BEECHES INFANT SCHOOL

Year 2

Home learning

WC: 11.01.2021

The tasks below are optional and are designed for you to try by yourself. You will find a minimum of 3 activities per day.

There are some web links to help if you have access to the internet.

The most important thing to do whilst you are off is to talk to friends and family over the phone and keep in touch!

Remember to read daily! This could be by yourself, to an adult or a sibling.

You could try facetime and read a story to a family member!

If you can help at home by making your bed, tidy up your toys, wash up?!

You also have access to PURPLE MASH and I have set activities on there for you to try and complete. You also have BUG CLUB. Remember we are teaching live

on Teams 3 times a day. If you are able to join us, follow the link from your email.

Monday: English:

Poetry.

Read the poem below:

A Rainbow of Fruit Flavours

Red raspberry ripple

Orange clementine tang

Yellow melon squelch

Green apple crunch

Blue blueberry burst

Indigo grape escape

Violet plum punch

A rainbow of fruit flavours

Paul Cookson.

Can you read it

out loud?

Can you identify:

Adjectives?

Rhyming words?

Count how many lines the poem has?

Why is it called A Rainbow of Fruit Flavours?

Maths:

Warm up

Can you add together these numbers?

23+9= 54+10= 34+7= 55+6= 86=4+

14+7= 63+11= 23+7= 42+11= 21+9=

Division:

We are learning about sharing amounts equally.

Share these amounts equally into 2 groups by drawing the amounts and circling 2 equal groups:

10

12

6

20

Can you solve these problems?

Kian has 20 football stickers. He shares them between his 2 friends. How many stickers do they get each?

Katie has 15 dolls. She shares them between 3 of her friends. How many dolls do they have each?

Lottie has 27 sweets. She shares them between 3 children. How many sweets does each child get?

Topic: Science

We are looking at materials and their properties of a range of materials. Last week you had a look around your home for different materials

and their uses.

You investigated the bounciest ball!

This week we would like you to investigate which fabric is the stretchiest! How far can you stretch the fabric?

With permission find different materials and design an experiment to see how far the material can stretch.

Things to consider:

How many different materials to test

Length of material

How you will measure the furthest stretch

How will you record your results?

Have a look at this link!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4339j6/articles/zx8hhv4

Please check your Purple mash account as you will have a ToDo related to materials to complete and submit.

Tuesday: English:

Warm up:

Watch this clip all about rhyming words:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjhhvcw/articles/zqjgrdm

Main:

Reread yesterday’s poem:

A Rainbow of Fruit Flavours

Red raspberry ripple

Orange clementine tang

Yellow melon squelch

Green apple crunch

Blue blueberry burst

Indigo grape escape

Violet plum punch

A rainbow of fruit flavours

Paul Cookson.

Task:

Can you think of some different fruits?

For example: A raspberry – what colour is it? What does it taste like?

List 5 fruits and describe them.

Challenge: Can you use alliteration? ( the words in your sentence start with the same letter)

Red raspberry ripple

Scrumptious strawberry squash

Maths:

Warm up – Can you double very number up to 20? See how quickly you can record the calculations!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At0quRa90rs

Main:

Today we are dividing by 10.

Practice counting in 10s from 0 and then back again.

Can you group the objects into groups of 10? You will need to count how many group you have.

1. Circle all the multiples of 10 on a hundred square. What do you notice? Can you explain the pattern?

2. How many groups of 10 in 70?

3. How many groups of 10 in 40?

4. How many groups of 10 in 50?

5. How many groups of 10 in 90?

6.I have 70p in my pocket made up of 10p coins. How many coins do I have? Draw a picture to prove your answer.

Theme: ICT

ICT: This half term we will learning about CODING. This all about computer programming. You have been set the ‘ToDo’ on Purple Mash for

the programme ‘Fun with Fish’ .

Click on the ToDo and see if you can move the fish around the screen. You’ll need to think about direction – left, right, up, down. Also think

about how far you want he fish to move. Instructions need to be clear!

If you can’t get on Purple Mash can you write a set on simple instructions to get a member of your family to a place in your house?! You

might need to say “ 1 step to the right, 4 steps forward” Good luck!

Wednesday

English: Poetry

Warm up: watch this clip about writing a poem! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjhhvcw/articles/zg6dng8

Main: You have generated new vocabulary based on the poem A Rainbow of Fruit Flavours. Today you are going to plan your own poem and write your poem – this can be about anything. A suggestion could be your favourite animal.

1. Decide what animal you will feature in your poem 2. Make a list if effective adjectives you could use to describe it 3. Make a list of appropriate verbs ( bounding, running, scampering) 4. Use the structure of the poem A Rainbow of Fruit Flavours’

Maths: Division : Warm up - Can you set a timer for 2 minutes and record as many ways as you can to make 10? Check through your calculations. Set the timer again for 2 minutes – can you beat your previous score? Main: Yesterday we learnt about dividing by 10. Today we will be learning about odd and even number. Could you find some socks? Can you pair them up? That means put them into groups of 2?

