Class 2 Blog

Mrs Hume
20 March 2020

Hope you have a lovely weekend and enjoy Mother's day on Sunday.

Mr Whiteside
20 March 2020

Wash your hands????

Mrs Hume
22 March 2020

Hi everyone
What a lovely day it is! The sun is shining!
Hope you are all OK.
I have added some new spelling lists on Spelling shed.
Hope you have had a lovely Mothers day, look after your Mummies.
Mrs Hume

Vicky (Mia's mummy)
23 March 2020

Mia is missing school already and misses you. Hope you are keeping safe too.

Mrs Hume
23 March 2020

Oh we miss Mia and everyone too.
Make the most of time together.
Stay safe x

ALISHA
24 March 2020

how are you today

Kye G and mum
25 March 2020

Hi class 2, we hope your well. Kyes missing school lots and his friends.
Hope you had a good mother's day! (as good as could be).
Keep safe and hope to see you all again before the school year is out ????.

Mrs Hume
25 March 2020

Good morning everyone

I hope you are all OK.

I noticed on the news this morning that many children are drawing rainbows and putting them in their windows to cheer up people passing by. Why don't you draw a rainbow and stick it in your window?
Let me know how you get on.

Alisha and mum
25 March 2020

Alisha has done 4 rainbow pics for our bay windows shame we carnt show you them but hope you are all well

Mrs Hume
26 March 2020

Tell me about the books you have been reading.
I am re reading my favourite book from when I was a child. The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgon Burnett. Do you remember me showing it to you on world book day?
A new film version of the book is meant to be coming out soon, but I expect I will have to wait a little longer for that treat!
Stay safe x

Mrs Hume
26 March 2020

Alisha I am sure your rainbow pictures are beautiful x

Mrs Hume
29 March 2020

Hello everyone, how are you all?

I have updated the spelling shed lists, this week you are practicing homophones, words that sound the same but are spelt differently, e.g. their and there. Why don't you try to find some other homophones? You could make a poster with drawings of the different words.

Remember to keep practicing your 2x, 5x and 10 x tables. Ask your family to test you. You could even challenge yourself to learn the 3x and 4x tables!

Missing you all, have fun! xx

Mrs Hume
30 March 2020

Hello

It made me so happy to see your daffodil and hyacinth bulbs flowering at school today.
If you go out for a walk on your daily exercise, look out for other signs of Spring. You could draw and label everything you see.

Mrs Hume
1 April 2020

Hello

Happy April Fools Day!
Did you play any tricks on your family? Did they trick you?

Hope you are all OK.

Remember to log into your Spelling Shed account. I have been having a look to see how you are all getting on.

Take care x

Mrs Hume
2 April 2020

Hello

How are you getting on with your home learning project about minibeasts?

Tell me about what you have done so far and what you have found out?

Miss Johnston
3 April 2020

Hi Class 2- I hope you are all okay and enjoying your time with your families at home. All of the staff at St John’s are missing you and we would like to know what you have been doing at home!
We would like you to email us some photographs for us to share on the school website, please email to:
info@st-John.blackpool.sch.uk
Stay safe
Miss Johnston x

Diana
3 April 2020

Diana can't wait back to school and everyting back to normal. At home is good but Diana miss friends and spending time together.
We hope all Diana's friends and teachers are safe.
We hope we see each other soon Mrs Hume xxx

Mrs Tiribocchi
3 April 2020

Hello Class 2,
Hope you are all OK. It feels a bit strange not coming to school doesn't it? Have any of you been doing the Joe Wicks Body Coach? I bet you are really good as I remember how good you were when we did fitness circuit at playtime. I've done it a few times with my children, I really liked it today when he was dressed up as Spider Man.
I'm glad we have got this blog to keep in touch, I miss you all.

Mrs Hume
5 April 2020

Hello

Diana I can't to get back to normal as well. I am missing you all very much.

It is Palm Sunday today. Do you remember when I told you this part of the Easter Story? Tell your family about what happened on Palm Sunday.
We were looking at all the symbols of Easter and what they meant. We didn't get time to talk about the bread and wine. Try to find out why these are a symbol of Easter?

