Year 2
Home Learning during school closures
26th April
Hello Year 2,
I hope that we are all safe and well. Our first week on Seesaw has been fantastic, it has been so lovely to see you all again and hear the things that you have been up to. Thank you for engaging so well with the challenges I have put on there and a big thank you to your people at home for their support with these and for uploading all of your photographs, videos, work and comments, I am looking forward to seeing what this week brings.
If you have had problems logging on or have not received your text code, just let the office know and we will try and help.
I have uploaded our Learning Project for week 4, this can be found at the bottom of our webpage, and this week the theme is 'Animals'. I will also upload this onto our Seesaw.
Have a fantastic week. Stay safe, be good and I'll see you on Seesaw.
Miss Hodgson
21st April
Hello Everyone,
We are now up and running on Seesaw. The office have been very busy sending out your individual codes for you to log in with, it has been really lovely to hear from a few of you and see and hear some of the things that you have been up to! I cannot wait to get underway with this properly. If you have not recieved a code or are having problems logging in, please get in touch and we will try to help.
Seesaw is a platform where I can set you a few challenges and we can keep in touch but please keep checking our webpage as I will put any new and useful website links on here too, as well as our weekly Learning Projects. BBC Bitesize are producing daily lessons in Maths and English, that you might find useful as well as regular lessons in Science, History, Geography and more and you can find these here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1
Also, just a quick reminder about the CGP books, these are available on Amazon for around £5 each (just search CGP Year 2) and are available for Maths, Reading and SPaG.
Stay safe, be good and I shall see you all on Seesaw!
Miss Hodgson
15th April 2020
Hi Year 2,
I hope that you all had a lovely Easter weekend with your families and had the chance to eat some chocolate, do some of those Easter crafts that I showed you or even some baking.
A big thank you to all of you who are working so hard, I have been checking regularly and can see the time you are spending and the progress you have made with RMEasimaths and Nessy, I will have another look at the beginning of next week and see how you are getting on.
I have updated the Learning Project for week 3 and added it below ready for you to download, this week the theme is ‘Viewpoints’, I really hope that you are having fun with these. If you fancy an extra challenge this week, why don’t you try designing and creating a Maths themed board game to play with your family. You could create it around your 2,5 and 10 times tables or your number bonds to 10, 20 or 100. Why don’t you have a go at writing a story about an adventure that your favourite teddy bear gets up to or design an imaginary creature and create a fact file about it and instructions for its care. As the weather has been so sunny, why don’t you have a look around the garden or when you get out for a walk and see what flowers or wildlife you can see and do some research on them or create some art work based around them. If you want to do some Science, why don’t you get some ice cubes and see who, in your family, can make theirs melt the quickest or the slowest and have a chat about why this happened. Can you slow down the melting process? Can you speed it up? What did you do?
I have also found that Carol Vorderman has opened up her Maths Factor Webpage for free, all you need to do is ask a grown up to register for an account here: https://www.themathsfactor.com/ to access a range of resources, challenges and fun games. You could have a go and see how you get on with her times table check challenge! Don't forget about all of the other websites that are listed below and the documents to download at the very bottom of our class page.
Stay safe, be good and I hope to see you all soon.
Miss Hodgson
9th April 2020
Hi Year 2,
Hope your are all keeping safe and well at home, I am missing you all lots!
I have updated our Learning Project at the bottom of the webpage, this time it is all about 'where you live'. Also, as we are approaching the Easter weekend, there are lots of Easter related activities here:
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/easter and also on Twinkl (the website link and offer code to login is below).
You could draw and colour some of your own Easter Eggs and set up an Easter Egg Hunt around your house or garden for your people at home, make Easter Cards, do some Easter baking or research the Easter Story and create a story board or some art work to share this.
Ten Ten have also opened up their Daily Prayer and Family Liturgy resources:
https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/sunday-liturgy-for-families
https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/daily-prayers-for-home
Stay safe and be good Year 2.
Miss Hodgson
Dear Year 2 and Parents/Carers,
Please find below a list of useful websites that you can access during the school closures, even though we are not coming to school each day for a little while, there is still lots of fun and exciting learning you can do at home.
Activity Book
A workbook with a range of different fun activities from across the curriculum.
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-TTSSharedLibrary/default/vaea75f5663a038b8658d258fd198e57ce70b35d6/images/homepage/My_Activity_Book_Yrs_5_7.pdf?version=1,584,037,589,000
RMEasimaths:
https://www.rmeasimaths.com/
Your Login and Password for these are in your Homework Books.
TTRockstars:
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/29196
Your Login and Password are the same as your RMEasimaths.
Nessy:
https://learn.nessy.com/account/login#/accountLogin
For those of you who have Nessy, your Login details and Password are in your Homework Books
Phonics Play
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
A range of phonics games. We should be accessing phase 4/5/6
Username: march20
Password: home
Twinkl
An excellent range of resources for all areas of the curriculum. Create a ‘New to Twinkl’ Login with the offer code CVDTWINKLHELPS
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer
Master the Curriculum
A wide range of Maths resources. You will need to register for an account then click on “Year 2”, “Maths”, “Mixed Objective Activities”. Each of these resources are now free to download once you have added them to your cart.
https://masterthecurriculum.co.uk/
White Rose Hub
A wide range of Maths resources
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Oxford Reading Tree
You just need to register an account to access the e-book online Library.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+6-7&book=1&book_type=&series=#
Amazon Audible
Amazon Audible is offering free audible books during the school closures. There is a huge range of stories to listen to.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Top Marks
A range of Maths and English activities.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
BBC Bitesize
A range of activities for all areas of the curriculum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
ICT Games
A range of Maths and English activities
https://www.ictgames.com/
Attached also to our class page is the Year 2 spelling words, a list of high frequency spellings, the end of year expectations for Year 2 in Maths, Reading and Writing and a Home Learning Project document which includes a range of different tasks that you could complete. I will update our webpage regularly as we go through the closure with new learning projects and any new website links.
Don’t forget that you can read lots; you could share a book with someone at home, listen to them read or read to them as well as sharing a story with your brothers and sisters or reading independently. Additionally, Joe Wicks – The Body Coach is holding a 30 minute PE sessions each morning, Monday – Friday, at 9am on his YouTube Channel.
You could take the time to learn something new with your people at home or share some of our recent learning with them from school. Our curriculum map is also on the webpage so you could have a look at the topics we would have been covering next half term.
Stay safe, take care, be good and I’ll see you all soon Year 2.
Miss Hodgson
Other things you may need to know about Y2:
Reading Books: Your child will be heard to read regularly in school through guided reading sessions and our reading with RIC sessions as well as on an individual basis with an adult in class. Home reading books are for your child to read to you at home, a little every night if possible. A small positive comment or a short note about any problems in their reading log will be very helpful. Reading books will be changed in class on a Monday and a Friday.
PE: Our PE session will be on a Thurdsday afternoon, please ensure that your child has the correct PE kit (named) in school at all times.
Homework: Homework books will be sent home on a Friday, please ensure your child completes this and returns it to school by the following Wednesday. There will be Maths and English homework sent home on alternate weeks. As their English homework, your child may bring home ‘Big Talk’ homework in preparation for our Big Write on a Monday morning. This will provide opportunity for the children to discuss their ideas for their writing with you at home. Additionally, the children may also bring home a topic project over the holidays, this is their opportunity to share with you what they have been learning over the half term.