Year One – well, pull, full, wall, buzz, fizz, back, stick, flick, pal
Year Two – write, written, wrote, wrong, wrap, wrist, wreck, wrestle, wriggle, wren
Author: Kate Gregory
Spellings 11th September 2020
Year One – off, puff, sniff, miss, hiss, less, if, us, bus, yes
Year Two – knock, know, knee, knitting, knife, gnat, gnaw, gnash, gnome, gnarled
Welcome back Haughmond!
It is lovely to see you all back at school. I’m looking forward to getting back to lots of fun activities!
This term our main topic is going to be History based, and we are going to be travelling back in time to the first 20 years of the 20th Century. We will begin by learning about the Titanic disaster, before moving on to learn about WW1. We will find out about a number of important people who helped with the war effort, but are perhaps not the most well-known. In other areas of learning we will also be exploring the weather, materials, Hinduism and religious festivals. In Computing, we will begin the term by learning about the importance of staying safe when using technological devices and in music we will be learning about and responding to some famous pieces of music, starting with Mars by Gustav Holst. In Art we will be learning about the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, which will link to our learning about Poppies and after half term we will be making bridges for the characters in our English book for our DT learning.
In English our main texts will be Troll Swap and The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. There will be a Guided Reading session for the class every day, focusing on the books The Troll by Julia Donaldson and Above and Below by Patricia Hegarty. Individual reading books will only be swapped by a member of staff in Haughmond. All the books will be left for a period of at least 72 hours before they are given out to another child. We will continue to have weekly spelling tests, but for the time being spellings will be online rather than coming home in a book. Homework will also be set online each Friday, using some of the sites children became familiar with when school was closed.
In Maths we are continuing with our Mastery Approach to our learning and will be starting this term by ensuring we have a really good understanding of Number and Place Value before moving on to calculations. We will also be practising our times tables and number bonds each week so that we can secure these facts and use them to base our other learning on.
P.E. will be with Shrewsbury Town in the Community and will be on a Monday morning and a Thursday afternoon, starting the week of the 7th September. Children need to come into school in their P.E. kit on those days please.
As always, my door is open for any queries you may have, albeit metaphorically this term! However, if you would like to get in touch with me, please don’t hesitate to give Mrs Winwood a call in the school office to organise this.
I look forward to working with you and your children.
Mrs Gregory.
Thursday 16th July 2020
Good morning for the last time this year!
I hope you have all had a good week so far.
I just want to tell you all now how proud I am of each and every one of you this year. You all worked so hard when we were together in class and I have been so impressed with the way you have continued with your home learning.
Today I am setting your English and Maths as normal, but I know that if we were all together in school today we would be doing lots of fun activities with our friends before we break up for summer, so I would like you to enjoy yourselves too.
English
Please carry on with the weekly tasks you have been given.
Maths
Year One, you are comparing time.
Year Two, today you are comparing durations of time.
Lesson 4 – Compare durations of time
So, thank you all for making this strange year as enjoyable as it could be! You are all fab.
Year Two, good luck next year. I will miss you all, but I know you are going to have a brilliant time. Year One, I can’t wait to see you all back in September.
I think that leaves me with just enough time for a quick pork pie and a Starbucks!
Have a good summer,
Mrs G x
Wednesday 15th July 2020
Good Morning!
I hope you are all having a good week so far.
English
For those of you in school this week, if you go back to Monday’s homework post, you will see I have set some different tasks for you to have a go at this week.
Maths
Year One, today you are learning to write the time.
Year Two, today you are finding durations of time.
Lesson 3 – Find durations of time
Today I am also uploading a ‘Summer Passport’ of activities that you can carry out with your families over the summer holiday.
Have a good day,
Mrs G.
Tuesday 14th July 2020
Good Morning,
Today for your English I would like you to continue with the tasks that I set you yesterday.
Maths
Year One, today you are telling time to the half hour.
Lesson 2 – Time to the half hour
Year Two, today you are learning about hours and days
I am also uploading a pack of summer mindfulness colouring that you might like to do during the summer.
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Have a good day,
Mrs G.
Monday 13th July 2020
Good Morning Haughmond!
Welcome to the start of the last week of the year! There will only be four days of work this week, as we break up from school on Thursday.
English
This week in English I would really like you to focus on your Reading Eggs work. You will need to do at least one lesson on that each day.
I would also like you to practise your handwriting for five to ten minutes a day. You could do this using your spellings.
I am also attaching a copy of the Year One and Two spelling wordlists for you to keep on practising your reading and writing.
Year One and Two Spelling List
Maths
Year One – today you are learning to tell time to the hour
Year Two – you are telling time to five minute intervals
Lesson 1 – Telling time to 5 minutes
Have a good day!
Mrs G.
Spellings 10th July 2020
Year One – of, said, was, has, come, one, once, ask, your, is
Year Two – who, why, what, how, which, where, when, adjective, adverb, verb
Guinea Pigs!
This week we have been very lucky in Haughmond, as Chewie and Luke, our new class guinea pigs have moved in to our classroom. They have helped with our learning and we have been able to stroke them. We are looking forward to being able to spend more time with them in the autumn term!
Friday 10th July 2020
Good Morning!
We’re nearly at the summer holidays! Only one more week to go, and today is your last Friday!
English
Year One, today you are writing out your poem.
Year Two, you are writing a recount.
Maths
Today is problem solving day. You will need to access the problems as usual, from either BBC home learning, or the White Rose maths site.
I hope you have a good weekend,
Mrs G.
