Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant week in Class 3!

In Maths, Year 1 have been partitioning numbers within 50 and placing numbers on a number line up to 50. Year 2 have been learning to divide by 5 and 10, find halves and doubles and recognise odd and even numbers. The children could practice their halves and doubles on the game below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

In English, the children finished their non-chronological reports all about Shawbury’s shops.

In Geography, we use aerial photographs to spot human and physical features in our local area.

In RE, we ordered the Easter story.

In Science, we measured our heart rates before and after exercise.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Monday the 27^th of March.
• Class 3’s assembly is on Tuesday morning.
• The children will be visiting the church on Friday 31^st

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lessons on Tuesday and Thursday.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a fantastic week in Class 3!

At the start of the week, the Exotic Zoo Telford came to visit us and brought lots of animals with them for us to hold and look at it! It was lovely to see so many children interact with the different animals.

It has also been British Science Week this week! The children looked fantastic in their costumes I was so impressed!

In Maths, Year 1 have been looking at numbers up to 50, focussing on counting in 10s. Year 2 have been learning about division. We now know that divide means to share between, and we have been dividing by 2.

In English, we have finished our research and written our introductions for our non-chronological report.

In Geography, we went on a fieldwork trip in our local area. We spotted lots of human and physical features.

In RE, we learnt about the different ways Christians celebrate Easter.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Monday the 20^th of March.
• Parents evenings are next week.

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Tuesday and Wednesday and will need to wear P.E kit on these days.  

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

A brilliant week in Class 3! I hope you all had fun in the snow!

In Maths, Year 1 have been continuing to look at addition and subtraction within 20 and using their knowledge to complete missing number problems. Year 2 have been learning their 2-, 5- and 10-times tables. Please see the songs below if they want to practice at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-2-times-table-with-bridget-the-lioness/zrrx92p

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-10-times-table-with-webster-the-spider/zm32cqt

In English, we have been reading the book – In every house, in every street. We have written sentences about the different things we do in our house using co-ordinating and sub-ordinating conjunctions. We have also started researching the shops in Shawbury ready for our non-chronological report writing.

In Geography, we created our own maps of the school playground. We used symbols and pictures to represent built and non-built features.

In RE, we learnt about Good Friday. We learnt about the significance of hot cross buns and made our own Easter gardens.

In Science, we planned and created our own healthy balanced meals.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Monday the 13th of March.
• Any paper copies of guided reading books need to be returned on Monday.
• The animal man is visiting on Monday the 13^th of March.
• The children will be taking part in Geography fieldwork on Thursday. If you would not like your child to walk around the local area, please let us know.
• Mother’s Day lunch is on Wednesday.

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Tuesday and Wednesday next week and will need to wear P.E kit on these days.  

**We are very lucky to have a Cricket coach coming into school who is providing sessions for the classes over the next couple of weeks- this is why the PE days have changed, this will be temporary and only for the weeks beginning 13^th March and 20^th March for Class 3.**

Have a great weekend. Stay safe in this cold, snowy weather!

Miss Styles 🙂

Good morning parents/carers

Due to the school being closed I have set home learning tasks on seesaw.

Maths: Year 1: To complete missing number addition equations to 20. Year 2: To complete problem-solving questions based on 2, 5 and 10 timetables facts.

Literacy: Research a shop or place in Shawbury. Think about the opening times, where it is, who will visit and what it offers.

Science: Today we were dressing up as scientists to start out British Science Week so as we are not in school you can still have fun at completing some science activities. These activities will allow you to have fun in the snow outside!

Enjoy the snow day and have a lovely weekend. I will look forward to seeing photos and hearing about your snowmen and snow fun! 😊

Miss Styles

Dear parents/carers,

Wow! What a fantastic, busy first week back at the school. The children looked wonderful on world book day, and we were impressed by their outfits.

In Maths, Year 1 have been adding a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number. Year 2 have been learning about equal groups, repeated addition and have been introduced to the multiplication symbol.

In English, we have been reading The Sad Little Fact. We have used hot seating to explore the facts feelings, created body biographies to annotate how the fact was feeling and thinking throughout the story and created sentences that show the facts emotions at the beginning and end of the story.

In Geography, we started our new topic all about our local area. We explored our school grounds using maps and navigated our own map of the playground to find built and non-built features. It was lots of fun!

In RE, we started our new topic on Christianity, and we learnt the holy week. We found out that Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, and we drew pictures to show what happened on that day. We also re-enacted Jesus arriving in Jerusalem with palm leaves.

In Science, we learnt about the five different food groups and what a healthy plate should look like.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Monday the 6^th of March.
• Any paper copies of guided reading books need to be returned on Monday.
• Next Friday is the start of Science Week! We would like children to dress up as scientists for the day and we will be doing some fun science activities during the week.

