Welcome to Year 1 and 2 

We have an exciting year ahead where we will be learning and developing many new skills. 

Your child will learn phonics through Read Write Inc.

PE is on a Thursday. Please send your child into school with PE kit. 

Please provide your child with a suitable coat and footwear for Well and Wild Wednesday.  Children will also have access to outdoor learning on a daily basis. 

Key words will be assessed each week on a Thursday or Friday.

Reading books will go home on a Friday and need to be returned by Tuesday. 

Please provide your child with a healthy snack and a drink daily.

Children will swim in Tredegar Leisure Centre during the Spring term. 

Our Autumn term topic:  Amazing Me

Good Morning Year 1 and 2

Monday 30th April 

The start of a new week  

This week on Purple Mash:

Write an email to a friend telling them what you did last week i.e played in the garden, made things, practised spellings etc.  Remember to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.  Use RWI sounds to help you spell.

A topic last year was Beat, Band Boogie where we looked at creating our own music.  Maybe create music for Springtime. 

Use 2Explore and create music.  

Press record at the top of the page and choose different sounds/instruments to make a sequence of music. Press play to hear it back.  I look forward to listening to your music.

Time Tables Test

You have been practising your 2's, 5's and 10's times tables.

Complete the assigned tests and see how well you do! 

Mathletics: 

I will reassign or assign new activities on Mathletics.  So far we have practised multiplication and division and fractions.  I will check your progress. 

Daily to do's - 

• Keep reading each day - Use Oxford Owls for free ebooks. (StJosephsrc and Reading) Set it for your child's age and ability.

• Keep practising your Key Words, I'd love to know how you are getting on and what set you are now on. 

• Keep practising and rehearsing your Read Write Inc sounds.  

Have a good week.

I will speak to you all tomorrow. 

Stay safe. 

Good Morning Year 1 and 2 

Friday 27th March 2020

Last message of the week.

Key words test - keep practising!  Let me know how you get on.  

I'll check Mathletics too. 

Stay safe everyone.

See you Monday 

Good Morning Year 1 and 2 

(Thursday 26th March) 

Another beautiful sunny day 

Continue to complete 2Do on Purple Mash and the set activities on Mathletics. 

Also, practise your key words (maybe have spelling test on a Friday) 

Paint or draw a rainbow and put it in your window -

After every storm comes a rainbow. 

Please send us photos of your rainbows on Twitter @StJoseRC1 

Good Morning Year 1 and 2

(Wednesday 25th March) 

What a beautiful sunny day! 

I have enjoyed looking at your learning on Purple Mash and I am checking how you are doing on Mathletics too. 

Please use Oxford Owl for reading a range of books.  

Keep recapping and learning new Read Write Inc sounds.  Write words and sentences using the sounds.  

Good Morning Year 1 and 2

Tuesday 24th March 2020

I have scheduled new maths activities on Mathletics,

please complete by Thursday.

A 2Do has been set on Purple Mash - Write about Holy Week at Easter.  Choose 2 of the days - Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday or Good Friday. 

** Keep learning your key words and 2's, 5's and 10's times tables. 

Good Morning Year 1 and 2  - Week Beginning 23rd March 2020

I will:  (Please complete these by Thursday so I can check and comment) 

• Set Purple Mash 2Do's later on this morning
• Schedule Mathletics activities for your child to complete.

Today:

Please recap on your child's Read Write Inc sounds (they know which set they are on, use the RWI sheet provided in the pack) 

Children to say each pure sound, no 'uh' on the end.  Then make words using some of the sounds.  Encourage your child to sound out the words using 'fred talk' - t r ai n   sh i p   del i cious 

Also, practise counting in 2's up to 20, 5's up to 50 and 10's up to 100.  Count forwards and back and then ask them - 2 x 2 (2 lots of 2) 5 x 10 (5 lots of 10) 

Year 1 - focus on 2's and 10's

Year 2 - focus on 2's, 5's and 10's

Many Thanks

(Please check Twitter for any updates) 

Home /  School Learning 

During this time, we encourage you to follow our school on Twitter @StJoseRC1 

You will find out any updates and links to home learning. 

I will also post on this class page any home learning / activities you can do with your child.  

Please access:

• Purple Mash - I will set 2Do's for the children to complete. 
• Mathletics - I will set maths tasks for the children to complete.  
• Oxford Owls - free ebooks for your child to read

I will keep you posted

Thank you for your continued support. 

Croeso / Welcome 

Welcome to Year 1 and 2.

I hope you all had a nice summer holidays.  We are looking forward to an exciting year ahead.  

You can provide your with a healthy snack each day (fruit) and water in a reusable bottle.  

PE - Monday 

Please provide your child with a white t-shirt and black shorts.  This can left in school on your child's peg.  

Swimming - Year 1 and 2 will swim together this year in the Spring term - January - February.  It will continue to be on a Tuesday.  

Reading books - will be changed and go home each Friday (we will let you know if this changes)  Please return books to school by the Thursday.

Key words - Your child will continue to come home with a set of key words to practise.  Please encourage your child to learn these in a variety of fun ways.  Miss Pearce will work on the key words with your child.  These will also be checked every Friday in class. 

If you would like to speak to us, please make an appointment at the Office. 

The Enchanted Woodland 

'If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise!'

Our topic this half term is The Enchanted Woodland.

We are beginning our topic by taking a walk in the woodland areas surrounding Tredegar and on to Parc Bryn Bach.