27 March

Friday 27 March 2020

Wow! Year 2 you are really impressing us with all your fantastic home learning this week. Keep looking at our class news page to see your learning on display and being celebrated.

Learning will continue to be posted for you at 9am each day so if you are an early riser, spend some time reading, practising spellings and times tables, do some art or work through your maths pack from school before you get your daily tasks.

Physical activity:  At school we have our daily Wake Up Shake Up at 10am. Today, why not put on a favourite song and have a dance around – maybe even making up your own routine.

Mindfulness activity: Using a sheet of paper, take your pencil for a walk, without taking it off the paper, and then colour in the sections you have created in different colours.

Well done to Hardev who has now reached his next Lexia level. ***Friday update – Theo too! ***

Here are your home learning tasks for today.

It’s Friday so it is spelling test day. Ask your adult to test you on the spellings for this week (key, donkey, monkey, chimney, valley, honey, money, turkey) by putting the word in a sentence so you understand the meaning. New spellings for next week will be posted on Monday.

Task 1 reading

Firstly, here are your answers from yesterday.

Are the following statements true or false?

Polar bears eat plants.           TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears are good at swimming.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears often eat seals.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears can’t smell very well.      TRUE or FALSE

Find and copy a word from the text that means

usually __generally_____

amazing __remarkable____

can’t be seen __camouflage___

firmly pressed together __compacted___

How do the polar bears keep warm in the cold Arctic environment? Their thick white coat and a layer of fat keep them warm.

1. Today, we would like you to choose a book (fiction/non-fiction or other text such as a poem or a comic) from home.

2.Tell us about it. You should include the title, the author, a little bit about it, why you like it and maybe a picture too.

Challenge:What one adjective would you use to describe it?

Task 2 maths

Here are your answers from yesterday’s learning in ascending order.

0 x 5 = 0

1 x 2 = 2

10 = 5 x 2

2 x 10 = 20

24 = 12 x 2

6 x 5 = 30

9 x 5 = 45

10 x 10 = 100

It’s Friday so it is times tables test day. Based on the times table you have been set on Times Table Rock Stars, ask your adult to test you on 8 facts from that times table. We use different vocabulary such as 8 lots of 5, 8 multiplied by 5 and 8 times 5.

Before you start today’s activity, time how long it takes you to write down all the number bonds to 20 (eg 20 + 0 = 20). How do you know when you have got them all?

Following our learning on 2D shapes, we will now be thinking about 3D (not flat) shapes.

1. Watch the video to see some 3D shapes. Here are the names of some 3D shapes.

2. 3D shapes are all around us. Go on a 3D shape hunt around your house. Record the object and the matching 3D shape.

Challenge: Have a look at the 3D shape object – what 2D shapes can you see?

Task 3 science

1.Watch the video of different science experiments.

2. Choose one of the experiments from the video. Can you use your observational (looking) skills to describe what happens.

3. Include some time connectives (firstly, then, next, after that, in the end) in your description.

Challenge: With an adult, if you have the equipment needed, have a go at one of the experiments at home.

It’s nearly the weekend! Don’t forget to change your clocks. It’s Earth Hour this weekend so you might want to find out more about this.

Well done for all your efforts this week. Stay safe and we will be back with more home learning next week.