Owls (Y1/2)
Mrs Short
Welcome to Owls
Hi and welcome to Owls. Our teacher is Mrs Short.
In Owls we love to have fun and learn lots of new and exciting things. We always try our best in everything we do.
Resources:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Important information:
P.E.
Is every Friday. Please make sure your child has a full P.E. kit; a white t-shirt, black shorts trainers/plimsolls with their name on.
Home Reading Books
Your child’s book will be changed every Thursday.
Reading books are changed by the child with guidance from teaching staff. Each child is expected to read regularly at home (at least 3 times per week).
Maths and English Homework
This will be given out every Thursday to be returned to be returned on Monday. It will alternate – one-week Maths the following week English.
RWInc. Phonics
This will be given out on a Thursday to be returned the following Thursday.
Spelling Test
Your child will receive new spellings on a Friday to be tested the following Friday.
In Owls we encourage the children to be as independent as possible. It is their responsibility to ensure they take their books and homework out of their bags and place them into the correct baskets. If your child does not complete or return their homework they will miss their Golden Time reward on a Friday afternoon.
Resources
Resources
Phonics websites for games to help support your child with phonics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
For more information about helping your child with phonics please refer to the following websites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYx1CyDMZSc
Days of the week
To help us remember the days of the week we used the Adams Family tune. We then recorded each day in order into our books.
Double this and double that
Owls have been looking at doubling 1 digit numbers. They had a fantastic time painting doubling spots onto butterflies.
Are YOU brave enough?
Lots of children and parents supported the Halloween disco on Tuesday night. The evening kicked off with dancing, costumes and treats. There was a costume competition with prizes. Then everyone tucked into a tasty hot dog washed down with juice. There were some spooky...
Crimson, spiky, crunchy…
...just a few of the many adjectives Year 2 have been using to describe Autumn. We have been creating lots of different kinds of poems. These are some of our favourites!
2D Shape Hunt
Being detectives looking for 2D shapes and their names. Can you name them?
Celebrating our Good To Be Green behaviour in Golden Time
Finger painting autumn pictures to celebrate being good.
5-a-day detective hunt
Owls went on a detective hunt looking for posters of different foods of what they can have each day to help with their 5-a-day balanced diet. What 5-a-day have you had today?
Bonding with numbers
We have been looking at best friend numbers that total to 10.
Owls Learning Environment – Maths
Owls Learning Environment English and Reading
Position That!
Maths was taken outside to find positional numbers. Children ran races and ordered their positions. Ready, set go!
Awesome Autumn Maths
Owls went for a walk around the school collecting different autumn leaves. They then used their leaves to estimate, measure and to find the area of their leaf. They had great fun!