Weekly Spellings – 12.07.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at more of the Year 2 Common Exception Words – words that the children should be able to read and write by the end of Year 2.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • every
  • everybody
  • even
  • great
  • break
  • steak
  • pretty
  • beautiful
  • after
  • fast

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Weekly Spellings – 05.07.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at words where the ‘y’ says /igh/.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • cry
  • fly
  • dry
  • try
  • reply
  • July
  • shy
  • spy
  • sky
  • why

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Forest School – 05.06.2023

Forest School – Central Primary School

Forest School for Year 2 starting on Monday 5th June 2023

Year 2 will be accessing these Forest School areas, every Monday, starting on Monday 5th June 2023.

Below is information regarding attending our Forest Schools.

Forest school attire.

It is vital that children who are attending forest school must be wearing appropriate clothing regardless of the weather. This includes:

  • Clothing that covers arms and legs.
  • Wellies to change into, please do not send your children in their wellies.
  • Waterproof coat – the children will be out in the rain.

This clothing can be in a bag for them to change into at school.

If you have any questions regarding Forest School, please contact either Miss Brown (lucy.brown@taw.org.uk) or Mrs Bagshaw (caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk).

Weekly Spellings – 28.06.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at some of our Common Exception Words.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • wild
  • climb
  • most
  • only
  • both
  • old
  • cold
  • gold
  • hold
  • told

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Weekly Spellings – 21.06.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at words ending in ‘il’.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • pencil
  • fossil
  • nostril
  • pupil
  • April
  • gerbil
  • lentil
  • evil
  • anvil
  • basil

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Homework – 14.06.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at words ending in ‘al’.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • medal
  • petal
  • capital
  • hospital
  • animal
  • equal
  • final
  • pedal
  • local
  • medical

Homework:

Hopefully, your child has come home with a homework pack. This pack contains 10 tasks for you to work through over the next few weeks.

The packs cover:-

  • Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words
  • Year 2 Common Exception words
  • Telling the time on an analogue clock
  • Fractions of shapes and numbers

As well as the packs, we expect the children to be reading daily (and this recorded in their reading diaries) as well as practising their times tables by playing games on Times Tables Rock Stars (Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)

The completed packs will need to handed in on Monday 17th July 2023.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown 🙂

Weekly Spellings – 07.06.2023

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at words ending in ‘el’.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • camel
  • tunnel
  • squirrel
  • travel
  • towel
  • tinsel
  • hazel
  • vowel
  • angel
  • jewel

A homework pack, preparing the children for Year 3, will be sent home shortly.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Homework – 17.05.2023

Your children have worked so hard this half term when taking their KS1 SATs and we are so proud of their perseverance and resilience, that there will be no homework for the rest of this half term.

Please keep checking the blog as the weekly spellings will be uploaded every Wednesday.

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at words ending in ‘le’.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • table
  • apple
  • bottle
  • little
  • middle
  • bubble
  • cable
  • uncle
  • ankle
  • eagle

A homework pack, preparing the children for Year 3, will be sent home after May half term.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Homework – 10.05.2023

Each week, on a Wednesday, we shall be setting homework from the Maths and Reading SATs Buster booklets. Please only complete the pages set.

Maths:

  • Complete the following pages of your CGP Maths SATs Buster book:
    • Mixed Problems (pgs 38 – 40)
  • There is a battle on TTRS between Aspen and Spruce – may the best class win! Certificates will be presented to the top 3 in each class during Star of the Week assembly and each child who competes will receive 3 dojos.
  • Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)

Reading:

  • Complete Poem 3 – The Rain pgs 45 and 46 (Inference Questions and Prediction Questions) in your CGP Reading SATs Buster book.
  • You should be reading your reading book and completing your reading diary daily!
  • If you read to an adult, ask them nicely to write a comment in your diary.

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at Challenge Words.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • whole
  • many
  • busy
  • water
  • half
  • any
  • clothes
  • people
  • again
  • hour

This homework is due in on Monday 15th May.

We understand that children may be absent from school and will not be able to hand their books in. However, as we have allocated designated curriculum time on Monday for marking, please be aware that homework will not be marked if handed in late.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown

Homework – 03.05.2023

Each week, on a Wednesday, we shall be setting homework from the Maths and Reading SATs Buster booklets. Please only complete the pages set.

Maths:

  • Complete the following pages of your CGP Maths SATs Buster book:
    • More Multiplying (pg 34)
  • There is a battle on TTRS between Aspen and Spruce – may the best class win! Certificates will be presented to the top 3 in each class during Star of the Week assembly and each child who competes will receive 3 dojos.
  • Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)

Reading:

  • Complete Poem 3 – The Rain pg 44 (Vocabulary Questions) in your CGP Reading SATs Buster book.
  • You should be reading your reading book and completing your reading diary daily!
  • If you read to an adult, ask them nicely to write a comment in your diary.

Spellings:

In our SPaG lessons we have been looking at Challenge Words.

We no longer have weekly spelling tests in school but the words are available on Spelling Shed for you to practice (the login details should be in your reading diary).

If you would like to practise using a pen and paper the words are:-

  • whole
  • many
  • busy
  • water
  • half
  • any
  • clothes
  • people
  • again
  • hour

This homework is due in on Tuesday 9th May.

We understand that children may be absent from school and will not be able to hand their books in. However, as we have allocated designated curriculum time on Tuesday for marking, please be aware that homework will not be marked if handed in late.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Brown