Welcome to Year Two's blog. 

It's the end of another busy week!

What we have been doing this week

This week, the focus of our literacy learning has been based around the story 'The Day the Crayons Quit' which you can read here. On Monday, the children came into the classroom to find that their chairs had all gone on strike and left!. Thankfully, they managed to convince the chairs to come back. The children have been writing about 'The Day the Crayons Quit' using contractions, conjunctions and exclamation sentences. (Take a look at the overview here.)

In maths we have been learning about multiplication. The children have been learning about the multiplication symbol and adding equal groups. (Find out more about their learning here.)

In our Design and Technology sessions we have been learning to be 'Brilliant Chefs' - learning about healthy eating, learning food preparation skills and planning our own healthy sandwiches. (Find out more here.)

What we are learning next week

In maths, we will continue to learn about multiplication. We will be recognising and using arrays to multiply, and beginning to learn our 2, 5 and 10 x multiplication facts.

In literacy, we will be writing letters from the perspective of a classroom object, in the style of 'The Day the Crayons Quit', using the skills we have developed over the two weeks.

In our Design and Technology sessions, we will be 'Brilliant Chefs' once more, making our sandwiches and designing the packaging.

Wow Work

They've done it again!  Well done Woodpeckers for topping the  Doodle charts again. But, excitingly, the Squirrels have topped the reading chart this week, so both classes have earned extra playtime.

The Year Two children are being 'Brilliant Chefs' for the next two weeks, honing their design and technology skills to plan and make a healthy sandwich.

This week they have been learning about healthy eating, and practicing their food preparation skills. The children have been learning safe techniques to peel and grate, and to spread butter evenly and carefully.

The children have also been learning safe techniques to chop and slice, as you can see in the photos below.

Welcome to this week's Year One blog. 

What we have been doing this week

This week in literacy, the children have been learning about and writing both acrostic and list poems.

In maths, we have been partitioning 2 digit numbers within 20 into tens and ones using both concrete and pictorial resources. This has included using diennes and part, part whole models to represent our numbers.

This week we have been focusing on wellbeing and reinforcing our class charters. 

What we are learning next week

Next week in literacy, we will be reading 'Man on the Moon'. We are going to use this book to create questions to ask Bob (a character in our story) about what life in space is like.  We will then write responses to these questions. We are also going to learn about the suffix 's'. 

In maths, we will be finding one more and one less than numbers to 20. We will also be comparing and ordering numbers. Please see more information by looking at our knowledge and skills organiser.

In history this week we will be looking at historically significant people and we will be focusing on space.

Wow Work

At the bottom of the page you will be able to see the fantastic work the children have produced this week. Well done Year One!

The Otters have an extra play this week for their amazing efforts on Doodle Maths, well done Otters!

The Frogs have an extra play this week for their amazing efforts reading, Well done Frogs!

Welcome to Year Two's blog. 

Happy New Year everybody. Although it has been a short week, we have packed a lot in and had an exciting start to 2022!

What we have been doing this week

This week, the focus of both our literacy and maths has been 'Professor Puffendorf's Secret Potions'. You can read the story here. The children have been following instructions to make potions and devising their own potions, writing their own instruction. In maths lessons, the children have been carefully measuring using measuring cylinders to make their potions.

What we are learning next week

In maths, we will begin to learn about multiplication and division. You can see what we will be doing over the next couple of weeks by taking a look at the knowledge organiser. We will be focussing on learning the 2x, 5x and 10x multiplication facts, so any help practicing these at home would be very welcome!

In our writing lessons next week we are going to be reading 'The Day the Crayons Quit' (You can read it here). The children will become immersed in the story, reading and writing letters from crayons and other classroom objects! We will also be recapping on exclamation sentences, contractions and conjunctions

Next week, we will be chefs. The children will be planning, making and evaluating their own sandwiches. Find out more by reading the knowledge organiser here.

Wow Work

They've done it again!  Well done Woodpeckers for topping the Reading and Doodle charts again.

Children are just starting to get back into the habit of reading 3 times a week after the Christmas holiday. The Woodpeckers and the Foxes have tied, with 10 children in each class reading 3 times this week.

As the term came to an end today the sky was filled with flurries of snow (only directly over Upton Infant School though!).

We would like to thank all our children and families for their support in this first term and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

This morning, our children kicked off the day with an Olympic champion.

Following last week's fantastic sponsored Festive Fun Run, our top three fund raisers went with Mr Churchill to open the new Aldi store.

Kate French, gold medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics, cut the ribbon and then followed up with a 'virtual assembly' at school where the children got the chance to ask her questions. You can see Kate French crossing the finish line here.

Welcome to Year Two's blog. 

It's been a busy week at school as we head towards Christmas.

What we have been doing this week

This week in literacy, the children have written their 'Superhero Writing' to show what they have learned over the last couple of weeks whilst we have been looking at the story of 'The River'.

In maths, we completed our work on money. Children have been finding and adding to make totals.

In science we completed our work on materials, with the children planning and carrying out their own investigation into waterproofing. 

What we are learning next week

In maths, we will be doing some Christmas - themed 'elf maths' each day next week. The children will be carrying out problem solving activities involving the four operations.

In our writing lessons next week we are going to be reading and writing Winter poems.

Next week, we will be honing our singing skills in readiness for our Christmas singing after school on Wednesday. We will also be doing some seasonal art activities.

There are no new spellings to learn for next week.

Wow Work

They've done it again!  Well done Woodpeckers for topping the Reading and Doodle charts again.

Today the children took part in their sponsored festive fun run. It was a cold and crisp day, perfect for running laps around the school. They looked very festive in their Christmassy running outfits.

The children's laps and total distance was recorded, and each child will be bringing home a certificate to show how far they ran.

Sponsorship money is still coming into school, but the total raised so far is £1500.

Well done children for your super running and fund raising, and thank you to our families for your generous sponsorship.

Since the beginning of December, cheeky little elves have been spotted all around Upton Infant School. They seem to be getting into a lot of mischief wherever they go...

The Year Two children have been learning about materials in science over the last couple of weeks. Today, they heard the story of the Little Pigs and the Gingerbread Man and helped the pigs to investigate the best material to use to make the Gingerbread Man an umbrella to stop him getting soggy.