Year 2 Home Learning Offer SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR LATEST UPDATES
Below is a range of documents, links and information about the offer of education during the school closures. Scroll down for updates which will be uploaded on a Monday and Thursday morning.
Overview
Your child will have taken home, or will is invited to collect, a pack of learning. Inside you will find the following which will also be uploaded to the website under the relevant subject section
- Maths challenges (with an answer book)
- A list of maths songs and games that are relevant to our curriculum
- A sheet of reading activities. Use your school books and books from your home for these.
- Spellings for the year group and ideas of how to practice them
- PE activities to keep you active
- 3 writing challenges with an idea, planning section and handwriting paper
- A book with half lined half blank pages for children to record their learning
- A pencil and a pen
- Maths With Parents log in details
- Paragon Home Learning for this term (Woodland Indians) and next term (Victorians)
In addition to this, some other documents have been uploaded digitally to each section to give you lots of ideas for learning.
There is also various links under each section that you can use to support learning.
Twinkl is an educational resource website with thousands of activities, ideas, stories and more. It is currently being offered free to parents with the code: UKTWINKLHELPS
Each Monday and Thursday an update will be given at the top of this page to let you know what the focus is and what activities have been set on Purple Mash.
Your child should have come home from school with several books from the school library and two from the class book corner. Please enjoy reading these and take care of them so they can be returned when we reopen.
Maths
Writing
Spellings and Phonics
Top Marks website
Phonics Play (Free at the moment using username march20 and password home) https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Reading
Here is a list of brilliant books for Year 2 children - how many can you read? Many are uploaded as 'read-a-longs' on Youtube if you can't get a physcial copy.
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2
The brilliant children's author Oliver Jeffers is reading a book a day during this period. He live broadcasts them at 6pm everyday and then uploads them to this website
https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/
Serial Mash
Purple Mash have released a section called Serial Mash to all Purple Mash users, which is usually an extra service. The Diamonds section has lots of e-books, chapter by chapter, with acommpanying quizzes and activities - a bit like Accelerated Reader that many children already do.
Books will be set as extra challenges as part of the reading learning twice a week, but feel free to explore this part of the website too.
Science
Science in Year 2 covers these main topics
- animals and their habitats (including food chains)
- materials and their properties
- plants and their purpose (including their life cycle)
- health, hygiene and staying fit
Science experiment activities https://theimaginationtree.com/fun-science-experiments-for-kids-from/
Paragon
Here are our two home learning menus for Spring 2 (Current term) and Summer 1. We hope you have fun completing these challenges.
Other Ideas
Here are some other fun ideas to keep your brain growing!
Computing
Each Monday and Thursday a new computing task will be set on Purple Mash.
Here are some extra ideas if you finish that
- Hello Ruby has lots of ideas of 'unplugged' activities and worksheets you can print out
- This is a great list of books about staying safe online. You may be able to find these on Youtube if you can't get physical copies
https://www.e2bn.org/cms/blog/book-corner-online-safety-books
Year 2 Home Learning Offer - Week 1 Monday (23.03.20)
Monday 23rd March - key areas of learning for the next 3 days
Maths: Maths With Parents - Subtracting with regrouping. Use the First Next Last in the home learning pack to help. If you are up for an extra challenge you could complete the subtraction section of the maths booklet. You could also make dienes by using sticks, paper or other small objects!
Purple Mash - Telling the Time Quiz (to the hour and half past)
Writing: One writing activity from the pack and one from the linked writing to our current topic
Reading: Read your book from school and complete one of the activities. How long does it take you to get BINGO and do them all?! If you are up for an extra challenge, go onto Serial Mash and find Max and the Pirates of Puddleton Bay. Can you read and complete the activities that go with it? You could do a chapter a day.
Spellings: /dge/ /g/ spelling pattern. Activity Y2 AUT1 W2 Spelling quiz has been set on Purple Mash. Check the spellzone website for some information on the patterns first.
https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-286737.htm
Science: Create a contraption to save an egg from smashing after being dropped from a height. What knowledge of materials can you use?
Book of the week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxBq9nJkig Egg Drop by Mini Grey - this book gave us the idea to make an egg protector to save the poor egg from smashing.
Paragon: Woodland Indian activity on Purple Mash and choose one of the home learning activities and complete it!
