Welcome to Year 3 Wednesday 8th July

Good morning children and welcome to another day getting ready for year 3.

We are loving the emails and Purple Mash work that you are sending to us. We are very impressed and we are getting very excited about teaching you all next year—we can’t wait! Keep up the good work! We would love to see some photos of how you are getting on, please send them to our emails.

Can you remember which learning characters we have looked at so far this week?  Today we are going to listen to stories all about Lizzie Ladybird and Kiki Chameleon. Click on the stories below to listen to them. Can you think about how you can be like them today?

“You are Precious in My Eyes” – Isaiah 43

When we get back to school we want the classroom to look lovely. Today we would like you to help us to create the letters for this display for the classroom. We would like you to draw your letter as a capital letter in bubble writing as big as you can on an A4 piece of paper. We would then like you to decorate it with patterns in shades of blue. 

When you have done this you can send us a photo of you holding your letter but we would also like you to keep this sheet somewhere really flat and safe so that you can bring it back to school with you in September so that we can put it up on the wall.

Click on the button to see which letter/number you need to do. Please do the letter/number next to your name, thank you.

Questions

Be curious like Clara Clown Fish. The next thing we would like you to do is to have a think about next year and see if you have got any questions that you want to ask us.

Make a list of these questions and send them to us in an email so that we can answer them for you. You can use 2Email on Purple Mash to do this. Miss Edmondson’s email name is Miss Edmondson and Miss Brisco’s is LBrisco. Can you think of 5 really good questions to ask? (Remember to use a capital letter at the beginning of your question and a question mark at the end of it.)  We will then do our best to answer your questions by making a video to answer them as other children might have the same question as you.

Photo slide-show on Purple Mash

We would like you to create a slide-show in 2Publish Plus (it’s set as a 2Do) of you and your family. We would like you to take some photos - try to do this yourself if possible as we complete a photography unit in Year 3 and this would be a good start to it. Add photos of you, your parents, siblings and any one else in your wider family you want to include to the slide show and explain who each person is using labels. This will help us to recognise your parents and make it easier at the end of the day when they come to collect you when we are back at school. 

Don’t forget to save it and hand it in so we can see it.

PE

Remember we need to make sure that we are keeping active so why not go for a walk, or a bike ride or a run, or do some yoga, or go on the trampoline or set up a fitness circuit with star jumps and press ups, spotty dog jumps and skipping etc. Or you could complete the PE challenge that is on the school website. You choose, but choose something different today and make sure that you have fun!

Extra optional activities

Have a look at IXL maths and see which units you have not completed yet for Year 2. Try to complete as many of these as you can before September. Looking at the recommendation tab near the top will show you what you need to work on specifically.

Read for 30 minutes each day and then take a quiz on Accelerated Reader. See if you can reach your target before the end of the term. Let us know the name of your favourite author and/or your favourite book. Maybe you could even write a book review on Purple Mash.

Practise your handwriting and make sure that you can form and join all of your letters correctly in the cursive style we use in school. Click on the button below to check on the correct formation of letters.

We hope that you have a lovely day. Don’t forget to keep your work in a safe place so that you can bring it back to school in September, but please also send us some photos of your work now so we can share them on the class page on Friday.

Have fun!!

Miss Edmondson, Miss Brisco and Miss Woodrow

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Welcome to Year 3! Tuesday 7th July 2020

Good morning Year 2 (soon to be Year 3)

We hope that you enjoyed yesterday’s activities and are ready for more today.

Yesterday we had the stories of Bobby Bee and Cooper Crab. Listen to today’s stories all about Roger Robin and Tommy Turtle.

Click on the stories to listen to them and think about how you can be like the characters today.

Hopes for next year

Yesterday we thought about faith-filled and hopeful. Today we would like you to think about what you hope for next year when you are in Year 3.

This is what the Year 3 teachers hope for:

We hope that we will all be together as a school family again sharing God’s love and growing to be more like Jesus. We hope that we can all have a wonderful year of learning where everyone is kind and generous with each other. We hope for happiness and happy times.

