Welcome to Class 2's Learning Page
For study queries or to contact the Class 2 staff, please email class2@stgerardsprimary.org
ADVERSE WEATHER: SCHOOL CLOSURE
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Online learning will continue on
Monday next week.
ONLINE / REMOTE LEARNING INFORMATION - 05/01/21
Please read this section carefully.
ZOOM MEETINGS:
Every day we will be having zoom meetings where
we will be teaching you. Monday - Thursday at 9:30 and 2:30. Friday
9:30 and 11:30. It is really important that you try to join these
meetings.
You can find the meeting details on the right
hand side > > >
LEARNING RESOURCES:
Each day we will post the information /
worksheets / links and videos that you will need on this page so
that you can look at them whenever you need to. We will try our
best to make sure that these things don't need printing out - you
can just look at them on the screen you are using.
SENDING WORK BACK TO US:
Once you have completed your work, you might be
asked to send in a copy for us to look at. You can take a photo of
what you have done and send it to us using the class email -
the details you need are here on the right > >
>
Thursday 14th January 2021
Good Morning Class 2!
Today I am very excited
that we will begin to write our stories. We will use ideas from our
plans to help us.
You have already planned
great ideas. You will need to have the planning ideas today to use
in your writing.
You will find the Year
1 and 2 CEW (spelling) list from yesterday’s activities that you
could use to help you with spellings in your writing.
LITERACY
Please click on the documents above which are linked to our story this week.
You will find a story example to work from and a
story template to use.
Year 1 children can fill in the blanks to create
your own story.
Year 2 children could use the template ideas and
write their own story.
Like the story Handa’s surprise you will need to
include lots of pictures to help you tell the
story.
Remember you can also access your daily phonics
lesson on the Ruth Miskin page and do at least 10 minutes reading
from a book at home or one from the Oxford Owl website. The links
to both of these sites are at the top of this
page.
MATHS
You can click on the links
to access lessons for today.
Year
1- Even and odd numbers
Year 2- Add three 1 digit numbers
RE: SPECIAL
PEOPLE
Earlier this week you thought about special
people in your own life.
Today I would like you to think about special
people in our church.
Click the document below to find the
activity.
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Good Morning Class 2!
I was
very excited about your ideas for your own stories yesterday. Today
in your literacy tasks you will continue to plan by thinking of
your surprise ending.
Also
a big well done to everyone on your fact files. You have researched
lots about the animals.
Can
you find out about a different one today?
LITERACY
Please click on the following pdf document to
access the literacy activities linked to our story this
week.
READING AND PHONICS:
Remember you can also access your Daily Phonics Lesson on the Ruth Miskin page and do at least 10 minutes reading from a book at home or one from the Oxford Owl website - There are links to both of these sites at the top of the page.
SPELLING MAT:
MATHS
You can click on the links to access lessons for today.
Year 1- Find double
and half
Year 2- Add and subtract two 2-digit numbers.
ART
Can you draw an animal using the video
tutorial with Rob Biddulph?
Rob is an artist and
illustrator.
Click on the link below and scroll to
the bottom of the page.
Choose which animal you would like to
draw and click on the video.
Follow the instructions
step by step, you can pause if you need to.
Bring your pictures to share on the
2:30pm zoom meeting!
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Morning everyone. Today is Tuesday and it is our PE day. Could you do some extra exercise today?
It
could be playing in the garden, going for a walk or dancing. I look
forward to hearing what you have been doing.
As
you know our learning is about "Handa’s Surprise". Handa puts 7
fruits in her basket. On Friday this week I would like you to
create your very own a fruit salad. Maybe you could be thinking
about what you would like throughout the week.
LITERACY
Please click on the document above to access
literacy activities linked to our story this week. There are two
tasks to complete.
Remember you can also access your daily phonics lesson on the Ruth Miskin page and do at least 10 minutes reading from a book at home or one from the Oxford Owl website. You will find buttons that link to both of these sites at the top of the page.
MATHS
You
can click on the links to access lessons for
today.
Year 1- Number patterns and
sequences
Year 2- Subtract two 2-digit numbers.
RE
Special
people
Can you draw a picture
of a special person in your life?
It could be a family
member or friend.
