Friday

Yay! It's Friday and you've all completed an amazing week of home learning - what superstars you all are!

Let's warm our brains and bodies up with the 'Stir it up' song.

Phonics 1 (20 minutes)

Watch Miss Baines videos for help with today's lesson!

Maths (45 minutes)

Watch my video below to get you started on today's Maths lesson.

TT Rockstars (20 minutes)

Spend 20 minutes on TT rockstars.  See if you can earn more coins today than you did yesterday! 

Spelling (20 minutes)

Well done on practising your spellings every day this week! I bet you are masters of spelling these words by now. 

Today’s activity is for you to ask a grown up to give you a short spelling test.  How many did you get right?  Don’t forget to e-mail your teachers with your mark out of 10 – we can’t wait to hear from you! 

English (45 Minutes) 

Using the PowerPoint below can you make a note of key words and vocabulary around Claude Monet's personal life.  Start a new piece of paper from your work from yesterday and keep it safe - you will need it again next week!  Make sure that you take care to spell words correctly when copying them down, and pay careful attention to using capital letters when writing names.  Watch Mrs Darroch's video for help with this lesson!

 Challenge! – Rather than using the PowerPoint, can you research Claude Monet using different sources?  What additional information can you find about his personal life. 

Guided Reading (20 minutes)

Complete this reading comprehension with an adult.  A copy of the file can also be found below.

Challenge!  Can you come up with your own questions and answers around the text.  Think about the other characters in the Totally Pawsome Reading Gang and the skills that they might ask you to use.  Why not test your adult by asking them your questions to see if they can use the text to come up with the correct answer!

Phonics 2 (20 minutes)

Miss Baines is back with your second phonics session of the day.  Check out her video below!

Topic - Computing

We are all using the internet more, whether we are at home or at school, so ask your grown ups to look at the following website as reminders of how to keep you safe when on-line then talk about what you would do if there was something you weren’t sure about. 

Think U Know: 

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/ 

Today’s learning links with the Geography you’ve been doing about the UK this week. Have a think about the facts you found out about the countries in the UK: their capital cities, their flags, the Patron Saints and maybe places of interest.  

WALT: Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content. 

We would like you to log on to Purple Mash where you have a To Do task set to create a leaflet to show to someone new to our country to tell them all about it. Plan the pages of your leaflet – there are 6 pages in total. You could present information about each of the four countries in the UK on different pages, and add in pictures from the top right of the page. 

Remember to save and exit the page when you have finished your work so we can see what you have done and always log out of your account so no one else can access your account. (Computer Safety) 

Challenge: Why might people use a leaflet rather than a book for this?  (Show to many people at the same time, put on internet, can easily change or add text, pictures). 

Story Time!

PE - Yoga

After a busy day let's wind down with Week 1 of Jaime's Yoga Club.  Enjoy.

Thursday

Let's start this day with a Robin class favourite!

English (45 minutes)

As part of our 'Around the World in 80 days' topic we are also looking at countries beyond the UK. The next few lessons are about somebody who didn't live in the UK!

Look at the photograph below

“He’s a man who lived a long time ago and he is famous for something ….”

On a piece of paper, make some notes on the following:

I notice … (what can you see in the picture?)

I think …. (what do you think about the person, e.g. he is young/old?)

I wonder … (What questions would you like to have answered about him?)

And then Sources … (How can we find out more about the man?).

Make sure that you keep the piece of paper with your notes on safe as you will need to use them for the next few English lessons.  Watch the video below for some help  with this lesson!

Challenge!  This is a photograph – previously we have worked from images of paintings (Mary Seacole, Guy Fawkes).  What do you notice as being the same or different?  Do you think the man photo is from as long ago as the other two?  Explain your reasoning. 

Maths (45 minutes)

Watch the video on the White Rose website all about ‘Making Equal groups by sharing’.

https://vimeo.com/492603273

Now work through the work sheet with Mrs Harrington helping you in the videos below!

Now you’ve had a go at that then why not try our challenges with Mrs Harrington in the videos below!

TT Rockstars (15 minutes)

How many coins will you earn today?  Why not challenge Mrs Ellis or Mrs Wells to a competition?!

Phonics (two sessions of 20 minutes each)

Get warmed up by singing along to the Phase 5 phoneme song here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPW-ZkhRUPY

Today, we are learning about the alternative spellings for the ‘igh’ phoneme. 

Session 1: Watch the video with Mrs Harrington for help with your activity!  Read the Phoneme spotter and record all the words which have the 'igh' sound in them.  How many different ways to spell 'igh' can you find?

Session 2: Watch the video with Mrs Harrington and complete your sorting grid!

Challenge: What part of your body has a tricky spelling for today’s sound? How do you spell it correctly?

Spelling (20 minutes)

Practise this week's spellings.  You should be getting really good at them by now!

Reading (20 minutes for each task)

-Complete the lesson on BBC Bitesize ' Making Predictions about a text' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z8q83j6

- Complete the Reading Comprehension Activity below.  Read the text and answer the questions.  You don't need to print the sheet if you can always jut write the answers on a piece of paper!

