Year 2 2019/20
Home Learning Resources
Here you will find regular updates about what the children in school have been learning, with pdf resources to have a go at.
We have gathered many other education websites in our Learning Zone. These cover a wide range of topics and subjects, and cover all primary ages.
The Swaledale Alliance, a network of teaching schools that we work closely with, has provided a useful list of educational resources as well, these can be found here.
Feel free to contact your class teacher using Class Dojo for any help or support you may need, or to send some work through that your child has done at home!
Our Spelling Menu and Hundred Square Challenge that are in your homework packs are here in case you haven’t got them at home.
Summer Reading Challenge
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
Hutton Rudby Reads Summer Reading Challenge
Current Topic
Beachcombers – Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside. Do you? That’s good, because you’re about to become an expert beachcomber and it’s just about one of the only places we’re allowed to go and walk around freely in this lockdown hoohaa!
Head to your nearest beach to look for interesting and unusual objects, using your senses to spot, sniff and seek them out. Have you seen the rock pools yet? You can take a peek into the cool water to learn about the weird and wonderful animals and plants in their microhabitats. Maybe you can kick back in a deckchair and do a little reading. What’s your favourite book about the seashore? Why not invent an amazing rock pool resident. What features will it need to survive happily in its watery habitat? Make a 3-D model of your plant or creature. Got your shorts and sunglasses on? Bucket and spade at the ready? I wish we could all go beachcombing together!
Books you could read… The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson; Tiddler – Julia Donaldson; Sally and the Limpet – Simon James; A House for a Hermit Crab – Eric Carle
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Here are some resources to help you talk with your child about their mental health and wellbeing during this time. This lesson from the PSHE association is all about feelings and emotions and will help your child to recognise different feelings in themselves and others, identify that people can feel differently about things and situations and explain who can help them with their feelings.
This is great starting point to check in with your child on how they are feeling about the current situation. If you need any advice or further resources please contact me on class dojo.
Mental Health (Year 1-2) – Home Learning Lesson
Transition
Acknowledging the impact of school closures, the lessons encourage pupils to reflect on the range of opportunities and challenges that they might experience as they move from one key stage to the next, as well as how they can manage these. Pupils will also be able to analyse different sources of support and assess who and what can help them, both during school closures and in the future. Finally, pupils are given the opportunity to celebrate their successes in school so far.
This lesson will help pupils to;
- Identify feelings about moving to the next key stage
- Explore the impact of school closures on transition
- Describe the changes that can occur as they move to the next key stage
- Assess the challenges of transition and strategies to manage these
- Identify sources of support
Please check class dojo for the powerpoint and accompanying resources. I’ve sent them in a message 🙂
LAST WEEK OF HOME LEARNING!!!
Massive congratulations for getting this far! We all deserve some sort of huge medal that comes in the form of an endless supply of our favourite things!! I hope you’ve appreciated the time to catch up over the past weeks and are now ready for our final week of home learning!
Because it’s our final week of Y2, I want you to reflect on the past year! Phew! What a year!
Use these sheets to help you reflect on the year as it comes to a close…
Maths
We have come to the end of Schofield & Sims now so here are your final pages!
Purple –Final CheckUp P1 Final CheckUp P2 Final Check Up P3 Division Facts Multiplication Facts
Pink – FINAL CHECK UP P1 FINAL CHECK UP P2 FINAL CHECK UP P3 Division Facts Multiplication Facts
Turquoise – FINAL CHECK UP 1 FINAL CHECK UP 2 JUST FACTS P1 DIVISION FACTS MULTIPLICATION FACTS
English
In school we have been creating our own puppet shows of our favourite stories!
We have taken inspiration from Y1 and the amazing Miss Palmer and chosen our favourite picture book and then created our own puppets and stages ready to film a dramatic retelling of our favourite story!
You could choose a book we have read together; The Pirates Next Door, The Highway Rat, Love Bugs… or you could choose your favourite story you have at home!
Once you have made all the parts, get an adult to film you retelling your story using your puppets and send it to me so we can watch it at school!
I will post the videos from the children in school this week, or if you can’t wait you could watch Y1’s videos for inspiration!
WB 22.6.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week ?
Maths
This week we are going to consolidate all the work we have done on multiplication and division! I want you to have a go at the worksheets I have uploaded!
