Easter activities for children in Year 1 and Year 2
Dear Parents / Carers,
Hope that you are enjoying the start of what would have been the Easter holidays. Ordinarily many of you would be jetting off to exotic locations or visiting families and friends during this break, however the current situation finds us all at home. So please can we use this time to be creative and to motivate our children in lots of different ways. Below is a list of suggested activities that your children can complete during the next two weeks.
Also, please keep checking the school twitter and web pages for more ideas and activities to do at home. If you children are still working through the learning packs then please carry on. There are many more additional activities and books on the Curriculum Visions website.
- There are lots of birds and little creatures out this time of year. Create a diary/journal of all the birds and creatures that you can spot. Can you draw them?
- Create your own board game, using an empty cereal box. Play it with your family and see who wins.
- Have an Easter egg hunt in your garden.
- Use the empty Easter egg boxes to make something interesting. Can you design you very own robot?
- Do something kind for everybody in your family. Make your mum a card, your dad a cup of tea. (With help from an adult) and video call your relatives and tell them about something good that makes you feel happy.
- Help out the creepy crawlies in your garden and make a bug hotel for them.
- Create your own cinema night! Make tickets inviting your family and snacks (with supervision). Write a short speech introducing the film and include the reasons why you the audience would like enjoy it.
- Make a den/hideout out of duvets and blankets.
- Help your family cook a delicious meal. See if you can remember the recipe and write a short review of the meal.
- Find some seeds in your fruit and plant them in a pot of soil and see if they grow.
- Ask an adult to slice the top of a carrot and put it in a saucer of water on the window sill and see if it sprouts.
- Make an assault course in your garden and time yourself completing it. Can you complete it in a faster time and create your own Personal Best.
- Have a go at cloud spotting, can you spot an animal or shape in the sky? Can you draw it?
I hope to see many of your exciting creations on our twitter page.
Remember to stay in and stay safe!
Mrs Heer-Smith. (KS1 Phase Leader)
Extra Year 2 Home Learning - 31.03.20
Dear Parent / Carer
This week, we thought that you might find it helpful to have some extra key questions to guide learning and develop your child’s knowledge of the topics covered this term. These questions are also designed to help motivate and inspire children. Please continue to use check the twitter page and school website for new ideas. The core English book for Year 2, on Curriculum Visions, is excellent for comprehension activities.
Hi Starfish, Seahorses and Dolphins!
We are all missing you! We have put together some questions to help you with your learning. Enjoy and remember you can look in books and on websites for the answers.
English:
- 1. What is a describing word called?
a. Noun b. adjective c. Verb d. conjunction
- 2. The word Dylan is what type of noun?
a. Common noun b. Collective noun c. Proper noun d. possessive nouns
- 3. Because is what type of word?
a. Subordinating conjunction b. Coordinating conjunction c. Adverb d. Adjective
- 4. What type of sentence is this?
Wash your hands properly.
a. Statement b. Exclamation c. Question d. Command
5. What punctuation mark is missing from this sentence?
- The sky is bright blue and clear.
a. Exclamation mark b. Comma c. Apostrophe d. Full stop
Maths:
- All numbers in the 10 time tables end in what number?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 0 D. 00
- 24 +38=
A. 52 b. 62 c. 61 d. 60
- I have 0 edges and vertices, and 1 face.
What 3D shape am I?
A. Cyclinder B circle c. Cone d. Sphere
- 18, 21, 24, 27……… What number comes next?
A. 28 b. 30 c. 29 d. 31
- What is the inverse to this calculation - 12 + 11 =
A. 23-12=11 B. 23 c. 12-11=23 d. 11+12
Science:
- Which habitat would you find a Polar Bear? Can you think of any other animals that live in the same habitat?
- What animal food chain may you find in the grasslands?
- Name as many habitats as you can, could you recreate one?
History:
- What was the famous battle called that Richard III was defeated, lost his throne and died?
- Battle of Wentworth B. Battle of Boscastle C. Battle of Bosworth
Art:
- Make a rainbow and put it in your windowsill to cheer everybody up?
Design and Technology:
- Can you design a castle for Richard III to live in?
PSHE- Feelings and relationships:
- Design a Missing You Card for some friends, explain why you miss them and the games you would like to play with them inside the card.
We would love to see some of you completing these activities, along with the daily twitter challenges: head to the twitter page!
Remember to stay in and stay safe!
Have fun with your learning!
From Mrs Heer-Smith, Mrs Dulay and Miss Gill.
Curriculum Visions Activities
Follow the link for Curriculum Visions Sign In : https://www.curriculumvisions.com/login/login.php
English-
Click onto the English tab and click spelling book 2.
- Scroll down to find the Spelling Year 2 section (interactive presentation). In this section you can find lots of spelling activities on the various phonemes from phase 2- 5. Remember to also practise the spelling of high frequency words.
- Scroll down and find the Grammar Year 2 section (interactive presentation). In this section you can find a variety of activities on all grammar topics taught for year 2. All sections are highly useful and we recommend children go through all of these.
- Scroll down and find the Fairy tales (Interactive stories) section. Here you can read lots of traditional fairy tales, where children could complete the following activities:
- do a character description of your favourite character
- write a book review of your favourite book
- choose two characters from different books and complete a comparison of those two characters
Science
Go back to the main page and click onto the Science tab, scroll down to the KS1 spiral section. Here you will find books on a variety of topics with various activities. Choose the following books:
- Growing plants
- Sorting and using materials
- Health and Growth
- Plants and Animals
- Grouping and Changing Materials
Please remember to complete all interactive activities.
History
Click on the safe search tab and search for Richard III, scroll down and click on King Richard III from the search findings.
- Children can read the text and also listen to it. They can then write a fact file on Richard III.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page click on the jump to the medieval toolkit tab where you can find further information on life in the medieval times. Once on that page scroll to the very bottom and click on the clipart gallery. Here children can find lots of pictures of castles. Using these pictures children need to design and make their own castle. They can either draw their own picture or make a 3D model, be as creative as you can!
Geography
Go back to the main page and click onto the Geography tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the section countries of the world. From here choose a book about a country you are interested in.
- Create a fact file of that country
- Compare it to your own country and write about the similarities and differences
- Search for the book called Europe Atlas. Read the book and then write down the name of three cities found in these countries;
- Italy
- Denmark
- Spain
STEM Activities For Home Learning
Physical Activities
Joe Wicks The Body Coach
Today you can join Joe Wicks The Body Coach from 9am with your children for a home based PE session! Helping to keep active and build your physical & emotional wellbeing! Tune into his YouTube channel "Body Coach TV" and give it a go every day from 9am! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME