Year 2
Home Learning
w/c 11.01.21
Dear parents and carers,
We have made a weekly pack that coincides with the learning that the key worker children will be doing in school for Year 2. Our topic this half term is Land Ahoy! and lots of learning will be based around this theme. We have included a suggested timetable of daily tasks including the Zoom lessons for maths and English Monday - Friday this week.
Monday
English – Zoom lesson based on ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris Maths – Zoom lesson about length
Topic – Locate countries on a map Phonics – Practise your sounds Tuesday
English – Zoom lesson based on ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris Maths – Zoom lesson about length
Topic – Navigate a Bee-Bot around a map Phonics – Practise your sounds
Wednesday
English – Zoom lesson based on ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris Maths – Zoom lesson about length
Grammar – Zoom lesson revising grammar taught in Year 2 so far Reading – ‘The Curse of the Black Shell’ comprehension
Spelling – Practise spelling words with the ‘j’ sound spelt ‘dge’ and ‘ge’
Topic – Create a timeline of famous sea explorers Thursday
English – Zoom lesson based on ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris Maths – Zoom lesson about length
Spelling – Practise spelling words with the ‘j’ sound spelt ‘dge’ and ‘ge’
Topic – Identify human and animal needs for survival Friday
English – Zoom lesson based on ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris Maths – Zoom lesson about length
Year 2 catch up – Zoom session sharing successes of the week
Handwriting – Copy the ‘dge’ and ‘ge’ words in your neatest handwriting Topic – Design a jolly roger (pirate flag)
Don’t worry if you don’t have access to a printer at home, all the resources will be shared on the screen during our Zoom lessons or you can collect your home learning pack from school.
English – Narrative
This week we are continuing our writing based around the picture book ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris. You do not need to prepare anything ahead of time as we will share the relevant pictures in the Zoom lessons. Just make sure you have a pencil and paper and are ready to be a writing superstar!
Maths
This week we are going to be recapping our learning so far in Year 2 and also learning about length. Join us for our daily Zoom lessons Monday – Friday where we will be completing our Fluent in Fours and activities from our Maths No Problem workbooks.
Once we have completed these activities during our Zoom lesson you can then complete your chilli challenges independently.
Mild – choose this challenge if you found the workbook activity difficult.
Hot – choose this challenge if you found the workbook okay, some parts might have been easy for you, some parts might have been more challenging.
Spicy – choose this challenge if you whizzed through your workbook without any adult help and you feel confident about what we have learnt today.
Maths - Monday
Maths – Tuesday
Maths - Wednesday
Maths - Thursday
Maths – Friday
Phonics
Reading
Please read out loud to an adult every day. Below are possible questions to discuss about your book.
Can you read the text ‘The Curse of the Black Shell’ and answer the questions?
Handwriting
Spelling – Wednesday
Spelling - Thursday
PE
- Go Noodle or Joe Wicks - get up and move every morning!
Topic – Geography – Monday
Can you help Captain Cook locate the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and China? You could use an atlas at home if you have one or use the maps provided below to help you.
Topic – ICT – Tuesday
https://beebot.terrapinlogo.com/
Use this website to navigate a Bee-Bot around various maps.
Use the control buttons to give the Bee-Bot instructions. Think carefully about the direction you want the Bee-Bot to go in and how
many squares it needs to move on the map.
Can you challenge yourself to give the Bee-Bot different instructions to get to the same place?
Topic - History – Wednesday
Can you sequence famous sea explorers (Marco Polo, Sir Frances Drake, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Helen MacArthur, Captain James Cook and Sir Walter Raleigh) on a timeline? You could cut and stick the images below to help you or create your own timeline?
Perhaps you could use the internet to research these sea explorers as a challenge?
Topic - Science – Thursday
What do animal and humans need to survive? Watch this video to find out!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zx38wmn
Perhaps you could make a poster or draw a picture about what you’ve found out?
Topic – Art – Friday
Can you design your own jolly roger – a pirate flag? You can use any resources you have at home and use the images below to help you think about your design. What colours and symbols might you use?
Can you help Captain Cook plan his journey by finding the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and China?
Key Hawaiian
Islands Australia New Zealand
Canada China
Can you sequence these famous sea explorers on a timeline?
Remember to use the dates to help you!
Marco Polo 1254 - 1324
Sir Frances Drake 1540 - 1596
Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
Henry Hudson 1565 – 1611
Helen MacArthur 1976 – present
Captain James Cook 1728 - 1779
Sir Walter Raleigh 1554 – 1618
About my pirate flag:
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Use these famous pirate’s flags to help you design your own!