Year Groups
Year 2
Work for School Closure
Websites
Your child has been given a workbook and each week, all teachers will set 3 pieces of English, 3 pieces of Maths and a non-core subject activity to be completed in this workbook.
The book also has all the logins and information you need to help you child and keep them entertained.
Here are a list of some of the websites that you can use during this time. There is a comprehensive list in your workbook. Educational Websites
Summer 2 Week 7 - Week beginning 13.7.2020
Hello Year 2!
I can’t believe this is your last week in Year 2! Where has that time gone?
This week the whole school will be working on the Take One Picture project where all of our work is based around a picture. The staff have chosen a wonderful painting for this year by an artist called Radosveta Zhelyazkova. I hope you enjoy completing the tasks and I’ll look forward to seeing the things you have done on Seesaw. Your timetable is below.
Weekly Timetable – week beginning 13.7.2020
Maths
The maths activities don’t link to the painting as I wanted the children to have revised everything we have learnt this year before they go to Year 3.
Lesson-1-Telling-time-to-5-minutes
Lesson-3-Find-durations-of-time
Lesson-4-Compare-durations-of-time
French
Design and Technology
Drama – Puppets and Plays
Extra activities
french colours colouring sheet
The-Wizard-of-Oz-Differentiated-Maze-Activity-Sheets
I hope you have a wonderful week learning some different things. Do give the cosmic yoga a try if you can – Mrs Hall and Mrs Ashcroft had lots of fun with it this week in Year 1.
I want to say thank you so much for being a wonderful class and let you know that I really will miss teaching you all next year. Out of all of the classes I have taught, yours is definitely one of my favourite classes and I will look forward to waving at you across the corridor in September.
Have a wonderful summer.
Take care
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 6 - Week beginning 6th July 2020
Hello Year 2,
I hope you’ve had a lovely week and that if you were in school on Wednesday, you enjoyed being back. Well done to everyone who took part in the virtual sport’s day – you did brilliantly! We are now at the last week of lessons as next week we will be doing Take One Picture, where we base our work around a painting. This week I have chosen one of my favourite books for English, Mrs Rainbow and our art work will be about colours. Your weekly timetable complete with links is below.
Weekly Timetable – week beginning 6.7.2020
Spellings
This week it is the big spelling test, where you are tested on the spellings you have practised this half term. Remember the strategies you can use to practise the spellings on your own, e.g. look, cover write, check, writing them out in rainbow colours or different styles of writing. Ask an adult to choose 12 at random to test you on.
Sum 2 End of term spellings group 1
Sum 2 End of term spellings group 2
Sum 2 End of term spellings group 3
Sum 2 End of term spellings – Harry
English
The Very Naughty Leprechaun Comprehension Text
The Very Naughty Leprechaun Questions and answers
Maths
Lesson-3-O-clock-and-half-past
Lesson-4-Quarter-past-and-quarter-to
Have a wonderful week everyone and take care.
Mrs Hunter
Summer 2 Week 5 - week beginning 29.6.2020
Hello Year 2,
I hope that you are all well and safe. This week would have been our sports week (which is probably why it has been raining) , so Mrs Asquith has arranged a virtual sports week for you. All of the details are on Seesaw. Good luck!
Some of you will be coming back into school on Wednesday which I’m sure you are very excited about and perhaps a little nervous. Unfortunately, I won’t be teaching you but Mrs Young is incredibly excited. She cannot wait! In fact, you might even get a happy dance. I have planned the weekly timetable as usual, but if you are coming back to school, you won’t have to do the work on the timetable for Wednesday.
This week’s work is all based around sport and health. On Tuesday, I have recorded a video lesson for English which is on Seesaw. I’m really sorry if it seems a little rushed but Seesaw only allows videos up to 5 minutes long.
Weekly Timetable – week beginning 29.6.2020
Spellings
Spellings – group 1 – sum 2 wk 5 – months of the year
Spellings – group 2 & 3 – sum 2 wk 5 – months of the year
Spellings – Harry – sum 2 wk 5
English
Marcus Rashford Comprehension Text
Marcus Rashford question and answer sheet
Maths
Lesson-1-Measure-mass-in-grams
Lesson-2-Measure-mass-in-kilograms
Well-being
Have wonderful week and as usual, if you have any questions or queries, you can contact me through the school email or Seesaw.
