Welcome to Class 9!
In Class 9, we are a fabulous group of 26 children and lovely adults.
Our teacher is called Mrs Finney.
We have Miss Woolly supporting us in lessons.
The children in Class 9 have already shown me what great readers they are. Please could you try and make sure your reading record and reading book is in school every day.
Reading regularly at home also means rewards. This year, we are aiming for 100% reading in our class. If we have 3 weeks at 100%, we get a whole class reward.
Children will need to bring their Little Wandle book back every Thursday so that these can be changed.
We also have our wonderful reading spine books to take home. We swap these over a two week period. We like to share these books with adults at home.
Maths homework will be set on a fortnightly basis. Tasks will be set based on the learning you have been doing with your maths teacher. IWe also use TT Rockstars which helps support our understanding of times tables. Maths homework is set on Doodle Learning and your child’s log in is available in their Reading Diary.
Spellings will be given every Friday and tested the following week. Remember to practise them every day.
Our year group email is: THPYear2@nclt.ac.uk
PE
Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays.
(Please make sure your PE kit is in a drawstring bag. Please make sure the PE kit consists of a plain white T-Shirt, black shorts, pumps/trainers and a tracksuit for outside PE. If your child’s ears are pierced, please bring ear tape. Long hair should also be tied up for our PE lessons.
This half term we will be doing the topic ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. We will be focusing our learning on the work of the inspirational author Nick Butterworth and using his illustrations as inspiration for our art work. We have lots of exciting opportunities planned, and we will be having a visit in from a mobile zoo and creating our own creatures from recycled materials.
Useful Resources and Games
Here are some useful resources and games that can help with learning.
Spelling game – Little Birds
I love this one – choose the year group and then chose the spellings that you would like to practise.
Hit the Button
Versatile maths game – practice doubles, halves, number bonds and times tables.
Save the Whale
Number bonds to 10 – such a useful set of facts to know. We use them for so many parts of our maths. Practice them with this lovely game.
Coconut ordering
Good number ordering game.
Mental maths train
We have been doing lots of work on mental maths strategies in class – have a go by choosing the operation on the train.
Daily 10
A mental maths game. Choose level 1 or 2.
Teaching clock
This is the clock that we have been using in class
Poetry online
Some wonderful poems, read aloud – really worth a look.
Days of the week
Learn the order and spelling of days of the week.
Dinosaur eggs phonics game
High frequency words reading and spelling
Place value sharks
Practice your place value here.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Practice time – year ones work on level 1 for now.
Big Brown Bear
In year 1 we start learning about suffixes and in year 2 we learn about their spelling rules. Here is a nice game to start to understand that suffixes only make sense on some words. Build the jigsaws.
100 square splat
This is the 100 square that we use in class a lot. Its so useful for understanding 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less, multiples of 10 and counting in 2s or 5s.
Gaitor More or Less
Struggling with more or less? Here is the Gaitor song to help remember that the alligator’s mouth always opens to the largest number.
