Author: year2

Here are a selection of pick and mix optional activities for half term week.

Have a good week,

Mrs Lilly & Miss Welsh

 

Week 7 Home Learning

Supplementary sheets provided daily on Dojo.

 

Week 7 Home Learning – LAP

 

Week 6 Home Learning – please find attached the overview and resources you will need for the home learning.

Reading

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/26331.html – set 2 slideshow
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/26334.html – set 3 slideshow

Continue to practice phonics. Use the videos above to go through all sounds. These could be written on pieces of paper and hidden round the house for them to find or you could use them as flash cards to encourage them to read them quickly.

Reading- Pirate Pete comprehension / Micro-habitats reading comprehension

Spelling

Challenge – Wordsearch – can you find the words hiding in the grid?

Choose 5 words from the Summer Term spelling list.

Can you write 5 silly sentences using these words on the template provided.

English

This weeks learning follow on from last weeks about ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’.

Day 1 – Read the story or listen to it online following the link on the page. Talk with someone at home about the story and fill in the boxes.  – Day 2 – answer the questions about the story – you might want to get a grown up to read it to you or listen to it again online.

Day 3 – join up the words to their definitions – one has been done for you. Sort the list of words into nouns, verbs and adjectives.                   Day 4 – now let’s get creative design some new clothes for the elves – draw them in the boxes
Day 5 – now let’s get writing, read the letter from the shoemaker to the elves. Can you write a letter back to the shoemaker.  Offline
Maths

Visit the following website – https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Select Summer term – week 3: Here you will find a selection of video clips all about addition and subtraction.  Please work through one video and the relevant activity each day – these need to be completed in the correct order.  The activities and answers are provided on the same webpage.
Here is a break down of the week: 1. Fact families addition and subtraction bonds to 20. 2. Compare number sentences. 3. Related facts. 4. Add and subtract ones. 5. Friday challenge.

There will also be some revision activities posted daily on our class story. This week their focus will be on the inverse.

Don’t forget these websites:

Times Table Rock Stars – 10 mins https://play.ttrockstars.com/ Battles will be set on a regular basis.

Prodigy  (just for fun) https://play.prodigygame.com/

Science

https://fun-science.org.uk/top-5-science-activities-home/

Choose one fun science experiment to do at home – you will need a grown up to help

you.

Topic

Wanted poster – this can be for a character from a book or a family member or a teacher from the school! Use your imagination – I have given you a template you could use to help you or you could design one for a pirate!

PE

Have a go at one of the activities from the sheet. There are also some tips below to help make the activities trickier or easier.
You can also answer the questions in the P.E. quiz attached, then why not quiz someone in your family!

Art

Have a go at creating your own pirate hat. You can draw it using pens/pencils etc or you can have a go at making one you can wear. We have provided a template you can use.

DT

Watch this video all about healthy eating  Online Have a go at designing and creating your own healthy snack.  Ask people in your family about what healthy eating means to them and what their favourite snacks are.  Then fill in the worksheet.  You could even have a go at making your snack if you have the right ingredients! Or making your own advert for your snack

Computing

https://toybox-assets.files.bbci.co.uk/activities/legacy-bitesizegames/robot/navigation/index.html#salink_location=blocks&intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bb c.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Ftopics%2Fz3tbwmn%2Farticles%2Fzqnc4w x&intlink_ts=1588770561098-sa

Follow this link and have a go at

programming the robot on the game.

or
gather some objects from around the house to make a robot with. Lego or other building toys would be great for this. Sit back to back with someone and label yourselves A and B. Have person A describe to you what to build, and copy it word for word, whilst they build it to. Once you are done, compare them both to see if they look the same. Then swap!

Music

Read through the pirate songs that use the tune of famous nursery rhymes. Can you learn one song and create your own music to go with it.

RE

Islam – Lesson 4 – This week’s learning is all about Mosques – read through the powerpoint with your family and have a go at creating a collage of a mosque or creating a 3D model

 

 

Reading

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/26331.html – set 2 slideshow
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/26334.html – set 3 slideshow

These can be practiced daily – practice all of the sounds. Pick one or two sounds to focus on for the week. Write words including those sounds. Write sentences using those words.

Reading- Horrid Henry reading comprehension – challenge

Beetle – Easy reading comprehension

Spelling

Challenge – word endings sure/ture. Can you match the word endings?

Missing words using the ir sound. Write the word to match the picture and label the pictures using the correct spelling pattern,

English – This weeks learning follow on from last weeks about Pandora’s Box and Zeus.

Day 1 – put the words in alphabetical order. Remember if you have two words that start with the same letter, look at the second letter. Match these words to their meaning. One has been done for you.

Day 2 – use these words to write your own sentences. Use the examples to help you. Have a go at adding an apostrophe to the words eg. Pandora’s Box

Day 3 – read ‘The Magic Box’ poem or listen to it being read to you online. Answer the questions about the poem and what you think about it. –

Day 4 – now let’s get creative – using a cardboard box, make your own magic box. Now write down 8 of your favourite things, people or places to put in the box.

Day 5 – now let’s get writing, using the sentences starters, can you write your own magic box poem.

Visit the following website – https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ Select week 2 – Here you will find a selection of video clips continuing our work on fractions. Please work through one video and the relevant activity each day – these need to be completed in the correct order. The activities and answers are provided on the same webpage.

Maths
Here is a break down of the week:

1. Recognise a third. 2. Find a third. 3. Unit Fractions 4. Non-unit fractions 5. Equivalence of a half and two quarters.

There will also be some revision activities posted daily on our class story. This week their focus will be on division/sharing.

Times Table Rock Stars – 10 mins https://play.ttrockstars.com/ Battles will be set on a regular basis.