Take care
Mrs Hunter
Summer 2 Week 4 - Week Beginning 22.6.2020
Hello Year 2,
***** IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MATHS VIDEOS *****
I am really sorry but I forgot to add this information before now. You might have noticed that the videos are different from the worksheets. This is because the children have already covered the ‘length’ lessons and so they are working on the alternative lessons for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will be as normal. To access the correct videos, click the days as usual on White Rose Maths and then the link which says alternative lessons which is under the worksheet link. I have pictured this on the document below.
I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend. This week for our Titanic topic, I would like you to use what you have learnt to create your own project. It could be a model, a piece of writing or something different. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you create so please upload photos of your work to Seesaw or email them to school.
Your weekly timetable is below.
weekly timetable – week beginning 22.6.2020
Spellings
Spellings – group 1 – sum 2 wk 4 – el ending
Spellings – group 2 – sum 2 wk 4 – el ending
Spellings – group 3 – sum 2 wk 4 – el ending
Spellings – Harry – sum 2 wk 4
English
All About Beaches Comprehension Text
All About Beaches question and answer sheet
Maths
Lesson 1 – Describing movement
Lesson 3 – Describing movement and turns
History
Wellbeing
Have a wonderful week and take care.
Mrs Hunter
Summer 2 Week 3 - Week Beginning 15.6.2020
Hello Year 2!
This week many of your activities will need to be completed using Seesaw and the instructions for completing each activity are all on there. They have been scheduled for the days they are needed, so you won’t be able to see the full week’s activities. In our learning this week, we will be exploring who was to blame for the Titanic disaster and you will be able to examine the evidence and make your own decisions. In Maths, our focus is shape and pattern. The weekly timetable is below.
Weekly timetable – week beginning 15.6.2020
Spellings
Spellings – group 1 – sum 2 wk 3 -al ending
Spellings – group 2 – sum 2 wk 3 -al ending
Spellings – group 3 – sum 2 wk 3 -al ending
Spellings – Harry – sum 2 wk 3
English
Deep Sea Explorers Comprehension Text
Deep Sea Explorers question and answer sheet
Maths
Watch the daily maths videos on White Rose Maths as usual, then complete the activities on Seesaw. If you would like some extra shape activities, follow the BBC Bitesize link on White Rose Maths.
History
Monday – Titanic – Who was to Blame
Wednesday – Titanic – Inquiry Findings
Well-being
Have a wonderful week and take care!
Mrs Hunter
Summer 2 Week 2 - Week Beginning 8.6.2020
Hello Year 2,
What has happened to the lovely weather? At least my garden is happy to see the rain.
This week we will be learning about the sinking of the Titanic. Your weekly timetable is below.
Weekly timetable – week beginning 8.6.2020
Spellings
Spellings – group 1 – sum 2 wk 1 – le ending
Spellings – group 2 – sum 2 wk 2 – le ending
Spellings – group 3 – sum 2 wk 2- le ending
Spellings – Harry – sum 2 wk 2
English
The Titanic Comprehension Text
The Titanic Questions and Answer sheet
apostrophes for shortened words (contractions)
Apostrophes for contraction activities
Maths
History
Have a lovely week and remember to keep posting your work for me to see. It makes my day!
Take care
Mrs Hunter
Summer 2 Week 1 - Week Beginning 1/6/2020
Hello Year 2!
Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful half term and that you enjoyed the sunny weather. It certainly makes staying at home more enjoyable.
This half term our topic is Titanic, which is always a favourite with Year 2 classes. This week we will be finding out about the Titanic’s facilities and how they differed for the different classes. Your weekly timetable is below.
