GREAT WOOD HOME LEARNING RECOMMENDATIONS YEAR2 4TH-8THMAY2020
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Great Wood Home Learning Recommendations
Year 2 4th - 8th May 2020
Hello 2S and 2H,
Thank you for all the feedback we have received; it is really useful to find out how you are getting on. We have listened to your feedback about our previous recommendations and made some
amendments to this week’s timetable. We hope this helps! If you are struggling with aspects of it please get in touch as we’ll be happy to help. Feel free to send any feedback to us. It is really
useful to know how you are finding things at home. Please do send your work back to us, it makes our day seeing the learning that you have been doing whilst we can’t be with the children.
We hope the children enjoyed seeing what their friends had been up to last week. Please remember to send any pictures through by Thursday if you would like them to be included next week.
Science Topic - Materials
We hope you had fun exploring different materials for our new science topic. Over the next few weeks, we will be giving you lots more suggestions about ways to learn about materials at
home. We are very lucky that everyone has many different materials at home without the need to buy anything or even go out of the house!
Dinosaurs Topic
We hope you have enjoyed getting started with your learning about dinosaurs. We have heard back from lots of you who were very excited about it! Each
week we will provide more ideas to explore this fascinating topic so please don’t exhaust all the online resources you can find about dinosaurs all in one go!
We would recommend these child friendly websites if your child wants to do research and find out more. DKfind out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/search/dinosaur/ and Britannica School (foundation level) https://register.britannica.co.uk/Lancashire_Virtual_School/
(school ID is lvschool to login).
Maths
We have included in the timetable daily activities to practise maths skills which have been taught already at school. Our main port of call is IXL where you
will have fresh activities for the week in the ‘skills recommended by your teacher’ section (changed on Sunday). We suggest you spend 10 minutes here
and there practising these skills at home, to keep up your child’s interest in the challenges. For each skill, we would like the children to aim for a score of
70-90. Also, go to diagnostic and “step into the arena” to get quiz questions on a variety of topics but please tell them to click ‘I don’t know yet’ rather than helping your child along if they are
struggling with a question.. IXL is meant to be completed by the children independently and will make questions easier if questions are answered incorrectly.
❏ IXL
❏ Maths interactive games by year group. A small file to download for each game (free) https://garyhall.org.uk/primary-maths-resources.php
❏ Oxford Owl Games by age group https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/
Reading and Phonics
★ Reading: Try to keep reading for pleasure as much as you can at home. Keep that brain muscle sharp by reading a variety of things each day. This could be fiction, non-fiction, recipes,
instructions, magazines and subtitles on your TV or suitable websites.
★ Listening: An absolutely fantastic resource is https://stories.audible.com/discovery. This is usually quite expensive, but they have made all their children’s books free for the entirety of
lockdown. It also means that children can enjoy stories together and listen at the same time. A lovely thing to do whilst drawing or making Lego models etc.
★ Phonics: To keep up word reading skills, the website we would recommend is phonics play. The children are used to all of the games as we use this website a lot at school so know
how to use the site independently once logged in. In year 2 we aim to consolidate and practise spelling and reading of all sounds so any activity on the website is suitable.
PE and Keeping Active
Although the weather has taken a turn for the worst, we do hope that you are still managing to get some fresh air or keep physically active from your homes. It is super important to keep the
body active especially when spending so much time at home. These are our recommendations for daily exercise (or perhaps even more than once daily!)
● Joe Wicks
● Cosmic Yoga
● Strictly Come Dancing video tutorials
● Andy Wild’s workouts
● Go Noodle
Just another quick reminder to use this timetable in a way that best suits your family’s needs, there is no expectation for you to complete every single activity! All Maths and English we have
set for home learning intends to embed and reinforce prior learning rather than introduce new concepts and skills to children. We will pick up where we left off when we are finally back in
school. Feel free to explore the websites we have directed you to such as IXL, espresso and BBC bitesize but be mindful we may direct you to other activities at a later date.
Stay safe and keep washing those hands!!
Miss Smith and Miss Heys
Essential login details for this week:
Espresso discovery IXL Phonics play Independent
education Use your child’s login: march20 activities (children
login: student18441 personal login details password: home can complete
password: greatwood sent in email. without help)
highlighted in this
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espresso from google
please see search term
to find activity on plan.
D Spelling, punctuation and English Maths Science, Topic, Art etc.
a grammar Theme this week: Recipes!
