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Welcome to Year 2
Summer Term Learning Log
Alongside the weekly activities we will be setting, we have also produced a learning log with lots of activities linked to this term's journey to London. We would love to see what you have been doing, so remember to send pictures and videos into the Facebook page 
Week 5 - Home learning (WC 18.05.2020)
How to... use partitioning to add numbers together
Maths Activities
Spelling Activity
English Activity
Week 4 - Home Learning
Week 4 Home Learning - Science
Fire Safety poster
Week 4 - English How to write a leaflet
Music with Miss Lee
Our music teacher, Miss Lee has recorded online music lessons for you to join in with. I'm sure you'll know many of the songs already!
Miss Lee's music lesson playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6WV9wEVdssiYbi_xNAwMHcyDiPkm6ub6
Knowledge Organisers
Below, you will find knowledge organisers for the topics we would have been learning about in school this term. These support and enhance learning and include key vocabulary, essential facts and pictures or diagrams.
SUMMER TERM - WEEK 3 - HOME LEARNING
SUMMER TERM - WEEK 2 - HOME LEARNING
Hi Year 2!
We have really enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos you have sent in to the Facebook page. You’re obviously enjoying the beginning of your journey to London.
Remember to keep sending them in so we can see what you have been up to.
We hope to see you soon.
The Year 2 Team x
SUMMER TERM - WEEK 1 - HOME LEARNING
Hi Year 2!
We hope you had a lovely Easter and had the opportunity to get out in the sun.
As you know, this term we would have been going on a journey to London!
Each week, we will be setting some activities linked to what we would have been doing in school.
Please send in pictures of your work so we can see what you have been up to.
We hope to see you soon.
The Year 2 Team x
A message from Miss Jones (Dahl)
A message from Miss Burton (Donaldson)
A message from Miss Jones (Potter)
Hi Year 2,
We hope that you are keeping safe and finding lots of ways to make learning fun at home. It has been fantastic to see all of your learning. We have been looking at all the pictures and videos you have been sending in to school! You are all very creative...keep it up, we are so impressed by all your hard work and dedication.
Please find attached some challenges below for this week:
Keep safe,
Miss E.Jones, Miss Burton and Miss C.Jones
Online learning
Please look through all our online resources to help support your children at home.
Please record all learning in the workbook provided by the school. Please put a title at the top of the page so we are aware of which work you are completing on that page.
In addition to this, please complete the learning log provided with the workbook.
Learning Log
Free Daily Resources for Children
Phonics online lessons
RWI phonics lessons at home from Monday 23rd March.
Phonics lessons are available for children to watch on Youtube and Facebook.
Lessons will only be available at the times below:
Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12.30pm.
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm.
Set 3 Speed sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm.
Note: These are streamed live and won't be available at other times.
https://www.facebook.com/miskin.education/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFClg9GdxtQ
Practice SATS paper
Free online resources
Some of these resources you may need to create a login, however, they are free and will be very beneficial when home learning.
White Rose Hub Problem of the Day - https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/
Phonics Play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ (username: march20 password:home)
Numbots - https://play.numbots.com/?#/intro (use the same login as TT Rockstars)
Free e-books to read online - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+6-7&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
Fun non-screen activities to do at home - https://medium.com/pobble/simple-and-fun-non-screen-activities-that-children-can-do-at-home-115543cb3b9c
White Rose Maths Hub - White Rose Maths Hub have some fantastic maths resources for you to access. They will soon be releasing some tutorial videos. https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/primary-resources/
Teacher your monster how to read - Computer version free - https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Lots of links for reading - https://thebookwhisper2.wixsite.com/mysite/post/free-resources
Classroom secrets - Lots of resources for all subjects - https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/
Handwriting home practice sheet
Making rice crispy buns
We have made some delicious buns today! We are going to use these steps to inspire our instruction writing next week. We even got to taste them. They were yummy and went down well with tough critics.
World Book Day!
On Thursday, we all dressed up as our favourite characters from different books. We had lots of fun discussing our books, reading our books and acting out different books in drama.
Growth Mindset Week
As part of National Growth Mindset Week, Year 2 have been looking at how we can challenge ourselves and how our 'never give up' attitudes can help us succeed.
We enjoyed our team building building games which not only helped with our social skills but also our communication skills!
We especially enjoyed building towers with no hands!!!
Growth Mindset Challenges
Coming to an ocean near you......
They all floated! - Dahl class
We tested our boats today in water! We think Anka and Pana would be impressed with our designs!
Polar Bear Fact Files
In English we have been learning how to write a non-chronological report using the key features. We used the iPads to research polar bears and then used this knowledge to create our own polar bear fact files.
We made boats in DT to help Anka and Pana escape the melting ice!
Anka and Pana needed our help! The ice was melting around them and needed a boat! Today year 2 used our science knowledge on materials to build a boat.
Teaching our Arctic friends how to stay safe online
On Wednesday we received an email from our Arctic friends, Anka and Pana. Their Grandma had told them that they needed to be very careful online because not everyone is who they say they are. We made our own masks to show how easy it is to pretend to be someone you’re not using a fake identity.
English
We have been looking at Arctic poems this week. We have been creating our own acrostic poems about the Arctic. Take a look at some of our amazing poems below...
What're we doing this half term?
As mathematicians we will…
- be learning our multiplication and division facts and applying these in a range of problems
- creating and interpreting tally chart, pictograms and bar charts using data
- investigating the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, drawing shapes and identifying lines of symmetry
- recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/2 , 1/3 , 1/4 , 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity.
As writers we will be…
- writing a recount of a WOW day
- creating our own Arctic acrostic poems
- writing an non-chronological report about an Arctic animal
- taking on the role of a character to write a diary entry
- persuading others to look after our planet
As readers we will be…
- developing our reading fluency (expression, accuracy, rate and smoothness)
- making predictions using a book’s front cover, blurb, illustrations and what we have already read.
- making inferences
- expressing our opinions
- learning new vocabulary
Click here for comprehension questions you can ask your child before, during and after their reading.
What are Year 2 reading this half term?
As scientists we will be…
- identifying and comparing the suitability of different materials. We will investigate which of these materials are waterproof and which float or sink.
- finding out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
As geographers we will be...
- learning where the Arctic circle is and the countries within it
- investigating where the coldest places on Earth are and why
- identifying the physical features found in the Arctic
- wondering what life in the Arctic might be like in 2050 due to climate change
As artists and designers we will be...
- designing and making boats for our Arctic friends, Anka and Pana to travel around the Arctic in.
- creating our own Arctic landscapes/collages
This week's homework
Dates for your diary…
Monday 10th February
Safer Internet day
Monday 10th February - Friday 14th February
Growth Mindset Week
Important Information
PE Days
Potter and Donaldson
Indoor PE- Wednesday
Outdoor PE - Thursday
Dahl Class
Indoor PE - Monday
Outdoor PE - Friday
Book Changing Days
Books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays.
Please make sure you are reading and discussing books daily with your child. Please evidence this in their reading record.
Knowledge Organisers
Useful websites
Mathletics - Login to your Mathletics account here
Times Tables Rock Stars - Login to access your account here
Phonics Play - access to phonics resources for all phases
Topmarks - free resources for all curriculum areas
Oxford Owl - fun reading activities
Scratch - coding for children
Google Earth - allows children to explore our planet (can also be downloaded as an app)