Year 2: Blog items
Date: 9th Jun 2021 @ 2:25pm
Keeping our children safe in the online space is of ever growing importance. From phones to consoles, our children are exposed to more online risk than ever and it is important that we adults keep up to date to ensure our children are prepared for all they meet online. Here is an interesting article on Internet Security professionals teach their children about internet safety.
How do I keep my children safe online? What the security experts tell their kids
Below we have attached two guides on how to set up your child's phone for privacy. We teach the children not to share their information when online, however social platforms and games will take data from users unknowingly.
"If its free, you're paying with your information."
Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 2 Home Practice - 28th May 2021
Date: 28th May 2021 @ 4:17pm
What a brilliant summer term we have had so far. You all deserve a well-earned break. Let’s hope for some lovely weather. This week in English we have finished Georges Marvellous Medicine. We have created a newspaper report about the events on the farm and we have retold the story using images as prompts. In Maths, we focused on number patterns and statistics. We looked at questions like ‘How many more children like bananas than grapes?’. These questions can be tricky but we all did an excellent job. We have now finished our striking and fielding unit in PE and the children have had great fun playing a striking game on the yard. Teamwork was key and they did a great job catching and fielding. We had a lovely visit from Year 1 this week. They produced some amazing stories and read them out to their Year 2 buddies. Great listening and encouragement from everyone. We read a book in French about people who wear different hats for their jobs. Then we made a paper hat and decorated it in the style of a job of our choice. We then wore our hats and said a sentence about who we were in french eg Je suis un contructeur - I am a builder. We have also enjoyed taking part in Orienteering Week. The children had a map of the school and had to find a series of letters that spelt out a secret word. What a brilliant half term, full of learning, laughter and fun.
You all looked fantastic as teachers!
We hope you have a relaxing half term. Enjoy the sun and stay safe.
The Year 2 team
Year 2 Home Practice - 21st May 2021
Date: 21st May 2021 @ 3:36pm
We have had a great week in Year 2. This week in English we continued our story, Georges Marvellous Medicine. We wrote some instructions for making our own marvellous concoction and we used alliteration and similes in our writing. We managed to get up to the chapter 7 - Grandma gets the medicine. The children are having a great time reading the story. In Maths, we have consolidated previous learning and we have tackled some tricky addition and subtraction questions. We answered these questions by drawing base 10 and exchanging. In French this week, we continued to practise the vocabulary for clothes with games, songs and stories. We tried to record our own version of a story with clothes in it! We are approaching the end of our striking and fielding unit in PE and we have really enjoyed practising our over arm throw and striking skills. We really enjoyed playing our strike out game on the field. In Re we have looked at what it takes to be one of God’s Saints. We generated some really thoughtful discussions as a class. A brilliant week Year 2, well done!
Well done to the 21 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the work set. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week.
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week’s spellings are all about the adding the suffix –ies to words ending in y.
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday:
babies
flies
teddies
spies
parties
tries
ladies
lorries
families
cities
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – adding numbers to a number line, more and less than symbols.
Spelling Quiz – add the suffix –es to words ending in y
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
We hope you have a brilliant weekend.
The Year 2 team
Year 2 Home Practice - 14th May 2021
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 3:54pm
Well done for all your hard work this week Year 2!
This week in English, we started our new story, Georges Marvellous Medicine. We have looked at George’s grizzly old grunion of a Grandma and we created some great character descriptions. We have also looked at poetry and rhyme. We attempted to create our own medicine poem. In Maths, we have looked at place value and placing numbers on different number lines. Our bean plants and cress are looking great and we have kept up with our diaries, carefully monitoring how they grow. In French this week, we started by trying to use our French phonics to spell numbers. We are getting better! Then we read the story Je m’habille et je te croque about a wolf who puts his clothes on before eating someone. We tried to learn the words for clothes by playing some games. During Mental Health Week we have made it a priority to get outside in the fresh air. We even managed to take part in some relaxing meditation sessions. This helped to focus our minds and let go of any worries we had.
Well done to the 22 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the work set. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week.
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week’s spellings are all about the suffix ‘–es’.
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.
buses
kisses
horses
matches
churches
dishes
classes
glasses
boxes
foxes
Maths
This week we have looked at place value and putting numbers on a number line. The children have also been learning how to use information in tables to answer questions. The children continue to work hard to spot the key information to help us answer mathematical questions. In Maths we have had a big focus on talking through worded problems with our talk partner.
Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – adding numbers to a number line, more and less than symbols.
Spelling Quiz – suffix -es
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
We hope you have a relaxing weekend.
