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Home Learning Pack

Year 2

Pack 12 – Week beginning 29th June

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LEARNING

Here are some websites that you

can use to learn.

If you are watching videos on YouTube

use YouTube kids.

Make sure you are only playing games

that are appropriate for your age.

If anything worries you, you feel unsafe

or something scares you remember

that you must talk to a trusted adult.

BE KIND

Be kind online

Being positive and respectful online is key of using the

internet safely.

Remember to treat others as you would like to be treated.

During the day time, when you would usually be in

school, please use your devices only for learning.

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Digital safety poster

Contents Suggested Weekly Timetable

Reading text for the week

Spelling activity for the week

Monday

Reading – Task 1 (Vocabulary)

Writing – Task 1

Maths – Task 1

Tuesday

Reading – Task 2 (Explain)

Writing – Task 2

Maths – Task 2

Wednesday

Reading – Task 3 (Retrieval)

Writing – Task 3

Maths – Task 3

Topic Activities

Links to weekly videos

Squared Paper and Handwriting Paper

Answers

Suggested Page printing (to save ink)

5, 6, 7, 10 – 51 (Daily tasks), 53 – 54 (squared and handwriting ‘paper’)

If your child is able to work from a computer screen into their books / on to paper, some of the tasks may not need to be printed – this is at your discretion.

Thursday

Reading – Task 4 (Inference)

Writing – Task 4

Maths – Task 4

Friday

Reading – Task 5

Writing – Task 5

Maths – Task 5

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Please note that ‘White Rose Maths Hub’ (the links for the maths lessons) are available

nationally therefore are experiencing busy times. If these are unavailable, try

again at a quieter time such as the afternoons.

Don’t forget there are toolkits on the school website to

support children with spelling

independently.

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Reading Text Extract take from Trouble Next Door by Chris Higgins

Bella thought the new house looked strange. She stood in the overgrown garden with scratchy grass up to her knees and stared at it with Sid. Something was wrong. ‘‘It’s not a new house, it’s an old house,’’ she said.

“Yes,” said Mum. “It’s a very old cottage. It was built hundreds of years ago.”

“But you said we were moving to a new house!”

“Oh dear!” Mum looked sorry. “I meant it was new to us.”

“It’s got a face,” said Sid.

Her little brother was right. The house did have a face. Its roof was a hat with a crooked chimney poking up from it like a feather, and its gutters, covered in moss, were untidy eyebrows. Beneath them two dark bedroom windows peeped out at them sleepily.

“It’s pleased to see us,” said Sid.

“Yes,” smiled Mum. “It’s glad a family’s come to live in it again. It’s been empty for a long time.”

Sid liked the house but Bella wasn’t sure. She’d thought she was moving to a nice new house in the countryside, by the sea. This house looked like it was about to fall down. And the countryside smelt of poo. Cow poo. The field in front of the house stank of it. And there was no sign of the sea.

“Let’s go inside and take a look,” said Dad.

He took a key out of his pocket and turned the lock. Slowly, the door opened with a loud creaking noise.

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Inside, it was dark and dusty.

“I don’t like it,” said Bella. “It smells funny.”

“It just needs a good airing,” said Mum. “It’s been shut up for a long time.”

Bella looked around. It wasn’t a proper house at all, just one big room with a low ceiling and black wooden beams running across it. There was a wooden door at the back leading to the kitchen, a huge fireplace and a staircase in the far corner. Sid stuck his head up inside the fireplace.

“Look at this, Bella! It’s ENORMOUS!”

“NORMOUS ... ORMOUS ... ORMOUS,” echoed the fireplace as soot dropped down at their feet.

“Careful!” said Dad. “It probably hasn’t been swept for years.”

Bella peered up the chimney. It smelt of burning and was so dark you couldn’t see the top.

“In the olden days they’d have sent kids like you up there to clean it,” remarked Dad.

“Wicked!” said Sid. He shot upstairs to explore but Bella hung back.

“What’s up, sweetheart?”

Mum knelt down in front of her and her face was kind and soft. This made Bella feel worse.

“I want to go home,” she whispered.

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Spelling Activity Practise these spellings using the Look, Cover Write Check strategy or using an alternative

way from the Spelling Menu on the next page. Write each of the words into a sentence.

Chec

k

Wri

te

Cover

Say

Look

Spel

lings

nigh

t

knig

ht

blue

blew

hole

who

le

beca

use

that

ther

efor

e

sent

ence

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Monday – Reading Task 1 – Vocabulary

Read through the text – are there any words you don’t understand?

Write them down and try and work out the meaning. Use a dictionary or the internet. Try putting them in a different sentence to see if they make sense. Ask an adult.

Try and find the following words in the text

enormous long swept scratchy

roof cottage crooked

hung covered smiled go

countryside field whispered

How many times does the word ‘it’ appear in the text?

