Welcome to Netton Class
Autumn Term 1 2021
| Meet the Netton Team | |
| Mrs K Higham
Class Teacher – Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. |
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| Mrs E Thom
Class Teacher Thursday & Friday |
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| Miss C Sainsbury
Teaching Assistant Monday – Friday |
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| Mrs H Evison
Teaching Assistant Monday & Tuesday |
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Reach for the Stars! This term we will be exploring the wonderful world of space. We will be becoming astronauts, finding out about Mars and hopefully seeing some meteors! |
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| Topic overview | Class Newsletter | NASA for kids | Year 2 Reading Spine | 10 things to do in Year 2 |
| Online reading Collins BooksOxford Owl |
Phonics games Buried Treasure Sentence substitution – play with words to change a sentence.Picnic on Pluto |
Maths games Number sequencing and ordering to 100Mental Maths – addition and subtraction |
BBC Bitesize Earth & Space |
Oak academy |
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School Value |
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The whole school value we are thinking about this term is Thankfulness. Here are some ways you could help your child think about this important value: Share 3 things each day that you are thankful for Start a thankful diary Create a giving thanks jar |
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Netton have decided on their class rules and have all signed to agree to them.
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E-safety is important to us and we have talked about it in class and signed our rules to show we are all in agreement. |
Term 1 Week 1
Although it was a short week, we had a great time in Netton class getting to know each other and settling into our new classroom. We created and collaged little versions of ourselves, we shared interesting facts about each other and we wrote about all of the lovely things that we did over the summer holidays. We also launched our new topic and started to get excited about all of the wonderful and fascinating things that we will be learning about as we go through the term. The children have written all of the things that they would like to find out about Space and we will use these questions to guide our topic.
Here is a sneaky peek at our Space role play area.
As we go through the year it will be lovely to celebrate the children’s birthdays so we all made a birthday card so that on their birthday, they all have a super card from the Netton class made by their friends.
Please check here on Friday afternoons for an update on what the Netton Class have been up to that week.
Term 1 Week 2
We have had a great first full week in Netton class and we have really started to get our teeth into our topic, Space. This week we have been using the book ‘Look Up’ to start our journey into space and we have been learning about Mae Jemison, ask your child all about her! We then looked at what characteristics you would need to be an astronaut. The children used drama to explore the different roles in space travel and spent time sharing with us why they think they would make a good astronaut. They have enjoyed putting these skills into practise in the Space role play area.
As part of our SPAG learning we have been reminding ourselves what we use capital letters for and they enjoyed being the teacher to ‘mark’ some silly sentences.
In maths we have been recapping our Year 1 learning and playing lots of games to help get back in the swing of things. We have been exploring numbers to 100 as well as some 2D and 3D shapes.
This week we have been thinking about how to be safe online and we created our e-safety rules. We also used time in the ICT suite to research Mae Jemison and her life as an astronaut.
Today the children have brought home spellings. These will be tested each Friday and then new ones sent out. Please find fun ways to practise these, for example write them with paint, in sand, rainbow coloured letters, with bath crayons etc.
This week in Celebration Worship Daisy received the Class Cup and certificate and Bella received the certificate for resilience. Well done!
We hope that you have a lovely weekend and enjoy some snaps from the week below…
The Netton Team.
Term 1 Week 3
This week we learnt about how to write a letter. We explored lots of different letters and looked at how they are laid out. We were lucky enough to receive a poster from the NSA asking for applications to become astronauts. The children talked about why they would be great astronauts and then got to work planning their letters. They used their plans to help them write a rather brilliant final letter. We were focusing on remembering capital letters, full stops and using the words ‘and’ and ‘because’ to join sentences and ideas. Super job Netton Class!
In maths we were working hard to master counting forwards and backwards from any given number with numbers to 100! We also revisited 2D shapes and were discussing and describing their properties.
In RE we learnt the story of The Good Samaritan and we explored what we can learn from the story and why Jesus told this story. We used drama and hot seating to explore this story before re-enacting it in groups.
