Monday 18th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you are all very well and I hope that you all had a lovely weekend.

This week is our Spirituality Week in school. This is a very special week where we will take time to be still and take time to be with God. The theme of this year’s Spirituality Week is The God who speak. Activities with be uploaded every day for everyone to take part in.

Please find today’s learning activities in the table below. If you have any questions or if you need any help.. you know where to find me.. year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a lovely day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Monday 18th May 2020

God of our longing
hear our prayers,
protect our dreams,
and listen to our silent hopes.

Deal gently with our pain, speak to our sadness
and remove the barriers that imprison our spirit.

Shed your light
where shadows are cast,
that we may feel your warmth and know your presence.

Give us courage
to hold fast to our vision that we may build our world and create our future.

Amen.
Handwriting
Copy this week’s spellings into your handwriting book:
wallet
wander
want
wash
watch
swallow
squabble
quality
quarter
squash
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 18-05-2020
Morning Challenge
WALT: Identify 3D Shapes


Identify the 3D shapes from the following descriptions:
English Monday 18th May 2020
WALT: Use verbs in the past tense.

Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box.
Write your own sentences using the following irregular verbs in the past tense:
flew, grew, knew, went, taught, found, cried, drew, came, won.
Religion
Monday 18th May 2020
Spirituality Week 2020
The God who speaks through creation.
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Complete the activities on the Spirituality Week blog post for Monday 18th May.
Write a prayer entitled ‘God is Glorious’.

Wednesday Word – 6th Sunday of Easter (A)

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Each week, a Year 6 Liturgy Leader will be guiding you through the Wednesday Word. Take the time to follow it as a family and reflect on each Sunday’s Gospel reading.

This week, Elysia has prepared a beautiful powerpoint to take you through yesterday’s Gospel. Click here to open it.

Friday 15th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

Happy Friday!

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. You can keep in contact with me by posting comments to the Year 2 Blog or by sending me an email at year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk.

Well done for all your hard work this week. I wish you all a peaceful weekend.

Take very good care.

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Friday 15th May 2020

Creator God,
Because of your abundant love
you chose to bring light and order into the formless void,
to create a world of unsurpassed beauty
and you saw that it was good.
We ask that you continue to recreate the world
with that same attentive love,
to bring light into today’s ever increasing chaos and darkness
where we have failed to be stewards and carers of your creation.
Replenish our hearts
so that we too can renew the face of the earth.

Amen.
Handwriting
Complete the spelling test for this week’s spellings on the SpellingFrame website.
Copy the following common exception words into your handwriting books.
should
steak
sugar
whole
who
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 15-05-2020
Morning Challenge
WALT: Find lines of symmetry

A 2D shape is symmetrical if you draw a line through it and it looks exactly the same on either side of the line.

A line of symmetry has been drawn through the shapes below. Complete the shapes.
English Friday 15th May 2020
WALT: Use adjectives to describeDescribe how the character Smudge felt in Voices in the Park. Compose 6 sentences with the adjectives you have chosen.
Music

Listening and appreciationListen to the following piece of music and record your answers in your lined writing books.

Is this music happy or sad?

Is it fast or slow?

What instruments can you hear?

What does this piece of music make you think of?

Did you enjoy the piece? Explain our answer.

What wonderful work! I am very proud of you all!

Thursday 14th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you are enjoying the Pope Paul Home Olympics. I really love seeing how you are getting on with the different challenges. Keep up the great work.

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Please keep in contact and continue to share your fantastic learning with me. If you have any questions or if you need any help please email me at: year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a brilliant day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Thursday 14th May 2020

Risen Christ, when darkness overwhelms us
may your dawn beckon.

When fear paralyses us
may your touch release us.

When grief torments us
may your peace enfold us.

When memories haunt us
may your presence heal us.

When justice fails us
may your anger ignite us.

When apathy stagnates us
may your challenge renew us.

When courage leaves us
may your spirit inspire us.

When despair grips us
may your hope restore us.

And when death threatens us
may your resurrection light lead us.

Amen.
Handwriting
Compose a sentence for five of the spellings words and write your sentences in your handwriting book.
donkey
donkeys
monkey
monkeys
chimney
valley
trolley
key
keys
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 14-05-2020
Morning Challenge
WALT: Know the properties of 2D Shapes.