Book of the week: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+very+first+americans We would have read this book in class this week to learn more about the native Americans and the Woodland Indians. We hope you enjoy listening to it.
Computing: 2paint A Picture. This has been set as a 2do but you can find it by searching for 2Paint A Picture on Purple Mash. This is a continuation of learning in class where we have done pointalism and impressionist art. When it opens, you will get the menu pictured below. Choose any one to start with but try and have a go at all of them. Top Tip! Research the artists and examples of these styles by using google.
Good Luck!
Year 2 Home Learning Offer - Week 1 Thursday 26.03.20
Thursday 26th March - key areas of learning for the next 2 days
Maths: Maths With Parents - Two digit addition with partitioning. Please note, the children in the video use the word 'unit' instead of 'ones'. Please remind children that 'ones' is the correct word to use! Sum Swap, Bargain Buys and Secret Number are the challenges for this learning. Enjoy. A huge well done to the 3 Greenfinch children who completed the Monday challenge. Let's see how many we can have on this one!
Purple Mash - Time - Quarter Past activity. Remember to use your counting in 5s to help you as we know that quarter past is the same as 15 minutes past the hour. You can also use the time songs and games in the links above and our Human Clock actions!
Writing: One different writing activity from the pack and another from the linked writing to our current topic.
Reading: Read your book from school and complete one of the activities. How long does it take you to get BINGO and do them all?! If you are up for an extra challenge, go onto Serial Mash and find Zara and the lost cat. Can you read and complete the activities that go with it? You could do a chapter a day.
Spellings: /ey/ spelling pattern. Activity Y2 AUT1 W4 Spelling quiz has been set on Purple Mash. Check the spellzone website for some information on the patterns first.
https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-4720.htm
Science: To finish our learning on materials, can you choose 3 properties of materials from the word bank at the end of the page? Create a venn or carrol diagram (examples at the bottom of this section) and search your house to find things that could fit into each section of your diagram. You could take a photo and stick it in your home learning book, or you could draw what you create.
Book of the week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxBq9nJkig Egg Drop by Mini Grey - this book gave us the idea to make an egg protector to save the poor egg from smashing.
Paragon: Choose a different challenge from the Woodland Indian home learning activities and complete it!
Book of the week: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+very+first+americans We would have read this book in class this week to learn more about the native Americans and the Woodland Indians. We hope you enjoy listening to it.
Computing: Snail Race. This is a coding challenge. Remember to follow the instructions and use the videos and hints to help you solve the challenges. Good Luck.
Good Luck!
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Year 2 Home Learning Offer - Week 2 Monday 30.03.20
Monday 30th March - key areas of learning for the next 3 days
Maths: This week we would have started exploring Money. Thre is a Maths with Parents topic set to have a go at. Also, have a go at these games:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/index.html
Purple Mash - Time - Quarter to activity. Remember to use your counting in 5s to help you as we know that quarter to is the same as 45 minutes past the hour. You can also use the time songs and games in the links above and our Human Clock actions!
Writing: One different writing activity from the pack and another from the linked writing to our current topic.
Reading: Read your book from school and complete one of the activities. How long does it take you to get BINGO and do them all?! If you are up for an extra challenge, go onto Serial Mash and find Bramble the Bold. Can you read and complete the activities that go with it? You could do a chapter a day.
Spellings: /qu/ and the /a/ after a 'w' spellings. Activity Y2 AUT1 W6 Spelling quiz has been set on Purple Mash. Check the spellzone website for some information on the patterns first.
https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-4720.htm
Science: Have a go at the 'Matching Objects' game on Purple Mash. You have to match the objects with the material they are made from. Remember everything we have learnt about materials already.
Paragon: Choose a different challenge from the Woodland Indian home learning activities and complete it!
Book of the week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjUSxDj1ao This book tells us about the origins of Thanksgiving and how the Woodland Indians were involved in this.
Computing: This week we start a new focus on making music! On Purple Mash you'll find a piece of simple music which I have started. Can you add an instrument to make it more exciting?
Drag the pictures of instruments into the boxes and listen to how it sounds using the play button. The bar at the top controls the bpm (how fast or slow the music plays) and the triangles down the side control the volume of each one.
We've also attached the teacher guide here to help any grown ups see how the learning progresses.
I can't wait to hear your new music, have a great few days everyone!