Then you could create your own word problem challenges! Send them to me via class dojo and we will try and complete them in school!
2, 5 and 10 Multiplication and Division Mosaic Worksheet
Activity Cards – The 2 Times Table Answers – The 2 Times Table
Activity Cards – The 5 Times Table Answers – 5 Times Table
Activity Cards – Ten Times Tables Answers – Ten Times Tables
English
SPaG Activity Mat
Writing
This week in school we are doing our own research projects. Each child has chosen something they want to learn about and then they are researching and creating their own powerpoint about it!
Spellings
This week I want you to look at alternative spellings for the /ee/ phoneme. There are lots of different ways we can spell the /ee/ phoneme. The most common are ee, ea, ey and e-e. Words like sheep, bead, monkey, and evening.
How many words can you think of that have this sound in them? Use the sheet below and your spelling menu to practice using the right grapheme to spell the words you find!
Alternative Spellings ee ey and ee Table Activity Sheet
WB 15.6.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. ?
Maths
This week we are continuing with our work on division. We are going to look at odd and even numbers and then diving by 5 and 10.
Remember the first sheet is Varied Fluency – for you to practice the skill and then the second sheet – Reasoning and Problem Solving – is for you to practice using that skill in different contexts. I’ve added an extra challenge sheet if you want to have a go at that – only if you want to!
You only need to do ONE SHEET from each link. Whatever colour you would usually start on. Please do not do all of them. Just one sheet is enough, unless you found it super easy and want to challenge yourself!
Extra Challenge – EXT-Odd-and-Even-Numbers
Divide by 5
Extra Challenge – EXT-Divide-by-5
Divide by 10
Extra Challenge – EXT-Divide-by-10
English
SPaG Activity Mat
Writing
This week at school we have started to make fact files on important People of Colour from History. You could make your own too!
We have been looking at people like Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks. We started by researching and asking a few questions like when/where were they born? What did they do? Why are they important?
You could use these templates and create your own fact files, do as many as you want! There are plenty of important people to choose from!
Fact File Template – More Detailed
Spellings
This week I want you to look at alternative spellings for the /ai/ phoneme. There are lots of different ways we can spell the /ai/ phoneme. The most common are ai, ay and a-e. Words like rain, play, bake, train, tray, shape.
How many words can you think of that use these spellings? Use the sheet below and your spelling menu to practice using the right grapheme to spell the words you find!
Alternative Spellings ai ay ae Table Activity Sheet
WB 8.6.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. ?
Maths
This week we are going to look at division. We had already started looking at this so you might remember some of the methods we are going to use this week! I have added a quick video to remind you how to share and group when dividing.
Remember the first sheet is Varied Fluency – for you to practice the skill and then the second sheet – Reasoning and Problem Solving – is for you to practice using that skill in different contexts.
You only need to do ONE SHEET from each link. Whatever colour you would usually start on. Please do not do all of them. Just one sheet is enough, unless you found it super easy and want to challenge yourself!
VF – Make Equal Groups Sharing
RPS – Make Equal Groups Sharing
VF – Make Equal Groups Grouping
RPS – Make Equal Groups Grouping
Now you can divide using sharing and grouping have a go at these worksheets.
Next week we will look at Odd and Even numbers and diving by 5 and 10!
English
In English this term we are going to focus on SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) Each week I will be posting various different resources to help you practice these skills.
These SPaG activity mats are a good starter activity to recap some of the things you will know!
For Spellings I want you to look at split digraphs! Words like phone, even, tube, cake and bike… You can use the resources provided below or use your spelling menu to practice.
WB 1.6.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
We are going to start this term with looking at Multiplication and Division. This week we will recap Multiplication. We have looked at recognising and making equal groups. We then looked at adding those groups and then using the multiplication symbol to work out multiplication problems.
To recap before we move onto division next week I want you to look at your times tables and then consolidate your understanding. Remember the first sheet is Varied Fluency – for you to practice the skill and then the second sheet – Reasoning and Problem Solving – is for you to practice using that skill in different contexts.
You only need to do ONE SHEET from each link. Whatever colour you would usually start on. Please do not do all of them. Just one sheet is enough, unless you found it super easy and want to challenge yourself!