Spellings
Spellings – group 1 – sum 2 wk 1- tion
Spellings – group 2 – sum 2 wk 1- tion
Spellings – group 3 – sum 2 wk 1- tion
Spellings – Harry – sum 2 wk 1
English
The Runaway Iceberg Comprehension Text
The Runaway Iceberg Questions and Answer sheet
Maths
Lesson 4 – odd and even numbers
History
Titanic – what I know, want to know, have learnt
First class and third class passenger facilities
Well-being
We need you to bake a cake/cookies/bread etc and then send it through to us at headofacademy@middlestown.accordmat.org or send it through SeeSaw or on the General assignment if you are using Teams
Please send your picture in by Thursday at 4pm to make sure that it is displayed
The baked goods will be compiled into a Great Middlestown Bake Off video that will be displayed on social media on Friday!
We are looking forward to seeing your tasty treats!
Have a lovely week!
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 5 - Week beginning 18.5.2020
Hello everyone!
I hope you had a lovely week. I loved seeing lots of your work on Seesaw and through emails this week. Some of your cartoons were absolutely amazing! Look out for some of them on Facebook for Teaching and Learning Tuesday.
Here is your weekly timetable. Weekly Timetable – 18.5.2020
Spellings
As it is the last week of the half term, it is revision week. Please practise all of the spellings we have covered this half term, and on Friday ask your grown up to choose 12 spellings at random for you to be tested on.
Group 1 – End of Term Spellings – Summer 1
Group 2 – End of Term Spellings – Summer 1
Group 3 – End of Tern Spellings – Summer 1
Harry – End of Tern Spellings – Summer 1
English
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Comprehension Text
Life Cycle of a Butterfly question and answer sheet
Maths
White Rose Maths for Videos – Summer Week 5
Lesson-1-Multiplication sentences using the x symbol
Wellbeing
Science
Other than Monday’s BBC video clip, the Science activities are all on Seesaw this week.
Next week there will be no school work set on the website, as it would be half term. Daily lessons will continue to be set on BBC Bitesize for Maths, English and other subjects if you wanted to do them.
Have a fabulous week and half term and enjoy the wonderful sunshine that is forecast for us.
Take care and stay safe everyone
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 4 - 11.5.2020
Hello Year 2!
I hope you all had a super weekend and that you enjoyed the VE day celebrations.
After the difficulties in completing the Maths and English worksheets on Seesaw last week, these haven’t been added this week. If you would like me to see your work, please take a photo and upload it to Seesaw for me to comment on. I loved seeing pictures of the things you did last week.
Here is your weekly timetable.
Spellings
The focus this week is the alternative spelling of the j sound. e.g. giant
Please look carefully at the spelling rule and check that you choose the correct group.
Spellings – group 1 – sum 1 wk 4 – alternative j
Spellings – group 2 – sum 1 wk 4 – alternative j
Spellings – group 3 – sum 1 wk 4 – alternative j
Spellings – Harry – sum 1 wk 4
English
The English activities for this week are explained on the Weekly Timetable – 11.5.2020
Here are the links for the Wednesday’s comprehension task.
Sea Creatures Fact Cards (comprehension text)
Sea Creatures comprehension question and answer sheet
Maths
You will no longer be able to access the White Rose Maths worksheets on the website, so these will be available for you at the links below. You will still be able to access the teaching video so please following White Rose Maths Year 2 link. We are on Summer 1 Week 4.
Monday – Lesson 1 Add & Subtract Tens
Tuesday – Lesson 2 Add 2 Digit Numbers
Wednesday – Adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers lesson introduction
Adding and subtractiong 2 digit numbers – worksheet
Thursday – Lesson 4 Bonds to 100
ttrockstars – Last week Year 2 were beaten by Year 5 by 6,182 to 2,982. This is our first loss since lockdown. This week your battle will be against Year 6. Come on Year 2, let’s get back to our winning ways.
Well Being
Art Hub for Kids is a tutorial for drawing a wide variety of cartoons from Mickey Mouse to cartoon food. I would recommend using a pencil first rather than a marker as they suggest, just in case of mistakes. You can always go over the pencil with a pen later. Please upload any cartoon drawings you do this week. I can’t wait to see them.
These are the amazing cartoons William and Emerson have done already.
