Good morning Year 2!
We hope that you have enjoyed the Easter break and are ready to get back to some home learning tasks. We will continue with the same structure as before. PLEASE send us your completed tasks as we would like to see how you are all doing. So far, we have been incredibly impressed by all your efforts (parents too) and we are very proud of everyone.
We are all missing each other and school life. Just keep going – you’re doing a great job! 
Please contact us if there are any queries or if you just want to touch base. We will aim to reply the same day.
carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org
jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org
To help with homeschooling, BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons launches on Monday 20 April. We are going to look through these lessons with a view to using some of them. We will keep you posted! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Let’s get going!
Here are your home learning tasks for today.
There are some optional challenges too. We will also give you a suggested physical activity and mindfulness activity to help you to keep physically and mentally healthy.
Physical activity: Why not start your day by joining in with the free live PE with Joe video for kids. These sessions will be running daily at 9am.
Mindfulness Matters Activity (we usually do these straight after lunch but it can be included at any point in the day): OK breathing – Make an ‘ok’ sign on your tummy and slowly breathe in and out. This sign is to represent that it is ok to feel different emotions. No emotions are bad. Emotions change and you won’t feel like that forever. Play some relaxing music just like we do in school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUXEeAXywCY 
Task 1 Reading
Here’s the fluency text for this week. The children are used to having these texts weekly in class and they are aimed at developing the children’s fluency when reading.
A Helicopter Tour of London
Before you read the text, study the picture. What can you see? Are there any places that you have been to?
1. Read the non-fiction text below based on a helicopter ride over London.
2. Copy out words you are not sure of. Try to find out some of their meanings using a dictionary text or online.
3. Reread the text and record two new facts, in full sentences, you have found out. I have found out that ……………………… I didn’t know that ………………………….. Welcome aboard this tour of London, the capital city of England. Below us, over eight million people are living and working in one of the most exciting cities in the world. The famous River Thames flows through the city and it is full of slimy eels and oysters. Would you like to try some? Beside the Thames, you can see the tower of London, where the crown jewels are kept, and over in the distance is Buckingham Palace, where the Queen and the rest of the royal family live. Underneath the ground, in London, is a railway network known as the ‘tube’. What a fantastic city this this! Challenge: Can you find and correct my mistakes? london is the capital sity of England and the queen lives in Buckingham palace
Task 2 Maths
To start with, chant your 5 times tables to 12 x 5 = 60 Can you do it backwards? Fractions
LO: I can make equal parts.
Notes Children explore making and recognising equal and unequal parts. They should do this using both real life objects and pictorial representations of a variety of shapes and quantities. Below are some helpful questions to ask your child regularly. What is the whole? What are the parts? How many parts is the object/quantity split into? Are the parts equal? How do you know? Do equal parts always look the same?
Next, using a piece of A4 paper, how many ways can you fold it to make equal parts? Try folding in half first and remember, the parts must be equal.
Next, follow this link and complete the activity.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ Week 1 Lesson 1 Make equal parts There is a short video and a worksheet. When you have finished you can mark your own work using the answers provided. Good luck!
Challenge Can you split the teddies into three equal groups? 
Can you split the teddies into three unequal groups?
How many ways can you split the teddies into equal parts?
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Task 3 Writing The spelling rule this week is drop the y for an i. Each word is a noun. When making the noun plural (more than one) you need to follow the rule.
Don’t forget to spend some time on Spelling Shed to practise these words. Parents/carers – if possible, please test your children on these words at the end of the week.
| lorry | family | party | cherry | city | baby | lady | worry |
| lorries | families | parties | cherries | cities | babies | ladies | worries |
Write 5 crazy sentences using some of your spelling words. The crazier the better!
Can you help me? I think I’ve made a few mistakes
Write out my sentence in your BEST handwriting and underline the corrections. Mrs Freeman’s silly sentence. The cheeky babys slowly drove the lorrys.
Challenge1: Test me! Using your spellings, can you think of an incorrect sentence to send to me? Will it be correct when I send it back?
Challenge 2: Draw a picture for each spelling and label it. You could draw one teddy or you could draw five teddies.
WELL DONE YEAR TWO!
