Welcome to Seal Class

We are so excited for a fantastic year ahead with Seal Class.

On this page you will find weekly updates about what the children are learning in literacy, maths and phonics so you can support at home.  Our termly curriculum maps provide an outline of what the children will learn across all subjects.  More detailed information for a particular subject can be found in the curriculum area of the website.

Our PE days this term will be Wednesdays and Fridays. Please make sure all your child’s clothes are clearly named.

If you need to catch up with us about anything we are available before or after school or you can email the office to arrange a time to meet.

We are also setting up a "nature table" in the classroom, any signs of autumn such as conkers, autumn leaves etc would be gratefully received!

We are hoping Orlando the reading owl will be flying to Seal class on a regular basis - please help by hearing you child read 5 times a week.

Mrs Marriott ( Monday and Tuesday)  and Mrs Macgregor (Wednesday to Friday)

Our lovely teaching assistants are Mrs Course and Mrs Course!

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In Year 1 this week:

Week beginning 30th January

Phonics

In Phonics we are looking at the sound 's' sound. This includes:

'se' - mouse, house, goose, horse

'ce' - Alice, bounce, fence, force, mince

'c' - acid, city, cellar

'sc' - scene, scissors, science

Maths

In Maths we are looking at:

- First, then, and now stories for addition equations.

- First, then and now stories for subtractions equations.

Literacy

In Literacy we are still focusing on the book 'Hermelin' and will be continuing to look at:

- Writing a letter using sequential language.

Week beginning 23rd January

Phonics

In Phonics we are recapping the sound 'ou'. We are also looking at the sound 's'. This includes:

'ou' - cloud, house, soup, route, double, trouble

's' - cats, sing, sink, stick

'ss' - dress, gossip, kiss, miss

'st' - bristle, whistle, thistle, listen

Maths

In Maths we are looking at:

- Partitioning a whole into two parts and writing the matching subtraction equations.

- Making addition and subtraction stories and writing the matching equations

Literacy

In Literacy we are still focusing on the book 'Hermelin' and will be looking at:

- Analysing the text

- Describing an object using a noun phrase.

- Writing a letter using sequential language.

Week beginning 16th January

Phonics

In Phonics we are looking at spelling words with the 'u' sound and recapping the 'oo' sound.

This includes:
- Looking at the differences between 'oo' and 'oo', e.g. book, and moon.

- 'u', but, cup, luck, run, mug

- 'o', come, mother, other, some, love

- 'ou', double, touch, trouble, young

Maths

In Maths we are looking at:

- Adding to parts together to find the whole (5+2=?)

- Writing equations (4+3=7)

- Finding the missing addend in an equation e.g. (3+?=5)

- Adding 3 parts to find the whole e.g. (3+1+4=?)

Literacy

In Literacy we are still focusing on the book 'Hermelin' and will be looking at:

-Sequencing the story

- Matching up the characters to the items that belong to them 

- Using adjectives to describe a character in the book

- Using sequential language e.g. (first, next, then, finally)

In Year 2 this week

Week beginning 30th January

In Literacy we will be looking at instruction writing and discussing the layout and structure of instructions. 

In Phonics we will be learning different ways of spelling the /n/ sound -  n as in nail, ne as in gone, nn as in dinner, kn as in knee and gn as in gnat. 

In Maths we will be continuing to learn about multiplication. We will begin to learn times tables and it is important the children are able to count in tens, fives and twos.

In our mental maths we will focussing on teen numbers and thinking of them as 'ten and a bit'. 

Week beginning 23rd January

In Literacy we will be writing our own story based on 'The Bog Baby' with a different creature in a differnt setting. 

In Phonics we will be learning more ways of spelling the /oe/ sound -  oe as in toe,  o as in over and ough as in though. 

In Maths we will be beginning to learn about multiplication and introducing the X symbol.

In our mental maths we will re-capping the strategies we have learnt and choosing the most appropriate strategy to solve a calculation.

Week beginning 16th January

In Literacy we will be continuing analysing the structure of the story The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. We will beging to plan our own story about finding an unusual creature in a different setting

In Phonics we will be beginning to learn different ways of spelling the /oe/ sound - o-e as in home,  ow as in grow and oa as in boat. 

In Maths we will be subtracting with two 2-digit numbers that cross a tens boundary. We will learn this as a three stage process. First partition the second number into tens and ones. Then subtract the tens. Then subtract the ones. E.g. 56 - 27. First partition 27 into 20 and 7. Then subtract the tens, 56 - 20 = 36. Then subtract the ones, 36 - 7 = 29.

In our mental maths we will learning about the '7 tree' and the '9 square'. This gives the children a visual image of the number 7 and number 9 and helps them to remember related number facts.

Week beginning 9th January

In Literacy we will be sharing the story The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis and finding out this is the special creature that lives in the special habitat! We will be familiarising ourselves with the book in preparation for future writing activities.

In Phonics we will be learning different ways of spelling the /i/ sound -  i as in bin,  ui as in built, e as in jacket and y as in hymn. 

In Maths we will be adding two 2-digit numbers that cross the tens. We will learn this as a three stage process. First partition the second nunber into tens and ones. Then add on the tens. Then add on the ones. E.g. 36 + 25. First partition 25 into 20 and 5. Then add on the tens, 36 + 20 = 56. Then add on the ones, 56 + 5 = 61.

In our mental maths we will be continuing to learn that 'number neighbours' have a difference of 1, e.g. 5 and 6 are number neighbours so 6 - 5 = 1, and that 'next door odds' and 'next door evens' have a difference of 2, e.g. 4 and 6 are 'next door evens' so 6 - 4 = 2 and 5 and 7 are 'next door odds' so 7 - 5 = 2.

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