2x Tables
5x Tables
10x Tables
Consolidation
English
In English this term we are going to focus on SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) Each week I will be posting various different resources to help you practice these skills.
These SPaG activity mats are a good starter activity to recap some of the things you will know!
This week we will also look at Commas in a list.
Commas are used whenever we write lists of things. Birthday lists, shopping lists, lists of ingredients and even lists of lists! (See what I did there!) BBC Bitesize has done some fun videos explaining how to use commas in a list.
These worksheets are similar to the Maths ones we do. There will be a Varied Fluency sheet for you to practice the skill and then Application and Reasoning for you to apply that skill and use it in context. As usual only do one sheet, whatever colour you usually start on.
VF-Recognising-Commas-in-a-List
AR-Recognising-Commas-in-a-List
Once you have completed these you could write your own lists using commas or even try to include lists in your own creative writing! Have fun!
WB 18.5.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
This week in Maths we are going to look at time! We have already looked at this briefly in January and you were all fab at telling the time using the minute and hour hand.
If you need a refresher, our friend Amber has some lovely videos explaining o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.
She then looks at reading minutes past and to the hour. We haven’t looked at this together yet, but you might already be really good at it!
Watch this video and then have a go at the worksheets below. Remember to pace yourself, only do one or two a day! And remember each section gets harder and harder so don’t push yourself too hard!
Clocks – Write the Time in Words
Clocks – Write the Time in Digits
English
Research Captain Cook – Find out all about the famous explorer Captain Cook and present your findings in any way you want. It could be a powerpoint, a poster, a fact file… whatever you want!!
Phonics/Spelling
This week in phonics we are looking at Homophones and Near Homophones. This is one of my favourite things to teach, you can have so much fun with the different words!
Some words sound the same or very similar but they are spelt differently and have different meanings. These words are called homophones or near homophones. Sometimes there are more than two spellings of a word.
Words like…
- here – hear
- plane – plain
- sea – see
- eye – I
- two – to – too
Can you think of any other homophones? Write them down on a piece of paper…
You could create your own game of pairs to practice reading and writing homophones and near homophones. Write as many pairs as you can think of on different pieces of paper and then turn them over. Take it in turns to pick a piece of paper and see if you can match the pairs up!
hear here there their bare bear quiet quite forty area
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves.
Homophones – They’re, There and Their
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – Week 29 You could use the PowerPoints to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class – there are a lot more resources on there than I can upload here so if you’re wanting more phonics/spelling things then this is the best place for them!
WB 11.5.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
This week we are going to revisit Addition and Subtraction. We have already looked at column addition and subtraction so now you have a chance to see if you can remember how to use that method.
If you need a refresher you can always watch these videos.
Each day there is a Varied Fluency (VF) sheet to help you practice the skill and then a Reasoning and Problem Solving (RPS) sheet to help you use that skill when solving problems. You only need to do one of each type of sheet. You should remember what colour you usually are, but if you can’t just message me on class dojo!
Monday – Adding 2 digit numbers Part 1
Tuesday – Adding 2 digit numbers Part 2
Wednesday – Subtracting with 2 digit numbers Part 1
Thursday – Subtracting with 2 digit numbers Part 2
Friday – Addition and Subtraction Consolidation
Use the pack to practice the skills you have been working on this week. You don’t have to do the whole thing, just do as many as you can.
Addition-and-Subtraction-Consolidation-Pack
English
Monday – Write a Thank You or Apology letter as one of the residents from Dul-on-Sea to the pirates. Think about how they changed their minds; what do they think now and why?
Tuesday – What might Tilda get up to when she goes to visit Jim Lad? Write a diary entry about her adventures.
For the rest of the week I would like you to write a book review of the pirates next door. This should take you a few days as I want you to think about a lot of different things. You can create your own or use the template below, but make sure you have a lot at the template so you know all the things you need to include.
Remember our Y2 writing checklist!
- Capital letters
- For the start of a sentence.
- For a proper noun. (days of the week, names of people or places)
- Full stops!
- Neat handwriting
- Finger spaces
- Letters the same size
- Spellings – sound out words you are unsure of! Use your phonics!
Have you used…
- Adjectives to describe nouns or feelings?
- Adverbs to describe verbs?