Login to Purple Mash and create a poster (it’s set as a 2Do) of all of your hopes for next year. (Everyone in school is doing this and we are going to use them on a display in the hall.) Make sure that you save it so that we can see what your hopes are.

Class Charter

As you know it is really important that wherever we are we behave in the best way possible. This not only keeps ourselves safe and happy, but others safe and happy too. To do this we often have to follow certain rules or guidelines to make sure that this happens.

When we get back to school in September it is really important that we make each other happy and keep each other safe.

Today we would like you to think very carefully about what we will all need to do on a daily basis around the classroom and in school to keep everyone safe and happy.

Can you think carefully about the rules/guidelines that we will all need to follow. Send us an email on Purple Mash with your suggestions for our class rules. (Go into tools and then to 2Email. You need to click on the envelope with a + sign and then write your email to us.  Miss Edmondson’s email name is Miss Edmondson and Miss Brisco’s is LBrisco.

Summer Reading Challenge

We would like you to try to join the summer reading challenge at the library this year. This is all done online this year because of Covid-19.

You can join the “Silly Squad” by pressing the button below and following the instructions.

You need to get your Mum or Dad to help you with this as they need to give their email address. You will also need to think of a username and password—remember to keep these somewhere safe and don’t share them outside of your family.

Once you have done that we would like you to click on the button below and follow the instructions for making a corner bookmark. You can make your bookmark into a monster or an owl, like the lady does on the video or you can scroll down the side of the video and see what some of the other videos show - we spotted a tiger, a Pokemon, a panda, a rabbit and even a watermelon, as well as lots more.

Use your book mark when you are reading over the summer. You could even make another one and keep it safe to use on your reading book when you get back to school in September!

PE

Remember we need to make sure that we are keeping active so why not go for a walk, or a bike ride or a run, or do some yoga, or go on the trampoline or set up a fitness circuit with star jumps and press ups, spotty dog jumps and skipping etc. Or you could do the PE challenge which has been posted by Mrs Gregan on the PE page of website. You choose, have fun!

Extra optional activities

Have a look at IXL maths and see which units you have not completed yet for Year 2. Try to complete as many of these as you can before September.

Read for 30 minutes each day and then take a quiz on Accelerated Reader. See if you can reach your target before the end of the term. Let us know the name of your favourite author and/or your favourite book. Maybe you could even write a book review on Purple Mash.

Practise your handwriting and make sure that you can form and join all of your letters correctly in the cursive style we use in school. Click on the button below to check on the correct formation of letters.

Be brave like Tommy Turtle and co-operative like Roger Robin.

Enjoy the activities and remember to send us some photos.

Have fun!!

Miss Edmondson, Miss Brisco and Miss Woodrow

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Welcome to Year 3! Monday 6th July 2020. Meet your new teachers.

Good morning children and welcome to “Transition Week”.

This week we are going to be doing a variety of activities that will help us all to get to know each other a little better and to get ready for when you are in Year 3.

Next year the Year 3 team will be Miss Edmondson, Miss Brisco and Miss Woodrow. We are really looking forward to working with you and helping you to learn lots of new and exciting things.

Are you ready to get started on this week’s activities? 

Please send your photos to us this week and we will make them into a little photo movie at the end of the week.

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Getting to know your teachers

To begin with, we would like you to watch the little videos that we have made to say “Hello!”.

Just press play on the video clips below.

Growing your Brain

Next year we will be really thinking about how we can make our brains grow even bigger and get even better at learning. We will be focusing on all of the learning characters and thinking about what we have to do to be more like each one of them.

Can you remember the names of all of the learning characters? There are 8 of them.

Each day we are going to be sharing the stories of 2 of them with you, and as the week goes on we want you to think which ones you are most like and how you can become more like the others.

Listen to the stories below, and think about how you can be like them today.

All about me - Purple Mash

We would like you to login to Purple Mash and use the “All About Me” template (it’s set as a 2Do) to create a fact file all about you.

