Robins (Y1/2)
Miss WilinsonWelcome to Robins
Hi and welcome to Robins. Our teacher is Miss. Wilkinson
Resources:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Important information:
P.E.
Is every Tuesday. 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 Robins 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
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
Mixing Paints
We have really enjoyed mixing different paints to make skin colours. This was in preparation for our Royal portraits!!!
Snow, snow, snow!
As you can see from the photographs we had a great morning playtime today. The children had SO much fun playing in the snow making snowmen. We just had to enjoy it before it all disappears!
Whole School Christmas Sing Along
The whole school had a great time in the hall this morning at our Christmas Sing Along. There was lots of singing and dancing to Christmas songs and lots of fun was had by everyone. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
Whoops-A-Daisy-Angel by Key Stage 1
The children in Key Stage 1 produced two fantastic performances of Whoops a Daisy Angel. The narrators spoke loud and clearly, the dancers performed beautifully, the singing was amazing and well done to Whoops A Daisy Angel.Thank you to everyone who came to the...
Marvellous Maths Year 1 Workshop
Yesterday lots of parents and carers came along to our Year 1 Marvellous Maths workshop. We did Big Maths and the adults joined in. We then looked at how we use a number line for addition and subtraction. We had lots of fun and everyone worked hard!!!!!
Marvellous Maths in Year 2!
We had lots of parents and carers come along to our Year 2 Marvellous Maths session. We did karate calculations, to which ALL the adults joined in, then Speed Calc and finally word problems for the 4 operations. The adults worked very hard!
Heavier or Lighter?
In Maths in Year one last week we looked at weighing different objects. We were finding out which object was the heaviest or lightest. It was a lot of fun using the mathematical vocabulary!!!
Year 2 visits 7 Stories
As part of our English unit around 'The Snowman and The Snowdog' Year 2 visited 7 Stories to do a workshop all about winter, snow and the characters created by Raymond Briggs. We had a brilliant visit and explored the text through games, drama and creating our own ...
Snowdogs at Windy Nook!
Year 2 have been scouring the corridors for Snowdogs. They have been choosing their favourites.
Diwali in the Robins
This week we have been learning about Diwali. We learnt all about the festival of light. We read the story of Rama and Sita and we enjoyed making our Diva lamps .
Author Visit
Key Stage 1 enjoyed a visit from Gareth Jones the author. They had an amazing afternoon joining with songs and listening to his fabulous stories.
Several Times on Purpose
In our PSHE lesson this week we have been looking at bullying. We looked at different scenarios and discussed whether the children were being bullied. We talked about an action happening several times on purpose. We had great fun making signs to promote this message....