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Happy Easter!

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  We hope you have a restful and enjoyable Easter holiday! Please take some time over the next couple of weeks to do some reading and if you'd like to recap some of the spellings and maths strategies from this term, see the information below...  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 Look back at the spellings we've learned this term (see previous blog posts) and practise them using a strategy of your choice! Maths If you want to practise the methods that we use for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, here are the videos that you can watch... You might like to play one of these games once you've practised these methods... https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families https://www.visnos.com/demos/addition-subtraction-facts https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/res...

Home Learning for Friday 20th March 2026

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This term has flown by so quickly! Thank you for your support with all the activities and learning we have been doing. It was good to see so many of you at the meetings this week so we could show you how far your children have come! Next Thursday (26th March) is our trip to the Art Gallery. There will be a parent mail reminder next week with all the details that you need to know. Please remember that if you need to contact us about anything, you can use our email address year2@whiteleyapps.com  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 words we would like you to practise this week... write wrong wrap wreck wrist Why not have some fun with your spellings this week and try writing them forwards and backwards? It will help y...

Home Learning for Friday 13th March 2026

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Hello everyone! Please don't forget that there are parent's meetings after school next week so that we can discuss your child's progress. If you have not signed up for an appointment yet, then please contact the school office to get booked in! Here are your home learning activities for this week... Reading Please continue to 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 In phonics this week we have been looking at what happens when you add the 'er' and 'est' suffixes to adjectives.  Can you spot which rules are being followed in your spelling words this week? nice, nicer, nicest brave, braver, bravest late, later, latest ripe, riper, ripest Maths This week we have been solving multiplication and division calculations. If you want to see the methods that we use for multiplication and division, there are some vi...

Home Learning for Friday 6th March 2026

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  We loved celebrating World Book Day yesterday and visiting Waterstones today! If you'd like some extra book activities to do this week, then check this website for things you can do... https://www.worldbookday.com/families/ As always, please email us if you need anything! year2@whiteleyapps.com Reading Please continue to 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 Our spellings this week are contractions with an apostrophe that replace a letter... can’t didn’t hasn’t it’s couldn’t I’ll they’re You might like to watch this video and try the task! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt Maths This week, we have continued to look at fractions. Can you work out the fraction of these shapes that are coloured? Then maybe you could draw your own shapes to test your family? This week's task Wednesday (4th March...