wb 8th February 2021
Please remember to share your child's work with their teacher via Tapestry at least 2 to 3 a times a week. All of the Year 2 teachers really love seeing pictures and videos of the children doing their work!
Friday 12th February 2021
"You are all absolutely amazing"
Mrs Harrington
"And I am so proud of all of your hard work"
Mrs Darroch
"You're making history being the first generation to do online learning!"
Miss Baines
This week is ONLINE SAFETY WEEK
Check out our Online Safety page for more information and an activity to complete!
PE - Joe Wicks
PE With Joe 2021 | Friday 12th Feb - YouTube
Phonics - all levels
Today we would like you to choose how you are going to practise your phonics.
Below are some websites that offer phonic games, as well as some videos that you can watch and join in with.
Why not create your own phonics game, teach phonics to someone in your family or pick a digraph and be a detective and find it hidden in piece of text?
Just have fun with it today!
You searched for | Oxford Owl for Home
Phonics Games for the Classroom and Home - Phonics Bloom
Phonics games (familylearning.org.uk)
Free Online Phonics Games | Education.com
Tricky Words and Sight Words Song - YouTube
Phonics Song 2 (new version) - YouTube
Phase 3 phonics - KS1 English - BBC Bitesize
Maths
Today we would like you to explore Fractions. Please look at the document below for some ideas.
Have fun!
TT Rockstars
Just how many coins do you think you can earn today? Let’s see if today can be your personal best. On your marks. Get set. Go!
Spellings
We’ve reached the end of a fun packed week of spellings. It’s time to see how well you have learned your spellings for the week.
Find a grown up to give you a quick spelling test. Let us know on Tapestry what your mark out of ten is – we can’t wait to award Dragon Points for superstar spellers!
English
Today we are getting creative! Watch the video below with Mrs Harrington who will explain today’s task.
English Input Video Fri 12th.mp4
Handwriting
Find some lined paper or print out the sheet shown below to get started on today’s handwriting.
Topic - Science
We have been following the lessons on Developing Experts, Living Things and their Habitats this term. Click the link to log in or open the PDF if you are unsure how to do it – it’s such a great resource and your child will be able to follow the videos and answer the quizzes themselves as it’s all there for them to do. As always, contact your class teacher if you are not able to log in. We get to see who has logged in and the amazing work they’ve done 😊
https://www.developingexperts.com
Your Mission today is to learn about the Food Chain! Watch The Experts Video then the Mission Assignment Film. Then SCROLL DOWN: there’s a Rockets Words Quiz, to see if you know the meanings of the words, and an Assessment Quiz to test your knowledge of the lesson! Finally complete the Word Search Game!
Heads Up! Required resources
Download Handout (PDF) - print single sided if you are doing the second task.
Card/paper
scissors
sticky tape
coloured pens/pencils
glue stick
You may prefer to use animal pictures to cut out instead.
Us Teachers have a competition to see which class has the most pupils logging on and who gets the top score! We hope you accept the Mission!
Guided Reading
Today we are working on developing our inference and deduction skills. This film (linked below) has no dialogue. Ideally the children will watch the video with an adult or older sibling so that the film can be paused at various points to discuss what is going on. You will need to refer to body language and the surrounding to infer what is going on. This film will encourage lots of language from your child. Click on the link below to get started…..
Reading
For today’s reading please login to Oxford Owl using the login details on your individual class pages.
From here, choose a book at your current colour code and enjoy!
Yoga
Valentine's Day Yoga For Kids! 💘 Yoga Club (Week 27) | Cosmic Kids - YouTube
Screen time
Pixar Short Films Collection - Mike's New Car 2002 - YouTube
Thursday 11th February 2021
It's almost half term, you've got this!
Online Safety
Today we will be looking at password safety.
Please watch the video with your child and discuss the content.
Online Safety | St George's Infant School and Nursery (st-georgesinfantandnursery.co.uk)
Now watch the password rap – It’s catchy! Take part in the password maker activity. Is your password strong enough?!
The Password Rap Funny - FunnyKids Channels - YouTube
Attached is a ‘guide to safer online lessons’ poster.
P.E.
Jungle Exercise for Kids | Indoor workout for Children | No Equipment PE Lesson for Kids - YouTube
Phonics - Emerging
We are recapping on split-vowel digraphs today (magic e, depending on how old you are!)
