'Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as you have been.' 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Year 2 Home Learning Summer 2
Week 7
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Maths: Continue to access White Rose materials and practise times tables. |
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Read the attached reading comprehension and answer the questions. As always, parents please choose the appropriate level and support your child by hearing them read and talk about the questions together. This week’s writing tasks link to this text so you will need to complete this first! |
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What is Bear thinking? Once you have completed the reading comprehension, look at the attached pictures and record in full sentences what you think Bear is thinking based on what you know is happening in the story. You can look at the picture and record on paper if you are unable to print. |
Describe the Bear! Write a list of words of nouns and adjectives to describe the Bear. Use your word list to write a detailed description of Bear from the story! Think about what he looks like, feels like and his personality. There is a template attached to use if you wish (select the appropriate level) but your child could just record on paper. |
Bear’s Next Adventure! What do you think could happen next time Bear comes to babysit? Write a mini story to show what you think could happen. There is no wrong idea!! You could begin with a story map to plan out your ideas and then write your story. There is a template attached if you wish to use it but blank paper is fine! |
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Sports Day!
Sadly, we have had to miss our annual sports day but could you create something at home? You can compete with your family in an outside space and choose your own activities. Attached are some ideas!
You could plan to do this on a day which suits your family. |
Make your own ice lollies! Attached are some recipe ideas or you could create your own!
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Memories…. Make your own time capsule or special memory box / collage all about your time during this current time at home due to the virus. Have you anything you have collected or found when out on a walk? You could record your feelings, what you have done to enjoy the time, lovely memories, photographs etc. You can then keep this somewhere safe and you will always have it to remember! |
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This week it is ‘World Emoji Day!’ Can you create your own emoji? Attached is a template you could use to cut and stick, or you could just make your own!
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Week 7 Resources
Week 6
Maths
Reading
Read the information about planets. Answer the comprehension questions. As always, parents please choose the appropriate level and support your child by hearing them read and talk about the questions together.
Science
Choose an African animal. Create a poster about the animal to show where it lives, what it eats, how it is adapted to survive and any other interesting or relevant information!
PE
Can you build your own circuit in your garden or in a room in your home? You can use objects as obstacles (with parents’ permission and supervision) or create exercises using only your body. Here are some Joe Wicks cards if you need ideas!
Writing
This week we are going to complete activities focused on a specific word of the day to expand vocabulary. Choose from the following activities and choose whichever you would like to do for each word. You can do as many as you like! The words are highlighted below.
-Write the definition
-Write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word.
-Can you write a sentence using the word
-How many other words can you write using the letters in the word.
‘Wisdom’ (noun)
‘Experienced’ (adjective)
‘Naturally’ (adverb)
Mindfulness
Using an outdoor space or next to an open window,
listen carefully with your eyes closed to any sounds you can hear. After one minute, open your eyes and write down everything you heard.
Geography
Using your knowledge of Africa, you are going to design an African country! Draw an outline of the country and add any key mountains, lakes or rivers you would like to add – don’t forget to name them! You can colour the country to show land and water .
PSHE
Now we are starting to think about moving into Year 3, think about 3 things you are most looking forward to! You can write these in any creative ways you wish!
Art
Spend some time reflecting on your time in Year 2 – both in school and at home!
Create a memory board or collage to show your feelings and memories of Year 2. You can be a creative as you like!
Week 5
Reading
Read, ‘The Best Dressed’ and answer the comprehension questions.
Parents, please choose the most suitable star level of questions.
Some children will need support to read the text. You can read it to your child if it is rather challenging.
Science
Previously you have explored the stages of human life.
Using this knowledge, discuss and record positive, negative and interesting thoughts about each of these statements.
- You are a child who never grows up.
- You can live alone from the age of 10.
PE
Keep a fitness diary for the week. It isn’t as easy to move as much as we are used to. Can you plan in some special activities to keep your fitness up? Attached is a diary template you could use or you can create your own!
Maths
White Rose maths can be found here.
Music
Listen to ‘
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Using your artwork from last week, design your own African Aztec tile.
Ask an adult to draw a square big enough (but not too big!) A ruler is essential for straight lines. If you don’t have a ruler, you can find something with a straight edge to use instead! Don’t worry if you make mistakes as you can try again!
Keep your final design for next week!
Writing
Writing: Spread across 3 days.
Using your research about the desert habitat, you are now going to start to write your information text. You may want to jot down again your headings in order on some paper, so you know which order you are going to write your text. Don’t forget to plan what pictures and captions you will include and leave space for these. You can stick in a picture or draw.
Use the 3 days to write your information text. You can refer to the example for how the layout shout look. Remember a title and subheadings!
You could choose to draft first and then you can edit and make improvements- this is best practice.
You may choose to write or type your final draft. Keep an eye on your spelling for key words – especially if you have to correct spelling in your notes and join your handwriting where possible.
Your sentences should be your own words and not copied from your research.
Spelling 1
Practise the days of the week if you cannot already spell them! You could test your child first to see if they need to practise all or just some!
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Attached is a ‘look, cover, write, check’ sheet which you could use, or make your own!
