Year 2 Home learning for Friday 3rd April
| Subject focus | What we need to learn: | How we might learn it: | |
| English | Reading | To read aloud fluently. |
Go to https://langstoneinfants.co.uk/story-videos/ and watch a grown up read a story. Your challenge today is to pick a book you know well and read it aloud to a grown up. Optional – Can you record yourself reading it and send it to your class teacher. |
| Writing |
To make additions and revisions to improve your writing. To perform your poem. |
Read through your poem from yesterday. Can you make any additions or revisions? (Purple polish) Could you add an adjective or change a word to make it sound better? When you are happy read your poem aloud. Can you make it a performance? Think about how you use your voice? Optional – Can you record yourself reading it and send it to your class teacher. |
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| Maths |
To solve maths problems. To choose and use the correct operation. (+, -, X, ➗) To show working out. |
You will need – a pencil and paper. Can you solve these five maths problems? Remember – decide on the operations needed (+, -, X, ➗), write out a calculation, use methods to solve (column, blank number line, mental strategies, jottings). Check your answer – does your answer make sense? 1) Tom has 21 apples, he gives three to each of his friends. How many friends does he have? 2) Sam wants to buy a ball for 43p. She has 26p. How much more money does she need? 3) Ella buys 4 boxes of eggs. There are 5 eggs in each box. How many eggs are there altogether? 4) Emma goes to the shops with 45p. She buys a drink for 17p. How much change will she have afterwards? 5) There are 27 children in Class 5 and 26 children in Class 9. What is the total number of children in the two classes? Optional – photograph your calculations and send them by email to your class teacher. |
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Other: Easter theme – PE |
To master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities. |
Children could make their own ‘Easter relay race / obstacle course’. Can be done inside or outside. Children to set up an obstacle course. You could use chairs, blankets, brooms, skipping ropes, cushions (as stepping stones) chalk markings. etc. Using chocolate eggs, a ball or bean bag, children to move the object from point a. to point b. Can develop a point system per egg / ball. Discuss how to make a time limit. (How many seconds in a minute? 2 minutes? etc) Allow all members of the family to have a turn if they’d like! Compare times. |
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Remember to email your child’s class teacher to let them know how you’ve got on. We’d love to see examples of what you’ve been up to.
Mr Wells – class7@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk
Mr McEvoy – class8@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk
Mrs Knapp and Mrs Marshman class9@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk