Year 2: Blog items

Year 2 Home Learning - 3rd February 2021

Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 3:10pm

Hello Year 2.

Well done on all your work so far this week. It is really great seeing everything you have done on SeeSaw, so please keep sharing. We hope you are enjoying our PSHE activities – keep it up.

See if you can have a go at these Yoga poses. Can you hold the position whilst you count to 30?

You have to say the writing out loud when you first move into the pose - “I am strong”.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

Corner stones have released some free reading resources.

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading.

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 2’s – Can you start on 5 and count forwards in 2’s? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 29?

2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song

Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.

Can I interpret a pictogram?

Today we are going to look at interpreting pictograms.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/504484570

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Statistics

Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -er and -est

English

Please see attached documents for your English Lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Adding -er/-est

We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest.

Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:

• quick, quicker, quickest
• great, greater, greatest
• full, fuller, fullest

Exceptions:
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)

Can you remember all the rules for adding er and est?

You are going to play a game to see if you can! Please see the attached board game.

PE

Please see today’s announcement on Seesaw for our ‘Underwater Dance’ lesson and follow the link to access the song - Underwater Song. Please note, the video has been posted in two parts.

Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.  

Warm-up game – Pirate Ship.

MOVEMENT – ‘We need to move like different animals in the sea’

Create some movements for the following animals:

Fish

Octopus

Sea Lion

Dolphin

Shark

Repeat these actions in this order until you can start to remember them.

CHOREOGRAPHY – Put the movements together using the song for timing.

START –

“under the water” – Students can bend knees and move arms down and scoop up to indicate ‘under’.

“under the sea” – students to stand still and wave arms from side to side.

“lots and lots of fishys swimin’ ‘round me” – Students to do their fish action.

PRACTICE – Students can repeat the first half of the dance until the end of the lesson.

We would love to see some of your dances on Seesaw.

PSHE

Today, please fill in the Wednesday section of your Wellbeing Journal and have a go at 1 of the focus sheets.

Please take a picture of this activity today.

You can access your PSHE lesson which has been attached to the blog. It is a PowerPoint all about your Mental and Emotional Wellbeing. Have a go at the activity set or just talk through the PowerPoint with an adult.

We are already halfway through the week. Keep up the hard work.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 2nd February 2021

Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 1:10pm

Good morning Year 2,

We hope yesterday went well. Keep doing your best, having a go at tasks independently, asking for support only when required.  It is important that you continue to work hard, recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things. We have loved seeing all your wonderful work on Seesaw so keep posting.

Try some of these at home ideas:

1. Play indoor hide and seek.
2. Make decorations, create a playlist, and throw a family dance party.
3. Try a new cookie or cake recipe. Bonus idea: Set up a camera or smart phone and film a cooking show!

If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Joke of the day

Why can't Elsa have a balloon?

Because she will let it go.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 2’s – Can you count forwards starting at 1? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 31? What do you notice about the numbers?

2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song

Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.

Can I draw pictograms?

Today we are going to look at identifying and drawing pictograms.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/504483835

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Statistics

Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -er and -est

English

Please see the attached PowerPoint and document with the text for today's English lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -er and -est.

Adding -er/-est

We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest

Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:

• quick, quicker, quickest
• great, greater, greatest
• full, fuller, fullest

Exceptions
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)

Go through today’s PowerPoint presentation. Look at the Activity Sheet Adding er and est. Can you complete the table by writing the adjectives with the suffixes er and est?

Remember

When the word ends in an e, we knock the e off before adding er or est.

If the adjective ends in a y, we need to change it to an i, then add er or est.

When an adjective ends in a vowel and one consonant, double the last consonant to keep the vowel short.

Music

Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.

In this lesson, we will be exploring how to make different sounds with our bodies and make up our own body percussion pattern.

Please click on the link for this week’s music lesson.

Exploring different ways to use your body

French

We were doing really well with our French phonics so here’s a video to watch first to practise some sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkR7BTicoxc

Now we are going to move on to learning the names of some farm animals. Watch this video and repeat the words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pba8564WZ4M

Attached is a sheet with 7 farm animals. Print out the sheet (or do 7 drawings). Hide the pictures round the room. When your child finds one, s/he should give the word in French. Then it’s their turn to hide them!

Here is a song to finish – Old MacDonald had a farm in French. It’s a bit fast so may be better played on 0.75 speed. See if you can pick up the sounds the animals make in French. They’re not all the same! The word used for sheep is une brebis (oon brubee) – a ewe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcgM_U22XU

Merci beaucoup. A bientot!

PSHE

Today, please fill in Tuesday on your wellbeing Journal and have a go at creating a ‘things to look forward to jar’.

The documents are attached to the blog.

We hope you have a brilliant Tuesday,

Year 2 team.

Year 2 Home Learning - 1st February 2021

Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 10:01am

We hope you had a lovely, relaxing weekend.

This week we are celebrating ‘Children’s Mental Health week’. There will be activities daily, throughout the week so please take a look under the PSHE section at the end of the blog.

Why not give yourself a target to achieve by the end of the week? Maybe use lead-ins to every letter, have a go at a Maths challenge or do 60 minutes of physical activity every day.  Let us know on Friday if you achieved your target.

Remember, some work will be set on Seesaw this week so please read this post carefully. This can be accessed by logging in and navigating to the family announcements section. We know home learning is very different to school but try your best to stick with it. Try to remain resilient and persevere with all the tasks set. Little and often is always the best policy.

Why not try a more relaxing start to your morning. 50 minute compilation of yoga adventures, mindfulness and guided relaxations - with themes around courage, thinking positive and staying peaceful. 🌈 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI

Or you could carry on doing the Joe Wicks daily session 😊 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Joke of the day

Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert?

