Summer 2 Week 4

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In Maths, we have been learning to follow number and shape sequences. We have also identified 2D shapes in repeating patterns.

In English, the children wrote their own monster stories with cliff hangers that they edited, wrote up in neat and performed to other classes. Their stories are excellent! The children used adjectives, expanded noun phrases, different suffixes and conjunctions to engage the reader.

Thank you for wine donations for our summer raffle – the children looked great in their odd socks.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home learning

Please read and sign your reading record.

Spelling – common exception words https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/109/32-Common-exception-words

everybody
even
great
break
steak
pretty
beautiful
after
father
sugar
Mathletics activities have been set.

Summer 2 Week 3

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In Year 2 this week, the children have created their own monsters and written descriptions of them. They have also written a letter warning a child not to take a monster to school. Next week they will be planning and writing a story about a monster coming to Pope Paul School! They will need to include descriptive language, conjunctions and interesting sentence starters to engage the reader.

In Maths, the children have been learning about symmetry . They have investigated which 2D shapes have lines of symmetry and used mirrors to help them reflect a pattern across a mirror line, creating symmetrical pictures.

In swimming, the children learnt about the meaning of different flags at beaches and swimming pools. They also learnt what do if they fall into open water and how to save someone else.

The children have also enjoyed tending to the gardens and playing lots of tennis and badminton at playtime.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home learning

English – Please think about what trouble a monster might cause at school and how the children might teach the monster how to behave. Bring an A4 piece of paper with ideas (not a whole story) on, that can be used to support their story writing in class. For example would they; Chase the teachers? Eat all the pizza? Teach the children to roar/fly/breath fire? Break all the chairs? Smash the jungle gym? Climb/ Fly onto the roof? Make friends? Become a Y2 pupil or teacher at Pope Paul School?

Spelling https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/108/31-Common-exception-words

climb
most
only
both
old
cold
gold
hold
told
every

Summer 2 Week 2

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Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed Sports Day and Healthy Eating Week this week.

Everyone tried their best and used their talents on sports day. It was great to welcome the parents to celebrate our sporting achievements and then share our learning environment with them afterwards.

As part of Healthy eating week, we have learnt about the importance of keeping fit and healthy though exercise and diet. Lisa, our head cook, explained to us that we need a mixture of different food types on our plate in order for us to have a balanced diet. We have also learnt the importance of drinking water, which foods keep us hydrated  and why we shouldn’t waste food.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home Learning

Spelling  https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/107/30-Common-exception-words

door
floor
poor
because
find
kind
mind
behind
children
wild
money
Maths – mathletic activities have been set.

Summer 2 Week 1

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It was lovely to welcome the children back after their holiday and  hear about their half term holiday. As part of our Pentecost learning our learning was focused on water, wind and fire. Today we also had a visit from Fr Fidelis, a Spiritan chaplain at NBS,  Mass led by Fr. Shaun and an ice lolly in the sunshine!

One of the children’s  water and wind challenges this week was to design, built, test and evaluate a boat that would float and carry a teddy bear safely across the water tray. They worked very well together and were extremely creative.

In Maths we have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes. Next week we will be focusing on 3D shapes.

Next Tuesday you are invited to join us for Sports Day at 1:45pm and then at 3:15pm you may collect your child to visit their current and then new classrooms. This is not a formal consultation or a book look as the books and reports will be sent home at the end of the term.

Holy Communion application forms are available to collect from Church after Mass. 

P.E. kits for Monday, Tuesday (Sports day) and Wednesday (swimming) next week.

Enjoy the weekend,

Miss Pringle

Home Learning 
Maths – Mathletics has been set.
Spelling  – contractions Y2 spelling rule 25 https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/102/25-Contractions
aren’t
can’t
couldn’t
didn’t
don’t
hasn’t
hadn’t
haven’t
he’s
they’ve
you’ve

Summer 1 Week 6

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What a wonderful end to this half term we have had! The children looked fantastic in their Jubilee outfits and had a great day taking part in activities to celebrate.

Our History focus for this week was to learn who the Queen is, what her roles are and why we are having a jubilee celebration. In PE have learnt to serve in tennis and practised bowling and throwing accurately at the stumps in cricket. At the end of our swimming lesson on Wednesday we enjoyed a ‘fun swim!’

As part of Spirituality Week we planted wild flower seeds and created prayer cards for a Year 5 child. It was wonderful to meet with them and exchange our cards earlier today.  Click here for some photos of this special time with Year 5.

Have a wonderful half term

Miss Pringle

Home learning 

Please read over the holiday and collect small objects that could be used to make a wind chime.

 

Summer 1, Week 6

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In Art this week read the book The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas and explored how colours make us feel different emotions.

In PE, we have learnt to how to volley (use a high five shot) in tennis and how to control our breathing when swimming front crawl. We also took part in a cricket workshop on Friday, where we were taught how to hit attacking and defensive shots and how to field as a team.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home learning

Please read with an adult and complete the maths activities sent home by Wednesday.

 

Summer 1 Week 4

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In tennis this week we have been working on our footwork and we learnt how to play a backhand shot.

In English we have written recounts and focused on the suffixes ly, ful and less in our spelling sessions. In maths we have been learning to read o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to on an analogue clock and revising counting in 2, 3, 5 and 10. Please practise this at home.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home learning

Mathletics – time activities have been set.

Please complete the two comprehension papers sent home today and return by Wednesday.

 

 

 

Summer 1 Week 3

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We went on a lovely walk today to explore fields next to the school. They enjoyed seeing the beautiful yellow rapeseed crop, butterflies, bees, beetles, buttercups, dandelions, birds and trees. On Monday we will be writing about our walk.

We also took part in the May procession and enjoyed making crowns and honouring Mary with flowers.

Home learning

Comprehension

Please complete the first two comprehension activities in the book that your child has bought home today. The answers are included so that you can mark it with your child. Please pack this book in your child’s bag on their reading day next week. 

Maths 

Please complete the maths learning your child has bought home today and return it on Monday so that we can mark and discuss it together. 

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

 

 

 

 

Summer 1 – Week 2

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In Maths, we have been solving multiplication and fraction word problems as well as learning to read o’clock, quarter to, quarter past and half past on analogue clocks.

In English, we have identified past and present tenses and practised applying the suffixes ed, er, ing and est.

PE Days – Monday – tennis

Wednesday – swimming.

Home Learning

Mathletics activities have been set.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Summer 1 Week 1

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Welcome back, I hope you had a wonderful holiday.

In class this week we read Luke’s account of the Resurrection and created pictures with the characters and symbols mentioned. Thank you for the beautiful Easter gardens that the children made over the Easter break.

In English we have been busy editing, while in Guided Reading we have used our inference and retrieval skills to answer comprehension questions.

 

We have been working hard in maths to learn how to find 1/2 , 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 1/3 and 2/3 of different amounts.

We started outdoor adventure in P.E. where we have to work sensibly and effectively in groups to find clues and solve problems. This week we had to find objects about the outdoor area using picture cards, take selfies on the iPad next to the objects and then exchange our selfies for letters that were used to crack a code!

In Science, we have tested which materials allow light to pass through them and what makes a material suitable for making certain objects.

Have a great weekend

Miss Pringle

Home learning

Spelling – suffix https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/92/15-Adding%E2%80%93ing%E2%80%93ed%E2%80%93er%E2%80%93est-and%E2%80%93y-to-words

humming
hummed
drumming
drummed
drummer
stopping
stopped
stopper
sitting
Comprehension has been set on http://www.studyladder.com
Mathletics activities have been set on fractions.

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