Watch the Alphablocks show you how the ie, oe, ae, ue, and ee sound get split in some words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKNNvuGpEo (name)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNpJFVEjFU (hide)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmORMpIQCUA (note)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71d1f__Je_o (tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eunmvlex0c (athlete)
Be a Split Vowel Digraph Detective and write down the words you spot in the videos that have the split vowel digraphs!
We will be moving on to the next set of lessons after half term, so this is your opportunity to make sure you really know to look for these sounds.
Then write sentences using them and send them to your teacher on Tapestry.
Thurs 11 Feb Emerge Phonics.mp4
Finally, the following PDFs are for you to do if you’re keen to check you do know how to spot a split vowel digraph! They don’t have to be done today, you may want a 5 minute filler next week!
Phonics - Expected
Today we are learning alternative spellings for ‘oo’.
Watch Miss Baines and read the sentences with her then complete the sheets:
Thurs 11 Feb Expect Phonics.mp4
Finally, Log on to Phonics Play: Resources: Phase 5: scroll down to 5c then choose Alternative Spellings for ‘oo’- Phoneme Spotter and Word Sort.
Phonics - Exceeding
Complete the Expected work before starting this.
Then complete the following sheets with Compound Words.
See if you can write a sentence that uses two (or more!) compound words!
Remember to use your joined up writing.
Maths
Follow the video with Miss Baines to find three quarters of a quantity of numbers.
Y2 Thurs 11 Feb Maths.mp4
Then complete as much of the worksheet as you can.
Y2-Maths Thurs 11 Feb Worksheet Qs.mp4
TT Rockstars
TT Time – lets see how you get on today. Can you beat your score from yesterday? We bet you can!
Spelling
Today we are practising our spellings through drawing! Watch the video with Mrs Harrington to find out how. You will need a blank piece of paper for today’s activity.
Spellings Thurs 11th.mp4
English
Today we are heading to our final destination in our journey ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.
For your English task today, you get to choose where your travels take you next and we would like you to write a postcard from there. Again, we would like you to think about what the weather would be like, where you might be sleeping, what you might be eating and something that you have done when you are there. Are there any cultures that you might have experienced, festivals or celebrations that you may have been part of?
If you can’t think of anywhere to go, today we recommend that you head to Japan and experience life at speed!
Have a look at what the Go Jetters saw when they were there:
BBC iPlayer - Go Jetters - Series 2: 14. Bullet Train, Japan
Emerging - Make sure that you have capital letters, full stops and finger spaces in your writing please. Read back over what you have written to make sure it makes sense.
Expected – As Emerging, but how can you make your writing more exciting? Think about what adjectives you could use to describe the things that you are writing about.
Exceeding – As Emerging and Expected, but we would like to think about the tenses used in your writing. If you are describing something that has already happened, it needs to be written in the past tense. If you are writing something that is happening now, you will need to write in the present tense. Finally, if you are writing about something that hasn’t happened yet, you will need to write in the future tense.
This video will help explain in more depth:
What are past, present and future tense? - BBC Bitesize
Watch the video below to see where Sunny’s adventures have taken him to today
We are excited to see where your adventures have taken you next!
Meerkat Mail part five.mp4
Handwriting
Well done to everyone sending their handwriting to us on Tapestry – we love to see it and can see some real improvements in handwriting!
Find some lined paper or print out the sheet shown below to get started on today’s handwriting.
Thrive
Today we would like you to think about who and what you love with our Valentine’s day activities. We can’t wait to see what you have created on Tapestry later.
Topic – Things the make me Happy!
Today we would like you to think about what makes you happy!
Watch this link to a YouTube video about happiness :
For today’s task we would like to you draw pictures of what makes you happy. We have included a sheet below for you to use, but you can easily draw it on plain paper instead.
Screen time
2 Mins Short Gratitude Story for Kids | Help Others Value humanity and Time {Must Watch} - YouTube
Wednesday 10th February
"Don't stress! Try your best!"
Jonny Age 7
E-Safety Week
Today we will be focusing on Identity. Follow the link below for today's information.
https://www.st-georgesinfantandnursery.co.uk/online-safety-week-1/
Scroll down and click on the laptop for ONLINE SAFETY WEEK which will take you through to todays session.
Please watch the video with your child and discuss the content. Take part in the activity set and share this on Tapestry. We can’t wait to see the children’s new avatars!
Activity:
From the link above, watch how to create your own Avatar. Log on to Purple Mash to change your own avatar, draw a picture of yourself or use a printed one. You could add glasses, change your hair colour, eye colour or even give yourself facial hair. See how easy it is to pretend to be someone else online?!