Because she was stuffed.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 2’s – Can you count forwards to 30? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 30?

2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song

Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.

In Year 2, children are shown pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables. 

For example, they might be shown this pictogram which shows the favourite fruits of a group of children:



They might be shown a tally chart like the following, used to record the favourite parts of Christmas:

This block diagram or graph shows what kinds of vehicles were seen on a road by one child in the course of half an hour:


They may be shown a table like the following which shows the favourite sports of 50 children across a year group:
 

Can I use a tally chart?

Today’s maths lesson can be found on Seesaw. Please watch the video carefully pausing to attempt certain tasks when prompted by the teacher.

Worksheet – Go on a shape hunt around your house and see what different shapes you can find. Make a note of this in a tally chart.

Once you have completed this, have a go at the answering the following questions.

How many different shapes did you try to find?

How many objects did you find altogether?

Which is the most popular shape?

Which is the least popular shape?

Optional activities – Help the RSPB keep track of what birds are around during Big Schools' Birdwatch with the attached survey sheet. Go for a walk in your local area or look around your garden. How many birds can you spot? Make a tally chart on the survey sheet.

Tally chart game - https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/tally_chart/

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Statistics

Spellings – adjectives with the suffix -er and -est

English

Please see the attached English lesson for more details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -er and -est.

Adding -er/-est

We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest

Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:

• quick, quicker, quickest
• great, greater, greatest
• full, fuller, fullest

Exceptions
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)

Please view today’s PowerPoint presentation and complete the comparative adjectives worksheet attached to this post.

Science

Resources

Watercolour paint or thinned poster paint

Paint brushes

Pieces of card

Wax crayons

Variation of experiment

Tinfoil

Vaseline

Cast you minds back to lesson 3 and the effect of rubbing wax on a piece of paper.

Can you make a list of reasons why some materials need to be waterproof?

We now know that wax is waterproof and so it doesn't absorb water. When the paint touches the wax, it rolls off and gets absorbed by the surrounding paper. So the lines of your painting will be waxy with no paint, because the paint can't be absorbed there.

Practise on a scrap of card or paper to explore the resisting and absorbing qualities of the wax crayon and paint. You will need to draw lines with the wax crayon and then paint over and around those lines, watching the paint being absorbed into the paper but not where the crayon lines are.

Then give use a larger sheet of card or paper to do your design. There are many variations of wax resist painting, some more complex than others.

Useful website - Create an Easy Watercolor Wax Resist Painting (craftsy.com)

Another variation of this experiment

Have a go at resist printing by spreading a layer of Vaseline onto a sheet of tin foil (as if to make an ink pad), carefully pressing a small object (leaf, for example) into the Vaseline and then printing it onto the paper. The Vaseline on the paper should act like wax when paint is applied. This is more advanced than the printing with paint because it requires care when applying both the Vaseline to the object, and then the paint around the Vaseline.

PSHE – ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’

Please find attached documents each day all about promoting children’s mental health and wellbeing.

Today’s activity includes looking through the Assembly powerpoint introducing the week. Then start your Wellbeing journal and have a go at the colouring sheet.

We hope you have a fantastic week of home learning,

Year 2 team.

Fabulous Friday - 29th January 2021

Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 11:39am

It’s Fabulous Friday!

Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to:

•          Read

•          Complete the number activity

•          Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see

The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it! 

Well done for completing another week of home learning. Time is flying by! You have all been so amazing over the past 5 weeks and we couldn’t wish for a more enthusiastic group of children with supportive parents. You are all doing an incredible job and we are extremely proud of you.

We will post our ‘Friday catch up’ on Seesaw after school, where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week. 

Riddle of the day

Thursday’s riddle answer - There are 18 letters in ‘the English alphabet’.

The =  3, English = 7, alphabet = 8.     3 + 7 + 8 = 18 😊

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Maths game

Multiplication Bingo

Need:

12 sided dice – please see link to online 12 sided dice – 12 sided dice

Bingo sheets

Pencils

• Each child has a different bingo sheet with answers to the multiplication table being practised on (2, 5 or 10.

• The dice is rolled and whoever has the answer to the number on the dice multiplied by the table being practised can cross it off their bingo sheet.

For example:

• Multiplication table is 2.
• Number rolled is 6.
• Any child with the number 12 on their sheet can cross it off.

We hope you all have a relaxing and restful weekend.

Year 2 team.

Year 2 Home Learning - 28th January 2021

Date: 27th Jan 2021 @ 4:04pm

Good morning Year 2.

We hope you have a brilliant day of home learning today. 

Why not have try a more relaxing start to your morning with some Yoga. Watch cosmic yoga on YouTube (see link below).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI

If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Riddle of the day

How many letters are there in ‘the English alphabet’?

Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.

Wednesday’s riddle answer - Congratulations to those children who said A map. We will also accept Sat Nav and model village

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 10’s – Can you start at 100 and count forwards in 10’s? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 200?

10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song

Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

Today’s Maths lesson can be found under the family notifications section on Seesaw.

We would like you to have a go at the arithmetic quiz. Watch the video first to remind yourself about all the different strategies we use when completing missing number questions.

You will need:

Pencil

Exercise book or scrap piece of paper to show your working

A quiet space

Arithmetic questions

Arithmetic answers to check your work

Be careful not to view the answers before you start the quiz. Try to complete this activity independently and once you have completed the quiz, go through the questions with an older sibling or adult (if they are available).

