Year 2
Real PE
REAL PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together. It includes a programme specifically for children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 with 12 themes, 6 areas, over 250 activities and challenges and 1000s of hours of fun and activity. This programme is also great for family play and fun.
It also includes a programme for children in Key Stage 2, with daily and weekly guidance provided for both programmes (starting from this week) in addition to an option to choose your own themes and activities.
There are so many benefits to being active, not only to our physical well-being but also to our emotional and mental health, especially in such testing times for all of us. We hope that the ideas help support you and your family to stay fit and healthy in the coming months.
Here are the details to access real PE at home:
The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com
Parent email: parent@weddington-9.com
Password: weddington
Enjoy!
Free Daily Resources
Elevenses with David Walliams
The World of David Walliams is releasing an audio story from The World’s Worst Children every day for the next 30 days!
Keep the kids busy with these daily audio treats, perfect for tea-and-biscuit breaks ☕
Head to bit.ly/AudioElevenses each day for the latest story!
The Maths Factor
Check out Carol Vorderman’s website www.themathsfactor.com. It is now free while schools are closed and has lot of useful resources and maths games.
Teach Your Monster to Read
Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning series of games that’s helped millions of children learn to read. Play for free on the website (link below) or download the app.
The children all have a personalised account which is monitored when they play using the link below.
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/4508128
If you choose to play through the app, login using the special star code 4508128.
Have fun!
Laptop/Computer Access
Ensure you use a capital letter when typing the player's name. You may need the first initial of the surname if there are mulitple children with the same name.
iPad/App
If you are logging in through the app, you will not need a password. Login with Player Name and Star Code 4508128.
Home Learning - Spelling
There is a link to our weekly spellings at the bottom of our class page.
This document has lots of different fun ways to practise spellings. Lots of these we have already tried in classes, and lots are new! Please try to practise spellings, or the Year 2 'Common Exception Words' daily.
Home Learning - Maths
Please use the above document to support maths home learning.
It suggests a maths activity, along with a link to a Youtube information video, for each area of learning.
Please dojo any photographs of completed home learning, we would LOVE to see how busy you have all been :)
Rosetta Stone
Free language learning for school aged children. Follow the link below for 3 months free access to Rosetta Stone.
https://www.rosettastone.co.uk/lp/freeforkids/
Home Learning - Podcasts
We have put together a list of 6 super podcasts. You can listen on apple music, spotify or any other podcast service - for free!
We would like Year 2 to...
- Listen to a story from the 'Storynory' podcast. Can you illustrate the story into a story board or comic strip? Challenge: write an alternative ending! Don't forget to use speech bubbles for the words the characters say.
Home Learning
Welcome to Year 2
Autumn Term
Year 2 have been learning about the Victorians this half term. We have really enjoyed learning about Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert, her 9 children and the family dog Dash.
In English, we have read ‘The Victorian Adventure’ and ‘The Chimney Sweep’. We found out that children as young as 5 had to go work in the Victorian times. They worked in the mines, up the chimneys and in workhouses.
In History, we have looked at Queen Victoria’s timeline and compared her to Queen Elizabeth. We then researched about ‘The Great Exhibition’. We then studied Florence Nightingale and all the good things she did for nurses and hospitals.
In art, we researched the famous artist William Morris. We found out that he was a famous wallpaper designer. We then designed our own wallpaper, all of the designs were fantastic!
We have really enjoyed learning about the Victorians and we can’t wait for our Victorian trip in Autumn 2.
During Autumn 2 Year 2’s topic has been toys.
In English, we have been reading ‘Traction Man’, it was all about the adventures Traction Man and his sidekick Scrubbing Brush went on. We even acted out some of the missions to the rest of the class. We then went on to poetry, and wrote our own poem about toys. We found out that some of the children were poets!
In Geography, we have been learning about the continents of the world and the oceans. We had to label them on a map. We also researched where toys came from. Did you know that Lego came from Denmark?
For our homework project, each children designed and created a toy. The rest of the school then came to visit our toy museum. Everyone was so impressed with all of the toys.
We are now all really excited for our trip in December!
