Kings Oak Primary Learning Centre

Teacher updates

Home Learning for Week Commencing Monday 29th June 2020

Hello Year 2,

We hope you are all well this week and enjoying your time at home with your families. From this week on, Home-learning is changing a little bit because the teachers are spending much more time working in school with the children who are already back.

This doesn’t mean that we have forgotten you though and we want to make sure you have got lots of things to be getting on with until you can come back to school.

First of all we want you to start using the White Rose Maths website every day to keep on top of your maths work. You will also find the supporting Year 2 maths worksheets in the attachments. This week we have planned some literacy sessions around a 'Seaside' theme,  that the key worker children will be using in school. We have also shared them on our class page (see below), for children at home to work on. Please continue to keep in touch with us to ask any questions, update us on your progress or just to keep in touch! 

Our contact email is: year2@kingoakplc.org.uk.  Any emails that you send will come directly to the Year 2 teachers (Miss Siddall and Miss Kelly). We have loved receiving messages and pictures from you all, showing us the amazing things that you have been involved in during the last couple of months.

You can also look at the  Oak Academy page for literacy activities and BBC bite size site for topic ideas.  These are excellent resources that have a variety of literacy and topic lessons for you to try.

 https://www.thenational.academy/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

We will still also continue to set weekly reading comprehensions and spellings for you to practise at home. Remember, as well as learning the spellings, you can also look up the definitions of the words and practice putting the words into clear sentences.

We will continue to keep our eye on the email and your posts on the Kings Oak Facebook page so keep letting us know what you have been up to, or even just email us a little note to say hello.

Stay safe everyone!

Miss Kelly and Miss Siddall

 Monday’s Work:

Literacy: This week in the Key Worker group we are moving onto a new topic; Seaside. Have you ever been to the seaside? What different things can you do at the seaside?

Watch the clip, then complete the worksheet attached. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8mn34j  

Phonics/ spelling:

Activity: Practise reading the special friends and given words (See Phonics Sheet 1 attached above – choose the level you feel suitable, see below for guidance). Then practise spelling the words.

Tricky phonics sheet 1 – we have gone through all set 2 sounds in the previous weeks home learning and so we are now starting on set 3 sounds.

Trickier Phonics sheet 1 - contains set 3 sounds (a good starting point for many Year 2 children)

Trickiest Spelling Sheet 9 - If your child is a very confident reader and you feel they need more of a challenge.  

Maths: This week we will be looking at capacity – using the White Rose Maths portal. There is a learning tutorial (video modelling methods) to watch each day and then a supporting worksheet to complete. Follow the link to watch the video each day and the White Rose sheets are available in the attachments. Here’s the link to watch the tutorial:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

PE: Joe Wicks Workouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w

Handwriting: Start working on the attached handwriting booklet. It’s quite a long document so continue to work on it throughout the week (15 min daily sessions are recommended).

Reading: Complete the attached Reading Comprehension on Beach Habitats. This will support this week’s Geography learning on the Seaside. There are 3 versions, please choose the one in which you feel is most suitable for your child (see the stars at the bottom of each sheet in the pack):

1 star – Tricky version

2 stars – Trickier version

3 stars – Trickiest Version

Tuesday's Work:

Literacy: Today I would like to choose a seaside resort within the UK. You could choose one that is close to Wombwell. Research the seaside resort and then use that information to complete the fact file. There are three different choice of fact file sheets for you to choose from.

Phonics/ Spellings:  Practise reading and spelling yesterday’s spellings again. Can you cover the words up and practise spelling them without looking at the word?

Then trying putting some of the words into sentences.

Children working on the Trickiest sheet to put 3 of the words into sentences.

Maths: Using the White Rose link and watch today’s tutorial. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Then download and complete today’s Maths task sheet.

Topic: Read the Lesson Presentation about the Features of the Seaside. What can you see? How is it different to the town that we live in? What can you see at the Seaside that we also have in Wombwell?

Complete the labelling activity – Children to label the features of a seaside on the given sheet. There are different versions to choose from (tricky, trickier and trickiest).

 Wednesday's Work:

Literacy: Look closely at the seaside picture (Wednesday Literacy) and write a description. Think about the 5 senses when you are writing: hear/touch/taste/smell/see.

Phonics/ Spellings: Practise reading the sounds and words on Phonics sheet 2. Again choose the tricky or trickier sheet depending on how confident your child is in reading and spelling the words.

Children who have been working on the Trickiest spellings – Put the remaining 3 words into sentences.

Maths: Using the White Rose link and watch today’s tutorial. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Then download and complete today’s Maths task sheet.

Topic: Watch the Barnaby Bear clip about his adventures when visiting the seaside at Poole.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qO0mu6YJW8

What did he see whilst there? What did he do? How is the seaside different to Wombwell? How can you stay safe when using boats or inflatables in the sea?

Activity: Write a list of things that you might take with you if you were to go on a trip to the seaside. This could be done as a poster with pictures and words to remind Barnaby what he needs to take (see the attached recording sheet). Think carefully about the things that you might need to protect you from the sun, keep you hydrated and also things to keep you entertained!

Thursday's Work:

Literacy: Imagine that you went to the seaside on holiday. Write a postcard to your friends, letting them know everything you have been doing at the seaside.

Phonics/ Spelling: Practise reading and writing the sounds and words on phonics sheet 2 again. Can you cover the words and spell them accurately without looking at the word.

Can you think of 3 more words that contain the sounds on the sheet you are working on? Have a go at spelling the words you think of and get an adult to check them with you. Or you could even check them in a dictionary.

Children who have been working on the Trickiest spellings – can you find the definition of each word in a dictionary and write it down? If you don’t have a dictionary you could use an online one. See if you can spot any of the words in your reading books at home.

Maths: Using the White Rose link and watch today’s tutorial. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Then download and complete today’s Maths task sheet.

Reading: Complete today’s attached reading task on: All about Beaches. There are 3 versions, please choose the one in which you feel is most suitable for you child (see the stars at the bottom of each sheet in the pack):

1 star – Tricky version

2 stars – Trickier version

3 stars – Trickiest Version

Friday's Work:

 Literacy: When we go to the seaside, there are always lots of delicious food to eat. I love to have an ice cream on the beach. Have a go at designing your own ice cream, thinking about the flavours you would choose and then the toppings. Maybe you could even make your ice cream at home and enjoy it with your family in the sunshine! I will have a go too and upload my idea on Thursday for you to have a look at. (Ice cream example)

Maths: Complete the times table worksheet attached. Then log onto Times Tables Rock stars. If you have any problems logging on, please email us.

Art: Look at a range of images of different seaside resorts on the internet. You might choose to look at a resort that you have visited before. Create a picture of a seaside view, thinking carefully about the features that you can include. Consider how you can use colour and add texture to the waves and sand.

Other useful websites/ resources:

White Rose daily Maths tutorials and worksheets

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Additional phonics info/web links/ activities:

There is a great website called Oxford Owl that has loads of resources around the sounds taught in set 1, 2 and 3. Scroll down the page and resources for each set can be found in order. There is also a link to free eBooks. The books are colour coded but do state on the front cover what set the book belongs to. Here is the link to this site:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/?utm

Great Reading Portal

I also wanted to share a great reading site with you, if you are looking for some new books to read. There is a great range of fiction and non- fiction books available and a fabulous section on dinosaurs! Each book appears on the screen for you to read but also has an audio option too. If you click on the information button at the side of the book, it gives the suitable age range. Each book also comes with a dictionary for any unusual words that children may be struggling to understand. They can type the word into the dictionary tool box and it gives a child friendly definition.

Homework to Download