Let us know how you did by posting your score on Seesaw.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –  Multiplication and division  

Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less

English

Your English Lesson today will be a recorded Power Point attachment.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.

Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.

You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.

A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.

The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.

In this worksheet, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.

-ful means full of.

Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain. 

Tom had a painful thumb.

-less means without.

The painter didn't care.

The painter was careless.

Use the adjectives below and have a go at writing you own sentences.

helpless

colourless

painful

beautiful

wonderful

RE

Readings during Mass are read from a lectern. There are readings from the Old Testament and from parts of the New Testament. These are read by people from a book called the Lectionary.

The Gospel readings for each Sunday are on a 3 Year cycle. (A, B, C). The Book of the Gospels is

honoured in a special way because Jesus is God’s Son bringing the Good News of God’s love to

everyone (Gospel means Good News. The priest or deacon reads a gospel story from the Book of

Gospels.

During the rest of Mass, the priest will read from the Altar Missal. This book contains the prayers the priest uses during Mass. Other books used in church at Mass are hymn books, Mass books and prayer books. These are all used by the congregation to help them to take part. Talk about these books which are used in church.

How is the Book of the Gospels is treated?

How do people at Mass greet the Gospel?

Why do you think people make the sign of the Cross three times on themselves before they listen to the Gospel?

What does the priest say before and after he reads the Gospel?

Activities to choose from:

• Design a simple information leaflet about the books we use at church and describe how and why these books are used.
• Make a bookmark to keep in a prayer book. Decorate it with the names of all the books you have learned about.

Additional activities – Calm Art Project

This project offers space to notice and explore these feelings. The four creative activities encourage children to spot, settle, soothe and share their worries so these feelings do not become overwhelming. By doing this children can be helped to feel calm. Please see the attached document and send us any work on Seesaw.

We can’t wait to see what you get up to today.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 27th January 2021

Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 3:18pm

Hello Year 2.

Why not help mum and dad with some chores around the house. Make your bed or cook a meal (with supervision). Get creative at some point today and draw a picture that makes you smile.

Start your day with a fun game! Keep a balloon up in the air together, taking turns to hit it back and forwards using hands, feet or heads. Set up an obstacle course in the garden/sitting room/hallway.

If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Riddle of the day

Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?

Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.

Tuesday’s riddle answer - Congratulations to those children who said a towel.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 10’s – Can you start on 7 and count forwards in 10’s ? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 127?

10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song

Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.

Can I make equal groups by grouping?

Today we are going to look at making equal groups by grouping objects together.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/492603961

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –  Multiplication and Division

Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less

English

Please see the attached English lesson for more details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.

Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.

You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.

A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.

The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.

In this worksheet, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.

-ful means full of.

Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain. 

Tom had a painful thumb.

-less means without.

The painter didn't care.

The painter was careless.

Please see attached worksheet. Someone has removed all of the adjectives ending with the suffixes -ful and -less from the sentences. Read each sentence and decide if the missing word ends in -ful or

-less. Write the missing word in the space.

Computing

This term we are looking at coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual login for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off.  Once your child has their unique login, they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.

• Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.

Today, please complete the following lesson:

-              Course B (2020)

-              Complete Lesson 6 – Getting Loopy

As we start to write longer and more interesting programs, our code often contains a lot of repetition. In this lesson, students will learn about how loops can be used to more easily communicate instructions that have a lot of repetition by looking at the repeated patterns of movement in a dance.

Please only complete the lessons stated above.

Additional activities – Calm Art Project

This project offers space to notice and explore these feelings. The four creative activities encourage children to spot, settle, soothe and share their worries so these feelings do not become overwhelming. By doing this children can be helped to feel calm. Please see the attached document and send us any work on Seesaw.

We are already halfway through the week. Keep up the hard work.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 26th January 2021

Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 3:13pm

Good morning Year 2,

We hope yesterday went well. Hopefully you are all in good spirits and working hard for your parents/carers. The weather doesn’t look great this week but you still need to make sure you are staying active and get at least 60 minutes of physical activity in per day. We love to do the Daily Mile at school. Is there anywhere you can go for a run at home?

Have a challenge to see who can do the funniest balance on one leg/scrunch up to be the smallest/stretch out to be the tallest.

Join Joe Wicks for one of his daily workouts -  https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Oti Mabuse is holding dance lessons on her Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGs-r4G-XmI

If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Riddle of the day

What becomes wetter the more it dries?

Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.

Monday’s riddle answer - Congratulations to those children who gave the answer sponge. We will also accept watering can. Well done for thinking outside the box!

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 10’s – Can you count forwards starting at 1? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 121?

10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song

Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.

Can I make equal groups by sharing?

Today we are going to look at making equal groups through sharing different objects.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/492603633

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –  Multiplication and Division

Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less

English

Please see the attached English lesson for more details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.

Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.

You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.

A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.

The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.

In this worksheet, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.

-ful means full of.

Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain. 

Tom had a painful thumb.

-less means without.

The painter didn't care.

The painter was careless.

Watch this introduction to suffixes to help you – suffix video

When the word ends in y, we change the y to an i then add -ful or -less.

Using the Adding -ful or -ness Word Search, add the correct suffix to each word, then find the new adjective within the word search. Please see attached worksheet.

Music

Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.

In this lesson, we will be exploring how to make different sounds using instruments around the house.

Please click on the link for this week’s music lesson.

Exploring different ways to use instruments

French

We were doing really well with our French phonics so here’s a video to watch first to practise some sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkR7BTicoxc

Now we are going to move on to learning the names of some farm animals. Watch this video and repeat the words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pba8564WZ4M

Attached is a sheet with 7 farm animals. Print out the sheet (or do 7 drawings). Hide the pictures round the room. When your child finds one, s/he should give the word in French. Then it’s their turn to hide them!

