The Secret of Black Rock: 1

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In this resource, your Year 2 class will work on differentiating between past and present tense sentences and words. They must also look at how words are changed by adding ‘ed’ and substituting the ‘y’ for ‘ied’. There is much to like about Erin Pike (the story's protagonist); she's a gutsy young seafarer with a huge heart and she resolutely stands up for what she believes in. I also liked the fact that instead of a fisherman father, it is her seafaring mother who she takes to the sea with, so kudos to Joe Todd-Stanton for challenging the gender stereotype. We are also incredibly proud of how Year 1 have continued their learning their school, these have been very unusual circumstances and they have continued to impress us. Miss Benham is really looking forward to spending time with you next week ready for September. We have such a fantastic collection of home learning sent into us that we wanted to share some examples with you. Each week we will show some different children's work so please keep sending them in!

The Secret of Black Rock | Vocabulary Ninja The Secret of Black Rock | Vocabulary Ninja

Every few weeks the children will be invited into a battle where they can challenge other children in KS1! This is a great KS1 resource to help your children reflect more on the choices of vocabulary used in the story.It is crucial that not only are your Year 1 and Year 2 kids exploded to new vocabulary, but that they also develop an understanding of the word and how it can be used.

The Secret of Black Rock (Paperback) – Flying Eye Books The Secret of Black Rock (Paperback) – Flying Eye Books

It's been a couple of years since I set myself a reading challenge/target/thingy, but I got into a bit of a reading slump late last year, and I decided I needed to shake things up a bit. My kid is getting to an age now where the stories we're reading together are becoming interesting to me as well as him (no offence to things like Bigger Digger, but I'm glad those days are in the past!), so I thought I'd include some of these too (and I've set the target to a much higher number than normal, so I'm not cheating myself!). I'm going to start getting into a bit of Roald Dahl, things like that. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear them. The Ascot and Maidenhead School Sports Partnership organise and run various tournaments and festivals throughout the year for our children. Due to the current situation, they have launched a 'Virtual school games'. At the moment, these are aimed more at KS2 children, however they are looking to organise activities for KS1 children, which hopefully will be out soon. As soon as they are, we will let you know! A fairytale world is created that should enchant children as much as the old-fashioned illustrations that fit the story perfectly.

29/06/20 Topic Home Learning

It was so lovely to see the year 2's for their last face to face, we are so proud how hard they have worked during this time and would like to personally thank you for all your support, we could not have done it without you! Thank you also for your kind words and gifts it is really appreciated. We wish them all every success for Year 3 and hope that they enjoy their transition visits next week. Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest fish in the sea—the weirder, the better! And she knows the best ones must be further out, where her mum won't let her go . . .