Home Learning
Spellings, reading (a minimum of 3 times a week) and times table practise at home will be assigned weekly by your class teacher.
Want to do more at home?
Here is a list of suggested extra tasks and projects which relate to your child's year group programme of study and topics.
Maths
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
http://resources.woodlands.kent.sch.uk/
A huge range of Maths interactive games.
English
Log in for free and you can access a large range of ebooks arranged in book band levels.
Images to use as a stimulus for reading or literacy activities - different every day and you can print off questions for most images too.
Create your own ebooks with professional illustrations
A range of interactive spelling, punctuation and grammar activities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
Has lots of phonics games and word games to play.
http://primarygamesarena.com/Years/Year-2
Range of year 2 curriculum area games for all.
Topic: Castles
Websites:
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/castles/
https://www.warwick-castle.com/explore/whats-at-warwick-castle.aspx
Places to visit:
Tower of London,
Castle Rising,
Longthorpe Tower (booking advised)
Books to read:
Everything Castles: National Geographic
Look inside a castle: Usborne
The Paper Bag Princess: Robert Munsch
Things to make and do:
Make a motte and Bailey castle model
Idiscover:
Design a flag or coat of arms for your own castle
Research the role of a knight
Make a fact file about the features of a castle. How did they protect against enemies?
Create a powerpoint presentation about the different jobs you could have in a castle.
Write a story containing a dragon, a princess and a knight.
Make a video describing the legend of St Geroge.