Home learning week beginning 22nd June

Good Morning Year 2

Welcome to another week of learning.

Please see your English and Maths activities for you to complete each day.

Please see your Science and 2 topic activities to be completed, you can choose when you would like to enjoy them.

Don’t forget you can also have a go at PE, Marvellous Maths, Phonics, Spanish and Home/Life Skills.

This week there has been a new game created using the Scratch computer program by one of our Whales children. It links with our 3 Billy Goats Gruff story and the learning we have been doing on our 10 times table- Find it in Marvellous maths- Well done Stephen!

Try to do a little bit of learning each day, not forgetting your important Bread and Butter Learning.

Our word of the week this week is:

daring/daringly

bold, brave, adventurous

Maybe you could include the word of the week when you write us your e-mail. Try to use the word of the week in your tunnel adventure story.

Please note that our maths lessons are currently behind the dates named on the White Rose Website.

Bread and Butter Learning ·         Read your home reader books, a book from the library or from home. Try to read a little bit every day. There are lots of books on Bug Club. ·         Practise reading and spelling all the common exception words, these can be found on the blog. Choose the Year 1/2 words or Year 3/4 words. ·         Practise all the sounds you have learnt in phonics. There are lots of resources for this on Twinkl, Phonics Play and YouTube. ·         Practise number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. Hit The Button is a great game to help you. There are also games on Education City to help. ·         Practise your handwriting and letter formation using our joined up, cursive handwriting style. There is a help sheet on the blog.

Bug Club Phonics Play Mr Thorne Network for phonics, spelling and grammar Hit the button Online Handwriting Letter Join  Education City – see updated home learning each week.

Monday/Day 1 English This week in English our topic is Amazing Structures. We will be looking at some amazing structures from around the world, researching our favourite and then creating a poster to share with others to tell them all about our structure. First, can you explain what a structure is? Have a look at the pictures on the link. Think about which structure you would like to investigate. Think about what you will need to find out so that you have lots of information to put on your poster. We are going to be writing questions today for our task. Watch the BBC bitesize clip to remind yourself about how to write questions. Remember to use the sentence starters- why, when, who, which, how and where. Task: Can you write some questions to find out about your favourite structure? Maths In maths this week we are going to be recapping our knowledge of shapes. What do you already know about shapes? How many shapes can you name? What shapes can you spot around you? Watch today’s video to find out more about Lesson 1. Task: Can you complete Lesson 1? If you feel confident, try the extension challenge.

Amazing structures pictures BBC bitesize clip- questions Video 1 Lesson 1 Extension

Tuesday/Day 2 English Today we are continuing our work on amazing structures and we will be finding out information about our chosen structure. We cannot visit the library at the moment, but we can use the internet to research our structure. Use the questions you wrote yesterday and research safely online to find the answers. Write some notes and facts about your structure ready to create your poster later in the week. You could use Google Earth to get up close to your structure. Use voyager -found by clicking this icon on the left - to investigate The Eiffel Tower for example. There is a whole section on building the tower with lots of facts and photographs. Task: Can you find out the answers to your questions? Maths Today we will focus on 3D shapes and their properties. It might help you if you can find an example of each 3D shape in order to carefully count their faces, edges and vertices. Can you remember what a vertex is? Watch today’s video to find out more about Lesson 3. Watch today’s video to find out more about Lesson 2. Task: Can you complete Lesson 2? How did you get on today? For an extra challenge,  have a goat the extension.

Google Earth Some Sphinx information Information link for some structures Video 2 Lesson 2 Extension

Wednesday/Day 3 English Task: Can you recognise the features of a poster and create a plan for your poster? Today we are going to be thinking about the features of a poster. Why do we have posters? Sometimes posters advertise things or give us information. What would you expect to see on a poster? Today you are going to learn about features of a poster. What do you need to include in your poster? Can you make a rough plan of your poster? Think about where you are going to put the title, picture, facts, map etc. Maths Our maths lesson today is all about finding ways of sorting both 2D and 3D shapes. Shapes can be sorted in many different ways, how many ways can you find to sort them? Task: Can you complete Lesson 3? How did you get on today? Try our extension challenge.

How to make a poster video This video is about a poster for an event but still has some useful reminders about layout etc. How to make a poster PowerPoint Video 3 Lesson 3 Extension

Thursday/Day 4 English Task: Can you create your own poster for your amazing structure? Today we would like you to create your own poster for your amazing structure. Can you include some of these ideas... A bold heading for your poster The location of your amazing structure. Could you include a map? The size of your amazing structure and what it is made of Some facts about your amazing structure A picture of your amazing structure. Maths In maths today we are going to be investigating patterns. Remember to count the shapes carefully to be able to work out what the next shape will be. Challenge yourself further by making sure that you use the same colours too. Watch today’s video to find out more about Lesson 4. Task: Can you complete Lesson 4? Now try the extension challenge.

