"The fruits of the Holy Spirit are: Love, Peace, Faithfulness, Joy, Goodness, Gentleness, Patience, Self-Control and Kindness"

 (Galatians 5, 22-23)

'Together, in the spirit of love and forgiveness, our family learns to grow with hope and joy'

    Ms Fleming, Mrs Charmer & Mrs Sarsfield (Year 1 & 2) 

Useful days

Communication: We will continue to use Class Dojo to keep in contact with parents/carers and update you on our learning journey. Class Dojo will also be used as a reward system.

PE: Emerald Class have PE on a MONDAY. Children should come into school in their uniform with their full PE kit in their pump bag.

Homework 

Spellings: Complete your weekly spelling pack and upload your sentences to your portfolio on Class Dojo. Spellings will be set on a Monday and will be tested on the Friday. 

Reading: Reading is encouraged every evening. Reading books from school are provided but, please also take advantage of both Oxford Reading Buddy and Bug Club online at home as well as enjoying your own books and reading for pleasure - your log in details for these have been stuck in at the back of your reading records. Please log all the reading that you do (outside of Bug Club or Oxford Reading Buddy) in your reading records and hand it in to Miss Fleming every day. All books that are sent home must be returned to school when you are finished with them. Reading Books are changed on a Friday.

Maths: Complete weekly My Maths homework.  

Times tables: Learn your times tables every night via Times Tables Rock Stars is also encouraged to help with number fluency which will, in turn, help your child make connections with other Maths problems that they encounter. 

Maths:                                                                                                   Science: 

OAK ACADEMY

Useful Links

WELCOME TO THE PARISH OF SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE       Serving the Catholic Communities of St. Edward and Holy Spirit

www.classdojo.com - while Class Dojo is now being used as a reward system in class, photos of our learning will continue to be uploaded onto our class timeline and important information and changes will be posted here.

www.mymaths.co.uk - this may be useful if you would like to practice your maths skills at home or could be used to support homework. If there is an area of maths your child struggles with, I am able to set lessons and activities to help you at home should you wish. 

www.ttrockstars.com - Use your personal log in to continue practising your times tables. Challenge your class mates or play against the clock to beat your own scores.

https://numbots.com/  - Use your personal log in to continue practising your addition and subtraction skills (TTRS log -in). Challenge your class mates or play against the clock to beat your own scores.

www.oxfordreadingbuddy.com Use your personal log in details to log into our online books bands. Explore a wide range of books tailored to our reading level and answer questions and quizzes.

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk – Use your personal login to access Reading and Science.

www.bbcbitesize.co.uk – The BBC Bitesize website is a great resource for all areas of the National Curriculum.

How to pronounce new words  This BBC website video explains what decoding is.

Oxford Owl Phonics Made Easy    This article (aimed at parents) explains how children learn to read using phonics and it also contains a useful phonics guide to show you how to make each of the sounds.

Poop Deck Pirates  Poop Deck Pirates is another great game for practising phonics.

Topmarks Phonics & Spelling  Topmarks contains lots of spelling activities. Practise your spellings here!

Maths    Nrich Maths     This website contains many challenging puzzles.

ICT- Coding      SCRATCH       Download Scratch from here.

Reading  

Are you looking for a new book to read? Why not try one of these?

Suggested reading list for Year 1 pupils in KS1 age 5-6

Suggested reading list for Year 2 pupils in KS1 age 6-7

Home Learning Pack

In the event that your child is self-isolating, please work through this learning pack - Year 1 or Year 2.  Please find the learning pack at the bottom of this page under 'Files to Download'. 
 

PLEASE USE OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD IF SELF ISOLATING
Each lesson delivered by a teacher with a pre-recorded video as well as quizzes, worksheets and creative activities. It’s all easy to use, there’s no login or password, you can access our lessons on any device, and pupils only need materials they can find at home.

We have looked at Oak National Academy in class- it is a great resource for catch-up revision work and daily lessons if your are well but at home.

YEAR 1
https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-1

YEAR 2
https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-2


We did a Maths 'Time' lesson - children are forever asking the Time- Is it breaktime? Is it lunchtime? Is it assembly? I have to say - I love children wearing an analogue watch (watch with hands) to learn the time - they pick it up so naturally - o'clock, half past, quarter past/to etc.