Spelling 2
If confident with the days of the week, move on to months of the year following the same format.
January, February, March, April, May, June.
Spelling 3
Continue with the rest of the months of the year.
July, August, September, October, November, December.
If your child is confident, ask them to write a sentence using each month in as this is when errors are likely to be made!
Week 4
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See Purple Mash for further tasks. Don’t forget you can upload your work you are completing at home to show us. It really makes us so happy to see what you are doing and be able to comment back to you! |
White Rose Maths
Continue to follow White Rose every day and practise times tables and telling the time to 5-minute intervals
Reading
Read the attached fact sheet about Kenya. You may need to support your child with unknown words, ensuring they understand what is read. There will be lots of discussion opportunities about what is read.
Read the extract from ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ by Cressida Cowell. Some children may need support or for you to read it to them. Draw what you think is going to happen next, make sure you use the clues from the text. Use the pictures and setting description to make your drawing accurate. Annotate your drawing with words/phrases from the text to show how you knew what to draw.
Writing - information texts - habitats
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1.Parents- please see our information guidance for teaching information texts explaining what this type of writing is to help you explain to your child. They have written information texts before and this should be a recap! |
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3. Now the children are confident with what an information text is, tell them are going to over the 2 weeks, write an information text about the desert habitat (hot). Whilst children may know a little bit about the desert and what lives there, they will not know enough to be to write a whole information text in detail. You will need to research information, knowing what information you want to find out. You should use the subheadings from the example as a base for fact finding.
You may come up with your own heading and could focus on one particular animal in more detail. |
Geography - where is Kenya?
Read through the PowerPoint.
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Pay attention to the challenge questions on the PowerPoint and make sure you have a go at answering. If you have an atlas, you could look in closer detail at Kenya to identify features such as the capital city (Nairobi), main cities (Mombasa, Kisumu) rivers (Tana), mountains (Mount Kenya) and surrounding oceans (Indian Ocean). Attached are maps of Kenya and Africa. If you have a globe, you could use this also and give children practise to find Africa and Kenya and other continents and countries they know! |
Art - Aztec art
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Look at a range of Aztec patterns using the internet. Some examples are below. What can you see? Do you like them? How are they similar? How are they different? You could research Aztec art and explore what sort of art is made using the patterns. Where might we see these patterns today? |
Mindfulness
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See if you can follow along and practise using the breathing/ mindfulness techniques. Which was your favourite? |
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Make up a dance to your favourite song. If you want you can perform it to the rest of the family! |
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Make a list or draw a picture of all the things in your home which start with the same letter or are the same colour. |
Music
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It would be best to not see the screen, so the image doesn’t influence the children’s imagination!!
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Week 3 Arts Week
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Year 2 are to focus on water birds (swans, puffins, geese, ducks etc). You should spend some time looking at videos and photos online to study some of these birds or a one of your choice. We are fortunate to have Thatcham Lakes so close and if you are able, you could visit and take some photos. There are great numbers of geese at the moment! |
Science
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We would have been getting excited about our Cotswolds trip had we still all been in school. One of the main focuses was to explore the habitats of African animals which we would have seen at Cotswold Wildlife Park and we would have completed the following learning before our trip. Think about what you already know about Kenya and Africa from your home learning. What plants and trees do you think grow there? Are there any which you would not expect to grow? Why? Research specifically what grows there and if there are any specific reasons for this. |
Maths
Continue to follow White Rose every day and practise times tables and telling the time to 5-minute intervals
Reading
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- Can you set yourself a goal for how many books you want to read before the end of June?
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Complete the comprehension about elephants. (This may help for any Africa work listed too!) |
Geography
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How is Kenya different to England? Using your research from earlier work, can you choose a way to create a piece of work to compare life in England with life in Kenya? Things to possibly consider: -The weather -Animals / pets -Where people live - What is the land like? -What are popular sports? -You hopefully will also think of your own thoughts to compare! |
PLEASE SHARE THIS WORK WITH US!
Writing
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Read the poem, The Magic Box, below. Discuss this with an adult, particularly any words which you don’t understand! Discuss what makes the poem effective imagery using adjectives, abstract, fantasy. Ask your child what they might put in their magic box. What colours, sights, smells? Weather? Dreams, feelings? Natural things? Create a mind map of ideas- what abstract ideas can you think of which you could never actually put inside a box, eg, a snowman’s rumbling belly! How can you make your ideas more effective? For example, I want to add a blanket to my box but I can improve my poetic language by adding a wooly, warm blanket by ensuring I use adjectives. Did you spot my alliteration?! |
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When you are happy with your draft, you now are going to write your poem our in neat! This could be on paper or typed. It is your choice. We would LOVE to see your poems! You can share them on purple mash or email a photo or a copy to the office for us to see. |
Please share with us your magic finger stories from last week. We would love to see them!