Here is a song to finish – Old MacDonald had a farm in French. It’s a bit fast so may be better played on 0.75 speed. See if you can pick up the sounds the animals make in French. They’re not all the same! The word used for sheep is une brebis (oon brubee) – a ewe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcgM_U22XU

Merci beaucoup. A bientot!

Additional activities – Calm Art Project

This project offers space to notice and explore your feelings. The four creative activities encourage children to spot, settle, soothe and share their worries so these feelings do not become overwhelming. By doing this children can be helped to feel calm. Please see the attached document and send us any work on Seesaw.

We hope you have a brilliant Tuesday,

Year 2 team.

Year 2 Home Learning - 25th January 2021

Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 7:36am

Good morning Year 2,

We hope you all had a brilliant weekend. We have loved reading all your posts. You have done some amazing work so far and we are very proud. Now it is time to start our home learning again and I’m sure you are all ready to go.

Remember, some work will be set on Seesaw this week so please read this post carefully. This can be accessed by logging in and navigating to the family announcements section. We know home learning is very different to school but try your best to stick with it. Try to remain resilient and persevere with all the tasks set. Little and often is always the best policy.

Keep going, we are so proud of you all!

Hopefully the snow sticks around today. If it does, we have attached a couple of snow experiments to the end of this post for you to try. Enjoy!

Why not try a more relaxing start to your morning. 50 minute compilation of yoga adventures, mindfulness and guided relaxations - with themes around courage, thinking positive and staying peaceful. 🌈 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI

Or you could carry on doing the Joe Wicks daily session 😊 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Riddle of the day

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 10’s – Can you count forwards to 120? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 120?

10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song

Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button

Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10

Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?

This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.

Can I use an array?

Today we are going to look at using arrays.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/490417143

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –  Multiplication and division

Spellings – adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less

English

Please see the attached English lesson for more details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.

Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.

You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.

A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.

The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.

This week, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.

-ful means full of.

Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain. 

Tom had a painful thumb.

-less means without.

The painter didn't care.

The painter was careless.

Watch this introduction to suffixes to help you – suffix video

Please see attached PowerPoint presentation and worksheet for you to have a go at.

Science

Resources

Collection of manmade and natural objects.

Paint and a pencil

Study with an adult a collection of objects. Have a go at sorting the objects into two groups. Give them clues (think about what the object was before it became what you see in front of you, etc.) and only tell them the groups should be 'manmade' and 'natural' after they have had plenty of time to think and discuss the grouping options.

Discuss the meaning of 'manmade' and 'natural'. Now try to regroup your objects accordingly.

When you look at objects from the manmade group and compare them to the natural objects, what are the differences? Are there any similarities? Is there anything that surprises you about the objects in these two groups?

Can you write words to describe the objects you see (cold, hard, metal, etc.) and the properties they have (flexible, strong, waterproof, etc.).

Can you draw your objects as a repeating pattern? (manmade, natural, manmade, natural, etc.) If you have paint you could try printing paint using some objects from the manmade group and some from the natural group. As they do so, encourage them to talk about the different effects the objects make with the paint. Ask them if they notice any difference in printing between manmade and natural objects. Allow them to be free with their designs but if you need the paintings to be small, the chn will need to use small objects to print (the end of a twig, a tiny piece of sponge, a screw, etc.)

Additional activities – Snow Science 

If there is still some snow outside you could have a go at one of the snow science experiments attached to this post.

We can’t wait to see what you get up to this week!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 22nd January 2021

Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 9:20am

We made it to Friday!

Well done Year 2. You have had another great week of learning. We can see that you are all working really hard at home which is brilliant to see. We are proud of you all!

Please view our ‘Friday catch up’ on Seesaw, where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week. To view all the lessons so far, select the inbox and click family notifications.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 5’s – Have a go at the following games

https://uk.splashlearn.com/maths-skills/year-3/number-sense/count-by-5-s

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/duckShoot/index.html

5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song

Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

Today’s Maths lesson can be found under the notifications section on Seesaw.

We would like you to have a go at the arithmetic quiz. Watch the video first to remind yourself about all the different strategies we use when completing addition and subtraction questions.

You will need:

Pencil

Exercise book or scrap piece of paper to show your working

A quiet space

Arithmetic questions

Arithmetic answers to check your work

Be careful not to view the answers before you start the quiz. Try to complete this activity independently and once you have completed the quiz, go through the questions with an older sibling or adult (if they are available).

Let us know how you did by posting your score on Seesaw.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –

Spellings – adverbs with the suffix ly

Sumdog – Well done to the 19 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for next week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

English

Please see attached document for the English lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Adverbs

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Where to place adverbs?

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.

BBC super movers

Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs

Please see attached document. Look at each picture and verb. Can you write a sentence including an adverb about each one? Or you could have a go at the mini adverb quiz.

Computing

This term we are looking at coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual login for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off.  Once your child has their unique login, they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.

• Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.

Today please complete the following lesson:

-              Course B (2020)

-              Complete Lesson 5 – Programming with Harvester

Please only complete the lessons stated above.

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the art activities on the attached document or paint your own picture of a dragon.

We hope you have a brilliant weekend and look forward to seeing your work next week.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 21st January 2021

Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 3:50pm

Hello everyone.

Well done for all your brilliant learning so far this week. Today there will be a lesson introduction from Miss Bennison for English. It has been uploaded to SeeSaw. We have really enjoyed seeing what you have been doing at home through your pictures on SeeSaw. Tell someone you live with 3 things that you were proud of yesterday.

Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Have a go at drawing some cute animals, learning step by step how to draw them.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dEvA1is6-0_yuei9iCdEw

Premier League Stars have come up with some great videos to stay fit and healthy – they are for the whole family.

https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/the-premier-league-bbc

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 5’s – Start on 2 and count on in 5’s. Can you notice a pattern? Challenge – Can count backwards?

5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song

Play hit the button and select 5 times tables – hit the button

Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

This week we will be doing a re-cap on addition and subtraction. We have already covered this area in class so children should be able to use certain strategies like drawing tens and ones, partitioning numbers or drawing number lines to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of addition and subtraction too.

Can I use my bonds to 100?

Today we are going to look at bonds to 100 just using tens.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/463016488

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – addition and subtraction

Spellings – adverbs with the suffix -ly

English

Please see attached document for the English Lesson. Today the introduction for the English lesson has been uploaded to SeeSaw.

Please upload a picture of your writing to SeeSaw.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Adverbs

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Where to place adverbs?

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.

BBC super movers

Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs

BORING SENTENCES!!! Please see the worksheets attached. Can you alter these boring sentences by including adverbs?

RE

The four Gospels, found in this second part of the Bible - the New Testament - tell the story of Jesus’ life on earth, his birth, his teaching, the friends he called to help him and his Death and Resurrection. The four Gospels are each named after the person who is thought to have written it – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Gospel writers wrote for different reasons and different groups.

Q How many Gospels are there?

Q What are the names of the Gospels?

Q How do the Gospels help us?

In the Gospel of John, Jesus says,

‘Love one another. I love each one of you’ and,

‘You are my friends.’

Activity

Choose one of these sayings and describe in sentences how it can be lived out at home or in school.

Can you draw a picture underneath to show what it means to you? Why did you choose it?

Additional activities – Art

See attached document with lots of dragon art activities. Have a go at some. We can’t wait to see what you create on SeeSaw.

Well done Year 2.

Year 2 team 

Year 2 Home Learning - 20th January 2021

Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 1:15pm

Happy Wednesday!

Well done for completing all your home learning this week. Keep it up! We hope you had a great day yesterday and we hope you are finding lots of reasons to stay happy.

Well done to the 11 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for this week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

10 Minute Shake Up games

Change4Life and Disney have teamed up again to bring you new Shake Up games inspired by Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2, and Disney's The Lion King and Frozen. These 10-minute bursts of fun will really get your kids moving and count towards the 60 active minutes they need every day!

https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

Why not have try a more relaxing start to your morning with some Yoga. Watch cosmic yoga on YouTube (see link below).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 5’s – star on the number 1 and count in 5. Do you notice a pattern? Challenge – Can you go backwards?

5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song

Play hit the button and select 5 times tables – hit the button

Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

This week we will be doing a re-cap on addition and subtraction. We have already covered this area in class so children should be able to use certain strategies like drawing tens and ones, partitioning numbers or drawing number lines to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of addition and subtraction too.

Can I check my calculations?

Today we are going to look at checking our calculations.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/461791410

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – addition and subtraction

Spellings – adverbs with the suffix -ly

English

Please see attached document for the English lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adverbs using the suffix -ly.

Adverbs

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Where to place adverbs?

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.

BBC super movers

Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs

Look at the sorting cards with an adult. Are they spelt correctly? Sort the cards into the correct place on the chart attached to this post.

PE

We are continuing out Topic – Dance.

We all know how much Year 2 love to dance! This week is a move to the beat extravaganza

Watch this video first which helps you to find your rhythm – Move to the beat

Listen for a beat - When trying to listen for a beat, make sure you give the piece of music all of your attention. Use headphones or move to a quiet environment with no noise interruptions.

Additional activities – Art

Create some dragon art. See the attached document with ideas.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 19th January 2021

Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 3:31pm

Happy Tuesday!

Some of you already know how to use an adverb! We loved seeing them in your English work yesterday, well done! Thank you to those children who have already logged onto Sumdog this week, you’re already off to a great start.  We are so impressed with all your amazing learning at home. We hope you work hard again today and we will look forward to seeing your learning on SeeSaw.

Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Have a go at drawing some cute animals, learning step by step how to draw them.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dEvA1is6-0_yuei9iCdEw

Premier League Stars have come up with some great videos to stay fit and healthy – they are for the whole family.

https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/the-premier-league-bbc

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 5’s – Can you count backwards from 60? Challenge – keep counting in 5’s until you can’t think of the next number!

5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song

Play hit the button and select 5 times tables – hit the button

Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

This week we will be doing a re-cap on addition and subtraction. We have already covered this area in class so children should be able to use certain strategies like drawing tens and ones, partitioning numbers or drawing number lines to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of addition and subtraction too.

Can I use related facts?

Today we are going to look at related facts.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/461840544

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – addition and subtraction

Spellings – adverbs with the suffix -ly

English

Please see attached document for the English lesson.

We have attached the text alongside the lesson. Hope this is helpful.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adverbs using the suffix -ly.

Adverbs

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Where to place adverbs?

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.

BBC super movers

Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs

Please see attached PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on changing adjectives into adverbs.

Music

Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.

In this lesson, we will be exploring how to make different sounds with our bodies and make up our own body percussion pattern.

Please click on the link for this week’s music lesson.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-different-ways-to-use-your-body-75k68t

French

Year 2 Start with a familiar song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkJ88ygPY0

This week we will recap the pet animal vocabulary we learnt last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJIGw_rsTD8

Listen to the video and repeat the words. Can you remember the actions you made up last week for each word? Do them again as you say the words.

