Discovery Class
Final Week
July 12, 2020
Good morning to you all.
I hope everyone has had a good weekend. We are in the last week of the term and I wanted to say thank you to all for your hard-work and dedication with the home school learning.
This week we will be looking at the life of Helen Beatrix Potter. She best know for writing and illustrating children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale Of Peter Rabbit. This is a lovely way to end our Victorian topic. It has been great to see children have taken a great interest and enjoyed the topic set for term 6. I'm sure this week will be no different.
Maths has now been emailed to parents of both year groups 2 and 3. I have also emailed the SPaG to all parents in year 3.
This is a reminder to all parents who need to send in their completed reports to the office. The reports can then be printed and sent back to you as a record.
Hope you all have a good week ahead!
Week beginning 6th July
July 05, 2020
Congratulations Apollo on winning the sports day cup this year!! It will certainly be a year to be remembered.
The count down has begun with only two weeks of home schooling left for this academic year. I hope you have all received your reports by now. Please ensure you add your comments and send them back by Friday 10th July.
This week we will be looking at the life of William Morris. He was a British textile designer, poet, novelist and social activist. I hope you enjoy all the activities set for this week.
Maths: All work sheets and answers for year 2 and 3's have been emailed to you.
Year 3 SPag has also been emailed for the coming week.
I would like to wish you all a good week ahead.
Term 6 week 5
June 28, 2020
Good morning to you all,
Not long now, as we are all in the 5th of this term and have only 2 more weeks of home schooling / school before the summer holidays. Everyone has worked incredibly hard each week, so a very well done!
This week we are looking at two very distinguished people Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale. They were both recognised nurses and served in the Crimean War. They came from different backgrounds and had different experiences in the Victorian period. I hope the children really enjoy this week and making herbal remedies.
Virtual sports day: I am looking forward to your photos coming in dressed as Victorians and taking part in sporting activities. It should be good fun and a great chance to earn those house points. Good luck to you all!
Term 6 week 4
June 21, 2020
Good morning to you all,
I hope you all had a good weekend.
It was such a lovely assembly last Friday, celebrating all the things we cherish. I hope you have had a chance to watch the video.
Thank you for regularly sending in your weekly updates and photographs.
This week we will be learning all about the naturalist Charles Darwin. There are experiment and various activities, including writing a myth. Hope the children enjoy all the activities set.
Maths - all worksheets and answers should be with you for week 9.
I hope you all have a good week and thank you for all the support.
Week 3 Term 6
June 14, 2020
Good morning,
I hope everyone is well and you all had a good weekend.
It was lovely to be able to catch up with those who joined in my zoom session on Friday morning. I am looking forward to all KS 1 at home and my year 3's at 9:30 am
Topic discussion this week is all about Grace Darling. There are some lovely activities suggested and links to help you do your research.
The maths worksheets and answer sheets have now been emailed for the week. If your child finishes this with ease then please continue with active learn, times tables, BBC Bitesize maths, topmarks daily challenge.
Silver lining photography competition- Remember to send in your photos via email and the house you belong to no later than Thursday. I look forward to the updates or any queries you may have.
I hope you all have a good week ahead.
Week 2 Term 6
June 07, 2020
Hello to everyone,
I hope the children are enjoying their new topic about 'The Victorians' and the activities set for them each week.
This week we will be learning about Isambard Kingdom Brunel. There are a few fun activities the children may want to carry out this week as a project.
It was lovely to see the children from Discovery and the whole in our assembly and I hope you all have had a chance to look at the video on our website.
I am looking forward to seeing you all in our zoom sessions. I am missing you all, but I am happy I will get to see you all on a Monday.
I am so proud of each one of you for always trying your best and for being so enthusiastic.Well done Discovery Class!
Maths- Please watch the videos for the w/c 8th of June 2020 on White Rose Maths under home learning. Your child can then complete the worksheets sent via email. For Year 3 please look at week 6 and then week 7.
