Friday 24th September

 Happy Friday 24th September to you all,

                                                              

I hope you are all well. We have had yet another super week in the Super Squirrels class. Lots more virtual marbles in the virtual marble tin for super learning. Squirrels have been discussing positive learning behaviours and applying it to their learning. 

In Super Squirrel class this week, we have completed our unit on place value. Our new unit in maths is addition and subtraction.  

In handwriting, Squirrels have bee practising letter formation and thinking about the relative sizes of the letters. Yr 3 have been looking at the suffix 'ly' and the spelling rules that apply. Yr 2 have been busy working on their sentence structure ensuring that 'every sentence every time' is neatly written, phonetically plausible and punctuated correctly.

In our mantle the children have been using iPads and non fiction books to research which animals would live in an ancient oak tree. Squirrels were very excited to learn about the famous 'Major Oak' tree and imagine the possible stories from Sherwood Forest that it may hold. They were astounded by its size and tried to imagine its width - 11 meters! 

You can view Major Oak here. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Hopefully the sun will continue to shine

From Miss Swain and Daphne 

  

Super Squirrels: Friday 17th September

 Welcome Super Squirrels families to the Super Squirrels class blog 2021 

 Red Squirrels (Yr2)

 Grey Squirrels (Yr 3)

Hello!

I will be updating the blog with the latest news and pictures from the Super Squirrel class. I am delighted to say that the children have settled into their new Squirrel cohort with endurance, wisdom and compassion. We have a very happy drey filled with lots of busy Squirrels. 

As a class, we discussed what our expectations of each other were. The Squirrels decided that kindness, being a good friend and a smart learner were of high importance. The Squirrels have been incredibly considerate towards their friends and have had positive attitudes towards their learning. As a result of their respect towards each other and their super attitude towards their learning the children have already earned 20 virtual marbles in their virtual marble tin. 

Some of the things we have been working on in the Super Squirrel class this week:

We have started out new mantle topic, 'The Ancient Old Oak Tree'

The children have all been squirreling away practising their times tables.

In maths the have been looking at place value Red Squirrels 2 digit numbers, Grey Squirrels  3 digit numbers.

We have started reading 'A Letter to Pluto' as a whole class which the chilldren are enjoying very much.

During handwriting and spellings Squirrels have been using their new posh pens.

The children have been learning about communion in R.E

and much much more...

On Monday the children's spelling booklets will be going home in their book bags. The spelling books have been updated this term. The highlighted spellings are the ones the children know. The blank ones are the ones the children need to practise. Could you please support your child/ren at home and encourage them to practise their spellings regularly. Please only concentrate on the next whole blank page. We will update booklets each term. 

                                          Thank you

You could try:

Rainbow writing   

Pyramid writing   

             c

            ch

            chi

            chil

           child

           childr

          childre

          children  

Writing backwards and forwards e.g.

The word children: nerdlihc  - children 

You could also try playing look, say, cover, write and check. Your child looks at the word, says the word then covers it over before having a go at writing it.

Please also remember to check the class page on the school website for maths facts to practise. There are some fun games on there.

Super Squirrels, do remember to enjoy a range of books at home as well as school.

Have a super weekend, Super Squirrels. 

See you on Monday, 

Miss Swain and Daphne