Year 2 Friday 3 July 2020

Literacy

To advertise Plastic Bag Free Day

Today is Plastic Bag Free Day.  

Plastic Bag Free Day is a global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the world. 

To promote this, design a poster, record a short film or write a short blog telling people why they should not use plastic bags! You could use your imagination on how you present your information. Use a bag shape poster, use a suitable alternative material to present your work on. Don't forget to send your work and we will share your important message and display around the school and community.  

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. 

 

Topic

To listen and respond to music 

This week we see the launch of 'Children's Art Week'. In 2020, Children's Art Week will take place online, at home and in schools across three weeks in June and July. Each week will focus on a special theme. This week the theme is: The Natural World.  

There are lots of links that you might like to look at by following this link: https://engage.org/happenings/?tagFilter=the-natural-world&project=childrens-art-week here you will see information on a variety of activities that you might like to try (I quite like the sculpture in a day activity) 

Today we are going to focus on joining the Oriel Myrddin Gallery for a musical podcast (https://engage.org/happenings/oriel-anywhere-an-oriel-myrddin-podcast/)  where you can listen and respond to music inspired by the natural world. 

Take time out for a little bit of mindful drawing with a beautiful composition 'Perlau Glaw' inspired by the rain and played on the harp by Mared Emlyn.  

Before the podcast: You will need: • A piece of paper • Pencil or pen • Coloured pencils or pens 

You need to have a little space to work where you can get comfortable, an outside space is perfect for being inspired by nature. If you can't get outside, try sitting near a window. Somewhere quiet would be great. Let your imagination go and draw what you feel or think about whilst listening to the music. Enjoy, relax take a moment.  

Enjoy!

Mrs. Hassall 

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