Term 6 Week 3 Daily Learning for Year 2

On to week 3 already!! This week we are basing our learning on the book ‘The Snail

and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson. This book is all about a snail who would like to

travel the world – would you like to travel to other places in the world or do you like

being somewhere you know well?

The film of the story can be found here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000cslw/the-snail-and-the-whale

This pack contains a weekly over view followed by a breakdown of the daily tasks.

All resources for the week are at the end of the document for printing.

Each Day:

English

1. Spellings practise

2. Reading using bug club https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

3. Writing task

4. Phonics challenge

Maths:

1. Mental maths challenge

2. TT rockstars or Numbots – 10 mins

3. Maths Task

Maths Quiz – Once a week!

Wider Learning:

1. Daily PE challenge

2. One Task from the wider curriculum tasks lists – There is a task for each day.

Please remember that if your child has a particular interest and would like to find out

about that instead your class teacher would love to hear or read all about it!

Weekly Overview:

English Maths Wider Curriculum M

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Choose one of the places

that the snail and the

Whale visit and make a

poster to advertise that

place as somewhere for a

holiday! Use the internet or

an atlas to find out about

that place and see what

you can include on your

poster.

This week we are looking at

multiplication and division

word problems. Today we will

begin with single step

multiplication word problems.

We will use all of the practise

that we have been doing on TT

Rockstars to support us as we

multiply today.

Science

We are focusing in the need of

humans to exercise to keep

healthy. What do you do to

exercise? Why is it important?

Why is it important that we also

have sleep to keep us

healthy?

Tue

s

Persuasive Text – Today we

are going to write to the

Head teacher in the school

where the children went to

help the Whale. We need

to persuade the Head

teacher that while the

children will miss some

learning – going to help the

whale is more important!

And could be a learning

opportunity too!

Today we will move onto 2

step words problems that use

multiplication to solve them.

These can be tricky so take

your time and read the

question carefully! Don’t forget

that you can draw out images

to support your working out –

you do not have to be able to

work it out in your head! Draw

base ten, arrays or groups of

dots to support you.

Geography

As the snail and the whale are

out at sea we can look at life

under the ocean this week.

We will look at the Great

Barrier Reef in Australia and

find out a bit about life there.

We will compare this habitat to

the habitat that we live in.

We

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The snail and the whale

travel across the ocean to

visit many places together.

Think about landing on a

tiny island in the middle of

the ocean. What can you

see / hear / smell / touch /

and NOT taste – why?

Today we are describing a

setting – the small island

and imagining what it

would be like there,

including all of our senses.

Could you use some

comma lists?

Today we are moving onto

one step division word

problems. Again make sure

you use resources or drawing

to support your working out.

Art

After learning about the

different things that you might

see under the sea can you

create a shoe box under the

sea scene – Use a shoe box or

a cereal box and paint the

inside and then you can add

fish hanging in the box. How

will you create the back

ground and some plants? Can

you use different techniques

that you have learnt at school

this year?

Thu

rs

Imagine you were the snail

in the story and you were

going travelling. Can you

write a list of things that you

would pack in your bag

and explain why you

would take them. Would

you need clothes for hot

weather / cold weather?

Would you need to take a

favourite book / toy?

Today we are moving onto 2

step division word problems.

Again these can be tricky so

take your time and underline

that important information to

support you.

RE

Today we will share a story

from the bible about the

creation of the Earth. We will

learn about the Christian belief

that God created the world in

six days.

Fri

If you were to go on an

adventure on the back of

the whale who would you

take with you and why?

Can you write about who

you might like to go away

with and why you would

choose them? Would they

be helpful? Fun? Kind? Do

they like to travel? Have

they never travelled?

Reasoning and problem

solving – Can you solve these

problems using multiplication

or division and then explain

why or how you know that you

are correct? You could prove

it using a calculation or you

could write a sentence using

because.

Computing

This week we are making a flip

book that can create a

moving image!

Please find weekly resources at the end of the pack.

Monday Tick off your tasks when they are done!

English

Spellings

Reading

SPaG Challenge – Have a go at the challenges on the SPaG mat today.