- Conjunctions to add more information?
Phonics/Spelling
This week in phonics we are looking at the suffixes -ful, -less and -ly. As well as the common exception words
Usually –ful and –less are added to the end of words to make adjectives. Adjectives with –ful mean ‘full of’; –less means ‘without’. We add the suffix -ly to adjectives to create adverbs. Adverbs are used to describe a verb.
graceful careless wonderful badly powerful happily breathless luckily caught daughter
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves.
Test yourself on Friday and let me know how you get on!!
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – Week 28 You could use the PowerPoints to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class – there are a lot more resources on there than I can upload here so if you’re wanting more phonics/spelling things then this is the best place for them!
WB 4.5.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
This week we are revisiting place value – I want you to practice your reasoning and problem solving skills. Remember place value is all about the digits in a number and what value they have depending on the place they are in. In Year 2 we usually work with hundreds, tens and ones.
You are already absolutely fantastic with your place value skills but now I want to see if you can put those to practice with reasoning and problem solving by answering some word problems and having a go at explaining yourself a bit more.
Monday
Count in tens from any number, forwards and backwards
Tuesday
Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens,ones) – Worksheet 1
Recognise the place value of a each digit in a two-digit number (tens,ones) – Worksheet 2
Wednesday
Identify, Represent and Estimate – Worksheet 1
Identify Represent and Estimate – Worksheet 2
Thursday
Compare and Order Numbers from 0 – 100 – Worksheet 1
Compare and Order Numbers from 0 – 100 – Worksheet 2
Friday – Create your own reasoning and problem solving questions to ask someone in your family.
English
This week I want you to write a newspaper article about the arrival of an unusual family in Dul-on-Sea.
Remember our writing process – features, plan, draft, edit, write.
We always start by looking at different examples of what kind of writing we are doing. So start by having a look at different newspaper reports. Think about their features, what do they all have to have to make them look like newspapers.
Then you can start to think about your content. Plan what you want to write. When writing newspapers we often think of what, when, where, who, why, how questions. So you could try writing sentences about the following things to plan your report.
- What happened? Describe the event – remember to use adjectives.
- When did it happen? Tell your readers about when it happened, what time of day was it? What time of year?
- Where has it happened? Talk about the town, what is it usually like?
- Who does it involve? Who was there? Who has arrived?
- Why has it happened? What do they want? What do you think is going to happen?
Remember you are writing from the point of view of a person who lives in Dul-on-Sea, not Matilda or Jim-Lad.
Once you have planned your writing you can start putting your report together. Remember the features that you need to include and write in your best handwriting.
You can use the resources below to help you.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Phonics/Spelling
This week in phonics we are looking at the suffix -tion. When we see –tion in a word, it makes the sound /shun/ – this is the most common way of making this sound.
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – Week 27 You could use the PowerPoints to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class – there are a lot more resources on there than I can upload here so if you’re wanting more phonics/spelling things then this is the best place for them!
action section motion adoption description portion station fiction
straight weight
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves.
Test yourself on Friday and let me know how you get on!!
WB 27.4.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
This week we are going to continue looking at Position and Direction. The two objectives we need to look at and master are;
- order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences.
- use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)
You have already done lots of work on this last week, so will be familiar with some of the words and questions already. The worksheets I have uploaded are set out in three different stages – A – easier, B – medium and C – tricky. Try to do as many questions as you can for each sheet.
Position and Direction Knowledge Organiser
English
Monday – Write a list of similarities and differences between Jim Lad and ‘normal’ girls and boys. Remember to use what you have read so far – you may need to watch some of the videos back to remind yourself.
Tuesday – Make a pirate dictionary – what words and phrases does Jim Lad use? Use this How to Talk Like a Pirate resources for some ideas – does Jim Lad use any of these phrases?
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Phonics/Spelling
This week in phonics we are looking at ‘wa’ saying /wo/ and ‘qua’ saying /quo/ as well as the common exception words half and quarter – fits in well with our maths!!
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – week 26. You could use the PowerPoints to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class.
want watch wash swap quality squash squabble quantity half quarter
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves.
You could have a go at creating your own word search with ‘wa’ and ‘qua’ words in there, or even a crossword with your own clues!
Test yourself on Friday and let me know how you get on!
