Key Stage 1 - Spiders (Year 1/2) 2020 - 2021

Welcome to Spider 🕷 class page 

Remote Learning 

Please see below our remote learning time table. Everyday I will provide online teaching videos and resources for each lesson via the class Dojo page. 

The expectations of lessons each day will be:

• A maths lesson
• An English lesson
• A phonic lesson
• SPAG/Whole class reading session (Alternative days) 
• Mental maths activity (Friday) 
• A lesson for one of the foundation subjects (science, pe, history, geography, music, computing, art, PSHE and RE)

Additional helpful website links:

- https://www.thenational.academy/  - Visit an online classroom to view all of Oak’s free lessons, searchable by key stage, year or subject. Or visit our About Oak pages to find out more about our work.

- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - Topmarks has a range of educational resources, games and links to other websites covering all subjects.

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary - Explore videos, articles and quizzes for primary  students and discover new Primary Catch-Up Lessons to get back on track. BBC Bitesize covers all subjects.

- https://toytheater.com/category/ -  Toy theatre is a collection of interactive educational games covering a range of subjects.

- http://www.ictgames.com/ - Educational maths and English games aimed at 5-8 year olds. 

- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga - Cosmic Kids Yoga are interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence – and gets kids into yoga and mindfulness early! Each episode is its own story, so you can enjoy the Cosmic Kids series in any order. 

- https://www.gonoodle.com/ - A wide range of fun dances for children to learn and help them stay active.

- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUNYSwNARexFwxXp3oPAtvg -  Horrible Histories is a hit CBBC show that explores the side of history that they don’t teach you about in school! From the Vicious Vikings and Awful Egyptians to the Slimy Stuarts and Terrible Tudors, Horrible Histories covers the funniest, yuckiest and most gruesome bits of history for kids.

- https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids - SciShow Kids explores all those curious topics that make us ask “why?” Whether conducting experiments, researching new questions, or talking with experts, there’s always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!

Spellings will be continue to be provided every Monday via the Class Dojo page. Please practice these at home as and test your child at the end of the week. 

Reading at home should take place everyday day via the Oxford reading Owl using the class login.

Maths

In maths this term we will be focuing on multiplication and division, statistics and 2D and 3D shapes. 

In additon please practise number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 and counting in 1s forward and backwards to 100. The children find crossing a ten a little tricky. 

Times Tables

Year 2 is where the children begin to learn times tables. By the end of the year the children are expected to learn their 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. 

Please use Times Table Rockstars to practise your times tables. 

You could also visit: 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers

English

This term's text in English is going to be 'The Lion Inside' by Rachel Bright. This is an amazing book and it's going to help us produce some fantastic pieces of writing!

We will be consolidating lots of skills taught in year 1 to build our cofidnece. Plus lots of new year 2 writing skills. 

Have a think...do you know what an adjective, is?

Can you use a capital letter and a full stop?

Can you use the suffixes ed, er, est and ing?

Can you use expanded noun phrases to add more description?

Don't worry if not! We will be learning all about this in our English lessons. 

Science

Our topic in science will be Materials!

We are going to be identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for different uses. We will investigate how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. 

Which materials will float?

Which materials will sink?

Can you idenitfy materials that are hard?

Can you identify materials that are transparent?

Please find a copy of the knowledge organiser on our dojo page. 

Spellings

To practise these you could use rainbow writing, or write them in a pyramid, practise them in a sentence or find them in your reading books.

Reading and Phonics 

Please read your child's Read Write Inc books daily with your child as this will support progress in reading and phoics and build your child's confidence. Within the text there are tricky words, speedy words and comprehension questions too. Vist Oxfordowl.co.uk to access Read Write Inc books. 

We try and encourage our children to read for pleasure and have a passion for reading as it will stimulate their brain, grown their vocabulary and stregthen their reading ability. 

Each half term in Bumblebee class I recommend 5 reads and encourage the children to try and read all 5 by the end of the half term. If they achive this then they'll be awarded with a certificate and a prize.

These texts are texts that adults or older sibblings could read and model good fluency and expression. You could also discuss new vocabualry and ask questions about the text. 

This link is the top 100 reads in year 2. Have a look and visit your local library to explore the stories  https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2 

Reading websites: 

https://www.storylineonline.net/ Great free resource with activities to support learning.

https://www.freechildrenstories.com/ another great reading resource with ideas. 

                                                                   Have a great week everyone and stay safe