Year 2 Home Learning Dear Parents/ Carers,

We hope you and your families are all well. Thank you for logging onto Teams twice a day and supporting your children with their learning activities at

home. We are very proud of all the children for both their positivity and the fantastic work and effort they are putting in, in these difficult times.

Thank you to those of you who have been able to send photos of the children’s work to year2@prioryschool.com. It is lovely to be able to praise the

children individually for their hard work and occasionally suggest some targets/next steps to keep them progressing.

We have been very impressed this week with the children’s enthusiasm in researching penguins this week and their wonderful recital of the Poem of the

Week. They seem to have enjoyed the practical maths lessons too, exploring the halves and quarters of different shapes and quantities. Great maths skills

children, well done!

Please find attached the Year 2 home learning activities for the week commencing Monday 1st February 2021. Each day has three lessons.

This week is another Science week and we are learning about animal classification and polar bears, including how they have adapted to survive in their

habitat. There are lots of interesting facts to read and videos to watch to help us learn more about these magnificent creatures. Some of the research will

involve using different websites, so please remind your child of e-safety. They should have an adult present when they are using the internet.

Maths this week is all about shape.

PE – Mr Watson was really pleased to receive some photos and videos of the children taking part in the fitness challenges and yoga lessons, so thank you to

everyone who has shared these with us and the PE Team. The PE teachers have prepared more exciting PE lessons and challenges for the children this

week. Remember they can do PE on any – or every day! It’s good to keep active!

Each day, your child’s class teacher will continue to host a meeting on Microsoft Teams at 9:15am to explain the home learning for the day. Your child’s

class teacher will also host a daily second live lesson at 12:35 pm. If you have any difficulty accessing these meetings, please email the school office.

The teachers are also available via email, to support your child in their home learning. Please contact them at the Year 2 email address

year2@prioryschool.com. Please also use this email address, if you have any questions relating to the home learning.

We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday on Teams.

Mrs Fosker, Miss Weller, Mrs Prescott

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English/ Science Maths Other curriculum areas Additional Live Lesson

Monday Follow the link for today’s lesson to learn more about the differences between mammals and birds. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-differences-between-mammals-and-birds-6gvp8c

Follow the link to access today’s lesson on recognising, naming and describing 3D shapes. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-recognise-name-and-describe-3d-shapes-cnjkcd Challenge: Please scroll down this overview document to see larger pictures of the maths challenges if easier.

PSHE – Learning at home. In our class afternoon Teams meeting today – we are going to do a circle time type activity – where we can all share our thoughts and feelings about learning at home. Use the questions below to help you think about and describe how you feel about home learning. What do you like about working at home? What is the best thing about working from home? What don’t you like about working from home? What do you miss from school? What is the first lesson you would like to do, if you could choose, when we go back to school?

This will be a time for reading together, playing number and word games, sharing children’s work, class discussions or active games.

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Tuesday Poem of the week Below is our poem for this week. Please try to learn this today – we will help you on Teams as well. This is an ‘active movement’ poem so there are lots actions that go with it! You can then draw a picture to illustrate the poem. Remember to read it carefully. Have fun!

Polar bear, polar bear

Turn around

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch the ground

Polar bear, polar bear

Reach up high

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch the sky

Polar bear, polar bear

Bend down low

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch your toe

Polar bear, polar bear

Shine your shoe

Polar bear, polar bear

That will do

Polar bear, polar bear

Climb the stairs

Polar bear, polar bear

Say your prayers

Follow the link to access today’s lesson on describing and classifying 3D shapes. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-describe-and-classify-3d-shapes-70u3cc Challenge:

Science/Art First, look at this short BBC bitesize lesson to learn more about polar habitats. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx882hv/articles/z3sr4wx

Next, follow the link for today’s main lesson on how polar animals have adapted to their habitat. This lesson also includes a video which shows you how to make a paper snowflake! https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-how-polar-animals-are-adapted-to-the-polar-habitat-cngp8d

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Polar bear, polar bear

Turn off the light

Polar bear, polar bear

Say Goodnight".

Wednesday Phonics Lesson – Contractions Join ‘Al the Apostrophe’ to learn about and read some contractions.

https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/plann

ing-and-resources/year-

2/apostrophes/the-apostrophe-with-

the-big-appetite

https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/plann

ing-and-resources/year-

2/apostrophes/apostrophe-matching Now practise reading and writing the common contracted words listed below: don’t (do not) can’t (cannot) didn’t (did not) I’ll (I will) I’ve (I have) let’s (let us) he’s (he is) there’s (there is) it’s (it is) You could even challenge yourself to use some of them in a sentence!

