Welcome to Woodpeckers Class!
Woodpeckers
Welcome to Woodpeckers!
Year 2
Class teacher: Mrs Thomas
Please click on the links to read our curriculum letters:
Woodpeckers Class Let's Grow Mind Map Summer Term 1
Woodpeckers Curriculum Mind Map Term 4
Woodpecker Class Curriculum Letter Spring Term 2
Woodpecker Class Curriculum Mind Map Spring Term 3
Woodpecker Class Curriculum News Spring Term 3 2019-2020
Woodpecker Class Curriculum Letter Mind Map Autumn Term 2
Woodpecker Class Curriculum Letter Autumn Term 2
Woodpecker Class Curriculum Mindmap Autumn Term 1 2019-2020
INFORMATION FOR COVID-19 CLOSURE
Information will appear here giving details of your child's home education programme during the period of school closure.
I will be updating this page daily with English, Maths and other tasks, it would be lovely to hear from you all, contact me by email on ethomas@wsses.co.uk
At the end of the day I will check my emails and answer your messages, even if you just want to say hello, share your learning or a photo of what you have been doing.
Click the link above for the mind map about our new topic.
TERM 6 Week 6
Week Commencing 6th July
Friday 10th July
English –
Please could you finish your Self Report and send it to me if possible.
Maths-
Friday is Maths Challenge day, try to complete the first 3.
Family Maths Challenge Friday 10th July
Other learning:
Please send your weekly learning quiz to me once you have finished it and then choose an activity that you haven’t tried yet.
Ask if you could email me this week especially if I haven’t heard from you yet, thank you.
Enjoy the weekend, I think that it might even stop raining!
from Mrs Thomas.
Thursday 9th July
I hope the weather will be good enough for you to take part in our virtual sports day, if you have already taken part please send me a photo and your scores.
English –
I hope that you enjoyed creating the comic strip yesterday. Today’s challenge is the reflection on page 10, you might need a mirror or some tracing paper (grease proof paper may also work) and then the rhyming pairs activity on page 11.
Maths -
Summer Term – Week 8 – Lesson 4 – Make patterns with 2D and 3D shapes
The link below is where you can find the videos.
Please watch the video and then answer these questions:
Lesson 4 Merge 2D and 3D shapes
Other learning:
If you haven’t had a sporty day yet this week you might choose to do this or something else from the weekly activities sheet.
Have fun and enjoy whatever you choose.
From, Mrs Thomas
Wednesday 8th July
I hope that you didn’t get too wet yesterday afternoon, we had to try and use the uncover area for some of the Virtual Sports Day activities.
English – The Black Hat
Here is the link.
I would really enjoy reading your poem, please send it to me.
Today’s learning is on page 9, creating your own comic strip about the story.
Spelling focus – Use the Summer Term spellings, the documents are below the pictures about last week’s work.
If you still have any sets of spellings to learn try and challenge yourself to learn them in an interesting way, you could use chalks, glitter pens or your favourite colour pencils.
Or find 10 words that you find tricky and practise them so that you can use them correctly in your writing.
Maths -
Summer Term – Week 8 – Lesson 3 – Sorting 2D and 3D shapes
The link below is where you can find the videos.
White Rose Maths home learning
Please watch the video and then answer these questions:
Lesson 3 Sort 2D and 3D shapes
Other learning:
Look around and try to find some of these shapes as real life objects then send me your pictures or choose something from the weekly activities.
Please don’t forget to write your self-report and send it to me, thank you very much if you have already done this.
from, Mrs Thomas
Tuesday 7th July
Hello again. What did you enjoy yesterday? Did you write your self-report or practise for the virtual sports day, the weather wasn’t that good so you may want to be outside today instead.
English – The Black Hat
Here is the link.
If you would like the activity pack printing please let me know.
Today’s learning is to follow the instructions on page 8, it is your chance to write a poem today, remember to use verbs and adverbs.
Maths -
Summer Term – Week 8 – Lesson 2 – Properties of 3D shapes – count faces, edges and vertices
The link below is where you can find the videos.
White Rose Maths Home Learning Year 2
Please watch the video and then answer these questions using the link for the worksheet.
Lesson 2 Properties of 3D shapes – count faces, edges and vertices
Other learning – Science
There is a Science activity for today, investigating your pulse after different activities or something different from the weekly activity sheet.
Please send me your self-report if you have already finished it,
from Mrs Thomas.
Monday 6th July
Hello to all Woodies and your families, welcome to another week, I hope that you enjoyed your weekend. Did you manage to write something using any of the vocabulary from the word search as part of your Free Write Friday? Another thank you to those of you that have already sent me their writing and to the six Woodpeckers that have answered the weekly learning quiz again or for the first time.
Today’s English and Maths are below with all the links, the suggested activities for this week’s learning are available below as a separate document; if you find it easier to print it out if you are able to, or save it as a screenshot you can hopefully easily get back to it.
If anyone has any problem accessing the information or would like any of the resources printed please email me at: ethomas@wsses.co.uk
English – We will be continuing with The Black Hat literacy film unit.
The link below gives you access to the short film clip ‘The Black Hat’.
If you would like to print out the activity pack please follow the link below:
Today’s learning is on page 7, verbs and adverbs.
Maths: Please share your Friday maths challenge for the website.
The link below is where you can find the videos.
Summer Term – Week 8 – Lesson 1 – Count sides and vertices on 2D shapes
Please watch the video and then follow the link to answer these questions.
Lesson 1 Count sides and vertices on 2D shapes
Other activities:
You might want to practise some of the different virtual games challenges ready for our virtual sports day on Tuesday. Follow the link to find everything that you need to take part:
Have fun and drink lots of water!
Usually you would have written your self-report at school for the front of your school report, your child's school report should have been emailed to you last week, please contact the school office if you have not yet received it. This year we have a new style of self-report that we would like you to complete at home and either scan or photograph and send in to school. You might like to keep it with this year’s report.
The template is with our other documents for this week.
Many thanks from Mrs Thomas.
30 Days Wild wildness activities
Woodpeckers love using Phonics Play!
Here's the website link to play phonics games with your child: