Month: May 2020

Video calls

Had a lovely time chatting with the rest of you today for our weekly catch up 🙂

Points

So this week the Bug Club points for completing your reading book and answering the questions online were given to Subhan, Aiyub and Ivo, well done! (Kit and Huzaifa you’d already earned this point last week)

Subhan won another point for completing his comprehension booklet from his pack of work, great job!

This week we had points for Sumdog again (after a week off last week for  your maths worksheets points instead) and the winner of both those points for most time on Sumdog and most correct answers was Subhan, well done!

The points offered on Tuesday for writing your holiday news was only earned by Subhan this week , well done!

And a couple of extra points that were awarded  –

Ivo  – for making the fabulous video ‘IvoCat’

Subhan – for completing the PATHS ‘Be Kind’ challenge

Kit – for writing

Phew, so many points! Well done everyone. I’m so proud of how hard you are all working every week. The best class in the whole of Scotland!!!

Your work

Subhan enjoyed some time outside in the sun, read his reading book on Bug Club, totalled the coins on his money worksheet and did a colouring sheet which reminds me quite a bit of Twiggle!

 

Bilal did some colouring in too

Aiyub did some more fractions sums for Kumon

Kit re-read his book on Bug Club and completed this comprehensions sheet on it and did some sums on Sumdog

Hector blew up and enjoyed a paddling pool in is back garden to enjoy the lovely weather

Have a great weekend and I’ll see you again on Monday 🙂

 

 

 

Good morning Class 2  💛 Happy Friday!

A fun Friday challenge today 🙂

Remember today is the last chance for winning points this week (and some cool new fidget tools and other new prizes in the prize box) so send me photos of all your fabulous work so I can give them out later!

Have a very happy Friday 🙂

Your work

Thank you very much to everyone who sent photos of your work and what you were up to today 🙂

Aiyub completed his adding fractions work for Kumon

Kayden was answering loads of questions on Sumdog outside in the sunshine and then rewarded himself with some tasty fresh smoked salmon – yum!

Subhan did some emjoi code breaking practicing his addition and subtraction, completed his entire comprehension booklet (first person to win a point for that, well done!) and did some relaxing colouring in 

Hector used some chalk to brighten up the back lane outside his house with his fabulous picture 🙂 

Good morning Class 2 💛

So some Harry Potter comprehension for the task today  with 2 options to choose from 🙂

Option 1

Click on the QR code below and watch the clip from Chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Then answer the questions on the characters, setting and plot as well as some focussed sections on sounds and opinion. These are the kinds of questions we discuss all the time in class when we are reading.

Option 2

Here is the link to listen to different stars reading Chapter 6 –

https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-journey-from-platform-nine-and-three-quarters

When you have listened to the chapter see if you can answer the questions in the chapter 6 quiz –

https://www.wizardingworld.com/quiz/chapter-quiz-chapter-six-five-questions

They are very easy questions for this chapter so challenge yourself with some of the chapter challenge tasks –

https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/harry-potter-philosophers-stone-chapter-challenge-six-journey-platform-nine

More reading information! 📚

Bug Club Points

You also have your Bug Club book to be reading and the online questions to complete in the book. Your paper comprehension booklet is in your new pack which will hopefully be delivered soon.

Remember you get a point if you read the whole book online and answer all the bug questions and get another point if you complete your paper comprehension booklet that is in your pack, so lots of points up for grabs!

Ickabog

Here is an extra thing to look at that may be of interest to you Harry Potter fans!

On Tuesday this week, JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, started releasing chapters of a fantastic new children’s book she will release later this year.

You cannot buy the book yet but she is letting everyone have a sneak peek for free by releasing chapters each day on this website!

https://www.theickabog.com/home/

This is a more challenging book than some of you would read by yourselves but you can ask an adult to read it to you or if you have an iPad you can highlight the text and get it to read the words to you.

JK Rowling is asking children to illustrate her book and draw pictures of what they think the Ickabog looks like. Lots of you are great at drawing so maybe after reading the chapters of Ickabog so far (chapter 2 is the best for details on the Ickabog) you could have a go at drawing what you think it looks like 🙂

 

Loads of things you can be doing today, can’t wait to see what you choose to get up to and see your photos this afternoon! Have a super Thursday 🙂

 

Video calls

Fabulous to catch up with so many of you today, I just love seeing your beautiful smiley faces and hearing your news 🙂 Always the highlight of my week! Will speak to the rest of you very soon.

PATHS ‘Be kind’ challenge

Well done to Subhan who has been working on the Be Kind challenge over the last week and completed 5 of the activities, you won a point!

Your work

Ivo made this fabulous video of him and his sister Ava playing with their neighbours cats on his mum’s phone independently – well done Ivo! He also decorated this beautiful picture of him and his mum 🙂 

 

Aiyub completed a 4 square Sudoku

Subhan worked on a 4 square and challenged himself with a 6 square Sudoku and completed a fantastic amount of money addition sums

 

Hector created a Harry Potter character alphabet, was watching the BT man do some repairs and found a teeny tiny spider outside 🙂

Good morning Class 2 💛

Here is your PATHS puzzle challenge. Rules are on the image to remind you what you do with Sudoku. See if you can crack it!

If you’d like to try some regular number Sudoku too then here is the link to a website where you can play it online with some easier boxes of 4, then boxes of 6 before boxes of 9.

For those of you who haven’t played sudoku before you can maybe start with boxes of 4 and work upwards but if you have played before you could challenge yourself with a 9 box right away!

Pick whichever level you prefer and send a screenshot to show me which one you chose or how fast you managed to solve the puzzle 🙂

Boxes of 4 – https://sudoku.vip/for-kids/

Boxes of 6 – https://sudoku.vip/6×6/

Boxes of 9 – https://sudoku.vip/sudoku-x/

 

Looking forward to seeing the results of your PATHS emoji sudoku, number sudoku and any other work you select for today in your photos this afternoon  😊🤩🐢

Holiday weekend photos

Mariam’s lovely Eid gifts all ready on Saturday and some photos from Eid itself of her in her beautiful Eid outfit, with the money she received and eating delicious  food with her family. Thanks so much for sending these photos in Mariam 🙂 

Kayden made some delicious looking cupcakes over the weekend 🙂 

Kit was helping with some cleaning over the holiday weekend, cleaning and polishing in his room, he enjoyed a cycle and did some more of the postbox challenge

Hector went for a walk in a different direction and discovered Holmlea park (I think we pass this park on the way to Adventure) and he also saw some lovely rainbows – a painted paper one his neighbour made and   another being painted in his back lane, lovely! 🌈

Your work

Huzaifa was working on lots of worksheets at the end of last week – doing phonics work, comprehension and some fractions work, well done!

 

Today Subhan did some more of the PATHS Be Kind challenge, read his new book on Bug Club and wrote his holiday news

Aiyub also read his new Bug Club book today and completed the online comprehension and he drew some  additions to this superhero colouring sheet and wrote a little story 

Thank you as always for all the photos of your school work and what you’ve been getting up to. Looking forward to chatting to lots of you tomorrow 🙂

 

Good morning Class 2 and welcome back! 💛

I always love the first day of a new week on the blog as I get to see photos and read your weekend news about what you’ve been up to. Especially looking forward to that this week as it was a holiday weekend and some of you were celebrating Eid!

Thanks to those of you who have sent photos already, I will post them all this afternoon when I have everyone’s 🙂

Video calls

Great to speak to Subhan today, looking forward to catching up with you all again next week and hearing all about your holiday weekend 🙂

Eid message

This week I have been chatting about Eid lots to those of you who will be celebrating this weekend. It is a difficult time for many as you are unable to spend it with your family who do not live in your house which must be hard.

However, I’m sure you will have a lovely time with the family in your own house whatever you do! I’m looking forward to seeing your photos on Tuesday 🙂

Here is a special Eid message from me 💛

Video message

A holiday treat for you all in the form of a video message from a great friend of Class 2 🙂

Your work

Aiyub did his corrections form yesterday’s phonics comprehension

Hector was doing a very interesting science experiment testing the pH of different fluids, he listened to Chapter 5 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and got 100% in the quiz, and completed a shared story with his family

Subhan was doing some challenging add and takeaway money sums, answering hundreds (literally) of questions on Sumdog and doing some of the ,ptasks from the PATHS ‘Be kind’ challenge from yesterday

Kit read some of his book again on the Bug Club website, completed his fractions worksheet and went for a cycle. Last night he’d  Researched what to feed ducks apart from bread and went for a walk to the park with some oats and to see the new ducklings 

Points

So nobody earned the bonus points (3 points!) up for grabs for completing a numeracy and literacy worksheet every day this week. Maybe we’ll set this challenge again next week after you’ve had the holiday to rest and recharge!

Subhan wins a point for doing the most worksheets this week, with a fabulous 8 in total, well done!

Huzaifa and Kit earned the points for reading all of their new book on Bug Club and doing each question, well done boys! Some of the rest of you have been reading your book but haven’t completed all the questions yet so you can earn your point for this next week 🙂

Here is our chart at the end of this week –

Happy holiday weekend to you all! Have a lovely long weekend and I’ll speak to you all next week 🙂

Good morning Class 2 💛 Last day of school this week today before our 4 day holiday!

Some Harry Potter themed activities for today ⚡️

Option 1

If, like me, you have been enjoying the famous voices reading the chapters of The Philolsopher’s Stone here is the link to the next chapter (5) being read by some stars you will recognise if you’ve watched the films 🙂 – 
https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-diagon-alley

There is a quiz to see  what you remember about the chapter and some other challenges to try related to this chapter too. These are like the comprehension activities we do with our own reading books in school –

https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/harry-potter-philosophers-stone-chapter-challenge-five-diagon-alley

Option 2

If you’d prefer to watch a clip from a Harry Potter and do some comprehension on that rather than listening to the story then here is the alternative task, similar to the Disney comprehension last week.

This is not from the first book like the audio book above but from the second book,  The Chamber of Secrets. This is the book and movie we studied when learning about Dobby the slave which you all really enjoyed.

If you click on the QR code it will take you to a clip from the movie. After watching you can answer the questions on character, setting and plot (story), some specific questions about sounds to test your listening from the clip and some opinion questions just likes ones we do in our comprehension in class.

I look forward to seeing which Harry Potter task you choose and any other work you do today before your 4 days of holiday 🙂