Beech

Beech Class 2019-20

Emergency School Closure

How to support your child at home

Year 2 Parents,

Below you will find weekly planning ideas and suggested activities for home schooling during the Coronavirus enforced school closure. These plans and resources will be updated on a weekly basis throughout the period the school is closed so that you can best support your child's continued learning at home. Planning is themed to allow the entire family to work on similar activities each day. Please work through as much or as little as you have time for, alongside possibly working from home yourself. We suggest either a Maths or a Writing task each day plus at least 10 minutes of Reading. There are a range of additional activities at the end of each plan if you do require extra work. Maths work is separate for each year group and is linked directly to the Year 2 Curriculum we have been studying in school.

Keep safe, healthy and happy

Mrs Rhead

Suggested Timetable for Home Learning

Suggested Timetable

Week 1 - Theme: Family (W/B 30th March)

White Rose Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

TTS Rockstars and Numbots: https://play.ttrockstars.com

Handwriting: www.letterjoin.co.uk

Phonics: www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Username:march20 and Password: home. Try Phase 5)

Purple Mash: access via http://www.welearn365.com

Exercise: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers, https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Home Learning Ideas to be used 16th-27th March

Welcome to Year 2

Hello and welcome to the Beech Class page of our school website. Here you will find dates, class information and homework. You can also find out what we will be learning each week and see photographs of all the fun we have at school.

I am always available at the end of the day so if you have any questions, queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to speak to me. Appointments can also always be arranged through the office. Thank you.

Mrs Rhead.

Week beginning 16th March

English: Writing a non chronological report on influential women throughout history.

Maths: Division and solving word problems

Science: Understanding how animals and plants adapt to their environments

Topic: Learning about Florence Nightingale and how she improved hospitals

Dates for your diary:

Mon 24th Feb - Teacher Training Day

Thurs 5th March - World Book Day

W/B 9th March - Science Week

Tues 10th and Thurs 12th March - Parents Evening

Thurs 12th March - Storytelling Workshop with live music

Friday 13th March - Sports Relief, come to school in sports clothes in Family colours

Fri 20th March - Mothers Day Assembly at 3pm and PTA tea and cakes CANCELLED

Thurs 2nd April - Easter Church Service

6th-17th April - Easter Holidays

Homework

Class Information

Class Teacher: Mrs A Rhead

Class Teaching Assistant (Tues-Thurs mornings): Mrs D Adams

Reading at home	Children are expected to read to an adult at home for at least 10 minutes daily. School Reading Books are changed on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please indicate in the reading diary when you have read with your child so we know that they require a new book. Children's books will be changed when they have read them twice.
Weekly Homework	Maths and English Homework is set on alternate weeks. Homework is set on Friday and due in on the following Wednesday
Spelling	Please see list of Year 2 Common Exception words under 'Spelling' below. These are the spellings that children are expected to learn to spell by the end of Year 2.
Times Tables	In Year 2 children are expected to know the following times tables: 2,3,5 and 10 There are some suggested websites and resources to help you practise these under 'Times Tables' below.
Topic	This term our topic is… Wonder Women Suggested websites if you would like to complete some additional research with your child… Elizabeth I https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zkh7bdm Victoria https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zfdkhbk FlorenceNightingale http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/florence/index.htm Suffragettes https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-suffragettes Rosa Parks https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks1-ks2-rosa-parks/z7rtvk7

PE - Wednesday and Thursday

Library books changed - Friday

*Please note that Family Points are no longer recorded in Reading Records and are now collected on a chart in the classroom. Children receive their leaves in assembly as usual.

How to support your child's learning at home (click on links below)

Parent Information

Year 2 Topics

For your information - these are the topics our class will cover this year:

History and Geography

Week 1 and 2 - Whole School 2 Week Topic - Local History: The Gunpowder Plot

Remainder of Autumn Term - Indian Spice

Spring Term - Wonder Women

Summer Term - The Home Front (World War 2)

Science

Terms 1 and 2 - Materials

Term 3 - Animals, including Humans

Term 4 - Living things and their habitats

Terms 5 and 6 - Plants

RE

Religions covered in Year 2: Christianity, Islam, Sikh, Buddhism

Science Week - Habitat Investigation

DT - Design and Make a Jungle Jeep for Jane Goodall

World Book Day

Lego Robotics Workshop

The Arts Week

Internet Safety Day

Tuesday 11th February 2020

We spent today learning all about how to keep ourselves safe online. We learnt that the internet is an amazing place but that there are a few things we should all do to protect ourselves while using it. We learnt to...

Use an Avatar instead of a photograph of yourself
Never give out your personal information (e.g. your name, address, school, date of birth)
Be polite and kind to others online - do not bully people
Create a good online reputation for yourself - think about how you want others to see you.
Know how to use email safely and considerately. Never open an email from someone you don't know.
Understand how to be safe when watching videos online. Ask an adult if it is suitable for you.
Know how to safely use search engines to find accurate information.

If you would like to further explore internet safety at home with your child, have a look at these videos that we have used at school:

Video about online stranger danger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nMUbHuffO8

Video about safely watching videos online: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2017/education-packs/education-pack-5-7-year-olds

Video about avatars and privacy: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2017/sid-tv/films-5-7-year-olds

Various e-safety message cartoons: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/hectorsworld/