YEAR 2 Spring 1

Learning for the week beginning: 4/01/21

MONDAY

Subject and time

Lesson detail

Resources

P. E

Joe wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Reading

LI: To understand the meaning of words.

Read the first part of the poem by Paul Perro.

TASK: Look up vocabulary words you do not understand in a dictionary and use them to write a sentence in context.

e.g., huge means the fire was extremely large

Destroyed means …

Maths

Complete the arithmetic test

LI: recall number bonds to 10

English

LI: To compare London in different times.

Task

Look at the pictures above write the difference and similarities between London in 1666 and present day 2021.

Things that are the same...

Things that are different...

12.30-1.30pm

Lunchtime

Afternoon

Art Topic activity

Who is Picasso?

Watch the video and try and answer the questions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zdfgkqt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJZc7o-h2Y

What country was Picasso born in?

What animal did Picasso’s father specialise in painting?

After he finished art school, which city did Picasso move to?

What type of art did Picasso co-create?

Which of Picasso’s periods did we learn about?

What was the name of the town destroyed in the Spanish Civil War, also the name of one of Picasso’s most famous painting?

TUESDAY

Subject and time

Lesson detail

Resources

Reading

LI: To generate questions about London in 1666

Look at the picture below.

Where did the fire start?

How did the fire start?

What questions can you ask about London during this time?

Break time

Maths

LI: identify fractions

Key questions:

What is the same and what is different?

https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/EYQKUmWTsZ9AnqvQruYLu88BKLcCKwKEC7nbk_Y-r6Kz_Q?e=ZgDTAf

If the clock is the whole, then dial is a part of the whole.

If a week is the whole, then Friday is a part of the whole.

If Europe is the whole, then Spain is a part of the whole.

Find different sets of objects. Ideas: group of house/school items and books, fruit bowl and items of clothing.

Write 3 sentences to describe different parts of each whole. Make sure you use the stem sentence scaffold:

If ___ is the whole, then ___ is part of the whole.

Further challenge: How would you represent this visually?

English

LI: To understand the great fire of London.

Watch the story of the great fire of London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er3GKw8Z3R4

Act out the story or tell an adult what happened.

Draw a picture to help describe the scene.

12.30-1.30pm

Lunchtime

Afternoon

Science Topic activity

L.I: To pre assess my knowledge.

KEY QUESTION:

What do animals including humans need to be healthy and survive?

What do you know about animals including humans?

Overarching question – What do animals including humans need to be healthy and survive?

Draw a spider diagram and write what you know about the topic. Look at the example.

Look at the vocabulary sheet below and choose the correct meaning and tick which links to the topic.

WEDNESDAY

Subject and time

Lesson detail

Resources

PE

Joe wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Reading

LI: To answer questions based on a text.

1. How many nights did the fire burn for?

2. Why did the fire spread so quickly?

3. What were the buildings made of?

4. Where did the fire start?

5. What was the most famous building destroyed by the fire?

Remember to answer the questions in full sentences.

Maths

LI: identify parts of a fraction

KEY QUESTION:

How would you represent this visually?

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

fraction facts

https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/EXMXKeooWVJFp_Sn8ZtrF_ABPlHNz9Y66OqlmqexlqkKjg?e=jDUC0f

English

LI: To sequence the event of the great fire of London.

Copy out these events in the correct order of what happened in the Great Fire of London.

1. The fire is finally under control and put out.

2. The fire spreads very close to the Tower of London.

3. The fire starts at Thomas Farriner’s bakery on Pudding Lane.

4. The fire starts to burn more slowly as the wind dies down.

5. As news of the fire spreads, people run to escape from its path.

6. Houses are pulled down in an attempt to stop the fire spreading.

7. The fire is finally under control and put out.

8. People carry their possessions to safety using boats on the River Thames.

9. St. Paul’s Cathedral is destroyed by the fire.

10. The town can be rebuilt again

12.30-1.30pm

Lunchtime

Afternoon

PSHE Topic activity

Living in the wider world

What is charity?

Why is giving to charity important?

Why do charities need money?

How would you spend money? how would you earn money?

TASK: Draw all the things that you know about spending money or getting money etc.

THURSDAY

Subject and time

Lesson detail

Resources

PE

Joe wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Handwriting

LI: I can improve my handwriting

Practice your phoneme ‘ay’

write the words into a sentence and practice your cursive handwriting

may

clay

day

dismay

Now think of 5 more words.

10.15-10.30am

Break time

Maths

LI: represent equal parts of a fraction

https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/ESqWciV2R9FHkbqq0aP2o6sB1AE5D_7bTx49XPpYSKzrKw?e=UCbuFh

Use a rectangle paper and challenge yourself.

1. Cut your whole rectangle into 4 parts.

2. Put the 4 parts back together to make the whole rectangle.

Explain using the stem sentence ‘A whole is made of many parts, and many parts make one whole.’

Using another rectangle paper, can you find a way to divide the whole rectangle into:

· Two equal parts?

· Three equal parts?

· Four equal parts?

· Five equal parts…etc?

Further challenge: What if part of the shape was shaded? What would each part mean?

English

LI: To recall what happened in the great fire of London.

You are going to be a news reporter who is reporting about what happened.

What questions could you ask people from 1666 about the fire?

12.30-1.30pm

Lunchtime

Afternoon

RE activity

LI: To understand why water is important in our lives.

https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/EQvQrSzR4A1PpccH9iGXlQ0BIbWBCtF6VT7rz4Efk1-KVA?e=T2LxJY

Task 1: consider these key questions:

Try and answer them to show your understanding on the topic.

•Why is water important in our lives?

•What if there was no water left on Earth?

•What would happen to plants if we forgot to water them?

•Why is it important to be clean?

•What do religious people think about water?

•What if there was too much water surrounding us?

Task 2: Children to draw a picture that depicts the importance of water. Write a passage to explain your picture.

Water is important because …

Task 3: What do these words mean?

Caring for the environment, wastage, stewardship, Water

Noah, Cleansing rituals, Christianity, Baptism, Islam, Wudu

Hinduism, Dev Deepawali, Judaism, Tashlich

Afternoon

History activity

LI: To explore new vocabulary:

Activity 1: Using a dictionary, find the meaning of these words.

Activity 2: Writing a new sentence with the vocabulary words.

FRIDAY

Subject and time

Lesson detail

Resources

PE

Joe wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Maths

LI: represent equal parts of a fraction

https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/Eb3mgcAbYSRDmOBgGggm7sQBmK6MMO_QYeAeecC4y2Knhw?e=EX2SsJ

Use the stem sentence to complete the sheet.

The shape has been split into ____ equal parts. Each part is worth _______. This is the same as _____.

Complete the sheet. Use the stem sentence as support.

English

LI: To recall what happened in the great fire of London.

Using the questions that you generated yesterday. Record all the key facts about the fire. Make a fun facts poster or time line with all your facts. Think about what happened each day.

Look at the example

Spellings

What does homophones mean?

How words do you know? Complete the missing word/s choosing the correct homophone https://dormerswps.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/CurriculumResources/Eb3mgcAbYSRDmOBgGgg

m7sQBmK6MMO_QYeAeecC4y2Knhw?e=EX2SsJ