30 November 2020

Sunday 29 November 2020

We’re really missing you in school and we can’t wait to have you back. We hope you’re managing to stay happy, healthy and safe while you’re not with us here in school. You are still very much a part of our school community so please get in touch with us. You can email me at

benparker@spherefederation.org.

This week’s maths learning is linked to addition and subtraction

These five video lessons will roughly match the teaching and learning happening in class:

Lesson 1: video, worksheets and answers

Lesson 2: videoworksheets  and answers

Lesson 3: video, worksheets  and answers 

Lesson 4: video, worksheets and answers 

Lesson 5: video

You don’t have to print the worksheet. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

Spelling

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’ll read in class to to build up fluency skills this week.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension

Day 1: We will be using this RIC lesson in class. RIC stands for:

Day 2:  Watch this video and learn about the ‘ew‘ digraph.

Day 3: Watch this video and learn about the ‘aw‘ digraph.

Day 4: Watch this video and learn about the ‘ow‘ digraph

The three videos above were made by one of our teacher friends from another school in the federation.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. At home, we’d like you to read your favourite book or text, too. If possible, discuss the book with an adult, talking about some or all of the sections of this grid.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity  1

In school, we will be finding out about verbs and how to identify them in a sentence. Watch this video and have a go at this sheet.

Activity  2

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Topic

We’re continuing our new topic learning about The Great Fire of London.

This week, we’re looking at how we know about the Great Fire of London. This Oak National Academy lesson will really help to support learning at home. Once your child has watched the video, try the quiz that follows.

 

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Science   

This half term, we’re learning about animals including humans. This Oak National Academy lesson will really help to support learning at home. Once your child has watched the video, try the quiz that follows.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)