We would like you to write and add pictures to tell us all about you.

You might want to tell us about your family and pets, your hobbies, what you like to do or what you have been doing since you were last in school etc.

Tell us about things that make you, you! Remember we are all precious in God’s eyes, but because we are all so special to Him, He made everyone of us a little bit different from everyone else. What makes you special and different from everyone else?

Please remember to save this so that we can have a look at it.

Faith-filled and Hopeful

When we return to school our virtues will be Faith-filled and Hopeful. What do these mean to you? How can you show that you are faith-filled and hopeful?

We would like you to create a piece of work (on an A4 sheet of paper) of what these mean to you.

You can show this in any way you like - you might want to decorate your work, once it is done keep it in a really safe place and keep it flat. We want you to bring it back to school in September so that we can use it then.

Pebbles

You will need a pebble for one of the activities later on in the week, so you will need to look out for one when you are out and about today. It doesn’t have to be huge but not too small either! Just a pebble that you have spotted and like the look of. (You might even want to get a couple of pebbles). More about that later on in the week.

Extra optional activities

Have a look at IXL maths and see which units you have not completed yet for Year 2. Try to complete as many of these as you can before September.

Read for 30 minutes each day and then take a quiz on Accelerated Reader. See if you can reach your target before the end of the term. Let us know the name of your favourite author and/or your favourite book. Maybe you could even write a book review on Purple Mash.

Practise your handwriting and make sure that you can form and join all of your letters correctly in the cursive style we use in school. Click on the button below to check on the correct formation of letters.

We hope that you enjoy today’s learning.

Don’t forget to send us photos of what you have been doing and we will share them all on Friday.

Take care and stay safe

Miss Edmondson, Miss Brisco and Miss Woodrow

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 3rd July

Good Morning Year 2!

I hope you enjoy today’s activities! Today is going to be the final day of formal lessons posted by myself as next week, your new Year 3 teachers Miss Edmondson and Miss Brisco will be taking over. They will be setting some lovely activities so that they can get to know you and you can get to know them before coming back to school in September. Then, we will be using the final week of the term to reflect upon what we have learned throughout our time in Year 2 this year.

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources.  Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it. 

Please note:  From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week. 

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day.  Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books. 

Enjoy Chapter 4 … Dark is Necessary

English

Day 5:

Re-watch and/or reread Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen.

Look and listen out today for actions and vocal noises that really help to bring the poem alive! Return to look at your plan for your own version based on your chosen food. On your plan, jot down an action or noise that you too may want to include in a particular section, e.g. oooooommmm, mmmmmmm, nice. Remember, you can create your own too!

Write your own version of the poem based on your chosen food, using your plan to help you. Think carefully about how to sequence the events and phrases or noises you may want to use. You can use some of Michael Rosen’s and some of your own.
Keep re-reading back through your poem to check it makes sense.
Perform your poem for your household, making sure you too use lots of actions and noises to bring your performance alive! You may even choose to film your performance to send to me!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Complete the attached ‘true or false’ questions. Think carefully about what you have learned this week.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete?  Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Topmarks

Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

I hope that you have a lovely weekend with your families and enjoy getting to know your new teachers next week!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Thursday 2nd July

Good Morning Year 2!

Here are Thursday’s home learning activities:

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources.  Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it. 

Please note:  From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week. 

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day.  Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books. 

English

Day 4:

Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen

With an adult, read together Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen:
(Click the image for the full version)

Now watch and enjoy Michael Rosen performing the poem here:

Make connections with the poem and compare the two versions. Discuss – What did you think of the poem? Which version did you prefer? How were they similar/different? Did the poem remind you of anything? Have you ever craved a particular type of food like Michael craved the chocolate cake in the poem?
Your child might comment that the piece resembles a story more than a poem and that during the performance piece, Rosen does not recite the poem exactly word for word. Use this opportunity to explain that some poems are not written in verse (free verse), do not need to rhyme, can vary in performance and can sometimes resemble more like the telling of a story!

