Year 2 Home Learning

Maths

This week’s maths learning is all about addition and subtraction.

Year 2

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 3 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 4 – watch the Supermovers video about counting in 2s and the 2 times table. Write down all the twos, as high as you can go (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25…). Challenge : write the 2 times table facts.
• Lesson 5 – watch the Supermovers video about counting in 5s and the 5 times table. Write down all the fives, as high as you can go (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25…). Challenge : write the 5 times table facts.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars or Numbots daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the fluency text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC ’ text  in class to practise comprehension skills.

RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: Watch the video lessons for phonics sounds for :

• ‘ir’ 
• ‘aw and au’

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house or look in books to find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘ir’ and ‘aw and au’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Science

We are learning about animals this half term. This week, we are learning about healthy eating and how to keep our bodies healthy. Watch this BBC Bitesize clip and complete the activities.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Topic – History

We’re finding out about how firefighting has changed since 1666. Have a look at the firefighting artefacts and see if you can work out what they were used for in the Great Fire of London.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Maths

This week’s maths learning is all about addition and subtraction.

Year 1

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 3 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 4 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 5 video and activities.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC’ text  in class to practise comprehension skills.

RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: Watch the video lessons for phonics sounds for :

• ‘ue’ and ‘u_e’
• ‘oy’

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house or look in books to find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘ue’, ‘u_e’ and ‘oy’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Science

We are learning about animals this half term. This week, we are learning about the life cycles of different animals, including humans. Watch this BBC Bitesize video and complete the activities.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Topic – History

Have a look at this video about Samuel Pepys and complete the activities to find out how he helped us learn about the Great Fire of London.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

RE

Complete this lesson on Oak Academy.

Maths

This week’s maths learning is all about addition and subtraction.

Year 2

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 3 video and activities.
• Lesson 4 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 5 video, worksheet and answers.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills. We’re using it as an assessment piece to see how many words children can read in 60 seconds. Have a go at timing yourself at home.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC’ text  in class to practise comprehension skills.

RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: Watch the video lessons for phonics sounds for :

• ‘ie’ and ‘i_e’
• ‘oe and ‘o_e’

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house or look in books to find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘ie’, ‘i_e’, ‘oe’ and ‘o_e’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Science

We are learning about animals this half term. This week, we are learning about the life cycles of different animals. Watch this BBC Bitesize video and complete the activities.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Topic – History

Have a look at this interactive information page to find out more interesting facts about the Great Fire of London.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

RE

Complete the RE lesson from Oak Academy.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes)

Maths

This week’s maths learning is all about addition.

Year 2

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and activities.
• Lesson 3 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 4 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 5 – Join in with the BBC Supermovers 10 times table song.Write down the numbers you would say when you are counting in 10s. Challenge : Write them as multiplication calculations.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC’  text  in class to practise comprehension skills.

RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: Watch the video lessons for phonics sounds for ‘ay’ and ‘a_e’ and ‘ea’, ‘e_e’ and ‘ey’.

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house or look in books to find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘ay’, ‘a_e’, ‘ea’, ‘e_e’ and ‘ey’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Topic

Our current topic work is History – learning about the Great Fire of London. This week we are thinking about maps. Have a look at the maps and see what you can see that is the same and different on each map.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes)

Science   

Our science work this week is about animals and their babies. Listen to the song about baby animals. Challenge : Draw and label some adult animals and their babies.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

RE

Complete the lesson on Oak Academy .

Here is your home learning for this week. We hope to see you back at school soon.

Maths

This week’s maths learning is all about number bonds.

Year 2

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 3 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 4 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 5 video, worksheet and answers.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC’  text  in class to practise comprehension skills. RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: These video lessons for  from BBC Bitesize links to the phonics sounds for ‘oi’, ‘ear’, ‘air‘, ‘er‘ and ‘ure’. Watch the video and complete the activities.

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house and find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘oi’, ‘ear’, ‘air’, ‘er’ and ‘ure’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Topic

Our current topic work is History – learning about the Great Fire of London. This week we are thinking about fire safety. Have a look at this poster and talk about what you need to do to stay safe if you encounter a fire.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes)

Science   

Our science work this half term has been about ‘living things and their habitats’. Look at our vocabulary and talk (or write) about what you remember about each word.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)

Here is your home learning for this week. We hope to see you back at school soon.