Take care, stay safe xxx

Mrs Tiribocchi
5 April 2020

Good Morning everyone,
Well it's Palm Sunday today, as you know, this is the day that Jesus went to Jerusalem on a donkey and people were so happy to see him they lay long leaves in his path and realised that he was King of the Lord.
Usually I would be at church, walking around the streets with all the congregation, being led by a donkey to symbolise Jesus's procession.
Did you know that every donkey has a cross on their back? Many people believe this is a sign from God.
Anyway today I can't go to church, instead I have hung some green leaves on my front door to remind people what a special day it is today.

By the way, I didn't realise that emojis turned into question marks on these blogs, I'm even beginning to miss emojis (I'd have put a laughing one here if I could !) xx

Alisha Mum
5 April 2020

Hi Alisha has completed her mini beats so will send over some pictures that I have of her and also some of the other things that she has been getting up to aswell. We are both well and she carnt wait to go back to school she missing all her friends but we are trying our best with it all and finding things to do hope you are well to Mrs Humes?

Mrs Hume
6 April 2020

Hello Year 2

I hope you are all well and able to enjoy the sunshine, but still staying safe.

I have updated the spelling shed lists. This week I would like you to practice the days of the week and the months of the year. Remember they are proper nouns, so must always have a capital letter just like your names.

This week I would like you to watch this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znJDYb_IJ1E

It is a very famous poem written by Edward Lear 139 year ago! It tells the story of an Owl and a Cat getting married! It is a nonsense poem.

Try to spot all the rhyming words e.g. boat and note
There are some very old fashioned words e.g. tarried, quince, runcible spoon. Try to find out what they mean.
You could write a story based on the poem, or draw a comic strip version with captions to show what happens.
Can you learn this poem off by heart?

I am missing you all very much.

Take care and stay safe x

Mrs Hume
6 April 2020

Hi Alisha

I can't wait to see what you have learnt about mini-beasts. I am glad that you are keeping busy and finding things to do.

Stay safe x

Mia
7 April 2020

I miss you so much.
I cannot wait to get back to school and normality.

Mrs Hume
8 April 2020

Mia
I miss you too and can't wait to get back to School and normality?
What have you been doing? Ask Mummy to send some pictures to this email so I can see.
info@st-john.blackpool.sch.uk
Have you got any plans for the Easter weekend? I am going to set an Easter Egg hunt with clues around the house and garden for my family. Why don't you think of some questions and challenges for your family to solve?
Take care and stay safe x

Mrs Hume
14 April 2020

Hello everyone, I hope you have had a lovely Easter weekend and not eaten too much chocolate!

I have updated the spelling shed lists for you, please log on and have a go.

How are you getting on with your mini beast projects? The woodland trust has some lovely ideas for craft things you could have a go at. Here is the link.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/06/minibeast-activities-crafts/

If we were in School we would be enjoying a series of books based on diary's written by a fly, a spider and a worm. I have put links to YouTube where you can listen to them being read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmUljHSUg9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y6Mtll5b0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16HU5Di5-Lc

Do you remember how useful it was to read Samuel Pepys Diary to find out what it was like in the Great Fire of London? Why don't you start to write a diary? It will be really interesting to read in the future to remember what it was like during this Covid19 pandemic. Remember to write about what you are doing, what you can see others doing and how you are feeling.

I hope you are getting on OK with the Whiterose Maths activities, and remember you can also do your Easimaths. All your login details were in your packs we gave out.

I'm missing you all x

Mason
15 April 2020

Hi I miss everyone. I'm making a spider

Mrs Hume
15 April 2020

Hi Mason
I have just seen your spider. It looks brilliant, well done x

Alisha
18 April 2020

Archie is having a good day with me he has bean riding my bike to Aldi and back Home
we went to the zoo a few weeks back and saw some baby meerkat and back Home.???????????????????????????

ALISHA
19 April 2020

Hope you are staying safe I miss you lots and love from Archie and Alisha ????????

Mrs Hume
20 April 2020

Hello Everyone,

I'm so glad Archie is having a good time Alisha. Mr Whiteside loves going to the zoo too, what else did you see?

Have you had a look at Espresso yet? The log in details are here:
Website: www.discoveryeducation.co.uk
Username: student18290
Password: stjohns

Click on Key stage 1, then Science, then Habitats. There are lots of things for you to look at and do.

You could also watch the news bites and do the quiz!

Also have a look at BBC bitesize. There are daily lessons in lots of different subjects.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

Take care everyone xx

Mrs Hume
23 April 2020

Good Morning

It is St George's Day today. St George is the patron saint of England.

See what you can find out about St George. Do you think he really slayed a dragon?

