Year Two - Happy Home Learners

Thank you Year Two for all of the great work that you've been sending to me using email and Messenger. I know that Mrs. Brooker has already spoken to lots of you and your Mums and Dads on the telephone this week, and she is very pleased to report how busy we've all been even though we've nearly all had to stay at home.
As a bit of (extra) Home Learning this week I thought it might be nice to see if you can watch this You Tube clip. You will need to be supervised my Mum and/or Dad do this, of course; but hopefully they'll enjoy it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPV8JmUMrU
The chap that talks on this video clip is called Andy Cope. I met Andy at THSchool last year and thought that he had lots of great ideas, and was a nice chap too.
At the end of the video, Andy sets this "Home Learning Activity":
Write down 30 (but you could make it 10) things that you are really lucky to have in your life.
How about that? Sounds like a worthwhile activity to me. How about you give it a go!
Keep up the great work Year Two.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mr. M
d.macbean@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Year Two - Super Home Learners

Hi Year Two,
I hope you are all well and managing to stay fit, healthy and happy, and get some learning done at home.
Thank you for all of the emails showing me things you've done so far!
Some of your Mums and Dads have been contacting me using Messenger too.
This is great! - I know it can be easier for them to take a quick photo of something that you've done on their phones, and then ping it over to me on Messenger. Go for it.

This week at school, we were going to be finding out about an Indian Festival called Holi (which actually took place on the 10th March this year). The picture above shows some children celebrating Holi. It looks like they are having fun doesn't it. But why are they covered in paint? Perhaps you could find out? 

Our home learning I had planned for this week (before all of the schools had to close) was this. Perhaps you would like to have a go still.

When we are allowed to go out exploring again, where in the World would you most like to visit?Give some reasons for your answer:

When we are allowed to go out again, who in the World would you most like to meet?

Give some reasons for your answer:

Have a happy time Year Two.
Remember to remind your parents to help you keep in touch with me (email or Messenger)
-if you need any help from me, or just want to show me the cool stuff you've been up to.

d.macbean@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Dear Year Two Super Learners,

I am really sorry I missed you on Friday and didn't get the chance to say -

"Stay Safe and Fit, and I'll See You Soon!"

Unfortunately I have been poorly, which means I have to keep myself at home so that I don't risk spreading any germs.
I am getting better now so I'm ready to help you with your work from my home.
My email address is    d.macbean@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk
If you or your Mums and Dads want to ask me any questions about school stuff, please do so by sending me an email.
As you will have already seen, I am setting bits and pieces of work on our school Learning At Home Planner.
Each day there are Power Maths plans showing the pages that you should try to do in your Practice Books.
There are also instructions for what your group needs to do for Phonics/ Spelling and Reading.
In the case of my group (most of the class), we will be doing about half-a-dozen pages each day from our Harry Potter book with some questions of mine added. Getting someone at home to help with reading this is fine. (I did try to upload a video of me reading the text, but the video file was too big and it would not work. I am trying to sort this out.)
You can expect all sorts of other interesting things on the Learning At Home Planner.
Well done for all of the fantastic work you have sent in so far! Mr. Spracklen has been telling me all about it - and I've been seeing some of it on the "Live-Feed" that Mr. S. is putting online. Brilliant!
Let me know how you get on (email).
Tell me if anything exciting happens while you are at home. - For example, I sat in the sunshine for a while today and saw a butterfly. I think it was a Tortoiseshell, but it was a bit too far away to tell for sure. It is actually very early in the year for butterflies; I wonder if any of you could spot a butterfly in your garden? Let me know if you do.
Keep in touch,
Mr. MacBean

Home Learning Year 2 Wed 18th Marc

Talk about a Photo    

For your home learning this week, we would like you to find a photograph that is of interest to you and prepare a little “talk” about the photo that you can present to a group of friends (or the whole class).

The photo could be of you with your family at an exciting place, or a photo that you have found in a magazine or on the internet that interests you for another reason (historical, geographical, scientific etc). 

The important thing is that you should prepare to talk about the photograph for a couple of minutes in an interesting way that engages the listeners in your audience. 

You are allowed to have some notes to help you if you like, but we are hoping that you are able to present a little “talk” without having to read too much.

Well done Year Two - Great Assembly

  


A Tale of Two Friends
Today the children in Year Two enjoyed performing their musical mime telling the story of Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy.






  

Home Learning Year Two - Wednesday 11th Marc

1.  Finding “Words with Suffixes”

Can you write down some words that have a suffix at the end? 

The grid below should help you. Can you find 20 words with suffixes? 

- or, maybe more?

Be careful  - the spelling at the end of the  root word needs to change if it ends in the letter y  (happiness, greedily)

Starting Words (root words)            Suffixes

hope home thirsty sick friend quiet free thought pain cold fruit king child happy  greedy

ful ness hood ish ly ship like less ment dom er

2. Practise saying your “lines” for your Class Assembly.                                 
(this week on Friday 13th March).

Year Two Class Assembly this Friday (13th) March, 9.20 am.

Reminder  - Year Two Class Assembly this Friday (13th) March, 9.20 am.
We are hoping the children will be dressed-up as sailors in Nelson's Navy (early 1800s).
If you get a chance, please practise the the children's lines for the assembly at home.
Hope to see you then!
Many thanks,
Year 2 Team

“Home Learning” – Book Review - Week of Wed 4th March

“Home Learning” –   Week of Wednesday 4th March

Write a “book review” for a book that you have  recently enjoyed.

(For lots of the class, this will be "Danny Champion of the World".)

Make sure that you include these things:

• Why you enjoyed the book
• What the book is about (the setting, characters and plot)

Costumes for Year Two Class Assembly – (for Friday 13th March)

Dear Parents,

It would be great if the children in Y2 could bring in a costume for their Class Assembly on Friday 13th March. They are all going to be playing the part of sailors on board a sailing ship from the time of Nelson’s navy (early 1800s).

Tracksuit trousers and white T-shirts would be ideal.
Handkerchiefs over their heads might make a nice addition.
Any that fancy a bit of face paint to add tattoos and moustaches would be welcome.
As the children will be climbing on some PE apparatus, they will need to have bare feet.
(They will not be allowed to use any toy cutlasses or pistols as they will need their hands free for miming.)

We hope that you can come along to the assembly (at 9.20am) to see them in action.

Many Thanks
Duncan MacBean