Prodigy (just for fun) https://play.prodigygame.com/

Science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zs73r82

Dead or Alive – watch the video clip about things that are dead, alive or never alive then go on a search around your house or garden and fill in the sheet with what you found.

Topic

Watch the video of The Magic Grandad (we’ve watched these in school – they last about 14 mins so you can do it in sections or all at once) Make a poster/fact file about seaside holidays in the past – use the template to help you.

PE

Healthy eating reading comprehension – read the text and answer the questions which are all about healthy eating.
Use some of the ideas on the PE fitness cards or use your own ideas to build your own P.E. lesson. Then challenge yourself to complete it or challenge someone in your house and you can be the P.E. teacher who shows them how to do each different exercise!

Art

Look at the range of seaside art pictures. Create your own seaside art. This can be of your favourite part of the seaside, a seaside landscape, or you could compare seaside holidays past and present. Use the pictures provided to help you with ideas.

DT

Create your own Punch or Judy puppet – this could be made out of card or maybe a sock puppet. You can use the template provided to design your puppet and then make it. If you cannot make a puppet, then just design one to share with us.

Computing

Coding -https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/ztqxhyc watch this video all about coding. Then can you make your own list of instructions to get someone to move from one place in your house to another. You will need to test it yourself first to make sure it works.

Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo97ztKppIw Watch this performance from 10:00 until the end of the
performance at 12:00 then answer these questions. How did this piece of music make you feel? What did you notice about the performance? How did the performers keep in time? What did this piece of music make you think of? Can you draw a picture to help you explain?

RE

Islam – Lesson 3 – This weeks learning is all about The Quran

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zbjqhyc

Watch the clip or read the powerpoint slides then complete the activity sheet

All of the home learning for week 5 can be found here. We have consolidated it all into one document to make it easier for you to access. We have also created a document with a range of practical activities covering all areas of the curriculum.

 

Here is the overview and all of the necessary sheets the children will need for the week 4 home learning.

 

Overview of the week

 

Reading – Refer to the link Miss Reynolds put on Dojo for further phonics lessons

Follow the oxford owl links to practice phonics – focus on set 2 and set 3 sounds.

These can be practiced daily – go through all of the sounds. Pick one or two sounds to focus on. Write words including those sounds. Write sentences using those words.

Reading- Once you have listened to ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’,  (link for story is in English overview) complete the reading  comprehension.

 

 

 

 

 

Spelling

Watch the suffix video – remember; a suffix comes at the end of a word. We add them to root words eg.

Play – root word  – suffix added – Playing, Player, Played

Adding er ing ed – complete the worksheet

English

Read ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. If you find it too tricky, you can just listen to the story. There are 5 lessons – you can choose a couple to do or complete all 5.

1-Create your own ‘Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ storyboard. There is a template to use and an example sheet to show you what to do.  2- Setting description – Where do they live? What does the house look like? Use adjectives to describe what you can see. The cool crystal blue sea crashed against the rocks. 3 – create your own favourite meal. You can draw it or actually make it and take a photograph. 4 – Speech bubbles of the characters feelings 5 – Invent a way for Mr Grinling to get his lunch to the lighthouse without the seagulls taking it.

Maths – Visit the following website – https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ Select summer term week 2

Here you will find a selection of video clips about measure.  Please work through one video and the relevant activity each day – these need to be completed in the correct order.  The activities and answers are provided on the same webpage.

Here is an overview of the week; 1 – compare lengths 2 – order lengths 3 – four operations with length 4 – problem solving 5 – challenge question.

Once you have completed these activities, we have provided some further revision activities. These are all related to subtraction this week. The strategy we use in school is at the bottom of each set of questions. These will be uploaded on dojo daily.
Don’t forget these websites:

Times Table Rock Stars – 10 mins https://play.ttrockstars.com/ Battles will be set on a regular basis.

Prodigy Maths (just for fun) https://play.prodigygame.com/

Science Living things and their habitats

https://bpes.bp.com/introducing-living-things-and-their habitats

There are a couple of videos, animations and powerpoints – these can be used for week 1 and week 2 as there are also two worksheets to go alongside this.

Topic
https://theromneymarsh.net/lighthouses

Research lighthouses at Dungeness – what information can you find out about them? The link above tells you all about the different lighthouses. You can produce a poster, fact file of non-chronological report about the lighthouses. I have included a template to help you.

PE –

Joe Wicks daily will continue

PE debate lesson – this is for a bit of fun.  Debate: PE is the most important subject in school!

Athletics – Choose 1 or 2 activities per week to have a go at from the activity sheet provided

Art – Have a look at ‘Starry Night’ painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Can you create your own starry night picture? You can use the template provided or draw your own. If you have paints at home, you will be able to mix your own colours. You can also use crayons, pencils or pens.

 DT – can you design and make your own lighthouse. Think about what you will use. This could be made out of card, lego, sticks, stones –  any objects you can think of.

Computing

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/jessie-andfriends-videos/ Watch episode 2 – sharing information  Complete the activity sheet with key questions

Music – Have a go at the listen and layer challenge – https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/bring-thenoise?exitGameUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fteach%2 Fbring-the-noise%2Feyfs-ks1-music-play-it-bring-thenoise%2Fz4sq92p

Choose one of the songs and remove different instruments and add them back in. Think about how it changes the song. If you want to then try and join in with the song on the Feel the Beat section you can use an instrument if you have one or clap along. Online

RE – Islam – This term in RE we are learning about Islam.  Watch the BBC clip as explained on the sheet and have a go at matching the statements to the pictures.

Variety of different activities for our pupils who may need extra support.