Hello families,
Welcome to the P2B Bouncing Bunnies Blog for Friday 11th of October, and to the half term holiday.
Timetables, Dates and Reminders
- PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Our next loose parts session is on Tuesday 29th October.
- Our following Loose Parts session is on Wednesday 6th November.
- Miss Kelly takes the class on Wednesdays.
- We have a short show and tell session on Tuesdays focused on achievements and souvenirs of special experiences.
- Your child needs a spare change of clothes in school in case of spills or getting caught in the rain etc. If your child is wearing these home one day can we have a replacement the next day.
- We have a rotating list of class responsibilities each week. One of these is our librarian. The Librarian looks after our class reading corner and will bring in from home, or choose from the class library, a favourite book for Mr Bennett to read on Fridays.
- Our shared area is always in need of clean and dry cardboard boxes etc for junk modelling. Skip the recycling and bring yours in (no packaging from dairy products or nut products for the safety of those area users with allergies please.)
- Reading books come home on a Friday as a way for the children to showcase their learning to you, not as homework. Please return these on Mondays. We do not send reading books home during school holidays primarily to allow your child time to read for pleasure.
- Purple Folders: These need to come to school daily as there are often items of paperwork that may be damaged in a standard bag.
- The children resume from the October break on Tuesday October 22nd.
Literacy
Our class sound focus this week was on oi and oy as in boil and toy. We have also revised igh and ai, as in light and ai. Some of our learners found sorting these two a little tricky still.
You are of course welcome to extend the learning at home, but it is a holiday and all the stimulating fun the children have is always of use in school.
Science
We have continued our new topic of Sun, Moon and Stars this week. On Monday we took our phases of the moon knowledge outside to see which ones we knew. Then yesterday we looked at star facts and painted constellations real, imaginary and of our initial.
Maths and Numeracy
We have been looking at place value this week supported by our spinning giant hundred square. Place value is talking about tens and ones (or units), then later on adding hundreds, thousands etc.
Play
Mr Bennett (with some help from Ms Cross), totally revamped the P2 classroom this week to create more defined play spaces in the wake of our big block arrival. The children have certainly made good use of it.
The Mr Bennett Bit
It was amazing seeing the children take to the new layout this week. They really engaged with the new options and they were so excited to see it with Miss Kelly on Wednesday. I have taken their comments on board and will be tweaking the layout a bit more before they are back in.
Over to you! Have a great half term Bunnies and families.
Mr Bennett.
Buckstone Primary School 