Welcome to Chestnut Class!
Miss Lloyd & Mrs Jones
I am so excited to get started and stuck in with lots of new learning, develop new skills and work with a variety of new children! Chestnut will have many opportunities for new friendship building, teamwork, independent opportunities and sharing their voice! So let's have an incredible year together! :)
Website will be updated weekly, every Friday, with pictures of our learning and any other exciting stuff we get up to!
Please Note: I will be deleting all updates every 2 weeks. This is to help ensure that accessing the website isn't too slow due to the amount of photos uploaded. So make sure you've caught up each week :)
Week 2
Another packed week of learning! This week we have begun practicing for our Nativity (*squeals in excitement*) so more information on that will come soon!
This week in English were revealed the our story for this half term- 'The Night Gardner'. We looked at key vocabulary from the story and came up with some actions for each word. Some of the words include- silent, shadow, discovered, masterpiece, dashed and sculpture. We wrote some vocabulary sentences, with the year 2s including some new learnt grammar- Adverbs (ly). We also then used some of these words to write a short poem about the story. Year 2s included similes.
Some of our actions for the vocabulary!
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Some of our actions for the vocabulary!
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Some of our actions for the vocabulary!
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Some of our actions for the vocabulary!
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Some of our actions for the vocabulary!
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In Maths this week we have been continuing with addition and looking at using number sentences to write our number problems when adding more. We have practiced the skill of being able to count on from a number when trying to add more. The year 2s have been looking at related facts when it comes to adding using basic number sentences to work our larger number sentences. For example we know that 2+2=4 so 20+20=40.
This week in Geography, we looked at physical features of a place. We understood that physical features and things from the environment/ made by nature. We came up with, beaches, mountains, trees, valleys, forest etc. We then added to our villages from last week, with only human features on them, now including all the physical features and labeling them.
This week in Computing we were using cameras to practice taking photos as our topic this half term is all on photography. We learnt the correct way to take photos and hold a camera, and learnt the importance of asking people if they would like their photos taken. We then in groups took different types of photos. We needed to take a picture of something far away, something close up, a person, an action shot, a selfie and a building. Here are some of the best photos!
Children In Need- Pajama Day!
Week 1 Autumn 2
We're back for another very exciting half term! We're very excited for all the exciting things we will be getting up to especially as Christmas is right around the corner..... :)
We've have had a very exciting first week back, from dressing up, to fairy visitors, to building mini villages measuring our hands and feet!
In English this week we had our first introduction lesson to our new story! We were shown clues which linked to the story and then made predictions on what it could be about. There were, boys shorts, adult gardening gloves, gardening tools including shears, some rubbish, leaves, the word 'orphanage' , bricks, and a picture of a street.
The picture of the street we described as dull, boring, grim, sad. because it was a black and white street with nothing happening! We had a go at pretending to be the people on this street, acting really bored and showing this through our facial expressions.
In Maths this week we were recapping on fact families and our number bonds. We were looking at part whole models and finding all the adding number sentence facts that went with the number family. Some children extended themselves by looking at the subtracting number sentences too. We looked at our number bonds to 10 and year 2s used these facts to help with number bonds to 20.
Our Geography topic this half term is comparing a village (Harting) to a city (city to be revealed in a few weeks!). This week we were looking at different features we might find in a city of village. Specifically, the human features. Features that are made/built by humans. On a map we spotted all the human features and then, in groups we made our own villages using construction materials, including only human features which we then labelled. We included features like, houses, shops, church, school, factory, road etc!
In RE this half term, we are looking at the religion of Christianity and are focusing on 'Belonging'. We discussed places where we might feel like we belong, safe and welcomed. We came up with ideas like our home, school, with people we love. In groups using construction materials (again) we made these places where we feel like we belong, and put a drawing of ourselves inside it. We discussed that this what it feels like for Christians in a church, a sense of belonging to a place (just like our chestnut family!).
We then looked at when a baby is baptised they are wrapped in a shawl which we discussed can feel like a hug , safe and sense of belonging. In the next RE lessons we will be discussing what a baptism is further.
In DT this half term we are focusing on food and nutrition. This week we were looking at healthy eating and looked at the 'Eatwell plate' discussing a balanced diet. We designed our own healthy plate, ensuring of a balanced diet.
Knowledge Organisers
Please find below the knowledge organisers linked to your child's learning this term. This document provides details of the key knowledge the children are expected to learn across the sequence of learning. We would encourage parents and carers to look at these with their children and regularly spend time discussing the facts on the sheets.