Each week the children will learn how to spell a set of words at school using a variety of strategies and games. If you would like to help your child learn these at home they will be uploaded on Friday night each week on the blog, ready for the spelling test on the following Friday.
For the first few weeks we are recapping Y1 tricky words, which Miss Jackson covered throughout English lessons across last year
Further Maths homework will be added once the children settle in.
There will be no spellings to learn this week.
Instead we will spend the final week working on our times tables, your child should know which ones they are on 10s, 2s, 10s and 2s, 5s, 2,5 and 10s, 3s, 4s, 8s, if they want to do more at home.
Don't forget they also have access to TTRockstars and of course Hit the Button to help them.
In Maths this week we have continued to recap time - here is a link to a lovely game to help the children with this Hickory Dickory Clock: A tell the time game (ictgames.com)
If you would like to do something extra....
This week we will be looking at the artist Henri Rousseau, why don't you see what you can find out about him or look at his paintings.
Which is your favourite? Why?
Can you try and recreate one?
This week we will be working together as a class to make a giant collage of one of his paintings. Can you guess which one it will be?
Here are the spellings to learn for this week
Here are the spellings to learn for this week, children who were previously learning Y1 spellings should now move on to the Y2 spellings.
Tuesday
Reading - today we finished Chapter 4 of Flat Stanley (Here is a video of someone reading Chapter 4 - you can listen or read along with the video Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure (Chapter #4) - Bing video
Maths
Teaching Video - Sum2.11.2 - Four operations with volume on Vimeo
Worksheet - Y2-Summer-Block-4-WO-Four-operations-with-volume-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
English
Today we planned how we are going to change our Aladdin story, below are the changes we are going to make:
We are all going to set the next story in a rainforest.
You can change the name of Aladdin if you want to? Who will you choose as your main character?
You can change where the merchant comes from, where will your merchant be from?
You can change what the magical object will be, instead of a lamp, what will you choose?
What will your new story title be?
Now can you have a go at saying the Aladdin story with your changes to help you when you come to write it, tomorrow
R.E
Today we started a new unit in RE, thinking about how we should care for others and the world. First we talked about how we think we should care for others and the world. Then we looked at what Jesus taught in the bible about how to care for others by reading and acting out the "Good Samaritan" Religious Studies KS1: The Christian Story of the Good Samaritan and the Lost Sheep - BBC Teach Watch this and tell someone at home - what the stories teach us about how we should care for others
Monday
Spellings - Look at your spellings above - how many silly sentences can you make using the words? Can you show the people at home how we play quickwrite?
Reading - Write a summary of what has happened so far in Flat Stanley
Maths
Teaching Video - Sum2.11.1 - Four operations with mass on Vimeo
Worksheet - Y2-Summer-Block-4-WO-Four-operations-with-mass-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
English
Today we have been looking at our Aladdin story. Trying to spot the sentences that start with adverbs and also trying to spot the inverted commas. Can you? Show someone at home how much you have learned by heart - they'll be amazed!
Then we started looking at the different parts of Aladdin and what makes it a wishing tale. Can you tell someone at home the opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending for Aladdin? This might help.
P.E - this afternoon we have the Doncaster Rovers coaches in doing Athletics, perhaps you could have a look at the different throwing techniques and see what you have in your garden to practise these? If not maybe choose a Cosmic Yoga session to do instead.
Here are the spellings for next week
Almost full marks from everyone this week in spelling tests. Well done Andes Class.
Now that each child knows which set they are learning. Here are the 3 sets of spellings for the children to learn this week.
The children should have brought home spellings on Friday to learn this week, based on the assessments I did with them last week. The test will be on Friday as usual. Let me know if you don't have these. They will get another copy to work on at school on Monday.
Maths Homework
I have set another Measures homework, in school we have moved from looking at length and height to weight/mass. Before we then move on to capacity/volume and then finally temperature.
The children are doing brilliantly with their times tables at school. Feel free to keep working on these at home too. Ideally the children should know the 10, 2 and 5 times tables by the end of Year 2.
School Trip
Thank you to everyone who has brought in the permission slip and/or have paid for our upcoming visit to Lotherton Hall. If you haven't, don't worry, you have until the end of the week.
We chose Lotherton Hall to enhance our Geography (Brazil) and Science (animals) work. As part of the day we will be having a workshop on Rainforests so if your child wants to start doing some research on Rainforests feel free. I'm more than happy to take a class full of experts!
There will be no maths facts or spellings to learn this week. I am going to use this week to see which spellings the children still know, so that they can confidently spell these words in their writing (as well as getting them right when I test them on Fridays).
