Orangutans- Year 1 & Year 2

Welcome to Orangutans!

Our grown ups

Mrs Brudzinski is our class teacher on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Mrs Tinsley is our class teacher on Thursdays and Fridays.

Mrs Morley is our class teaching assistant.

We are a mixed year 1 and 2 class! We have very positive attitudes towards learning and embrace new learning experiences and challenges! We never give up even when something can seem tricky, you will often hear us saying "we can't do it YET" or "just keep trying". We are very hardworking, and understand mistakes are part of learning. We work collaboratively when working in groups or with a partner; we love to share our learning, ideas and experiences with each other. Our grown ups like our lessons to be fun, enjoyable and interactive; they encourage us to immerse ourselves in our learning. They have high expectations for us and want us to achieve the best whilst being the best versions of ourselves we can be! We are kind, caring and thoughtful friends, looking out for one another and comforting each other if we are feeling sad or hurt.

Our topic this half term is...

In English our focus texts will be "The Queen's Knickers" and "The Princess and the Wizard".
Throughout the week we will have handwriting, grammar and spellings lessons. During Shared Reading lessons, we will be ocussing on fiction and non-fiction texts about food.

Year 1; This half term, our Maths learning will focus upon time, place value to 50, geometry (positional language) and measure (length and mass).

Year 2; This half term, our Maths learning will focus upon fractions, addition and subtraction to 100, geometry (shape) and measurement (capacity, mass, volume, length and height).

This half term, our Science learning will focus upon Plants.
Year 1s will specifically learn about the structure of plants and trees. We will have the opportunity to dissect a daffodil to look closely at the basic parts before drawing and labeling our own daffodil diagram. We will also be drawing and labeling a tree to identify their basic parts too. We will be planting our own sunflower seeds, observing how they grow and identifying the growth of the plants basic parts. During Science week we will be carrying out an investigation to find out what will happen to a white carnation flower when it is stood in coloured water. Year 2s will specifically learn about the lifecycle of healthy seeds and bulbs. We will be drawing a diagram of the lifecycle of a sunflower plant, labeling each stage with a description of what is happening. We will be planting bean seeds, investigating the importance of temperature in the growth of a bean to a plant. We will also be planting seeds and bulbs outside. We will be thinking about the importance of water and light in the germination process of seeds and bulbs to healthy plants.

We have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Children will need to come to school in their PE kit on Tuesdays and Fridays (unless there is a Forest School session on the Friday). Children should wear a white or green round neck t shirt, shorts or jogging bottoms and plimsolls or trainers. Long hair MUST be tied back. If possible, earrings should be removed however they can be covered with plasters or micro-pore tape if they are unable to be taken out.

Homework will be published on WEDUC every Friday. This will be a link to an activity on Education City or a spelling activity. The children need to complete this by the following Wednesday. They will receive a stamp on their Bear Hunt or Stick Man sheet for each piece of homework completed.

Your child's reading book will be changed once a week, every Friday. Please make sure your child brings their reading book into school every day. We expect children to read at home, and this to be recorded in their reading diary.

There are no Forest School sessions this half term.

Please bring wellies or a change of shoes to school in a carrier bag so that we can change into them outside before the session.

Trips ,Visitors and important dates

- 25th February- KS1 Marvellous Monarch's workshop. ( Queen Elizabeth focus)
- 26th February- Parent/ carer event. Safer internet use. (2:30pm in the school hall)

- 6th March- World Book day!
- WC 10th March- Science week.
- 10th March- Visit to the library.
- 10th March- Sublime Science workshop.
- 13th March- Parent/ carer event. Science lesson.

- 18th March- Author visit to school.
- 21st March- Visit to the allotment.
- 1st April- Parents evening (3:30pm-6:30pm)
- 3rd April- Parents evening (1:15pm-3:15pm)

- 4th April- Final day of school/ Easter fun day and Easter egg raffle.