Category Archives: Penhaligon

We now call units ones. We would write T O rather than T U.

The children are brilliant at this method ask them to show you.

This week we had some special visitors from Brazil in our class. The children were able to ask them lots of questions about life in Brazil. Thank you to Mrs Veryan and Mr Timms for arranging the visit.

We enjoyed Zumba with Lucy and multi-skills with Richard Lander pupils.

We are making excellent progress in our recorder sessions.

We wore sporty clothes as part of National Sports week. Go Team Penhaligon!

Penhaligon Newsletter 30.6.17

This week in our Literacy we have continued with our Non-Chronological reports about Brazil. The children have been great at finding interesting facts on the computers.  In Maths this week we have been using column addition to solve calculations. (Please see below)

Home Learning

For Home Learning this week I would like the children to complete the reading comprehension provided. Please note some comprehensions have more than one side of questions.

Support tips:

• Encourage your child to underline key information when reading the text.
• Encourage your child to write the answers in full sentences.

For extra home learning this week practise your column addition at home.

Spellings this week are linked to our Phonics learning on prefixes/suffixes.

Spellings Group 1- kindness, happiness, careless, endless, payment, enjoyment, want, was, swan, swap.

Spellings Group 2- dizziness, laziness, breathless, painless, movement, amazement, wash, wander, wallet, waffles.

Times tables- Next week we will be practising the multiplication/division facts for the 5 x table.

Recorder

If the children have their own recorders remember to bring them in on Monday. A letter is coming home next week about recorder lessons in September.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Laity and the Penhaligon Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Dates

Friday 7^th July- Own clothes day. Children to bring in a donation of wrapped sweets for the Summer Fayre. (No nuts please)

Wednesday 12^th July- Paradise park trip

Thursday 13^th July- Year 2 assembly and open afternoon 2pm start (Parents/carers welcome to come and watch assembly and come to share the children’s learning for the afternoon)

In Maths this week we have been practising finding the difference on a number line. Some children really enjoyed this method and I’m sure they would love to teach their families how to do it. In Literacy we have been learning how to write Chronological reports and how to use sub headings. In our Design and Technology this week we designed are own flags. With Mrs Davis we created our own masks.

Home Learning

For Home Learning this week I would like the children to complete the place value colouring activity. Please feel free to change the colours.

Support tips:

• Encourage your child to solve the calculation first and then to colour it in on the hundred square.
• Some children might prefer to solve all of the calculations first and then to start colouring them in.

Spellings this week are linked to our Phonics learning on prefixes/suffixes and some common exception words for year 2.

Spellings Group 1- wishes, foxes, unkind, uncover, dislike, bigger, biggest, slower, slowest nicest.

Spellings Group 2- princesses, guesses, disappear, invisible, happiest, funniest, even, everybody, half, again.

Times tables- Next week we will be practising the multiplication/division facts for the 2 x table.

Recorder

If the children have their own recorders remember to bring them in.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Laity and the Penhaligon Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Dates

Week beginning Monday 26^th June- National sports week. Children will need their PE kits in school every day.

Wednesday 12th July- KS1 Trip to Paradise Park

Thursday 13^th July- Year 2 assembly and open afternoon 2pm start (Parents/carers welcome to come and watch assembly and come to share the children’s learning for the afternoon)

This week as part of our measurement learning we made scones. Delicious !

Penhaligon Newsletter 16.6.17

This week we have continued our learning on Brazil. We have been learning about Mass in Maths and enjoyed weighing ingredients to make scones with Mrs Axon. In Literacy we have started to learn about the footballer Pele.

Home Learning

For Home Learning this week I would like the children to find and record at least three facts about Brazil. For extra home learning this week make your own poster all about Brazil.

Support tips:

• Use the search engine safe search kids to search online. We have been using this search engine in class and the children have a very good understanding of how to stay safe online.
• Encourage your child to read their writing back to spot their own mistakes. Have they used capital letters? Is their handwriting sitting on the lines? Have they remembered to join their handwriting?

Spellings Group 1- door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, climb.

Spellings Group 2-  be, bee, blue, blew, knight, night, door, poor, floor, because.

Times tables-  Next week we will be practising the multiplication/division facts for the 10 x table.

Recorder

If the children have their own recorders remember to bring them in on Mondays.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Laity and the Penhaligon Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Dates

Monday 19^th June- Class Photos

Thursday 13^th July- Year 2 assembly and open afternoon 2pm start (Parents/carers welcome to come and watch assembly and come to share the children’s learning for the afternoon)

Penhaligon Newsletter 9.6.17

This week we have started our new topic which is based on Brazil. We are learning to read Music in our recorder sessions and have started to think about changes in our SEAL learning. With Mrs Davis we have been learning about Brazil and Geography.

Home Learning and Reading

For Home Learning this week I would like children to try to answer the different measurement questions. Please feel free to adapt if needed.

Spellings Group 1- here, hear, one, won, sun, son, be, bee, knight, night.

Spellings Group 2- there, their, here, hear, quite, quiet, one, won, sun, son.

Times tables-  Next week we will be practising the multiplication/division facts for the 5x tables.

Please ensure you are reading with your child as often as possible. The children need to be practising their reading at home to ensure that they continue to build their fluency and develop their understanding. Please initial their reading record when you have read with them.

Recorder

If the children have their own recorders remember to bring them in on Mondays.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Laity and the Penhaligon Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Dates

Monday 19^th June- Class Photos

Thursday 13^th July- Year 2 assembly and open afternoon 2pm start (Parents/carers welcome to come and watch assembly and come to share the children’s learning for the afternoon)

Penhaligon Newsletter 25.5.17

This week we have been finishing our instructions learning and practised our multiplication. In Science we labelled the parts of a plant with Mrs Davis. A big thank you for everyone who came to support Sports day. The children were brilliant and everyone had an excellent afternoon.

Home Learning and Reading

For home learning over the holidays I would like the children to research the colours of the Brazilian flag and to colour in the template of the flag. For an extra challenge why not research the phrase ‘ordem e progresso’ and find out what it means.

Spellings Group 1- cry, all brother, key, want, worm, can’t, didn’t, see, sea.

Spellings Group 2- reply, always, monkey, watch, towards, television, treasure, happiness, national, station.

Times tables- The week beginning the 5^th June we will be practising the 2x and learning the multiplication and division facts.

Please ensure you are reading with your child as often as possible. The children need to be practising their reading at home to ensure that they continue to build their fluency and develop their understanding. Please initial their reading record when you have read with them.

Recorder

Recorder sessions with Mrs Whatley will continue on Monday afternoons after half term. If the children have their own recorders remember to bring them in on Mondays.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Laity and the Penhaligon Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Dates

Friday 25^th May- Inset day. School closed to pupils.

Monday 29^th May- Friday 2^nd June- Half term

Monday 5^th June- First day back

Thursday 13^th July- Year 2 assembly and open afternoon 2pm start (Parents/carers welcome to come and watch assembly and come to share the children’s learning for the afternoon)