Homework in Year 2

 In year 2 as part of our learning package your child has access to activities and tasks covering all areas of the curriculum that are constantly updated. The platform we use for this is Purple Mash. Please click the link below to access the school portal. Your child's Purple Mash login can be found at the front of their homework books. 

Friday 26th May

Next half term our topic is all about climate change. For your homework we would like you to do some research:

1. What causes climate change?
2. How is climate change affecting our planet?
3. What can we do to help our planet?

You can present your research in any way you would like such as a poster, leaflet, artwork or letter. Get creative and have fun!

Friday 19th May

As the children have sat their SATs this week, we will not be sending home any homework. 

We would like the children to continues to practise their spellings over the weekend ready for Tuesday. 

The children have worked incredibly hard this week and we are very proud of them! 

Well done Year 2! 

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  This week's homework focuses on the variety of questions that children might experience within the SATs, including some reasoning problems, all focusing on multiplication. 

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

We have also looked at some statistics and 3D shape. The questions relating to this are some of the different questions children might experience on SATs papers.

Friday 5th May

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We have learnt the Amy method to solve division problems. This week's homework focuses on the variety of questions that children might experience within the SATs, including some reasoning problems. 

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

We have also look at some position and direction. The questions relating to this are some of the different questions children might experience on SATs papers.

Friday 28th April

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week have focused on subtraction. We are encouraging the children to use the empty number line strategy. 

Children may use this to solve the problems as well as being able to count back for smaller number problems. This week's homework focuses on the variety of questions that children might experience within the SATs, including some reasoning problems. 

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

We have also look at some shape, space and measure. The questions relating to this are some of the different questions children might experience on SATs papers.

Friday 21st April

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week have focused on addition. We are encouraging the children to use the regrouping strategy. 

Children may use this to solve the problems as well as being able to count on for some of the smaller number problems e.g. adding 3 numbers.

This week's homework focuses on the variety of questions that children might experience within the SATs, including some reasoning problems. 

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

We have created a timetable for the first week of the holiday if you wish to continue your child’s learning at home.

Please click on the document above for more information and website links to the maths games.

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week we are focusing on division. We are encouraging the children to use the 'Amy Method'. 

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week we are focusing on multiplication. We are encouraging the children to use the arrays strategy or use the repeated addition strategy.

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

Science

This half term in science we are learning about how we can help save our planet. We are learning about global warming and how to look after our environment. Above is a sorting activity to help your child understand what items we can be recycle, reuse or reduce. I have added a video below for your child to watch to develop their understanding. 

Literacy

In literacy we have been reading the book Tadpole's Promise. We would like your child to write a book review about the book. I have added a link to the story below. I have also added a book review template below. The story has a very unexpected ending! 

Maths

In continuing our readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week we are focusing on subtraction. We are promoting the blank number line strategy as this helps the children subtract 2 2-digit numbers by having a visual image.

The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on the calculation strategy videos. Links below.

In readiness for SATs we are revising all of the four rules of number over the following weeks; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This week we are focusing on addition. We are promoting the partitioning and regrouping strategy as this helps the children add 2 2-digit numbers together as the numbers get bigger. The strategy can be found in the calculation strategy booklet and on video showing the strategy. Links below.

We have been learning to tell the time. In year 2 to meet the expected standard your child needs to be able to tell the time to 15 minute intervals: o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. To be greater depth of expected standard your child needs to be able to read the time to 5 minute intervals. Hope you all have a great half term! 

It was Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 7th February. We have discussed being safe online in class. For homework this week we would like your child to become a reporter!  We have attached above The  ‘Internet Interview’ is on page 14. Your child must ask the questions to a parent or carer, make notes, and report back their findings in their homework book. We will discuss the answers in school. 

This week we have a literacy focus for our homework. In year 2 your child needs to use different types of sentences in their writing. There are four different types of sentences - statements, questions, commands and exclamations. There is an explanation of each type of sentence above. This week we would like your child to sort the different types of sentences. 

This week we have been learning the 'Amy Method' as a strategy to divide numbers. The homework is for your child to use this strategy to solve some division word problems. We have included a 1 star practise that demonstrates the method we use. There is also a video on the website that I will put a link to below. The strategy is also included in our calculation strategy booklet that has been sent home. A copy is available on the website. I will put a link to this too. There is our weekly challenge too! 

