Thursday 25 June 2020

Year 2 Friday 26 June 2020

Literacy/ Topic

As we are now beginning to think about returning to school for our 'Check In Sessions' I think it is important to think carefully about our feelings as we have experienced many changes during this time and got used to new routines and had many different experiences.  Spend some time talking to someone about how you are feeling- what you have enjoyed about lockdown? What have you not enjoyed/ missed during this time? You could make a poster showing two images about the positive experiences and two negative experiences you have had during this time. It is important to acknowledge both the positive and negative experiences we have missed during this time. I'll add mine to our folder as an example.  

Write a letter to a friend or teacher in school telling them why you like them, what you have missed about them during this time you are welcome to. If you place them in the drop off box on your arrival, we will distribute them safely later in the week.  

Finally, before some of us return for our Check-In Sessions next week, take some time to think about making the transition back to school. You will have spent all of this time at home with your family and this will be the first time you will have left them since we were last in school. As we are limited to only bringing our lunch and a drink to school for each of our sessions, you might like to think about how we can be connected to our family while we are at school.  

Some ideas might include:  

A painted pebble that you decorate to give to your adult so that you know they have a special part of you with them- even while you are at school.  

A smell that reminds you of your loved one- a dab of perfume/ aftershave on your sleeve will keep a loved one with you all day, even when you are with us in school.  

A small heart/ dot on your wrist shows a loved one is with you giving hugs throughout your school session.  

The following links may also be useful/ please use as you feel appropriate for your child: 

Rainbow Breathing- to help us start the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29e4rRMrV4 

Coronavirus: Alex Scheffler (free to download) https://axelscheffler.com/books-for-older-children/coronavirus 


Maths
Friday's Maths consist of our online Learn its and Clic tests, however I will be adding paper versions onto the Y2 shared folder on HWB instead. 
Clic tests- the children should have no more than 10-15 minutes maximum to complete these. They can do workings out if need be on the sheet or on a separate sheet. Just a reminder- question 1 is for them to partition the number- so what is the value of each? e.g 36- 3=30 6=6. A lot of the children assume it is halving the number because of the way it is laid out! 
Learn its- these are timed at 30 seconds. The children are used to this so please ensure it is only 30 seconds! The learn its are to develop their quick recall and the sums given are the number facts that the children should be confident with to answer rapidly. You may decide to give your child 1 minute and see how many they can complete as there are new levels on there. 
SAFE- the children haven't yet completed these but they involve other maths covered in school aside from basic number. The children have covered these areas so should be able to answer some. Again I would say no more than 10-15 minutes.  I would now try to reduce this time to 5-10 minutes 

Bronze- Clic 1/ Learn its 1 / SAFE 1
Silver- Clic 2/ Learn its 2/ SAFE 2 
Gold- Clic 3/ Learn its 3/ SAFE 3 

You are of course welcome to complete all of these challenges if you wish!

Spellings. 
Below are your new spellings to ​practice throughout the week. Your child knows which colour they are. Remember to get tested before your new words again next Friday. When you practise your spellings, use what you know from school-

Look, say, cover, write, check
Spellamadoodle- draw a squiggly line and write each of your spellings along the line
Pyramids- build a pyramid starting with the first letter, adding a letter each time e.g. then
t
th
the
then
Sentences- write sentences including your spelling word

Remember if you aren't sure what the word means- use a dictionary to help you 
I have also added onto the Y2 shared folder on HWB, the list of High Frequency words that the children should be familiar with, or increasingly familiar with for reading and spelling. This is something you should also look at throughout this time and even add in to the spelling lists if you wish. I have also added the Y3/4 high frequency words list to the folder, it is not expected that your child can read and write every one of these words, but if they are mostly confident with the Y2 ones then please move onto this list. 


Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Hassall 







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