I will be contactable via email so please contact me should you have any queries or send me an email with a weekly update. I am looking forward to photographs for our topic work. Many thanks for all your support.
Hello and welcome to term 6
June 01, 2020
Hello! Hope everyone is well and you all managed to enjoy this glorious weather in the school holidays.
This is our final term and our whole school topic is 'The Victorians'. Each week we will focus on different people that were famous in the Victorian era. Learning objectives, lots of different activities and projects will be set. Hope you all find it equally exciting and interesting as last term. The projects are for younger and older children each week and these can be further adapted to suit your child's needs.
Maths and SPaG will continue as normal during the week. There are powerpoints and worksheets attached for each day of the week and the SPaG activities are all on the web page.
Zoom sessions will continue for year 2 and 3 on a Monday at 9:30 am. Those year 1's who are not in school can join these sessions too. I shall look forward to seeing most of you there!
Please feel free to email you queries and send in weekly updates. Thank you to both parents and children for all your hard work. See you all in our assembly on Friday! Have a good week.
Last week of term 5
January 18, 2020
Good morning to you all and I hope everyone has had a good weekend.
We are in the final week of term 5. As previously mentioned, our focus for this week would be science based 'animals and humans'.
Children have the option to undertake a project this week to either make a poster or to write a non chronological report on animals. The ideas, objectives and resources list has been provided on the web page. Children can also get creative and create their own art projects (ideas suggested).The quality of work has been of a high standard. Please visit the web page to look at some of the work sent in already. I am looking forward to seeing your science projects at the end of the week.
Maths- A recap on money with slides/ worksheets and this is another practical activity. Please have a look at the websites suggested, including White Rose videos, click on your child's year group.
Remember to send in your photos for our whole school celebration. Not long before the May holidays, hope you all have a well deserved break from home schooling. Thank you all for your continued support!
Good Morning
May 10, 2020
Hello and I hope you all enjoyed the nice long weekend, celebrating VE Day last Friday. A few parents have emailed me photographs, thank you. If you would like to share your pictures of the celebration, that would be lovely.
We are in our final week of our topic. I wanted to say thank you to all the parents and children for all their hard work over the last few weeks. It has been fantastic to receive all the writing, painting/ art, making models and power point presentations on the Great Fire Of London.
For your final week on the topic, children will be writing instructions and designing their own fire safety posters this week. There are lots of links to videos and other writing resources to help you. Please take your time over the week to complete this task. I shall look forward to your fire safety posters.
I shall see you all in our zoom session tomorrow. Hope you all have a good week and stay well.
Week 3
May 03, 2020
Hello and I hope you all are well
I am so pleased to see the children's enthusiasm each term and how keen they are to learn about the topics. This term is no exception, I am delighted with all the work that has been coming in each week . I am very grateful to all the parents for the updates. I must add the zoom sessions have also been brilliant to see and talk to the children. I am so pleased to hear that the children are enjoying all the learning, how proud they are each week of their achievements.
This week in English we are looking at Samuel Pepys and the children will be writing a biography. I have attached a button on the page to look at an example and what the children will need to research. There is also a comprehension passage for those who would like to either revisit or complete this activity.
Maths: This is a mixed year group 2/3 activity but the worksheets are slightly different for each year group. Thank you for your continued support.
Term 5
April 19, 2020
It has been so lovely to see so many on our zoom sessions and the children joining in the assembly. A special thanks to all the parents for all the help, support and encouragement. The children in Discovery have worked so hard. I am so pleased to receive regular emails regarding all the lovely learning, acts of kindness, patience and progress the children have made.
Our topic launch of the Great Fire Of London has been fantastic, it's great to see the children have shown such enthusiasm.
The plans and overview in English have now been set up to help you dip in and out and to allow planning in advance. As normal daily plans will be on the web page.
I am looking forward to seeing the children on our zoom sessions in the coming week.
