Weekly update 16.04.07

Hi there everyone!
We hope you had a great Easter break and are looking forward to the next term.

This week we are beginning lots of new topics, as well as completing the assessment which we started at the end of last term.

Literacy
We will be looking at a range of stories by one particular author and comparing them. We will be comparing settings, characters, themes an saying what we like and dislike about the books. The author we have chosen is Martin Waddell as there are a wide range of stories available to discuss.
Some websites:-
For practicing HFWs-
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/airport_xray.html

About Martin Waddell-
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/waddell
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Martin-Waddell

By the end of the week
ALL children MUST be able to say what they like and dislike about the book.
MOST children SHOULD be able to write about what they like and dislike about the book.
SOME children COULD be able to write a review of the book (blurb) including quotes.

Numeracy
This week we will be partitioning numbers (2 and 3 digit), and rounding numbes to the nearest ten.
Some websites-
Rounding-
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf
Partitioning-
http://www.ictgames.com/arrowcards.html
http://www.ictgames.com/woodseasy.html

By the end of this week-
ALL children MUST be ablr to begin to partition 2 digit numbers into Tens and Units.
MOST children SHOULD be able to partition 3 digit numbers into Hundreds, Tens and Units.
SOME children COULD read and write numbers to at least 1000 in words and figures.

Science
Our new topic is Light nd Dark. We will bgin by recognising sources of light. Can you think of any sources of light in your house? In school? In the street? In the garden?

Some websites-
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage1/Physicalprocess/Light/Introduction/default.htm
(click on interactive whiteboard activity)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/light_dark.shtml

http://www.mystery-productions.info/hyper/Hypermedia-2003/Roby/index.html

The History and Geography topics are linked for this term based on the theme of The Seaside.

Geography
This part of the topic is based on learning about the physical features of the seaside and reasons for going there.
We will begin the topic by recognising other places we may have visited, and conducting a survey to find out which places are the most popular.

Some websites-
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/sammy/
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/seaconte.htm
http://www.lgfl.net/dbmaterial/web/learning%20objects/ls/Year%202%20Geography/home/?verb=view

History
The main learning objective for this part of the theme is to look at holidays in the past and why people chose the seaside as a holiday destination. We will be finding out about our holidays, our parent's holidays, our grandparent's holidays and even what holidays were like before that! Should be interesting! If any parents or grandparents have any photos from holidays 'in the olden days' we would be grateful if you could let the children bring a copy into school for us to look at.

Some websites-
http://www.uea.ac.uk/edu/learn/clowes/seaside.html
http://tlfe.org.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/seaside.swf

Here I Am
We are beginning a new topic called Energy.

Have a great week!

The Year 1/2 Team
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