Maths

This week’s maths learning is linked to place value, comparing and ordering numbers.

Year 2

• Lesson 1 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 2 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 3 video, worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 4 video,  worksheet and answers.
• Lesson 5 video, worksheet and answers.

You don’t have to print the worksheets. Your child can write or draw their answers on paper. Your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes of Maths and 15 minutes of Rockstars daily)

Spelling

Look on the homework page to find this week’s spellings. Your child should complete one task each day.

• Day 1: Write the words and draw shapes round them to show the ascenders and descenders. (Set yourself and others at home a challenge of using some of the words when you’re speaking, too!)
• Day 2: Write the words using rainbow writing. (Try some of the other activities in our super spelling strategies)
• Day 3: Write separate sentences, each containing one of the spellings. Don’t forget to show off really neat handwriting and make sure you sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).
• Day 4: Repeat Task 2 or 3.
• Day 5: Get an adult at home to test you on your spellings. Practise any you spell incorrectly – you could write them out carefully until you’re sure.

(Suggested time: 15-20 minutes daily)

Reading fluency

This is the text we’re using in class this week to build up fluency skills.

In school, we generally follow this sequence:

• Day 1: Read the text aloud with your child listening. Read it clearly and slowly, pointing to each word as you read. Have a chat about any unfamiliar words.
• Day 2: Read aloud each sentence (a full short sentence or part of a longer sentence), and have your child read it back to you. Do this ‘echo reading’ for the whole text.
• Day 3: Read the text and talk about the effect of the punctuation on how you read it – pauses for full stops and expression for exclamations (!) or questions (?). Your child reads the text aloud.
• Day 4: Read together with expression (just like you practised on Day 3).
• Day 5: Your child reads independently and fluently.

(Suggested time: 15 minutes daily)

Reading comprehension and phonics

Day 1: We’ll be using this ‘RIC’ text in class to practise comprehension skills. RIC stands for:

• Retrieve: finding information in a text
• Interpret: using clues in the text or pictures to unlock information
• Choice: thinking about the author’s choice of words, techniques or organisation that make the text interesting and enjoyable to read

Day 2: Agree with your child three words from any text they’ve read which they’re less familiar with. Your child should find out what they mean (eg by checking an online dictionary or simply discuss with you) and how to use them in sentences (both when speaking and when writing). Challenge your child to write a sentence with each word in, or to drop the words into conversations at home.

Day 3: These video lessons for  from BBC Bitesize links to the phonics sounds for ‘oa’, ‘oo‘ and ‘ar‘. Watch the video and complete the activities.

Day 4: Go on a sound hunt around your house and find as many things as you can that contain the phonics sounds ‘oa’, ‘oo’ and ‘ar’. Write a list of all the things you find. Challenge : Write sentences containing some of the words.

Day 5: Book Club. Once a week, we have a relaxing lesson where we sit and read quietly, often with an adult. You can read the books you take home from school or some of your own books.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Writing

Activity 1:

Year 2 children: Write three sentences about a picture or photograph you choose. Your child should remember capital letters, finger spaces, joining up letters if they can (use our handwriting guide to help), and a full stop, exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) to end the sentence.

Activity 2:

Finger strengthening activities support the development of fine motor skills needed for writing.

Challenge your child to have a go at 3 or more of these activities: practise tying shoe laces, fasten and unfasten buttons, attach nuts and bolts, separate dried pasta and dried peas (or similar) into two separate piles, do some mindfulness colouring in, do a jigsaw, cut up drinking straws and thread them on to a shoe lace, attach clothes pegs (the squeezable type) to a shoe box or similar, use a paint brush and water to make pictures or words on a wall, chalk words or pictures on the ground, make a Lego model.

(Suggested time: 30 minutes daily)

Topic

This week’s topic learning is Living and Learning, linked to the book The Ugly Five.

Talk to you child about what makes someone or something beautiful. You might discuss how we are all unique and different

(Suggested time: 30 minutes)

Science   

We’re learning about food chains, predators and prey. This video will really help to support learning at home. Have a go at drawing a food chain showing which animal eats what.

(Suggested time: 30-45 minutes)