Hello Parents and Carers of Ladybird class,

We have had a lovely week in Ladybirds this week. The children have all written some fantastic stories and learnt all about growing and changing in Science. Thank you for all of the baby pictures, they are making a very lovely display in class.

Tonight your child will come home with a homework folder, it will contain spellings and Maths every week. The maths is based on work we have been doing in class and the spellings are linked to the spelling rule that we have covered in class. Homework will be sent home every Friday and be due back the following Thursday.

As a school we are starting a new reading programme and have also launched “Reading Rockets’ as a new incentive to encourage our children to read at home. I have enclosed a letter in your child’s homework folder to explain this. In line with this, there will be no reading books sent home tonight, they will be issued on Monday and be due back on Friday (in line with COVID restrictions). I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please still read any books you have at home with your child over the weekend, it is important that they get the opportunity to look at a range of literature.

Thank you for your on-going support and cooperation with the restrictions and helping us to all keep safe at school.

Have a lovely weekend – please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or queries.

See you next week!

Miss Shadbolt 🙂

Home Learning W/C 13.7.20

This week is the last week of summer term!

Thank you so much for all of your hard work over the last weeks and months at home and also for all your hard work we had at school from September to March! It hasn’t been the end to the term/year that I wished for but I am glad you are all safe at home. I have missed you all so much! As you know I won’t be in school in September but I will be in contact with Miss Taylor and the rest of school and I can’t wait to hear all about your time in Year 3 and what you’ve been up to. I look forward to seeing you all next year when I return from maternity leave. Take care, stay safe and have a happy and fun summer break 🙂 … Mrs Owen 

End of term activities

• End-of-the-year-writing-activity-sheet_ver_4
• School-year-memory-write-up_ver_3

Transition activity – Moving from year 2 to year 3 – you can take this to Miss Taylor in September

The-cautious-caterpillar-spreading-my-wings-from-year-2-to-year-3

Maths 

As a whole school we follow the White Rose Maths Scheme. Below is a link for Year 2 home learning activities in the style that we teach and learn maths when at school. They are posting daily lessons supported by a teaching powerpoint and worksheets to complete and consolidate learning.

Below are the new Week 12 worksheets for w/c 13.7.20. The supporting videos can be found on https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Lesson 1 – Telling time to 5 minutes

Lesson 2 – Hours and days

Lesson 4 – Compare durations of time

Science – Plants 

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use.

13.7.20 Week 5 lesson 5 

 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-025-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-5-plants-we-eat-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-026-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-6-how-different-plants-grow-lesson-pack

Also see education city activities https://www.educationcity.com/

Topic – Food Glorious Food at home 

Try some of these yummy recipes at home with a grown up!

au-t2-g-1107-A-World-of-Food-Class-Cookbook-Template

au-t2-g-1107-foods-from-around-the-world-activity-sheet

au-t2-g-1107-Brazilian-Hot-Dog-Recipe-Sheet

au-t2-g-1107-Crispy-Sping-Rolls-Recipe-sheet

au-t2-g-1107-Damper-recipe-sheet

au-t2-g-1107-pancake-recipe-sheet

au-t2-g-1107-slow-cooker-vegetable-risotto-recipe-sheet

Art – linked to science – plants

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use.

13.7.20 week 4 lesson 5 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-025-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-5-big-build-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-026-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-6-showcase-collage-lesson-pack

Home Learning W/C 22.6.20

If anyone is struggling with a routine or organisation of the day/week here is a possible option that I have put together. This can be edited. I post lots of ideas and examples on this weekly post. Please don’t feel like you have to do it all. Keep it varied so the children stay interested and happy 🙂

Home learning timetable

I have set lots of Maths, Literacy and Science Activities for the children to work through on Education City. https://www.educationcity.com/

Daily lessons published by BBC bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

Please note: If your Free parent Twinkl subscription has expired you can sign up again using a different email address to access the resources for free.

Our current topic is Food Glorious Food

Writing tasks – Jack and the Beanstalk 

This week your task is to familiarise yourself with the story Jack and the bean stalk. Then use the story map activity to plan your own story ready to write it next week.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5096-jack-and-the-beanstalk-story-powerpoint

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/jack-and-the-beanstalk-ebook-tp-l-52314

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5rxfLRgXRE

Above are some different versions of the story to help with your planning and writing.

Below are some activities to help you become more familiar with the events of the story.