Hello
April 19, 2020
I hope you are all well and enjoyed a few days off from the home school learning.
It was so lovely to see so many faces on the last day of term in our zoom assembly. As previously mentioned in my email, we were hoping to organise more meetings on zoom. All being well and technology working as it should, I am hoping to schedule a meeting 3 times a week with my class. This will be an informal meeting and a launch of our new topic in term 5. I will read the the children a story about The Great Fire Of London. The sessions are roughly 30 minutes and this is also an opportunity to say 'hello'. As normal, I will send out the details of the meeting to all parents in Discovery Class.
I shall look forward to seeing you all soon!
Happy Easter
April 09, 2020
A very Happy Easter to you all. We are very lucky to have this glorious weather and I hope you all have had a bit of a break from all the home learning.
It was so lovely to see so many faces in our assembly last Friday. I am looking forward to seeing you on zoom soon after the Easter break.
Our next topic is 'The Great Fire of London'. There will be daily plans on the web page after the Easter break on Monday 20th April 2020. Given the current and very strange situation, Ms Roberts and I felt that the we will axe 'The Great Plague' as we thought this could be upsetting for the children. If you feel your child will be alright with this Topic. I am happy to put links on the daily plans should you wish to discuss this with your child.
Thank you all for doing such an excellent job with all the home learning. Enjoy the sunshine and have a lovely Easter.
Week 2
April 01, 2020
Good morning,
I hope you find this useful, I have uploaded the power point for the year 3 (measuring up). The work sheet can either be printed or write the answers in a book/sheet of paper, depending on the level you choose.
I have also added a science link for the children to conduct a few fun experiments at home.
Hope you all have a good day !
Home Learning
March 29, 2020
Good morning to you all,
I hope you and your families are all well!
I am so happy to receive so many emails from parents, sharing their children's work last week. What a fantastic job you all have done with the home learning.
I have set out work for Monday and removed the previous link. If you would like a copy of it, I am more than happy to email it to you.
Hope you all have a good and healthy week.
Week beginning 23.03.2020
March 27, 2020
Good afternoon to you all,
I hope everyone is well and managing to make the most of this very strange situation.
I just wanted to get in touch with all parents, to find out how you were all doing and how the children have been getting on this week.
I have had some lovely emails, from a few parents already giving me an update and how they've got on this week. I would really appreciate a quick line or two to keep me posted, if you are yet to send me an email.
the class email address: Discoveryclass@nettlebed.oxon.sch.uk
Well done to everyone for doing their best this week. Hope you all have a bit of a break over the weekend from school and work.
Home Learning
March 25, 2020
Hello Everyone,
Another beautiful day, I hope you managed to enjoy another warm and sunny day .
This is a message to all parents and I really cannot stress enough. This is a very difficult situation we are all finding ourselves in. I wanted to say a big thank you for all the support with your children's home learning, alongside spinning umpteen number of plates at the same time.
Some days will be great and others not so great! Please don't worry too much, if you were not able to do a particular activity. It can happen another time or day. The links are there for the resources on twinkl for you to use. Also please, don't feel the pressure to print every document. The questions could be on the screen and your child can either copy or just answer the questions in a note book or on paper.
The important thing is to do some of that learning that doesn't happen in school. The maths does not have to be complicated either! Lots of addition and subtraction can be done with objects in the house, money, measuring the perimeter of the room, jumps in the garden, height of furniture or people. Weighing out ingredients for cooking, or weighing different objects, telling the time, learning your time tables using BBC super movers songs, active learn games drawing and painting pictures are all good activities.
Please be assured everyone is in this together and we can only do our best. On that note, I wish you all a good day, stay safe and well.
24.3.2020
I hope you all have managed to soak up some of that lovely sunshine! This understandably is a very difficult period for us all. On the up side, it is a great opportunity to do all that fun learning outside of school, like cooking, learning a new skill and playing games.
