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Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Weekly Update - 11.06.21
Mr Spence (t.spence) on: Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Hello Lime Tree Class!
It was great it was great to see everyone return to school with an excellent learning attitude this week and the pupils have produced some lovely work!
We have started our new seaside topic, looking at seasides around the UK and where they are on a map. We have had some great discussion about where the children in Lime Tree have been and it was nice to see such a variety of places!
We enjoyed our first week of work on our new class story “The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch” which our pupils enjoyed!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Spence
Weekly Update - 28.05.21
Mr Spence (t.spence) on: Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
The end of another fantastic week comes to a close!
Well done to all our pupils in Lime Tree Class for keeping up your excellent effort this week with your learning. I have been extremely please with the effort of reading at home this week and it is really beginning to show with the fluency and comprehension of reading in school.
In English we have been looking at the book 'Somebody swallowed Stanley'. We have talked at length about the hidden message in the story and about recycling plastic. Today we have made our own main characters for the story (See pictures below), and we have recycled them responsibly rather than let them find their way into the sea like in our story book!
Today we have had our 'Make the rules' day, organised by The Friends of Rufford Park. It has been fantastic to see everyone taking part in a sensible way and the pupils have really enjoyed a day of school with a few new rules!
I hope you all have a well earned rest over the half term period and that you will be eager and ready to go with our new Seaside topic when we return in June!
Mr Spence
Weekly Update - 21.05.21
Mr Spence (t.spence) on: Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Another great week in Lime Tree Class comes to an end! Well done to all pupils for their efforts this week. I have been extremely happy with everyone’s engagement in our new class book ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. It really has generated some excellent discussions in class and the children have shown a great understanding of some really mature subjects such as pollution and recycling. We have made some excellent posters in our English lessons to help persuade others to recycle and use less plastic!
In Maths we have continued to work hard with early forms of multiplication and division in Year 1, and Year 2 have moved onto measuring length using standard units of measure.
I have been pleased to see an improvement in reading at home this week and it would be great if this could continue in future weeks as it really does help with fluency and comprehension when the children read their books more than once.
Have a great weekend and a well-earned rest!
Mr Spence
Weekly Update - 14.05.21
Mr Spence (t.spence) on: Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
All our pupils should be proud of their super effort with reading this week! I have been so impressed with how many of our children have gone above and beyond the expected 3 times of reading at home in the week. This is really showing with the pupils reading and it would be great if we could keep this up!
In Maths we have been looking at position and direction in Year 2, and we have done some multiplication work and grouping in Year 1.
We have also come to the end of our work with our class story 'The Village of Round and Square Houses' which has generated some interesting discussions over the last two weeks. The children have shown great interest in both class books this half term and they have had some great questions about the different cultures within them.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Spence
Weekly Update - 07.05.21
Mr Spence (t.spence) on: Lime Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
This week the children in Lime Tree class have worked extremely hard in their lessons. Over the 4 days we have been in school, the children have produced some excellent work on our new class book 'The Village of Round and Square Houses'.
Year 1 have worked hard on the first stage of multiplication this week, completing arrays and repeated addition number sentences in both practical and more formal lessons. Year 2 have carried on with fractions. We have looked at 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 of shapes and quantities through a range of methods. I was so pleased with some of the homework we saw returned on this subject from last week!
We have also enjoyed learning about the the world's Oceans and Continents. Some excellent discussions came from our oceans lesson where we spoke briefly about the effects of climate change and how we can keep the ocean clean and safe.
Have a great weekend!
Mr Spence