Writing task – This week our writing is focusing on the text ‘The Snail and the Whale’

Please find the film on BBC i player here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000cslw/the-snail-and-the-whale

The Snail and the Whale visit lots of different places in the book - Choose one of the

places that the snail and the Whale visit. Now try to create a poster to advertise this

place as somewhere to go on holiday. You are trying to persuade someone to go

there so think carefully about the features of your place that people would travel for.

Would there be a beach? Mountains to climb? Sports to enjoy? Sunshine? Ice?

Why would people want to go there? Don’t forget the features of a poster – big bright

writing, small captions to explain, big eye catching words and images (pictures).

Maths

TT Rockstars / Numbots (10 mins)

Mental Maths Challenge – See if you can complete the Mental Maths Quiz

today. The link for the Maths quiz is

https://bit.ly/cciy2t6w3

Maths Task – Multiplication and Division Word Problems

This week we are moving onto solving multiplication and division word problems. We

will begin today with 1 step multiplication problems. Can you remember the

multiplication sign? What do you need to do when you read work problems? (Make

sure that you underline the important information to solve the problem)

See if you can CAREFULLY read the problem right to the end so

that you know what you are solving and then underline those

bits of information that you need. Now you are ready to draw

out an array to help you solve the

problem.

Wider Curriculum

PE Challenge

Science

Travelling such long distances, the whale would need to fit – it is important for

humans to keep in shape too. Exercise is crucial for our physical and mental health.

Please use the power point attached to explore exercise and then the sheet to think

about changes in your body as you exercise. You might need to do some exercise

to check! Move onto learning about important sleep is to keep you healthy – use the

attached activity to support you.

Tuesday Tick off your tasks when they are done!

English

Spellings

Reading

SPaG Challenge –

Writing task

Half way through the story there is a disaster in the book where the whale gets stuck

on a beach. The poor whale can not move on land because he is too BIG! Your job

today is to write a let to the Head teacher of the local school to persuade them that

the children should be allowed to leave school and their learning to go and help the

whale. What do you think you could say to Mrs Martin if you were try to convince her

to let you all out of school, onto the beach to pour water onto the whale to keep him

well? How can you make your writing persuasive enough? Can you think about

some words that you would use to persuade someone? Please write your letter,

including an address and can you think of a name for the Head teacher?

Maths

TT Rockstars / Numbots (10 mins)

Mental Maths Challenge – If I had 7 groups of 5 how many do I have? What about 3

groups of 5? How about 9 groups of 5? And 8?

Maths Task – Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Today we will move onto 2 step words problems that use multiplication to solve

them.

These can be tricky so take your time and read the question carefully! Don’t forget

that you can draw out images to support your working out – you do not have to be

able to work it out in your head! Draw base ten, arrays or groups of dots to support

you.

Wider Curriculum

PE Challenge

Geography – Life under the ocean! Watch this National Geographic video -

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a20-d3cb-a96c-7b2de9850000 and see if

you can list the different animals and plants that you can see. How are these

different from what we see on land? Why are they different? Would any of these

animals and plants survive on land? Why not? Or how would they?

Wednesday Tick off your tasks when they are done!

English

Spellings

Reading

SPaG Challenge –

Writing task

The snail and the whale travel across the ocean to visit many places together. Think

about landing on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. What can you see / hear /

smell / touch / and NOT taste – why?

Today we are describing a setting – the small island and imagining what it would be

like there, including all of our senses. Could you use some comma lists?

Maths

TT Rockstars / Numbots (10 mins)

Mental Maths Challenge – The 30 children in a class were split into 3 groups – how

many were in each group? What about if they were split into 6 groups? How many

groups would there be if the children were in groups of 2?

Maths Task – Multiplication and Division Problem solving

Today we are moving onto one step division word problems. Again make sure you

use resources or drawing to support your working out. Please use the sheet below

and read each problem carefully – underlining the important information as you go.

Don’t forget that you can draw squares or circles on the page to split the numbers

up equally.

Wider Curriculum

PE Challenge

Art

After learning about the different things that you

might see under the sea yesterday can you

create a shoe box under the sea scene – Use a

shoe box or a cereal box and paint the inside

and then you can add fish hanging in the box.