The Year 2 team
Date: 13th May 2021 @ 9:28pm
This week is Mental Health Awareness week and a great opportunity to remind us to be kind to ourselves as well as others.
Below you will find two guides from National Online Safety on how to promote wellbeing both online and offline and how to be kind when using the internet.
Join us at our Online Safety Hub at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 2 Home Practice - 7th May 2021
Date: 7th May 2021 @ 3:45pm
We have had another wonderful week in Year 2. We have loved being outdoors and staying active by completing the Daily Mile every day. This week in English, we have continued with our story The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. We have created some brilliant riddles for Mr Ingram to solve. In Maths, we have looked at statistics and we have answered questions about pictograms, bar charts and tallies. Today, in science we filled out our bean diary. They are just beginning to sprout! We have now planted some cress seeds and we will monitor them over the coming weeks. In French this week, we have been using phonics to spell numbers and we have also learnt how to say weather phrases. In RE we have continued to focus on the Pentecost. We have learnt how the Holy Spirit can help Christians. We have been learning how to make safe choices in PSHE.
Well done to the 15 children who have had a go at the SumDog challenges this week. Those children will receive dojos for going on and completing the SumDog challenges. There will be a prize for the child with the most individual dojo points this week.
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week
Year 2 Home Practice - 30th April 2021
Date: 30th Apr 2021 @ 3:33pm
We have had another fantastic week in year 2. We have enjoyed the weather at the start of the week and we loved getting out on the field! At dinner time, we have really enjoyed taking part in sports with Mrs Cookson. This week in English, we have continued with our story, The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. In Maths, we have continued to consolidate previous learning and we looked at partitioning numbers in different ways. Today, in Science, we carried out a hydroponics experiment where we grew broad beans without using soil. We hope to investigate and find out how they grow in different environments. In French this week, we have been using phonics to spell colour words and we have also learnt how to say weather phrases. We have started a new topic in PSHE
Year 2 Home Practice - 23rd April 2021
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 3:32pm
The children returned to school this week with smiling faces and a great enthusiasm for learning. The weather has been fantastic and we have made it a priority to enjoy the outdoors whenever possible. This week we have been focusing on a new story in English called The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. This book has generated plenty of discussion and we have produced some wonderful pieces of work. We are all looking forward to continuing the story next week. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning and looked at estimating where a number should be placed on a number line. In RE we have started our new topic, discussing how Jesus has risen and brings us new life. We wrote a diary about the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb. In Science we have started our new topic
Online Safety - 21st April 2021
Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 1:29pm
Using social media websites is among the most common activity of today's children and adolescents. Any website that allows social interaction is considered a social media site, including social networking sites such as Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter; gaming sites and virtual worlds such as Club Penguin, Second Life, and the Sims; video sites such as YouTube; and blogs. Such sites offer today's youth a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in recent years. For this reason, it is important that parents become aware of the nature of social media sites, given that not all of them are healthy environments for children and adolescents. - From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Below you will find two guides. One for Snapchat and one for Sadfishing.
For more guides and explainer videos, join us at National Online Safety and explore the range of resources to keep updated with developments in social media and much more.
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 2 Home Practice - 1st April 2021
Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 3:27pm
What a brilliant final week of the spring term! We have celebrated Holy Week, enjoyed an Easter egg raffle and we have had plenty of fun in the sun. This term, the effort from the children has been incredible and they have worked very hard. There will be no work set on Sumdog over the next 2 weeks but keep reading every day.
We have been thrilled to welcome everyone back to school this half term and we have enjoyed every second of being back together.
We hope you have a relaxing and peaceful Easter holiday and we look forward to seeing you when we all return. Please return in your summer uniform J
Happy Easter!
From the Year 2 team
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Online Safety - 31st March 2021
Date: 31st Mar 2021 @ 1:11pm
This week we are having a look back at our wellbeing week and how we express ourselves online. Below you will find a guide on Expressing yourself safely online and a guide to using Youtube.
We have also included the #wakeupwednesday guide from NationOnlineSafety.com on RecRoom. This is a new online platform with an age rating of 9+. We haven't yet seen any of our children use this platform but it is always good to be informed on new developments.
Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 2 Home Practice - 26th March 2021
Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 1:42pm
We have had another brilliant week in Year 2. This week we have been focusing on a new story in English – Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. We have produced character descriptions to describe the three evil farmers and we have created wanted posters to try and catch the cunning Mr Fox. We are all looking forward to continuing the story next week. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning, whilst also discovering new strategies for addition and subtraction. In RE we have discussed the events of Palm Sunday. We created our own palm leaves and crosses before re-enacting the events of that special day. In Science we have looked at the strength of different pieces of paper. We made predictions, developed an experiment and recorded the results. We have had a superb week!
