This week we have started learning about the Great Fire of London. Before we did started, we created a large timeline to help us order some well-known events in the history of London. The events took place between 1600 and 2012 and included the plague, the first underground station opening and the Olympic games – … Read more
This week we have been finding out about London in the past. We watched an animation of London in the 17th century. We used this short video to create some descriptive writing. First we filled in a senses frame, describing what we might have been able to see, smell, hear and touch in London in … Read more
This week we have been writing stories about Paddington Bear. We listened to the beginning of the story ‘Paddington goes shopping’, and then used storyboards to plan our own story ending. We thought of lots of adventurous things that Paddington may have got up to! In maths we have been looking at number sequences. We … Read more
This week we have been finding out all about Paddington Bear. We have looked at his appearance, his personality and his feelings. We had a go at writing similes to describe him. We also created our own ‘Missing’ posters, trying to use as much information as possible. In maths we have been partitioning 2-digit numbers. … Read more
This week we have begun our London topic. We have thought of lots of interesting questions that we would like to find the answers to. We have been focusing, in particular, on non-fiction writing and we have created our own fact files about different London landmarks. We also looked at the River Thames and, in … Read more
Welcome back! We hope you’ve all had a lovely summer break. The children have been telling us all about their holidays and have enjoyed sharing their postcards. Well done to all the children who completed the summer reading challenge – prizes will be given out soon! To get us ready for another year of fantastic … Read more
In English we have been learning how to recognise the difference between questions, statements and commands. We have been reading the book Silly Billy by Anthony Browne. In the story Billy is worried about hats, shoes, big birds and clouds. We wrote in the first person as though we were a friend of Billy, asking … Read more
Gorilla books We have been considering non-fiction books. We read some information about gorillas and have made our own information books using our drawing skills to illustrate them with gorillas. We read the book, Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne in which four different people give an account of their visit to the park … Read more
Firstly I must congratulate all of the children for approaching their SATs in such a calm and sensible manner. Everyone worked hard, focused on the task in hand and tried their very best, which is all anyone could ask. Very well done Class two. After a series of busy mornings, we were able to enjoy … Read more
We have been learning how to recognise proper nouns and identify them in our reading. We have learnt that the verbs am, are and is are all forms of the verb be. They are in the present tense. We have continued to focus on books by Anthony Browne, this week we have used Willy the … Read more
