Year 2: July 2020

Friday, July 17, 2020

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Summer Reading Challenge

I hope you all have a lovely Summer break. While you are resting I thought some of you would like to try a reading challenge.

See how many boxes you can check off over the Summer holiday.

Can’t wait to see you in September!

Monday, July 13, 2020

Transition Activities

At this time of Year at school, we would be spending time together to reflect on our time in Year 2 and look forward to meeting our new teacher's. This is something we can still do at home.

When you come back to school in September, you will spend lots of quality time with Miss Robinson or Miss Vardy getting to know each other. You might already be thinking about your new teacher, so we’ve put together a list of activities you might like to complete this week or over the Summer break.

· You could create a Year 2 memory book of your favourite things we did and learnt about. You could add pictures or drawings of your friends, be as creative as you would like!

· Try creating a bucket list of books you want to read over the Summer and tell your new teacher all about.

· Write your own profile to give to your teacher to let them know all the amazing things about you!

· You could use the template underneath to create a new class passport.

There are lots of other things you might want to try to help you feel ready to start your new class. Remember if you have any worries, it’s important to tell your grown ups. Please email year2@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk if you want to contact Miss James or Miss Elliott.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

English: Final Week

For our final four lessons of English, we are going to work towards writing a letter to your new teacher.

This week you will find out who your Year 3 teacher will be and they are both so amazing!

We are going to write them a letter to let them know a little bit about you and ask any questions you might have.

Lesson 1

LO: To write statement sentences

A statement is a sentence that declares a fact, an opinion or an idea. It starts with a capital letter and usually finished with a full stop.

You will have received a teacher profile in your report pack, where your teachers have written five facts about themselves.

Well… your new teachers want to know about you too!

Task

Can you write five facts in full sentences about yourself?

Example

I have a cat called Meredith.

I have one brother who is 25 years old.

Lesson 2
LO: To write question sentences

Time to think about what you want to know.

Do you have any questions about Year 3 for Miss Robinson or Miss Vardy?

A question sentence is a sentences that usually requires a response. It starts with a capital letter and finishes with a question mark. ?

Task

Please write 5 questions you would like to ask your new teacher.

Example

Will I have P.E with Coach Callum in Year 3?

What will we learn about in Year 3?

Lesson 3

LO: To draft a letter

Time to start planning your letter.

It has been a long time since we wrote a letter. Can you remember what it needs to start with?

Task

Can you complete the sentences to create a short letter to your new teacher?

Dear ______

My name is ________

I would like you to know that I _________

I would like to ask you about _______

From _________________

Lesson 4

LO: To re-write a letter

Time to complete your final polished piece.

Let’s check your toolkit.

Can you use..?

· Capital letters and full stops

· Conjunctions

· Adjectives

· Accurate spellings

· Statement sentences

· Question sentences

· Best handwriting

If you email your learning to year2@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk I can pass this to your new teacher.

Maths: Final Week

This week in Maths you will be learning about mass and volume.

Remember to watch the video each day and follow the link for your lesson’s task.

Remember you can email your learning into year2@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Just to say ...

Good morning Year 2 and Happy Monday!

I can’t believe that this is our last week of learning in Year 2. Lots of you will get your reports this week and I hope they make you smile and remember our time in Year 2.

You are such fantastic learners! Miss Elliott and I are so proud of all of you. We can’t wait to see you around school when you come back as Year 3!

This week our blog may look a little different. I will still post Maths and some English activities for our eager learners. But I will also post some reflective activities about our time in Year 2 and a task ready for your Year 3 teacher.

Thank you for all of your learning so far and I hope I see lots of you during our Teams meetings this week.

Friday, July 10, 2020

Dance and Music Festival

Hill Top needs your help!

Monday the 13^th of July marks the beginning of our Trust Dance and Music Festival.

We know how talented you all are and we want to share that!

This will be our last week of Summer term and what better way to lift spirits than a good song and dance!

You can film yourself singing, dancing or playing a musical instrument at home.

Then please email it to your year group email address.

Look out for your videos on Facebook throughout the week, so we can showcase all of our pupils' talents!

Monday, July 6, 2020

English: Week 15

Hello Year 2!

It was so lovely to ‘see’ lots of you at our small groups quizzes and class story times last week!

This week’s English work is a little different from what we have been doing. As we are nearing the end of our time in Year 2, I wanted you to focus and think about some of your key skills that you will still need to use every day in Year 3.

Day 1

LO: To use capital letters and full stops.

First we are going to think carefully about our capital letters and closing punctuation.

A capital letter is used at the start of a sentence or for a name.

Follow the link to a video with a more detailed explanation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNog8C2FRqU

Task

Please re-write the sentences in your best handwriting, adding the capital letters and full stops in the correct places.

Day 2

LO: To use conjunctions.

Today we are going to think about joining sentences together. A conjunction joins sentences and extended them.

Task

Can you choose the conjunction that fits each sentence? Remember to read them carefully.

Day 3

LO: To use conjunctions.

Yesterday you selected the correct conjunctions to make sentences make sense.

Today you are thinking of how to extend sentences with specific conjunctions.

Task

Look carefully at the start of each sentences and the conjunctions chosen. In your best handwriting, can you extend your sentences?

Day 4

LO: To revise our punctuation and grammar skills.

Sometimes we only need a quick refresher for our skills learning.

Task

Can you complete each individual task to revise your skills?

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Science Week 15

This week we are focusing on healthy eating. A few weeks ago we did some other Science learning about healthy eating. We are going to re-visit this learning as it is really important.

In Year 2, we need to be able to answer the following questions.

How do animals grow differently?

What do animals need to survive?

Why is it important that humans exercise?

Why is it important that humans eat the right amounts of food?

We also need to be able to understand and use the following vocabulary…

6^th July 2020 Activities

Lesson 1

What is a healthy diet for humans?

All animals need different types of food. To have a healthy balanced diet, humans need a range of food types.

Task

Can you design a healthy balanced meal based on the lots, some or only a little idea?

Think about what you should have lots of on your plate and what might just be a treat!

Lesson 2

Thinking carefully about our diets.

We call the things we eat our ‘diet’.

Looking at our diet can tell us if we are already eating healthily, or if we could improve our eating habits.

Task

Can you use the format below to evaluate your diet?

Thinking about the good things that you eat and about what you would like to improve.

For example Miss James might say..

Three good things – I like to eat fruit. I get protein from chicken and fish. I like to eat salad vegetables.

Three things that would make my diet better – Drinking more water. Getting more calcium from yogurt as I don’t drink milk. To drink less fizzy pop.

Remember we love to see all your learning!

Email us photos at year2@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Reading Challenge: 12

Reading Challenge 12

Happy Monday! It was lovely to see lots of you for story time on Friday. Remember any extra reading you can do at home is brilliant.

This will be our final reading comprehension on Peter Pan.

At the end of the week I will upload a story time reading the second half of the book!

Below are the next few pages of our text. (click on the pictures to make them bigger)

There is also a link to the author reading the first part of the text.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqGDCE9bPT8

Remember to read each questions carefully and answer on a piece of paper or in your home learning books.

1) Why couldn’t the Pirate’s see the rock?

2) Who does Peter pretend to be?

3) Who managed to escape from Captain Hook?

4) What does Wendy shout to Hook?

5) How does Captain Hook guess that Peter Pan has been playing tricks?

6) Who leapt out of the boat?

7) Why did Captain Hook run away?

8) Why could Peter not fly away from Marooner’s Rock?

9) How did Peter eventually get back to the den?

Remember you can email your learning to year2@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Maths: Week 15