Friday, December 10, 2021

Homework week beginning 13th December

 

Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. If you have time it would be great if the children could learn them at home too. The test will be on Friday.

Maths Homework

There is some MyMaths homework based on division which we looked at last week. The children learned to divide by sharing or grouping the objects or counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Other things we have been learning this week:

We finished our Science topic. We have been learning about habitats, micro-habitats and foods chains.

In Art we have been working on our drawing skills. The children are learning about tone, cross-hatching and other shading techniques.

We have been writing information sentences in English, using subheadings to break our information up.

Feel free to ask them about and see if they can show you what they know.


Friday, December 3, 2021

Homework week beginning 6th December

 Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. If you time it would be great if the children could learn them at home too. The test will be on Friday

Maths Homework
I have set some MyMaths homework, it is a division task based on sharing or counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. 
Also there is TT Rockstars for the children to work on their 5 times tables.
Enjoy!


Thursday, December 2, 2021

Work for children isolating

Friday

Maths

Teaching video - Division - sharing

Worksheet - Division - sharing

English

Spelling Test

Children will be introduced to an information text about Burglar Bill. Together we will look at the text and discuss the features of an information text. Children to help the teacher to write an improved information text about school.

R.E

This will be our final lesson learning about what it means to be Jewish and the celebration of Hanukkah. The children will learn how to play dreidel, talk about and try some food and light another candle on the menorah.  The children will compare this with their own experiences of celebrations - what is the same and what is different?  

Work for children isolating

Thursday

Maths

Teaching Video - Recap - division by sharing

Worksheet - Recap - division by sharing

English

Buddy the elf has left Andes Class a letter asking us to give him some information about our school before he comes to visit. He wants to know

What is your school like? 

What is good about it?

What can I do at your school?

Who might I meet?

The children are going to write this information for Buddy today.

Science

Today we are learning about world habitats - particularly the ocean, the rainforest, the arctic and the desert. We will split our page in 4 and use information books and search engines to find out which animals and plants we might find in these habitats

Monday, November 29, 2021

Work for children isolating

Tuesday

Maths

Teaching video - Multiplication - using arrays

Worksheet - using arrays

English

We have been turning the Burglar Bill story we have been learning into a story featuring Father Christmas who started off like Burglar Bill stealing things but then he meets Mother Christmas and changes to be the Father Christmas we know today. The children can change or keep whatever they want in the story. Will it be a baby they find or an elf? What food and drink will he munch and slurp on? I can't wait to read the changed stories.

R.E

We are celebrating Hanukkah this week. Do some research and see what you can find out about the Jewish celebration.

Make sure you take some time to read a book for pleasure every day! 


Friday, November 26, 2021

Homework week beginning 29th November

Here are the words we will be learning to spell in school this week. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test is on Friday

Maths Homework

There is another MyMaths money task set for the children to do. We have started learning about multiplication this week in school so that they have a better understanding of what x means. Feel free to keep working on times tables on TT Rockstars too so that they can begin to see the connection 


Other things we have been learning this week:

In RE the children have been learning about what it means to be Jewish and have started looking at Hanukkah which is celebrated next week

In Science we have been sorting and grouping using different tables and diagrams. We sorted pictures  into "living", "never living" and "dead". Then did some research and sorted animals into "carnivores", herbivores" and "omnivores" as part of our learning about foodchains.

In PSHE we had a lovely discussion about friendship and what it means to be a friend


Why don't you ask them all about it and see what they can remember! 


Friday, November 19, 2021

Homework week beginning 22nd November

 Here are the words we will be learning to spell in school this week. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test is on Friday.

Maths Homework

I have set a MyMaths activity for the children to work on their adding of coins and totals and finding change. If the children enjoy this there is also toy shop money game


Friday, November 12, 2021

Homework week beginning 15th November

Here are the words we will be learning to spell in school this week. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test is on Friday


Maths Homework

In school this week we have been learning about pence and pounds so children can use this coin game to play different games or there is this measuring game to consolidate what they were doing in Maths last week. 
Have fun and don't forget to keep up with the 2 and 10 times tables on TT Rockstars

Reading Homework

Reading books to be returned on Monday

Library books to be returned on Wednesday if finished


Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Work for children isolating

 Wednesday

Maths

Continue to work on counting coins and working with pence. Complete these problem solving questions

English

Start by recapping what alliteration is e.g. Burglar Bill - what other names could we use alliteration for? Hungry Helen, Lovely Lisa, repeat for other names

The focus of the lesson is to continue to work on improving our descriptions by adding adjectives and conjunctions to our sentences to improve them. In the story we have the repeated sentence "He spotted a nice toothbrush so he put it in his sack." "He spotted a nice tin of beans so he put it in his sack."

