Year 2

Hello Year 2 Pupils and Parents!

We hope you are all well and are staying safe. We will be posting lots of ideas and work for you to complete at home over the next few weeks.

Parents, please do not worry if your child is struggling to complete the work; they can always ask you for help or complete some work from the Year 1 page if this is more appropriate!

You know your child best so do what is best for them!

Miss Scanlan and Mrs Johnson :-)

 

WEEKLY EMAIL TASK W/B: 01.06.20

Every week we are going to set up one task that we would like you to submit to us via email. This week we would like you to complete a task based on the picture below.

                                                    

Discuss the following questions with a family member:

• Who is the girl in the picture?
• Where has she come from?
• What stories have been told in her village for centuries?
• What do you think she hopes will be inside the house?
• What will she actually find inside?
• Why is she all alone?
• What are the golden specks of light that appear at the front of the picture?
• How has the girl found this place?

Now draw and write a description of what it is like inside the house. Think about:

• What does the girl see as she enters?
• What can she hear?
• What can she feel?
• What can she smell?
• How does she feel?

Remember to use all your super descriptive tools such as adjectives, commas in a list, similes and punctuation.

Email your responses to 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan's class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson's class) with your child's name clearly stated. Parents, if your child struggles to write the reply, please ask them for their ideas and type them yourselves. Thank you!

                                                   

 WEEKLY LEARNING GRIDS

Every week we will post 5 activities for English, Maths and Curriculum, one for each day of the week. It does not matter which order you complete the activities in. Record them in your yellow home learning book. We would love to see pictures or examples of any work you have completed at home-please email these to 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan's class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson's class). Please also spend some time on Bug Club and Sumdog. Your teachers are monitoring your use of these websites!

English W/B: 01.06.20

Activity 1

Complete the appropriate reading comprehension for your Phonics or book talk group. Read the text carefully then answer the questions in your yellow home learning book. These documents can be found in the documents section at the bottom of the page.

Mrs Johnson’s book talk group, you have a comprehension called ‘Abandoned’

Mr Kirton’s book talk group, you have a comprehension based on a famous Australian tale.

Children in any Phonics group, you have a comprehension all about Parts of a Plant.

If you are finding the text challenging to read, you can always read it with a grown-up and answer the questions together.

        

Activity 2 It is important to develop a love of books. This week we would like you to spend some time on Bug Club. We would like you to answer at least 5 quiz questions based on the books you have read, by clicking on the bug symbol. Don’t forget your teacher’s can see your answers so make sure you think carefully before answering each question. We cannot wait to see your answers!

 Activity 3       

We have been practising lots of different spellings over the last few weeks. This week we would like you to have a go at correctly someone else’s spellings.

Mr Whoops is a little clumsy and often makes silly spelling mistakes. We would like you to read through his writing and highlight or underline the incorrect spellings. Once you have done this, have a go at correcting his spellings and making a list of words Mr Whoops needs to practise. You can either complete this straight onto the sheet or copy the text into your home learning book.

                                      

   

Activity 4 Complete the SpaG activity on the prefix ‘un’. Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. Most prefixes mean a similar thing when they're added to different words. The prefix ‘un’ usually means not. Read the sentences on the sheet and choose which word needs the prefix ‘un’ added to complete the sentence. Copy the sentences into your home learning book, writing the new word on the line. Challenge: Can you think of anymore words with the prefix ‘un’? Now write a sentence using each new word.

Activity 5 Look carefully at this picture. You will be using this to help with your writing today.                                                  Before you start, discuss these questions with a family member: What is a dare? Who has dared the boy to camp in the woods? Who is the boy? Why have they dared him to venture into the woods? What do you know about him/what can you guess about his character? Why has he chosen to camp out in the woods? Has anything happened during the night? What will happen when he leaves the tent? Now use your senses to describe what it is like to be in the woods. Think about: What can you see? What can you smell? What can you hear? How do you feel? Remember to use all your descriptive tools such as adjectives, commas in a list, similes and punctuation. If you find this tricky, then draw a picture of what might happen in the woods and write a sentence saying what is happening. Remember to use an adjective. This is a checklist for you to help you make sure your writing is the best it can be!

Maths W/B: 01.06.20

For each Maths activity there are learning reminders included to help you and your parents remember the different methods and approaches.

Study the learning reminders first, and then complete the activities.

Maths Knowledge Organiser Quiz W/B: 01.06.20

In addition to the five activities we would like you to complete a short quiz based on a specific area of Maths included in a knowledge organiser. This week's quiz is all about capacity. Click here to view and download it.

Please email your answers to the quiz questions to 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson's class) or 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan's class). 