My Maths Homework
I have set some homework based on the measures work we have done and will continue to do this half term.
Other things to do at home (if you wish)
Why don't you see what you can find out about Brazil, ready for our Geography topic?
Or
In Art, we will be looking at some of Henri Rousseau's work - can you find out anything about him or look at some of his art work and see if you can do your own version?
This week the children are learning number bonds, as so many children are learning different ones, I have given paper copies to each child to learn at home. Some are learning number bonds to 10, 20 or 100. If you don't have this please let me know and I will get another.
Apologies, it says the test will be on Friday, however it is a training day on Friday so the test will be on Thursday.
MyMaths
This week in school we have been recapping the work we did earlier in the year on money. We have looked at making different amounts and counting coins and notes. Then we looked at how to find change by subtracting or finding the difference if the numbers are close to each other. I have set a MyMaths homework to help the children practise this.
Wednesday
Mental Maths - Hit the Button - keep working on those division facts ready for the test on Friday
Maths - Today we are looking at money again but this time how to give change.
How to give change - BBC Bitesize
We have covered this previously so it should be a bit of a recap. We will look at subtracting from different amounts - change from 20p, change from 50p, change from £1 (100p). The children could use column subtraction or counting back to help them.
Here is a game for the children to play - make sure you choose the change game. Have fun!
Toy Shop Money Game (GBP) - Topmarks
P.E - choose another Cosmic Yoga to stretch your body and have some fun.
DT - the topic this half term is wheels and axles. Can you tell people at home what wheels and axles are? Do you have anything at home you could use to make wheels and axles?
Tuesday
Reading - If you are able to send someone in to collect the book we are reading, feel free, if not, why not read the book bag book again from last week, showing expression as you read.
Maths - Today we are recapping totalling coins and choosing the right coins to match the amounts. If you have coins in the house - choose 5 different coins and see if your child can say how much is there. If this is too easy, try adding some notes. Can they tell you how many pounds and how many pence?
Then turn it around the other way - choose a total e.g 28p - can they tell you which coins you need to make it? Repeat increasing the difficulty if they are able. Now have a go at these questions
Monday
Mental Maths - Today we drew arrays to show the different division sums we are learning this week. We drew different amounts of rows of 5s for our partners to guess which division it was. We also looked at division being the opposite of multiplication and wrote the matching sums e.g. 5 divided by 5 = 1 matches with 1 x 5 = 5 - can you do the same?
Maths - we looked at weighing today using kg and g. Then we weighed different objects using kitchen weighing scales, learning how to read how much each one weighed. If you have some at home, why don't you look at how much different things around the home weigh?
English - today we started a new unit - we are going to be learning how to write to persuade people. Before the children learn how to do this, all I asked the children to do was write about their houses and family - telling me what's good about them and why someone might want to come and visit. I can't wait to read it!
P.E - If you are feeling well enough - why don't you choose a Cosmic Yoga from YouTube to have a go at?
This week we will be focussing on division facts for the times tables we looked at last week so 5s for the majority of children. Here they are if you want to look at them at home too.
This week we are moving on to the 5 times tables. The children are doing really well at learning these facts by heart.
We are continuing to learn our times tables by heart. So this week we are looking at division facts. If children see that division is the opposite of multiplication they will see the numbers are the same as last week just reversed. We will learn these at school each day too and don't forget the game Hit the Button is a brilliant way of helping the children to learn these facts.
This half term we are focussing on learning our times tables by heart. Children need to learn these in any order so that when they see the times table they know the answer instantly. (There are a couple of children who know these already, I will give these x3 Times Tables to learn on Monday)
Thursday
Reading - Today we will read the final chapter of Hodgeheg. Feel free to read your own book if you don't have access to this book at home
Maths
Warm - up TT Rockstars
Today we are recapping multiplication and division - discussing what the signs and words mean, then completing the following questions
Wednesday
Reading - Today we will be reading Chapter 7 and 8 of Hodgeheg. If you do not have access to this book, why not choose a book you are reading and spend some time reading for pleasure.
Maths
Warm up - TT Rocktstars
Today I would like the children to work on estimating where numbers are on a number line with this game Placing Numbers on a Number Line - Tablet Version - Mathsframe (0-100)
Then have a try at these 2 problems
Tuesday
Handwriting - Today we are continuing to use the diagonal join when joining l and u together and then k and y. We will also be recapping joining "and"
English - Today we are going to be planning our own discussion text, choosing our own person to write about and discuss if they would make a good mayor - children can choose someone else from the play or a favourite person or anyone they wish. Today we will plan this and then write it independently later in the week.