Jack and the beanstalk story map

Jack and the beanstalk sequencing activity

Jack and the beanstalk sequencing activity Jack and the beanstalk story board template

Jack and the beanstalk stick puppets

Maths 

As a whole school we follow the White Rose Maths Scheme. Below is a link for Year 2 home learning activities in the style that we teach and learn maths when at school. They are posting daily lessons supported by a teaching powerpoint and worksheets to complete and consolidate learning.

Below are the new Week 9 worksheets for w/c 22.6.20. The supporting videos can be found on  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Lesson 1 – Measure length (cm)

Lesson 2 – Compare lengths

Lesson 3 – Four operations with lengths

Lesson 4 – Compare mass

These now linked with the bbc bitesize home learning activities too! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbypscw

Other useful links:

https://www.themathsfactor.com/

Spelling 

Please complete the activity from our Read Write Inc programme

Practise these Year 2 common exception words too

Year 1 and 2 common exception word list

Handwriting 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-8918-year-2-term-1-to-3-spelling-handwriting-practice-bumper-resource-pack

Science – Plants 

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use. If you are following this weekly you will now be on Week 2 lesson 2 .

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-019-planit-science-year-2-plants-unit-pack

15.6.20 Week 1 Lesson 1 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-021-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-1-observing-plants-lesson-pack

22.6.20 Week 2 Lesson 2 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-022-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-2-seeds-and-bulbs-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-023-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-3-life-cycles-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-024-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-4-what-do-plants-need-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-025-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-5-plants-we-eat-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-sc-026-planit-science-year-2-plants-lesson-6-how-different-plants-grow-lesson-pack

Also see education city activities https://www.educationcity.com/

Topic 

Art – linked to science – plants

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use. If you are following this weekly you will now be on Week 2 lesson 2.

18.6.20 Week 1 Lesson 1 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-021-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-1-mini-models-lesson-pack

22.6.20 Week 2 Lesson 2 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-022-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-2-drawing-from-nature-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-023-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-3-woodland-walk-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-024-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-4-land-art-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-025-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-5-big-build-lesson-pack

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-ad-026-planit-art-ks1-nature-sculptures-lesson-6-showcase-collage-lesson-pack

PE

Home Learning W/C 1.6.20

If anyone is struggling with a routine or organisation of the day/week here is a possible option that I have put together. This can be edited. I post lots of ideas and examples on this weekly post. Please don’t feel like you have to do it all. Keep it varied so the children stay interested and happy 🙂

Home learning timetable

I have set lots of Maths, Literacy and Science Activities for the children to work through on Education City. https://www.educationcity.com/

Daily lessons published by BBC bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

Writing tasks 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-526204-the-cautious-caterpillar-story-powerpoint

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-8706-the-cautious-caterpillar-setting-description-differentiated-activity-sheets

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-526264-the-cautious-caterpillar-story-map

Science link:

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-526348-the-cautious-caterpillar-life-cycle-of-a-butterfly-powerpoint

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-526324-the-cautious-caterpillar-life-cycle-of-a-butterfly-activity-sheets

Maths 

As a whole school we follow the White Rose Maths Scheme. Below is a link for Year 2 home learning activities in the style that we teach and learn maths when at school. They are posting daily lessons supported by a teaching powerpoint and worksheets to complete and consolidate learning.

Below are the new Week 6 worksheets for w/c 1.6.20. The supporting videos can be found on Year-2-Week-6

Lesson-1-The-10-times-table-2019

Lesson-2-Make-equal-groups-sharing-2019

Lesson-3-Make-equal-groups-grouping-2019

Lesson-4-Odd-and-even-numbers-2019

Answers:

Lesson-1-Answers-The-10-times-table-2019

Lesson-2-Answers-Make-equal-groups-sharing-2019

Lesson-3-Answers-Make-equal-groups-grouping-2019

Lesson-4-Answers-Odd-and-even-numbers-2019

These now linked with the bbc bitesize home learning activities too! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbypscw

Other useful links:

https://www.themathsfactor.com/

Spelling 

Please complete the activity from our Read Write Inc programme

Spelling focus 2

Practise these Year 2 common exception words too

Year 1 and 2 common exception word list

Handwriting 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-8918-year-2-term-1-to-3-spelling-handwriting-practice-bumper-resource-pack

Science

See education city activities https://www.educationcity.com/

Topic 

Our summer term topic is Animals. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search Twinkl have lots of different activities and resources on this topic. Remember to select Year 2 resources as there are others on there too.