PE
Don't let Joe beat you!
Phonics - Emerging
Today we are revisiting all the phase 5 Phonemes we have learned this term.
Log in to Espresso here: https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
Username: student11955
Password: george
Once logged in, click the following:
-Key Stage 1
-English
-Phonics
-Ash’s Phonics
Explore the various digraphs and complete some of the activities on the right hand side of each video screen.
Why not print yourself a certificate at the end! You have now learnt all your Phase 5 phonemes!
Phonics - Expected
Start by practising your Phase 5 Tricky words by clicking on the video below.
Now we are going to play some games using our Phase 5 tricky words! Log in to Espresso here: https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
Username: student11955
Password: george
Once logged in, click the following:
-Key Stage 1
-English
-Phonics
-Scully’s Phonics.
-Tricky words
Watch the tricky word video and then play each of the games on the right of the screen.
Once you have done that, watch Mrs Harrington’s video below for a quick bonus task!
Expected Phonics Weds 10th.mp4
Phonics - Exceeding
Start by watching the Expected videos and completing the tasks set.
Now complete the sheet below, practising writing sentences with the prefix ‘-un’
Maths
Follow the video with Miss Baines to carry on counting in fractions and how we can use this to help us solve problems.
You have a choice today - one video with Indy to check you are following the lesson or, if he's too much of a distraction, watch the video with just Miss Baines!
Y2 Wed 10 Feb Maths.mp4
Y2-Wed 10 Feb Maths with Indy.mp4
Then complete the worksheet for Questions 5-8 for today (we did Qs 1-4 yesterday)
The video is there to help you read the questions:
Y2-Wed 10 Feb Maths-Qs 5-8.mp4
TTRS
Do you know that your teachers can see who has played a game and what their score is?
How long do you think a game takes? 20 minutes? Half an hour?
Well, start with ONLY 2 minutes and see how many coins you can earn!
Spelling
Today we are playing a game to practise our spellings! Watch the video with Mrs Harrington to find out how.
Spelling Weds 10th.mp4
English
Once again, we are continuing our journey ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.
For your English task today, you get to choose where your travels take you next and we would like you to write a postcard from there. Again, we would like you to think about what the weather would be like, where you might be sleeping, what you might be eating and something that you have done when you are there. Are there any cultures that you might have experienced, festivals or celebrations that you may have been part of?
If you can’t think of anywhere to go, today we recommend that you head to Italy and take in the sights of Venice.
Have a look at what the Go Jetters saw when they were there:
BBC iPlayer - Go Jetters - Series 2: 8. Venice, Italy
Emerging - Make sure that you have capital letters, full stops and finger spaces in your writing please. Read back over what you have written to make sure it makes sense.
Expected– As Emerging, but how can you make your writing more exciting? Think about what adjectives you could use to describe the things that you are writing about.
Exceeding – As Emerging and Expected, but we would like to think about the tenses used in your writing. If you are describing something that has already happened, it needs to be written in the past tense. If you are writing something that is happening now, you will need to write in the present tense. Finally, if you are writing about something that hasn’t happened yet, you will need to write in the future tense.
This video will help explain in more depth:
What are past, present and future tense? - BBC Bitesize
Watch the video below to see where Sunny’s adventures have taken him to today:
Meerkat Mail part four.mp4
Handwriting
Remember to keep practising your joined handwriting daily until you are confident writing in a neat, joined style all the time!
Find some lined paper or print out the sheet shown below to get started on today’s handwriting.
Topic – I am Me!
Today we would like you to think about and celebrate how awesome YOU are!
In today’s activity please draw a picture of yourself and then choose words from the word list that describe something that you like about yourself and cut out them out and stick them around the mirror.
Watch the video below with Mrs Harrington to get you started!
We will be inviting you to share these with your class at Thursday’s Celebration, so keep them somewhere safe and bring them to the live on Thursday at 2pm.
Topic Task INTRO Tues 8th.mp4
Reading
Login to Oxford Owl and read the book ‘The Right Home’.
The Right Home (oxfordowl.co.uk)
We would like you to think about where in the world you may find the different types of house, and why. For example, would you expect to find someone living in a house in a tree in the middle of the city? How can you explain your answer?
Guided Reading
Please select your level of guided reading level in line with the phonics level that you are working at.
