Year 2 Home Learning 10.01.20
Year 2 Home Learning – Friday 10th January (All learning to be handed in Wednesday 29th January.) |
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Reading In Year 2, we expect you to be reading for at least 10minutes, five times a week. This needs to be recorded in your individual reading record. |
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Home Learning Menu
Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you! For example, you may just complete the fifteen-point activity or may choose to do one ten and a five-point activity; you could also choose to do three five-point activities – it is completely your choice! Have a look at the activity menu below:
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Year 2 Home Learning – Friday 13th September
(All learning to be handed in Wednesday 2rd October.) |
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Reading Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis at home and should be discussing this reading with an adult. In reading record books, please could children/parents write a comment about this reading. |
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Home Learning Menu
Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you! For example, you may just complete the fifteen-point activity or may choose to do one ten and a five-point activity; you could also choose to do three five-point activities – it is completely your choice! Have a look at the activity menu below:
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Year 2 Spellings
Focus: y,ey
Handed out on Monday 1stJuly; Tested on 8thJuly
- monkey
- fly
- July
- money
- chimney
- why
- reply
- clothes
- great
- pretty
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: Suffixes
Handed out on Monday 24th June; Tested on 1stJuly
- hopeful
- skipping
- painless
- fraction
- excitement
- beautiful
- gently
- pass
- again
- father
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: ‘kn/gn’ sound
Handed out on Monday 17th June; Tested on 24thJune
- knot
- know
- knee
- gnat
- gnaw
- gnome
- knight
- eye
- plant
- would
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: ‘i’ sound
Handed out on Monday 10th June; Tested on 17thJune
- find
- mind
- kind
- behind
- blind
- unkind
- bind
- improve
- people
- half
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: long o sound, ‘o’ on its own
Handed out on Monday 13th May; Tested on Monday 20th May
- most
- both
- only
- hotel
- ago
- total
- oval
- who
- once
- are
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: words ending in ‘e’ drop the ‘e’ and add ‘y’
Handed out on Tuesday 7th May; Tested on Monday 13th May
1. shiny
2. scary
3. smoky
4. bony
5. stony
6. shaky
7. slimy
8. hold
9. water
10. sure
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: -tion
Handed out on Monday 29th April; Tested on Tuesday 7th May
1. fiction
2. station
3. education
4. direction
5. competition
6. section
7. fraction
8. pretty
9. prove
10. improve
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.




Year 2 Spellings
Focus: ‘l’ spelt ‘el’ at the end of a word, after m, n, r, v, w
Remember: Most Nuns Run Very Well
Handed out on Monday 25th March; Tested on Monday 1st April
- travel
- camel
- squirrel
- tunnel
- towel
- swivel
- quarrel
- many
- money
- move
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: y changes to an i and add -est
Handed out on Monday 18th March; Tested on Monday 25th March
- happiest
- busiest
- loneliest
- shiniest
- laziest
- ugliest
- prettiest
- after
- again
- any
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: y changes to an i and add -es
Handed out on Monday 11thMarch; Tested on Monday 18thMarch
- flies
- ladies
- parties
- teddies
- puppies
- babies
- lollies
- fast
- grass
- last
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 1 & 2 Home Learning – Friday 1st March (All learning to be handed in Wednesday 20th March.) |
Reading Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis at home and should be discussing this reading with an adult. In reading record books, please could children/parents write a comment about this reading. |
Spelling Spellings will be handed out each Monday, to be tested the following Monday. |
Home Learning Menu Over the next 3 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you! For example, you may just complete the fifteen-point activity or may choose to do one ten and a five-point activity; you could also choose to do three five-point activities – it is completely your choice! Have a look at the activity menu below: 15 Points: *Have a go at this science activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRSSGwrLZA What do you think is happening? Write about what you notice. Take photos and write up your findings ready to present in it your SOLE book. *Research a sea creature of your choice. The more you know about your animal the easier you will find it to write about in school. You should think about how to present your findings. You might make a power point presentation or create your own booklet. You could start with these questions. Where does it live? What does it eat? What is it? What special features does it have? For example, can it camouflage? 10 Points *Design and create your own sea creature – labelling its special features *Complete a litter pick on the beach to help protect the oceans. Go with an adult and be careful of the sea and items you might find. Please bring in a picture for your SOLE book. *Make some different length sea creatures and measure them with a ruler. Which is the longest which is shortest? What’s the difference in length between the shortest and longest? Think about how you can present this for your SOLE book. 5 Points *Spend 15 minutes on hit the button – times and divide (2s, 5s, 10s and 3s). https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button *Can you draw or make a repeating pattern out of sea creatures? What’s the most interesting pattern you can make? *The rainbow fish is kind and helpful – Tell us 3 ways that you are kind and helpful. Be ready to stick this in your SOLE book. You could also have photos of you showing these kind and caring acts. *Spend 15 minutes learning these common exception word spellings on this game. http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html |
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: ‘igh’ sound spelt ‘y’ at the end of a word
Handed out on Monday 25th February; Tested on Monday 4th March
- my
- by
- buy
- July
- dry
- cry
- reply
- friend
- come
- some
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: gn and kn
Handed out on Monday 4th February; Tested on Monday 11th February
- know
- knew
- knight
- knife
- gnat
- gnaw
- gnome
- cloth
- clothes
- pulled
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Focus: drop the e and add –ing/-ed
Handed out on Monday 28th January; Tested on Monday 4th February
- write
- writing
- dance
- danced
- dancing
- loved
- loving
- every
- everybody
- even
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you!
Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you!
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Year 2 Spellings
Focus: just add –ing/-ed or double the last letter
Handed out on Monday 21st January; Tested on Monday 28th January
1. walking
2. walked
3. hopping
4. hopped
5. patting
6. patted
7. swimming
8. great
9. steak
10. break
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings
Focus: o sound spelt ‘a’ after w or qu
Handed out on Monday 14th January; Tested on Monday 21st January
- was
- watch
- want
- wallet
- squash
- quarrel
- quarter
- Mr
- Miss
- Mrs
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you!
Please click on the following link to view :Home learning master 11.01.19
Year 2 Spellings Focus: alternative ow
Handed out on Monday 10th December; Tested on Monday 17th December
- going
- seeing
- asking
- being
- doing
- pushing
- pulling
- floor
- door
- poor
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year 2 Spellings Focus: alternative g
Handed out on Monday 3rd December; Tested on Monday 10th December
1. edge
2. hedge
3. village
4. huge
5. giant
6. giraffe
7. jacket
8. pass
9. Christmas
10. because
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.
Year Two Spellings, Week 9 Focus: / oa /
Handed out on Monday 5thNovember; Tested on Monday 12thNovember
- coat
- boat
- moat
- float
- wrote
- most
- throw
- father
- parent
- children
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Year Two Spellings, Week 8 Focus: / igh /
Handed out on Monday 29th October; Tested on Monday 5thNovember
- night
- light
- bright
- tie
- pie
- my
- by
- both
- cold
- old
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Handed out on Monday 15th October; Tested on Monday 29thOctober
- peach
- bleed
- these
- lazy
- donkey
- sneeze
- treat
- most
- only
- busy
Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Literacy-
Play this game to hone your verb identification skills https://www.turtlediary.com/game/action-words-verbs.html. Remember, verbs are doing, having or being words.
Maths –
When we want to add 9 to a number we can add ten then take away 1. See the examples: 38 + 9 = 47
55 + 9 = 64
Answer these number sentences.
What happens to the tens and one numbers? What patterns can you find?
12 + 9 = 6 + 9 =
34 + 9 = 59 + 9 =
77 + 9 = 26 + 9 =
Year Two Spellings, Focus: suffix –ment and -ness
Handed out on Friday 9th June; Tested on Friday 16th June
- fairness
- kindness
- movement
- ointment
- enjoyment
- sadness
- fitness
- improve
- last
- steak
Note: spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Year Two Spellings, Focus: ‘or’ spelt ‘a’ before ‘l’ or ‘ll’ and ‘ar’ after a w
Handed out on Friday 26th May; Tested on Friday 9th June
- always
- talk
- chalk
- called
- warm
- towards
- warn
- only
- plant
- poor
Note: spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Year 2 Home Learning Friday 19th May; To be completed by Wednesday 24th May |
Year Two Spellings, Focus: ‘le’, ‘el’ and ‘al’
Handed out on Friday 19th May; Tested on Friday 26th May
- metal
- petal
- middle
- apple
- circle
- camel
- parcel
- class
- climb
- could
Note: spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Year Two Spellings, Focus: -tion
Handed out on Friday 12th May; Tested on Friday 19th May
- education
- foundation
- fraction
- motion
- section
- direction
- station
- again
- hour
- hold
Note: spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.
Literacy- ![]()
7 x 10 = 12 3 = 7 x 2 = 3 x 3 = 120 10 = 6 x 5 = 5 x 0 = 48 2 = 25 5 = |