Animals and transport ๐Ÿš‚ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš—

This week we have been learning all about animal groups such as mammals, birds, amphibians, fish and reptiles and thinking about each groupโ€™s characteristics. Weโ€™ve also learned about animal diets and after an animal hunt in forest school, sorted animals into groups depending on if they are a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. We are starting to look at humans, naming different parts of the body and their function. Excitingly, we will be having a school trip linked to this during the last week of term – more info to follow very soon!

In our history last week we looked at how cars have changed since the first motorised cars. This week weโ€™ve looked at how trains have changed over time, learning about George Stephenson and โ€˜the rocketโ€™ steam train and comparing it to the modern โ€˜bulletโ€™ train! ๐Ÿš‚ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš—

Spellings week 27.6.25-4.7.25

Year 1

The prefix ‘un-‘ where the is no change to the root word

unhappy

undo

unload

unfair

unlock

unwrap

unzip

untidy

unwell

unkind

 

Year 2

Homophones and near homophones

be

bee

quite

quiet

bare

bear

one

won

son

sun

Spellings 20.6.25 – 27.6.25

Year 1

Consonant spelling ‘ph’ and ‘wh’

dolphin

alphabet

phonics

elephant

when

where

which

wheel

while

white

 

Year 2

Homophones and near homophones

there

their

they’re

here

hear

see

sea

to

too

two

Telling the time

This week weโ€™ve been busy learning to tell the time using an analogue clock. Weโ€™ve practised oโ€™clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Lots of the children have moved on to telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes and even saying what the time will be in 20 minutes, 25 minutes etc ๐Ÿ˜ƒโฐโŒš๏ธ

Spellings week 13.6.25-20.6.25

Year 1:

Vowel trigraph ‘ear’

dear

hear

beard

near

year

clear

fear

bear

wear

pear

 

Year 2:

Common exception words

any

many

clothes

water

pretty

Christmas

beautiful

busy

poor

kind

 

Types of transport in forest school

Last week we started our new topic all about travel and transport. We discussed the different types of transport that the children knew and which types of transport we use in different situations. The children then designed some different modes of transport using natural materials in forest school ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿš—๐Ÿšด๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธโœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿšข๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš€

Spellings week 6.6.25-13.6.25

Year 1 spellings:

The vowel trigraphs ‘air’ and ‘are’

air

fair

pair

hair

chair

bare

dare

care

share

scared

 

Year 2 spellings

Months of the year and time words

November

December

after

past

hour

half

minute

quarter

month

second

Flooding

In our geography work we have been busy learning all about different types of weather and the dangers that may come with them. We have spoken about heatwaves and droughts and the effects these can cause. We then learned about flooding, researching our local River Severn and discussing the effects on people and our environment that floods can have. We used a professional rain gauge to learn how scientists measure rainfall to predict flooding.

Spellings for 23.5.25 – 6.6.25

Year 1 spellings:

The vowel digraphs ‘aw’ and ‘au’

saw

draw

yawn

crawl

claw

author

August

dinosaur

astronaut

your

 

Year 2 spellings:

Contractions

can’t

didn’t

hasn’t

couldn’t

it’s

wouldn’t

shouldn’t

wasn’t

Mr

Mrs

Lambs!

We’ve all had such a wonderful afternoon playing with, feeding and cuddling lambs! Anya’s daddy very kindly brought two of their lambs in to visit us and told us all about how they care for the sheep, lambs and particularly the orphaned lambs on their farm. The children were able to have a go at bottle feeding the lambs and gave them lots of cuddles. Afterwards, we spoke about the importance of handwashing after touching animals. We are so lucky to have this opportunity and it’s lovely to find out more about our local community.