Home Learning Letter – Year 2
WB 11.1.21
Dear Parents/Carers,
Whilst learning from home, there will be a suggested timetable of activities for the children to complete each day. These are the activities that children would have completed if they were in school. We understand that learning from home looks different for each family, and so please use the timetable to suit your family. Please also encourage the children to keep active during this time – this may be by using ‘Just Dance’ videos or games in the house.
This post outlines work for Tuesday 12th January. Further guidance for the week will be uploaded in due course. When completing tasks, children can either do so electronically (via Microsoft PowerPoint or Word) or by recording work on separate sheets of paper or a notepad.
TEAMS ASSIGNMENTS
We will be setting two assignments via Teams a week, these tasks must be completed and submitted for feedback. If you have any technical issues when using Teams please contact the school office for support.
This week the assignments will scheduled for a Thursday (Literacy) and a Friday (DT). As there are food resources needed for DT, the assignment will be ‘live’ from 1pm on Tuesday.
NUMBOTS:
Remember children’s Numbots login are on the back of their reading diaries. Please access this app regularly.
READING:
Delivery service: All children will be hand delivered a set of their colour band reading books (unless they attend school during the week). Please be aware, that children may receive books they have already read or ones that may seem easier than others.
Please note: Repetition is useful as the children can learn to use / practice using expression, answer more in-depth comprehension questions – both written and oral (see VIPERs questions in their reading diaries)
Delivery: Tuesday 12th January.
Collection: Friday 22nd January.
For collection, please place the books in a carrier bag outside your front door before 9am, so school staff can collect them as safely as possible.
The books will then be quarantined over the weekend, re-organised and redistributed the following week.
Delivery: Tuesday 26th January
Collection: Friday 5th February
For collection, please place the books in a carrier bag outside your front door before 9am, so school staff can collect them as safely as possible.
The books will then be quarantined over the weekend, re-organised and redistributed the following week.
Delivery: Tuesday 9th February
Additional Reading
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
All e-books are free of charge on Oxford Owl please follow the colour book band used in school – this is found stapled in their reading diary. To access these parents can create a free account.
Please use the email year2@abbeyroadprimary.co.uk to contact the Year 2 Team at any point.
TUESDAY – please note the change to the TEAMS ASSIGNMENT above
GUIDED READING
This power-point will guide you though the lesson. Today we are looking at Vocabulary, Explaining, Retrieval and Predicting in our comprehension tasks. The last task is to draw a picture of how the whales might help. We would love to see your different ideas: year2@abbeyroadprimary.co.uk
LITERACY
Our focus this week continues to be on poetry. Today, the children are going to practise reading aloud some poems about food and write down their favourite lines. Click here to access the power-point which will guide you through the lesson. You will also need the following videos (the slides will tell you when to open them):
Bad version of a poem read aloud:
Good version of a poem read aloud:
MATHS
This week our focus in on money. Today we are selecting money to make amounts. If you are unable to answer a question or print the sheets, please discuss the question, and do what you can for each without printing. Try using real money to support this task and record any answers on a piece of paper or in a notebook.
Watch the video below and then complete this worksheet. These worksheets increase in difficulty, therefore please work at your child’s own pace and ability
Video: https://vimeo.com/473051856
Answers: Tuesday answers
PSHE
Our PSHE unit this term is Dreams and Goals. Our first lesson encourages the children to think about things they are proud of and to celebrate their personal achievements. Click here for the slides and follow each one through till you get to the task at the end which is to complete this worksheet.
SPANISH
In Spanish this term we are learning the names for fruits. Click here for the Language Angels website. The user name and password you need is:
AbbeyR1403
lahome
Select ‘Dashboard’, Click the Spanish flag, select Unit 5: La Fruta, lesson 2, then click Start Lesson. The slides are easy to follow. As an extension this week you could select a worksheet or use the additional games provided. Please only complete Lesson 2 of this unit.
PE
At the beginning of the year we learnt to do some yoga to help calm our minds and bodies. This week, why not have a go at Tallulah the Owlet – Cosmic Yoga. This is on You Tube, so please be mindful of safe internet use.
If you have any questions please email year2@abbeyroadprimary.co.uk
Kind regards,
The Year 2 Team
