Year 2 Weekly Home Learning Challenges - Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Good morning Year 2 and welcome to a brand new week of learning. Can you believe that this is the final week of learning before the half term holidays? I certainly can’t!

This week is going to be slightly different. I will be posting learning as normal for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then on Friday, look out for something a little different to start the half term holidays.

Here are this week’s extra learning challenges to access throughout the week. As usual, anything you will need is attached below the picture, as well as a PDF version of the challenges to enable you to open links.

Have a wonderful week!

Miss Woodend

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 18th May

Welcome to Monday’s learning Year 2. I hope that you all had a great sleep and are ready for the day ahead.

Phonics

I understand that the phonics videos are now repeating themselves because all of the sounds have been taught. If you feel that revisiting these sounds is worthwhile for your child, please do keep accessing the videos using the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g

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.

It also isn’t too late to sign up for the Epic Reading resource. If you would like access to a huge range of books, some with quizzes, please send an email to l.woodend@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk. This will enable me to send you an invite to create an account.

English

Amazing birds! Prepare to be amazed! Over the next couple of weeks, enjoy finding out all about our amazing feathered friends, using a range of texts, online resources and articles.

Day 1

Discuss with your child: What do you already know about birds? What questions might you have about birds? E.g. Can all birds fly? What is the smallest/ biggest bird in the world? Where do birds live? Over the next two weeks, your research will hopefully help you in answering some of your questions! Ask your child to write down any questions they may have, reminding them to use question marks.

Watch What are Birds? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zyd6hyc

Ask, what do you know about birds now? Watch the clip a few times, each time pausing to allow your child to record key facts. Perhaps you could record different facts on sticky notes and make a fact poster.

Now watch All About Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF0Id-hH9y4

Record more key facts on sticky notes. Have any of your questions been answered already? Begin to pick out some new words and talk about their meaning, e.g. vertebrates, bill, habitat, camouflage.

Use Word Hippo: https://www.wordhippo.com/ to look up new words and find out what they mean. Practise putting any new words into new sentences.

SumDog

Complete today’s grammar challenge

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ and access ‘Summer Term, Week 5’.

Watch the video ‘Lesson 1- Multiplication sentences using the x symbol’ and complete the work below.

SumDog

x 2 facts

IXL

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

Times tables

Click here for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.

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

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

Every day, in every way.. I'm getting better and better!

Each week Year 4, I will collate photos and videos and put them into a movie so we can celebrate our week.

It has been a week, where we have learned about a character Lila and the three gifts she possessed to meet her goal. It fills my heart with joy seeing so many of you each day striving to improve and having the determination like Lila to never give in - persevere and believe you can do it!

At the very end of the story, she realises that all the Firework Makers love what they create and that is why they do it. That is why I teach and it is why you learn too! You must feel such pride in what you have created this week - and in previous weeks. Enjoy watching this video and keep striving to improve like Lizzie Ladybird!

Story time with Barbara

May I start this blog by saying a massive thank you to the children and families who compiled and sent such a lovely video to all the nursery team. Believe me when I say it brought tears to our eyes. We are missing you all so much.

I hope you enjoy this weeks story. It has been chosen by our friend Phoebe.

Let me know what you would like me to read next week and keep your ‘learning at home’ photos coming!

If you click here Bea it will take you to Little Rabbit Foo Foo. Enjoy!

A happy 4th birthday to our nursery friend. Look at all those lovely balloons!

Now for this weeks ‘learning at home’ photos.

I hope the sunshine comes back for the weekend. We may be able to enjoy some extra time outdoors, maybe even a picnic?

Barbara

Year 3 Friday 15th May photos from home learning

Another week of home learning, another week of lovely photos to make us smile. Well done Year 3!

What was your favourite part of the poem?

Reception Home Learning - Friday 15th May

Everyday activities:

1. Phonics: Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g                                                

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm

2. Oxford Owl: Login to Oxford Owl and read your next book. Remember to discuss the story throughout, checking your child’s understanding. Please make a note of any sounds or tricky words that your child struggles with and focus on these throughout the next few days/until they know them.

3. PE: Keep going with this weeks Lancashire school games activities (Week 2).

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-1-2-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/

Today’s specific activities:

1. English: Please have a look at the PDF below.

2. Sum Dog: Keep going with this week’s challenges!

3. Purple mash: If you haven’t yet completed this weeks challenge, today is your final chance..

Miss Bassett.

Year 4 Home learning Friday 15th May

English

Well - are you ready for the final chapter? Lets see what happens.. Who will triumph at the Firework competition? Will Lalchand have to be killed? Will Lila become a firework maker?

I have put the last chapter below. (I was tempted to read it to you so I could put on my silly Italian voice for Signor Scorchini but I changed my mind!)

I would like YOU to read this together with an adult - maybe take in turns to read. Read actively - picture the beautiful scenes on display. The names of the firework makers are very funny!

1. Take an accelerated reader quiz on this book - click on the how to help your child link to get straight to our ‘Accelerated Reader Quizzes’ page.

2. You also have a book review to do some time over the next week - in Purple mash.

Maybe consider which book YOU would like to read next. How about reading some more Phillip Pullman? How could you begin to challenge yourself with your choices of books so that you are reading books with vivid language and marvellous characters like this?

Maths

Today we will be finding fractions of quantities/amounts. This will need a lot of focus, effort and practice. You can do it Year 4! Grow your brain.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 15th May

It’s Friday Year 2! Just one more day of learning and then you can enjoy the weekend with your families!

Phonics

I understand that the phonics videos are now repeating themselves because all of the sounds have been taught. If you feel that revisiting these sounds is worthwhile for your child, please do keep accessing the videos using the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g

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.

It also isn’t too late to sign up for the Epic Reading resource. If you would like access to a huge range of books, some with quizzes, please send an email to l.woodend@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk. This will enable me to send you an invite to create an account.

English

Day 5

Read together the opening extract from Horrid Henry Peeks at Peter’s Diary from Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend by clicking the front cover opposite.

Discuss why people choose to write a diary – i) to retell key events that have happened to them that day and ii) to make comments on these events or talk about their thoughts and feelings.

Re-read Perfect Peter’s diary entries on pp10-11 of the extract. Ask whether these are good diary entries or not. How could they be improved?

Imagine you are Perfect Peter. Your challenge is to rewrite the diary entry for one of the days. You could imagine that you are writing the entry after one of Henry’s troublesome antics that you’ve read about this week. Remember to i) retell the key events from the day and ii) make some comments, or write about your thoughts or feelings in response to what happened.

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

SumDog

Verbs - Progressive Tense

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ and access ‘Summer Term, Week 4’.

Complete ‘Friday’s maths challenge’. You might have to think a little deeper for this one - don’t give up!

SumDog

Skip Counting

IXL

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

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

Have a wonderful weekend with your families!

Stay Safe and God Bless,

Miss Woodend

Year 3 Thursday 14th May photos from home learning

How is everyone today? We have loved seeing your photos this week, some of you look to have grown! See below the photos for some amazing Powerpoints and a video that have been created by your classmates.

WINNER OF MY GUESS THE AUTHOR QUOTE COMPETITION IS REVEALED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE!

Well done young man, you’re correct! ‘You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.’ is a quote from Dr Seuss.

Wonderful news!

Harry, Adam, Daniel, Victor and Finian have all met their reading target!!

ITS A WIN FOR THE BOYS HERE!!!!!