Maple Class

Our Fairy Garden.

Key Stage 1 have made their own Fairy Garden.

The children love looking at it!

Butterfly Release Day.

This morning Maple and Sycamore released their butterflies.
We had watched their life cycle from an egg to a caterpillar to a chrysalis to the beautiful butterflies we released today.
I wonder if they will visit our Bug Hotel?

Butterfly release.

SHAPE MAD!

Over the the last 2 weeks, we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We have been able to name them, identify their properties and created our own 2D bug pictures to link with our topic.

Can you remember any of our key vocabulary?

Sides, edges, vertices, face, vertical, horizontal and diagonal.

How many 2D and 3D shapes can you name?

Beautiful Butterflies

This half term we have started our topic ‘Who will stay at the hotel.’ As part of our bug topic, a parent kindly bought the class some caterpillars. Over the last 3 weeks we have watched them grow and turn into chrysalis’ (cocoons). We have now moved them into their own bug hotel ready for them to emerge as butterflies.

I wonder what colours they are going to be?

Read, Write, Inc

Your child may have come home from school talking about Read, Write, Inc.

This is a new way we are teaching phonics across the school. Phonics help your child with reading and writing.

To help you as parents, I have attached some links which may help you to understand what we are teaching, how we are teaching phonics, as well as some useful resources for you to use as well.

If you have any questions about this new, exciting way of teaching your child phonics, please come and ask us!

Parent video: What is Read Write Inc Phonics

This will tell you more about Read, Write, Inc phonics.

Parent video: How to say the sounds

This wilkl help you say the sounds from Set 1, 2 and 3.

Read, Write, Inc guide This website gives you many resources to inform you about Read, Write, Inc as well as activities you can do with your child at home.

Free e book library This link will take you to a resource of free e books that will link to the books your child is reading at school. Just ask your child, or their teacher, what colour of book they are reading.

Maple class.

Here is your homework for Autumn 2!

I think everyone enjoyed choosing their homework from the grid last half term so you have a different homework grid this half term that links to your new topic-All Creatures Great and Small.

There is a grid with activities for English, Maths and Topic. You can choose which activities you would like to do each week.

You should complete at least one activity and send it for me to look at on the class e mail page. The address is:

maple@newmoston.manchester.sch.uk

Send it by Thursday and I will send you feedback.

I can't wait to see your home learning.

Year 2 Autumn Term 2 homework grid.pdf

Maple class.

Here is your homework!

It is different from usual but we hope you will like it

There is a grid with activities for English, Maths and Topic. You can choose which activities you would like to do each week.

You should complete at least one activity and send it for me to look at on the class e mail page. The address is:

maple@newmoston.manchester.sch.uk

Send it by Thursday and I will send you feedback.

I can't wait to see your home learning.

Year 2 Autumn Term homework grid.pdf

I hope everyone is excited to be coming back to school and starting our adventure in Maple class.

Just a couple of reminders for the start of the year:

- P.E will be on a Thursday and Friday. Please make sure you wear comfortable and suitable shoes to school on these days.

- Reading books will be given out on a Monday and they are to be brought back into school on a Friday.

- Home learning will be posted on our blog on a Friday. You will then e-mail any learning you complete to our class e-mail: maple@newmoston.manchester.sch.uk

That is all for now, and I will see you very soon.

Miss Jones x