Year 2 Parrots and Woodpeckers

WELCOME TO YEAR 2!!

Woodpeckers and Parrots

We hope you had a lovely May half-term holiday and enjoyed the sun as much as we all did!

Aerodrome's got lockdown talent - please send in any videos of an existing or new talent to nursery@aerodrome.croydon.sch.uk by 1st July

Keep rembering to send in your wonderful pictures of all the hard work you are completing at home. 

We love seeing them and adding them to the website. 

Also remember to check out our youtube channel for weekly videos. 

We've loved creating them and seeing your responses. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvIa_rvsjhVBY2QfCsR7uQ

The website they will need to log into is londonmail.lgfl.net and their log in details have been sent out via text message.

The email that you will now need to use is;

parrots@aerodrome.croydon.sch.uk

or

woodpeckers@aerodrome.croydon.sch.uk

depending on what class you are in. 

Please also draw your attention to the Parents tab (the bar along the top of the website), under Coronavirus Updates for regular updates from Mrs Foulsham or Miss Wallace.

Home Learning

Please find the home learning for the week below. 

They are now organised into each day rather then by subject as hopefully this will find it easier to understand which task to do each day. 

Have fun and make sure you're continuing to send us your amazing pictures of your hard work. 

This Context sheet will be for the whole week of the 29th June

You are going to continue completing a project all about the continents. 

It is up to you how you present this for example, you could make a little book, you could create a poster for each place or you could create a power point, the choice is yours!

This week the continent you will complete research on is 

Asia

Please see the sheet below for ideas on what to focus your research on. 

Have fun!

From Monday, in English over this week our work will be based around 'The Tin Forest' by Helen Ward. Please watch this video of a teacher reading the story first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j_XPFxy5js 

This Context sheet will be for the whole week of the 22nd June

You are going to continue completing a project all about the continents. 

It is up to you how you present this for example, you could make a little book, you could create a poster for each place or you could create a power point, the choice is yours!

This week the continent you will complete research on is 

Europe

Please see the sheet below for ideas on what to focus your research on. 

Have fun!

Speech and Language resources 

Home Learning

Below are some useful links with activities/websites for you to explore with your children:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
• https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ - new video-lessons everyday
• https://www.storynory.com/ - free audiobooks
• Everyday at 9am, Joe Wicks will do a 'session' for children  - https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1?app=desktop
• Dance workout - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PDFwCV0HHcl08-1SzdiBw
• PE related - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
• Children Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
• Phonics - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ (Free log in for the next couple of months, Username 'March20' and the password is 'home'
• RM EasiMaths - https://www.aerodromeprimary.co.uk/804b0e44c8ba4c888895c5bcb8f61005/edit/
• Reading Eggs - https://readingeggs.co.uk/
• Busy things - https://www.busythings.co.uk/lgfl-login/
• Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/
• Timetables Rockstars - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
• Top Marks (Hit the Button) - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• TTS - https://www.tts-group.co.uk/
• Twinkl - this is the website link (https://www.twinkl.co.uk/sign-in) and if you are not already a member follow this link to set up a new account (https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer) and type in UKTWINKLHELPS when asked for the offer code.
• Science - live streaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7bi3xOZpaM
• Storytime with David Walliams  - https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
• Edinburgh Zoo - https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/
• Art animator - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/art-ninja
• Maybe you want to learn a new skill like Sign Language - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diY-WcDB68A
• Music but with no instruments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mZhv9HS-g 

Newsround will also be on daily at 9:15am, 12:10pm and 4pm - we normally watch this after lunch so would be great to keep up this routine!

Below there are some useful checklists about the HFW and Common Exception Words that your children should be able to spell by the end of the Year. 

Please take this time to practise these spellings with your child. 

We welcome you to the Year 2 Information Page!

Throughout the Summer Term we will be looking at a new context called    'Go Green'

Within this context we will explore a variety of topics including comparing Monet and Van Gough. We will also be looking at David Attenborough and the impact he has had on the world. In Science we will be identifying plants, trees and leaves, dissecting these and drawing scientific diagrams. 

Trips in Year 2 

On Thursday 23rd January we went up to the Bridget Riley exhibition which was held at the Hayward Gallery. 

We were so lucky as we got to look around the exhibition at her lovely paintings and had a workshop with an artist. 

On the 11th March we went to Tillgate park. 

We toke part in an interactive workshop and learnt all about how animals adapt to their habitats. 

Homework

Each week the children will receive spellings and times tables appropriate to their level. These will be in the children's homework books each week.

SPELLINGS: Your children will be given individualised Phonics group spellings. These will be stuck onto the homework sheet every week. If you require an additional copy of these, please speak to your class teacher.

The children must also participate in 30 minutes of online tasks via Reading Eggs or RM EasiMaths. 

Please click on the links to reach both of these sites.

Additional learning at home

 You can always carry on your learning, even when at home!  Make sure you read for 10 minutes each day and then record it in your yellow reading record books to show your teachers!

Maths is also all around you!  Can you count the steps in your house?  Add together door numbers?  Measure and weigh food/items when cooking?

Always practise your 2,5, and 10 times tables too!