Remember that you can enjoy our nightly bedtime stories on the website and also on Facebook.
As always, if you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Have a fantastic week everyone.
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 3 - Week beginning 4th May 2020
Hi everyone! I hope you are all safe and well. Did you enjoy the teacher’s dancing video on Facebook?
Here is your timetable for Summer 1 Week 3. As with last week, please don’t feel that you must follow the timetable rigidly. All activities are explained on this timetable and links are also provided.
Had school been open, the teachers had planned lots of activities to celebrate the 75th VE Day which is on Friday 8th May. This week our learning is based around the VE Day celebrations.
This week you can use Seesaw to complete your English and Maths work. This will mean that I can see what you have done and I will be able to give you feedback. If you prefer to complete your work in your workbook, that is still fine. I loved seeing some of your work and posts on Seesaw this week and it really made me smile. I’m so pleased that you are keeping up with your learning and staying busy.
Spellings
The focus this week is kn and gn. E.g. know, gnaw
Please check that you choose the correct group. Groups 1 and 2 have the same spellings this week.
Spellings – group 1 & 2 – sum 1 wk 3 – kn gn
Spellings – group 3 – sum 1 wk 3 – kn gn
Spellings – Harry – sum 1 wk 3
English
The English activities for this week are explained on the Weekly Timetable – 4.5.2020
Here are the links for the English work.
BBC VE Day video – watch up to 2:20
VE Day Celebrations video – just watch bits of it as it is quite long.
Art, Well-being and VE Day activities
‘Code-Cracking for Beginners’ Morse Code Worksheet
Don’t forget to post any of your VE Day celebrations – we would really love to see what you are all doing.
ttrockstars – Last week Year 2 beat Year 4. This week your battle will be against Year 5. Come on Year 2! Can we make it three wins in a row?
Some of you might have been listening to the bedtime stories we have been posting every night on on Facebook. These are now available on the website for you to enjoy.
As always, if you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Have a fantastic week, enjoy the bank holiday and I look forward to catching up with you on Seesaw.
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 2 - Week beginning 27th April 2020
Hi everyone! I hope you are all safe and well and that you have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine.
This week I have put together a timetable of activities. Please don’t feel that you have to do them all or that you must follow the timetable rigidly. It is for those of you who would like more structure to the day. In school, the children are very used to a set timetable and so this might work better for some of you. All activities are explained on this timetable and links are also provided.
**** Oxford Owl Reading Update ****
It seems that some of you have had difficulty in logging on to the website. I have checked and sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t. When you are logging in, make sure that you use the ‘my class login’ tab on the tool bar at the top, rather than just the login tab (which is for schools/parents). I have left the login details below, but in case that doesn’t work I have set up another class login and the details are also below. If you have any more trouble, just let me know.
Spellings
The focus this week is soft c which sounds like s, for example, city.
Please check that you choose the correct group.
Spellings – group 1 – sum 1 wk 2- soft c
Spellings – group 2 – sum 1 wk 2 – soft c
Spellings – group 3 – sum 1 wk 2 – soft c
Spellings – Harry – sum 1 wk 2
Seesaw
Seesaw is an app that allows teachers to set activities for the children to complete. Children can complete/respond to activities, post to their journal and view class announcements. Children do not see the work of any other child in the class.
The app will allow the children to upload files or post me pictures or videos of the things they have have been doing. It was lovely to see some of the children’s work through emails and Facebook this week and this is another way we will be able to keep in touch.
Each child has their own unique access code which will be sent out to parents some time tomorrow.
To use Seesaw:
- Install the seesaw class app OR go to https://web.seesaw.me on a computer
- Tap “I am a student”
- Type in your access code
- Post to your journal, respond to activities and read class announcements.
- Remember, this code is like a password. Keep it safe!
English
The English activities for this week are explained on the Weekly Timetable – 27.4.2020.
Here are the links for the English work.
Brenda’s Boring Egg Comprehension
Maths, Geography and Well-being activities
Each of these are explained on the weekly timetable and the links are on there.
ttrockstars – Last week Year 2 beat Year 3 by 4,153 points to 3,322. This week your battle will be against Year 4. They won a recent battle with 20,000 points so beating them won’t be easy but I have every faith in you. Come on Year 2!