Re-read the poem together, pausing frequently and summarising what is happening in each section, e.g. First of all, Rosen explains why he likes chocolate cake so much. Then he wakes in the night thinking about the chocolate cake. After that, he sneaks downstairs to eat the remaining cake, etc.

You are now going to plan to write your own version of Chocolate Cake. First of all, you need to decide what food your poem is going to be about. Now you are going to plan your poem. Think about the sequence (order) of your poem, e.g. why you like your chosen food so much, how you might wake in the night thinking about it, the act of sneaking downstairs into the kitchen, eating and enjoying it, etc.

Create a plan similar to a story map, including each of the different sections above. Talk your planned sequence through with an adult.

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 4 - ‘Patterns with 2D and 2D Shapes’ and watch the video.  Then, complete the activity below:

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete?  Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Topmarks

Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a wonderful day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Wednesday 1st July

Wow - it’s now the month of July! Can you believe it? I certainly can’t!

Here are Wednesday’s home learning activities:

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources.  Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it. 

Please note:  From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week. 

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day.  Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books. 

English

Day 3:

On the Ning Nang Nong! by Spike Milligan

Read the poem 'On the Ning Nang Nong’ here:

Now, play the audio recording of the poem as read by Spike Milligan (click on the image above).

Discuss your child’s reaction to the poem – they might be surprised by the nonsense words! Some background information on Spike Milligan and his nonsense poetry can be found in the first two paragraphs here:
(Note: Please avoid clicking on + Continue Reading tab as the content may not be considered age appropriate).

Your first task today is to draw and label a picture of the Ning Nang Nong. What creatures and living things need to be included in your picture? (cows, monkeys, mice, trees). If you were to attach speech bubbles to the animals, what would they be saying? (Bong! BOO! Clang!) What other creatures or living things could you add? What might they be doing? What other noises might you hear? Remember it doesn’t matter how ridiculous your ideas are – you can be as creative as you like! Colour your picture to make it as attractive as possible.

Now write some sentences to describe your version of the Ning Nang Nong. Remember to include details about all the living creatures that live there, the noises they make and what they do. You can use some adjectives (describing words) and include your own nonsense words too if you like!
Remember to read back through your work to check for spelling and punctuation.

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 3 - ‘Sorting 2D and 2D Shapes’ and watch the video.  Then, complete the activity below: I do understand that there was a lot to complete for yesterday’s maths, so please do complete what you can. Friday’s maths is reinforcing what has already been taught, so these activities could always be skipped and today’s or tomorrow’s work carried over to Friday.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete?  Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Topmarks

Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a lovely day, 

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 30th June

Good Morning Year 2!

Here are your activities for today’s learning.

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Please note: From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 2:

What is pink? by Christina Rossetti

Watch and listen to ‘What is Pink?’ by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti: (click the picture below)

Listen again and pause to jot down any new words or phrases, e.g. fountain’s brink, barley bed, ripe, mellow. Discuss meanings, using a dictionary or Word Hippo to help you.

Discuss the ending of the poem. (What is orange? Why, an orange! Just an orange!) Why do you think Rossetti chose to use an orange instead of something else that might be orange in colour?

Today you are going to write your own version of What is Pink? If you are able to, go on a nature walk with an adult around your garden or local area. Act as a colour collector! What can you see that is each of the colours? What is each item/object doing? You may even wish to take a clip board or notepad out with you.

Write your poem using a similar structure to ‘What is Pink?’ using ideas collected from your walk, e.g. Start with a question: What is yellow? Answer the question: The sun is yellow: Describe the item or what it is doing: Light and bright and warm. Here is another example: What is green? The hedgerows are green, Home to nesting blackbirds and beautiful butterflies.

Remember to finish each question with a question mark. Check your spelling and try to use some noun phrases and adjectives (describing words) to help your reader to ‘see’ what you saw on your walk. Keep rehearsing your poem out loud as you write. Think carefully about how to finish your poem. You might choose to use the same finishing line as Rossetti with the orange!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 2 - ‘Count faces, edges and vertices on 3D shapes’ and watch the video. Then, complete the activity below:

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Topmarks

Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a great day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 29th June

Good Morning Year 2!