WB 20.4.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
This week in maths we would have been doing position and direction, thinking all about movement and turns. I have uploaded some activities for you to try at home. Please just use what works best for you – they are just intended to give you some help when introducing this concept.
Mrs Trevis and Miss Martin have come up with some good ideas – You could have a go at creating a pirate treasure map and then writing instructions for it using language to describe movement, you create a maze in your garden and guide an adult through it, write step by step instructions on how to follow your favourite government approved daily walk… the possibilities are endless.
Position and Direction Knowledge Organiser
Pirate Position and Direction EASY
Pirate Position and Direction MEDIUM
Pirate Position and Direction HARD
English
Reading – We will be reading one of my favourite books together over the next few weeks! I will upload some videos with VIPERS questions for you to answer each day and then at the end of the book we may have a surprise guest to read the whole thing to us!
Before we start I want you to look at the front cover and think about what you think this book might be about! You will know lots about pirates already from your research so I want you to use all of that knowledge you have gathered and have a think about what you think will happen in this book? Where do you think it will be set? What kind of a story will it be? Who will be the main characters? Don’t forget to look at the pictures and justify your ideas.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday – Writing Task
Watch today’s video and then have a go at the task below.
Can you create a character profile of one of the members of Jim Lads family? You could create your own and decorate it or use this Character Profile Template
Remember to:
- describe what the character looks like.
- describe how you think the character acts, speaks and moves.
- describe what you think the character thinks and feels.
- use interesting adjectives.
- use conjunctions to add more information to your sentences and explain your ideas.
And don’t forget our usual Y2 writing rules; capital letters and full stops, neat handwriting, correct spellings…
Here are some ideas for describing your characters appearance – Physical Appearance Word Mat
Phonics/Spelling
This week in phonics we are looking at s saying zh (in words like usual, treasure, casual etc. These words, along with the common exception words (CEW) sure and sugar, will be your spellings for this week.
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – week 25. You could use the PowerPoints to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class.
usual casual treasure pleasure measure Asia visual closure sure sugar
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves. Test yourself on Friday and let me know how you get on!
⚓??☠️ Easter Holidays ?☠️?⚓
Over the Easter holidays we will take a step back from regular Maths and English work but I still have a task for you to do!
In preparation for our next topic, over the next two weeks, I want you to research ⚓??☠️Pirates ?☠️?⚓ Find out all you can about pirates and present it in any way you want to. You could do a PowerPoint, write a fact file, or make something really creative to show off what you have found.. whatever you want to do! Once you have completed your mini project you can upload it to your portfolio on class dojo so I can see what you have done!
I can’t wait to see what you find out!!!
Have fun!!!
WB – 30.3.20
Schofield and Sims
Here are your mental maths sheets for this week. We use these at the start of the day and complete a section at a time then mark them on Friday. I will upload a new one each week for you to have a crack at! ?
Maths
Following on from last weeks introduction to measuring, here are some worksheets for you to complete to test your understanding of measuring length, weight and capacity.
Watch this video to help you!
Capacity – Units of Measurement
English
Writing – Keep going with your Herbarium task! I’ve seen some fantastic examples already on class dojo! Keep adding them to your portfolios!
Phonics/Spelling
This week in Phonics we are looking at the suffixes -ment and -ness and how we add these to words. Watch this video to learn all about this rule!
These words, along with the common exception words (CEW) hour and move, will be your spellings for this week.
For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – week 24. You could use these resources to go through the lessons each day like we would be doing in class.
enjoyment fairness payment kindness excitement tidiness movement happiness hour move
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves. Test yourself on Friday and let me know how you get on!
WB – 23.3.20
Maths
This week in maths we are going to be looking at measuring length, mass, capacity and temperature.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you, while you’re at home, to do some really practical real life learning! Things like baking with your child and talking about the different measurements or measure the length and height of different things around your home!
Mass, Capacity and Temperature Help Sheet
English
Wednesday 25th – English and a bit of Science mixed in!
Go outside and find lots of different flowers and leaves to make your own herbarium (a collection of dried flowers and leaves) You could even write your own poem to go along with your herbarium! Watch this video for an explanation! This project will take you a few days so have fun with it!