Try this lesson which reinforces the vocabulary: https://www.french-games.net/frenchlessons?topic=Animals%20-%20pets&level=primary

Click on full tutorial. The introduction goes through the words again, then there are 3 further activities in order of difficulty – yes or no? Either/or, then What is it? A song to finish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRGuyZJaGo

Amusez-vous bien et merci beaucoup!

Additional activities – Dragon Art

Create some dragon art. See the attached document with ideas.

Keep uploading all your fantastic work to SeeSaw.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 18th January 2021

Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 10:12am

We hope you all had a lovely weekend.

We were so excited to see all your wonderful work on Seesaw last week – you should be very proud of all the amazing work you have done so far, keep it up Year 2! We are sure that you will have another fantastic week of home learning. Let’s get going!

Please complete the work this week as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, and your presentation.

Also, well done to the 27 children that managed to have a go on Sumdog last week. Sumdog is a great way to quickly consolidate any learning done in school or at home. Please make sure you have a go at the challenges set for this week.

If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Have a go at drawing some cute animals, learning step by step how to draw them.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dEvA1is6-0_yuei9iCdEw

Premier League Stars have come up with some great videos to stay fit and healthy – they are for the whole family.

https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/the-premier-league-bbc

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 5’s – Can you count forwards to 60? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 100?

5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song

Play hit the button and select 5 times tables – hit the button

Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

This week we will be doing a re-cap on addition and subtraction. We have already covered this area in class so children should be able to use certain strategies like; drawing tens and ones, partitioning numbers or drawing number lines to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of addition and subtraction too.

Can I practise my number bonds?

Today we are going to look at practising our number bonds.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/462380184

1.           Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.           Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.           Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths –  Addition and subtraction

Spellings – adverbs with the suffix -ly

English

Please see attached document for the English lesson. We are continuing to focus on dragons and we have an exciting picture for you to write about today. 

Please complete the work this week as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, and your presentation.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

This week we will be looking at adverbs using the suffix -ly.

Adverbs

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Where to place adverbs?

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.

BBC super movers

Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs

Please see attached PowerPoint presentation and worksheet for you to have a go at.

Science

Talk to an adult about 'Waterproof materials'. Explain that, if a material does not absorb water, it is said to be waterproof. How many waterproof materials can you think of? Ask if they know what makes a material waterproof and write their answers and theories down.

Waterproof Investigation

1. Choose a piece of plain paper.

2. Drop water onto it. Keep the droplets on just one side of the paper.

3. Watch the droplets. Do they get absorbed into the paper or do the droplets sit on top?

3. Rub wax (a wax crayon) onto the dry side of the paper.

4. Drop water onto the waxy side.

5. Watch the droplets carefully. What do they do? Is it different to the side with no wax?

Mr Ingram and Miss Bennison love to read books in the park but we worry that they can get wet in the rain. Could you make a cover for our books? Give them time to explore making paper waterproof with wax crayons.  The Nikwax weblink gives instructions about how to make a waterproof book cover and this challenge could be a homework activity.

Additional activities – Art

Create some dragon art. See the attached document with ideas.

We can’t wait to see what you get up to this week!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 15th January 2021

Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 3:15pm

Happy Friday!

Thank you for an amazing week of home learning. We know you will all be working hard at home and doing us proud. Keep it up year 2!

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 2’s – Can you count backwards from 24? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 50?

2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times tables

Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

Can I find the correct change?

This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.

Today we are going to look at finding change.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/479816820

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed

Sumdog – Well done to the 20 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for next week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

English

We hope you came up with some exciting rules for ‘How to escape from a dragon’ in yesterday’s writing. Remember to use your capital letters, finger spaces, full stops and lead-ins for all your writing. Take your time with your handwriting to make it look beautiful.

Please see the attached document for the lesson details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.

For many verbs, to change to past tense you add -ed to the verb.

Example 1:

Jump = jumped

For many verbs that end in y, there are simple rules for changing these words to past tense:

If the y follows a consonant, then change the y to i and add -ed.

Example 2:

Carry = carried

If the y follows a vowel, add -ed.

Example 3:

Play = played

Please have a go at the attached worksheet.

Computing

This term we are looking at coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual login for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off.  Once your child has their unique login, they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.

• Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.

Today please complete the following lesson:

-              Course B (2020)

-              Complete Lesson 4 – Programming with Angry Birds.

Please only complete the lessons stated above.

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the windy art activities attached to this post.

We hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 14th January 2021

Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 1:00pm

Hello everyone!

We hope you all had a fantastic day of home learning yesterday. I know it can be hard at times but be resilient and keep going!

10 Minute Shake Up games

Change4Life and Disney have teamed up again to bring you new Shake Up games inspired by Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2, and Disney's The Lion King and Frozen. These 10-minute bursts of fun will really get your kids moving and count towards the 60 active minutes they need every day!

https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this.  Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

If it is a book, look at the front cover—or the last chapter—and talk about what might happen next. Look for clues in the book and be a reading detective! For example, ‘can you see the bear on the front cover? Where do you think he will go?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Counting and Times Tables

Counting in 2’s – Write out a sequence, counting in 2’s up to 24. Challenge – Can you go all the way to 50?

2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times tables

Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.

Can I find the difference?

This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.

Today we are going to look at finding the difference.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/479816379

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed

Sumdog – Well done to the 16 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for this week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

English

We hope you are enjoying our new novel. We are looking forward to seeing all your great writing on Seesaw. Remember to use your capital letters, finger spaces, full stops and lead-ins for all your writing. Take your time with your handwriting to make it look beautiful.

