Whiteley Year 2 2024 - 25

  What a great half term we have had! Thank you for all of your support with settling the children into Year 2. They have well and truly earned their week's break! There are no formal tasks set during the holiday but please see below for possible activities you can do if you want to keep busy! We hope that you will continue some reading over the half term break, especially if you are trying to earn your bronze or silver bookworm badge! You can read your books at home, or your library books or reading books from school.  Don't forget, you can also log on to bug club phonics. The link is here... https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 You could also continue to practise your spellings. This list of common exception words we have been going through is here... Here are some maths games you might like to try to practise skills from this half term so far! Hit the button More or less Mental maths train Supermovers Have a great week and we'll see you soon! * Special request!...

We are looking forward to seeing you all at our shows this week and also at parents' meetings. Please email us if you have any questions about either of these things! (year2@whiteleyapps.com) Here are your home learning activities this week... Reading As always, please read every day. This might be your reading book from school or a book from home. Don't forget, you can also log on to bug club phonics. The link is here... https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 Spelling Here are the common exception words we would like you to practise this week... Fast Last Past Class Grass Pass Try practising them by speed writing them! Maths This week in maths we have continued to learn about coins and using money. We know that you probably don't use much 'real cash' anymore when you are shopping, but it would be great if you could look at some real coins with your child this week. There are some children in Year 2 who think that 3p and 6p coins exist!  At home yo...

We are very excited for you all to come and watch our 'Explorers' show in a couple of weeks! Please remember that the timings are as follows... 2R - Tuesday 22nd 2pm 2P - Wednesday 23rd 2pm 2S - Thursday 24th 2pm From Monday (21st) children will need to have the t-shirt they would like to wear for the show in school. We look forward to seeing you at the shows! Here are your home learning activities for this week... Reading As always, please read every day. This might be your reading book from school or a book from home. Don't forget, you can also log on to bug club phonics. The link is here... https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 Spelling Here are the common exception words we would like you to practise this week... great break steak pretty beautiful  after You could try pyramid writing this week... Maths This week in maths we have been looking at coins. At home you could practise naming the coins. You could also create a shop and have a go at  'buying' a ...

We hope you have had a good week! Here are your home learning activities for this week... Reading As always, please read every day. This might be your reading book from school or a book from home. Don't forget, you can also log on to bug club phonics. The log in information you need is written inside the cover of your home learning book and the link is here... https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 Spelling Here are the common exception words we would like you to practise this week... only cold gold hold told You could try some fancy writing this week... Maths This week we have been working on some simple addition and subtraction. We have recorded a video for you to watch here to see some of the equipment and models we have been using. Try some simple addition and subtraction at home this week. Your child may seem to find this easy, but it is important that they are fluent with these basic skills before we move onto anything more difficult.  There are some place value piece...