In Science we did a fascinating experiment to find out ‘How clean are our hands?’ The children put their hands on a piece of bread and will then observe any mould or changes that happen over the next week. Some hands had been washed with soap and water, some with hand gel and some not at all. It will be interesting to see the results! …
Please don’t forget to send the spelling books into school every Friday.
The Netton Team
Term 1 – Week 4
Well what an interesting week we had in Netton class. Firstly, the bread experiment to see how clean our hands were! It was fascinating, and slightly yucky, to observe this over time. We definitely learnt the impact of a good hand washing technique.
In Literacy this week we were learning about how to convert a vertical list, into using commas in a list when writing a sentence. We had a go at doing this with various lists such as a list of attributes that would make you a super astronaut. We also looked at labelling and why this is a handy skill to have. We looked at lots of non-fiction books to see great examples of labels. We then all had a go at designing our very own space suit with all of the mod cons, like built in Alexa and a juice dispenser. We then used our neat, clear and informative labelling skills to label our diagrams.
In maths we were continuing to unpick exactly what 2 digit numbers are made up of. We used number lines with missing numbers or completely blank ones to deepen our understanding of the numbers to 100. We also continued our exploration of 2D shape and we enjoyed using a range of resources to make and explore the properties of the shapes.
Let’s Celebrate
Star of the Week – Well done to Phoebe
Resilience award – Hettie
Well done both of you!
Term 1 – Week 6
Another fab week in Netton Class!
This week we learnt about the quilts of Gee’s Bend. We enjoyed making our own pictures in this style by using squares and rectangles of different sizes. They look great!
In English this week we were super busy. We started the week by writing our own newspaper articles reporting about the moon landings of 1969. Then we were discussing Mae Jemison and how she was so proud to be the first African American woman to become an astronaut. We then talked about what being proud means and we explored times that we have felt proud of ourselves. To finish the week we started to learn about the Meteor Shower that was due to appear over the weekend. The children then decided that a Meteor Shower party would be fun! So we planned our Meteor shower parties by writing a list of what we would need for the party and writing invitations to our friends and family to invite them to the party. We also came up with a bank of adjectives to describe the meteor shower.
In number this week we were working with multiples of 10 and exploring numbers using the greater than, less than or equal to symbols. We were practising using strategies to partition numbers into its tens and ones. In shape this week we revisited the 3D shapes that we know already and had a look at some new ones too. We sorted everyday objects from around the house into their shapes and went on a hunt around school for 3D shapes. We also had a go at problem solving with shapes and explaining our reasoning too.
In RE this week we revisited the story of the 5 Loaves and 2 Fishes and The Good Samaritan and looked at how kindness was showed in different ways. We then learnt about the Islamic story, Be My Guest and compared all of the messages being told in all 3 stories. We then had a class debate about whether the children thought that Abu Talha did the right thing by giving the guest all of his families food. It was interesting to learn about debates and how we all have differing views and that it is ok to disagree with each other and how to respect each other’s views.
Netton class were brilliant on our visit to the church to celebrate Harvest.
Let’s Celebrate
Maxwell – Star of the week
Well done Max!
Term 1 Week 7
Book Week! We had a fab book week which finished with a great dress up day!
In maths this week we were continuing our place value learning. We need to really get to know those numbers to 100, inside out and back to front, and understand what each number is made up of and where it sits in relation to other numbers. We have been revisiting number bonds to 10 and counting in 2’s 5’s 10’s and 3’s. In our shape learning this week we were comparing 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. We also were learning to solve problems involving shape and explaining the reasoning behind our answers.
For Book Week the whole school have been using the picture book, Journey, by Aaron Becker. This is a beautiful book to share and as it has no words it allows the imagination to go wild with it. We went on our own journey and collected interesting or special things along the way. We then put these items on to some wool to show our journey. In the book there is a magical crayon that when it draws that object comes to life. So we have been imagining having our own magical doorway and wondering where it may take us.
Continuing our theme of journeys, we also learnt about writing acrostic poems. So after we practised using our names we created a whole class poem using the word ‘adventure’. The children had fantastic ideas and after we had created it we then learnt it and put actions to it.
Let’s Celebrate
Resilience award – Ellicia
Netton Class cup – Isabella