We have attached a document to the uploads with the text from the book needed for the lesson today. We realise the YouTube videos are quite long so hopefully this helps if you prefer to read it together. It is under the document called 'text from the book - Chapter 2'.

Please see the attached document for the lesson details.

Please check the Success Criteria for our expectations in your writing.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.

There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.

Once your pupils recognise and understand the suffix 'ed', a whole new dimension will be available to them in reading and writing.

They'll recognise the past tense in their reading, and be able to write about things in the past.

Please use the attached worksheet to help your child use the ‘ed’ suffix fluently.

RE

The Bible is God’s special book. It is all about how much God loves and cares for people. The Bible is the most important book that Christians use, because it is God’s Word, so it is always treated with reverence. Like all special books we take care of it, make sure our hands are clean before we use it and keep it in a safe place.

There are two main sections in the Bible. The Old Testament tells us about the time before Jesus. The New Testament tells us about Jesus and the beginning of the Church. Some of the books are called by the name of the person thought to have written them: Mark, Jeremiah, Peter. Some are named after the person the story is about: Job, Ruth, Jonah. One is called after an event: Exodus.

Others tell you about the content of the book: Genesis (Beginnings), Psalms, Proverbs, Letters. The Bible is like a library of different books just like we saw a variety of different books that we have at home and in school.

Q What is the Bible and why is it such an important book?

Q Why do you think we should show reverence for the Bible?

Q What does the first part of the Bible tell us?

Q What is the second part of the Bible about?

Activities to choose:

• Design a front cover for the Bible that shows it is a special book. On the back cover write a summary of what you would find inside.
• Create a bookmark for a Bible including the title of your favourite story from the Bible.

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the rain art activities attached to this post.

Enjoy your day!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 13th January 2021

Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 3:16pm

Hello everyone!

We hope you all had a fantastic day of home learning yesterday. I know it can be hard at times but be resilient and keep going!

Keep fit and active and Try an Avengers workout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC_V8hnU2PY

Complete a Just Dance routine. Can you get a better score than Mario?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39L-M5nhx6Y

Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reminders

Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.

You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.

Sumdog – Well done to the 9 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set this week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

All reading matters. Shared reading is about ‘reading with’, not just ‘reading to’ (even for older children). So, ask lots of ‘Wh’ questions, such as Who? What? When? Where? Why? Try them when talking about books: for example, ‘what do you think Harry is feeling?’

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.

Today we are going to look at finding the total.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/479815623

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed

English

We hope you enjoyed chapter 1 yesterday. Please see additional document for today’s lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.

There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.

What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?

For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.

If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".

If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".

If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".

If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."

Please see attached activity sheets, which give children the opportunity to practise adding the -ed suffix to make past tense words.

Help them identify which word matches with the right picture, and complete the sentences.

Differentiated two ways, children can be challenged to work at the ability level appropriate for them.

PE

We are continuing out Topic – Dance. We all know how much Year 2 love to dance! Have a go at the activity attached to this post and try and move to the beat.

Watch this video first which helps you to find your rhythm – Move to the beat

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the outdoor art activities (if the weather is kind) attached to this post.

We hope you have a great day of home learning!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 12th January 2021

Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:16pm

Good morning Year 2!

We hope you are all doing well. Start the day with this money song - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-money/zht4nrd

This can be an opportunity to review the topic again.

Have a look at the following website which helps parents to get their children moving with short interactive activities.

https://www.gonoodle.com/

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reminders

Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.

You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Don’t worry too much about the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of reading each day. Books are great— but leaflets, comics, recipes and instructions on a webpage can all be great too. Following a recipe to make some cupcakes is valuable reading. Be on the lookout for reading, wherever it is!

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.

Today we are going to look at compare money.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/479814464

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed

English

We are starting a new book! Our new novel is ‘How to train your dragon’. We know many of you will have enjoyed these films but we thought it would be great to see what fantastic writing we could produce from reading the novel.                

Please see the attached document for the lesson details.

Phonics and Spelling

Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!

You may log in with the following details:

username: jan21

password: home

Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.

There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.

What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?

For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.

If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".

If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".

If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".

If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."

Please see attached ‘ed’ suffix game.

French

Can I name some pet animals in French?

Listen to this clip which gives the names of some pets. Repeat with the speaker.

Listen again and add an action for each animal this time, saying the word at the same time.

Repeat if possible. Then play a game of Mime – child mimes an animal, adult gives the word and vice versa.

Play a game to consolidate the vocabulary:

https://www.french-games.net/frenchgames/four-in-a-row?topic=Animals%20-%20pets&level=primary

Here’s a song about the noises animals make, animals with big noses! See if you can join in after listening a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub-V1n6zpQE&safe=active

Music

Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.

Exploring different ways to use your voice

In this lesson, we will be learning lots of different ways to use our voice and decide which voice is best for a particular song.

Please follow the link to access the lesson - Exploring different ways to use your voice

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the bubble art activities attached to this post.

We miss you all!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 11th January 2021

Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 2:20pm

Good morning Year 2 and welcome back to another week of Home learning. We hope you have all had a brilliant weekend. The weather has been a bit frost and very chilly. Regardless, I’m sure you have all been up to lots of fun activities. What did you get up to?

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reminders

Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.

You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.

Today we are going to look at making the same amount.

We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.

Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/471402395

1.           Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.           Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.           Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed

English

Focus – Try to use some conjunctions in your writing to extend your sentences - and, but, if, when, because.

Animal Airlines –

Can you write a list of animals you would like to work on your animal airline?

(You might want to use bullet points for your list).

Can you write what job these animals will do?

