W/B 2/11/26

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 1:10pm

We have had a fantastic first week back at school!

In English this week, we listened to the poem "rumble in the jungle." We explored the rhyming in this poem and then created our own rhyming strings. At the end of the week, we wrote our very own acrostic poem about an African animal of their choice. They were superb!!

Next week we will be reading some Tinga Tinga tales and preparing to write our very own!

This week we have been recapping on all of our phonics sounds that we learnt last half term.

Year 2s did some recapping on the spelling patterns that we explored last term. We remembered so many!

Next weeks tricky words for Year 1 are: has and I

Next weeks tricky words for Year 2 are: most and only

In Maths, Year 1 have began exploring tens numbers. We used our hundred squares to identify the tens numbers and explore the patterns for example that they all end in a zero. Next week we will continue with this learning, completing missing number sequences and then moving onto looking at what number comes before and after a tens number.

In Year 2, we have begun our new unit of learning which is all about fluently adding and subtracting numbers within 10. We started by playing a game involving rolling two dice and adding the numbers together. Then we had a go at subtracting. We started to spot patterns and methods for adding and subtracting as fluently as possible. For example if we know that 7+3 = 10 then we know that 7 + 2 will be one less. 

In Topic, we continued to explore the country Kenya. We compared the capital city of Kenya which is Nairobi, to our capital city London. We spotted lots of similairites and differences. Then, we looked at the Kenyan flag and learnt all about the meaning behind the colours on the flag. 

In Science, we carried out an investigation to find out which seed birds prefer to eat. We filled each cup with a diffeent seed: chia seeds, sunflower seeds and peanuts. To make it a fair test, we had to make sure that each cup had the same amount in each! We went out side and together we decided the best place to put our cups so that the birds could reach them easily. Over the next few days, we will observe the cups and decide which seed was the most popular and why this may be. 

In RE, we began our new unit of work which is "What does it mean to belong to a faith community?" We started the unit by discussing what communities we belong to. School, our families, sports clubs etc!

Have a fantastic weekend everyone and enjoy the fireworks if you see any!

Miss Anderson :)