As always, if you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Have a fantastic week and I look forward to catching up with you on Seesaw.
Mrs Hunter
Summer 1 Week 1 - Week beginning 20th April 2020
Hello! We hope you have had a lovely Easter break and that you enjoyed lots of chocolate treats and the fabulous sunshine.
Our Year 2 topic for this half term is ‘What a Wonderful World!’ The children need to know the four countries and capital cities of the UK. They also need to know the seven continents and five oceans of the world. We will also be looking at taking care of ourselves through diet, exercise and hygiene.
** Education City **
Apologies to those of you who have been unable to access your Education City account. The logins have all changed so won’t be the same as those stuck in your workbooks. To get your new details I would like you to complete the Purple Mash 2Do ‘2Paint‘. Make sure that you hand it in to me so that I can comment on it with your new Education City details. You will then be able to access these through the ‘alert’ icon on the toolbar. I’m sorry if this seems quite complicated, but it seems the safest way for me to get your details to you. If you have any issues, please contact school admin.
English
Task 1
Your first English task for this week will be a comprehension based on ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’. Record your answers in your workbook and write in sentences where possible. As an extra challenge, can you research/read different Aesop’s Fables? Which one do you like best and why? Perhaps you could draw the story a front cover.
The Hare & the Tortoise Comprehension
Task 2
The writing task is based on The Tortoise and the Hare, so you will have to read the story from the comprehension to do this. I would like you to choose one of the main characters and to write a diary extract. Will you be the tortoise or the hare?
Remember to include punctuation, conjunctions, different sentence openers, your character’s thoughts and feelings and read your writing to check it makes sense. You could draw a picture to illustrate your work.
Spellings
Here are your spellings for this week. You can practise all week and then have a test on Friday like we do at school. Will you get them all correct? Look carefully to make sure you get the spellings for your group. This week I want you to practise words with the ‘j’ sound in them using the ‘dge’ or ‘ge’ spelling pattern. Words with short vowel sounds use dge (bridge) and words with the long vowel sound use ‘ge’ (huge).
Spellings – group 1 – sum 1 wk1
Spellings – group 2 – sum 1 wk 1
Spellings – group 3 – sum 1 wk1
Spellings – Harry – sum 1 wk 1
Maths
For Maths this week, I would like you to use the White Rose Home Learning Hub. There is a lesson for each day and each lesson comprises of a teaching video and an activity. If you can’t print of the worksheet, complete the work in your workbook. Start at Summer Term Week 1.
The lessons this week include: finding three-quarters, counting in fractions, measuring in cm and measuring in m.
White Rose Home Learning – Year 2
Other activities:
- Using a ruler, measure things in your house or garden in centimetres. Remember to start the ruler at zero.
- Topmarks measuring game
- ttrockstars – In the week before the holidays, the girls beat the boys (again) and Year 2 beat Year 1 in a battle. Well done Year 2! This week you will be battling against Year 3. Come on Year 2, you can do it!
- Education City Remember to send me your Purple Mash 2Do so I can give you your new details.
Geography
For Geography you will be looking at the four countries of the UK. You need to be able to name all four, their capital cities and to be able to locate each country on a map of the UK. Watch the video on the link to find out more about the UK.
Now please complete the Purple Mash 2Dos UK Countries and UK Capital Cities. Remember to hand them in so I can see how you’ve done and check your alert icon for my comment.
As an extra challenge, you could create your own poster or fact file about the UK. It would be lovely to see some of your creations so you could ask an adult to upload them to the school Twitter or Facebook pages or you could email them to school.
Well-being
These are extra and it is entirely up to you if and when you complete them.
Task 1
For this activity draw a tree – simple. To make it more powerful, for each branch and leaf, you could add a family member or friend’s name and draw or write a strength of their on to it. You could print out the templates or you could draw your own. You might even want to make it into a collage.
Task 2
Make a thank you card for the people who deliver to your house or who anyone who helps us. Put them in your window or ask an adult to share them on social media.
