Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant week in Class 3!

In Maths, Year 1 have been exploring volume and capacity, comparing different containers capacities and then we ended the week with a quiz to consolidate what we have learnt! Next week we will be starting our new topic: Multiplication and Division. Year 2 children have been measuring in millilitres and litres. They have also been measuring temperature in degrees Celsius.

In English, the children have been re-telling the story of ‘Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine’, they have used their story maps to support their writing and have produced an amazing piece of work. Well done everybody!

We have started our new History topic: Seasides Then (Victorian Era) and Now. This week we researched Queen Victoria and found out some interesting facts about her.

In Science, we have planted our own sunflower seeds to grow some sunflowers. We have been watering them daily and keeping them in the sunlight, as we learnt that this is what they need to grow.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Tuesday.
• Coronation Picnic- Friday 5^th May from 11:30am
• British Bake Off- Bring these in on Friday 5^th May to be judged, they will be sold off at the picnic.
• Crown Parade- Friday 5^th Children will be making these on Thursday afternoon, we will provide the basics but if you would like your child to put something in particular on their crown, please send this in with them before Thursday.
• Monday 1^st May is a Bank Holiday so school will not be open.

P.E

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

Have a great long weekend. See you on Tuesday.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant first week back in Class 3! The children have all worked so hard despite tiredness setting in towards the end of the week.

In Maths, Year 1 have been exploring mass. When exploring mass, the children have been using mathematical language to describe objects and compare how heavy or light objects are. Children then moved on to using non-standard units of measurement to weigh objects within the classroom. Year 2 children have been measuring in grams a kilograms. They have been using the four operations to work out mass too.

In English, the children have begun to explore out new book ‘Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine’. Children made used their reading skills to make predictions about the book based on the title, illustrations, and synopsis. Children then progressed to ordering the story, role-playing events from the book and then created a story map to support their story re-tell.

We completed our Geography unit by exploring the enquiry question “how do children get to school?” to understand more about our school’s rural location.

In Science, we have begun our new unit of work on plants. Children enjoyed exploring the different parts of a plant and understanding their features before drawing and labelling their own plant.

Reminders

• The children’s homework will be set on Monday the 24^th of April.

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Tuesday and Thursday next week.

Good luck to our runners in the half marathon on Saturday!

Have a fantastic weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant week in Class 3!

The children did so well in their assembly on Tuesday, we hope you enjoyed it!

In Maths, Year 1 have been learning about measurement and how we use rulers to measure objects. Year 2, have been learning to measure in metres, order length and height and calculate length and height using the four operations.

In English, the children have learnt about Poetry and have written some lovely poems about their houses.

In Geography, we use aerial photographs to create our own map of Shawbury high street, remembering the different features and adding the correct symbols for significant places.

In Science, we did an experiment to see how important it is to be hygienic and wash our hands! We touched a piece of bread with unwashed hands and then touched another piece of bread with clean hands and observed the changes over the week. By Friday our bread that was touched with unwashed hands had started to grow mould!

We had a lovely time at the church on Friday morning for our Easter service.

Reminders

• We return to school on Monday 17th April
• The children have chosen a book from the book corner to share with you over the holidays. Please can these be returned on the first Monday back.

An umbrella has gone missing from Class 3, it is pink with unicorns on. Please can you check at home to see if your child has accidentally picked it up. Thank you.

P.E

Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Have a lovely Easter break!

Miss Styles 🙂

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 🙂