Maybe you could make some England flags to decorate your house!

Take care x

Mrs Hume
27 April 2020

Good Morning Class 2, I hope you have had a lovely weekend.

How are you all getting on?

Have you had a look on the BBC Bitesize website yet? There are lots of good things for you to do and learn about. Today you can learn about Neil Armstrong as well as some Maths and English. Here is the link

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-and-p3-lessons/1

I have updated the Spelling Shed lists, so log on and get practicing.

Did you enjoy the Diary of a Worm, Spider and Fly stories I shared a link for a couple of weeks ago? Have you started writing a diary? It is really important to keep practicing your writing.

If we were in school we would now be enjoying 'Spinderella' by Julia Donaldson. It is about a spider that learns to play football by watching the children. Here is a link to the story on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9639_WmGRLk

Why don't you write a story based on Spinderella, where she learns to play a different sport e.g. Tennis or Netball?

Remember you can also go on Easimaths.

I'm missing you all so much!

Keep smiling and stay safe xx

Mrs Hume
30 April 2020

Good Morning

I hope you are all well x

Captain Tom is 100 today! Happy Birthday Captain Tom!
What year was he born? What year was he 50!
How many different number sentences can you think of to equal 100? Use addition and subtraction if you can. Can you do a multiplication? What about division?

Now you are all very good at telling the time. Can you work out time differences? e.g. If you do some home learning for 30 minutes, what time will it be when you finish?
Go and tidy your bedroom! What time did you start? How long did it take? If you go out for your daily exercise for 1 hour, what time will you be back home?

Have you watched the news bites on espresso? Can you do the quiz? How good were you at listening?

Take care x

Mrs Hume
4 May 2020

Good Morning

This Friday 8th May is Victory in Europe Day/VE Day.

It first took place on May 8th 1945.
VE Day marked the end of the war with Germany and brought to an end six years of suffering, courage and endurance across the world. May 8th was a national day of celebration: Victory in Europe Day.
People ran out on to the streets, hanging bunting and banners and dancing.
Church bells pealed across the country to share the news: peace in Europe!
Everyone brought out food to share at street parties.

How do you think it felt when the war finally ended?

Look on Espresso for more information about the VE day celebrations.

Write a postcard to a missing family member telling them about your VE day celebrations. Draw a picture on the other side to show what you did and what you saw.

Make some red white and blue bunting to decorate you house ready for Friday.

Take care and stay safe x

Mrs Farrow
6 May 2020

Hi Class 2

Hope you are all well and staying safe!

It seems so long since I have seen you. However these days will fly by and I am sure we will all be back in school before you know it.

I have been lucky to see some of you at the school gate for a catch up over the last few weeks but I would love to know what you have all been getting up to :-)

I have been learning how to knit! I have gone crazy knitting rainbow people and I have even tried to knit a full size rainbow :-)

Have any of you tried a new skill in your free time?

Miss you lots, keep smiling!

Mrs Farrow xxx

Mrs Hume
11 May 2020

Hello,

I hope you and your families are all well and staying cheerful.

This week I would like you to find out about butterflies.
Find out about the life cycle of a butterfly, do you remember when we learnt about the life cycle of a chick?
I have attached some YouTube clips to help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEeu4moxzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvZ4ZoYPNY

You could draw, decorate and label a poster to show what you have learnt.

Can you find out how many different butterflies there are? Which are your favourite? Can you draw them?

Can you draw a symmetrical butterfly? Make sure the patterns on each wing are symmetrical!

Don't forget to ask your Mummies and Daddies to email a photo of what you have been doing?

Take care, stay safe x

Mrs Hume
13 May 2020

Hello

I have updated the spelling shed assignments this morning. Please log on and have a go. Well done to Lola, Merite, Diana, Harris, Louis, Mason, Mia and Jakub. Keep up the hard work!

I would like you to play a game called Card Sharp.
First you need to make 10 cards and write the numbers 0 to 9 on each of them.

Pick 3 of the cards that have a total of 12. e.g. 5 + 4 + 3 = 12
You can do it 10 different ways! Try and find all 10! Record them all, you could put them on this blog. I wonder who will find them all first? Make sure you don't have any repeats, or the same numbers but in a different order.

Now pick 4 cards with a total of 12. I wonder how many ways there are to do it?

Can you do it with 5 cards?

Remember the strategies we use in class with problems like this. Use an organised system so you don't miss any out!