Can we pretend we are writing about Burglar Bill going around stealing things but improve the adjectives and maybe the verb to improve the sentences. 

e.g. He spied a bright, orange handbag so he shoved it in his sack. He spied a giant, snuggly teddy bear so he shoved it in his sack.

P.E and Library

Choose one of the fun Cosmic Yoga routines to do  and then choose a book from the SORA app to read for pleasure


Monday, November 8, 2021

Work for children isolating

 Tuesday

Maths

Teaching video - count money pence

Worksheet - count money pence

English

In school, we will discuss how to create good characters in stories, we will talk about how using precise adjectives helps to create pictures in our heads of the different characters. I will show different characters from the books in our familiar book box and discuss precise adjectives for them (not just 1).

We will then move on to looking at the impact verbs can have in a story to create good characters and recap on the verbs (doing words) from the story e.g. slurped, munched, climbed.

We will look through powerful verbs PP and improve the boring verb sentences by choosing better verbs but also adding adjectives, conjunctions, extra detail to make the sentences come alive more.

History

Today we will start by referring  back to the timeline to give context to 1605

How do you think we know about the Gunpowder Plot? No-one alive was there?! Discuss.

How can we be Historians? Watch and discus

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs3487h/articles/ztnvgk7

Next we will learn about different types of evidence - primary and secondary Evidence PP

then sort these examples of evidence into primary or secondary in books Primary or Secondary evidence

Now look at pictures of evidence and recap–  Are they primary or secondary evidence? How much should we believe? Look through the prove it statements - which picture proves which statement? Record which number picture proves each statement. Prove it statements


Work for children isolating

 Monday

Maths

Teaching video - problem solving with length

Worksheet - problem solving with length

English

In school we will be continuing to learn the story of Burglar Bill by heart, then we will be looking at our Wanted Posters and seeing how we can improve them. What can we magpie from this one?

Mrs Burton's Wanted poster for Burglar Bill

Computing

Miss Gray is teaching the children how to search effectively and safely on search engines, then the children are using these to learn more facts about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. 

  • The children have been using the search engine https://www.safesearchkids.com
  • When searching for facts it is a good idea to put KS1 or for children or for kids so that the information is easier to read.

Friday, November 5, 2021

Homework week beginning 8th November

 Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. They are tricky words that we will be using in our stories. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test is on Friday.

Maths Homework

I have set some MyMaths homework, it may require the children to remember how to use the column addition we did at school last half term.
Don't forget TT Rockstars too
or Hit the Button

Reading Homework

Reading books to be returned on Monday please

Library books to be returned on Wednesdays when finished please


Thursday, November 4, 2021

Work for children isolating

 Friday

Maths

Teaching Video - ordering lengths

Worksheet - ordering lengths

English

We will be continuing to learn the story Burglar Bill by heart and thinking of actions to help us.

Then we are going to use the descriptions we used yesterday to create a Wanted poster for Burglar Bill. We will describe what Burglar Bill looks like, where he might be found and what to do if you see him. The children will be encouraged to extend the sentences using conjunctions (so, with, who) to help to encourage them to add extra detail.


Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Work for children isolating

 (Please complete Tuesday and Wednesday's Maths and English before completing Thursday's work)

Thursday

Maths

Teaching video - compare lengths

Worksheet - compare lengths

English

In class we will be continuing to try to learn the story of Burglar Bill by heart, using the pictures we drew yesterday and adding our own actions as we read it.

Then we are going to think of some adjectives to describe Burglar Bill, using a thesaurus to improve and widen our adjectives. Next we will write some descriptive sentences about Burglar Bill. I will challenge the children to write extended sentences with more than one description of him in each sentence. If time we will also write about Baker Bill at the end too.

History

We will continue to learn more about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkj382/articles/zjsqbdm 

We will look at some pictures of York so the children can link it with a place some may have visited and talk about Guy Fawkes coming from our locality.

Finally I will ask the children to answer the questions:

Who is Guy Fawkes? 

Why are we learning about him? 

Why did he do what he did? 

Why do we remember this each year?

PSHE

We will discuss what a family is. We will discuss different kids of families we and others have but that they are all characterised by being based on love and care.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Work for children isolating

 Wednesday

Maths

Teaching video - measuring length (m)

Worksheet - measuring length (m)

English

Shorter version of Burglar Bill

In class we are reading this version of the story and then Mrs Stones and the children are drawing their  own text maps, only a couple of pictures for each sentence and simple pictures to help us learn the story.

