Autumn Term
Welcome back everyone! We are so happy to be back in the classroom and getting to know all the children in Bonsai and Baobab class. Although school is looking a little different at the moment, we are working hard to ensure that everyone has fun and enjoys their learning. We will update the home learning section of the year 2 page with work to do at home for any children who cannot be at school. For the moment we are all very much enjoying the new school term.
Out topic this half term is based on the book ‘Leaf’ by Sandra Dieckmann
Please see below for our topic web and accompanying information letter for parents for this half term:
Leaf Topic Web
Information for Parents
Online Learning For Pupils Self Isolating
English Worksheets and Activities
Week 14 13.07.20
Spelling
Mystery of the Sports Day Trophy Snatcher
Mystery of the Missing Treasure
Week 13 06.07.20
Spelling
Mystery of the missing spacesuit
Week 12 29.06.20
Spelling
Week 11 22.06.20
Spellings
Week 10 15.06.20
Spelling
Week 9 08.06.20
Noun Adjective Presentation – Day 5
Spelling
Possessive Apostrophe PowerPoint
Possessive Apostrophe Worksheet
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Spelling
Week 7 w.b 18.05.20
Spelling:
Introduction to Homophones PowerPoint
There Their They’re PowerPoint
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
Presentation- Sentence Types Day 4
Spelling:
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Presentation – Noun Phrases Part 1 Day 1
Presentation – Noun Phrases Part 2 Day 2
Spelling:
Common Exception Words – Guess the Word
Common Exception Words – Guess the Word (Yellow)
Phonics Phase 3 Home Learning Challenges (Yellow)
Week 4
Spelling:
Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words
Year 1 Common Exception Words Activity Book
Year 2 Common Exception Words Activity Book
Week 3
Week 2
Changing Verbs Activity Sheets
Mini Beast poetry:
Y2 Common Exception Wordsearch:
Week 1
Outdoor Phonics Challenges (Yellow)
Read and Respond Fun Activity Sheets
Phonics Play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Username: march20 Password: home
English Worksheets and Activities- Yellow
Week 14 13.06.20
Week 13 06.07.20
Punctuation challenges – Yellow
Common exception word spotter, parent guide – Yellow
Common exception word spotter, A Plane to Spain – Yellow
Common exception word spotter, How we Became Friends – Yellow
Week 12 29.06.20
Bird fact writing template – Yellow
Common Exception Words – Yellow
Week 11 22.06.20
Jack and the Beanstalk – Yellow
Week 10 15.06.20
Week 9 08.06.20
Seaside Senses Poem Frame – Yellow
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Week 7 18.05.20
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
Matching Pictures to Sentences – Yellow
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Sentence Building Activity – Yellow
Capital Letters and Full Stops – Yellow
Week 4
Phase 3 Phonics Buried Treasure Game
Week 3
Phase 3 sentence building cards
Phase 3 phonics games 1 2 3 4 5 6
Week 2
Pencil Control Workbook – Yellow
Reading Race Game:
ck,e,u,r,h,b Read and Race Game
f,ff,l,ll,ss Read and Race Game
j,v,w,x,y,z,zz Read and Race Game
m,d,g,o,c,k Read and Race Game
qu,ch,sh,th,ng Read and Race Game
s,a,t,p,i,n Read and Race Game
Bingo:
Reading Worksheets and Activities
Week 14 13.07.20
The Adventure of Blueberry Boy (Harder)
The History of Superheroes (Hardest)
Week 13 06.07.20
Our Beautiful Blue Planet (Easier)
Week 12 29.06.20
Week 11 22.06.20
Week 10 w.b. 15.6.20
Victor Spots Vocabulary – Yellow
Week 9 w.b. 08.06.20
Reading Comprehension Game (any book) – Yellow
Matching Captions and Pictures – Yellow
Jack and the Beanstalk – Yellow
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Minibeast Description Matching Game – Yellow
Reading Three Key Words – Yellow
Seaside Missing Sounds – Yellow
Week 7 w.b 18.05.20
Animal Early Reading Comprehension – Yellow
Transport Early Reading Comprehension – Yellow
Sentence Builder Cards – Yellow
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
This week we are all reading the same book and then doing some activities based around it: They should take you between 15 – 30 mins
Listen to the book here: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
And do the activity booklet throughout the week – Reading task Booklet – Y1 and Y2
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Fascinating Facts Reading Activity
Simple sentence reading cards (Yellow)
Phase 3 Phonics I Can Read Matching Activity (Yellow)
Phonics Reading Activity Mats (Yellow)
Week 4
Tricky Words Scavenger Hunt (Yellow) Guide Words Checklist
Tricky Words Snakes and Ladders Game (Yellow)
Week 3
I can read words (Yellow) – Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Week 2
Bear who Came to Babysit Newspaper Template
Bear who Came to Babysit Sequencing Cards – Yellow
Week 1
A Monster Surprise – Reading Comprehension, differentiated
A Tale of Two Feathers – Reading Comprehension, differentiated
Pirates:
On The Farm:
Healthy Living:
A Postcard from Mo Farah Activity Card
Advice from a Dentist Activity Card
Recipe for a Healthy Fruit Salad Activity Card
Animals and Living Things:
How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails Activity Card
Paul the Lucky Octopus Activity Card
The Great White Shark Activity Card