This week we have been practising solving multiplication calculations using the arrays strategy. The homework is for your child to use this strategy to solve some multiplication word problems. We have included a challenge too! 

Next week we will be learning about multiplication. The homework is using arrays to show multiplication.  This a visual strategy and helps the children to see how multiplication can be represented in different ways. 

Happy New Year! Hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break. In school we have been practising adding and subtracting 10 from a given number. The homework this week is for your child to practise adding and subtracting 10. Your child needs to remember that the units do not change when adding or subtracting 10. Above is also a challenge of adding and subtracting 100s as well as 10s! 

We have created a timetable for the first week of the holiday if you wish to continue your child’s learning at home.

Please click on the document above for more information and website links to the maths games.  

This week we are working on developing our reading comprehension skills. The homework is a festive reading comprehension all about elves!  There are the usual 3 differentiated levels. 

This week the homework is to practise adding 2 2-digit numbers using the partitioning strategy. There is a link above to a video showing the strategy. 

This week the homework is a reading comprehension all about The Great Fire of London. We have been learning all about The Great Fire of London and this will further develop their knowledge of the event. There are two comprehension tasks. The challenge activity is more challenging. Please choose one activity to do. Your child does not need to do the one star, two star and three star activities. Choose a star activity and then if they require further challenge move onto the challenge activity. 

This week for our homework we are getting in the festive mood! Purple Mash have a festive card competition. The winning design will become the official 2Simple (Purple Mash) festive card and the winners will be awarded 50 printed copies of their card, a £20 Amazon voucher and a 2Simple Goody Bag. Their card will also be made into an e- card through Purple Mash. Everyone is welcome to enter the competition and your design can reflect whatever this time of year means to you!

We have also introduced a new handwriting scheme. Your child will have an additional piece of handwriting homework each week which will be in the back of their homework books in a plastic wallet. This homework will relate to the letters/joins your child has been learning during the week. We want the children to develop automaticity with their handwriting when forming their letters. We will start teaching handwriting joins next term. 

We have been learning about pictograms and bar charts in maths. This week the homework is to interpret and draw pictograms. Your child has been constructing tally charts then using the data from these tally charts to construct a pictogram or bar chart. Above are two tasks for each star rating. One task focuses on interpreting a pictogram and the other task is constructing a pictogram and thinking about which way of representing the data is best. 

This week we have been learning about materials and their uses. We have looked around our classroom and identified different objects that are made from specific materials. We will be moving on to looking at the suitability of the materials and why they are used to make specific objects. 

To end the half term we would like your child to further develop their reasoning skills with these addition and subtraction fact family tasks. Have a great half term holiday!

This week we have been adding 10s. Above is a range of differentiated activities for your child. There is also a challenge activity to further develop your child's problem solving and reasoning skills! 

Following on from last week's homework when your child recorded what they ate. This week your child will evaluate what your child ate.

Your child will think about  * What is good about my diet?

                                     * How can I can make my diet better?

Below are some videos to help your child learn what foods are healthy and the importance of eating healthily. 

This week the homework is a food diary linked to science and our topic 'Animals including humans'. We are learning about the importance of healthy eating and choosing  a balanced diet. Over the week we would like your child to record what they eat. This leads on to next week's homework when your child will think about what they have eaten and how healthy the food is that they have eaten. 

This week we have been learning about what to do when there are missing numbers in addition sentences. Above are the three differentiated activities and a challenge too! 

During school we have been developing our understanding of place value and the number system. We have been ordering numbers. As homework this week we would like your child to further develop this knowledge. Each week for homework there will be three activities with differing ability levels and a challenge. 

Choose an activity for your child encouraging them to challenge themselves. Print off the activity and stick the completed task in the blue homework book that will be sent home with your child every Friday.                

This week the homework is a summary of your child's time in year 2. We are so proud of your children and we have enjoyed teaching them. They have been an absolute pleasure. 

This week the homework is a mystery! Your child has to use their detective skills to answer a set of maths challenges and questions. After solving each challenge they will earn  a clue. The clues will then lead them to the answer of the mystery! 

For this week's homework the focus is grammar and punctuation. 