Purple Mash
New 2do's on Purple Mash
Mindfulness
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Yoga – Perfect for 30 minutes of independent learning! These yoga videos are SO much fun and follow a story. We have been loving these videos in school too! Miss Smith’s favourite is the ‘Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone’ yoga and Mrs Mellett likes the ‘Trolls’ yoga! |
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Make Your Own Glitter Jar
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-Fill a jar or bottle or jar with water, leaving 2cm of space at the top. -Add a generous amount of glitter or glitter glue to the water. -Seal the bottle well!! How to use it: Shake the jar. Imagine that the glitter is like your thoughts when you’re worried, stressed, angry or upset. See how they whirl around and make it really hard to see clearly? That’s why it’s so easy to make silly choices when you’re upset because you’re not thinking clearly. Don’t worry, this is normal and it happens to all of us (even grown-ups!). Now put the jar down. Watch what happens you’re still for a few moments. Keep watching. See how the glitter starts to settle and the water clears? Your mind works the same way. When you’re calm for a little while, your thoughts starts to settle and you start to see things much clearer. |
Week 2
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Mrs Mellett and Miss Smith are so, so proud of how well you (and your adults) have adapted to learning at home. Everyday life is very different to how it normally is at the moment but we’re very happy to be able to go outside and do more things than before J
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Maths
Continue to follow White Rose every day and practise times tables and telling the time to 5 minute intervals.
Reading
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See the reading comprehension task about Tom Moore which is below. Parents, please select the appropriate star level for you child. The higher the star, the more challenging. |
Reading / Writing
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If you haven’t completed reading or listening to The Magic Finger then do so and complete the booklet of questions. When you have finished, create a story map like we do in class of the story using pictures and key words to show all of the main events that happen. Make sure you can see where the beginning, middle and end is! If you want a challenge, you could change something about the story, maybe the main character, a different magical body part, a different setting etc. |
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Use your story map to rewrite the story in your own words. You could break it up and write the beginning, middle and end on different days. |
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Can you design a book cover and blurb for your version of The Magic Finger? Remember your story may need a new title if your character no longer has a magic finger! |
History
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Watch this video about Rosa Parks. Stop the video at 4:00 minutes and talk about the video together.
You could discuss the word ‘segregation’. We are being kept apart at the moment for our health, was there any reason to keep people apart then? Some people were allowed to sit on benches and others were not à Do you think that this is fair? Was one group of people treated less fairly than the other? You might choose to create a list of the different ‘segregations’ that white and black people had to follow: Different churches, different bathrooms, drinking from different water fountains etc. |
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Watch the rest of the video about Rosa Parks. -Why was it such an important event that Rosa would not give up her seat? -What do you think about the protest? People ‘boycotted’ the bus, which means that they stopped using it on purpose and walked instead to make a stand. They believed that it was not right to treat people unfairly because of their skin colour. At the end of the video, the actress playing Rosa Parks says: Black people and white people were still kept separate in other ways, but it was a start. A step towards equality and justice. Can you research another influential person who has made a difference in taking a step towards a fair and equal society? You can present your ideas however you like J |
Mindfulness
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Watch this video and have a go at learning some of the breathing and mindfulness techniques! |
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- Anything that you enjoy doing and will make you smile!
Purple Mash
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See Purple Mash for further tasks. |
Keep Reading
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What can you find new around the house to read?
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RE
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Lead a discussion with your child about the following… How old were you when you were considered old enough to…..
Ask the children if they can think of any other things they are considered old enough or responsible enough to do. Look at some events that we have to be a certain age. Explain that the they are going to create a timeline of their lives up to now, plotting their milestones on the line in the correct place. Talk through a few examples such as starting nursery/school, riding a bike without stabilisers etc. Have a concluding discussion about the following points:
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Discuss and explain that this is all about taking responsibility. Some things we are old enough to take responsibility for and some we aren’t.
Week One
Literacy
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Listen (or read if you have the book) to The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl using this YouTube link. The audio version is just under 22 minutes long. You could listen to in parts. You could also read along with the reader! |
The Magic Finger
Complete the question booklet. This could be spread out over the week or even two weeks.
You don’t need to print these questions if you don’t have printer access, you or an adult could copy them onto paper. Children working lower than the secure level could answer these verbally to an adult. This will be excellent written comprehension practise for everyone else.
Write a character description for one of the characters you have met in so far in The Magic Finger. What do they look like? What are they like? What do they like to do?
Maths
Continue to follow White Rose every day and practise times tables.
Mindfulness
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Write 3 things that you could do to help you feel better when you are worried about something. Draw a problem or worry you may have. What will you do to help get rid of it? |
Can you teach your sequence to someone in your family?
Science
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What is the life cycle of a human? Discuss with someone at home and create your own timeline. You can use the template suggested or create your own. Try and include some sentences to describe the changes. See PowerPoint attached for lots of detail and information on each stage. There is a ‘2do’ template for this set on Purple Mash which you could use rather than using paper. |
What will be different when you are a teenager, adult, or an elderly person? You can choose how you present this work.
RE
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This should be a discussion with a parent, parents please use these questions to lead the discussion. You may think of other things to also discuss. There is a PowerPoint attached which we would have used in school. You can use the final page to print for your scroll template if you wish or create your own.
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Food Chains
Use this link to watch a Science lesson about food chains!
Reading
Keep reading! How many new books have you read since learning at home?
Purple Mash
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See Purple Mash for further tasks. |