Apologies, it has taken a bit of time to get things sorted on the web page and really appreciate your help, support and patience so we can iron out any issues that arise.
I hope everyone is well and stay safe.
Please find attached Year 2 maths document.
Year 3 SPAG for all week 23.3.2020
March 23, 2020
This SPAG activity for year 3's for the week. Please try and get these words in your writing for the week.
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Week Beginning 23.3.2020
March 23, 2020
Hello! Hope Everyone is well and that you all have had a good weekend.
Please find attached the following PDF document with a daily plan and for tomorrow please look at the links to Twinkl and other web links listed.
Any problems please send me an email Discovery@nettlebed.oxon.sch.uk
Work for Discovery Class
March 17, 2020
Given the current situation, work has been set for both year groups.
Maths:
Yr 3 Please check the active learn account for various maths games.
Please continue to practise fractions on a number line, addition and subtraction with the same denominator, equivalent fractions and solve problem questions and times tables.
Yr 2 Children should use both the active learn maths games, practise the times tables, use the abacus book 1 and 2.
Year 3 and Year 2 Please practise these spellings and apply them in your writing.
RE : To learn the Easter story.
D &T: to design and make a small waterproof bag. Children to think what they would put in a small, suitable waterproof bag.
English: Children have been learning about paragraphs in SPAG. Children will write a non- fiction information text about an ocean they have researched. Children will consider the layout using a heading and sub- headings.
Topic: To look at the water cycle.
Spanish: Please explore the links on our Languages page.
Twinkl is a temporary free educational resource. Please type in the year group in order to access and download documents. To sign up, go to www.twinkl/offer. Create a free account, entering the code UKTWINKLHELPS.
Please find attached a link to Twinkl resource.
The Week Ahead
March 09, 2020
It has been another busy but fun week with parent's evening, Henley drama work and travelling tuba.
English: The children made a very good start on their fiction stories. The children needed to be mindful about all the things they have learnt in their phonics/ SPAG lessons and applying that knowledge in their writing.
Maths: Children continued with fractions.
Topic: The children were learning about rivers and the various parts of a river.
Henley Drama workshop came into school on Wednesday to work with the Ks1 children. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
On Friday, year 3/4 visited the Travelling Tuba and participated as a team to perform a salsa tune. It was a fantastic experience.
Homework this week is researching an ocean and writing a non-fiction piece of text.
A busy week
March 02, 2020
It has been a very busy week with so many lovely activities.
On Monday Ks2 took part in a research, based on a well being programme (kiva) conducted by the University of Oxford.
Tuesday, Ks2 children had the opportunity to create beautiful fish, thanks to Henley Youth Festival.
Thursday was World Book Day and the children made a fantastic effort dressing up as their favourite book character and made their own book covers.
English: combined with topic work the children worked very hard on creating their fact posters on Our Watery World.
Children will be writing their non fiction stories w/b 9.03.2020 based on the Snail and the Whale story.
Maths: continuation of fractions and times tables.
DT: The children will be creating their very own waterproof bags. It would be greatly appreciated if they could bring in surplus items/ materials to help make their bags. Many thanks.
Our Watery World
February 24, 2020
Topic: Our Watery World
The children were introduced to the topic our watery word and have been learning about the 7 continents and 5 oceans.
English: Children looked at non-fiction text and completed comprehensions.
Maths: An introduction to fractions and building upon their knowledge.
Homework set is a reflection on what the children have been learning.
Please continue to support your child with their times tables, Yr2 CEW and Yr3/ 4 words, many thanks.
What a great end to term 3!
February 10, 2020
Celebrating cultures, traditions and foreign languages from all over the world. A massive thank you to all the parents, who came in to make this a wonderful experience!
Maths and English was a recap and consolidation of what the children have already learnt.
Topic for Years 1, 2 and 3 is our Watery World. The children will be learning about the continents and oceans.
Chinese dragon masks!
February 03, 2020