Emerging: do the pages with One Star (bottom left)
Expected: do the pages with Two Stars (bottom left)
Exceeding: do the pages with Three Stars (bottom left)
Tuesday 9th February 2021
"Believe you can, and you will"
E-Safety week
Today is Safer Internet Day. We are all aware of how important it is to keep up to date and in the know on how to support your child with staying safe when online especially with the increasing need for technology.
In order to support you to stay up to date each day this week we will be uploading a video focusing on a different aspect of Online Safety for your child to watch with optional activities that they can take part in. These can be found by following the link below.
We will be sending you handy guides and top tips for staying safe online. This will also be added to the Online Safety area of the website.
ONLINE SAFETY WEEK
PE
Minecraft Fitness Run! - A Virtual PE Workout Game - YouTube
Phonics - EMERGING
Today we are revisiting all the split digraphs we have learned over the last few days.
Watch the video below with Mrs Harrington and get your loud voices ready to join in!
Emerging Phonics Tues 9th.mp4
Phonics – EXPECTED
Start by practising your Phase 3 and 5 phonemes by watching and joining in with Mrs Harrington’s videos below.
Expected Phase 3 Phonics Practise.mp4
Expected Phase 5 Phoneme practise.mp4
Today we are learning a new alternative spelling for ‘ng’. Watch the video below with Mrs Harrington who will talk you through today’s task!
Expected Phonics Tues 9th.mp4
Phonics – EXCEEDING
Start by watching the Expected videos and completing the tasks set.
Now complete the sheet below, practising writing sentences with the prefix ‘-un’
Maths
Follow the video with Miss Baines to begin to count in fractions and how fractions can be larger than one whole. Use anything to help you practically to help you understand how to count in fractions.
Y2 Tues 9 Feb Maths.mp4
Y2-Tues 9 Feb-Worksheet Qs.mp4
TTRS
There is a Garage Session Set booked for you to play today!
Log on – it’s only for 5 minutes once you’ve started!
GO!!!! Good Luck!
Spelling
Today we are using Fortune Tellers to practise our spellings!
Look at the instructions on how to fold your fortune teller. We have included a version with all your spellings already on it if you would like to print it, or you can make your own from blank paper and write your spellings on yourself.
How to play:
-Place both of your thumbs and first fingers inside the bottom pockets of the teller. Present the fortune teller to your friend and tell them you will help them with their spellings!
-Ask your friend to pick a spelling from the top of the fortune teller.
-Spell out the chosen word while opening and closing the teller. So, if they pick ‘fast’, you say “F-A-S-T” and work it four times, once for each letter.
Keep the teller open and have your friend picks a different word from the inner flaps. -Work it back and forth that many times.
-Then have them pick one last word and repeat as before.
-This time ask them to choose a word and then open the flap of the word they have chosen.
-The word that is revealed can be written down 3 times!
Repeat as many times as you like!
Spellings Tues 9th (1).mp4
English
Once again, we are continuing our journey ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.
For your English task today, you get to choose where your travels take you next and we would like you to write a postcard from there. Again, we would like you to think about what the weather would be like, where you might be sleeping, what you might be eating and something that you have done when you are there. Are there any cultures that you might have experienced, festivals or celebrations that you may have been part of?
If you can’t think of anywhere to go, today we recommend that you head to Australia and visit the Great Barrier Reef.
Have a look at what the Go Jetters saw when they were there:
BBC iPlayer - Go Jetters - Series 1: 39. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Please see Mrs Darroch’s example from yesterday to give you an idea of what we would like to see in your writing.
(Insert Postcard from Mrs Darroch PDF)
Emerging - Make sure that you have capital letters, full stops and finger spaces in your writing please. Read back over what you have written to make sure it makes sense.
Expected – As Emerging, but how can you make your writing more exciting? Think about what adjectives you could use to describe the things that you are writing about.
Exceeding – As Emerging and Expected, but we would like to think about the tenses used in your writing. If you are describing something that has already happened, it needs to be written in the past tense. If you are writing something that is happening now, you will need to write in the present tense. Finally, if you are writing about something that hasn’t happened yet, you will need to write in the future tense.
This video will help explain in more depth:
What are past, present and future tense? - BBC Bitesize
Watch the video below to see where Sunny’s adventures have taken him to today
Meerkat Mail part three.mp4
Handwriting
We have now learned all our joins! We have seen some beautiful handwriting over the past weeks. Now we need to refine our joins and keep practising until we do it without thinking!
We will keep revising the joins each day. You should continue to practise your joined handwriting daily until you are confident writing in a neat, joined style all the time!
