{"id":47,"date":"2025-09-05T03:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhis.or.kr\/mrssim-25-26\/?p=47"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:41:20","slug":"mrs-sims-weekly-update-term-1-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhis.or.kr\/mrssim-25-26\/2025\/09\/05\/mrs-sims-weekly-update-term-1-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Sim\u2019s Weekly Update – Term 1 Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83c\udf1f Year 1\/2 Weekly Newsletter \u2013 Week 2 \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Parents,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was wonderful to see so many of you at school yesterday. Thank you for joining the curriculum meeting -I hope you found it both informative and helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve had a very busy and exciting Week 2 in Year 1\/2! Here\u2019s a little peek into our learning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd22 Maths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children have been working hard and are getting used to our maths rotations. There\u2019s been lots of hands-on learning using manipulatives, and today we even tried out Sumdog, our online maths programme. The children had great fun reviewing the week\u2019s objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 1 have been working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representing objects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognising numbers as words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting on from any number<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding 1 more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting backwards within 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 2 have been working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognising tens and ones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a place value chart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partitioning numbers to 100<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing numbers to 100 in words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flexibly partitioning numbers to 100<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270d\ufe0f Literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Literacy, we\u2019ve been busy designing our own trolls ready for next week\u2019s writing activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 1 have been practising capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, and using the connective ‘and’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 2 have been improving their sentences by adding expanded noun phrases to describe Timothy the Troll from our story Troll Swap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re looking forward to reading more of the book next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udde0 IPC \u2013 Learning About the Brain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week our IPC focus has been the brain. The children loved creating posters of the different parts and exploring how memory works by playing fun memory games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also investigated the cerebellum by doing an experiment: children threw sponges at the glass door while their partners stood behind it, checking if they blinked or flinched! We then tried out some balance and coordination exercises to test if our cerebellums were working well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also learned about the amygdala (our \u201cshark alarm\u201d) and how it keeps us safe. Together we drew a large body outline and marked the different stress responses on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Next week, we\u2019ll explore the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in more detail to see how they help us with learning and memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udde5 A Little Reminder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please send in a sweater or cardigan for your child to keep in the classroom if you haven\u2019t already. Even though the air conditioning is set to 26\u00b0C, a few children still feel chilly at times. Thank you for helping keep everyone comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a fantastic week of learning, and I\u2019m so proud of how hard the children are working.
Wishing you all a restful weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warm regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Sim<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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