Class 2

Class 2 is a mixed Year 1 and Year 2 group with 29 children. The class is taught by Mrs Ati Charlesworth. Mr Andrew Hunt teaches the class on Friday afternoons. They are supported by teaching assistants Miss Jo Walker and Mrs Jo Cocking. Miss Jo Walker will also be covering for Mrs Charlesworth’s PPA on a Thursday afternoon.

If you ever need to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact ati.charlesworth@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk or ask to speak to Mrs Charlesworth via the school reception on 01579 350576.


  • MONDAY: Library afternoon
    Can you please ensure that your child bring their book bags in daily. Your children will be sent home with a book from the library to enjoy with you at home. These will be changed every Monday. Your child might also bring home books from our Accelerated Reader or Read Write Inc programs.
  • TUESDAY: 19/3/24
    Class 2 trip to Discovery 42 Science Exhibition in Bodmin.
    Children to be dropped off and collected from school at the normal time. Children should arrive at school in their usual school uniform. Please ensure that your child has a packed lunch and a water bottle in a rucksack.
  • WEDNESDAY:  NO Show and tell 
  • THURSDAY: PE
    PE day is on a Thursday. We ask that all children come into school in their PE kit. Our school PE kit is blue/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a plain white T-shirt.
  • FRIDAY:Share a book Friday
    Children can bring in one of their favorite books to share with their friends on Friday afternoon. They can also bring along a cuddly teddy or pillow to snuggle with. We ask that you sent the book and pillow/teddy/blanket in a separate bag so that we can store them safely until the afternoon.

Spelling

Spellings are assessed during our Literacy lessons and a week is given to learn them. Please see below the spellings to for the week beginning Monday 18th march 2024:

Year 1 Year 2
Set 3 sounds

Recap -air
fair, hair, chair, stair, air, lair

Learn -are
share, dare, scare, square, bare

Common Exception Words
find, floor, gold, grass, great, half

Click this link for a quick video to that clearly demonstrates how we learn and teach spelling using Read Write Inc.

 

Maths

This week, while Year 1s have started a new unit of work (Place Values up within 50), Year 2s have moved on to Shapes.

You can help them consolidate their learning by trying some of the suggested activities below.

Year 1

 

  1. Count up to 50 and then have a go at counting back from 50.
  2. Ask them to count resources indoors and outdoors to check none have got lost. They can make labels for containers to show how many there should be, using numerals and words.
  3. Sing the counting song by following the link below:
    https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/1301/b89eb617-b6ea-4c09-b9b6-a8336f5f555e
  4. Once the children are confident with the song, you could try singing the song missing out one number at a time. Then perhaps you could miss out every other number and sing 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and then 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and talk about odd numbers and even numbers.
  5. Play an online.
    Paint the Squares
Year 2
  1. Discuss the following statements with the children. Are the statements about shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?
    > If you put two squares together you get a rectangle.
    > 3-D shapes have more than four faces.
    > When you cut a square in half you get a triangle.
    > Four sided shapes are called squares.
    > Three sided shapes are called triangles.
    (Source: nrich)
  2. Extend their knowledge of 2-D shapes by singing your way through the different polygons in the link below:
    https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/2001/a433d3a2-49be-445c-b806-5520109f9312

 

Reading

In Class 2, we love our books! We ensure that we choose and share a variety of books every day in class. Further, every child is encouraged to access a selection of books related to our topic. To encourage this love of reading further at home, you could read and talk about the books they bring back home in their book bag. We change these books every Monday afternoon.

For the Year 2s who have access to Accelerated Reader leveled reading books, it is expected that your child is to read for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour per day. Accelerated reader quizzes can be accessed at home. Please click on the link below and then enter in your user name and password.

https://ukhosted106.renlearn.co.uk/2234772/default.aspx

If your child has forgotten login details: The username is the 1st letter of your child’s first name and the first 4 letters of their second name. Regarding their password, if they have forgotten that, please do email me so that I can confirm.


Here are some highlights of the learning in Class 2.

Last week, to set off our exploration of volume and capacity, we indulged in a very loud and messy lesson in potion making.

As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Class 1 and 2 got together on Friday for a special online session with  Axel Scheffler, who is most popularly known for his awesome illustrations of Julia Donaldson’s books. After the session, we got together to create our own creatures using some of the techniques we learned.


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