Cranborne Primary School

Homework

The focus for all homework at Cranborne will now be centred around daily reading and sharing of books and the learning of core maths skills.

Each week, we will add a note in this space to inform parents/carers which spellings and maths skills we are focusing on in class. Parents/carers can then support their child(ren) to practise and consolidate this knowledge at home.

We recommend using your child's Mathletics account (username and password can be found inside the cover of their reading record) to practise key skills. There are activities available for all areas and topics across the Maths curriculum and you can adapt the level of challenge to suit your child. Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) is also invaluable to help your child learn their times tables. The focus in Year 2 is 2, 5 and 10 times tables but feel free to encourage your child to move onto the 3, 4 and 8 times tables if they already have a good grasp of these. Again, their username and password for TTRS can be found inside the cover of their reading record.  The Topmarks website and BBC Bitesize also have many online maths games.

If you would like to try some paper-based learning, CGP (www.cgpbooks.co.uk) offer a wide range of Year 2 specific workbooks with explanations and answers.

Please do continue to read with your child everyday. This is one of the most impactful things you can do. Share the book together, reading a few pages and discussing the story and characters. You can use the questions on the bookmark we sent home to support this discussion.

Easter Holidays

Reading:  Please continue to read every day.  Perhaps you could write a book review about your favourite book!

Maths:  Please continue to practise your times tables and perhaps challenge yourself to see how they link to division, e.g. 5 x 4 = 20, 20 divided by 5 = 4.

Time Table Rockstars: 2s, 5s and 10 times tables

Oxford Owl:

For extra spelling resources and ebooks, please follow this link:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ 

Username: cranborne

Password: school 1 

Common Exception words/

Red Tricky words

Below, are the list of common exception, or red tricky, words for Year 2. These are words that do not follow the usual sound patterns.  You could try these fun ways to practise spelling the words:

• write the words in different colours
• How many times can you write one of the words in a minute?
• How many of the same word can you fit on a Post-it?
• write the word using your non-dominant hand
• write the word in the air
• write the word with your eyes closed
• rainbow write a word (go over the word with different colours)

Reminders

P.E. (from January 2025)

Outdoor PE lesson - Wednesdays (both classes)

Indoor PE lesson -   2C on Tuesdays and 2GJ on Thursdays

On these days, children are to come into school dressed in their PE kit. Please ensure they are in weather appropriate clothing as they will be outside at lunch and break times in these clothes.

Please also ensure that all parts of your child(ren)'s kit is clearly labelled.  Long hair must always be tied back and it would be safer if earrings were not worn.

Libarary

Year 2 library visit days are:

Wednesdays - Class 2GJ

Fridays - Class 2C

Reading Books 

Please ensure that your child reads  everyday at home, in addition to the daily reading they do at school. We can not stress how important this is in helping your child to become a confident and fluent reader.  Please send reading books and reading records into school each day.

Reading at home

Using books at home

• Read to a grown up and answer questions about your book - your grown up can use the questions in the document below
• Read together with a grown up - taking turns to read
• Read to sibling, pet or teddy bear!
• Re-tell the story in your own words
• Predict what will happen at the end of the story then read the book to see if you were right
• Draw a cartoon of the story

Using OXFORD OWLS

The link below will take you to the free online library. A Year 2 account has been created for your use.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Username: square20

Password: school

The Oxford Owl website is a great, free resource that enables you to access online texts for your child. These are the same schemes of books we have in school. The books are all grouped by age range, but you may wish to look at other ages also.

Herts Library Service

The Herts. Library Services are offering free online books also. Please follow the link below to access it.

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/Libraries-and-archives/Books-and-reading/Ebooks-and-Audiobooks/ebooks-and-audiobooks.aspx

Maths

This term, we will be learning to:

• recall quickly the facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables
• understand the link between multiplication and division
• tell the times to 5 minutes on analogue and digital clocks
• find halves, quarters, three-quarters and thirds of amounts and shapes
• find equivalence in fractions
• find the properties of 2D and 3D shapes
• find symmetry in shapes
• find right angles in shapes
• rotate shapes
• answer problems involving all four operations

English

This term, we will be reading On The Way Home by Jill Murphy and we will learn how to write explanations based on the text.  We shall also be learning how to create and set out instructions, writing our own instructions for how to sneak a monster into school.  

During our learning we will be:

• revising sentence structure, including capital letters at the start of sentences, and for proper nouns, and full stops, exclamation and question marks at the end of sentences
• extending our use of punctuation to commas for lists and apostrophes for contraction (he's) and possession (Mia's pencil)
• using expanded noun phrases, e.g. the ancient magician with the tall hat
• expanding sentences using co-ordination (e.g. and, but, so) and sub-ordination (e.g. because, when, if) 
• using powerful adjectives and verbs
• learning how to organise our writing e.g. instructions

In our handwriting, we will be focusing on correct formation and consistent sizing.  We shall also be learning some simple joining techniques.

For spelling, we will continue to focus on spelling patterns, revising and practising them weekly.  We will also continue to learn the Year 2 common exception words that do not follow a spelling pattern.

Science

This term our topic is 'Living Things and Their Habitats'.  We will be learning how plants and animals are suited to different habitats and how they depend upon each other for survival.

Foundation Subjects

History - we will be looking at how seaside holidays of the past are different to our holidays now.  

Geography - we will be finding out why our planet is known as the Blue Planet.

PE   Outdoor - athletics

        Indoor - gymnastics

Computing - first, we will be learning how the Internet can be used effectively to ask and answer questions.  We will also be learning how to code, creating simple programs that follow a variety of commands.  We shall finish by finding out how to debug programs.

R.E -  our key questions are: Why do Christians trust Jesus and follow him? Why is the Torah such a joy for the Jewish community?

PSHE - Our Jigsaw topics for the spring term are 'Relationships' and 'Changing Me'.

DT- we will be using basic kitchen utensils to prepare a healthy pizza.

Art- we shall be creating clay seaside sculptures.

Music - we will be thinking about how music affects our emotions.

Some useful websites:

Mathletics

https://login.mathletics.com/

BBC Bitesize Maths

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-maths-lessons/1

 White Rose Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Purple Mash

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cranborneen6

BBC Bitesize English

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-2-and-p3-english-lessons/1

Oak Academy

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-2

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Geography

https://world-geography-games.com/

Draw with Rob Art

http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob

Home Learning Support
Please find below some resources which may be helpful in supporting your child with their learning at home.