SJB Primary School

Thank you for your support at the start of our Reading at Home Campaign. To encourage your children to read each night, teachers have little incentive schemes in their classes. It might be stickers, raffle tickets or something completely different.

A top tip from one of our parents: If your children are worn out and cranky in the evening, they might prefer to listen to a story at night and then do their ‘Echo Reading’ in the morning when they are fresher. Just do what works for you!

Here is the final clip of Kyla and Miss Booth reading together. They are playing Fastest Finger First. Try this at home when you are practising your reading book.

Here’s a selection of photos from our recent science lessons. We have been learning about light.

…. and this is how it turned out. This is our classroom display. There are more pictures to go up around school. This week we have been preparing to write the biography of Wangari Maathai. We will create the final version next week.

Year 1 have been busy this week. We read our new story… Traction Man! We designed a superhero car for him to use. We carefully put the wheels on, painted our cars and decorated them.

We have covered three topics in class since half term.

We have looked at staying safe online- computing.

The greatest commandments- RE

Forces and magnets- science

Next week we will starting our final RE topic: The Nativity Story.

Year 2 have been investigating the properties of 3D shapes in Maths this morning.

This is Miss Booth and Kyla reading alternate pages. This is a great way to practise after some echo reading. Children are reading alone but still feel supported because the adult is joining in. Always help out if your child gets stuck. Give them the word so they can move on quickly. Scroll back through the blog if you want to see echo reading.

Year 2 have started their Science unit on Materials this week. We have been investigating which materials we can squash, bend, twist and scratch.