linked to our science topic about plants and should be a lovely reason to be out in the garden in this lovely weather.
*Spelling Shed is set up and ready to go also so please log in and play games using that website. Apologies for the problems last week - I am not sure what happened to our weekly words but they are all ready to go for the week now. Our spellings this week are words with the endings -s and -es.
*Our lovely PTA have bought the children a bag of milky way stars to congratulate them on completing the phonics screening last week. Those will go home tomorrow with a big 'well done' from us all. The children all did their absolute best and have worked hard all year which really showed when they did this last week. We will update you in your child's report with their scores.
*Synagogue Trip - Please pay on schoolmoney for this. More details to follow shortly RE lunch orders. We will be leaving school at approx 9:30am and back during the lunch hour.
*Please see seperate blog about costume for the play - exciting times!
*Please ensure your child has suncream before the come to school (they shouldn't then need to re-apply during the school day) and that they have their sun hats - particularly in this weather!
*Try to keep in the green zone on doodle by using it every day. There are assignments set every few days to help keep our learning in class really fresh. I have set these periodically to return to concepts a few days / weeks / months from teaching deliberately to build that confident knowledge.
*Ensure your child reads regularly to an adult. Please keep the book bag books for a few days so that your child can re-read the text. This helps to build fluency, and they will be able to show you their story voice! Don’t forget to fill in your reading journeys to keep track of what you are reading.
*New topic homework – due by the end of the half-term. Well done for those who have already completed this and sent it in in their purple homework books.
*Please remember that your child needs their full Forest Schools kit each Monday – children will be going out whatever the weather.
All of your other, whole school updates can be found on the Crossdale News blog.
Mrs Jones
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Healthy Living week
Published 12/06/23, by Claire JonesPlease see attached information about Healthy Living Week (first week in July). Please note that parents are asked to contribute £5 towards this; as you can see, we are offering many brilliant sporting opportunities with external providers w - Read More
Homework WB 12.06.23
Published 12/06/23, by Claire JonesHomework and reminders for this week: We've had a good start to the new week in Year One. *Your weekly spelling and ‘special homework’ activity can be found in your child’s purple book which will come home with you o - Read More
Homework: WB 05.06.23
Published 05/06/23, by Claire JonesHomework and reminders for this week:
It's lovely to see the children after the half-term break. I hope you all had a lovely time - what glorious sunshine we've had! Our first day back has been based on one of our keys to learning. We have been in different groups learning about being a 'reflective learner' in all the curriculum areas. More photos to share from our day today will follow - keep an eye on the Crossdale News for this towards the end of the week.
*Your weekly spelling and ‘special homework’ activity can be found in your child’s purple book which will come home with you on Tuesday. Our special homework this week is linked to phonics and reading. Spelling Shed is set up and ready to go also so please log in and play games using that website. Our spellings this week are words containing the /ph/ and /wh/ spelling.
*I sent phonics videos to some parents last week relating to gaps in phonics assessments - hopefully they all found you well - the links will last for 6 weeks.
*Phonics screening check - is next week. Please read the blog I've done on this if you haven't already.
*Try to keep in the green zone on doodle by using it every day. There are assignments set every few days to help keep our learning in class really fresh. I have set these periodically to return to concepts a few days / weeks / months from teaching deliberately to build that confident knowledge. Well done Penguins - I can see that many of you are enjoying playing games and completing your assignments.
*Ensure your child reads regularly to an adult. Please keep the book bag books for a few days so that your child can re-read the text. This helps to build fluency, and they will be able to show you their story voice! Don’t forget to fill in your reading journeys to keep track of what you are reading.
*New topic homework – due by the end of the half-term. I'll send a copy home in homework books but this is also available in our half term overview blog.
*Please remember that your child needs their full Forest Schools kit each Monday – children will be going out whatever the weather.
All of your other, whole school updates can be found on the Crossdale News blog.
Mrs Jones
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Key Information for Summer Term 2
Published 25/05/23, by Claire JonesPlease find attached: *New spelling overview for the half-term ahead *Science knowledge organiser (Green Plants topic) *Geography knowledge organiser (Keyworth, local study topic) *Homework menu for this half-term We are hoping to visi - Read More
PSHE/RSE - Changing Me
Published 24/05/23, by Claire JonesDear Parents/Carers,
Please find attached a letter explaining our PSHE focus for next half-term (Summer 2). I have also attached an overview of the lessons and their content for your information. Please have a look at these and if you have any queries, please let me know.
Kind regards,
Mrs Jones and Mrs McGinley
Any questions, please let me know 🙂
For more information on PSHE, please see the PSHE/RSE blog.
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2023 Phonics Screening Check
Published 22/05/23, by Claire JonesWe wanted to update you about the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check for 2023 and give a little more information to help explain what this is and when this will be done for our Penguin class. Some of you may be aware of this check and familiar with th - Read More
Some recent Pictures
Published 22/05/23, by Claire JonesI thought I'd share some pictures of some things we have been doing in class recently. *Finding a quarter in maths *reading and responding to poetry (English) *experimenting with materials to make a waterprof umbrella to keep a tedd
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