Class 2

Croeso i Dosbarth Dau

Welcome to Class Two

Year 1/2

Teacher: Mrs J Dash

TA: Mrs N Kenny

Useful information:

PE is on Thursday morning. Please ensure your child brings his/her kit. No trainers are needed this term.

Book bags need to be brought to school every single day. Inside your child's homework books you will also find copies of their Big Maths papers, Learn it's and their spelling list for this half term.

Your children have been issued with Purple Mash passwords and will sometimes be set homework in the 2do section.

Spring Term 2 - Wriggle and Crawl

This project has a science focus and teaches children about mini beasts and their habitats. At the heart of this project

children will learn to write poems using rhyme and learn additional skills in labelling and captions.

In the Innovate Stage children apply their skills and understanding by attending the Ugly Bug Ball.

In this project the children will learn:

•Important facts about the life cycles of mini beasts, and how mini beasts live in their habitats;

•How to use research skills to find information - using non-fiction books and the Internet;

•How to measure and collect information accurately.

As an introduction to the topic we were lucky enough to have a visit from the Zoolab. Take a look at some of the amazing creepy crawlies that we met!

Our Zoolab visit

Spring Term 1 - Pop up

This topic has a Design Technology focus and teaches children how to make cards and books with simple mechanisms. At the heart of this project children will retell and write about traditional fairy tales and will learn the additional skills of writing verbs and pronouns in their own writing.

In this project the children will learn:

• How to make joins, moving parts and mechanisms;

• How to describe and select appropriate materials for a task;

• How to design a product which is appropriate for the user;

• How to write a formal invitation.