Welcome to week 4 Year 2!

This week we continue with our  topic of Journeys, a topic that the whole school is working on together. Year 1 and 2 will continue following a lot of the same themes, the tasks are differentiated allowing for consolidation of objectives or a chance to really stretch yourself further with your learning as we get ourselves ready for transition to Year 3. We have met with your new teachers and they are very excited to meet you all. More information and some videos will be coming very soon!

Below is a summary of this week’s learning to act as guidance only and not a strict timetable to follow. Please continue to work with the routines that suit your family best. We do ask though, if your child is returning to school, do not complete work from the days your child is in school as, in school,  we will be following the timetable more rigidly.

You should see  clearly the work that we are encouraging you to photo (3 pieces) to submit  into your 2 Build a Profile platform. Work completed in school will be submitted by the teachers in the same way.  Remember that other pieces are welcome too, especially things that you are really proud of.

To see all resources click here.

A copy of the timetable is here.

English

Reading 

Daily Reading

Carry on choosing books for reading, mixed up with games and other activities aimed at the level of your child from the Pearson site. Books you have at home or other sites you may also have been using are still fine too. Don’t forget to let your teachers know via your class email if you need more books or that your child needs the next level. There is also another digital copy of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy.

Reduced challenge: If you find your child is struggling with their reading it may be worth revisiting some of the phonics work from Year 1. This is great for spelling as well as reading. We highly recommend these videos from one of Letters and Sounds English hubs.

Reading Task

Have a look at this lesson about different types of fiction.

Here is a reading comprehension about seaside holidays too.

Spelling and Grammar 

For your daily spelling this week have a go at some of the ‘correct the mistake’ sheets. 

Learning objective: Revising past, present and future tense.

Time to refresh our memory of tenses. It can be tricky sometimes to get them consistent….just ask the teachers about writing reports this year!!! Follow this link.

Writing 

Here is Mrs Fricker looking at the final part of our key text ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker.

Task 1: Answering Questions for Year 1

Learning Objective: To answer questions from the Year 1 children.

Write letters and pictures to Year 1 children about Year 2. Here is a list of questions that the Year 1 children have come up with for Year 2 children to answer. Try to answer 3 or more of these as well as telling them other things they might like to know. Think of the questions you had about Year 3 last week. That could help you think about what else they might want to find out.
Please send these into 2BaP and Class Email.

Task 2: Setting Description

Learning Objective: Describe a setting from the story.

Watch this video which has some closer images of our key text.

In week 1 we asked you to describe your own setting. This week, we would like you to choose one of the settings in the story. It could be the mysterious forest, the busy castle or even the menacing airship! Pause on your chosen page. How would you describe it? There is a setting description checklist to help you. Remember you are trying to paint a picture in the mind of your reader. The richer the vocabulary, the clearer the picture. You will need plenty of adjectives and adverbs. If you can’t remember what an adverb is here is a reminder.

Reduced Challenge: Choose a picture and a setting from any part of the book and list the adjectives to describe it. Use some of these together in a sentence to describe the setting.

Extra Challenge: Compare and contrast two different settings from the book, i.e. the forest is still and quiet but the castle is busy and full of life. In the forest you can hear the soft sound of leaves rustling; however, in the castle, you can hear the clank of machinery and the loud voices of the guards shouting to each other. 

Task 3: Where did the magic red pen come from?

Learning Objective:  To write a prequel to the ‘Journey’ story.

Look at the very  first picture of the book. Can you spot a purple pen? Who is holding it? Talk through your ideas. Think about how the little girl came to have her red pen. Where has it come from? When and how did it become magical? Write a prequel to this story that explains where the magic red pen came from. Who owned it before the girl? Who made it? Why does it have special powers?

Reduced Challenge: Make a poster about the magic red pen. Include where it came from and why and how it is magical. Your poster could be advertising them for sale in a magic shop. How much would it cost? How would you tell people about it’s magical powers.

Maths

Lessons 1 and 2  will use instructions from a video tutorial. Before commencing the video ensure that your child has everything they need, including:

• the correct ‘Flashback4’ sheet (to be completed before the tutorial starts);
• the question worksheet (the answer sheet is also available for marking);
• a pencil;
• a workbook or piece of paper to work on.
• Counter/cubes (if you don’t have anything like this you can make your own out of cut up pieces of paper)

The tutorial will ask your child to pause the video at certain points. Please ensure that they know how to do this if you are not able to sit with them. The question sheet should be completed after the tutorial (please note these are accessed through these plans and can no longer be clicked on next to the tutorial).

Daily Fluency: For tasks 1 and 2, the Flashback 4 sheet should be completed before the tutorial. Three additional fluency tasks are available here.

This week they are from Snappymaths and they focus on the 2, 5 and 10 times table and also dividing by 10.

Task 1 – Making Equal Groups- Sharing

Learning Objective: Solve problems by dividing into equal groups.

Resources are here.