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Monday – Writing Task 1 Starter (Grammar)

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Main Task Watch a Video from the Year 2 Team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDod5RrSNVQ

Listen to the following poem read by Pie Corbet, written by Tina.

https://soundcloud.com/talkforwriting/didnt-know/s-M7Rgv1VrhKV

She lists the things she has been missing about school.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

the hum of everyone in assembly

and the joyful sound of us singing together.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

Miss Wood on the flipchart writing up our ideas

as we make up a story together

and the room is alive with creativity.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

meeting with my friends each morning,

even when the playground was cold.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

showing the little ones how to read

and help my friends with tidying up the class.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

my pencil case with all my pencils

and the smell of the inside of my school bag.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

finding a new book that I love from the class library.

I didn’t know I’d miss –

school dinners, especially

the thick layer on top of custard. By Tina

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Use the poem to draw or write all the things Tina misses about school.

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Monday – Maths Task 1 Starter (Arithmetic)

Chilli 1

Complete one of the boxes.

Chilli 2

Complete both of the boxes.

Chilli 3

Time how long you take on box 1 then try to beat your score on box 2! (Remember it’s a bit of fun!)

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Quick Practice

Cut out and use the ruler and try to draw the following lines:

5cm

2cm

8cm

Challenge – 9.5cm

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This week we are recapping some past learning: measurement (cm)

Video link: https://vimeo.com/430299105

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Tuesday – Reading Task 2 – summarise

Write 2 sentences to explain the what has happened in the story so far. Draw a picture to show what the house looks like.

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Tuesday – Writing Task 2 Starter (Grammar)

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Main Task

Use this page to write down all the things you miss about school. Make

them real things that matter to you and you look forwards to going

back to.

For example:

Playtime

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Tuesday – Maths Task 2 Starter (Times tables)

Don’t forget to log onto Times Table Rockstars to practice your times tables

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This week we are recapping some past learning: compare length

Video link: https://vimeo.com/430299221

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Wednesday – Reading Task 3 – Retrieval

Pick a level of challenge and find the answers in the text. Try writing your answers in full sentences.

Chilli 1

Chilli 2

Chilli 3

What did the countryside smell of?

How far does the grass in the garden go?

Who said the house has got a face?

What’s mum’s face like when she is talking to Bella?

What really were the eyebrows on the house?

Why does the house smell funny?

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Wednesday – Writing Task 3 Starter (Spelling)

Watch a video from the Year 2 team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJeNvS1iFI4

Follow the link to complete a spelling test with a year 2 teacher.

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Main Task

The following two pages are Miss Barrett’s and Miss Luckett’s example of their poems – listen to their poems.

Then take your ideas from yesterday and write them into sentences that make everyone understand what you miss.

For example:

Playtime chasing my friends in the playground whatever the weather

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Miss Luckett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1nEv3SRps

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Miss Barrett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wQTfCQdGaQ

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Wednesday – Maths Task 3 Starter (Arithmetic)

Chilli 1

Complete one of the boxes.

Chilli 2

Complete both of the boxes.

Chilli 3

Time how long you take on box 1 then try to beat your score on box 2! (Remember it’s a bit of fun!)

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This week we are recapping some past learning: four operations with length

Video link: https://vimeo.com/430299420

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Thursday – Reading Task 4 – Inference

Pick a level of challenge and find the answer in the text. Try writing your answer in full sentences.

Chilli 1

Chilli 2

Chilli 3

Who is Sid?

Is it an old house or a new house? How do you know?

How does Bella feel about the new house?

Does Bella want to stay? Explain how you know.

How does Sid feel about the house?

Why does soot drop onto their feet?

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Thursday – Writing Task 4 Starter (Grammar)

Watch a video from the year 2 team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4U2RrCoi4

Choose a word to finish these alliterative sentences.

The _______ frog jumped into the pond.

Alan, the _________ alligator, ate Arthur’s apple.

The ___________ piglet played with the farmer’s son.

_________ Sonia sat on a soggy sandwich.

Wayne ________ along on his wonderful bike.

Silly whizzed frolicking

Pink angry

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Main Task

Watch a video from the year 2 team here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uo5P2WsKQA

Write your ‘I didn’t know I’d miss…’ poem.

Remember:

• Start each verse with ‘I didn’t know I’d miss’ • Try to group two things together that go

together

For example

I didn’t know I’d miss

Waiting for the door to open to shake my teacher’s hand

The start of the day chatter as we put the coats away.

• Each new line should start with a capital letter • You need a comma at the end of each line except

the last one – that needs a full stop

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Thursday – Maths Task 4 Starter (Times tables)

Don’t forget to log onto Times Table Rockstars to practice your times tables.

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Quick quiz

Cut out and sort into two piles – heavy objects and light objects.

Challenge: try and order them from the heaviest to the lightest.

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This week we are recapping some past learning: compare mass.

