Year 2 Home learning WB 1st March 2021
Your teachers love to be dazzled by the wondrous work you are completing at home. Remember to keep in touch and email them with photos, scans and documents of any home learning that you are getting up to or to ask for advice if necessary. The class email addresses are:
Miss Lill and Mrs Smith kingfishers@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
Mrs Crouch woodpeckers@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
Miss Jolley Robins@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
Please be aware that all teachers are in school teaching class bubbles and they may not be able to respond immediately - but they will get back to you!
Don’t forget the Year group assembly at 11am on Thursday, you can find the link at this page, but you'll need the password your parent has been sent via email: https://www.silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk/school-life/school-assemblies
Also, don't forget the special World Book Day assembly at 9:30am on Thursday - you can find the link at the school assemblies' page above.
Here are the Year 2 team with an introduction to this week's learning
Daily learning guide
Learning times detailed below are set out as an example of how the home learning day can be structured. You may wish to approach each task at a different time.
9.00: Phonics – Have fun practising your phonics! This week we will be looking at suffixes and homophones.
Monday: Nessy Spelling Strategy | LY Words | Singalong| Learn to Spell
Tuesday: Nessy Spelling Strategy | Homophones | Learn to Spell
Wednesday: Adverbs - desbribe the verb - nicely, softly, loudly
Thursday:
Think about exciting words to describe the scene from the book ‘Here We Are – Notes for living on planet Earth’ by Oliver Jeffers. We would like to see words ending with suffixes e.g. wonderful. Also try to describe the movement of the sea life e.g. swimming slowly.
9:20 Maths - Tackle the next Maths lesson in the Oak National page “Fractions” sequence;
Monday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-one-half-of-a-shape-60up2c
Tuesday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-find-half-of-a-quantity-6nhpct
Wednesday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-find-one-quarter-of-a-shape-c8r66c
Thursday: World Book Day – ‘Here We Are – Notes for living on planet Earth’ by Oliver Jeffers
For today’s lesson we would like you to look at this page with all of the animals on:
We would like you to think about the ways you could measure the different animals e.g. their mass (how heavy they are), their length. How many different ways can you think of? Now have a go at these activities
Challenge 1: Choose some of the animals and put them in order based on measurements e.g. lightest to heaviest. How many ways can you order them?
Challenge 2: Write some sentences to compare some of the different animals, try to include some words with the –er and –est suffixes that we have been looking at in phonics e.g. lightest, heavier, longer
10:10: Take time to complete some work on Doodle Maths or Reading Eggs.
10.40: Take a break. Make sure you move around and grab a drink and a snack.
11.00: English – In English this week, we are going to continue with our story writing! Work your way through the Oak National lessons linked below!
Monday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-box-up-for-purpose-65jp4t
Wednesday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-opening-that-hooks-setting-focus-65k30r
Thursday: World Book Day – ‘Here We Are – Notes for living on planet Earth’ by Oliver Jeffers
Our book for today is attached, or if you would rather listen to it read aloud to you follow the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPQdDwTUvE
Why do you think he tells us to make sure we look after our planet? Why is that such an important thing to do? Sadly, the damage to our planet is caused by us humans. However, most of us don't want our environment to carry on being hurt so we are thinking of ways to save it!
Your task is to design either a leaflet or poster to inform other people about how they can take care of planet Earth. If you need help you can watch the video below.
How to Take Care of the Environment - 10 Ways to Take Care of the Environment
You can include:
• A catchy title
• Clear information
• Pictures
• Information about pollution and how to reduce pollution
• Information about recycling
• Information about how to stop wasting water.
Friday: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-opening-that-hooks-character-focus-6cup6e
12.00: Time to log on and complete some work on Spelling Shed.
12.15: Lunch time.
13.15: In the afternoons, we focus on our Foundation subjects, here are some suggested activities in line with what we will be doing in school each day.
