ExtendedLearningOpportunities

Year:2
Weekbeginning:13.3.16
Weekly This week the children have started their poetry unit in English. They have been looking at different
overview poems and books with a rhyming style. All classes have been planting seeds and are enjoying

investigating what plantsneedtogrowhealthily. Mathsisfocussingonmultiplicationand divisionforthe

nexttwoweeks.Pleaseremembertosignupforparentteachermeetings.
Areaof

Learning
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multiplication.
checktheiranswersbyusing

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symmetry.
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English

L.O.Towritesentences
usingcapitalletters
andfullstops.

L.O.Tocreateanidea
basedonaneventina
story.

L.O.Todescribeand
commenton
illustrations.

L.O.Torehearseand
performapoem.

We have started the Really Looking

poetry unit in English. Within this unit,
we will be closely looking at stars
through the reading of descriptive
passagesandpoems.

This week we have read thestoryHow

to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers, and
usedthistexttowriteourownsentences
about catching stars. We have focused
on the use of capital letters, full stops
and ambitious vocabulary. We havealso
worked in groups to rehearse and
perform the poem Night and Stars by
StanleyCook.

Additionally, we have looked at

illustrations of stars and real star
constellations to inspire our imaginative
writing.

Read and compare different poems. Write

sentences to explain what you like/dislike about
themor chooseyourfavouritepoemtorehearse
andperform.

The following websites have a variety of poems

andactivities:
http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/

http://www.poetry4kids.com

By the end of next week

: Have a go at writing
yourownpoem.Choosesomethingtoreallylook
at,forexample:minibeasts,weather, thedesert.
To help build up descriptions, look at pictures,
discuss the different senses, and read other
poemslinkedtothesameidea.
Poetrywebsites:
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/poetr
ywritinglessons/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com
Alistofgreatideasforpoetry:

SPaG

Topic

LO:Tospell
exceptionwords.

LO:Toreviseany
misconceptions
fromourSPaG
assessmentlast
week.

Thechildrenhavebeenpractisingthe
spellingofwordswhichcannotbe
soundedout.

Ingrammarandpunctuation,eachclass
teacherhasrevisedcommon
misconceptionspersonaltothe
individualneedsoftheirclass.

Toexplainthatplants
needlightforhealthy
growth.

Toknowthepartsofa
bulb.

Toidentifyplantsusing
referencematerials.

Todesignaplantusing
aselectionofseeds.

Wetalkedaboutsunlightandhow
itisneededforplantstogrow.We
coveredanareaofgrasstosee
whatwillhappenwithnolight.
Wemonitoredtheprogressofthe
seedsweplantedlastweek,oneof
whichisinacupboardwithno
light.

Wesketcheddifferenttypesof
plantsandweusedaselectionof
seedstomakeaplantpicture.

http://edtecher.hubpages.com/hub/k12interactiv
epoetry

Please continue reading daily toyourchild.Itsa

lovelybedtimeroutine
.

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Pleasefocusontheuseoftheapostrophefor
possessionandcontraction,recognisingthenoun,
verbandadjectiveinagivensentenceandthe
rulesforusingspeech.

Goonabulbhuntinthesupermarket/garden
centre.Howmanydifferenttypesofbulbplants
canyoufind?

Haveagoatmakingapieceofartworkusing
seeds.Heresanexampleofonewedidatschool

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girl
(Ma
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aturedeen?)
andrespondIwantapencil
(Ureeduqalam)
,Iwantabook
(Ureedu
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,Iwantabag
(Ureedu
h
akeeba)
andIwantabicycle
(Ureedudaraja).
Thestudentshavealsorecalledtheletterstaken.(
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,
)

Arabic

StudentsworkinginBook1practicedrecognizingalltheletterstakenwhenwritteninthe
beginning,middleandendofaword.(
,
,
,
,
,
,
)
StudentsworkinginBook2havesolvedexercisesrelatedtothenewgrammarlesson

Lines of Symmetry
1. Use a ruler to draw all the lines of symmetry you can on each shape, then
check them with a mirror.
A

1. Draw the reflection of each shape on the other side of the dotted mirror line.

Write the missing numbers in the boxes,

12 2 =

82=

14 2 =

10 2 =

Watch out!

12 3 =

14 3 =

63=

10 5 =

14 2 =

15 5 =

Division
with remainders

15 2 = 7
r1
14 3 =

17 3 =

73=

11 5 =

11 2 =

18 5 =

Inverse and division

Write the inverses to these sums.

LOOK

5x3=15

4x6=24
7x4=28
2x7=14
4x9=36
6x5=30
8x4=32
2x4=8
5x4=20
6x3=18
10x3=3
0
3x3=9

153=5

6x2=12
9x3=27
8x6=48
3x7=21
9x5=45
7x9=63
6x9=54
8x9=72
4x8=32
6x4=24
10x7=7
0