Here is an alphabet challenge. Write down all the letters of the alphabet. Can you think of a dinosaur that starts with every letter of the alphabet? I will start you off ....

A - Apatosaurus
B -

Have fun, take care and I am looking forward to seeing all your answers on this blog!

Mason
13 May 2020

Hi I enjoyed the butterfly videos today and drawing one

Mrs Hume
14 May 2020

Fabulous Mason!

Do you have a favourite?

Mum Jakub
16 May 2020

I have a question. Do these notebooks that the children have received need to return them as children return to school.

Mrs Hume
18 May 2020

Hello Jakub and Mum

Let Jakub work through the workbooks and you can mark it for him. I am sure he has done really well and worked hard. In the latest home learning packs I have put an exercise book for the children to do any written work in from the ideas on the sheet or things I put on this blog. Encourage him to work neatly and practice his lovely handwriting on the lines in the book. I love seeing the pictures of what the children have been doing on the website.

You are doing a brilliant job and I cant wait to see you soon.

Take care and stay safe x

Mrs Hume
18 May 2020

Good Morning Class 2

I have added an assignment on spelling shed, please log on and have a go. Well done to Merite, Jakub and Louis.

This week I would like you to think about different types of words.
Fold a piece of paper into quarters.
In 1 quarter write a list of nouns - people, places, objects (coffee, mountain, sunshine)
In 1 quarter write a list of adjectives - describing words (blue, enormous, steaming)
In 1 quarter write a list of verbs - doing/action words (ran, jumped, drank, dreamed)
In 1 quarter write a list of adverbs - these describe a verb (greedily, quietly, gently)

Challenge yourself to write some sentences using all 4 types of words. e.g.

Mrs Hume quietly drank her steaming hot coffee.

Take care, stay safe, missing you all x

Mason
18 May 2020

5+4+3=12 8+1+3=12 7+4+1=12
6+4+2=12 9+1+2=12 5+6+1=12 8+4+0=12
9+3+0=12 7+5+0=12 7+3+2=12

Mr Whiteside
18 May 2020

Hello class 2!

I hope you are all well and behaving for your grown ups!!
It seems so so long since I have seen you all and I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing all about your lock down fun.

I have been busy looking after Beau and making sure she is doing lots of learning at home.
We rescued a hedgehog last week that had been run over and took it to hedgehog hospital!

Remember to be kind to your grown ups and hopefully we will see you in school soon.

Mr Whiteside

Mrs Tiribocchi
18 May 2020

Wow, this is our 9th week of Lockdown!!! Considering we haven't been doing very much I think the time has passed quickly, do you? I am at school today, it feels really strange without you guys here, I can't wait to see you all again. Have you been on BBC bitesize? I think its awesome, my son uses it a lot and I must confess i've been polishing up on my SPAG and maths! My son has had to do World War 2 project and as part of it we had a VE Day party and made some scarecrows to sit in the garden, they made people laugh who were walking past and we got on the local News on TV too which was incredibly exciting!! We are still writing our diary and saving keepsakes of Lockdown to remember this surreal time. You are all going to receive a letter from your teachers soon , maybe you'll keep it as a momento? Well I had better get on with my work, hope you are all well and happy and I very much look forward to seeing you soon. In the meantime keep safe and carry on being kind to everyone and yourselves. xx

Mrs Hume
18 May 2020

Wow Mason!
You have done so well, you found all 10 ways!
You deserve a prize! Remind me when we are all back together, you are working so hard.

Missing you, take care xx

Mia
19 May 2020

I have been working very hard.
For VE day mummy and I coloured flags and put them in our windows. Mummy also drew and coloured poppies for the windows too. We do not have any photos of them as mummy forgot.
When the sun has been out I have been in the garden practicing my gymnastics.
We have been for walks around the park keeping our distance from other people so we are staying safe.
This week mummy says we are going to do some experiments.
I am missing all of my friends and my teachers very much.

Mrs Hume
20 May 2020

Hello Year 2,

Have you been to collect your home learning pack yet? Have you read my letter? I hope you write back to me!

Alisha, I have been looking at the photos you have shared, you have been so busy, cooking, painting and walking. It is good to keep busy and I am glad you are having a special time with your mummy.

Mason your butterfly pictures and facts are fabulous. I am so proud of how hard you are working.

Mia, thank you for writing to me on this blog. You have been working hard. I forgot to take photos of my bunting and VE day cakes too. Let me know how you get on with the experiments.

I have a new Maths challenge for you.

Three birds lay some eggs.
Each bird laid an odd number of eggs.
Altogether they laid 19 eggs.
How many eggs did each bird lay?

Find different ways to do it.

Here is a clue: First of all think of all the odd numbers between 1 and 19.

You could post your answers on here!

Good Luck!

Keep smiling xx

Alisha
21 May 2020

Miss you

Mrs Hume
22 May 2020

Good Morning,

I have an English Challenge for you today.
I want you to think about different types of sentences:
Statement - States a fact and finishes with a full stop
Question - asks something and finishes with a question mark
Command - gives an instruction and finished with a full stop
Exclamation - says something surprising, shocking or amazing and finished with an exclamation mark.

Look at these sentences. What type are they?

What makes a good superhero?
What a fantastic story!
Peter wrote a good story.
Get on with your writing.

Write some more sentences that are questions, commands, statements and explanations.

What punctuation do they need?

Hope you enjoy the bank holiday weekend.

Take care x

Diana
22 May 2020

Hello everyone.
I really miss all my friends abd teacher
Last night visited me tooth fairy ????????????.
I hope everybody are staying safe and I hopeful see you soon.

Mrs Hume
22 May 2020

Hello Diana

We miss you too.

How exciting having a visit from the tooth fairy! Is your new tooth growing or do you have a big gap?

Take care xxx

Diana
22 May 2020

Last night visited me tooth fairy.
I finished sentence with full stop and smily faces , not a question marks. xxx

Jakub
25 May 2020

Hello to all my friends and teachers. I'm fine. I would love to go back to school. I miss my friends. Every day I spend time with my family, mom, dad and brother.

Mrs Hume
26 May 2020

Hello Year 2

I hope you are all well.
Alisha, thank you for my letter it really cheered me up.

I have up dated the spelling shed assignments, please log on and have a go.

Who has had a birthday in lock down? How did you celebrate?
I have a new Maths challenge for you all about birthdays.

Mum and Paul are talking about birthdays.

They take Paul's age and double it.
Then they add 5.
The answer is 35.

Mum says this is her age.
How old is Paul?

Make up some more problems like this.
Try to use some of these words:

double halve add subtract

Good luck x

Mrs Hall
28 May 2020

Hello Year 2,
I hope you are all well and enjoying this beautiful sunshine!
I was in school yesterday and Mrs Hume popped in to say 'hello'. She said that some of you were sending her lovely messages on this Blog and that they really cheered her up. So I thought I would send you all a short message on here too because I was thinking of you all this morning.
We love to do 'Spot the Differences' when I teach you on a Tuesday and whilst I was cycling past Blackpool Tower on the promenade today, I wondered what the difference was between Blackpool Tower and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. So I have now found out that Blackpool Tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower but it is not as tall.
Here is a little challenge for you: The Eiffel Tower is 324m tall, Blackpool Tower is 158m tall - how much taller is the Eiffel Tower? Can you find out any more facts about Blackpool Tower?
Stay safe everyone and let's hope we can see each other again soon. x

Jakub
30 May 2020

The Eiffel Tower is higher than the Blackpool Tower by 166. I calculate it so 324m-158m= 166m

Mrs Hume
1 June 2020

Good Morning

I hope you are enjoying the sunshine, make sure you put some sun cream on!

What did you find out about Blackpool Tower?

Well done to Diana and Jakub, you are working hard on spelling shed.

I have a new Maths challenge for you about a toy shop.

The toy shop stocks Tricycle and Go-Karts.

The Tricycles have 3 wheels.
The Go-Karts have 5 wheels.

Suna counted the wheels. He counted 37 wheels altogether.

How many Tricycles are there?
How many Go-Karts are there?

Find 2 ways to do it.

Good Luck

Mrs Hume
2 June 2020

Wow! Well done Jakub x

Mrs Hume
3 June 2020

Good Morning

Have a look at this website full of poems.

https://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/family/

Which is your favourite? Why?
I enjoyed the one called 'I let my sister cut my hair', because my son keeps cutting his own and it looks such a mess, I keep laughing! I also thought the one called 'We're running out of toilet paper' was funny. Can you imagine running out?

Can you write a funny poem?

Write a letter or postcard - find out about different postcards and why people write them. Can you design the front of the postcard and then plan what to write and who you could write it too.