Online Safety
Thank you to all who joined our Online Safety platform last week. To join, simply follow the link below and follow the instructions provided.
We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in an ever growing online world.
Please follow the link where you will find three new guides on WhatsApp, Fortnite and a Share a Smile online, linked to last week's Comic Relief theme – Online Safety
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
This week we have been learning the /igh/ sound spelt ‘y’
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
This week’s spellings are:
cry
fly
dry
try
sly
reply
supply
terrify
deny
multiply
Maths
This week in Maths we have focused place value alongside addition and subtraction by adding 9, rounding and then compensating. We have looked at mental strategies as well as using concrete equipment like base ten, to help consolidate learning.
e.g. 23 + 9
Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Worded Addition and Subtraction
Spelling Quiz – /igh/ sound spelt ‘y’
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 team
Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 12:22pm
Thank you to all who joined our Online Safety platform last week. To join, simply follow the link below and follow the instructions provided.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in an ever growing online world.
Below you will find three new guides on WhatsApp, Fortnite and a Share a Smile online, linked to last week's Comic Relief theme.
Year 2 Home Practice - 19th March 2021
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:43pm
Q: How do all the oceans say hello to each other? They wave!
Q: What did one wall say to the other wall? I’ll meet you at the corner!
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!
It has been great to see smiling faces return to school over the last couple of weeks. We have been working very hard since our return and we have produced some wonderful pieces of work. This week we have been carrying on our story Journey. This book generates lots of discussion and children have enjoyed every page. We have even managed to write our own story based on the events of the book. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning, whilst also discovering new strategies for addition and subtraction. In RE we have been continuing our topic of Lent/Easter and we have looked at how Lent is such a special time for Christians. In PE we have been focusing on fundamental skills in our new topic - playground games from the 20th century. What a week! It’s great to have everyone back!
Happy Red Nose Day! We have had lots of fun in Year 2 today and more importantly, your money has helped to support people living incredibly tough lives. Thank you.
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
This week we have been learning the /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
This week’s spellings are:
write
written
wrote
wrong
wrap
wrist
wreck
wrestle
wriggle
wren
Maths
This week in Maths we have focused place value alongside addition and subtraction strategies. We have looked at mental strategies as well as using concrete equipment like base ten, to help consolidate learning.
Have a go at counting all the way to 100 in 2s. See how far you get!
Have a go at your 3 times table – Can you time how quickly you can say them up to 12 x 3?
Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Addition and Subtraction
Spelling Quiz – /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
Thank you for all your continued support,
The Year 2 team
Date: 10th Mar 2021 @ 2:44pm
Online Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at St Oswald's.
Here you will find a range of resources to keep your child safe online.
We have teamed up with National Online Safety to provide resoures, guides and training for all our staff and parents.
Below you will find a link to enrol to at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
We will also regularly post guides for social media and gaming platforms as they become more commonly used by your children.
This week you will find guides on Children's Mental Health, TikTok and Gaming Streamers and Influencers
Fabulous Friday - 5th March 2021
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 3:11pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Well done for a brilliant week of home learning. We loved seeing all your World Book Day outfits yesterday. We are very proud of all the work you have done since the beginning of lock down and we would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents and carers that have supported you while you have been working from home. We can’t wait to see you all in school next week, how exciting!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and find lots of reasons to smile. We are both looking forward to staying active this weekend and getting outside for plenty of walks.
Please view our ‘Friday Catch Up’ on Seesaw where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read
• Complete the number activity
• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Reading
Enjoy your reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character or read however you want.
Maths activity
Play this symmetry matching game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching
Play this symmetry artist game - https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html
Folding Test
Print out the attached document.
You can find if a shape has a Line of Symmetry by folding it. Have a go at cutting out the shape and folding them on the line of symmetry.
When the folded part sits perfectly on top (all edges matching), then the fold line is a Line of Symmetry.
Here I have folded a rectangle one way, and it didn't work.
But when I try it this way, it does work (the folded part sits perfectly on top, all edges matching):
Now it is your turn ... pick a shape and find its Lines of Symmetry. In fact, try them all! See what you discover.
Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you on Monday!
We can’t wait!
Year 2 Home Learning - 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:20pm
Thursday 4th March 2021
Well done year 2 for all your fantastic learning so far this week. Remember tomorrow is Fabulous Friday so continue working really hard today. Can you write down 5 things you have enjoyed about home learning and 5 things you are excited about when you come back to school next week?