What Plants Need to Grow Activity Card
Dinosaurs:
Mary Annings Diary Activity Card
Fairy Tales:
The Glenfall Gazette Activity Card
Maths Worksheets and Activities
Maths Videos by Mr Prue (click here)
Week 14 13.07.20
O’Clock, Half Past, Quarter Past and Quarter To – Yellow
Week 13 06.07.20
Week 12 29.06.20
Week 11 22.06.20
Week 10 w.b.15.06.20
Week 9 w.b. 08.06.20
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Week 7 w.b 18.05.20
All about 2 Activity Mat – Yellow
All about 5 Activity Mat – Yellow
All About 10 Activity Mat – Yellow
Counting in 2s Matching Activity – Yellow
Counting in 5s Activity – Yellow
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
Subtraction within 20 – Yellow
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Number bonds to 10 ten frame – Yellow
Rainbow number bonds to 10 – Yellow
One more one less activity – Yellow
Week 4
Day 1 Day 2 Day 2 Powerpoint Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Measuring Snakes Activity (Yellow)
Measuring Length Activity Cards (Yellow)
2D Shapes – 2D Shapes Guessing Game 2D Shape Hunt Spot the 2D Shapes (Yellow) 2D shape Properties Activity
Week 3
Day 1 Day 2 Day 2 PowerPoint Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 5 PowerPoint
Fractions activities (yellow) – Bees in the Garden Find a half Halving to 20
Fractions activities – Fractions workbook Fractions forest board game Fractions dominoes halves and quarters Matching fractions card game
Fractions bingo – Boards Counters Dice Cards
Week 2
Activity Cards – Compare Money
Week 1
Addition and Subtraction Challenge Booklet
Physical and Mental Well-being Activities
Week 14 13.07.20
This weeks picture book is “Mr. Big” by Ed Vere. Mr. Big has a hidden talent that no one knows about at first. Do you have a talent? Or maybe there is skill you would like to learn . Talk to your grown up about this. Maybe they have a talent you didn’t know about too.
Week 13 06.07.20
We were going to put a really serious picture book here for you to share… but then this naughty cat called CHESTER scribbled all over our plan in red pen…. Alright Chester if you insist, we’ll share your story….
This is Mr. Prue’s favorite picture book. What is yours? Try reading your story aloud and making it sound exciting. If you have permission from a grown-up who looks after you, you could try sharing your book on class Dojo.
Week 12 29.06.20
This week’s picture book to share and think about is “Amazing Grace” by Mary Hoffman. Are there any characters in a book that you would like to pretend to be? Remember the lesson from Amazing Grace… you could pretend to be anyone.
Week 11 22.06.20
This week’s picture book to share and think about is “Is it the way you giggle?” by Nicola Connelly and Annie Hite. It’s time to spend a little time thinking about yourself. What makes you special?
This week’s PSHE is the second lesson called ‘Good to be me’. We will talk about our similarities and our differences, and why you should always be proud of who you are. We will also discuss skin colour and how every skin colour is beautiful. We will talk about how it is never OK to be unkind to someone because they look different, sound different, or come from a different sort of family.
June is also Gypsy Roma Traveller History month.
Week 10 w.b. 15.06.20
This week’s picture book to share and think about is “Two dads” written by Caroline Robertson and Sophie Humphreys.
It is easy to get grumpy when you spend lots of time in the same place with the same people, but the little boy in this story has really thought about all the good things about his parents. Perhaps you could think about all the nice things that happen in your family too.
PSHE
This week’s PSHE lesson is called ‘Good to be me’. We will talk about our similarities and our differences, and why you should always be proud of who you are. We will also discuss skin colour and how every skin colour is beautiful. We will talk about how it is never OK to be unkind to someone because they look different, sound different, or come from a different sort of family.
Week 9 w.b. 08.06.20
This week’s picture book to share is “The day you begin” by Jacqueline Woodson. You may have it at home but don’t worry if you don’t, just follow this link to share a story reading on YouTube.
It is a book about appreciating our differences and connecting with others when they feel alone.
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Look at the book “You Choose” here:
Week 7 w.b 18.05.20
Listen to the story ‘Barry the Fish with Fingers’ here:
Barry the Fish with Fingers Activity Sheet
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
Listen to the story of The Snail and the Whale here:
The Snail and the Whale Activity Sheet
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Positive Words and Compliments Activity Sheet
Yoga to Promote Relaxation and Sleep
Week 4
Weekly Well-Being Journal – Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
Week 14 13.07.20
Activity 1: Lots of amazing creatures live in the sea near where Brighton. Use this weblink to find out more.
You could make your own information book about one or more of these creatures or even go to the beach with an adult and make a record of any birds or sea creatures that you see or find evidence of.