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M Spellings for this week: Read together some of the healthy recipes on the How to count with tens and ones (place value) Dinosaurs: Who was Mary Anning?
o Long vowel sound website below. There are plenty to choose from, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd4dy9q/articles/zng
n hoped including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even barbecue Lesson on BBC Bitesize which includes: 7gwx
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d and picnic recipes! ● Video
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a https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes ● Short activity and step by step Watch this video to find out from Mary Anning herself:
snake
y paper After you have read a few examples together, ask instructions https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015gn89
steam your child: How has the author tried to make it easy ● Quiz at the end
to follow each recipe? e.g. subheadings, an You can also find facts about her here:
Short vowel sound ingredients section, use of numbers to sequence the https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/discover/history/general-
hopped steps, ingredients in green print to stand out, etc. IXL Skills (level C) history/mary-anning-facts/
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Activities: A.2, A.3, A.4, A.5,
want
cutter If you have the opportunity, you could have a go at Possible Activities:
snack one of the recipes or make some food following one Could you make a poster or fact file about the amazing Mary
pepper of your own favourite recipes. (Children MUST be Espresso online game/activity Anning?
stem supervised by an adult). Search: “Place value cards: 1 - 99 (numbers as Could you tell a family member about what she discovered?
words)” Could you put on a play about Mary Anning’s life for you
Game: Long or Short Afterwards, you could evaluate the recipe together. https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_u parents or your dog to watch?
(spelling play)
Were the steps easy to follow? Could the recipe be k/subject/module/activity/item460080/grade1/mo Could you make a Mary Anning quiz for your teacher to have
https://www.spellingplay.co.
uk/y2_member/long_or_sho improved in any way? Don’t forget to enjoy and dule807300/index.html a go at?
rt.html evaluate your food too! Could you draw a comic strip about the events that
happened?
D Spelling, punctuation and English Maths Science, Topic, Art etc.
a grammar Theme this week: Recipes!
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T IXL Skills (level c) Gruffalo – Mouse Toast Read the recipe for Mouse How to order numbers (place value) Science: Materials gone wrong!
u Activities G.1, G.2 Toast available as p6 of the free extract downloadable
e from As well as thinking about what materials usually do, it’s a
s https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/13201/Gru Lesson on BBC Bitesize which includes: good idea to get children to imagine what would happen if
d ffalo-Crumble-and-Other-Recipes-by-Julia- ● Video materials went wrong. Discussing these ideas will reinforce
a Donaldson.html ● Short activity and step by step what they understand about why materials work and don’t
y (You will need to become a member of instructions work, and why different materials are used for different
LoveReading4Kids. Membership is free). purposes.
Read the text together – this could be by reading the https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zknsgk7/art
text to your child, your child reading to you, or icles/z2pjwxs Discuss these crazy ideas:
encouraging your child to join in with known words.
Talk about how this author has made it easy to follow IXL Skills (level C) What if your kitchen table was made of cardboard?
the recipe, e.g. a ‘you will need’ box, numbered steps, Activities: K.1, K.2, K.3
a tips box etc. If possible, print off the text. Highlight What if your clothes were made out of wood?
/pick out bossy verbs, e.g. lift, press, dip, cut, make,
break. Explain that recipes use bossy verbs because Espresso game: What if your windows were made from plastic?
they are instructions; they are instructing someone to Search: “Ordering numbers challenge (0 - 100)”
do something. Highlight in a different colour any https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_u Can you think of your own ideas about materials used in the
helpful hints or tips, e.g. Be quick with your k/subject/module/activity/item437784/grade1/mo wrong way?
decorations so you can eat him before he gets cold; dule807298/index.html
Whilst you’re waiting… If you have the opportunity, Creative activity idea:
have a go at making some ‘mouse toast’ together! Could you draw cartoons of materials being used in the
(Children MUST be supervised by an adult). Don’t wrong way and include an explanation of why it’s a terrible
worry if you don’t have all the ingredients – you can idea.
improvise and adapt, providing you have an egg and a
slice of bread!
Example also attached to email.
D Spelling, punctuation and English Maths Science, Topic, Art etc.
a grammar Theme this week: Recipes!
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W IXL Skills (level c) Tortilla Pizza Watch and enjoy the short clip below. Find one more and one less (place value) Can you create a dinosaur masterpiece? You could use a
e Activities G.3, G.4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/tortilla- dinosaur that you have learnt about or you could create
d pizza?collection=easy-cooking-with-kids-recipes Lesson on BBC Bitesize which includes: your own dinosaur! Here are a few examples of techniques
n Explain to your child that their task today is to write a ● Video you could try:
e recipe to match the film clip. Watch for a second ● Short activity and step by step
s time, this time pausing at frequent intervals to make a instructions
d list of all the ingredients you need. Perhaps you could ● Quiz at the end
a draw a box around these and give the box a title.
y Watch the clip for a third time, this time pausing after https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkhsf4j
each stage in order to create a written instruction to
match. Listen out for key words and bossy verbs used IXL Skills (level C)
by the presenter to use in your own sentences, e.g. Activities: A.13, A.14 ,A.19
add, squeeze, zig-zag, sprinkle. Support your child by
encouraging them to rehearse their sentences out
loud first, before writing them down. Re-read each
sentence as you write. Check spelling and punctuation Espresso game: More than less than crocodiles
together. Don’t forget to use numbers and time Search: “Greater than, less than (crocodile)”
words to help order the steps in your recipe! Once https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_u
complete, have a look at the ‘real’ recipe to match the k/subject/module/activity/item799149/grade1/mo
clip here; dule807298/index.html
https://childrens-binary.files.bbci.co.uk/childrens-
binarystore/cbeebies/presenters-tortilla-pizza.pdf
Compare with your own recipe. Which do you prefer
and why?
