20.7.23

To Parents/Carers, 

Thank you for all the lovely gifts and messages from you and your children. We have enjoyed teaching everyday and have had the most wonderful year. Enjoy your Summer holidays and we look forward to seeing you in September!

Mrs Hoiles and Miss Keefe

12.7.23 - Blashford Lakes trip 

Well done Hedgehogs for your trip today, you did us proud and showed all our Trinity Values.  I was so pleased to be able to come with you and want to take this opportunity to thank all the helpers we had that made this trip possible.  Below are some photos from the day!

Kind regards, 

Mrs McMullen

Date: 4.7.23

This week we will be focusing on Geography for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Who was Christopher Columbus and why is famous?

Who is Ellen MacArthur and why is she famous?

What impact has Christopher Columbus and Ellen MacArthur had?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 27.6.23

This week we will be focusing on RSHE for our home learning. We are learning the scientific names of external body parts (including those hidden by underwear). 

The three questions for this week are:

What pats oof the body can you label?

What parts of the body shoud we make sure are covered by underwear for protection?

Can you remember the safety phrase PANTS and what it means?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 20.6.23

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Look around your house and find 5 objects.

1.  What material are they made from?

2. Can you describe each material’s (for each item) properties?

3. Why are those materials suitable? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 13.6.23

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

How can we present ideas?

Can we always use presentations such as google slides or Microsoft power point to present ideas?

What must you remember about anything you share online?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 6.6.23

This week we will be focusing on DT for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What can you use to help design something out of fabric?

What must we remember when threading a needle?

Have you sewn anything at home before? Could you practise sewing skills? (weaving or sewing will help improve dexterity).

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

The children will be designing and creating their own pouches for this DT project. If you are able to assist when it comes to the sewing part it would be greatly appreciated. We are flexible with timings and would love to have family members in school to help create them. Please inform a member of staff if you are able to do this. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 23.5.23

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What are the main things plants need to grow healthy?

Can you draw and label the life cycle of a plant?

What plants are grown from bulbs and what plants are grown from seeds? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

TTRS- battle of the bands see poster for information. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 16.5.23

This week we will be focusing on RSHE for our home learning. We have covered this topic in Block B and there is some information on the knowledge organiser.  

The three questions for this week are:

How can we look after ourselves?

Can you explain how germs are spread?

Think about your body can you explain the job of some of those parts (Science link)? You may like to revisit: ribs, lungs, skull, stomach, intestines.

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 9.5.23

This week we will be focusing on Art for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Who painted using concentric circles?

What are concentric circles?

What do you call a rough first drawing? Have a go at drawing something that interests you to share with the class next week.

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 2.5.23

This week we will be focusing on Geography for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Which countries are located in The UK what about the British Isles? Are they the same? 

Can you name the continents and oceans of the world? (Year 1 revisit) Can you explain what a continent is?

What does climate mean?

Extra learning: Please keep practising maths skills alongside spelling and reading. 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 25.4.23

This week we will be focusing on Maths for our home learning. 

I would like all children to practise their Maths skills within these three areas please:

1. addition and subtraction of 2 2-digit numbers- Purple Mash
2. place value- Purple Mash
3. multiplication and division (2x, 5x and 10x table) on TTRS. 

We are holding a mini tournament in school for the most points scored on TTRS till May 1st. 

You can choose to complete whichever section! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 20.4.23

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What does it mean to search online?

What does WWW stand for and mean? 

Can you complete the internet quiz in your 2Dos on purple mash? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

The Easter holidays are fast approaching. Hedgehogs have worked super hard, please take a look at some of the photos below to see what they have been doing. 

During the holidays take time to relax and have fun. If you want to continue to support your child's learning then please focus on reading, spelling (common exception words and spelling strategy words) and Maths (1 minute Maths as well as numbots/TTRS). 

We look forward to seeing you back after Easter. 

Mrs Hoiles 

Date: 21.3.23

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What does it mean to share online?

How do we zoom in or out?

Can you create a piece of new artwork and save it on purple mash to be shared next week?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 14.3.23

This week we will be focusing on History for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Who was the reigning monarch during The Great Fire of London?

How did the Great Fire of London start?

Can you explain why the buildings in Stuart London led to the spread of the fire?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Gardening request: Can children please bring in spare gardening gloves and wellies. They will need them on and off through to summer term (we can send then back during the Easter holiday if needed). Please could you collect plastic fruit punnet boxes (grapes/strawberries) as these will be reused for our lettuce. Finally, if there are any green fingered parents/grandparents that are able to offer time or support with our gardening that would be greatly appreciated. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 7.3.23

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What does germinate mean?

How do we know that plants are living things?

Can you draw and label your own diagram of a plant?

Beyond expectations: Research rewilding, what does it mean?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Additional request: Hedgehogs will be developing their outside space for the rest of the year. They will use their knowledge of plants to support this. Any donations are welcome (soli, seeds, bedding plants). If you are able to help with this please get in touch with myself or Miss Keefe. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date 28.2.23

This week we will be focusing on DT for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is a mechanism?

Can you find examples of objects that use wheels and axels, levers and linkages?

What is a pivot point? When are they used in mechanisms? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Home Learning - 21.2.23

As you would have seen from the letter that came out today, next Thursday (2nd March) is World Book Day.  For this day, we are asking everyone to create a wooden spoon / potato character to represent your favourite book.  (Please see the letter for a couple of ideas of how these could look).  This will be your home learning for this week. We would like you to bring them in on Thursday with the book you have chosen to be able to share them with your class for our 'drop everything and reads.' 