Topic - PSHE

Look at Jigsaw Jo’s treasure chest.

This is going to be filled with your successes!  What is a success? How do you recognise it? Complete a treasure chest of your own successes.  Why not draw a treasure chest to write in? Or you might have an actual treasure chest, and then you could write your successes on a piece of paper and pop it inside! 

Challenge! Make a a treasure chest from an old box to place your successes in!  You could decorate it beautifully to hold it's special treasure - your success!!

Wednesday

Let's start with a wiggle and a jiggle!

English (45 mins)

Complete the BBC Bitesize lesson on 'Checking for mistakes' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3pxjsg

There are 3 short activities to complete after the lesson video.  Some require you to watch and listen and some you will need to read the sentences to spot the mistakes.  Remember to ask a grow up if you are not sure and remember to use your phonics to break down trickier words into smaller chunks. 

Challenge! Look back at your Christmas recount from yesterday - have you made any mistakes? Make corrections in a different colour pencil if possible.

Maths (30-40 minutes & 15 minutes TT Rockstars)

Complete the BBC Bitesize Lesson on 'Odd and Even numbers' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zyf78hv

Practise the activites on the lesson and then complete the sheet shown below.  If you are not able to print the sheets then please record your answers on a piece of paper.

Challenge! Spot the mistake in the picture below!

Spend time on TT Rockstars – how many coins can you earn today? As a class we earned 820 on Monday, can we beat that on Tuesday!?

Phonics (Two sessions of 20 minutes each)

Session 1: Read the 'as phoneme families' sheet found below.  Read with an adult if needed.  Underline all the different ways you can see that the 'ai' phoneme has been made.  Make a list of these words.

Session 2: Use the list of words you made earlier.  Write 5 different sentences using as many of your words as possible!  Remember to spell them correctly!

Reading (20 minutes on each activity)

-Read your practise book or a book that has been allocated to you on BugClub.

-Complete the BBC bitesize lesson on 'Discussing Books' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhqsf4j

Spelling (20 minutes on each activity)

-Practise this week's spellings.  These can be found under the spelling section of the Year 2 page on the website.

-Complete the BBC bitesize lesson on 'Alphabetical Order' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zsv6wnb

Topic – Geography

Please complete the BBC Bitesize Lesson on 'Let's Explore the UK'  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/z4v3jhv

Our topic for this term is 'Around the world in 80 days' and we are starting in our home country!  We will be using what we learn in this lesson later on in the half term so try your best!

Challenge! Have a go at completing the sheet below - can you label the countries of the UK?

Thrive

Tuesday

English (45 mins)

Complete pages 21 and 22 of the English section of your ‘Lett’s Maths & English’ book.  This is all about verbs and tenses.

Once you have completed this please write a recount of your Christmas holidays.  Think carefully about the verbs and tense that you use.  You should be able to write for 20-25 minutes without stopping.  Push yourself to use your neatest handwriting and to think carefully about your spellings.  How much writing would you normally achieve in class?  Half a page? A whole page? Make sure you are completing at least this amount!  There are some videos below to help you.

Maths (30-40 minutes & 15 minutes TT Rockstars)

Please complete the set task on MyMaths.  This is recapping multiplication lessons which were taught at the end of Autumn term. Login details can be found on the inside of your reading record.

Spend time on TT Rockstars – how many coins can you earn today? As a class we earned 820 on Monday, can we beat that on Tuesday!?

Phonics (Two sessions of 20 minutes each)

Session 1: Watch the video below of Mrs Darroch explaining today’s Phonics focus. 

Session 2: Have  go at completing the sheet show below.  If you are unable to print the sheet then just write it down on a piece of paper.

Reading and Spelling (20 minutes each)

Read your practise book or a book that has been allocated to you on BugClub.

Practise this week's spellings.  These can be found under the spelling section of the Year 2 page on the website.

Topic – Science

Living things and their Habitats. We start a new Science topic this term. Login to Developing Experts and complete the first lesson that has been assigned to you. (All logins were sent via PING before Christmas!)

Monday 

English (30-40 mins)

Please complete the '2020 Hopes' writing task on Purple Mash.  This can be found in your '2Dos' section.

Maths (30 mins & 15 mins TTRockstars)

Please complete pages 2 and 3 of your 'Letts Maths & English' book.  These pages are entitled 'Numbers to 20' and 'Counting'.

Spend time on TT Rockstars.  Logins can be found on the inside of your reading records.

Phonics (20 mins)

Watch the YouTube video on alternative spellings for 'ai' 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCE3ZO0Rc0E (also shown below).  Can you write sentences using words that use each different spelling?

Reading & Spelling (20 mins each)

Read your practise book or a book that has been allocated to you on BugClub.

Practise this week's spellings.  These can be found under the spelling section of the Year 2 page on the website.

Topic

With the weather so cold and frosty the birds need us to help them find enough food to eat.  Have a go at making a bird feeder using the information below and see how many grateful birds come to your garden or outside space.  Don't forget to break the ice on any puddles/bird baths so that they have something to drink too!