Next week is an exciting week in the sporting world as Wimbledon is back! Below is a video with some facts about Wimbledon. What it is, what sport is played at the competition and other facts. Above are some logic problems to test your child's problem solving and reasoning skills! They are differentiated in the normal way. From one star up to three star!

If you are up for a challenge there are some maths challenge cards too. 

You could maybe do the homework with a bowl of strawberries and cream as a treat? Very Wimbledon-like! 

Soon it is the Commonwealth Games. It is very exciting as it is being held here in Birmingham! This week's homework is to look at the PowerPoint about The Commonwealth Games and to answer the questions in the homework books.  

Our new topic this half term is 'How can we help save our world?' We have discussed Climate Change and how Greta Thunberg has worked to highlight the need for people to do what they can to help the world against climate change and global warming. Please watch the video below and look at the above PowerPoint to find out more about climate change. Then in the homework books or on a piece of paper (class 7) your child is to write or draw what they can do to help save our world. 

Next week we are going to be writing a prediction of what happens when a boy meets a creature whilst camping! We have stuck the above plan in your child's homework book to help your child to prepare and plan for the writing. Your child has watched a video clip of the boy meeting the creature to help give them ideas. 

In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service.

Get involved in celebrating Her Majesty’s historic reign in the run up to the Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend which takes place from 2nd to 5th June.

Above is an information PowerPoint about the Jubilee - what it is and why we are celebrating. There is also a paper chain activity so that you can make a paper chain to dress your house ready for the celebrations! 

Below are links to the events so that you can get involved!

We are continuing to learn about Plants. This week the homework is to go for a nature walk and look carefully at the spring flowers and trees. Above is a selection of flowers and trees for your child to find! A bit of forest bathing for the weekend! 

This half term your child is learning about plants. They have been learning about the different parts of the plants and we are going to be learning about the parts of the plant that we eat. 

In May your child will be sitting the Year 2 SATs papers in reading, grammar and maths (arithmetic and reasoning). Above are example papers of the tests your child will be sitting. Included in the above packs are explanations of the papers, the associated vocabulary and syllabus of the topics covered. This homework is optional for your child. We will be preparing your child in school for the tests. These papers are for your information too so that you can see the format and content of the papers. Hope you all have a lovely holiday 

This week the homework is to decorate a hard boiled egg. I have put some ideas on the document above. Use your creative energies and go wild! 

This half term we have been learning about Living things and their Habitats. The link above is to a BBC Bitesize game. There are a variety of topics... including Habitats and Microhabitats. The games are fun and will consolidate your child's learning.  

This week your child has been planning their own superhero story. In year 2 your child needs to be able to use subordination in their writing. Above is a PowerPoint and an activity to further develop their understanding of what subordination is and how and when to use it. 

This week we have been adding two two-digit numbers together using the partitioning strategy. Using the strategy below to add two two-digit numbers together. There is a game to make it more exciting for the children. I have included some word problems to further develop their skills. They have three differentiated levels. Encourage your child to use the partitioning strategy to solve the word problems. 

This week we have been learning about money and giving change. The activity this week is problem solving and working out change. 

The activity above is differentiated. There are three different levels -

                                                     *** Notes and coins - two step problems

                                                     **  Notes and coins - one step problems

                                                     *  Coins up to £1.00 - one step problems

I've added a money song as the children love a good song! :)

This week and next week we are learning about the different word classes: noun, verb, adjective and adverb. This week's homework is to develop your child's understanding of what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are. Your child needs to identify which word belongs to which class.

The activity above is differentiated. There are three different levels -

                                                     *** Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs

                                                       **  Verbs, nouns and adjectives

                                                        *  Verbs and nouns

When writing your child needs to try to include these different types of words to further improve and develop their sentences.

This week we have been telling the time. In year 2 children need to be able to tell the time to o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. Children who are working at greater depth in year 2 need to be able to tell the time in 5 minute intervals. I have put some optional homework above for your child to practise their time telling and a challenge too!  . I have also added a couple of videos. 