Today is World Book Day 2021. There are lots of brilliant ways you can enjoy books and there are lots of different ways you could spend time reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character, and more! We hope you have a lovely World Book Day 2021 and we would love to see what you get up to on Seesaw. Please send us a picture of your outfit along with a short note telling us all about your favourite book. Why do you enjoy that particular book?
Here is Mr Ingram’s favourite book:
Here is Miss Bennison’s favourite book:
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge – VOCABULARY. Can you find 5 words that you would like to find more information about? Where could you use those words again? could you put them into your writing today?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly. I will put 2 on to start you off.
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- Which is the biggest number? How do you know?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please have a go at the worksheet attached.
Worksheet 1 – Drawing lines of symmetry on shapes.
Worksheet 2 – Drawing shapes using squares.
English
WORLD BOOK DAY!
Today is world book day! World Book Day is a brilliant opportunity for everyone to celebrate the joy of reading. You have two options to choose from today:
Option 1 – Finish reading The Day the Crayons Came Home and create a book review (see Word document attached to the blog)
Option 2 – Choose your favourite book and create book review using the same structure outlined in the attached Word document.
We are going to share our book reviews with each other in class. We would love to see your reviews on Seesaw.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Today we continue to look at homophones.
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
Re-cap from yesterday
Can you read the sentences and choose from the homophones to, too or two to fill in the blanks?
Can you write out the correct sentence by using the correct homophone?
1. Last knight/night I went for a walk in the moonlight.
2. Blue/blew is my favourite colour.
3. If you want to go on holiday, you’ll have to catch a plane/plain.
4. I brush my hare/hair every day.
5. The lion had huge paws/pours.
6. Thomas couldn’t wait to meat/meet the new teacher.
7. Bernard got mud on his new/knew shoes.
8. I’m over here/hear!
9. Benny’s hiding over they’re/there/their.
10. Suzanne scraped her knee and now it’s really saw/sore.
Have a go at homophones riddles PowerPoint. This PowerPoint includes lots of fun riddles for you to learn about different homophones. The riddles include clues of sentences with missing spaces, and require you to fit the right homophone in the sentence.
PSHE
Today our lesson is all about managing our feelings.
Please see the attached worksheet for today’s lesson.
RE
We are starting a new topic called ‘Thanksgiving’.
You may be able to talk about your experience of receiving and giving thanks and wonder about how others feel when they are thanked.
You may be able to discuss how you feel when you give and receive thanks and how this affects your behaviour.
Read the passage attached to the school blog with an adult – Mrs Hegarty Retires
Q Why was Mrs. Hegarty thanked?
Q How did different people say thank you to her?
Q How do you think Mrs. Hegarty felt?
Q Which way would you choose to say thank you?
Activities to choose:
- Complete the word document attached about giving thanks
- In the bubbles underneath, write or draw ways in which you can give thanks. Talk about why we need to give thanks for things and how it makes us feel when we do.
Fairtrade Activity
Activity
Create a poster for what you would like to make the world a better place.
What sort of changes would you put into place?
How can we make the planet better?
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
We hope you have a brilliant World Book Day. Happy reading!
Year 2 team
Year 2 Home Learning - 3rd March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 3:05pm
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Thank you for sending your work yesterday – we know you are still working really hard at home which is so great to see. I hope your Lenten Promises are going well and you are doing your best to keep your promise. 5 more days until you are back in school! The weather is lovely at the moment so try and get out into the fresh air today – being outside is great for our well-being and helps our brain become focused for your day of learning.
Tomorrow is World Book Day 2021. We would love to see you dressed as your favourite character from a book. Please send us a picture of your outfit along with a short note telling us all about your favourite book. Why do you enjoy that particular book? The best message will receive a £10 Book Voucher!
This week you will still have some Fairtrade activities and these will be posted at the bottom of the blog.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge – RETRIEVE information. Can you tell an adult or write down what type of book is it? Who are the main characters in the story? Do they have names? What has happened so far in the story?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly.
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please have a go at the worksheet attached.
You will need a pencil, scissors, glue and crayons for this activity.
Worksheet 1 – Cut out homes and select the correct half to make a full house.
Worksheet 2 – Use the squares to help you colour in the same pattern on the other side of the symmetry line.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
Today, we are going to start our new book which follows on from The Day the Crayons Quit.
Take a look at the front cover:
What do you think the story might be about?
How can you tell from the pictures?
What information does the title of the story give you?
How did the crayons get home? Do they want to come home?
Read and enjoy The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. You can view the story on PowerPoint attached to the end of this post or you can use the following link to listen to the story.
Please read up to ‘Glow in the Dark Crayon’.