Video link: https://vimeo.com/430109855

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Friday – Reading Task 5

This is a picture from the book. Bella is on the left side of the picture, but who do you think is the other person?

Write 3 sentences explaining who she is and what she is doing there.

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Friday – Writing Task 5 Starter (Grammar)

Alliteration is when most of the words in a sentence begin with the same sound.

Create some sill sentences using alliteration.

Example:

Big bears balancing on bikes.

Your turn:

Dangerous dogs _____________________________________

_____________________ cats catching crabs.

Four frogs ______________________________________

__________________________ snakes slithering.

_____________________ hens hiding in the hay.

Lazy lions ___________________ lollipops.

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Main Task

Perform your poem.

Spend some time learning your poem – try to learn it so well you don’t need the words.

Then perform the poem for your family. You could ask a parent to video you and send it in to Miss Barrett or Miss Luckett. We would love to see your work.

Don’t forget the poem can be entered in our poetry competition – send in your written poem to be in with a chance of winning our fabulous prize!

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Friday – Maths Task 5 Starter (Can I still… multiply 2 digit numbers)

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Fluency (Can I still… multiply 2 digit numbers)

Watch a video from the Year 2 team here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4meaI-TAE4

Pick your level of challenge.

Chilli 1

Chilli 2

Chilli 3

5 x 3 =

8 x 2 =

7 x 4 =

2 x 6 =

3 x 4 =

3 x 8 =

2 x 7 =

7 x 3 =

12 x 4 =

5 x 11 =

9 x 12 =

7 x 8 =

9 x 7 =

14 x 2 =

18 x 3 =

4 x 16 =

Problem solving on next page.

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Problem Solving

Chilli 3

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Topic Activities Geography Locate where these famous landmarks are in the world. See page 43, 44 for pictures and the map to place them on.

Art Pick a famous landmark from around the world and create a piece of artwork to show it. You can choose paint, crayons, cut up magazines – completely your choice. Spanish Recap Spanish words for the colours. Introduction to Spanish words for days of the week. Page 45, 46, 47

RE The Genr8 team have put together some activities based on stories from the bible. These would be used after the assembly they were due to do. Page 48, 49, 50 Computing Log on to Purple Mash – select 2code. Click on the Air traffic control (in the chimp section) Follow the instructions to code the planes.

Outside Create one of the landmarks discussed outside using natural materials.

Challenge Time to test your family films knowledge! On page 51 is a group of characters from a mixture of films. You get one point for every character you can name, you get a bonus point if you can name the film as well! Challenge your parents or siblings and see who has the best knowledge.

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Geography

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Spanish Español – Años 2 - la semana de veintinueve de junio.

Can you remember the colours in Spanish? Choose whether you would like to colour the footballs or the flowers according the Spanish words underneath.

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This week we are going to learn the days of the week in Spanish.

You can hear the days of the week in Spanish here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbspMMdJU8&t=75s

and you might like the first part of this song to help you remember. (The second part is about the months so let’s leave that for later on)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2DvNkRizPE

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Can you fill in the missing letters in this list of the days of the week in Spanish and then write the correct day of the week in English next to the Spanish word?

l_n_s vi_r_es m_r_es sá_a_o m_é_c_l_s d_m_n_o j_e_es

Finally, colour in the bubble writing days of the week below.

Each day this week tell yourself what the day is in Spanish.

I would love to see your work. Send it to Jwhitton2@melbourn.cambs.sch.uk if you would like me to mark any of your days of the week exercises.

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RE – GenR8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgROx4wFKM

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Challenge – Quiz time! Watch a video from the Year 2 team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2AjDx4Rj6A

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Weekly Video Links

Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDod5RrSNVQ – writing

https://vimeo.com/430299105 - maths

Tuesday

https://vimeo.com/430299221 - maths

Wednesday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJeNvS1iFI4 – grammar (spellings)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1nEv3SRps - Miss Luckett Poem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wQTfCQdGaQ – Miss Barrett Poem

https://vimeo.com/430299420 - maths

Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4U2RrCoi4 – grammar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uo5P2WsKQA – writing

https://vimeo.com/430109855 - maths

Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4meaI-TAE4 – maths

Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbspMMdJU8&t=75s - Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2DvNkRizPE – Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgROx4wFKM – RE

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/melbourn - computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2AjDx4Rj6A – challenge

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Squared Paper

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Handwriting Paper

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Answers Monday

It appears 27 times.

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

Everybody, beautiful, improve, people, clothes, because, pretty, parents, whole, busy

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Thursday

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Friday

5 x 3 = 15

8 x 2 = 16

7 x 4 = 28

2 x 6 = 12

3 x 4 = 12

3 x 8 = 24

2 x 7 = 14

7 x 3 = 21

12 x 4 = 48

5 x 11 = 55

9 x 12 = 108

7 x 8 = 42

9 x 7 = 63

14 x 2 = 28

18 x 3 = 54

4 x 16 = 64