It would be great if you could start using your joined handwriting in other work you complete – English and Guided Reading are great places to start!
Find some lined paper or print out the sheet shown below to get started on today’s handwriting.
Thrive
Today we would like you to come up with 5 things that make you happy. You can either write it as a list of draw pictures.
Topic – Geography
Today we are continuing our block of learning using the ‘Oak National Academy’ online lessons. The next lesson ‘Why are our Oceans Important’ of the unit ‘Oceans and Seas’ can be found by clicking on the link below.
There is a video to watch with short activities to stop and do as you go. There is then a short quiz at the end which we would like you to complete.
Reading
Please select a book of your choice to read to your adult at home today. Your teacher would love it if you could film this to upload to Tapestry – we miss hearing you read!
Try and read as fluently as you can, getting your grown up to help you with tricky words if you are struggling to sound them out. Once you can read the text fluently, try and add some expression to your reading to make it more interesting for the listener. Be as creative as you can – go on, be brave!
Guided Reading
Please select your level of guided reading level in line with the phonics level that you are working at.
Yoga Club
Kids Yoga All About Rockets! 🚀 Yoga Club (Week 23) | Cosmic Kids - YouTube
Screen Time
CGI Animated Short Film: "Preheated" by Luke Snedecor & Sarah Heinz | CGMeetup - YouTube
Monday 8th February 2021
We hope that you have all had a fun weekend in the snow? Only one more week until half term
so let's go out with a bang and
have a fantastic week of remote learning.
Don't forget to have your work uploaded to Tapestry so that we can see
you have been learning.
Stay Safe,
Miss Baines, Mrs Darroch and Mrs Harrington
HAPPY SNOW DAY!
Yay it's snowing! Make sure you get outside today for some fun learning in the snow. Enjoy!!
English
Get out in the snow and explore! What does it feel like? Do you like it? What's the best bit about the snow? How about the worst bit? What can you do in the snow?
Write your ideas down, describing the snow. Write a few sentences about each of the questions above as well as anything else you want to share! Draw a picture to go with it if you like?
Maths
Snowman fractions!
Have a go at making snowmen as shown in the picture below! You can make several snowmen, each showing different fractions. Think about the ones we have learned so far - whole, halves, quarters and thirds.
Why now display them in your front window to cheer people up as they walk past your home?
Phonics - Emerging
Today we are learning to read and write the split digraph – e_e.
Watch the video below with Mr Thorne:
Now watch the video below with Mrs Harrington to practise writing some words with e_e in them.
Emerging Phonics Mon 8th.mp4
Now have a go at filling in the sheet below.
You have to read the e_e words and decide if they are real or nonsense words!
Colour the real words one colour and the nonsense words a different colour!
Phonics - Expected
Start by practising your Phase 5 phonemes by singing along to the song below.
Today we are playing a game! You will need a copy of the game board attached below and a dice. Choose 2 objects to act as playing pieces – lego figures or little models work brilliantly!
The game is for 2 players! You can challenge everyone in your family to try and beat you! Have fun!
Phonics - Exceeding.
Start by watching the Expected videos and completing the tasks set.
Now watch Mrs Harrington talk you through a presentation about the prefix ‘-un’.
Once done, complete the matching task shown below.
Exceeding Phonics Mon 8th.mp4
TT Rockstars
There is a Garage Session Set booked for you to play today!
Log on – it’s only for 5 minutes once you’ve started!
GO!!!!
Good Luck!
Spelling
Welcome to a new week of spellings! Watch the video below where Mrs Harrington introduces you to your new spellings.
Spelling Introduction Mon 8th..mp4
Handwriting
Today we are finishing learning to write out CAPITAL LETTERS!
Find some lined paper or print out the sheet shown below to get started on today’s handwriting.
Guided Reading
Please select your level of guided reading level in line with the phonics level that you are working at.
Reading
Time to practise your reading. You can use your practise book or login to BugClub or Oxford Owl. Make sure you read for 20 minutes though to build up that reading stamina.
Topic - SNOW FUN!
Have a go at some of these other snow day fun activities!
Build a Sculpture.
How adventurous can you be? We can't wait to see photos!
Snow painting.
This is great fun to do with watered down paint, powdered chalks or even food dye.
Snow Angels!
Lay back, feel the snow falling gently on your face and create a beautiful snow angel.
Feeling a bit chilly and want to cosy up inside?
How about creating a snow themed picture?
Cosy Treat!
At the end of the day treat yourself to a yummy hot chocolate - with extra marshmallows!