Please see the attached Word document for more details on today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Today we will be focusing on the homophones to, too and two
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
Re-cap from yesterday
Can you read the story and choose from the homophones their, they’re or there to fill in the blanks?
Once upon a time ____ were two twin witches. ____ faces looked the same, _____ clothes were very similar, and _____ voices sounded exactly alike. _____ was no telling which witch was which. On _____ first day at magic school, _____ teacher said, “_____ like two peas in a pod! I will never know which witch is which!”
That night, the twins cast a magic spell. “_____ not going to mix us up now!” the twins said to each other. The next day the teacher couldn’t believe it. _____ they were, one with pink hair and one with blue hair! “_____ very clever witches,” the teacher told _____ parents.
To, too or two
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. To, too and two are homophones that often confuse people.
To is used to show motion, eg "I’m going to the shop."
Too means ‘also’ or ‘extremely’, eg "I would like to come too but I'm too tired."
Two means the number 2, eg "Let’s buy two apples."
Please follow the link below for a short video and some interactive games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z22yqhv/articles/zc4jpbk
Work through today’s PowerPoint presentation and have a go at the worksheet attached to the blog.
PE
Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.
Warm-up game – Pirate Game.
Today you will learn different ways to travel.
The Link is here for your lesson this week.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-travelling-movements-6grp4r
At the end of your lesson can you choose a type of travel and perform one of your balances from last week. Take a video or picture and put in on SeeSaw.
Fairtrade Activity
Bake a difference.
With an adult, bake or cook using at least one Fairtrade ingredient.
Decorate your creation with the FAIRTRADE Mark!
If you do some baking we would love to see a picture on SeeSaw.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
Make sure you stay positive and have some fun once you have completed today’s work.
Year 2 team.
Year 2 Home Learning - 2nd March 2021
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 2:42pm
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Well done year 2 – another brilliant day of learning yesterday. Try and think of 3 things that you are thankful for today.
We really don’t have long now until we will all be together again, so keep working hard this week. It is really important to keep persevering and completing as much work as you can.
This week you will still have some Fairtrade activities and these will be posted at the bottom of the blog.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge – VOCABULARY. Can you find 4 words from your book that are great words? If you have a dictionary or on a tablet search for ‘Word Hippo’ can you write what this word means or any other words which mean the same?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly.
1 31 11 41 21 61 51 71
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- What is the pattern showing for these numbers?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please click to watch the video link and complete the attached worksheet.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
What is a persuasive writing?
Where might we see persuasive writing?
Here is a reminder of the letter we received in school yesterday:
Dear Mr Ingram and Miss Bennison,
It’s me, Glue Stick. I am writing to tell you that I have decided to quit my job as your class Glue Stick. First of all, I would like to say that I love being the class glue stick. It’s great to see all the children using me to stick in their precious work. Also, I love it when I am used in Art. Art is my favourite subject. I wish to congratulate Year 2 for a successful “glueing in career” so far, you are all doing an amazing job. However, some children in your class leave my lid off and I am DYING! I go all dry and horrible. Furthermore, there are some children who use too much of me. One child the other week used half of me on one piece of paper. Can you believe that? I need a break! Try to use me more sparingly and remember to put my lid on!
Your dry, horrible and soon-to-be ex-friend,
Glue Stick
Please see the attached Word document for more details on today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Today we will be focusing on the homophones their, they're and there
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
Start by trying to match the picture or description to the correct word.
Their, they're or there
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. 'Their', 'they're' and 'there' are homophones that often confuse people.
Their means it belongs to them, e.g. "I ate their sweets."
They're is short for 'they are' e.g. "They are going to be cross."
There refers to a place, e.g. "I'm going to hide over there."
Although they sound the same they have entirely different meanings. They’re putting all their toys in the cupboard over there. In other words, there is a place. Their shows ownership. They’re is short for they are.
Please follow the link below for a short video and some interactive games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjpytrd/articles/zfhxxyc
Work through today’s PowerPoint presentation and have a go at the worksheet attached to the blog.
Music
Here is the link to your music lesson this week. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/rhythms-6rtp6c
French
Here’s our favourite fruit song to remind us of the fruit words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ03KjwiIVM
Now we’re going to learn how the French say the vowels – a,e,i,o,and u. Their alphabet contains the same letters as ours but they have different names for the letters. Listen to this vowel song a few times until you can say the vowels in French. They also count y as a vowel sometimes (but so do we – sky, try, fly. All words need a vowel in them but these words only have a y!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXPUmC51wGc
Now you can play a game of Battleships using fruit and your new vowel words. There is a sheet in the resources with the instructions on.
