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Year 2 Home Learning
Dear Chipmunks and Ladybirds,
We hope you have all managed to have a rest and have done some of the things you would normally enjoy doing together during the holidays. The weather has been perfect for getting outdoors and it would be great if you could keep this up in the coming weeks. Please share the newsletter below and find out about what you will learn this term.
We are back to posting a weekly home working grid with your learning for this last half term of the school year. Remember to look for our website page with the date of the current week. The green boxes are activities we think are really important for you to keep up with and the white boxes are activities you can choose to do.
All of your teachers are missing you and would love to hear about any school work or activities you have done at home. Please send in photos or email us your news at:
year2@dovecote.school
Our Wildlife page will be very important to us this term. Let's fill it with photos of as many different animal species as we can find. Good luck to everyone doing the 30 Days Wild Challenge this June.
From the Year 2 Team!
Here is some useful advice for parents and carers:
Keeping fit and healthy
A lot of you have been keeping fit with Joe Wicks each morning. Here is some information Mr Yates would like you to read about physical activities you can take part in alongside other school children in Nottingham.
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What has Mrs Loughran been up to?
I spent a lot of half term in the garden and outside at the park. I love looking at wildlife and managed to take a few photos so have a look at some of the things I found on our Wildlife page.
As well as getting outdoors for my exercise I have got my old Wii out again to help me keep fit. I like doing the jogging and boxing.
It was my dad's birthday at half term. I delivered a present to him and we talked doing social distancing. It wasn't what we had planned for his special birthday! Can you work out which year my dad was born in?
Best wishes to all of you who have celebrated during lockdown.
I was very sad not to be able to take some of you on the Year 2 camp this year. Some of you had a go at camping out at home. Send in some photos if you haven't already. I taught Lennox how to put up the tent by himself. We had hot drinks and ate smores and finihed with a couple of games of Uno. Here's Lennox, Max and I enjoying sausage sandwiches for breakfast after our night camping in the garden.
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What has Miss Measom been up to?
Last week I spent some time re-decorating as I have recently moved into a new house. I am giving the walls a new coat of paint and putting down a brand new floor!
One of my favourite past times is reading and I have already finished a book this week.
I decided to re-read one of the classics- Jane Eyre. I think I have read this book four times now!
I have been making sure I get my daily exercise through both yoga and walking.
It has been lovely enjoying the sushine and listening to the birds tweeting away in the trees. It's definitely starting to feel like spring!
Next week I hope to start some jobs in my garden. I have a tree root that needs cutting back and some very long grass to cut.
MyMaths
Complete weekly tasks and use the lessons and games to improve your maths skills.
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Spelling Shed
Practise weekly spellings linked to our work in phonics and common exception words.
White Rose Maths
Brilliant online maths lessons with colourful resources that are familiar to the children. The first set is on fractions which we had just started work on in class.
Free listening on Audible
Use this link to listen to some popular books for a range of ages. It would make a great activity for a quiet 30 mins or to have in the background whilst tidying your bedroom!
Oxford Owl
Use the link and class log ins to get access to ebooks and extra Spelling Shed games.
Username : Chipmunks 2LMPassword : Dovecote
Username : Ladybirds 2LAPassword: Dovecote
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Twinkl
If you would like access to even more resources there is a chance to sign up for a Twinkl membership temporarily during school closures.
Use the code CVDTWINKLHELPS and head for the parent area or 5-11 area.
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Karate Cats
Here's a link to some fun SPAG activities.
Topmarks
This is a great website with a huge variety of online games and activities. We use this a lot in school.