Can't wait to see what you create.  

Kind regards, 

Mrs Hoiles 

Date: 8.2.22

This week we will be focusing on Music for our home learning. We have covered this topic in Block C and there is some information on the knowledge organiser.  

The three questions for this week are:

Can you clap to a rhythm found in a familiar song?

Can you sing a song (of your choice) from memory that you could share in school?

What does tempo mean?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Please also practise these things at home to support your child to embed their spelling skills .  

Refer to the spelling strategies taught in this block. 

Common exception words- tin or school diary. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 31.1.23

This week we will be focusing on RSHE for our home learning. Please refer to the NSPCC website for more information.

The three questions for this week are:

What does appropriate/inappropriate mean?

Who are your trusted adults and why?

What does PANTS stand for? Why is it important to remember? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 24.1.23

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is a food chain?

Can you explain what a producer and a consumer is?

What would happen if you took one of the consumers out of the food chain? How would it impact the habitat? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 16.1.23

This week we will be focusing on Art for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is a cartoon?

Can you remember an artist who was known for creating pieces of ‘Pop Art’?

How do you create pastel colours?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Welcome back!

Date: 10.1.23

This week we will be focusing on Geography for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What countries can be found in the British Isles?

Can you name the capital cities for each country in the British Isles?

What are some of the famous landmarks located in the British Isles?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Happy Christmas! 

We have had a brilliant end to our term and have enjoyed the festivities within the school. Please take a look at some of the photos below to see what we have been up to. 

Have a lovely Christmas break and we look forward to your return in the new year! 

Mrs Hoiles and Miss Keefe

P.S. Thank you for your kind gifts and cards. 

This half term, an area of the curriculum we will be focusing on, is Design and Technology. We will be focussing on the food, cooking and adapting recipes element of this. Part of the process involves food tasting as well as the designing of and making of recipes. With this in mind, we will need to know up to date information regarding any food allergies or intolerances. Please can you inform us if there is something we should be aware of.  

Date: 6.12.22

This week we will be focusing on embedding our spelling skills for our home learning. 

Please practise these things at home to support your child.  

spelling frame- free resources for spelling practise. 

Refer to the spelling strategies taught in this block. 

Common exception words- tin or school diary. 

You can choose to complete one, two or all three! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 30.11.22

This week we will be focusing on embedding our maths skills for our home learning. 

Please practise these things at home to support your child.  

1 minute maths- addition and subtraction below 20. 

TTRS- 2s and 5s

Addition and related subtraction facts for numbers below 50. 

e.g. If I know 37 + 13 = 50  then I also know  37 = 50 - 13  and I also know....

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Hello, just a polite reminder to say please check your child's book bag for a letter and copy of your child's DT plan to make next Thursday. They will need their own ingredients for this. Regards, Mrs Hoiles 

Date: 22.11.22

This week we will be focusing on DT for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What does a balanced diet mean?

What must we be careful about when choosing food and drink?

Could you create your own evening meal? Remember to make sure it has a good balance of different food groups. 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 15.11.22

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is a digital footprint?

Can you give examples of a method of digital communication?

Can you think of what you need to remember when you are online? What information should be shared and what information should be kept private? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 8.11.22

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is a habitat?

Can you describe a pond habitat and think of creatures that will live there?

Can you think of the food chain for creatures who live in a pond habitat?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 1.11.22

This week we will be focusing on History for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What is an empire?

How far did the Roman Empire reach?

What technologies did the Roman Empire use to create their civilisation? Think of construction and sanitation.

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 18.10.22

You have made it to the last week of this half term. Enjoy the rest but also please keep up with practising spellings, reading and number facts.  

Please see below for the spelling strategies taught so far this year.

The 4 strategies children have learnt so far are:

• pyramid writing
• have a go- alternative graphemes
• drawing around
• quick write

Please practise Year R/1 and the Y2 common exception words which can also be found in your child's school diary. 

Your child could show you the strategies by:

1. practising
2. applying- sentences containing these words (spelt correctly).

In addition to this please continue to read with your child daily. 

Some children have struggled with their Maths and extra number bond practise would be great too. The 1-minute maths app (linked above) is great to support with this. Bonds within 10 and 20 for fluency. 

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 11.10.22

This week we will be focusing on Art for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What can you see when taking a rubbing?

What does tone mean?

Could you create your own Max Ernst style artwork by using rubbings to create frottage artwork? 

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

4.10.22

Reset Computing homework from last week as we had glitches. Extra practise is great too for coding. 

Date: 27.9.22

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

Can you label the digestive system using a computer program? (Purple mash- 2Do)

What do we call a precise set of instructions when coding?

Could you design a code using the software? (Purple mash- 2Do- Princess and the Frog).

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 20.9.22

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What can you do to keep healthy?

Why do we have a skeleton?

Could you draw a skeleton and label some of the bones? Here are some words to help: skull, backbone, rib, finger bone, hip bone, toe bone and kneecap.

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Date: 13.9.22

This week we will be focusing on Geography for our home learning. 

The three questions for this week are:

What can you use a compass for?

Why are there symbols and a key on a map?

Could you locate a country in the Northern Hemisphere and a country in the Southern Hemisphere?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hoiles

Welcome

Hello everyone, welcome back to school. Hedgehogs class have had a great few days settling back into the school routine, well done. Please find all knowledge organisers and home learning on our class page. Home learning is updated every Tuesday and expected to be handed in every Monday. 

Note: PE days for us are Mondays and Fridays.