I hope you have a lovely week and that you all enjoy the sunshine and stay safe.
Mrs Hunter xx
Week 2 30.3.2020 - 3.4.2020
Hello Year 2! I hope you’ve enjoyed your first week of home schooling.
English
Task 1
In school we were learning about contractions, where two words are shortened to make one word. Watch the clip below before completing your task.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt
Complete this task in your workbook.
If you need something a little easier so that you can practise. Try the activity below.
Contractions – something easier
Whizz Kids
As a challenge, read one of your story books from home. Can you find contractions in the text? Can you expand these into two words?
Task 2
Continuing on a our ‘On Safari’ theme, I would like you to watch the animation of the storybook Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.
In your workbook, retell the story from Gerald’s point of view.
Remember to include punctuation, conjunctions, different sentence openers, Gerald’s thoughts and feelings and read your writing to check it makes sense.
Spellings
Please use the common exception words and 200 high frequency words for spellings. You could pick out a selection to learn each week and then have a test every Friday.
Maths
Task 1
Please watch the video on place value.
Complete one or both of the tasks below.
Representing Numbers – tens and ones
Representing numbers – something easier
The games below are a fun way to practise place value and you can choose to make them easier or harder.
Task 2
For this task you will compare numbers using the symbols <, > and =.
Remember that the crocodile always eats the biggest number.
For more practise comparing and ordering numbers, you could play some of these ordering games. You can choose to make then easier or more challenging.
Well done everyone who took part in the ttrockstars battle this week. The girls look like they’ve done it this week – well done girls.
A new battle will be set for this week for girls versus boys and also Year 2 versus Year 1. Who will win?
ICT
On Purplemash, I would like you to explore the 2 Paint a Picture programme. You can use the different techniques to make pictures of African animals. You could make a giraffe using the mosaic tools or a leopard using Pointillism. Which technique do you prefer?
You can either find the programme through 2Do or you can scroll down through the tools. Remember that your username and password are in your workbook.
Remember to save your masterpieces. I can’t wait to see them!
Have a wonderful week Year 2.
Mrs Hunter xxx
Week 1 23.03.2020 - 27.03.2020
English
Your first English task for this week will be a comprehension about tigers. Record your answers in your workbook. There is also a challenge which asks you to write your own tiger poem.
I have also set spelling activities for you to complete on Education City. Your login details are in your workbook and the activities are in ‘homework’.
Maths
Your first Maths task is solving worded maths problems. You will need to use the four operations. Remember that you can show your working out or draw pictures to help you.
I have also set maths activities for you to complete on Education City. Your login details are in your workbook and the activities are in ‘homework’.
Another girls v boys battle on ttrockstars will begin tomorrow morning and will last until next Monday. Come on boys! Can you beat the girls for the first time? I’ll keep checking throughout the week.
Science
Our Science topic this half term has been living things and habitats. This task asks you to draw food chains. Remember that a food chain always starts with a plant and the arrows show who is eaten by who. Perhaps you could research animals in different habitats and draw the food chains.
Wednesday 25th March 2020
English – writing task
Read the story ‘The Selfish Crocodile’ using the PowerPoint or watch the video of the story on YouTube.
Write a description of the crocodile. What does he look like? Start from the top and work down. Write about his behaviour? What is he like at the beginning? How do you know? How does he change?
Remember to include adjectives, different sentence openers, conjunctions and punctuation. Read your writing to check that it makes sense. Can you improve your writing?
When you have finished draw a picture of the crocodile.
Maths
Last week we were learning about turns and clockwise and anti-clockwise. Watch this short Bitesize clip to remind yourself.
Complete the turns worksheet. If you can’t print it out, draw the pictures in your workbook when they have been turned. clockwise and anti-clockwise turns
** The Oxford Owl login details are working again now. I think there was a problem with the number of people accessing it. If you do have anymore trouble, it might be worth signing up for free. **
At the last check the girls were beating the boys on ttrockstars by 1001 points to 371. Come on boys! You can do it!
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Mrs Hunter