D Spelling, punctuation and English Maths Science, Topic, Art etc.
a grammar Theme this week: Recipes!
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T Practise your spelling words Cheesecake Complete your recipe from yesterday or Counting tens and ones (place value) Science: Experiment about waterproof materials (see
h in a sentence. move on to another recipe challenge! Watch and attachment to email)
u CHALLENGE: enjoy the short clip below. Lesson on BBC Bitesize which includes:
r https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/cheesecake- ● Video
s Can you make a sentence make?collection=easy-cooking-with-kids-recipes ● Short activity and step by step
d which includes the word with Unlike the clip viewed yesterday, this one is instructions
a the long vowel and the short accompanied by a list of ingredients (‘You will need’), ● Quiz at the end
y vowel? but has no recipe text to match. Your challenge is to ● Optional flashcards to print. Would be
write the matching recipe! Similar to yesterday, easy to make yourself, too. Good for
E.g. I hoped I wouldn’t fall in rewatch the clip, pausing at frequent intervals to making a memory pair matching game.
the river when I hopped on write a sentence or two to match each stage of the ●
the stepping stones. recipe. Listen out for key words, phrases and bossy https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvtppg8
verbs to include in your own sentences, e.g. put,
crush, mix, press down hard. Towards the end of the
IXL Skills (level c) clip, there are two sentences starting with when. Can
Activities G.5, G.6 IXL Skills (level C)
you hear them? Support your child by encouraging
them to rehearse their sentences out loud first, Activities: A.6, A.7, A.8
before writing them down. Re-read each sentence as
you write. Check spelling and punctuation together. Espresso game/activity:
Don’t forget to use numbers and time words to help Search: “Place value cards: 1 - 99 (numbers)”
order the steps in your recipe! If you have the https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_u
opportunity, why not have a go at making some k/subject/module/activity/item460321/grade1/mo
cheesecake following your own recipe text! dule807300/index.html
D Spelling, punctuation and English Maths Science, Topic, Art etc.
a grammar Theme this week: Recipes!
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F IXL Skills (level c) Community Friendship Recipe Let’s imagine that Showing numbers up to 100 in different ways Dinosaurs - What did they eat?
r Activities G.7 today we are going to write a recipe for how to make
i a good friend or a community of friends. Ask your Lesson on BBC Bitesize which includes: Please see PowerPoint attached to this week’s email.
d child: What do you think you need to be a good ● Video Children can work through the slides to learn about which
a Home spelling challenge with friend? Gather some ideas from watching the clips ● Short activity and step by step dinosaurs were herbivores, omnivores and carnivores.
y your family. below. instructions
hoped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReMq3KX8F94& ● Quiz at the end On the last slide, the children can click on the dinosaurs to
hopped safe=true ● optional worksheet to download via sort them into the Venn Diagram.
shine
The clip includes ingredients such as being kind, twinkl
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cuter caring, helpful. Talk to your child about the need to be https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7cthbk
cutter a good friend – particularly at the moment. They
snake might not perceive neighbours, for example, as IXL Skills (level C)
snack friends of theirs necessarily. Talk about how we can Activities: A.12
paper have friends of all ages! At present, agree that it is
pepper difficult for us to see our school friends, but ask: What Other place value skills to practise on IXL:
steam
can we do to try and be a good friend in our Odd and even numbers: A.16, A.17, A.18, A.19
stem
communities or family unit? Talk to other members of Writing numbers in words and digits: A.24, A.25,
want (Whizz word) your family to collect ideas. Examples might include: A.26, A.27, A28
drawing a rainbow to display, donating some food to
the local food bank, cooking a meal for an elderly
relative or neighbour, telling jokes to make people Espresso game/activity:
smile, clapping for the NHS, doing extra jobs round Search: “Partitioning numbers in different ways (1 -
the house to help each other, sharing more with a 100)”
brother or sister, video-calling a school friend to say https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_u
hello, etc. Begin to compose these ideas into a k/subject/module/activity/item789310/grade1/mo
friendship recipe for your community. Remember to dule807300/index.html
include numbered instructions, time words and bossy
verbs, e.g.
1. First of all, paint a rainbow to make everyone in
Smith Street smile.
2. Next, share your favourite toy with your younger
brother.
3. Make an extra meal for Mrs Brown at number 11.
She really will be very grateful!
Share and enjoy your recipe with your family! Take a
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