Have fun, take care xx

Mrs Hall
4 June 2020

Very well done Jakub! I thought you would enjoy the maths challenge...thank you for taking part!
I too love to read poetry Mrs Hume. I know we are all missing our friends at the moment, which made me think of this poem - it is called The Best of Friends by S. Jill Wolf. I hope you enjoy reading it everyone.
The best of friends
Can change a frown,
Into a smile,
when you feel down.
The best of friends,
Will understand
Your little trials,
And lend a hand.
The best of friends,
Will always share,
Your secret dreams,
Because they care.
The best of friends,
Worth more than gold,
Give all the love,
A heart can hold.
Remember that we may not have been together for a while but we are all still here and thinking of each other.
Take care everyone. X

Mrs Hume
5 June 2020

Here is a Maths Challenge for you. If you find challenge 1 easy, have a go at challenge 2.

Challenge 1
Below are items in a shop. You have £1 to spend in the shop. What different items can you buy and what would your change be for each total?
Make at least 6 different combinations.
Sweets (mixed) ......................... 10p
Cuddly toy ................................. 25p
Ice Cream .................................. 15p
Slime Pot ................................... 12p
Bottled Water ............................ 5p
Rubber and Pencil Set .............. 30p
Fizzy Drink ................................. 75p
Notebook .................................. 20p

Challenge 2
Below are items in a shop. You have £5.00 to spend in the shop. What different items can you buy and what would your change be for each total?
Make at least 6 different combinations.
Sweets (mixed) ......................... £1.00
Cuddly toy ................................. £2.50
Ice Cream .................................. £1.50
Slime Pot ................................... £1.25
Bottled Water ............................ £1.00
Rubber and Pencil Set .............. £3.00
Fizzy Drink ................................. £0. 75
Notebook .................................. £2.00

Good Luck

I am looking forward to seeing your answers.

Jakub
5 June 2020

Challenge 1
75p+25p=1£
30p+20p+25p+5p+20p=1£
75p+15p+10p=1£
3×30p+10p=1£
5×20p=1£
10×10p=1£
Challenge2
1,25+0,75+2+1=5
1,5+2,5+1=5
3+2=5
075+1,25+3=5
1+1+3=5
2+2+1=5

Mrs Hume
8 June 2020

Well done Jakub.

You managed to spend all your money each time so you didn't have any change.

What if you could only buy 3 things? e.g. ice cream, sweets and a bottle of water. What would they cost and what would your change be?

Keep up the hard work x

Mrs Hume
8 June 2020

Hello Year 2,

How are you all? I am feeling a little sad today because I am missing your happy faces, and I don't want to sit at my laptop working! But don't worry I have a plan to go for a walk when I have finished my jobs, I might even make a cake and hopefully I will have time to read some more of my book. Have you been reading? What have you been reading? Can you recommend any good books to each other? Maybe you could write a book review?

Mrs Hall, I love the poem you shared about friends. I am looking forward to spending time with my friends when it is safe to do so.

I have updated the spelling lists on spelling play. This week I would like you to revise suffixes. Adding the suffix es, ed and er onto words that end with a y. Do you remember the rule?
copy - copied
fry - fried
reply - replies
fly - flies
happy - happier

Can you think of any more? Make a poster to explain the rule, and write lots of examples.
Here is the link to the spelling play website, that I use in school, with lots of games and demonstrations.

https://www.spellingplay.co.uk/y2_member/interactives_more_suffixes.html

Take care, stay safe x

Mason
9 June 2020

I went to the beach after tea and found some starfish

Mrs Hume
10 June 2020

Hello Year 2,

Mason I really loved seeing your photos of the things you found on the beach.

I have a new Maths Challenge for you today all about Fireworks!

Emma had some fireworks.
Some made 3 stars.
Some made 4 stars.

Altogether Emma's fireworks made 19 stars.
How many made 3 stars? How many made 4 stars?
Find two different answers?

What if Emma's fireworks made 25 stars?
Can you find two different answers?

Hint: It may help to draw the fireworks and the stars. Or make the stars and divide them into groups of 3 and 4.

Good Luck x

Mason
10 June 2020

I found 19 stars

1 with 3 stars + 4 with 4 stars
1 with 4 stars + 5 with 3 stars

Mrs Hume
15 June 2020

Hello Year 2

Well done Mason!

I have updated spelling shed assignments. This week you are practicing adding ing and er to words ending in an e.

