Dear Parents,
We’ve had a fun-filled and productive week in Year 1/2 with lots of exciting learning happening across the curriculum!
📚 Literacy
We have continued reading Toys in Space by Mini Grey. Year 1 students wrote imaginative sentences about what the toys might see, hear and feel as they looked up at the sky. They also practised using the prefix ‘un-’ and created their own speech bubbles for the characters, including the word ‘if’.
Year 2 extended their learning by practising the conjunction ‘so that’ in their sentences – for example, “The robot has a key so that he can be wound up.” Both year groups also had lots of fun describing the toys using interesting adjectives!
➗ Maths
This week, we explored our Maths objectives through exciting tuff trays and craft activities. These hands-on experiences really helped the children to understand and enjoy their learning.
Year 1 Objectives
📌 Sum.1.2 – Count in 10s
📌 Sum.1.3 – Count in 5s
📌 Sum.1.4 – Recognise equal groups
📌 Sum.1.5 – Add equal groups
📌 Sum.1.6 – Make arrays
Year 2 Objectives
📌 Sum.1.4 – Find a half
📌 Sum.1.5 – Recognise a quarter
📌 Sum.1.6 – Find a quarter
📌 Sum.1.7 – Recognise a third
📌 Sum.1.8 – Find a third
If the Year 1 parents practised counting in 2s, 5s and 10s over the weekend with your child, it would be a great help. Practise makes perfect 🙂
🌍 IPC (International Primary Curriculum)
In IPC, the children turned into little adventurers! They made compasses, explored what pirates used to steal, and created both drawn and bird’s-eye view plans of familiar classroom objects. It was an exciting blend of geography, history and design. The highlight of the IPC lessons was definitely the birds eye plan drawing where we went outside and tried to be birds flying above the objects.
🎉 A Special Goodbye
On Thursday, we said a fond farewell to Ms Yun, our lovely trainee teacher. To celebrate her time with us, we had a special Easter-themed afternoon filled with crafts, mask-making, a goodie hunt, and even some playdough fun. The children had a fantastic time, and it was a lovely way to finish the week.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. Have a lovely weekend!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Sim
Have a fantastic weekend!