Examples could be: pilot – who’s flying the plane, making the food, giving out the drinks, playing games with children, playing music to help people sleep etc. Try and use your imagination.

Can you choose 4 of your animals on your airline and write in full sentences using your joining words explaining their jobs in more detail.

It would be great to see some adjectives to describe your animals too.

Please see attached document for more information on today’s English lesson.

Phonics and Spelling

Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.

There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.

What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?

For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.

If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".

If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".

If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".

If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."

Please have a go at the attached PowerPoint and worksheet.

Science

This half term we have been looking at materials and their properties. Go for a walk in your local area, focus your attention on the different building materials around you. Take photographs, talk about what you see and (if possible) feel the different bricks. Back at home, ask you child - Do you think bricks are absorbent? Ask them to explain their answers. Then challenge them to think of their own questions about bricks and absorbency, such as: Are all hard things waterproof? Do things have to be soft to be absorbent? Alternatively, ask them to create their own Prediction: "All soft things are absorbent" or "Bricks are waterproof because they are hard and solid".

Suggest the following prediction: "Hard materials cannot absorb water" and see what their reactions are. Ask them to give a 'thumbs up' if they agree and a 'thumbs down' if they don't.

Collect different types of wood, brick, plastics, plaster, clay and metals. Stand each of the hard materials in a shallow bowl of water and observe, over time, to see if the material soaks up the water. Give your child a plain piece of paper to encourage them to record their observations in their own way and to explore what works best for them. Get them to describe what they have observed.

You could take pictures and stick them in your Home Learning journal.

Additional activities – Art

Try one of the cloud and sky art activities attached to this post.

Have a lovely day Year 2!

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 8th January 2021

Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 11:48am

Happy Friday Everyone!

Well done for all your fantastic learning this week. We know it has been a bit different to normal times – but keep going you are doing great. We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Sumdog – Well done to the 10 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for next week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Today we are going to focus on selecting the correct amount. I have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough. Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/473051856

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – tion/ssion

English

English focus – Using capital letter and full stops for every sentence. Using lead-ins to every letter.

Over the next few days we will be writing about inspiring stories. Please see attached document for the lesson today.

Phonics and Spelling

Task – Have a go at completing the cross word to find all the ‘tion’ words.

See attached document for worksheet.

Computing

This term we are focuisng on coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual code for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off.  Once your child has their unique login they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.

• Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.

Today please complete the following lesson:

• Course B (2020)
• Watch the video for lesson 1 and 2.
• Complete Lesson 3 – Sequencing with Angry Birds.

Please only complete the lessons stated above.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 7th January 2021

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 3:14pm

Good morning everyone!

Well done to everyone who managed to complete yesterday’s work.  We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Today we are going to focus on counting money in pounds. I have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough. Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/471307411

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings – tion/ssion

English

English focus – Using capital letter and full stops for every sentence. Using lead-ins to every letter.

Today we will be looking at The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright. Please see the attached document for today’s lesson and YouTube links.

Phonics and Spelling

Can you complete the word search finding the ‘tion’ words?

Please see attached documents.

RE

The new topic in RE this term is Books.

Explore, discuss and investigate the many books which we use at home and at school and how and where each one might be used.  Share together favourite books, why they are favourites and notice how people choose the same and different types of books.

17. What types of books are there at home and at school?
17. What uses do books have?  (e.g. a timetable, telephone directory, text books, photo albums etc.)
17. How do these books differ?
17. What books do you like and why?
17. What would a world without books be like?

Can you draw and colour your favourite book? Can you write 5 sentences about why it is your favourite? You might want to include: your favourite characters, your favourite part of the story and why you like to read it.

Keep smiling! J

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Learning - 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 1:04pm

Good morning everyone!

We hope you are excited to start your home learning today. We can’t wait to see what you get up to. Each day we will be focusing on Spellings, English, Maths and foundation subjects along with additional fun activities. We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources. Remember, you can collect exercise books, stationary and additional resources from school if required. You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.

Reading

It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Today we are going to focus on counting money in pence. I have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough. Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.

Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.

https://vimeo.com/471306740

1.            Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).

2.            Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.

3.            Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Money

Spellings - tion/ssion

English

English focus – Using capital letter and full stops for every sentence. Using lead-ins to every letter.

Over the next few days we will be writing about inspiring stories. Please see attached document for the lesson today.

Phonics and Spelling

Please practise writing these six spellings and try to think of 2 more. Pick 3 of these spellings and write them in a sentence.

PE

We all know how much Year 2 love to dance so this term we will be focusing on different dance activities in PE. Please see the attached document.

You could use the following music to help you move to the beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDzlhW3XTM&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbY_aP-alkw&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-VqEnvDKbw&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrXR6n0RTY&safe=active

Keep smiling :)

Year 2 team

Year 2 Home Practice - 18th December 2020

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:33pm

What an exciting week! We have visited the Christmas shop, wore our Christmas jumpers and created some brilliant pieces of Christmas art. We also had a visit from Father Michael, who joined us in prayer and gave us a blessing for the Christmas break. This term, the effort from the children has been incredible and they have worked very hard. We will not set any work on SumDog over the Christmas holidays but keep up with your reading. We are both so proud of the progress the children have made this term and we have enjoyed every second.

We hope you have a relaxing and peaceful Christmas holiday and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Merry Christmas!

From the Year 2 team

Nativity 2020

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:57pm

Online Safety over the Christmas Holidays

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 2:11pm

Here you will find some help and advice for keeping your family safe online over Christmas.

Online Safety December 2020

Some of our learning this week - 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 4:02pm