Activity 1 Multiplication

Activity 2 Division

Activity 3 Multiplication and division

Activity 4 Weight (1)

Activity 5 Weight (2)

 

 Curriculum and Wellbeing W/B: 01.06.20

Activity 1 In Science we will be moving onto looking at classifying (sorting) animals into their animal groups (mammals, amphibians etc) Read through the posters on animal groups. We would now like you to complete the sorting animal groups activity. Look at the animal groups on the first page of the activity. On the second page, write what animal group each circle is showing. Now write a sentence saying what characteristics each animal group has. You can either write onto the sheet provided or write straight into your home learning book. Remember to use your neatest handwriting. Challenge: Can you think of one other animal that belongs in each animal group. Write a sentence saying why it belongs to that animal group. We would love to see some of your sorting activities. You can email these to your child’s class teacher- 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan’s class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson’s class). We cannot wait to see your fabulous work!

Activity 2 In Geography this week, we will be looking at maps. We would like you to draw a map of your local area. You could include shops, parks, school, your house and any other features. You may also want to label the key features. Challenge: Can you say if each feature is a physical or human feature? Write a sentence saying what type of feature it is and how you know. We would love to see some of your super maps. You can email these to your child’s class teacher- 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan’s class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson’s class). We cannot wait to see your fabulous work!

Activity 3 Complete the Online Safety activities for this week once they have been posted in 'Regular Websites' section of this page.

Activity 4 This week we would like you to create a self-portrait. A self-portrait is a picture of yourself. Look carefully at yourself in the mirror. Now use materials you have at home, such as pencils, pencil crayons, felt tips, paints or anything else you may have to create your self-portrait. Try to make it as life-like as you can. Do not give yourself purple hair unless you have purple hair! We would love to see some of your fabulous artwork. You can email these to your child’s class teacher- 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan’s class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson’s class). We cannot wait to see your fabulous work!

Activity 5 It is important to think about our wellbeing during this difficult time. We would like you think of something you have done that you are proud of over the week. This could be a piece of school work or something you have done at home, such as helping someone else, a drawing or something you have made. We would like you to draw or take a photo of the thing you are proud of and write a short paragraph saying what it is you are proud of and why it makes you proud. Here is a checklist for you to help you make sure your writing is the best it can be!                                   We would love to see what it is you are proud of. You can email these to your child’s class teacher- 2PS@castle.emat.uk (Miss Scanlan’s class) or 2IJ@castle.emat.uk (Mrs Johnson’s class). We cannot wait what has made you proud this week!

Leaderboards

Look out for who has been playing on Sumdog, Bugclub and Flash Academy. Will you make it onto the leaderboard this week?

Class 2PS's Results 25.05.20

 

Class 2IJ's Results 18.05.20

REGULAR WEBSITES

Online Safety

Whilst we are all at home and using the internet a lot more often online safety is something that all families are thinking about lots! Here are some activities for you to do together as a family to talk about staying safe online. They will be updated every 2 weeks so that we can keep online safety in the forefront of all of our minds!

Week beginning 7th April: Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6

Daily exercise

Joe Wicks will be posting a daily workout video each morning at 9:00am on Youtube. This could be the perfect way to start the day and is a great way to stay fit and healthy! 

Please find the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ?safe=true

You can also try a more relaxed approach by joining in with Cosmic Kids Yoga activities at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

FREE access to Audible audiobooks

Listen to some great stories for FREE during the school closures!

Follow the link below:

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

RWI Phonics lessons at home

Free Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons are available on Youtube for children to watch at home; three short Speed Sound lessons every day.

From Monday 23rd March and for the next two weeks, films will show at the times below and be available for 24 hours.

• Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am

• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am

• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am

Films and resources for parents can be found at:  https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?safe=true

Maths lesson links

White Rose have prepared a series of five maths lessons for each year group to access at home. They will be adding five more each week, for the next few weeks.

Each lesson comes with a video on how to help a child complete the activity successfully.

Please find the link below:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

You could also try some Maths challenges at:

http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/

Bug Club and Sumdog

All children have logins to Bug Club and Sumdog websites. Bug Club is an exciting library of e-books they can read na listen to. Each book the children have been assigned has some quiz questions the children need to answer. Sumdog is a maths-based website full of brilliant games and challenges. We will be posting names of children who logged in to Bug Club and Sumdog on our Castle app every Monday. Click on the links below to access the two websites:

https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

https://pages.sumdog.com/

Flash Academy

Flash Academy is a new exciting language learning programme that we have recently signed up for. To access it, download the FREE Flash Academy app from Apple Store or Google Play and use the login details in your home learning pack.