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Tuesday and Thursday and will need to wear P.E kit on these days.  

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

We have had an exciting last week in Class 3!

In Maths, Year 1 have been continuing with their numbers within 20, and we have been looking at addition within 20 to end the week. Year 2 have been we have been finishing off our money unit. The children worked fabulous this week solving two step problems and finding change.

In Literacy we have written our retells of Peter Rabbit. The children were able to include commas, conjunctions, and adverbs.

On Monday we had a visit from Mrs Edwards to talk about what babies need to survive. The children asked some great questions and were engaged throughout. We then created posters to share our knowledge.

In History we have finished our unit on ‘The Great Fire of London’. We had an exciting visitor in yesterday. A fireman came in and spoke to the children about his job, the equipment he uses and the uniform he wears. The children were able to tell him lots of facts about The Great Fire of London and asked some great questions! We then recreated pudding lane with the fantastic houses the children made as part of their homework project. The fireman set fire to a house, and we watched the fire spread, just like it did on Pudding Lane when the fire started in the bakery. This was a great experience for the children to watch. I have attached photos for you to see.

In DT we have planned, made, and evaluated our fire engines. The children made some great plans, outlined the resources they needed and what the purpose of the fire engine was for. They showed great creatives and perseverance skills when creating their fire engine.

Reminders:

• A book bag book will be issued the day we are back (Monday 27^th February)
• PE – Tuesday and Thursday.

I hope you all have a great half term!

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a fantastic week in Class 3!

In Maths, Year 1 have started their new topic of place value within 20, we have been learning lots about numbers within 20 and how we can show those numbers using our different mathematical resources. In Year 2 we have been learning about Money and finding amounts.

In English we have been looking at our class book: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. We have been learning about punctuation such as apostrophes and commas to use within our writing.

In History we have been comparing what London looked like in 1666 compared to after the fire had happened, how the houses have changed and how the houses were not built so close together.

In Science we were learning about the human lifecycle, and how we have changed from babies through to toddlers and then now. We also predicted how we are going to look when we are older. If you have any baby pictures that you would like to bring in to see how we have changed from babies that would be really helpful!

Next week to end our History topic of The Great Fire of London we will be having a special visitor: A Firefighter! He will be coming in to tell us lots of information about working as a firefighter, and also re-enacting how the fire spread on Pudding Lane using our cardboard houses that we created.
If you do NOT want your child’s house to be used in the demonstration please let me know.

Reminders:

• PE is Tuesday and Thursday.
• Bookbags and Books need to be in every day for reading sessions. 
• If you have any paper copies of the coloured Phonics guided reading books please can you return these asap.

• This week we have been completing Phonics Assessments to see where your children are, they will start their new groups next week.
• New books will be issued on Monday, the children will be coming home with a book from the book corner for you to enjoy. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a great week in Class 3!

In Maths, Year 1 have started their new topic of place value within 20, we have been learning lots about the numbers within 20 and how we can make them. In Year 2 we have been learning about 3D shapes, their properties and how we can sort them.

In English we have started looking at a new class book: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. We have been learning about nouns, verbs and exclamation marks ready to use in our writing.

In History we created our own newspaper reports based upon the Great Fire of London. We included the days, dates, facts, and key people in our reports. They were fantastic! I will upload the reports onto seesaw for you to watch at home 🙂

In Science we were learning about the lifecycle of a frog, we were able to fill out the lifecycle and label the different stages. We found it very interesting to see how it changes from frogspawn to a frog!

Reminders:

• PE is Tuesday and Thursday.
• Bookbags and Books need to be in every day for reading sessions. 
• If you have any paper copies of the coloured Phonics guided reading books please can you return these asap. 
• New books will be issued on Monday, children will be coming home with a Phonics Guided reading book and a book from the class library.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant week in Class 3. The children have been working so hard and I am so proud of them all.

In Maths, Year 1 have been making patterns with 2D and 3D shapes. Year 2, have been sorting 2D shapes into the correct groups. Then we started looking at 3D shapes faces and edges.

In English, we have been planning and writing a diary entry as if we were Toby experiencing The Great Fire of London. We have used lots of diary entry features that we have learnt throughout this unit of work.

In Science, we have been looking at offspring. We looked at a scientific question asking if all offspring look like their parents. We found out the answer is no!

In History, we looked at how firefighters and the equipment that they used in 166 are  are different to what is  today. We looked at what they used to put out The Great Fire of London.

I want to say a huge thank you to all the children who have made some AMAZING Tudor houses! The effort that must have gone into them is incredible! Well done Class 3!

Reminders:

• PE is Tuesday and Thursday.
• New reading books will be issued on Monday. ‘
• Can any paper copies of phonics books be returned once they have been read over the weekend- thank you.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend 😊

Miss Styles