Amusez-vous bien! A la semaine prochaine. See you next week!
Fairtrade Activity
The choices that we make can affect the planet and the people that live on it in positive and negative ways. Make a choice that is positive for people and planet today!
Write a sentence and draw a picture explaining your choice.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
We hope you have a fabulous Tuesday.
Year 2 team.
Year 2 Home Learning - 1st March 2021
Date: 28th Feb 2021 @ 2:24pm
Monday 1st March 2021
We hope you have all had a great weekend. We are very excited to have you back in school next week so remember to work really hard this week ready for when you return. Each day this week please try and post at least one piece of work onto SeeSaw – we really enjoy seeing what you have completed at home.
This week you will still have some Fairtrade activities and these will be posted at the bottom of the blog.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge – making a prediction. Before you start a new book can you write down or tell an adult about what you think the story might be about. Use the clues from the front cover, any illustrations, the blurb and the title.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly. I will put 2 on to start you off.
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- How does the number 51 show it is the biggest number?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please click to watch the video link and complete the attached worksheet.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
Myself and Miss Bennison walked into the classroom this morning and found a letter next to a glue stick. Take a look at the front of the letter.
Who is this for? How do you know?
Here is what the letter said:
Dear Mr Ingram and Miss Bennison,
It’s me, Glue Stick. I am writing to tell you that I have decided to quit my job as your class Glue Stick. First of all, I would like to say that I love being the class glue stick. It’s great to see all the children using me to stick in their precious work. Also, I love it when I am used in Art. Art is my favourite subject. I wish to congratulate Year 2 for a successful “glueing in career” so far, you are all doing an amazing job. However, some children in your class leave my lid off and I am DYING! I go all dry and horrible. Furthermore, there are some children who use too much of me. One child the other week used half of me on one piece of paper. Can you believe that? I need a break! Try to use me more sparingly and remember to put my lid on!
Your dry, horrible and soon-to-be ex-friend,
Glue Stick
Please see the attached Word document for more details on today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be focusing on homophones. Please follow this link which introduces you to the word homophones. There are also some interactive games underneath the video - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhpk2p/articles/zc84cwx
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
What are homophones?
Homophones are the words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings. This means that chances are high that the you will mix up some of the words at some point in your reading and writing.
Some homophones are pronounced the same way and spelled the same way but have different meanings (homonyms). For example:
rose (the flower) and rose (past tense of the verb to rise)
book (something we read) and book (to schedule something)
Some homophones are pronounced the same way but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example:
wait (the verb) and weight (how heavy something is)
they're (they are) and their (belonging to them) and there (adverb of place)
What happens if you use homophones wrong? You could end up having sentences that don’t make any sense.
Please see today’s video on Seesaw and have a go at the worksheet attached. See if you can match the each question to the correct homophone.
Science
Can I identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard?
Resources:
A selection of materials for each group, including lengths of wood, metal, plastic and card. You could simply use any materials you can find around the house.
Has anyone ever been on a bridge like these?
Some bridges are only designed for people to cross and so they can be made out of different materials to bridges designed for cars and heavy vehicles. This bridge is a rope bridge.
The ones with the metal ropes are called suspension bridges and they are designed to move a bit. Do you know why? (So they don't break when the wind blows, or when traffic is heavy, etc.)
Some bridges, especially high ones, are built of solid material but are designed to bend and sway a bit. Why do you think this is?
Take a look at a selection of materials you have collected. Can you put them in order of rigidity? (from 'not at all bendy' to 'really bendy')
You are all now really good at doing investigations and thinking like scientists. Your challenge for today is to investigate the materials to see how bendy they are.
Tape down (or hold) your different materials onto a table edge so they lie horizontally secure a weight on the end of each strip. The weights will need to be the same. You will need to measure the bendiness of one strip of material, then remove the weight and attach it to the next strip.
How will you record the bendiness? You may want to attach the strips to the part of a table closest to a wall so you can attach paper to the wall (directly behind the horizontal strips) and draw the bend produced or you could simply observe how much it bends.
What have you discovered by doing your investigation?
Fairtrade Activity
Create a Fairtrade farm in a shoebox! What Fairtrade product is growing on your farm?
You will need:
- shoe box or a recycling box
- other recycling junk/materials
- crayons and pens
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
We hope you have a fantastic week of home learning,
Year 2 team
Fabulous Friday - 26th February 2021
Date: 25th Feb 2021 @ 11:51am
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read.
• Complete the Maths activity.
• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see.
