Year 2Dear Parents,Here are suggested ideas to further support your child/children’s learning at home.

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Reading List for Year 2The Cat Who Lost His Purr Michelle CoxonFrightened Fred Peta CoplansFriends Kim LewisMog Stories Judith KerrMr Wolf’s Pancakes Jan FearnleyFrog is Frog Max VelthuijisCat and Mouse Story Michael Rosen

Resources Provided Suggestions on how you can helpEnglish:

Reading comprehensions: Florence Nightingale and The Wrong Kind of Flower

Phonics –Phase 5 activity book included.

Spelling – Year 2 Common Exception Words and KS1 High Frequency Words (Children should be able to read and write these) These are provided below.

Children should spend time reading independently, as well as having time to enjoy books with an adult. Reading comprehension requires children to read and answer questions on a given text. While we encourage children to work independently, if needed, you may help the pupils access the content.Do encourage your child to read a range of short stories and novels. In this letter we include a recommended reading list for this age group. Also included are some generic activities to help your child to engage with and fully understand the text they are reading.

Maths:Maths practise questions –Numbers and Statistics

Mathletics – Tasks will continue to be set on Mathletics.

Maths problem solving question - Colouring Triangles, a maths problem for you to solve.

Please also support your child by practising daily to boost their confidence and speed.

The following websites include activities to help support the children’s learning.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html http://www.mathsisfun.com/

Science:Everyday MaterialsOur topic this term has been materials and how they are used. Investigate which materials you can find in your home. Consider why those materials were used for this job.

For example:My windows are made of glass which is transparent. This means we can see through the windows and the sun can come through the windows as well. Window frames are made from wood or plastic because……

Recycling Recycling is such an important part of our everyday lives to help look after the planet. Sort the items into which bin they belong to. Investigate how items that are sent to the recycle centre are repurposed.

Geography:IndiaDuring the Spring term we have been learning about India. We have explored many aspects of life in India. Find out about some famous people who were born in India or who worked there. Are they alive today? What are they famous for?

Please ensure if the children are using the internet to research, that they are in the presence of an adult.

Religious Education:As we progress through Lent, encourage your child to complete their Lent booklet.Visit the CAFOD website for daily prayers and thoughts.

https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Lent-Calendar

The Snow Lady Shirley HughesGrace and Family Mary Hoffman and Caroline BinchThe Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav PilkeyThe Diary of a Killer Cat Anne FineLittle Wolf’s Book of Badness Ian WhybrowThe Magic Finger Roald DahlMrs Wobble the Waitress Allan AlhbergPirate School: Just a Bit of Wind Jeremy StrongGeorge’s Marvellous Medicine Roald DahlThe Giraffe, Pelly and Me Roald DahlThe Guard Dog Dick King-SmithEmily’s Legs Dick King-Smith

Activities to help your child become a more confident reader Make a cartoon strip about the story, identifying the main stages. Make a simple story, cut out each sentence and jumble them up and let your child

put them into the ‘right’ order. Ask questions about why characters did certain things. Choose five words from the story which your child finds tricky and be sure they

understand their meaning. Make a recording of the story together using music and other sound effects to add

to the story, then play the tape back and read while you listen. Find different kinds of ‘matching’ words, e.g. make lists of words that rhyme with

‘dog’, or words that begin with ‘sh’. Design a new cover for the book. Make a different ending to the story together, or a new story involving the

characters. Draw pictures to go with a specific sentence from the book. Act out parts of a story with your child. Draw a character from the story and describe/write an explanation of their

character/role. Ask you child to retell the story in their own words, and from different characters’

points of view.

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Colouring TrianglesWhat do you see below?

What do you notice?What is the same and what is different about the two pictures?

Now, it is your turn to colour!Explore ways of colouring the black and white outline of the triangles:

Can you make symmetrical patterns? With two colours? Three colours?More than three colours?

Recycling