Year 2

Welcome to Year 2

Well done to all the children who have been learning online with us or learning through completing our learning packs that have been collected and worked on at home - Miss Lamb and I are very proud of you and your parents for keeping this going whilst we are not allowed in to school. We are learning new topics and techniques whilst staying home and it is so important that you have kept up this work as well as reading at home too.

Keep doing a brilliant job & stay home to stay safe.

Love Mrs Edwards and Miss Lamb xx

To all children in year 2. The timetable below sets out the online lessons that will take place each week during the national lockdown. There is a timetable for class 7 (Mrs Edwards) and Class 8 (Miss Lamb).

IF YOUR CHILD IS IN MRS EDWARDS CLASS 7 THEIR LOG IN FOR EACH LESSON WILL BE Class7.

IF YOUR CHILD IS IN MISS LAMB'S CLASS 8 THEIR LOG IN FOR EACH LESSON WILL BE Class8.

Please ensure your child is ready for each lesson with a pencil or pen and something to record their work on.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you online.

Mrs Edwards & Miss Lamb

Polite reminder for when teachers’ WIFI fails

If connection is lost part way through a lesson, please carry on with the task that has been set by the teacher. 

If we do not manage to get on at all, children could access the following sites:

Active Learn

Purple Mash

Phonics Play

Top Marks

TT Rockstars

All passwords were given to the children when we were in school, so they should have them at home. 

There are also many ideas listed below on our class page.

Please continue to try to log on at the start of each lesson throughout the day.  Hopefully any ICT issues will be resolved quickly.

Thank you in advance 😊

Miss Lamb and Mrs Edwards

Year Two Timetable

Spring A

Click on the link below to see the Year Two timetable for Spring A.  

This will show the times of different lessons that you are able to access via Google Meet, if you are home due to COVID-19.

HOME LEARNING UPDATE - 2nd June 2020 CK

Please follow this link to lessons for all year groups from Reception to Year 6: 

https://www.thenational.academy/

If your child has sensory Special Needs, you may find the link below, useful. 

http://www.brookfieldsschool.com/website/sensory_resources/475082

Home Learning ideas, hints, tips and weblinks during any school closure

Head Start Maths and English Learning Activity Booklets

We often use Head Start resources in school, so children should be familiar with the layout and style of questions given.  It would be lovely to work through a few pages each day, allow your children to have a go independently and then work together to find the answers. (There is also an answer booklet for the adults! ) 

Your child has their own log in for the following websites:

Active Learn Primary

TT Rockstars

Phonics Play

Purple Mash

All of the above websites have activities for your child to access for reading, writing, mathematics and phonics. We often use a website called Top Marks, which has a mathematics page, and an English work page. There are activities on there that your child can access, to help keep them on top of their learning at home.

Science

This term our Science topic is going to be about materials. We will be identifying different types of materials and their properties. We will investigate how easily materials can be ripped and why this is so and we will investigate which materials are waterproof and what this is useful.

Geography and History

If your child is able to, then researching the following would be great to do from home:

This half term we will be focusing on The Great Fire of London. We will learn all about what caused the fire and the reasons behind it spreading so rapidly!

Drawings or information posters would be a great use of their time if your child has to isolate or learn from home at all.

English 

Reading and Writing

There are lots of things that you can do at home to practise reading and writing.

Why don't you keep a daily diary and write about what you have done each day at home? 

How about accessing Halton Library via the free app 'Borrow Box'.  You need to be a member of the library and use your membership number to register and you will then have access to hundreds of free books online (both audio and e-books). 

• Practise your handwriting, use the website 'letter joins' for some lovely ideas. 
• Write a menu for the day, what are you eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
• Write a letter to your friends and ask parents / carers to send a picture of it to them, if possible.  If not, give it to them when you are back in school.  
• Find some creative places to read your books, like in the bath or in the shed!
• Write a story, you could think of the stories we have looked at in school (such as 'Peter Rabbit' and other Beatrix Potter stories, 'The Day The Crayons Quit' and 'Alice in Wonderland' to name a few).  These will help you to think of ideas for your own stories. 
• Most importantly, remember that reading and writing are fun! 

Have a look at the following links for some interesting things to read and reading games: 

https://phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/

new.phonicsplay.co.uk

Here is the link to a book about Coronavirus.  It is written for young children to help them understand what is going on and why it’s important to stay indoors.  There are also some fun activities on the website.

https://www.stuckinsidebook.com/

Maths

Spanish 

We have been looking at farm animals during the spring term.  Why don't you draw some of the animals you already know how to say and write the Spanish name for them too?

The PowerPoint we have used in school for farm animals is below.  

In the summer term we will be looking at how to talk about the weather and also the names of some sea creatures, the PowerPoints are below for these too.  It would be wonderful if you had a look at them and were able to tell me about them when we are back in school.  

You can make up your own games.  Test your families on the new vocabulary, play snap, play splat, make your own flashcards with the new vocabulary, stick the words and pictures around your house on post-its.  

Science Activities and Information 

Art and Design Technology

Information and Links

Music

Other great links and resources for home

Further online resources 

National Literacy Trust family zone

https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone

Coram Beanstalk - Book based games.

https://www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/

Animal webcams from around the UK

https://www.countryliving.com/

Hello!

Our teaching assistants are Mrs Hanmer and Miss Stewart.

Important Information

This term we have the Beth Tweddle gymnastics academy teaching us in P.E. every Tuesday. Please ensure that your child has a full indoor and outdoor P.E. kit, in school, at all times, and that all items are labelled.
 

We will read with your child as often as possible. Please ensure that your child has their book bag with them every day. Your child will be given homework on Monday and this is expected to be returned by Friday. In addition to this the children will have spellings and times tables to practise each week, for a test on Friday. 

This term we will focusing on:

English 

Alice in Wonderland

Poetry

Does chocolate grow on trees? (Non fiction book)

Maths 

Multiplication, division and fractions

Addition and subtraction (column Method)

Shape & Measures.

Science

Growing plants

Changing shape - materials

Geography 

The 7 continents and the seas and oceans. 

History

Queen Elizabeth & Queen Victoria

Rosa Parks & Emily Davidson

Spanish 

Farm animals 

Weather 

Sea creatures