Here are your activities for today’s learning.

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Please note: From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

Complete the following reading comprehension for Chapter 3 - ‘Dark is Fun’

English

Poetry Festival - This week you will have the opportunity to read, perform and enjoy some entertaining poems written by famous poets. Using your own experiences as inspiration, you’ll innovate on some of these poems, using them as models in order to write your own!

Day 1:

Scissors by Allan Ahlberg

Read the poem Scissors here:

Now play the audio recording of the poem as read by Allan Ahlberg. Make connections with the poem. Discuss – Did you enjoy the poem? What is the role of the narrator in the poem? (teacher). What does the poem remind you of? Do I (your teacher) ever sound like this?!

Rehearse reading the poem aloud, as if you are the teacher. Try to use as much expression as you can. Don’t forget to use facial expressions and gestures too! You might start your reading very calmly and then become gradually more exasperated when the scissors can’t be found!

In the poem, it is scissors that have been lost. What tends to get lost in our classroom? E.g. glue sticks, whiteboard pens, sharpeners, pen lids, rulers, jumpers etc.

Write your own version of the poem, based on what is commonly lost in our classroom. You can use a combination of lines and phrases from the original poem with your own ideas and sayings too! E.g. Nobody leave the room.
Everyone listen to me.
We had twenty brand new glue sticks this morning, And now there’s only three!
Seventeen sets of glue sticks Disappeared from sight!
Class monitors – we need you to find them, We can stop here all night!

Keep reading your poem out loud to hear the rhythm and check it makes sense. It doesn’t have to rhyme providing it includes some entertaining phrases that I (your teacher) might say! Proof-read your poem to check for spelling and punctuation. When you have finished, perform your poem to those in your household. If you are able to, record it and send it to me at school. I’d love to hear them… they’ll definitely make me smile!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

This week we are back on White Rose Maths.

Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 1 - ‘Count sides and vertices on 2D shapes’ and watch the video. Then, complete the activity below:

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Topmarks

Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a great day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Weekly Challenges - Week Beginning 29/06/20

My goodness Year 2, can you believe that we’ve reached the beginning of yet another brand new week? This week of learning will be your last of formal Maths, English and other activities, so make it a real focused week and keep up the super work!

Here are this week’s challenges:

Have a wonderful week!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 26th June

Another Friday has yet again been reached! I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s learning activities. Which one was your favourite I wonder?

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

Enjoy Chapter Three of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - ‘Dark is Fun’

English

Day 5:

Look back at all the Oliver Jeffers’ books you have read this week. You may even have some of your own favourites at home!

Today you may choose to either: complete your story from yesterday, or write a review of your favourite Oliver Jeffers’ book to encourage a friend to read it.

Information to include in your review:
Title (Remember capital letters!)
Author and illustrator (Remember capital letters again!)
Summary (a few sentences detailing what the story is about).
Age recommendation - What age would you recommend the story for?
Star Rating
Other books by the same author (Remember capital letters!)

You may want to use these sentence starters to help you:
The story is about …
It is set in …
Favourite Part (and an explanation why).
My favourite part was … because…
I also enjoyed it when …

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Complete these true or false maths challenges based upon your maths learning this week.

For more Friday maths challenges, visit the BBC Bitesize website:

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Purple Mash

I have set two games on Purple Mash for you to play this week:

Bond Bubbles and Sequence Snake

Sumdog

Unfortunately at the end of this week, our SumDog subscription will come to an end. Therefore this week, you can just simply enjoy playing the games that you have loved using in your learning throughout your time at home.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

I hope you have a brilliant end to your week,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Thursday 25th June

Welcome to Thursday’s home learning activities. Have a lovely day.

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 4:

Watch and listen to the story ‘Stuck’ by clicking the front cover below:

Marvel and gasp at all the things Floyd threw into the tree that got stuck! Can you remember them all at the end of the story? Look back/listen again to check.