You can produce your poster by hand or on the computer if you would like to. We would love to see them when they are finished so don’t forget to send us an email or send us a copy of your poster. Video 4 Lesson 4 Extension

Friday/Day 5 English For SPaG, from now until the end of term, you can choose to learn or revisit any of the Year 2 SPaG lessons (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). Lessons include: -          Apostrophes for possession and contractions -          Commas in a list -          Compound nouns -          Conjunctions -          Adjectives -          Suffixes -          Nouns -          Adverbs -          Sentences -          Homophones -          Past and present tense. Each week please choose just one PowerPoint and aspect of SPaG to focus on. There are questions and activities that can be completed on each PowerPoint. We have also included some extra challenge cards should you choose to complete them. These will be available for Friday SPaG lessons every week. Maths For maths on a Friday, until the end of term, this will be ‘Recap Friday’. Work through the PowerPoint and complete each of the questions and problems. Task: Can you complete the PowerPoint problems?

SPaG folder Year 1 and 2 SPaG extra challenge cards Year 2 extra SPaG challenge cards   Year 3 SPaG extra challenge cards Recap Friday PowerPoint

Topic Science (This lesson will be taught on Wednesday at school) This week you will be constructing your own bridge for an experiment. If you have them, you can make your bridges out of biscuits and then see which biscuit makes the strongest bridge. I wonder if the shape of the biscuit will impact the strength of the bridge. Do you think sandwich biscuits are stronger or weaker than normal biscuits? Have a go at making some bridges with biscuits and see what you can find out. Task: Can you make biscuit bridges and test to see which biscuits are strongest? Art/DT (This lesson will be taught on Thursday at school) Task: Can you use your amazing structure as inspiration for a piece of art? We would like you to use either pencil crayons, collage or paint depending what you have at home to create a picture of your amazing structure. If you have some items in your recycling bin you might want to make something out of junk modelling and then paint or decorate it. Have a look at a picture of your amazing structure. What key features will you need to include in your piece of art? Topic- History (This lesson will be taught on Tuesday at school) Last week we found out about an amazing man- Isambard Kingdom Brunel. We watched a clip and created a fact file. This week, we are going to create either a timeline or a comic strip about his life. First, re-watch last weeks clip and then watch the additional clip to give you more information. The power point is also there to use as a reminder. Next, have a look at the example timeline. This is very detailed but you could take a few key moments to add to your own timeline. Could you make one with drawings and dates? Or, could you create a short comic strip about his life? You could choose one part of his life, for instance his early childhood when he was learning from home with his father, or maybe you could create a comic strip of the tunnelling through Box Hill? Task: Can you design a comic strip or timeline about Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s life?

You can have another look at the amazing structures pictures to help you. Amazing structures pictures Power point- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Last weeks clip- Isambard Kingdom Brunel  New clip- Isambard Kingdom Brunel   Detailed timeline-Isambard Kingdom Brunel  How to make a comic strip and example

Additional learning activities Phonics Each week please choose just one Outdoor phonics challenge to focus on. These will be available for phonics each week. Marvellous Maths Can you play Stephen’s game? We are using the PowerPoint usually found here for our recap Friday maths lesson this week. PE You can choose from any of the Get Set 4 PE activities and challenges. These will be available every week on the blog. Spanish (In school this will be taught on Thursday) Today we are going to be learning how to say fruits and vegetables in Spanish. Watch the video to show you how to pronounce the names of different fruit and vegetables. Work through the PowerPoint and practise saying the names of the fruit and vegetables out loud. You can print the word mat and put it near your fruit bowl or even on your fridge to remind you of how to say them in Spanish. Complete the Spanish fruit and vegetables word search. Home/Life Skills Can you practise loading and unloading the dishwasher? Can you work out where the best place to put the cups is? Where should the plates go? Where does the cutlery go? Have you ever wanted to earn a Blue Peter badge? Now is your chance! Have a look on this website and find out how you can be the proud owner of a very special badge.

Mrs Longcroft Mrs Whitlock Mrs Weston Miss Shipp, Mrs Peek, Mrs Brooks    Computer game created by Stephen Get Set 4 PE Spanish video PowerPoint Word mat Word search Blue Peter Badges

Don’t forget to send us an e-mail every week to let us know how you are and share some of the fun activities that you have been learning about at home. We look forward to hearing from you. We are now in school every day with Key Worker children and Year 1 children. Please note that we are still reading and responding to e-mails however there may be a slight delay in responses. We hope to reply to you as soon as we can. Thank you for your understanding.

Year 2 Team.