P.E and library

If you can't get out and do some exercise why not choose some Cosmic Yoga to take part in, then choose a book from the SORA app and read for pleasure


Work for children isolating

 Tuesday

Maths

Teaching video - measuring length cm

Worksheet - measuring length cm

English

Listen and read along with Burglar Bill

In class we acted out the story to help us get to know the story even more and then we wrote down some questions we would like to ask Burglar Bill, don't forget the ?

History

We have started to learn about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot Gunpowder Plot Story PP

We talked about it being 400 years ago and how each hundred year starts with different numbers, we are in 2000s, before it was 1900s, before that was 1800s, before that was 1700s and before that was 1600s which is the time we are thinking about

I asked the children to sequence the events from the story into the correct order (these need mixing up and then chopping up) Gunpowder Plot story sequencing

Finally we looked at a timeline of all the events from the birth of Guy Fawkes in York until his execution (again these need chopping up and muddling up so they can be put back in the correct chronological order) Gunpowder Plot timeline

Friday, October 29, 2021

Homework week beginning 1st November

 Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test is on Friday

Maths Homework

Following all our work on addition and subtraction last half term, I have set "Sums crossing 10" on MyMaths. For questions 2 the children will need paper and pencil so that they can work these calculations out using the column method we have learned at school.
Don't forget TTRockstars which can always be accessed to help with 10 and 2 times tables

Reading Homework

Please return reading books on Mondays so they can go out again on Thursday
Library sessions are on Wednesdays
If you are looking for more things to read don't forget about the SORA app where children can access hundreds of books electronically




Friday, October 15, 2021

Homework week beginning 18th October

Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. They are homophones, words that sound the same but have different meanings. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test will be on Friday.

Maths Homework

This week we have been starting to add and subtract 2 digit numbers however quite a few children weren't confident at adding numbers up to 10 together so the maths games I have chosen encourage the children to get more fluent and confident at this. We encourage them to use fingers or put one number in their head and count on or back if they don't yet know the answer by heart. Ideally they should be working these out quickly or knowing the answers by heart with practice.



Reading Homework

Please can library books be returned on Wednesdays unless not finished

Reading books back on Monday and then they will go home again on Thursday

Friday, October 8, 2021

Homework week beginning 11th October

Here are the words we will be learning to spell at school this week. They are homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings. If you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test will be on Friday

Maths Homework

This week we have been learning to add and subtract single digits to numbers up to 100, by putting the largest number in our heads and then either counting on or back.
 I have set 2 tasks on My Maths for the children to do linked to what they have been doing at school. (Some children have needed a 100 square to help them, if you google 100 square you will find ones for the children to use to count on or back with)
If your child is eager you can of course continue to work on TT Rockstars and we have been playing on Robot More or Less too as an extra.

Reading Homework

Library books back on Wednesday

Reading books back on Monday and then they will be sent home again on Thursday

Reading for pleasure 

 It was National Poetry Day last week so we have been reading, watching and enjoying a few poems this week, feel free to find some poems to read and enjoy

Many thanks for your ongoing support

Friday, October 1, 2021

Homework week beginning 4th October

Here are the words we will be learning at school this week ( the last set of Y1 tricky words), if you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too. The spelling test will be on Friday.

Maths Homework

This week we have been working on learning the addition and subtraction facts that make 10, 20 and 100. To help the children consolidate this please can the children go onto Hit the Button and work on  Number bonds - make 10, make 20 and/or make 100 (tens). I would suggest starting with 10 and then moving onto 20 and 100 when the children are confident with 10, as the children use the numbers bonds to 10 to work out ones to 20 and 100.

Reading Homework
  • Library books to be returned on Wednesdays please
  • Reading books to be returned on Mondays and then they will go home again on Thursdays
  • Feel free to read other books together for pleasure as often as you can




Friday, September 24, 2021

Homework week beginning 27th September

 Here are the words we will be learning at school this week, if you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too, there will be a spelling test on Friday


Maths Homework

There is a task set on MyMaths but feel free to keep working on your 10 times tables on TT Rockstars

Reading

As last week, the children will have a library book to read for pleasure which they need to bring back ready for their Wednesday library session if they want a new one.

On Thursday, the children will bring home the reading book they have read at school plus a Book bag reading book for them to read a few times, before bringing both back to school on Monday. 
When reading the Book bag reading book we suggest they read this at least 3 times. The first read allows the child to concentrate on reading the words. The second read allows the child to develop their fluency and speed of reading. The third read allows for the children to understand the story (so feel free to ask questions about the story) and show off their story telling voices when reading. 




