Year 2

To identify fact families 

To compare number sentences 

To check calculations 

To identify number bonds 

To retrieve information from a text. 

To identify co-ordinate conjunctions. 

To understand the key features of a non-chronological report. 

To understand how to carry out a scientific investigation. 

To understand that some material waterproof and absorbent. 

What’s It Made Of?

To copy short movements in order to combine simple balances (e.g. balance - travel - balance). 

Homework is set on a Wednesday and needs to be completed by the following Wednesday 

Maths: Head over to MyMaths to see your maths place value challenge. 

English: To identify nouns.

Year 2 Parent Planner Autumn 2021

Whole School Curriculum plan 2021/2022

National Primary Curriculum

Parent Workshop Presentations, please click on the blue links below to open the presentation 

Year 2 Expectations

Year 2 Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation 

Year 2 Spelling Expectations

English Appendix 

End of Year 2 Expectations  

Year 1 expectations- count in steps of 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.

Year 2 expectations- recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

Year 3- recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables.

Guide to accessing Home Learning Tasks on Purple Mash:

Guide to uploading work on Purple Mash:

Guide to accessing your Class Blog on Purple Mash:

Geography – Our world

file:///C:/Users/HannahL/Downloads/01SubscribersKS1OddizziWorldExplorersPlaces.pdf - Geography- continents

https://www.oddizzi.com/ - Geography – different activities –

2L’s Username: 2L2020 Password: Barnsbury2L                       

2S’ username: 2S2020 Password: Barnsbury2S

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zcdqxnb - Explore the World- Geography. Task: They can great a mini fact file about the different countries using the short clips. They can research more if they wanted to. 

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/t1_passport/index.html?source=subject--KS1--Resource%20types- Can use this to create a fact file too.

https://world-geography-games.com/continents/index.html - Geography- Continents. 

https://world-geography-games.com/oceans/index.html - Geography- Oceans. 

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/t1_mapping/activities/index.html – Geography - Maps

Science- Nature of life

https://www.cserc.org/sierra-fun/games/match-habitat/ - Science- After Easter - Habitats

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zp92xnb - Science- After Easter- Mammals

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/z9fkwmn - Science- After Easter- Mini beasts. Children can go outside and explore mini-beasts habitats. Take pictures and they can send them to school. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82 - Science After Easter- Plants- Children can use the plant section to watch all the videos. They can make a poster about the life cycle of a plant and make write instructions on how to look after them.  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82- Science-  After Easter-  Habitats and the environment section.  Children can create their own food chains. They can also write about why animals are suited to their environment.

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity_index/item1197183/grade1/index.html - Science - Plants activities 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AxrDMEDIE8&list=PLB5TN0ac12P_p1yZu7bieuGfK8X5pptza&index=39&t=0s - Outdoor learning and Science and ART. children to do this in the garden or on their walks with their families. 

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ - Maths- White Rose home learning activities.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Maths- Hit the button. Times table and number bond activities. 

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item849225/grade1/index.html?source=subject-Maths-KS1-Maths-Resource%20types -Measure - maths

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity_index/item784709/grade1/index.html - Maths - multiplication and division

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity_index/item883167/grade1/index.html - maths - Fractions

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity_index/item849256/grade1/index.html - maths - Money 

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html - English- Spelling- Common Exception words.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd63xyc/articles/zdp4pg8 - English- Grammar.

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/e1_grammar/index.html?source=subject-English-KS1-English-Resource%20types- English-  Grammar

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhpk2p - English- Homophones.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjhhvcw/articles/zg6dng8- English-  Writing a poem- Children can create their own poems. They could create one about mini beasts or nature. They could email them to the office and forward them onto Mr Stringer and Miss Lee.

https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en-gb/resource/caterpillar-shoes-ks1-activity-pack - English- Writing activities. 

file:///C:/Users/HannahL/Downloads/Book%20of%20Butterflies%20KS1%20Activity%20Pack%20-%20Book%20of%20Butterflies%20KS1%20Activity%20Pack.pdf - English Writing activities. 

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/learn-to-read-phonics/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-easterperformance - RE- The Easter story

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item1028174/grade1/index.html?source=subject-RE-KS1-RE-Resource%20types - RE - Easter story and activities.  

Timestable Rockstar

Please click here to see the Timestable Rockstar Letter

Logging into to the program at home;
 Go to https://ttrockstars.com/ or download the Timestables Rockstar App from the App store.
 You can create a bookmark or favourite for this web address.
 Go to Login (these details are in your children’s reading diaries). Once you are logged in, you will be
asked to create an Avatar and choose a rockstar name for yourself.
 You now need to choose your venue. The Garage and Arena are specifically set questions set by your
class teacher. The Festival and Studio have timestables questions randomly selected up to 12x12.
 Your child will be challenged to see how many timestables questions they can answer in a set amount of
time. As they complete challenges, they can earn Rock Status! We recommend using this programme
for 10 minutes a day.
 For more guidance and help, please see https://ttrockstars.com