If your child is required to isolate or is unable to attend school for an extended period of time, please call the office on 0121 675 3573 and arrange a telephone meeting with Mrs Sheehan, Mrs Driver or Miss Langford to discuss your child’s learning.
This page will be used to provide learning resources to those who are unable to attend school as a result of illness, isolation or any other reason. Furthermore, the materials found on this page may be used by any child who is keen to extend their learning at home.
If you’d like to share your work, you can send it to year2@hillstone.org.uk . Alternatively, we’d be happy to take a look at it on your return to school.
The math’s lessons below will run alongside this week’s learning in school.
Monday
Fractions – quarter of shape
Click here for today’s lesson.
Click on the image below to play the ‘Firepit Fractions’ game. Start with the Year 1 level, moving to Year 2 if and when your feel ready!
Tuesday
Fractions – quarter of a quantity
Click here for today’s lesson.
Using strategies shared in the video, which numbers between 0 and 20 can you quarter?
Click here for a quartering mat – you may find it useful!
Wednesday
Fractions – relating halves and quarters to division
Click here to watch, and join in, with today’s lesson. You will need some counters but if you don’t have any at home, don’t worry. Why not use lego blocks, pieces of pasta or cut up squares of paper instead?
Click here for today’s worksheet. The pictures on the sheet are there to help you, but you may find it easier to use strategies shared in the video.
Thursday
Fractions – introducing thirds
Click here to watch, and join in with, today’s lesson.
Click here for further work on identifying a third of a shape. If you can’t print the sheet, explore the different ways you shade a third of your own shapes.
Friday
Arithmetic – adding and subtracting 10.
Click on the image below to play the game. Play for as long as you’d long with the aim of becoming super speedy when adding and subtracting a 10! Once you have clicked on the link, scroll down and select the ‘Depthcharger’ game.
Spend ten minutes each day on Times Table Rock Stars
We often play these games in school and the children love to challenge themselves! Can they beat their previous score? Can they complete the game more quickly? Timers at the ready!
Select the multiplication games
Join in with the speed sounds lesson for your Read Write Inc group by clicking the links below. In your Read Write Inc group you will be learning either Set 2 or Set 3 sounds. Follow the links for the right set each day.
Monday
Tuesday
Watch the BBC Bitesize clip on compound sentences (using co ordinating conjunctions).There are some activities you can do on the screen.
Now have a go at activity sheet 1.
Then, try activity sheet 2.
Wednesday
Watch the BBC Bitesize clip on complex sentences (using subordinating conjunctions). There are some activities you can do on screen.
Now have a go at activity sheet 1.
Then, try activity sheet 2.
Thursday
Play this game online. Go to the section on punctuation. You can try as many different games as you like!
Friday
In class this week, the children have been doing some work based on this story. After listening to the story, can you write down a list of your own likes and dislikes? Can you write down another list of things you CAN do and a list of things you CAN’T do (yet). This will help you when you are back in school.
Carry on with your daily reading by choosing a book (at the right stage for your child) from the Oxford Owl library. You need to register on the home page of the website, but this is free! Click here for your own virtual library…
Click here to see a range of ideas for questions you can ask your child about the text they are reading.
And finally, keep up with your spellings using https://spellingframe.co.uk/
In the table below, you will see all our key word spellings and the lists for them. To access one of these lists, you just need to click on ‘ Enter Word List Code’ and enter the code.
Topic Lessons
Good to be me!
This half term, our topic is called ‘Good to be me’. Last week, we practised sketching different facial features. Can you create a sketch of somebody in your family including all of their features? The video will help you to get your features into proportion.
Design Technology
This week, we will be taking part in a sandwich making workshop. Can you draw a picture of your perfect sandwich. Think about the fillings that you would need to make your sandwich and also the equipment that you would need to use. Once you have drawn your picture and added some labels, make your sandwich with the help of your grown up!
This week, we will be conducting a science investigation at school. We want to measure our heart rate after completing different activities. Watch the video below to find out how to take your pulse.Complete the following activities for 30 seconds and then take your pulse rate for the next 30 seconds. Which activity raised your pulse rate the most? Why do you think this is?
Activities to complete: 30 seconds of sitting down, 30 seconds of running, 30 seconds of jumping, 30 seconds of star jumps, 30 seconds of standing still. You could complete other activities in addition to this!
Sports Day is scheduled for next week! Make sure you practise hard at home! Get super fit in readiness for this and Click here to choose from the activities coach has set up on the P.E. page.
Click here to visit Mr Farr’s music page and complete one of the activities.