Follow the link to access today’s lesson on identifying 2D shapes. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-2d-shapes-c9gkjd?activity=video&step=1 Challenge:

Hooray – it’s PE! Mr Watson and Mr Croker have prepared another four exciting PE lessons for you to choose from this week! You can do 1, 2, 3 or all 4 of them! Remember, you can do these lessons more than once and use them to help you keep active over the week, not just in this lesson slot.

Dynamic Dinosaurs

https://youtu.be/YMsNWfVi6kM

Tennis Fitness Frenzy

https://youtu.be/YNR7rDuCd8E

Creative Yoga lesson 5

https://youtu.be/R6Ur9Szmi3I

Creative Yoga lesson 6

https://youtu.be/6-aqXCa2-nY Don’t forget to take part in this week’s challenge too! Go to the PE sections under home learning on the school website for more information on these lessons.

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Thursday Researching Polar Bears Here are some links to help you find out more information about polar bears. You do not need to watch them all.

Draw pictures and /or write key facts to show what you have learnt. These notes will help you answer the key questions in tomorrow’s lesson. Andy’s Wild Adventures with Polar Bears on the BBC iplayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01kvmbk/andys-wild-adventures-series-2-10-polar-bears Video of a polar bear family exploring the icy surroundings of their Arctic home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-wonders-of-nature-polar-bears-in-their-habitat/z73ygwx Polar Bear facts document See separate document on school website under Year 2 home learning – week 5. Polar Bears Facts National Geographic Kids https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/polar-bear-facts/

Follow the link to access today’s lesson based on describing and classifying 2D shapes. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-describe-and-classify-2d-shapes-64ukjd Challenge:

Music Listen to this interview with Terje Isungset – a man from Norway who makes musical instruments out of ice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAG3cjBdta8&feature=emb_err_woyt Here is a film of him performing some of his music in a glacier using his ice instruments. https://video.link/w/c0UKb -Do you like the types of sounds his instruments make? -Do they sound how you expected? -Do any of his instruments look or sound like instruments you have seen before? Your challenge this week: -To design a musical instrument made from ice. -Draw and label a picture of it, with directions on how to play it. -Can you also describe the type of sound it would make? Good luck and have fun! Mrs Shaw would love to see your designs! Just email them to Year2@prioryschool.com and we will forward them on to her.

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Polar Bear Facts for Kids DK Find Out: https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/bears/polar-bear/

Friday Polar Bears – key questions. Following on from your research yesterday, try and answer the key questions below, which also link back to our earlier science lessons. You can present your work as labelled pictures or as full sentences. 1) Is a polar bear an animal or bird?

How do you know? What features does it have or not have?

2) Can you draw or write down a food chain for the polar bear? Remember, food chains show who eats what.

3) In which habitat (natural home) do we find polar bears? A woodland, pond, savannah or a polar sea ice habitat?

4) How have polar bears adapted to

living in the cold harsh climate of The Arctic? What parts of their body help them? What do they do to help themselves survive?

Today you can choose to do one of these lessons on repeating patterns, depending on how confident you feel with this topic. Choice 1: Recognising and creating repeating patterns. Is it a shape pattern or a colour pattern? https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-recognise-and-create-repeating-patterns-6rtpac Choice 2: Recognising and describing repeating patterns. Look out for the different shapes, their colour, size and orientation (which way up they are). Become a detective to work out what is missing in the pattern. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-recognise-and-describe-repeating-patterns-6hjk4c?activity=video&step=1

Free Time Friday/ Art The Year 2 teachers are so impressed with how you are all coping with learning at home and how you are continuing to try your best. Well done Year 2! Choose a fun activity to do this afternoon. Since we haven’t done as much art as usual this week – you may like to do a polar bear arts and craft activity this afternoon. Scroll down to the end of this overview document for some ideas if you are interested Have fun!

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Challenge

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Poem of the week

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

Polar bear, polar bear

Turn around

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch the ground

Polar bear, polar bear

Reach up high

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch the sky

Polar bear, polar bear

Bend down low

Polar bear, polar bear

Touch your toe

Polar bear, polar bear

Shine your shoe

Polar bear, polar bear

That will do

Polar bear, polar bear

Climb the stairs

Polar bear, polar bear

Say your prayers

Polar bear, polar bear

Turn off the light

Polar bear, polar bear

Say Goodnight.

Maths Challenges

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Monday Tuesday

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Wednesday Thursday

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Friday

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Polar Bear Arts and Craft Ideas (for Friday 5th February)