Geography – topic

Geography – Sensational Safari Planning

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use. If you are following this weekly you will now be on Week 5.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources-year-two/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources-ks1-lets-go-to-kenya

Week 1 Where’s Kenya? https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-067-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-1-where-is-kenya-lesson-pack

Week 2 – Let’s explore https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-068-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-2-lets-explore-lesson-pack

Week 3 – National parks and wildlife https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-069-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-3-national-parks-and-wildlife-lesson-

Week 4 – Africian Animals https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-070-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-4-african-animals-lesson-pack

Week 5 – Marvellous Maasai https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-071-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-5-marvellous-maasai-lesson-pack

Week 6 – My day Your day https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-072-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-6-my-day-your-day-lesson-pack

PE

Music

Music Klass – free resource on Mondays and  Fridays via Myleene Klass’ YouTube channel.

From this week, the White Rose Home learning resources are now a paid for subscription that school has had to sign up for. All teachers have log in details to access the resources and they will be uploading the resources onto their class page on a weekly basis.

White Rose – ‘We have added a home learning section for each year group due to the current situation with COVID-19.  These resources follow a 12 week plan created in partnership with the BBC to help ensure pupils are ready to return to school in September.  The accompanying video tutorials can be found here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ ‘

The 12 week plan will be continued if and when your child returns to school during the summer term.

Below are the new Week 5 worksheets for w/c 18.5.20. The supporting videos can be found on https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

or linked from this document Week 5 Video links Year-2

Lesson 1 – Multiplication sentences using the x symbol 2019

Lesson 2 – Use arrays 2019

Lesson 3 – The 2 times-table 2019

Lesson 4 – The 5 times-table 2019

I hope everyone is happy, safe and well at home. I’m really missing seeing everyone!

Mrs Owen

Home Learning W/C 18.5.20

If anyone is struggling with a routine or organisation of the day/week here is a possible option that I have put together. This can be edited. I post lots of ideas and examples on this weekly post. Please don’t feel like you have to do it all. Keep it varied so the children stay interested and happy 🙂

Home learning timetable

I have set lots of Maths, Literacy and Science Activities for the children to work through on Education City. https://www.educationcity.com/

Daily lessons published by BBC bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

Writing tasks 

Make and write your own ‘Dear Zoo’ Book. You can include your own choice of animals and make flaps for the cages. Here is a link for the original story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudDGRQ9QGA

This website also has lots of activities linked to the story ‘ Dear Zoo’

http://www.dearzooandfriends.com/activities

Try and learn and perform this song for someone at home – you can add actions too!

So, the Zoo Sent Me a Pet Song

Maths 

As a whole school we follow the White Rose Maths Scheme. Below is a link for Year 2 home learning activities in the style that we teach and learn maths when at school. They are posting daily lessons supported by a teaching powerpoint and worksheets to complete and consolidate learning.

Below are the new Week 5 worksheets for w/c 18.5.20. The supporting videos can be found on https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

or linked from this document Week 5 Video links Year-2

Lesson 1 – Multiplication sentences using the x symbol 2019

Lesson 2 – Use arrays 2019

Lesson 3 – The 2 times-table 2019

Lesson 4 – The 5 times-table 2019

These now linked with the bbc bitesize home learning activities too! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbypscw

Other useful links:

https://www.themathsfactor.com/

Spelling 

Please complete the activity from our Read Write Inc programme

Spelling focus 1

Handwriting 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-8918-year-2-term-1-to-3-spelling-handwriting-practice-bumper-resource-pack

Science

See education city activities https://www.educationcity.com/

Topic 

Our first summer term topic is Animals. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search Twinkl have lots of different activities and resources on this topic. Remember to select Year 2 resources as there are others on there too.

Geography – topic

Geography – Sensational Safari Planning

This weekly planning is off Twinkl. It has 6 lessons. All lesson plans, powerpoints and resources are there to download and use. If you are following this weekly you will now be on Week 4.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources-year-two/planit-geography-primary-teaching-resources-ks1-lets-go-to-kenya

Week 1 Where’s Kenya? https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-067-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-1-where-is-kenya-lesson-pack

Week 2 – Let’s explore https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-068-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-2-lets-explore-lesson-pack

Week 3 – National parks and wildlife https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-069-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-3-national-parks-and-wildlife-lesson-

Week 4 – Africian Animals https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-070-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-4-african-animals-lesson-pack

Week 5 – Marvellous Maasai https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-071-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-5-marvellous-maasai-lesson-pack

Week 6 – My day Your day https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp-g-072-new-planit-geography-year-2-sensational-safari-lesson-6-my-day-your-day-lesson-pack

PE

Music

Music Klass – free resource on Mondays and  Fridays via Myleene Klass’ YouTube channel.