Today you are going to write your own version of Stuck. Think about: Who will your main character be? What items will he/she throw into the tree that will get stuck? (Remember to start with everyday things, before your list becomes more imaginative! You can make your list as funny and as quirky as you like!) What will be the last item thrown that will mean the kite comes unstuck? Make a list or series of pictures to act as a plan.

You may choose to use some of Oliver Jeffers’ sentence starters, e.g.
It all began when …
The trouble REALLY began when …
In order to knock down …
You could also use or make comments as he does too, e.g.
This was getting ridiculous!
Unbelievably, that got stuck too!
I’m sure you can guess what happened!

Write your story, checking each sentence as you write. Keep going back and reading your story out loud to check you are happy with it.

Share your story with your family!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the learning video and then complete the activities below.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Purple Mash

I have set two games on Purple Mash for you to play this week:

Bond Bubbles and Sequence Snake

Sumdog

Unfortunately at the end of this week, our SumDog subscription will come to an end. Therefore this week, you can just simply enjoy playing the games that you have loved using in your learning throughout your time at home.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Wednesday 24th June

Here are Wednesday’s home learning tasks. Enjoy!

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 3:

Read and enjoy the opening extract from ‘The Day the Crayons Came Home’ by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers by clicking the front cover below:

You can listen and enjoy the whole book here:

Imagine you are another item in Duncan’s pencil case, e.g. a ruler, pencil sharpener, highlighter pen, biro. Write a postcard to Duncan to add to the collection sent to him.

Think about: What job did you originally have in the pencil case? Did you enjoy your job? Might you have any memorable stories to remind Duncan of? What has happened to you since you were last with Duncan? E.g. Have you been travelling to any exciting places? What might you like to ask Duncan now?

As if you are the ruler, pencil sharpener, highlighter etc. write your postcard to Duncan.

Rehearse each sentence out loud before you write to check it makes sense. Keep reading your work as you write to check for spelling and punctuation too.

If you can, send your finished postcard to me! I could then end up with a class set of postcards from various pencil case items! I can’t wait!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the learning video and then complete the activities below.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Purple Mash

I have set two games on Purple Mash for you to play this week:

Bond Bubbles and Sequence Snake

Sumdog

Unfortunately at the end of this week, our SumDog subscription will come to an end. Therefore this week, you can just simply enjoy playing the games that you have loved using in your learning throughout your time at home.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a wonderful day!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 23rd June

It’s Tuesday Year 2. I hope you had a restful sleep and are ready for the day ahead!

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 2:

Watch and listen to ‘Here We Are’ by clicking the front cover below: (please note, this version contains some American spellings)

Talk about the book. Ask your child: Who do you think Oliver Jeffers wrote this book for? Why do you think he wrote the book? (He wrote it for his baby son to help him make sense of the world).

It is full of key advice. Listen to the clip again and pause at key points to make a note of the advice Oliver Jeffers gives throughout the book, e.g. You have a body. Look after it, as most bits don’t grow back. Some pieces of advice are given to you; others you will have to read between the lines and discuss! Do you agree with the advice he gives? Can you think of any other advice you would like to add?

Create a poster with the book title: Here We Are in the middle. Around the outside in boxes or bubbles, write down the advice that Oliver Jeffers gives.

Colour and decorate your poster to make it as attractive as possible. Display your poster in your house – somewhere where everyone can see!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the learning video and then complete the activities below.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Purple Mash

I have set two games on Purple Mash for you to play this week:

Bond Bubbles and Sequence Snake

Sumdog

Unfortunately at the end of this week, our SumDog subscription will come to an end. Therefore this week, you can just simply enjoy playing the games that you have loved using in your learning throughout your time at home.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Enjoy today’s learning,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 22nd June

Welcome to a new week of learning. Have a super day!

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

Complete the comprehension below for chapter 2 of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark - ‘Dark is kind’

English

This week you will have the opportunity to enjoy some of Oliver Jeffers’ most entertaining and thought-provoking books. You’ll even be able to have a go at writing your own in a similar style!

Day 1:

Watch and listen to the story ‘How to Catch a Star’ up to 3:40 mins by clicking the front cover below:

Talk about what has happened so far in the story. Can you recall all the different attempts the boy has tried to catch a star? Can you remember why each one hasn’t worked? Look back/listen again to check.

Imagine you are the boy in the story. Your task is to write a letter to an astronomer (someone who studies stars and space) asking them for help to catch a star.

Include all the things you have tried so far and why each one hasn’t worked. You can use the joining word ‘but’ to help you join the parts of the sentence, e.g. I tried to jump up and grab a star but it was too high.

You might want to use the introductory sentence and sentence starters below to help you:
Dear Astronomer, I’m writing this letter to ask for your help in catching a star! I’ve already tried a few things but none of them have worked!
First of all I tried …
Next I had a go at …
I’ve also …
I’ve even …
I’m beginning to think I will never catch a star!
Please can you help me!
Yours sincerely, Signature

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together. Return to the story (using the link above) and find out if the boy did eventually manage to catch a star!

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the ‘time’ learning video and complete the activity below.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Purple Mash

I have set two games on Purple Mash for you to play this week:

Bond Bubbles and Sequence Snake

Sumdog

Unfortunately at the end of this week, our SumDog subscription will come to an end. Therefore this week, you can just simply enjoy playing the games that you have loved using in your learning throughout your time at home.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a great day!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Weekly Challenges - Week Beginning 22/06/20

Welcome to another brand new week of learning Year 2. I wonder what new skills and knowledge you will learn this week?

Here are the weekly challenges. As always, the links and documents needed are underneath.

Have a wonderful week of learning!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 19th June

We’ve reached yet another Friday Year 2! I hope that you all have a focused end to the week!

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

Enjoy Chapter 2 - ‘Dark is kind’

English

Day 5:

Using your plan from yesterday, write your story – either to match ‘I Walk With Vanessa’ or your own story about kindness.
Use the pictures in the book or your own plan to help you sequence the different parts of your story. Remember to rehearse each sentence out loud to check it makes sense before you write it down.
Include character thoughts and feelings – remember you want to inspire your reader to be kind too!
You may also choose to include some of the new vocabulary you have found this week.

Proof-read your work to check for spelling and punctuation. If you have written the story to match ‘I Walk With Vanessa’, you could replay the sharing of the pictures here:

Share your story with your family or email it to myself if you can. Enjoy spreading some kindness! I can’t wait to read your creations!

SumDog

Multi-syllable words.

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Complete the ‘Position and Direction’ challenge questions below. How much can you remember from this week’s learning?

SumDog

Third of a whole

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Have a great Friday!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Thursday 18th June

Good morning Year 2. Just two more days of learning until the weekend. I wonder what you’ll learn today? …

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 4:

Watch and ‘read’ the picture book I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoët with the sound turned off:
(Click the front cover below to be taken to the video).

Pause the story throughout to discuss what is happening on each page.

Now watch this version with the sound on:

Your task over the next two sessions is to choose between either one of the following:
Write the story to match the picture book or Write a story about a time when you have shown or seen someone else show an act of kindness that has spread. This might have been towards a friend, family member, new child in the class, etc.
Discuss your version of the story. Re-tell it out loud to a member of your family.
If you are going to write the story to match I Walk with Vanessa, you could rehearse your sentences out loud over the playing of the pictures.
If you are planning your own story, you could draw a story map of the key events, attaching some key words or phrases.

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 4 - To make patterns with shapes’ and complete the activity attached. Unfortunately, there was a little technical glitch when uploading this one and therefore my little screen hasn’t come up in the corner.

SumDog

Addition to 100.

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Wednesday 17th June

We’ve reached the middle of the week! I hope you all enjoy today’s learning activities!

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

We have all enjoyed the first chapter of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ together’ Can you complete the alliteration sheet attached below.