How will you create the back ground and some

plants? Can you use different techniques that

you have learnt at school this year? Think back

to drawing the monsters from ‘Where the Wild

things Are’.

Thursday Tick off your tasks when they are done!

English

Spellings

Reading

SPaG Challenge –

Writing task – Writing a List with explanations

Imagine you were the snail in the story and you were going travelling. Can you write

a list of things that you would pack in your bag and explain why you would take

them.

We need to consider that we would be travelling through lots of different weather

conditions, we need somewhere to sleep and we will need some food with too. Take

your time to consider how you are going to spell each word in your list and see if

you can fill the page. Please make sure that you have a reason for each item as

there is not much room in the suitcase for anything that we don’t really need!

Maths

TT Rockstars / Numbots (10 mins)

Mental Maths Challenge – There were 6 cakes in a box – if there were 36 people

how many boxes of cakes do they need to have one each? How about if they had 2

each?

Maths Task – Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Today we are moving onto 2 step division word

problems. Again these can be tricky so take your time

and underline that important information to support

you. 1. How many children are there altogether?

17 + 14 = 31

2. We now need to count up in 4s – 4, 8, 12, 16, 20,

24, 28, 32 – How many tables is that? 8

So the answer is 8 and there will be one space on a table for the teacher!

Wider Curriculum

PE Challenge

RE

This is a story told by both Jewish and Christian people about God. The book is

written at the beginning of the Bible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBpCA2nxG8 - The Creation Story

What does the story tell us about what God is like? (big, powerful, exciting, clever,

patient)

Talk about how Christians think that God created the world in six days, and then

rested on the seventh. They believe that God provides everything we need to

survive: land, water, air, sunlight, food to grow, living animals and people) so

humans should thank God above all. The creator is so amazing that Christians want

to praise God and thank him saying how wonderful they think he is.

Activity: Can you think of key words for the story, then draw and order them -

practise retelling the story.

Friday Tick off your tasks when they are done!

English

Spellings – Spelling Quiz today

Reading

SPaG Challenge –

Writing task -

The snail was so lucky to get to travel with the Whale and they became great

friends. We are all having to spend lots of time at home at the moment but If you

could go on an adventure on the back of the whale with anyone at all who would

you take with you? Why would you choose that person?

It might be that you choose a friend you have not seen for a while / a relative that

you like to visit / someone from a group or club that you usually attend – It could be

that you know someone who likes to travel or someone that has not been abroad

before so may enjoy the trip! Have a think !

Can you use a dictionary at home to check your spellings after you have done your

writing and as an extra challenge can you add in 2 more adjectives to your writing

and a comma list somewhere?

Maths

TT Rockstars / Numbots (10 mins)

Mental Maths Challenge – There are 17 snails on a rock and 14 on a plant. There

were a further 18 having a ride on a whale – How many were there all together?

Maths Task – Reasoning and problem solving with multiplication and Division

Can you solve these problems using multiplication or

division and then explain why or how you know that

you are correct? You could prove it using a calculation

or you could write a sentence using because.

Answer: 6 x 5 = 30 prove it: 30 Shared between 5 = 6

5 x 10 = 50 Prove it: 50 shared between 10 = 5

3 x 10 = 30 5 x 2 = 10 30 + 10 = 40

Prove it: 5 + 5 = 10 40 – 10 = 30 and 10 x 3 = 30

Wider Curriculum

PE Challenge

Computing

Your challenge this week is to create a flip book! Please see the instructions below in

the resources section!

Reources for Monday

Poster Page

Resources for Tuesday

Can you have a go at this one on your own?

Resources for Wednesday

Resources for Thursday

Space for working out:

Resources for Friday

Spellings

An Extra Art Challenge if you are feeling creative:

Matisse Snail:

If you would like to have a go at creating a snail in the style of Matisse please being

by looking at this website which has all of the information that you need in little steps:

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/collage-matisse-snail

This clip shows how big the snail collage actual is if you wanted to make one that

big – you could choose to make a tiny one instead or make one outside in the

garden!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1W4fdGyS98

Have fun!