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Well done for completing another week of home learning Year 2. We have loved reading all of your crayon letters this week and you have produced some brilliant 3D shape work. Today, in Golden Assembly we focused on our Lenten Promises. We have really enjoyed reading all you Lenten Promises this week on ‘how you can be a better person’.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and find lots of reasons to smile.
Please view our ‘Friday Catch Up’ on Seesaw where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Can you think of another story with a similar theme?
Can you think of another character similar to the character in this book?
Have a go at drawing both characters.
Maths activity
Choose one of the following activities:
3D Shape Nets
Cut out and assemble the labelled interactive 3D shapes to help you identify and describe the properties of common 3D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces.
3D Shape Colouring
Have a go at identifying which 3D shape matches which colour. Then colour the picture using the relevant colours.
3D Shape Hunt
This activity is great fun and encourages you to practice identifying 3D shapes while using a tally system. You could try and spot the shapes in your house or get outside to find them.
3-D Shape Skeletons
This game could be played outside with sticks and string.
- The aim of this activity is for children to create different 3-D shape skeletons using sticks to represent the edges and the string to represent the vertices.
- When a new shape has been created if it can be named then it should be.
- A variation could be to give children a shape name and for them to make it, for example if asked to make a cube, they would need to get 12 sticks that are the same length.
Have a brilliant weekend.
Year 2 team :)
Year 2 Home Learning - 25th February 2021
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 4:51pm
Thursday 25th February 2021
Thank you so much for sending your work via SeeSaw. You have had a great week of learning so far and we can see that you are working really well and completing most of your work independently which is brilliant to see.
Before your learning today have a go at this Yoga Routine. Yoga is great for our mindfulness, becoming focused for our day and staying fit and healthy.
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Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge - Why not draw a picture or make something to capture the essence of a story. Pick 3 words that you are unsure of and look them up in the dictionary.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
To find patterns it is important to think about these things:
- What’s happening to the numbers?
- Can you spot the jumps between the numbers?
- What’s happening to the tens in the number?
- What’s happening to the ones in the number?
- Is it a single digit number?
- Is it a two-digit number?
- Can you notice a change in the ones/units when you are counting?
- Can you talk about odd and even numbers?
Today can you count in 3s from 1 to 30? Repeat this 4 times.
Write your numbers in 3s to 30 from 1. Here are some to start you off.
You can use your hundred square or number line to find the correct numbers.
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 ………..
Using the questions at the top can you write down 3 patterns that you have found?
Look at the numbers carefully to see what is happening to them.
Please watch the video on White Rose maths and complete the worksheets attached -https://vimeo.com/514238815
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
There is a lot to do in today's English lesson so please feel free to split this across two days. Please see SeeSaw for a video for today’s main lesson and a Word document with further details can be found attached to the blog.
Start off with this comprehension activity.
Remember, it is important to answer the question in a whole sentence e.g. I think the _____ crayon is the angriest because…
1. Which one does Purple Crayon not have to colour?
a) Dragons b) Wizards' hats c) Apples
2. What makes Purple Crayon feel crazy?
3. What word tells us that Purple Crayon does not like messy things?
4. What does Beige Crayon think is not fair?
5. What does Beige Crayon think is a boring thing to colour?
6. How do you think Duncan might feel after reading all those letters?
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be focusing on the phoneme /j/ spelt with '-dge' and '-ge' at the end of words.
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 26th February. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
badge edge bridge dodge fudge
age huge change charge village
You could use a dice to help you practice your spellings for tomorrow:
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – 3D Shapes
Spellings – /j/ spelt -ge and -dge
FRENCH
Here’s a song to welcome you back to French learning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50
Now we’re going to recap the names of some fruits with this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ03KjwiIVM
Collect some fruit from the fruit bowl if you have some. You can do some drawings on bits of paper if you don’t have the fruits. Here are the fruit words (pronunciation in brackets): Pick up the right one and say them a few times. Careful with un and une. Un is masculine and une is feminine, remember.
une pomme (oon pom) – an apple; Une banane (oon banan) – a banana; un orange ( un oronj) – an orange; une poire (oon pwar) – a pear; une fraise (oon frez) – a strawberry; un ananas (un anana) – a pineapple; un abricot (un abreeco) – an apricot; un citron (un seetron) – a lemon; une peche (oon pesh) – a peach.
Can you sort them into 2 piles – un and une?
Here’s a game to practise the fruit words.
One of you puts a hat on and the other balances a piece of fruit or a picture on the hat without the hat wearer seeing what it is. The one wearing the hat has to guess what kind of fruit it is – in French of course!