Monday 23rd March
This week we are going to write our own instructions for planting a seed. You could still work towards doing this if you want to or you could write a set of instructions on how to wash your hands or how to make a sandwich.
First step is to have a go at doing the activity you want to write your instructions for.
Then you need to plan your writing. Think about each step carefully and consider what imperative verbs, adverbs and time conjunctions you could use.
Finally have a go at creating your own set of instructions.
Remember to stop after each sentence and read it back and check your writing for capital letters, full stops, correct spellings etc. I have uploaded a checklist for you to help with your writing.
Phonics
In phonics this week we are looking at ‘war’ saying /wor/ and ‘wor’ saying /wur/. These words will be your spellings for this week. For those with a Twinkl membership (they are free at the moment with the code UKTWINKLHELPS) we are on Level 6 – week 23
war world ward worst warm work towards worth
I have uploaded some activities for you to practice this rule and remember you can use your spelling menu to practice them yourselves.
WB – 16.3.20
Maths
Tuesday 17th – We are recapping adding and subtracting two digit numbers and ones. We were either counting up or down, or partitioning the two digit number to add the one and then adding the tens back on. Here is the worksheet we used.
Wednesday 18th – Today we looked at adding and subtracting two digit numbers and tens. We talked about the tens and the ones column and how the ones doesn’t change when we add multiples of ten. Here is the worksheet we used.
English
We have been writing a recount of what we did during last week’s science week. We have talked about separating our writing into paragraphs for each day of Science Week and using conjunctions (because, and, so, but, if, when etc) to add more information to our writing. Here is the checklist we used to help us to remember what we needed to include.
Phonics
This week we are looking at contractions – using apostrophes to replace missing letters in words like can’t, we’d, I’ve, couldn’t, you’ll, should’ve, didn’t, could’ve. We are also looking at the common exception words aunt and father. You could do a contraction hunt and use a book or magazine to find as many contracted words as possible or make your own contraction pairs game to match the contracted words with the original.
Quick Links
Below are some of our favourite resources which have been updated / offered for free.
For PE, Joe Wicks is offering one PE session each weekday on his YouTube channel at 9am.
For Science, Twinkl offer brilliant resources for free.
To help with mental health and wellbeing we recommend Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube and the Peace Out Guided Relaxation video.
Bewerley Park, the outdoor activities centre our Year 6s visit each year, are giving daily tasks to keep children active and outdoors. They can be found on Facebook & Instagram
***Popular resource websites Classroom Secrets and Twinkl are also offering all of their resources for free. These cover the entire curriculum and are used regularly in school. Please have a look.
For Twinkl you will need to sign up using the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS***
Welcome the Year 2 page!
Year 2 is an exciting year for the children as they come to end of their Key Stage 1 journey!
This year the children will have all sorts of amazing learning opportunities through a creative and engaging curriculum. Each topic starts with a memorable experience to engage the children in their learning, then they develop their knowledge and understanding and finish by having the opportunity to express what they have learnt.
We will start the year learning about Castles in our topic ‘Towers, Tunnels and Turrets’ where we will be introduced to many of our marvellous monarchs and their kingdoms. Then, to (draw)bridge the gap between Art and History, we will move onto Muck, Mess and Mixtures (just to mix it up a bit) In this topic we will be investigating all sorts of weird and wonderful mixtures through Art, Recipes, Science experiments.
In the Spring term we will be wriggling our way through the scented garden and learning all about creepy critters and fragrant flowers – their scientific knowledge will surely blossom.
The tide will change as Summer approaches, Year 2 will treasure their time learning about our beaches and all that washes up!
We are going to have a lot of fun this year! We will be working incredibly hard getting ready for the end of KS1 but will not just be looking at Maths, English & Science! The children will be learning much more about themselves and becoming more and more independent as well as growing on confidence and resilience.
Wellbeing and Mental Health are vitally important and we will be taking time each week to be mindful of how we are feeling and talk about things that are bothering us.
We are going to have an amazing year! Stay tuned for more updates of what we’ve been up to!
A note from Miss Clark:
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this page. Your support and encouragement means so much to your child and to me so thank you for all that you do! Remember, you can keep updated with your child’s day via class dojo and see what they’re doing well! I look forward to sharing your child’s successes and achievements with you throughout the year!
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