Home Learning for Friday 6th December

We hope you are getting excited about the festive season! Hopefully you have already got the dates for different things happening in school, but here are some reminders...

Friday 13th December - Secret Santa Shopping

Tuesday 17th December - Christmas dinner day (Children can wear Christmas jumpers)

Wednesday 18th December - Year 2 party day (Children can wear party clothes)

Friday 20th December - half day - school closes at 12.05

Please send any questions about the last two weeks to us at year2@whiteleyapps.com


Here is your home learning 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. 


https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0


Spelling

Here are the common exception words we would like you to practise this week...

hour

your

said

friend

school


Why don't you practise your spellings using one of the strategies we have suggested before? Rainbow writing, fancy letters, quick write etc.


Maths

This week we have been learning about fractions. We have found out that they are equal parts of a whole. Watch this video to remind yourself...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-fractions-with-joe-tracini/zmjy2sg

Then try watching this and doing the activity...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82/articles/zq2yfrd

This game will help you to think about which pictorial representations match each fraction...

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/firepitFractions/index.html



This week's task...

In our upcoming art lessons, we will be using clay to make sculptures. We practised this already when we went on our trip to the art gallery.

Remember that a sculpture is a 3D piece of art!

Watch this video to see a real artist making some sculptures...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/art-and-design-making-sculptures-dry-materials-clay/zd28qp3


Which model did you prefer? The fairy or the griffin? Why?




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