Learning Project WEEK 1 - My Family

Age Range: Y2

Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day) Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

● Work on Education City - your child has ● Reading a variety of books at home.
an individual login to access this. Your child could share a book everyday.
● Play on Hit the Button - number bonds, This can be reading a book aloud
halves, doubles and times tables. everyday or sharing a book with an
● Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. adult. Encourage them to read with
This game could support this. If it expression and intonation, taking
doesn’t work go to your settings and account of punctuation.
click enable Flash. ● Get your child to read a book on Oxford
● Work on a shopping list for the weekly Owl, discuss what your child enjoyed
shop and get children to add up how about the book. This requires a login but
many items and add up the cost of is free to sign up. On this site, there are
some items. This game could support plenty of resources to help home
work on making amounts of money. learning across a range of subjects.
● Practise telling the time. This could be ● Listen to a story read out loud,
done through this game (scroll down to Storytime, Audible. Also there are lots
access the game). Read the hour and of authors reading their books on
half hour. YouTube as well as children’s favourite
● Write the numbers 0-20 in words and books read aloud by celebrities/others.
digits. ● Watch Newsround and find out what is
● Times Table Rockstars - your child has happening in the world. What did you
an individual login to access this. find out? Is there anything you need
● Purple Mash - your child has an help understanding?
individual login to access this. Click on ● Create a bookmark, perhaps you could
Mathematics. choose characters from your favourite
stories.
● Complete a book review on one of the
books you have read - what did you like
about it? Would you recommend it to
anyone?
● Work on Education City - your child has
an individual login to access this.
● Purple Mash - your child has an
individual login to access this. Click on
Serial Mash, Diamonds and Meet the
Author

Weekly Phonics/Spellings Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

● Daily phonics - your child can practise ● Family: Look at a family in a traditional
their sounds and blend words. story - how are they different to your
Interactive games found on link below. family? Can you write sentences
● Phonics play This has been made free, comparing the two families?
login with the code at the top of the ● Take a look at a variety of poems with
page. Click to enable Flash if it’s not your child. Ask them to pick their
working. favourite poem and write a poem
● Top Marks https://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/famil
● Spelling y/
● Spell the days of the week: Keep a ● Write a letter or postcard - find out about
diary of things you do in the week. different postcards and why people write
● Spell common exception words them. Can they design the front of the
● Spelling City postcard and then plan what to write
● Work on Education City - your child will and who they could write it too.
has an individual login to access this. ● Ask your child to create a story about
● Purple Mash - your child has an their family. Who will be the main
individual login to access this. Click on characters ? Where will the setting
 English, SPAG, Spelling Resources or place
Phonics ● Work on Education City - your child will
has an individual login to access this.
● Purple Mash - your child has an
individual login to access this. Click on
English, English Tools or SPAG,
Grammar

Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: My Family

The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better
understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on what different makeup of
families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.

Family:

- This is time to find out about their family and traditions they follow. Ask them to think about: Who
they live with? How many adults? How many children? Can they sort their family members into
height order? Who is the tallest? Who is the shortest? Is the tallest family member the eldest family
member? If they drew around all their family members' hands; could they count in 5s? What if they
drew around their feet? Could they count in 2s? Ask think about one family member they would
love to interview. They could be a family member that lives with them or a family member that lives
somewhere else. Can they write down some questions they would like to ask them? Have they got
a pet? Can they draw or paint a picture of their family? Can they talk about their picture to a family
member? Are they able to contact a family member to interview them either by phone or using
video calling?

Self portrait:

- Ask your child to think about which materials they use to draw? Can they find different materials
around the house to help? Ideas

Create a card:

- - Ask your child to design a card for someone in their family. It can be a birthday card, thank you
card or a card to tell someone how much they love them or miss them!

Family tree:

- - Look at photographs of your family members and discuss where they would go on
a family tree. Have you met everyone? Is there anyone you could interview and find
out more about? They could create a family tree.

Design a personal coat of arms shield for the family:

- Find out what a coat of arm shield means. Ask them to begin to think about their design. What
could they draw? What does it mean to them? Ask them to think about the colours and shapes.
Maybe if they have some cardboard around the house they could make a shield to give to a family
member.

Create a booklet all about the family:

- - Can they name the people in their family and write sentences about them? Who are they? What
do they call them? What do they like or dislike? Why are they special to them? Maybe they could
get a photograph or draw a family member before they write about them.

News Reporter for half a day:

-Their challenge is to interview family members and find things they like and dislike? Can they write
down things they like and dislike? Can they compare these to someone else in their family? In your
interview they could create flashcards with words such as: colour, clothes, food, drinks, books,
places, music and then ask a family member to pick a flash card and talk about their likes and
dislikes.
Data detective

- Ask your child to look at people in the house. What colour is their hair? Eye colour? Favourite
colour? Favourite food? Ask them to collect this and place in a tally chart.
https://www.twinkl.com.qa/resource/t2-m-250-favourite-colour-tally-and-bar-chart-worksheets Use
the code UKTWINKLHELPS for free access during school closures (TWINKL (no E) not
TWINKLE!)

Interview a family member:

- Interview a family member that doesn’t live at home with them. Allow your child to ask them about
their childhood. Who did they live with? Who is in their family? Have they got any family traditions
they follow and why.

Write an invitation to a family event:

- Ask your child to invite a family member to one of the following: - talent show, music show,
magic tricks, joke stand up routine. In their invitation ask them to think about the time, date and
place. How will they design the invitation? Who will deliver it?
Share the https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/milkshake movement and mindfulness video with
their family. Who was the best? Which part did they enjoy? Could you create a video of your own?

Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with

Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups
and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do
around the home. The packs are already on the class pages.
Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email
address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS.
Audible – a wealth of audiobooks available for free for the duration of the school closures.
No login or download needed.
Headteacherchat - This is a blog that has links to various learning platforms. Lots of
these are free to access.

Additional Year 1 phonics support can be found here:

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

Additional year 2 work to support SATs can be found here:

https://www.theschoolrun.com/key-stage-1-sats-learning-journey

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