Class teacher: Mrs Truman
Class LSA: Mrs Meldon
For any enquiries, please email robinclass@canewdon.essex.sch.uk
Homework books will come out on a Friday each week.
Please send them in on Wednesdays to be marked and have the new work put in.
If your child reads at least 5 times a week they will receive a prize as recognition of their achievement. Please see here as to why we are asking the children to read at home. 20 Minutes a Day | Canewdon Primary School
Year 1 spellings
grander, grandest, fresher, freshest, quicker, quickest, taller, tallest, slower, slowest
Challenge
If you have not done so already, can you please carry out a mini research project on cows? You may want to include; diet, breeds, habitats, size and weight etc. You can present your findings as a fact list, poster or information leaflet.
If you have completed the cow research, could you please write some sentences about cows using the information you have researched and extend your sentences using the conjunctions we have been using in class; and, but, or, when, if, that and because.
Cows have an amazing sense of smell and can sleep whilst standing up.
Year 2 spellings
all, ball, call, walk, talk, always, small, wall, fall, altogether
Challenge
If you have not done so already, can you please carry out a mini research project on cows? You may want to include; diet, breeds, habitats, size and weight etc. You can present your findings as a fact list, poster or information leaflet.
If you have completed the cow research, could you please write some sentences about cows using the information you have researched and extend your sentences using the conjunctions we have been using in class; and, but, or, when, if, that and because. Please also try to extend your sentences further by using exciting adjectives.
Cows have an amazingly good sense of smell and can safely sleep whilst standing up.
Week 30th January - 3rd February
This week we have been learning:
Maths Year 1 - We have been doubling and continued adding and subtracting within 20.
Maths Year 2- We have been using own number bond knowledge to solve calculations.
English - We have written a familiar text based on All About Elephants. We will be writing our own text about cows with the information that has been researched as part of the weekly homework. We have been working on extending our writing using conjunctions.
Geography - We have continued learning about the journey food takes. We learnt about the four countries of the UK, identified them on a map and learnt about the traditional foods that come from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Science - We have explored in detail the properties of materials using hand lenses and created pictorial sketches to represent our findings.
RE - We have learnt about the important elements of a Synagogue in preparation for our upcoming visit.
Art - We have been recreating and describing the details of artist, Louis Wain's art work.
Computing - We have learnt how to create a simple program to play back recorded audio in a rhythmic pattern.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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