For Maths I would like you to think about symmetry.
Draw some shapes, cut them out and fold them to see if they have a line of symmetry.
When you go for a walk look for all the 2d shapes you can find? Do they have a line of symmetry?
What else is symmetrical?

Take care x

Alisha Mum
15 June 2020

Hi Mrs Hume

Sorry I've not been on here and checked on what's been going on keep forgetting to look on here and also been busy aswell but if there anything you would like Alisha to do regarding work can you please send me it through email please as that would be better thank you hope your keeping well to. ????

Mrs Hume
16 June 2020

Hi Alisha's Mum

We are just putting together the next pack of ideas for home learning, we will let you know when it is ready. Meanwhile keep an eye on spelling shed, I change the lists each week, and Easimaths is great for her to keep practicing Maths.

Mrs Hume
16 June 2020

Hello Year 2, I hope you are all keeping well and happy.

Today in school with the key worker children we have been learning about the continents and oceans of the world. Do you remember when we learnt about this in Autumn?

Here are the links to those songs we enjoyed to help us learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BE4VcYngQ

Take care x

Mrs Hume
18 June 2020

Hello Year 2

How many ways can you make 24?

Write 24 in the middle of a piece of paper. Around it write at least 10 different ways to make it. e.g. 20+4 or 2x10 + 4

Try to use add, take away, multiplication and divide!

Mr. Whiteside has written an acrostic poem. Each line starts with a letter from the word FAMILY.

F - Fun times
A - Altogether
M - Making Cakes
I - I love my family
L - Lots of Laughter
Y - You have a go!

Can you do one?

Take care x

Jakub
22 June 2020

20+2+2=24
20+4=24
30-6=24
48÷2=24
12×2=24
12+12=24
3×4+12=24
10+10+4=24
40-16=24
5×4+4=24
10×2+4=24
10×3-6=24

Mrs Hume
22 June 2020

Hello Year 2

I have updated the spelling shed lists. Please log on and have a go.

For Maths this week I would like you to practice partitioning (splitting) numbers into tens and ones e.g. 25 = 20 + 5
Can you partition 62, 47, 85, 51?
How many different ways can you partition 65?
e.g. 65 = 60 + 5 or 65 = 50 + 15,

Try with other 2 digit numbers.

Challenge yourself to partition a 3 digit number e.g. 346 = 300 + 40 + 6. Try to partition it in different ways.

Good luck!

Mrs Hall
24 June 2020

Hello Year 2,

Today I am posting another poem for you to read. Underneath the poem there are six clues. Can you match a word from the poem to each clue?

Dark night
No light
Not bright
Uptight
In fright
Such plight
I might
Hide.

Six clues for you to match to an 'igh' word from the poem.
1.Opposite of day. 2. Opposite of dim. 3. Maybe I will. 4. Opposite of dark. 5. Sudden fear. 6. A problem.

Good Luck,

Mrs Hall x

Alisha
25 June 2020

Hi I am missing you have you got your card ??????????????????????????????

Mrs Hume
26 June 2020

Wow! What a hot week it has been! I hope you are taking care of yourselves and using sun cream.

Here is a Maths Challenge:

Place Value Duel
Your challenge:
• Can you make a larger two-digit number than your partner?
How to play:
1. Make 2 sets of digit 10 cards and number them from 0 - 9
2. Shuffle both sets of the digit cards. You and your partner must each draw two big lines on your sheet of paper like this: ____ ____
3. Take it in turns to turn over a digit card and decide where in your number you are going to place the digit. In the tens place or the ones place.
4. Put the digit in that position and tell your partner what value that digit has. For example, if you put a 2 in the tens column, you would say ‘this 2 is worth 2 tens or twenty’.
5. Once you have placed a digit in your number, you can’t move it! So, it’s important to think about where you're putting the digit.
Play at least six rounds.
Who will be the champion?

Have fun!

Mrs Hume
29 June 2020

Hello Year 2

What a rainy day it is! Hope you are all well.
I have updated the spelling shed lists for you today.