Count how many socks you have – if you have an even number they will go into pairs . If you have an odd number of socks they won’t go into pairs. Even numbers are 0,2,4,6,8. Odd number are 1,3,5,7,9. Answer the questions below:

1. A bike shop buys 14 wheels. Each bike needs to 2 wheels. How many bikes can they make? Are there any wheels left over?

2. The bike shop then buys 17 wheels. Each bike needs 2 wheels. How many bikes can they make? Are there any wheels left over?

3. Sort these number into a group of odd number snad a group of even numbers :

15, 17, 22, 35, 47,46,3,98, 52

Explain how you know if they are odd or even.

4. Share 23 sweets between 2 children. How many sweets each ? How many left over??

Music : Understanding PULSE. If you can click on the link below which will take you to an Oak Academy session all about PULSE. What’s your favourite song? Can you find the pulse of that song? https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/understanding-pulse-ctj3jc?activity=video&step=1

Thursday

English :

Yesterday you planned your very own poem.

Please reread your plans and check you have listed lots of effectives adjectives.

Today you are going to write your poem using your plans.

Check list:

• Your poem has 8 lines

• 4-5 words per line

• Adjectives

• Alliteration

• Can have rhyme but not essential

• Makes sense

• Spelling is good

Write your poem . Keep a copy safe so we can see it! Or you could take a photo and email into school.

Maths

Warm up:

Ron has 3 digit cards :

1 4 6

How many different even numbers can he make?

Main: Division

Chant your 2 times table

Chant your 10 times table

Chant your 5 times table

Today we will be dividing by 5 . What do you know about number sin the 5 x table? That’s right they end in a 5 or a 0.

Remember to have a group of objects to help you to group in to groups of 5. Pasta is a good one to use!

Try to solve these questions:

1. There’s a total of 20 flower petals. Each flower needs 5 petals. How many flowers can be made?

share out the petals equally until you have equal groups of 5.

2. A restaurant has 25 glasses. Each table seats 5 people. How many tables can have a glass each?

3.There are 10 cakes and 2 boxes.

An equal amount needs to be put into each box.

Explain your answer.

4.Alex has 20 sweets and shares them between 5 friends.

Tommy has 20 sweets and shares them between 10 friends.

Whose friends will receive the most sweets? How do you know?

Spelling and Grammar: Silent letters

Last week you leant about silent letters. You practiced spelling woprds usaing silent w such as wren, write.

Watch the clip below to remind yourself.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcgv39q/articles/zy4fdxs

Test yourself on these spellings.

Write

Written

Wrote

Wrong

Wrap

Wrist

Wreck

Wrestle

Wriggle

Wren

PSHE: Click on the link below to a sessions about @ What makes you special? ‘ https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/all-about-me-c5h68d?activity=video&step=1

Friday

English :

Yesterday you write your poem all about an animal. Reread your own poem.

Today we would like you to present your poem.

Presentation check list:

• Neat handwriting

• Accurate spelling

• Capital letters used

• Correct layout for the poem

• illustrations to accompany to poem.

• Use a sharp pencil

• Use coloured crayons/ felt tips if you have them

Watch these clips of famous poets reading their poems!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cfVQyrQ3Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxQLITdOOc

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/children

Maths:

Warm up -

Main:

Yesterday we divided by 5.

Today we will be learning to read a worded problem and decide how to calculate the answer. We will be dividing by 2 ,5 and 10.

Top tips:

• Read the question twice

• Highlight important numbers or words

• Decide how to solve the problem – draw pictures, use objects ,

• Solve the problem

• Check your calculation.

1. There are 30 pencils . They are in packets of 10. How packets are there?

2. There are 50 pencils. They are in packs od 10. How many packs are there?

3. There are 30 sweets and 6 children. Can you share the sweets equally between the children?

4. Take 20 cubes. Complete the sentences. I can make ____ equal groups of 2 I can make ____ equal groups of 5 I can make ____ equal

groups of 10

5. Tommy and Jack each have the same number of sweets. Tommy has 5 equal groups of 2 Jack has 1 equal group. How many sweets are in

Jack’s group?

Can you colour or circle all the numbers ion the 2 x Table?

P.E – Joe Wicks is going live every Monday , Wednesday and Friday at 9 am through lockdown! See if you can join in with his session today

through YouTube.

If you cannot get online ,can you design your own work out? Think about the different fitness exercises we did together during the Autumn

term.

You could do :

8 Squats

8 Start jumps

8 sit ups

8 lunges

Repeat this 4 times. Remember to have a drink in between your sets. Can you challenge someone in your household to join in?!

Spelling and Grammar:

Can you think of your favourite character?

Draw a picture of them below or on a

spare piece of paper.

List the adjectives you could use to

describe it.

Write sentences to describe your character

Draw a picture of your favourite character:

Adjectives