Year Two - Power Maths Activity - Home Learning

Following our 'problem-solving' in Mathematics this week, we would like to set the children this puzzle from the "End of Unit Check" in our Power Maths books. It's quite tricky, so you'll have to grapple with it.

(We did run through how to get to the answer at school.)

What you need:

Get 9 small pieces of card/paper.

Write the numbers 1 to 9 on a piece of card/paper. 

You now have cards with the numbers 1  2   3   4   5  6  7  8  9

Here's the challenge:        Can you make three unequal piles of cards that total the same amount?

Record like this:     pile 1: _____.  pile 2: ______ pile 3: ______

          There is more than one answer.....         How many ways can you find? 

Mr. MacBean's clue - "A magic number for this is fifteen"

Year Two Film Treat

 The children in Year Two have collected up all their 'Great Work Butterflies' which entitles them to a treat.

They have chosen to have an hour on Friday afternoon watching a film while wearing their pajamas. Cuddly toys are also optional.  They should definitely still come to school in their school uniform - and change after lunch. As the weather has made a turn for the colder, please make sure pajamas are warm, with dressing gowns a sensible extra layer!

DM

Home Learning Year Two - Mathematical Investigation

Make the Magic Potion:

Spiders 8 legs

Beetles  6 legs

Lizards 4 legs

Bats 2 legs

Potion must have a total of 20 legs. 

What different potions could you make?

Record your answers clearly. 

Here’s an example:

Beetle + Beetle + Lizard + Bat + Bat = 20

 6       +      6    +      4     +    2   +  2  = 20

Year Two - Home learning and next week's assembly

Dear Year Two,

Geography:        Miss Cowls has set the children a Geography task for their 'home learning' this week. The children have been given a World map to label and some questions to answer about Human Features (made by people) and Physical Features (made by physical geography).

Assembly Lines:    Well done for practising these at home. A bit more practice would be great!            (Lost your lines? - email me or ask for another copy next week.)

Reminder - Families can can to watch our Y2 Assembly at 9.20 next Friday 19th November. This coincides with 'Children in Need Day'.

Next week's 'Show and Tell' is 'Orange Table' - also on Friday.

Have a happy weekend,  Mr. M.

Year Two - "Show and Tell"

 

Dear Families,

In the last week, the children in Year Two have expressed a great enthusiasm for "Show and Tell", by which I mean bringing something from home to tell their classmates about. (Lots of children, every day!)

I don't want to prevent them from doing this; however, it will be more convenient if we coordinate how it's done (...and how often).

From now on, Friday will be "Show and Tell" day. Each week children from a different 'working table' will have the opportunity to bring something of interest from home to tell their friends about.  There are 6 working tables so the opportunity for each child will come round about once each half term.

next week = Yellow Table

Many thanks,

Mr. M.

Year Two - Home Learning - Nov 5th

1. The children have been given their "Lines" for our Class Assembly. 

The assembly is on Friday 19th November at 9.20 am.

The children are not expected to learn their lines, but it would be great if they could practise reading them.

2. Make a simple plan of part of a building, such as your home. 

You will need to try to see the house from a ‘bird’s eye view’, that’s looking down from above.

Here's an example: (Yours doesn't need this much detail.)

Can you label some of the different rooms and show where the doors are?

Can you show where some important things are kept, like the fridge, cooker, T.V., bath, toilet?

3. People in Mr. MacBean's and Mrs. Bernard's Reading/Spelling groups have also got some "spellings" for the week. These will change on Mondays.

DM

We Look Forward To Seeing You Soon!