This week has been Mental Health week. In school we have been talking about feelings and how we all feel different feelings at different times. We thought about what makes us special and how amazing we all are!  Above is a PowerPoint to recap the different feelings and moods. You could talk about the different moods and feelings with your child. There is also an activity to make Milton the Worry Monster. He can live at your house and if your child has a worry they can give it to Milton. Then the worry can be talked about and Milton will eat the worry up! I have also put a YouTube link to a lovely book called 'The Huge Bag of Worries' that you could read with your child. 

This week we have been learning about fractions. We have been learning about halves, quarters and thirds. We have also been learning about equivalent fractions - 2/4 is the same as 1/2. The homework this week is the above equivalent fractions task which we have stuck into your child's homework book. The above PDF is for reference purposes. To have a visual aid there is a fraction wall activity above to further develop your child's understanding of equivalent fractions. 

This week we have been thinking about the four different types of sentences - statements, commands, questions and exclamations. The homework is sorting sentences into these four categories. The sentences that your child needs to sort and instructions of how to set out the work are in the document above. 

Homework for this week is stuck in the blue homework books. Please see above PDF for information. The homework is maths multiplication and division problem solving. 

This week we have read the story 'The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. Your child has retold the story from the Bog baby's point of view. For homework this week your child is to create a fact file about the Bog Baby. There is a PowerPoint with information about the Bog Baby and an example fact file to help your child. Use the Fact File Template above to record your child's fact file or alternatively they could write it straight into their homework book. 

In school we have been practising subtracting 10 from a given number. The homework this week is for your child to practise adding and subtracting 10 from a given number. Your child needs to remember that the units do not change when adding or subtracting 10. Above is also a challenge of adding and subtracting 100s as well as 10s. 

This week's homework is an activity book. It has a range of fun activities! Enjoy!

Next Monday and Tuesday we are performing the statutory phonics screening that would normally be performed in June in year 1. Due to COVID the testing did not take place. Therefore your child will be tested next week. Above you will find a PowerPoint with the sounds on and words that contain this sound. There are also 3 lists of real words and nonsense words. The phonics screening is a test to ascertain your child's ability to decode/sound out words which is why some words are real words and some words are nonsense words. Some words have to be nonsense words as your child will not recognise these words and will need to use their decoding skills to sound them out to read them. We have added extra phonics lessons within school to ensure your child has been developing and practising their decoding skills. Please practise decoding/sounding out words at home. Below is a video with more information about the phonics screening. 

We want to encourage the children to write confidently and they have been practising writing sentences about a picture. Please encourage your child to write sentences. Please find the aspects of writing above that need to be in your child's writing.  

The children have been learning about how to add 2 two-digit numbers together using different strategies. We would like the children to practise the strategy using a one hundred square. 

          1. Partition the second number           23 + 15 =  

                                               /   / 

                                            10    5

          2. Using a 100 square locate the first number 23.

             Then add the tens (10) by jumping down the tens column of the hundred square. 

             Then add the units (5) by jumping along the line of the hundred square.

Using the practise sheets above, your child is to practise this strategy. As a guide we expect

                   *10 questions for one star

                   ** 20 questions for two star

                  *** 20 questions and the challenge

If your child wants to do more then that is brilliant! :)

This is to ensure that the children practise the strategy again.

It also helps the children to see the visual number system. 

The children have been learning about pictograms. There are 3 differentiated activities above. There is also a challenge activity to further develop your child's problem solving skills and understanding. 

This week the children have been learning about Climate Change and the COP26 conference where people are working together and discussing ways to reduce climate change and global warming. There is a PowerPoint and a link above to a video on Newsround to further develop their understanding. Using this knowledge and information your child will be drawing what the Earth would be like in 50 years if the warming continued and what a perfect earth should look like. The activity is in their homework books. A copy of the activity is available above. 

Encourage your child to write a diary entry for each day of the half term. Use the Writing Mats that were sent home to help your child to know what needs to be included in their writing. If you have mislaid these the Writing Mats are available to download above. 

This week's homework is already stuck into your child's homework book. Above is a copy of the work if needed. In school we have discussed healthy eating and what foods are healthy and unhealthy. For this week's homework your child is to keep a record of what they eat. Encourage your child to think about whether they are eating a balanced diet. Ask your child, could they make healthier choices? At the end of the week discuss with your child the food they have eaten. Do they have a balance of all of the different food groups? Is there a balance between healthy and unhealthy food?