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6 years ago
Posted on 20th Apr 2020 by

School Update- Monday 20th April

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you all had a good Easter, despite the strange times we are living in at the moment.

I would love nothing more than to be writing to tell you of a reopening date, but alas, we are again bound by the rules of the Government in an extended lock down.

We are all hopeful that we will at some point return this academic year and really hope that we do, so that our Year 6 children can say their goodbyes, so that our new Reception children can get a taster of next year and of course so all of our other children can meet their new teacher and get to see their new classroom for next year. Fingers crossed…

I am very proud of all of the Newdale teams and how they have responded during this very difficult time. There is so much work going on behind the scenes and everyone is playing their part. The admin team have been battling with all sorts of issues around ordering vouchers and sorting out codes, the Pastoral team making sure all of our families are safe, our teaching team doing all they can to support online learning at home and the teaching assistant team volunteering and doing lots of preparation for this term and beyond.

We have and continue to remain open to the children of key workers. We were open all over Easter including Good Friday and Easter Monday, as we wanted to support the national drive to keep our key workers in work. The volunteers in school have been amazing. Despite anxiety around infection and the difficulties in social distancing with children, they are coming in and offering the best childcare possible in our hub. As ever, if you feel you qualify for provision then please email school or give us a ring (details on the website). If you have concerns about your children at home then we might be able to help with advice or signpost you to support, so please do get in touch.

I am trying really hard to see the positives and am very thankful that the weather has been very kind to us during this time. I am hoping children can get outside in gardens and enjoy their exercise sessions each day: I know I am!

I will update you when we know more, but in the meantime we thank you for your support with home online learning. It really will make a difference to the children when they finally return to us.

Kind regards and stay safe…

Miss Cook

 

6 years ago
Posted on 19th Apr 2020 by

Year 2 Home Learning Monday 20th April

Hello Year 2!

We hope you have had a wonderful Easter and you are ready to continue your home learning this week.

Spellings – the spelling rule for this week is adding -es to words ending with a y.  We have set you the Purple Mash quiz to complete and your spellings can be found here.

Spellings adding es

Literacy – Your literacy task is to create your own superhero story.  This can be found on Purple Mash in the 2do section.  Use your superhero powers to fly over there now and find it! 😂

Maths – we will be continuing to use the White Rose materials to help with your home learning for Maths.  Today is about finding three quarters of a quantity (and will help you to recap what you learnt about fractions before Easter!)  The video you need can be found here

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

And the worksheet to be completed is here.

Find Three Quarters

Times Tables Rockstars – Don’t forget to practise your x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables.  Miss Horler and Miss Rouse are ready to set challenges on TTRS.  For your login details look in your blue homelink book or email your class teacher.

Afternoon activities – As a school, we will now be doing themed weeks for your afternoon activities.  This week’s theme is Art, please see ideas below.

When you complete an art activity please upload them to the Year 2 homework blog for us to see.

Just a quick reminder, if you do have any questions or you would like to contact your teacher to share any news then you can do this by logging on to 2email on Purple Mash.

 

We are looking forward to seeing your work,

From Miss Newport and Miss Jones.

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6 years ago
Posted on 09th Apr 2020 by

Spring sunshine

Today we went on a lovely nature walk. Mrs Perkins made some fantastic envelopes so that we could collect our findings. We spotted a mouse taking cover in the roots of the hedgerow, looked at how Holly leaves are not all the same and also discovered lichen on the trees. After all our exploring, we chilled out by making daisy chains.

In the afternoon, we made our own playdough and played outside! Well done Harry and Jack for making school really enjoyable!

 

6 years ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2020 by

Year 2 Home Learning – Friday 3rd April 2020

Hello Year 2!

Here are some activity ideas for you to complete today:

We would usually  do our spelling test today in school so ask an adult to do this for you at home.  You could then email your score to your teacher!

For your last lesson on fractions we would like you to complete the work on equivalence of a half and two quarters.  The video to watch can be found here: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ and the worksheet to complete is here:

Maths – Friday 3rd April

Today’s literacy activity is a reading one.

First of all read this eBook called The Bear Who Came To Babysit

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/the-bear-who-came-to-babysit-ebook-t-e-2548928

(If you cannot access the Ebook from the link above then the text can be read here) The Bear who came to babysit

Then use the text to help you to answer these questions.  If you don’t have a printer you could write the answers out on a piece of paper or in your homework book.

questions

Finally, on Purple Mash we have set you a 2do about your ambition.  What is your ambition? What would you like to achieve?

We have also set some Times Tables games for you to play on Purple Mash.  Or you could challenge Miss Rouse or Mrs Horler to a times tables battle on Times Tables Rock Stars. I wonder who will win?

Please keep up your hard work for one more day – it is the Easter Holidays soon!

We hop you have a wonderful day,

Miss Newport and Miss Jones 😊

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6 years ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2020 by

Value of the Month- April

Our value of the month for April is Freedom

What is Freedom?

  • Rights and responsibilities
  • Self-expression
  • Freedom of speech

Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:

  • Together, talk about people in history who were being ruled by someone else and wanted freedom, e.g. Moses and the Israelites, slaves in the US before the Civil War; Hanukkah; Nelson Mandela.
  • Discuss with your child about historical slavery and modern day human trafficking.
  • Discuss with your child about the Syria Refugee Crisis.
  • Different Rules of Law around the world. Discuss with your child democracy in Britain and how this may be different from countries around the world.
  • Freedom of self- expression. Discuss with your child the importance of their identity and being able to express themselves. Explain that people living in Britain are able to express themselves how they choose; as long as it doesn’t break the law (Individual Liberty).
  • Discuss inner freedom– having positive thoughts. What does inner freedom feel like? When do you feel most free? What kinds of thoughts make you feel free? Constrained?

 

6 years ago
Posted on 01st Apr 2020 by

Year 2 Home Learning Thursday 2nd April

Happy Thursday! Here are some activity ideas for you to complete today:

For spellings we would like you to create a word rainbow! Write your spellings out in as many different colours as you can.  Share your pictures on the blog!

Well done for all of your hard work on fractions this week.  We have enjoyed seeing your Maths blog posts – please keep them coming! Today’s White Rose lesson is about non-unit fractions.  The video to watch can be found here: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ and the worksheet to complete is here:

Thursday – Non-unit fractions

Today’s literacy activity is an adverb quiz found on purple mash.  Remember that an adverb is used to describe a verb ( a doing word).  For example, She quickly ran to see what was making the strange noise, the baby cried loudly when he woke up.  As an extension activity, could you write your own sentences with adverbs in them?

And finally, we would like you to make an Easter poster or poem.  This activity can also be found on Purple Mash.

Keep up the hard work everyone, we are very proud of you all!

Miss Newport and Miss Jones 😊