The Wolf’s story’: Commas in lists. Add commas to these lists – remember to put ‘and’, (or ‘or’)’between the last two things in a list. Hope you had a splendid weekend - the sun had truly got his hat on for the start of the Easter holiday- hip hip, hip hip, hurray! Although Quentin the hedgehog is a night critter, he spots some sunbeams penetrating the forest canopy one morning and is instantly captivated. "I'm going to build a tree house at the top Continue reading » Wilhelm's (the Little Panda books) workmanlike retelling of an Eastern folktale with Buddhist underpinnings makes a case for acceptance. When a bandit steals a carpet weaver's sheep, the Continue reading » Column subtraction – borrowing – they will be even more confused, you might need a lie down in a darkened room! snappymaths.com Column subtraction ( within 100 all regrouping)

I am going to post the Learning Intentions for this week, followed by extra explanation! Unlike last week I will post my daily blog on top of each post, rather than at the bottom of it (it seemed logical to me, but my husband says it makes more sense!). I hope all our amazing Mums have a wonderful, relaxing (don't go round Tesco, as I have just done!) Mothering Sunday! Don't forget to look in the Kentish Cazette (I'm not on commission!) for a portraitof you and a message from your child! The sun has got his hat on - keep smiling! What building in town has the most stories? The public library! (storeys -meaning floors and stories - tales, are homophones - we could add them to our chart!) Along withthe jaunty verse (actually the lyrics of a well-known hymn) as sunny as this paper-over-board book's bright yellow cover, Wilhelm (the Dinofours series) introduces a downy, Continue reading »

In this holiday frolic with a touching surprise ending, a rambunctious puppy laments that ``no one has any time for me'' as Christmas approaches; Santa does, however, as he provides the perfect Continue reading » See twinkl.com Year 2 Great Fire of London for Samuel Pepys Diary, reading comprehension or Smartboard notepad PowerPoint. What is a diary? Remember ‘The diary of the killer Cat’ by Anne Fine and the Science Week diaries we did. Highlight your favourite words and phrases. Write a diary entry, for the first day as if you were Samuel Pepys. Sunday, 2 nd September, 1666

If you google BBC Magic Grandad - Samuel Pepys, you can watch the video we would have watched in class. You'll never guess what he did with his cheese! It will help you, when you write his diary.Explain that after the fire many people paid money to fire-fighting companies. These people would put a sign (plaque) on the outside of their house to show with which company they were insured. There is one in the high street in Canterbury. – The Sun Alliance.

Phonics/spelling. Use the spelling words to encourage discussion about the definitions. ‘I’m thinking of a word that means a very large house.’‘I am thinking of a word that means to take away.’ Etc.… I have included in the homework folders: Snappy/Mad Maths worksheets;Spring Activity Booklets for Maths and English;an Easter Revision Booklet;Abacus Maths Workbook; Handwriting Booklets;mini books to make;'The Wolf's Story' and some colouring! You can dip into them as much as you like. They should also have three reading books- do try to read as much as possible - it is the key to everything!The week ended with a visit from Tony the Mathematics and Science Magician: we really enjoyed his fun experiments and learned a lot. Afterwards we made spinning fish! If you want to do some work then have a go at The Easter Maths and English Activity Booklets and also the twinkl booklets. There are also lots of colouring sheets – remember to be ’mindful’ and colour carefully- there are lots more on ‘twinkl’, which has a lot of free resources. www.twinkl.co.uk/offer code CVDTWINKLHELPS. You could send them to your Grandmas and Grandpas or put them in your window to show your neighbours.

Have a lovely break and eat lots of Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs! (Remember why you are eating them!)You can also access BBC Ten Pieces online ( ten pieces of classical musicwe should know before we leave primary school): the children have been listening to them in my singing assembly and are especially knowledgeable about the first Ten Pieces. Maths Word Problems: Owen goes on a ferry. He sleeps for 4 hours of the journey and is awake for 5 hours. How long is the journey? For Mums and Dads : The National Theatre is live streaming plays every Thursday at 7.00. The first one ' One Man Two Guvnors ' I have seen at the Marlowe Theatre: it is probably the funniest play I have ever seen - I thoroughly recommend it! The children have written diaries about what has happened on each day; we have had a visit from Mrs. Levett, showing us how to make mini greenhouses out of old CD cases, Karen from Affinity Water explained how we should save water, scientists from Pfizers showed us the germs on our hands to encourage us to wash our hands thoroughly and finally we had a flying display from a barn owl and an eagle owl,and learned lots of interesting facts about owls. Most of us had our pictures taken with Tallulah, the Barn Owl. To round off the week, we carried out an investigation on which was the stretchiest sweet! A huge thank you to Mrs. Strover for organising such a diverse and interesting week.