Year 1/2- Stoat Class

Welcome to Stoats Class, our class page will be updated throughout the year with information related to our Key Stage 1 curriculum along with updates and photographs of the exciting things that we have been getting up to.

The children had an amazing time at Hatton Country Park and did not want to leave! During their visit, the children spent time learning about different animals. They were very excited about their time at Hatton, with their highlights being seeing the new born lambs and holding the guinea pigs. Some of the children were very brave and took the chance to experience the large drop slides at the indoor play area.    

English

In English the Year 1 children have been exploring a different book each week and looking at different sentence types. The Year 2 children have been looking at a book every two weeks and looking at different sentence types and extended writing. 

We take the children on a journey through the book, we explore the front cover of the book and notice as much as possible. We create predictions and while reading explore new vocabulary in context. We look at creating word banks and exploring many adjectives within our writing. 

We create many different descriptive sentences within our writing and look at extending our sentences with different conjunctions. The children have created wonderful descriptive sentences and enjoyed looking at a new book each week.

 In Maths the children have been looking at shapes and numbers.

In Year 1 the children have been looking at the composition of numbers and looked at number and how they can be made up of smaller parts, focusing on numbers 0-20. The children have been looking at money and using 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p and looking at using different amounts.

In Year 2 the children have been representing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. The children have also looked at division and using skip counting to solve sharing problems. They will also been looking at doubling, halving and a sense of measure.

In Science the children have been learning materials and environmental materials and how to reuse, reduce and recycle. 

The children will be look at mechanisms and making a Ferris Wheel.

 The children enjoyed World Book Day and sharing their books and costumes with each other. 

Key Dates

PE Days are Thursday and Friday.

Every Thursday the children take part in indoor PE and the children will take part in outdoor PE on every Friday weather permitting.

Sports Day is Friday 3rd July

Homework

Reading at home is one of the most important ways you can help your child and 10 minutes of reading per day will have a big impact to your children.

Read a range of books school will provide:

• Read Write Inc. books that have been read in school.
• A range of books to read for pleasure.
• Reading books for children that have completed the RWI program.

Parents will need to record the reading in the children’s reading diaries and books will be changed every Friday.

Your child will be given spellings to practise each week.

They will be handed out on Friday with a spelling quiz to take place on the following Friday.

The children have access to Numbots which will help master their mental addition and subtraction skills, also helps the childrem build confidence and fluency in foundational maths through short, regular play.