To watch the tutorial please click here.

You will need the Flashback4 Fluency Sheet, the worksheet. Please go through the answers with your child after they have completed the tutorial.

Reduced Challenge: If your child has difficulty following the tutorial, please revise making equal groups with this tutorial.

And complete these activities.

Extension: Try the ‘Diving into Mastery’

There are three levels of challenge here; try the simplest level and move on only if the level of challenge is appropriate.

Task 2 – Making Equal Groups – Grouping

Learning Objective: Solve division problems by sorting into equal groups.

Resources here.

Watch the tutorial.

You will need the Flashback4 Fluency Sheet and the worksheet. Please go through the answers with your child after they have completed the tutorial.

Reduced Challenge: If your child has difficulty following the tutorial, please revise grouping in this tutorial.

And complete these activities.

Extension: Try the ‘Diving into Mastery’

Task 3 – Investigation: Birthday Sharing

It’s Sahila’s birthday and she is having a party.

Show us how you could answer these questions using words, pictures, numbers, objects, or any other way you’d like.

Possible Extension

Give your child a written form of a division question, e.g. 18 ÷ ? = 3,  and challenge them to create a story around it.

Ask the children to create their own division problems based on stories about sharing, grouping, ‘undoing’ multiplication or successive subtraction.

Possible support

Some children will benefit from working with some small toys/dolls so that they can enact the situation before being able to think about the calculation, for example your child could use Lego figures to show the children at the party and counters for the cakes with circles of paper as plates. The physical act of moving objects in different ways while enacting the story can often help less confident children to work out how to think about the division in an appropriate way that makes sense to them.

Topic

PE

Daily Fitness: As Joe Wicks Workouts are coming to an end we have provided some daily activity ideas. These are intended to be fun and to take about 15 minutes but can last longer if you increase the number of repetitions. This week we are focusing on different types of movement. 

Skills lesson: Football Skills – The Dribbling Slalom

Learning Objective: Control a football at a walk or a run and master turns.

Recap last week’s lesson, remind children we are aiming to kick the ball with our instep (laces) not our toes and the technique for dribbling. Demonstrate technique if you can.

Follow the PowerPoint Basic Football Skills 2 – Dribbling Slalom.

Reduced challenge: Complete the lesson but at a walk rather than increasing to a running speed.

Extension: Complete the lesson and try the slalom again but using your other foot this time. 

PSHE – Feelings and Staying Positive

Learning Objectives: 1. I can say how I feel. 2. I can be kind 3. I can look forward with hope.

Feelings – Keep making time to talk about how you are feeling. Use the Tell me How you Feel sheets  if you would like.

Wellbeing –  add a leaf to a Tree of Thankfulness.

Kindness challenge – This week, watch the Bucketful of Kindness story and  fill a bucket with kind acts.

Have a look at this New Day Poster and talk about a new day being like a clean piece of paper, moving on from any setbacks the day before.

Play this Roll a positive question game – you will need 2 dice (or small pieces of paper with numbers 1 to 6 written on each one to pull out of a bowl).

Listen to your child’s answers and point out that all these good things can help us hope for more good things in the future.

Have a look at the Up-lifting Ways Poster and talk about how you could do those things this week.

Science

Learning Objective: I can communicate my ideas an what I find out in a variety of ways.

Follow the PowerPoint.

We learnt that water is vital for plants to grow in our experiment last term. It is also vital to animals in order to survive. This lesson looks at the importance of water to life on Earth. Watch the clip an discuss the importance of water.

Choose between option 1 and option 2 for your activity.

Option 1: Write a sentence to describe how water is important for plants and animals, then think about ways to keep the water on our planet clean. Can you draw or write these ideas? 

Reduced challenge: Discuss your ideas to keep water clean

Option 2: The Water Walk. Watch the video.

Recreate the experiment. Write a sentence to describe what happened

Reduced challenge: Draw a picture to show what happened.

Music

Learning Objective: Describe the sounds I make in terms of pitch, dynamics and tempo.

Follow the powerpoint from Session 4. Recap the musical vocabulary we have been learning this term. Watch the video.Try making your own water instrument (I recommend the garden or the bathroom for this activity!), can you use it to make a repeated rhythm? Can you change the sound of it by putting in (or taking out) more water? Discuss the sounds you make in terms of pitch, dynamics and tempo.

Challenge: Write a sentence to describe the sounds you make using the terms pitch, dynamics and tempo.

RE

Learning Objective: I know some special journeys that people of different faiths make and I can ask questions about things that puzzle or interest me.

Follow the PowerPoint: What is a pilgrimage?

Think about any special journeys that you have made and discuss what it was that made the journey special. 

PSHE – Black Lives Matter

Look at the PowerPoint Black Lives Matter Session 2 Stand Up And Be Heard. Please read the parental guidance before starting so that you can determine and control how deeply you go into the topic. 

This is designed to be a meaningful discussion to help your children to understand recent events.

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