Monday: History/Art
A long time ago, Grace Darling lived in a lighthouse. She was made famous by a huge act of bravery. Watch her story to find out what she did.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/true-stories-grace-darling/z4y7pg8
The Victorians did not have cameras or video to interview Grace, but this did not stop them. She had many artists go to paint her portrait and hundreds of people went on boat trips to the lighthouse just to see her. Even the queen sent her congratulations and £50 which was a lot of money in those days.
Using one of the pictures below, create your own portrait of Grace Darling. We are looking for more than just circles for faces and dots for eyes! Spend some time and try your hardest to capture what she really looked like in your drawing. Once you are finished, you might like to paint or use pastels to bring some colour to your drawing.
Tuesday: PE
The virtual ‘Sussex Games’ are still ongoing and Silverdale is currently in 4th place. Help your school community and take part in some physical fun. Follow the link to get involved and make sure you submit your score each time you take part!
https://www.activesussex.org/virtual/
If you fancy getting active on another day, follow the link below and choose a 20-minute themed workout. They have lots to choose from inspired by Harry Potter and Star Wars to Frozen to name just a few! If you like, you might choose a shorter workout and make up some of your own movements that you think would go well with it.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Glennhigginsfitness
Wednesday: PSHE
Last week, you read the start of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Rescue’. If you need a recap here is the extract again. Using what you know about Grace Darling and her brave story and what you learnt about lighthouses last week, try answering the following questions:
· Why do you think Mr Grinling keeps falling asleep?
· What do you think about Mr Grinling constantly falling asleep? Why?
· Do you think he is being a responsible lighthouse keeper? Why?
· What are the consequences of him not turning on the beacon?
Imagine you are Mrs Grinling, role play what you would do/say to help him become a responsible lighthouse keeper. Would she be worried? How would you say it without hurting his feelings? You may wish to record your acting out or write down what you would say to him.
Thursday: World Book Day – ‘Here We Are – Notes for living on planet Earth’ by Oliver Jeffers
Our book for today is attached, or if you would rather listen to it read aloud to you follow the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPQdDwTUvE
The book mentions the solar system frequently and there are many drawings of space, but what do you know about the solar system?
Find out how many planets there are and why they are called. Once you have done this, see if you can find out one interesting fact for each of them. To finish off, take a look at the resource sheet and have a go at creating your very own planet!
With all your new knowledge about the solar system, you may wish to take a few ideas from some of your favourite planets and create a ‘mega’ planet with their best bits combined!
Friday: Art
If you have been able to read any of the books in the ‘Lighthouse Keeper’s...’ series, you will have noticed there are always some pesky seagulls up to no good!
Create your very own seagull using an art technique of your choice. If you would like to draw one, here is a step-by-step guide. https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-a-seagull-2/
Here is an ingenious creation using a paper plate!
14.30: It is nearly the end of the day. Get comfy and read a book for 20 – 30 minutes. Take time to read the attached instalment of one of our core texts this term, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Rescue’ by Ronda and David Armitage. There are many others in the series and we welcome you to read them. Another we centre work around is named, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.
Thelighthousekeepersrescueextract2.pdf
Whilst you read, we would like you to apply your prediction skills. For example, when reading with an adult you might discuss what could happen next in the story or how a character might get out of a sticky situation. Remember, a prediction is based on a combination of what you already know about the story and your prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject).
Enjoy predicting!
Learning Apps
The children have unlimited access to a number of learning apps which are in addition to the lessons and activities prepared by the teachers. In Year 2 these apps are:
DoodleMaths
Edshed (Spelling Shed)
Reading Eggs
We advise the children to access these daily to help improve their maths, reading and spelling skills. They are free to use and work on most online devices and smartphones.
Phonics Play also have a variety of educational games that the children are familiar with. These can be accessed via the Phonics Play website using the login: jan21 and password: home.
If you have any problems logging on, please contact the class teacher via the class email address which can be found above or by contacting the Silverdale tech support at: appsupport@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