Listen to this poem by Benjamin Zephaniah called 'Royal Tea'
https://safeyoutube.net/w/SNh6

Royal Tea by Benjamin Zephaniah

I went to Buckingham Palace today,
to see the where the Queen and her family stay.
I went to Buckingham Palace today,
to see the Queen’s horses and men.
The Queen had gone shopping, her friend let us in,
a very big chap with a very big grin.
He put all the money I had in a tin,
security checked me and then he showed me a picture 300 years old,
kept in a frame made of valuable gold.
I told him I had one just like it indoors
and that I may sell it to help a good cause.
A chandelier hasten price was nice,
I said my one better and it has a price.
I went in a big room and saw a big throne,
just like the one my Mum has at home.
I saw carpets on walls that were not for sale,
I met the man who sorts out Royal Mail.
I went in the room where the Queen has her balls
and in there I saw some more carpets on walls.
On high polished floors I had a good slide,
I got a good telling off from the guide.
That very big chap with a very big grin
now looked even bigger and was not smiling.
I said in his ear that I need to
pay a quick visit to the Royal loo.
It took 15 minutes to get myself there,
up on the loo door it said Kilroy was ere.
Cameras filmed me I returned to reception,
I signed autographs for my royal connections.
I left a note for the Queen sayin she can,
visit me anytime she’s in Eastham.
I went to Buckingham Palace today,
to see the where the Queen and her family stay.
I went to Buckingham Palace today,
to see Royal things old and new.
It cost me £8.50 but no need to worry
if you visit me you don’t need any money.
There’s no OBE’s but there is fresh tea and honey.
And I can take photos of you.

Where is the poem set?
Where has the Queen gone?
Name two people that poet met during his visit.
What did he notice was hanging off the walls?
Find and copy a word that describes the floors the poet slid around on.
How much did it cost to visit Buckingham Palace?

Pick out any words which interest you and you would like to find out more
about. Here are few that I found:

valuable
grin
throne
polished
loo
Can you write these words on post it notes and stick them round the
house? You could ask an adult to help you with a definition to these words.
Every time you see one, could you say the definition out loud?

Imagine going to visit Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. How would you feel?
Draw a picture of the palace and write a description of it.

Have fun x

Mrs Hume
6 July 2020

Good Morning

I have updated the spelling shed lists.

• Have you ever played ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’? Well this is a maths version of the same game!
How to play:
1. On scissors, each of you puts out between 1 and 5 fingers.
2. You then need to race to add the number of fingers you have put out with the number of fingers your partner put out (e.g 4 + 2 = 6) and then multiply that answer by 2 (e.g. 6 x 2 = 12) and be the first to call out the answer.
3. The player to call the correct answer first, wins a point.
4. Record who wins each ‘battle’ in a simple table; the first player to 10 points wins!

Have fun x

Jakub
7 July 2020

Sometimes I play this game with my parents.

Jakub
9 July 2020

I am very happy that on July 15 I will meet my friends and my new teacher.

Mrs Hume
12 July 2020

Hello Year 2

As this is the last week of term, and you will soon be getting ready to move on to Year 3 and new challenges I just want to say how proud I am of you. You have been a pleasure to teach this year and I feel very sad that we weren't all able to come back together. But you have exciting new challenges ahead in year 3 and I look forward to seeing you and hearing all about how you have got on.

I have updated the spelling shed lists for this week, so you can log on and have a go at the suffixes, and a recap of all the year 2 words.

I have a few ideas of things you could do this week.

Memories
Over the last year, you will have created many school memories that you will cherish forever. Capture these memories in a fun way by creating a ‘Memory Jar’. Using coloured paper you could draw or write down your favourite memories. You could use different colours to show different categories of memory e.g. blue for friendship, yellow for teachers, red for favourite lessons, green for school trips. Use a jam jar or a plastic bottle to collect your memories; you could even personalise your jar with decoration.

Achievements
You have achieved so much over the course of the year and now it is time to reflect on what makes you proud. Think about your proudest achievements inside and outside of the classroom. Choose one then design and create an achievement medal. Do this by cutting a piece of cardboard into a circle or star shape, painting it gold or sticking shiny paper to it. Write the number one on the medal and add string or ribbon.

Goal Setting
Read or listen to the story ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’

https://safeyoutube.net/w/tUGG

Gerald the giraffe showed determination when trying to achieve his goals.
What would you like to achieve next year, write a list e.g. ‘to improve my handwriting’, ‘count in tens’ or ‘show more kindness to others’. Choose 5 things from the list which you would like to achieve during their next school year. Create a poster to represent the goals. This can be done by drawing or cutting out pictures, gluing onto card and decorating.

Take care Year 2. I hope you have a really lovely summer. Stay safe and I am looking forward to seeing you all again in September. xx