There is a sheet to practise adding colours to fruit below. Notice that the colour goes after the fruit. So we would say a green apple, but in French it is une pomme verte – an apple green! Which is your favourite? Write it at the bottom. Je préfère les fraise (juh prayfair lay frez!)
See if you can ask for your fruit in French this week. Une pomme, s’il te plait. (oon pom seel tuh play).
Merci beaucoup. A bientot! See you soon!
PSHE
See attached document for today’s lesson.
Fairtrade Activity
Today we would like you to use google maps or an atlas to travel around the world!
Can you find any countries where cocoa grows?
Can you write down the name of the countries that you find?
- The temperature of that country today.
- What was the temperature of that country 50 years ago?
- Has it changed?
- Why?
Hope you have a brilliant day of learning year 2.
Year 2 Home Learning - 24th February 2021
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:05pm
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Good morning Year 2. We are half way through the week – well done! Try not to feel overwhelmed by all the different tasks set in our blog. Just do what you can today – remember to look after your wellbeing! If you are feeling overwhelmed, why not try some of these non-screen activities below:
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge - Why not draw a picture or make something to capture the essence of a story. Pick 3 words that you are unsure of and look them up in the dictionary.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
To find patterns it is important to think about these things:
- What’s happening to the numbers?
- Can you spot the jumps between the numbers?
- What’s happening to the tens in the number?
- What’s happening to the ones in the number?
- Is it a single digit number?
- Is it a two-digit number?
- Can you notice a change in the ones/units when you are counting?
- Can you talk about odd and even numbers?
Today can you count in 3s from 0 to 30. Repeat this 4 times.
Write your numbers in 3s to 30 from 0. Here are some to start you off.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 ………..
Using the questions at the top can you write down 4 patterns that you have found?
Look at the numbers carefully to see what is happening to them.
Please watch the video on White Rose maths and complete the worksheet attached -
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
Go through the story again. You can find the story attached to the end of the blog.
What is a character? Try and discuss this questions with an adult.
Who wrote the letters? Who did they write to? Why did they write to Duncan?
What would you say or do if the crayons were writing to you?
Please see the attached Word document with details for today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be focusing on the phoneme /j/ spelt with '-dge' and '-ge' at the end of words.
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 26th February. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
badge edge bridge dodge fudge
age huge change charge village
Spelling rules for /j/ spelt with '-dge' and '-ge'
The letter j is never used at the end of words.
The spelling -dge is used straight after short vowel sounds. Example: badge
Use –ge in words with all other vowel sounds and short vowel words that
have a consonant sound before the /j/ sound. Examples: cage, fringe
In other positions in the words, it is spelt g before e, i and y. Examples: giraffe, Germany, gymnastics
It is spelt j before a, o and u. Examples: January, job, jump
Take a look at the following passage:
I love to visit both joke and junk shops. The joke shop sells things like whoopee cushions, magic jumping beans and fake gems. You can find lots of strange things in the junk shops, like painted jam jars, jigsaws with missing pieces and old car parts. You can find a police badge hung on the edge of each shelf. Once I found a clock made from the hubcap of a jeep.
How many different /j/ sounds can you spot?
Now have a go at the worksheet attached to the end of the blog. Unscramble the letters to find the correct words.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – 3D Shapes
Spellings – /j/ spelt -ge and -dge
PE
This half term we are going to start our Gymnastics theme.
Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.
Warm-up game – Beans.
Bean Warm Up – Count to 30 for each bean.
First you will need to find some space – these actions don’t require lots of space just a little will be fine.
Jelly Bean – wobble all your body like you are Jelly.
Runner Bean – Run on the spot, see if you can get your knees high.
Jumping Bean – 1. Jump up and down on the spot. 2. Jumping Jacks.
Beans on toast – On the floor stretch out on your back making a star position (legs wide, arms wide above your head).
Baked Bean – Curl up as small as you can.
String Bean – Stretch up as tall as you can on your tiptoes.
Broad Bean – Stretch out to the side as wide as you can, feet wide too.
Today you will learn all about Balancing. You will learn how to do 5 basic balances – tuck, pike, star, straight and straddle.
The Link is here for your lesson this week.
At the end of your lesson can you hold each balance for 10 seconds? See if you can travel in between each balance to make all your balances flow in a sequence. You may do a couple of steps to the side or forwards before you do your next balance, you could jump or side step too.
Fairtrade Activity
Today we would like you to have a look for food items in your house which have the Fairtrade symbol on. This is what it looks like.
Draw some of the items that you have found and label them.
Can you find out what Fairtrade means?
Well done for completing another day of home learning. How are you going to treat yourself after another successful day?
Year 2 team.