This half term’s topic is ‘Capture the Castle’

This week we will be focusing on princesses.

We hope that you will find some of these ideas helpful whilst you are at home with your child.

We have tried to make them as accessible as possible and there is no need to print anything off. Also, don’t forget to check

twitter for more fun and exciting challenges for the children.

If you would like to share your work, or show us what you have been up to then tweet us @Y2Carfield.

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Reciprocal reading:

Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes, Introduction and Chaper 1 - Babette

Cole

Listen to the story Princess Smartypants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmoGzLCbIQ&t=59s

Read: See PDF on Y2 Home learning page

https://carfieldprimary.co.uk/home-learning/year-2-home-learning/

Activity 1 - Predict

This story is called ‘Princess Smartypants and the Missing Prince’

Why do you think she is called Princess Smartypants? Can you name any princes’ from storybooks?

I think …… because …

Listen to the picture book ‘Princess Smartypants’ on Youtube. Did you guess correctly why she is called Princess

Smartypants?

Activity 2

Read the story using the PDF on the Y2 home learning page. Then clarify these words and phrases. There may be more that your

child needs clarifying - there are quite a lot in this chapter. outrageous

‘trusty motorbike’ handyman annihilator nuisance polishing

‘alighted from the carriage’ troublesome

‘independent venue’ ‘mother in-law’

conjure

Activity 3 - Answer the questions

1. What do you think a dragonocdile might look like? 2. Why are there lots of toads and frogs in her moat? 3. Can you try and draw a Pollyopticus? 4. What are the nicknames for her princess friends? 5. Why do the princesses decide they need an ‘independent venue’? 6. Who are the ‘bearded gentlemen’ that Snowy lives with? 7. Who wasn’t invited to the party? 8. What word shows how the carriage moves over the cobblestones?

Activity 4 - Retell and predict

Retell the story so far to your grown-up - can you remember what happened?

Was your prediction about why she is called Princess Smartypants?

How do you think the princes’ go missing? I think … because …….

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English: There are 6 activities this week in order to write a full story - you may wish to do more than one a day or complete some next week.

Activity 1

Watch the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-DNfDHPTQ This week we are going to write a tough princess adventure story (you can write one about a prince if you would prefer) Plan an adventure story We have included a story mountain plan but you can always draw your own - Draw a picture in each box - you may want to write a few notes.

Activity 2

Write the opening for your story. Using the sentence starter ‘Once there lived’ create an opening to your story which describes the characters and the setting. Challenge: Can you use two adjectives with a comma in-between to describe your character.

Activity 3

Write the build-up to your story. Look back at your story mountain from last week and read your story opening. Start a new paragraph by leaving a line. Using the sentence starter ‘One ______ day when’ write the build-up to your story which describes what the characters were doing before the adventure happens. Challenge: Can you use a comma + ‘and’ to write of list of things that your character does.

Activity 4

Write the problem to your story. Read your story so far and look at the problem on your story mountain. - don’t forget to start a new paragraph. Using the sentence starter ‘Unfortunately’ write the problem to your story - remember don’t write how it gets solved - this is tomorrow’s activity. Challenge: Can you use a questions mark and to make a character as a question?

Activity 5

Write the resolution to your story. Read your story so far and look at the problem on your story mountain. Using the sentence starter ‘Luckily’ write the resolution to your story - don’t forget to start a new paragraph. Challenge: Can you use adverbs in your writing?

Activity 6

Write the ending to your story. Read your story so far and look at the problem on your story mountain. Using the sentence starter ‘When it was over’ write the ending to your story - don’t forget to start a new paragraph. Challenge: Can you use the words asked and replied to make two characters talk to each other?

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Story Mountain

Exaer

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Maths:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

There is a video to watch for each task - take your time and check each answer before you move onto the next. If you can’t (or don’t want) to print out the sheets for each day, just write the answers on a sheet of paper.

Lesson 1 - Litres Worksheet https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-1-Litres.pdf Answers https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-1-Answers-Litres.pdf

Lesson 1 - Temperature

Worksheet https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-2-Temperature.pdf Answers https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Lesson-2-Answers-Temperature.pdf

Lesson 3 - o’clock and half past Worksheet https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-3-O-clock-and-half-past.pdf Answers https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-3-Answers-O-clock-and-half-past.pdf

Lesson 4 - quarter to and past Worksheet https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-4-Quarter-past-and-quarter-to.pdf Answers https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lesson-4-Answers-Quarter-past-and-quarter-to.pdf

Friday Maths Challenge

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Don’t forget Have a go at Daily practise https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Challenge yourself on Times Table Rock Stars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

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Topic activities:

Art:

Quick draw - crown Follow the steps to draw a crown or watch the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6JCuabPDCw

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Design and technology:

Make an origami crown Follow the instructions or watch the video to make an origami crown.

This is slightly trickier than the step-by-step above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCxLBnztJQ

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Art 2 (extra):

Make paper crown Watch the video to make a crown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iqtMJpdALg

The template can be found on the Y2 Home Learning page https://carfieldprimary.co.uk/home-learning/year-2-home-learning/

or make your own.

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Extra Activities (if you want to do more):

Use a book, ask your grown-up or search the internet to find the answers to these questions. You may wish to write or draw you answers or you could just

talk about them.

Science - What do animals eat? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/z96vb9q

Geography- Learn about different places around the world. Which will you choose?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zcdqxnb

History - Who was King Henry VIII?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zv2bmfr

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zkh7bdm

Who was Rosa Parks? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkj382/articles/zkhknrd

Keep active:

Cosmic kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ Go noodle https://app.gonoodle.com/ Super Movers https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-collection/zbr4scw Disney 10 minute shake up videos https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups