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Can you now describe the koala bear character in our focus story.
See you can use all of these to make your character description interesting:
-noun phrases
-verbs
-adverbs
-conjunctions.
Don't forget to use finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.

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Record some adverbs that link with how your character moves.
Adverbs can describe how or when someone is doing something.
Extra challenge: Using third person, can you put these adverbs into sentences to describe the verbs?

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Or you can create a boomerang using aboriginal designs such as dots.
Use this information poster to learn about boomerangs and what they look like.

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You have constructed sentences using noun phrases, verbs and adverbs to describe your character. We can add detail to our sentences by using conjunctions accurately.
The conjunctions we use in Year 2 are these:
-but
-and
-if
-because
-when
-or
Can you use a conjunction in one of your sentences that you have previously created.

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Record some verbs that link with what your character likes or dislikes to do.
Extra challenge: Using third person, can you put these verbs into sentences?

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Focus on what your character looks like. Can you record 3 noun phrases to describe your character?

Then focus on what your character's personality is like. Can you record 3 noun phrases to describe your character?

Extra challenge:
Can you put these noun phrases into sentences?

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After reading the story, can you answer some questions about two parts of the story?

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Can you read this story? Look closely at the character in this story.

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This term, we are also exploring friendship in this RE topic as we try to answer our big question....
How should we care for others and the world?
And why does this matter?
Can you design your perfect friend, thinking about...
-what makes a good friend
-love
-forgiveness
-hope
-respect

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Think about our Christian value of love. Can you describe how your friends at school show this value of love towards you?
Think of 5 ways people show you that you are loved.
Think of 5 things you love about yourself.
Use this template of an umbrella to record your answers.

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Your body is special because it belongs to you and only you. You can make the decisions about your body and keep it safe.
Listen to this story about how you can keep your body special.

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My Body Belongs To Me: From My Head, To My Toes

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Using your favourite fruits, can you make yourself a healthy smoothie for healthy schools week?
Think about how you can change the fruit to have different textures, just like a smoothie.
Think about how fruit makes us stay healthy.

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Use this map template to help you locate Australia and the continent that this country is in.

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As part of our healthy schools week, why not try creating the Australian flag using healthy foods such as fruit?

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Please follow the link to a sequence of six lessons where you will learn about contrasts which includes rhythm, pitch, dynamics, articulation, melody and timbre.

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Free online lessons for students across a variety of UK school curriculum subjects

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Think about the story from English The Koala who could.  What message of encouragement would you give to Kevin the koala to encourage him to play and come down from the tree?  Can you type a message to Kevin and add a picture?  Follow the link below to explore how you can change the font and edit images.

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Making art on a computer is a bit like making art on paper. Instead of paint, pencils or crayons you can use apps and software.

Play the game below to take a look at how images can be edited to look different, then have a go at the quiz!

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Making art on a computer is a bit like making art on paper. Instead of paint, pencils or crayons you can use apps and software. Play the game below to take a look at how images can be edited to look different, then have a go at the quiz!

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Explore what Australia is like. Watch this lesson video to learn facts about Australia.

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In this lesson, we are going to be virtually flying to Australia; the continent is also known as Oceania and Australasia. Today, we are learning more about this small continent. First, we will be filling our brains with facts about the population, how many countries are in Australia and the currency they use.

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We all belong under a love umbrella. This means that everyone of us is loved by our friends, family and even ourselves sometimes. It is good to see how unique you are.
Listen to this story about how we can show love by being reliable and kind people to one another.
your love umbrella is where you feel safe and loved.

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Under the Love Umbrella | Celebrating love in this big small ever-changing world

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This sequence of learning also explores measurement. This sequence of learning lets you use your problem solving skills because you need to apply your number and operation skills.

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Summer Week 2 - Measurement: Length and Height | White Rose Maths

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Follow this sequence of learning to consolidate and challenge your measurement learning.

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Summer Week 1 - Measurement: Length and Height | White Rose Maths

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Use this interactive tool to model cursive letter formation.
Remember to tick cursive writing for the correct formation.

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An aeroplane-themed handwriting demonstration tool.

Learning Objective:
To sit correctly at a table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly.

To form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place.

This tool is designed for whole-class handwriting sessions using a digital display, or small group work with a tablet propped up on the table.

1. Choose a night or day sky, (useful for dim projectors).
2. Choose cursive or printed letter formation.
3. Choose the letter you wish to practise.
Then watch the jet make your letter in smoke.

There is no game element to this resource, it is purely designed to foster interest in handwriting.

NB:Children can select the smoke colour.

Have fun!

HAVING TROUBLE LOADING? Please try this version.

This game is © copyright 1999-2020, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

Made using the and libraries.

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An aeroplane-themed handwriting demonstration tool. Learning Objective: To sit correctly at a table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly. To form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place. This tool is designed for whole-class handwriting sessions using a digital display, or small group work with a tablet propped up on the table.

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Use these handwriting sheets to support the formation and size of each letter.

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Keep practicing your cursive handwriting.
Use our motto: start on the line every time.
Here is an example of every cursive letter in the alphabet.

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Take 10 common exception words, each week, that you might find tricky and practice those. Common exception words are really important as we can't sometimes sound them out and they are always used in sentences.

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This term we have explored suffix endings.  So far we have looked at:
-ful
-est
-less
Take a root word and then add the suffix ending.  Remember the rule, use the phase 6 games on phonics play to help you.  Discuss what happens to the tense of the word when you add the suffix.
Which suffix suits these root words, ful or best?
-thank
-use
-happy
-joy
-long
-cute
-beauty
-point
-care

Can you put these words into a sentence?