Why are they special to
you?
Monday 11th January 2021
This week we begin with a story.
The book of the week is
"Handa's Surprise" by Eileen Browne.
I hope you enjoy listening to the story in our morning zoom call. If you missed it or would like to hear it again, then you can watch this video of Mrs Blagden reading the story.
LITERACY
Please click on the document below to
access the literacy activities linked to our story this
week.
Remember you can also access your daily phonics
lesson on the Ruth Miskin page and do at least 10 minutes reading
from a book at home or one from the Oxford Owl website. The link
buttons for both of these sites are at the top of our
page.
MATHS
You can click on the links
to access lessons for today.
Year
1: To compare and order three numbers within
20.
Year 2: Adding two 2-digit numbers.
DRAMA
Hot seating
I would like you to
pretend you are Handa.
Ask a family member to ask you one of
your own questions that you have written from today's literacy
task.
You must answer the question as if you were Handa not yourself.
You could even send a video clip of
you doing this to the class email.
Friday 8th January 2021
Hello everyone!
We have made to the end of our first week of
online learning. I have been so impressed with all the hard work
already completed by children. Thank you to all parents for
emailing me pictures and helping children to access daily Zoom
calls.
I have a few activities for you to complete
today.
LITERACY
Hopefully you have been able to access an online
Ebook from the "Oxford Owl" site. Please continue to use this site
to keep reading on a daily basis.
Spellings - You will have a set of spelling to learn over this week.
Could you get a parent or older brother or sister
to test you next Thursday?
You can let me know your results.
There is a spelling list for each literacy group
like before lockdown
MATHS
Today I have added some games onto Abacus for you
to have a go at. You may even have some games still on there that
you haven't had a go at yet.
Can you reach Gold level?
FRIDAY
FUN
Today I would like you to create a Pikachu using
one piece of paper.
Look at the pictures carefully and follow the instructions in the correct order to create your Pikachu.
If you want to have a go at other origami creations please feel
free to have a go. Don't worry if you only have white paper as you
could use crayons to add colour afterwards.
Good luck! I can't wait to see your creations.
Thursday 7th January 2021
LITERACY
READING
Ruth Miskin, the creator of Read Write Inc, will be showing daily RWI lessons on her youtube channel (Ruth Miskin Training) during school closures. You should have received an e-mail or text to let you know which videos your child needs to watch.
These
short videos will teach the children the sounds they need to know
to help them learn to read. A new sound is shown every day at
9:30am, the videos are kept on for 24 hours so don’t worry about
missing our class zoom meetings.
The
video below gives a broad explanation to Read Write Inc and the
videos they will be showing
In order to access Read Write Inc reading books
and book bank reading books we are using www.oxfordowl.co.uk where you can
log in and choose the appropriate reading book for your child
(please check your e-mail for this information). Please send us an
email to the class 2 page if you haven’t done so already. Once on
the website, click ‘log in’ in the top, right corner and enter the
following details:
User name: stgclass2
Password: ReadC2
WRITING TASK
The Christmas recounts you have already shown me
are fantastic. If you have completed it already you can have a go
at today’s task.
Can you draw a picture of your favourite
Christmas present?
Can you tell me all about it?
I can’t wait to see your drawings!
MATHS
You can access daily maths lessons using the
links below.
Year
1 Maths
Year 2 Maths
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good morning children I hope you are all well.
Even though we can’t all be together in school we can still stay in contact and share what we have been up to.
Starting next Monday we will have a story of the
week. All activities will be based upon this book throughout the
week.
The class 2 page will be updated daily with different activities for you to have a go at. When you have completed work you can send a photograph of it to the class email.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we will also
asking you to complete PE with Joe Wicks.
MATHS
To get started today there are Year 1 and Year 2 links to Maths lessons from the Oak Academy page.
Have a go at the quiz and watch the video
of the lesson. If you are having any problems accessing this please
let me know. The links have been tested on ipad, android and
Google Chrome.
Year 1
Finding 1 more and one less.
Year 2
Adding and subtracting multiples of
10.
LITERACY
I
would like you to start a recount of your Christmas day.
Find more information below. You might complete this for the end of the week. There is a separate task for Year 1 and Year 2.