English

Day 3:

Watch and listen to We Are All Wonders by R. J. Palacio by clicking the book cover opposite.

Due to the sensitive content of this book, it is advised that the book is shared and discussed with an adult throughout the reading.

Points for discussion:

What does the word unique mean? What does the word wonder mean? What does the phrase hurt my feelings mean? How does the main character feel when others point or laugh? How does he feel when he puts on his helmet and travels across the galaxy? What do you think it means when the narrator says that perhaps people could ‘change the way they see?’ Talk together about how we are all wonders – include everyone in your household!

The book concludes with the sentence: Look with kindness and you will always find wonder.

Find some synonyms for kindness here:

Make a poster about being kind. Write the final sentence from the book – Look with kindness and you will always find wonder – in bold in the middle of your poster. Around the outside, record all the different ways you can show kindness. Remember kindness can often be shown in the smallest of actions, e.g. smiling, offering to help when someone is stuck, giving someone a compliment.

Try to make your poster as bright and engaging as possible. Put it up in your household to show everyone how you can be kind!

SumDog

Complete the spelling challenge set for you today.

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 3 - Describing Movement and Turns’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Fractions

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Have a focused day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 16th June

Welcome to another Tuesday of learning Year 2. Here are today’s activities:

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 2:

Read the opening extract of ‘The Koala Who Could’ by clicking the front cover.

Make a list of all the reasons why Kevin the Koala chose not to move or to change.

Watch and listen to the story here up to 4:09 mins:

Imagine you are one of the wild animals trying to convince Kevin to come down from his tree. What might you say to him to persuade him? Write a persuasive speech to shout up to Kevin in his treetop! Try to include lots of reasons – you can use some of the ideas listed earlier in the book too!

You might want to use some of the following sentences or sentence starters to help you:
Kevin, I really do think you should come down from the tree now!
First of all ...
Another reason is …
Have you thought about …?
What if …?
When you come down, …
If you come down, …
Finally …
Remember to try and reassure Kevin – you are writing as if you are one of his friends!

Rehearse each sentence before you write it down to check it makes sense. Don’t forget to go back and read through your work to check for spelling and punctuation.

Enjoy watching and listening to the end of the story – up to 5:55 mins. What lesson does Kevin learn?

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 2 - Describing Turns’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Classify and sequence shapes

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 15th June

Good morning Year 2 and welcome to a brand new week of learning!

Here are Monday’s activities for you to work through:

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

I hope that you all enjoyed chapter 1 of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ on Friday. I would like to see how much you can remember by answering the questions below. You can always watch the video again if you wish.

English

Focus theme: Be happy! Be brave! Be kind!
This week you will explore some inspiring stories with key messages. Towards the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to spread a little happiness by writing your own story to inspire others.

Day 1:

Explain to your child that this week you are going to share some inspiring stories together. Discuss what the word inspiring means. Make links to inspire, inspired, inspiration, etc. Look at synonyms (words that mean similar) using Word Hippo to expand on vocabulary.

Listen to The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright up to 0:45mins:

Ask your child: ‘What do you know about the mouse?’ Write a brief character description of the mouse, encouraging your child to use some of words and phrases from the text. Continue watching the clip up to 1:30 mins.
Ask your child: ‘What do you know about the lion?’ Now write a brief character description of the lion, encouraging your child to use words and phrases from the text. Discuss how the mouse and the lion are different.
Continue watching up to 2:51 mins. Discuss how the mouse is feeling. How does he convince himself to go to the lion? List all the reasons.
Continue watching up to 4:02 mins. What do you know about the lion now? Compare with the original description of the lion you wrote earlier. Watch and enjoy to the end of the story. Did the ending surprise you? What did the mouse and lion learn?

Watch and enjoy a rap version of the story here:

Join in if you can!

SumDog

Complete the Grammar task - ‘vowel sounds’

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 1 - Describing Movement’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Subtract within 100

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Have a great day,

Miss Woodend