Also please keep practising all phonemes and these can be done through phonics play.

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A site packed with interactive phonics games, phonics planning, assessment ideas and many teaching ideas and resources to help children to learn to hear phonemes, recognise graphemes and develop the blending and segmenting skills that are vital for learning to read and spell.

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Being active can support our mental health, keeping our bodies and minds healthy. It allows us the time we need for calmness and relaxation.
Have a go at cosmic kids yoga.
There are lots of different themes that are covered in the yoga videos! Find one for you.

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Kids Yoga That Celebrates Our Differences 🌎 Yoga Club (Week 22) | Cosmic Kids

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It can be easy to think about all the things we can't yet do. However, with a growth mindset anything is possible. Think about all of the positives in your learning and how you can overcome a challenge.

Growth mindset involves a few of our characteristics of learning:
perseverance
risk-taking
confidence
problem-solving
self-esteem.

Here are some affirmations to support your mindset when learning.

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It can be challenging to express or explain which type of emotion you may be feeling. By identifying the emotions that we are feeling, this can support our expression of these emotions.

Here is a range of feelings and pictures to help you describe and register your emotions.

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Having time to focus on our minds keeps our minds and brains happy an healthy. Meditation can provide an opportunity for this. During meditation our mind can empty our thoughts in a calm and relaxing environment.

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Happy Minds - Sleep Meditation & Bedtime Stories

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Mindfulness Meditation for Kids - 5 Minutes Guided Meditation for Children

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Sometimes, when we feel anxious, scared, angry or overwhelmed with a range of emotions our bodies make us react. Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to calm ourselves down and focus on other things.

Attached below, are some breathing technique cards that can help us focus on our breathing which supports our calmness. Focusing on breathing can distract you from the overwhelming emotions you may feel or allow you to simply focus.

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We think a positive mental health is very important, especially during a challenging time such as this.
Children can find regulating their emotions independently quite challenging, therefore we have gathered some ideas to support their mental health as well as teaching them how they can regulate their feelings, thoughts and anxieties.

Let's keep our brains and minds healthy!

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Listen to Miss Speight to revise and revisit your phonics phonemes by revisiting the phase 2, 3 and 5.

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Keep revisiting these spellings.  Take five each day and practise writing them, followed by a spelling check.  Finally have a go at writing them in a sentence.

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Common Exception Words Years 1 and 2 Word Mat Cursive

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Members can borrow and download thousands of free eBooks using BorrowBox. If you are not a member of Leicestershire Libraries, then adults can register children by emailing  libraries@leics.gov.uk  or phoning 0116 305 2695.

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This is an electronic library which your child has a login for. They can access a wide variety of books which they can read online.  If you can't find this, please email your class and we will help with this.

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myON is here to help ensure your students can keep reading and learning even if schools close. To support you and your students, please see the learning and implementation resources available on our Renaissance at Home hub.

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myON is here to help ensure your students can keep reading and learning even if schools close. To support you and your students, please see the learning and implementation resources available on our Renaissance at Home hub.

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Book Quiz & Vocabulary Quiz
Your child has an Accelerated Reader login so when they have finished reading a book, they can search for a quiz about the book, to practise their comprehension skills. If they successfully pass the quiz, some books also have a vocabulary quiz, which will appear on the screen. The children are familiar with completing these in school.
Follow this link and click on the orange Accelerated Reader icon.

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What is it? Renaissance Place ID is a unique identifier that provides a shortcut to your Renaissance Place site. Where can I use it? Renaissance Place ID can be used during setup of Accelerated Reader on iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod touch® and during setup of STAR Reading, STAR Maths and STAR Early Literacy on iPad®.

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It is important that all children continue to read at least five times a week and these resources are available to support reading.

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On Tuesday 9th February we had a lesson on safer internet day. To keep us safe online, we need to be aware of the online safety rules. We can also use our body to keep us safe by reminding us of all the things we can do to keep safe.

Follow the link below to re-cap on some online safety rules.

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This collection contains curriculum-relevant videos, quizzes and games to help Year 1/2 and P2/3 students with:

These educational resources are hand-picked from BBC Bitesize and the wider BBC.

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This collection contains curriculum-relevant videos, quizzes and games to help Year 1/2 and P2/3 students with: These educational resources are hand-picked from BBC Bitesize and the wider BBC.

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Keeping yourself safe online.

Please remember to use our e- safety rules to keep yourself safe when using the internet.

Always tell a grown up when you are online

Ask a grown up to check your privacy settings

Never reveal any personal information

Never use words or pictures you wouldn’t want your mum or dad to see

If you see or read anything that makes you feel worried, then tell a grown up

Further information can be found using the links below

https://www.childnet.com/blog/keeping-children-happy-and-safe-online-during-covid-19

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/

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Attached below is a help sheet explaining how you can use devices such as xboxes or playstation to access online learning. Just an idea for an alternative device.

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We thought this would be useful for people who may not have printers and only have access to an electronic way of working. Here is a video explaining how you can use tools on tablets/ipads to draw/annotate over worksheets. Hope this helps.

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Attached is an example of a timetable. It shows you how you could structure your learning for the day.

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When you have completed your learning.  Please can you email your work to your class teacher.
Mrs Martinson:
class2a@townlands.leics.sch.uk
Miss Grimsley:
class2b@townlands.leics.sch.uk

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Laid out for you is a two week programme of learning to complete if you find yourself at home.
It is mainly based on our curriculum driver: The hidden joys of where we live.