Friday, September 17, 2021

Homework week beginning 20th September

 Here are the words we will be learning at school this week, if you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too, there will be a spelling test on Friday

These may seem easy but I want to check the children know these before moving onto Y2 words and other spelling patterns. It also means they can build up confidence

Maths Homework

There are no suitable MyMaths homework again this week so instead can the children play this Ordering game using numbers up to 100 and Helicopter Rescue - Mental Maths for 4 to 8 Year Olds (topmarks.co.uk) to help the children get really fluent at knowing where numbers are compared to each other. 
Feel free to also use TT Rockstars. In school we have done some multiplication and division of 10s (the children just learn to add a 0 when multiplying by 10 and take a 0 off when dividing by 10)

Reading homework
The children should have come home on Wednesday with a library book, this is a book they have chosen, to read for pleasure. If they want to change their book, they must bring it in by Wednesday when they go to the library again. If not they can keep the book for 2 or 3 weeks.
Children should also have brought home 2 reading books as they did last year, 1 which they have read at school and 1 they have not, please can the children read these a few times then can these be returned on Monday?

Friday, September 10, 2021

Homework week beginning 13th September

 Spellings

Here are the words we will be learning at school this week, if you have time it would be great for the children to learn them at home too, there will be a spelling test on Friday 

Maths Homework

On Friday I sent home letters on how to access TT Rockstars, this week I would like the children to work on their 10 times tables. I have just set 10s under the icon garage for the first few weeks then as the weeks go by the children will have the chance to work on 2 and then 5 times tables. This week in Maths we have been recapping counting in 2s, 5s and 10s so you might just need to explain e.g. 2 x 10 means count in tens 2 times (10,20). We will be starting times tables in class this week too. If there are any problems let me know.

Reading Books

Reading books will be going home on Thursday, please can these be returned on Monday


Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Spelling Test

 

Each week the children will learn how to spell a set of words at school using a variety of strategies and games. If you would like to help your child learn these at home they will be uploaded at the beginning of each week on the blog ready for the spelling test on Fridays. 

For the first few weeks we are recapping Y1 tricky words, which Miss Jackson covered throughout English lessons across last year


Further Maths and Reading homework will be added once the children settle in.


Monday, July 5, 2021

Spellings - Test 9th July

This is the final spelling test of the year

For the last 2 weeks we will be doing more work on our times tables (ideally children in Y2 should know their 10, 2 and 5 times tables by the end of the year)





Sunday, June 6, 2021

Spellings - Test 11th June


Can you spot the word I put in twice in the second set? Woops - that means only 7 to learn though!

 

Monday, May 17, 2021

Spellings (Test 21st May)

 


Your child has been learning these at school so should know which set they are learning, if you are unsure please email and I can let you know

Monday, April 26, 2021

Week beginning 26th April

 No Spellings to learn this week at home

I am testing the children in school on the Y1 and Y2 exception words to see which they know and which they need to learn and then will create some personalised spelling lists for the children next week

Feel free to use this time to do My Maths homework or Read a book using the SORA app 

Usual homework menus are to follow, we are just waiting for confirmation of new teacher email addresses before we send these out so you have somewhere to send work to

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Friday 5th March

 Friday

Please send work to mrsburton2020@carlton-in-snaith.n-yorks.sch.uk

Spelling Test - more homophones

Phonics

Ruth Miskin Training - YouTube 

(Set 3 lessons)

Maths


Teaching Video - Make patterns with 2d shapes

Worksheet - Make patterns with 2d shapes

Answer sheet

If you finish quickly why don't you try this





or 

Hit the Button

or 

MyMaths

English

I would like the children to finish their Diana Whittington stories from yesterday. Before doing this children should retell the stories using actions, ensuring they include the changes in this and look back at the Boxing up to remind them what has changed and what has stayed the same. Don't forget to use the Word Bank you made in Tuesday's lesson.

Please send me the finished stories, I can't wait to see them and this will help me to plan for their story writing next week. It is fine for adults to help with the stories.


Wider Curriculum

Science- Working Scientifically

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What will your bridge look like? What will you make it out of? What properties will your material need to have? Maybe you will need to plan and make a design first?
 
Watch the video if you need help and have a go at making your own paper bridge! You could use anything small like coins or toy cars to test the strength of your bridge


Forest School (Optional)


Create an outdoor reading space for yourself or to share with your family.

Take your favourite book on your walk and sit under a tree, in a park, on a log or bench. Enjoy the freedom, peace and fresh air while reading or listening to the book of your choice! 

                                 


End of the day story