Activity 2: Most of you will have seen the ruin of the West Pier in Brighton, but do you know what happened to it? Use this website to find out… Ask an adult to help pick out key bits of information and then use these to write your own timeline.
https://www.westpier.co.uk/history/chronology-of-the-west-pier/
Activity 3: Dolphins have been spotting swimming near Brighton. Why not have a go at drawing a dolphin. Here is a YouTube tutorial that might help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bSiL_MmWoA
Week 13 06.07.20
Activity 1: You don’t have to travel far to find some amazing animals. Use the mini beast sheet to see what you can find in your local park or garden. Ask a trusted adult to check the area you are looking in is safe and try to look but not touch.
Activity 2: Tourist boards sometimes write slogans to try and attract new visitors like: –
“Come to London to see the historic Buckingham palace, hear the buskers in Camden market and smell the delicious doughnut at Spitalfields market. “
Could you write a slogan about Brighton that includes at least three of your five senses?
Activity 3: Have you been having fun in the sunshine? Try using this link or some paints, pens or pencils to make your own sunshine picture…
Week 12 29.06.20
Activity 1: Once you have done last week’s food chains learning, have a go at this worksheet.
Activity 2: When things to return to normal, lots of businesses will want to make sure tourists return to Brighton to spend their money. This is an old poster drawn to attract tourists to our town. What could you draw on a modern poster that might encourage tourists to some to Brighton?
Activity 3: This link shows you how you can draw a road that appears to lead off into the distance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ITmpA8yug
You could try to include a Brighton building in your picture, like the i360 or you could have a look at this picture and try to use the ideas from the video to draw a path through the Sussex countryside.
Week 11 22.06.20
Activity 1: One of the areas we study in year 2 science is food chains the link to the game below could be a good way to start to understand why farms are so important to the food chain and why farmers think protecting the environment is so important.
Activity 2: Making a Tourist information leaflet about Brighton.
Start by folding a piece of paper like this so that you have 6 pages.
We have looked at a few different tourist attractions including…
The Palace Pier, the Pavilion, the Beach, the Downs, The North Laine shops and the i360. You could start a project where you draw a picture and write something about a different attraction on each page. You should try to think about how you could persuade people that they would really enjoy visiting each place.
Hint… try to only work on one page a day so that you can do your best work.
Activity 3: Art
Look at these two youtube clips.
Use this clip to help you to draw some simple hill shapes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtsh426MFpk
Then have a look at these pictures by Eric Ravilious many of which were drawn around Sussex. It might give you some ideas about colors you could use and details you could add to your picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAlh_qLYtg
Week 10 w.b. 15.06.20
Activity 1: Look at this map of Brighton.
Pick one of the places of interest shown here. Have a go at copying the picture and then try to find some interesting facts about that place. If you do your research on the internet, make sure you work with an adult and think about internet safety.
Activity 2: We live in a city, but nature is all around us like this fox sleeping at Brighton station. Try keeping a diary of all the interesting plants, birds, insects and other animals that you can spot over the next week.
Activity 3: Have a look at this picture of the Sussex downs by Eric Ravilious.
What can you see?
Where could this path lead?
Use your imagination, Write or draw some pictures of things you might see if you walked down this path. Who might you meet? What kinds of animals might you see? What would you smell or hear as you walked along?
Week 9 w.b. 08.06.20
Activity 1: Look at this picture of Brighton seafront in the late 19th century. What is the same and what is different about Brighton today? You could write a list and draw some picture that answer this question.
Activity 2: Brighton has a history of trying to attract tourists with amazing machines. There are two pictures below. The first shows the Brighton and Rottingdean Electric Railway, which was a unique coastline railway that ran through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel be- tween 1896 and 1901. The second shows the i360 on the seafront today.
Week 8 w.b 01.06.20
Watch this video about the history of Brighton made by school children from Moulsecoomb Primary School:
What facts do you find interesting?
What would you like to know more about?
Have you got any questions about Brighton?
Week 7 w.b 18.05.20
See this week’s weekly overview for activities that link with our ‘Under the Sea’ topic.
Week 6 w.b 11.05.20
Listen to Jacques Cousteau’s life story here:
‘Manfish’ Jacques Cousteau Comic Strip
Watch this video about the artist Wyland’s painting of an octopus:
Week 5 w.b 04.05.20
Floating and Sinking Experiment Record
Week 4
This week, can you find out lots of facts about your favourite sea animal? You could use books or the Internet. Then create a fact file about your sea animal. You could write your facts in the fact file below.
Have a look at this week’s overview document for lots more topic related activities. Have fun!
Year 2 staff
Baobab class 
Ms Campbell and Mrs Stanton
Bonsai class 
Mrs Young, Ms Rees-Jones and Mrs Eastwell
Year 2 News
Please make sure that your child brings a named water bottle to school each day, especially during this warm weather.
PE
Bonsai Class now have P.E. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Baobab Class now have P.E. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Currently children do not need to bring their PE kit to school, but it is helpful if children wear comfortable clothing and shoes that they can run around in on PE days.