Extension Challenge
Find examples of everyday objects for the shapes in the table.
English Thursday 14th May 2020
WALT: Recount events – Voices in the Park

Recount language: first, next, then, after that, later, eventually, finally…

Create an individual story map about the day in the park from the point of view of one other character. Add sequencing words and any key words to your story map.

Write a short recount of the character’s day using the story map to help scaffold your sentences.

Remember to use plenty of adjectives and conjunctions in your sentences.
Religion
Thursday 14th May 2020
WALT: Know about our Lady of Fatima

Thank you for sharing your wonderful photographs!

Panayiotis’s delightful D&T cups for the characters from Voices in the Park.

Siena’s super story board!

 

Wednesday 13th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. Thank you for sharing your fantastic learning with me. I was delighted to hear that you all enjoyed yesterday’s Maths activity. Please see the photos at the end of the blog. Lots of great shapes created!

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Remember that you can keep in contact with me by posting comments to the Year 2 Blog or by sending me an email at year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk 

Have a great day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Wednesday 13th May 2020

Risen Lord,
shed your light on those who live in the shadow of death
and warm the hearts of those who have lost hope,
that they who daily bear the cross of hunger
may find your Promised Land,
and move from slavery to freedom.
As we proclaim your Easter song
help us to die to greed and rise to justice,
to abandon apathy and take up action,
that rich and poor together may travel the road to freedom,
and be restored to your resurrection life.

Amen.
Handwriting
Copy and complete these sentences using this week’s spelling words into your handwriting books.
The green _______ was surrounded by hills.
There was a little ______ in the field.
The cheeky _______ threw his banana at the child.
The soot came down the ___________.
Have you seen my car _______?
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 13-05-2020
Morning Challenge
Fluency 5 x 2

8 + 8 + 8 =
Half of 16 =
How many sides does an octagon have?
__ + 7 = 20
20 + ___ = 100
21 – 18 =
How many sides does a pentagon have?
Double 9 =
35 > ___
___ < 53

WALT: Solve a shape puzzle.

Find my book. 

 

Use the clues to work out which book is mine???

Remember to explain your reasoning.

Explain which book could not be mine and why?

  • I am not a book shaped like a square.
  • I am a book shaped like a rectangle.
  • A shape on my front cover has four right angles.
  • My front cover has a circle on it.
  • I have a triangle on my front cover.
  • I have a three sided shape on my front cover.
English Wednesday 13th May 2020
WALT: Use conjunctions in a sentence

Listen to Voices in the Park again and think about how each trip to the park made each character feel. Why do you think they felt this way?Write 10 sentences explaining how the different characters felt.Use the conjunctions – and, so, because and when in your sentences. See examples below.
Smudge made a new friend so she felt happy.

Smudge felt happy because she made a new friend.

Smudge felt pleased when she met Charles.
D & T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Voices in the Park ends with a picture of a cup.
‘When I got home I put the flower in some water and made Dad a nice cup of tea.’
Design a cup for each character in the book.

Throwing shapes!

Tuesday 12th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. It has been wonderful hearing about how you celebrated VE Day. Thank you for sharing your photographs.

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Remember that you can keep in contact with me by posting comments to the Year 2 Blog or by sending me an email at year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk 

Have a great day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Tuesday 12th May 2020

God, whom we meet in bread and wine,
in body broken and blood outpoured,
fill us with your compassion,
that we may hear the cries of the hungry
and reach out to those in need.
Engender in us a thirst for justice,
that the hungry will be satisfied
and the rich sent empty away.
Roll away our apathy
that, with arms outstretched,
we may offer life in place of death
and hope in the face of despair.

Amen.
Handwriting
Copy the following sentences into your handwriting book:
The monkey threw his banana at the child.
She stroked the friendly donkey.
There were lots of noisy monkeys at the zoo.
He put the milk and bread in the supermarket trolley.
I lost my keys and I can’t open the door.
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 12-05-2020
Morning Challenge

WALT: Make 2D shapes.
English Tuesday 12th May 2020
WALT: Write lists in a sentence.Listen to the story, Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne.

Record lists of things you can do in your free time and use commas to separate items in the list.

For example:

At the park we can go on the swings, slide, roundabout and zip wire.

At home I like to _, _, _ and _.
At the weekend I like to _, _, _ and _.

At the park I like to _, _, _ and _.
Computing Tuesday 12th May 2020
WALT: Understand that information online is not always reliable.
Watch the Horrible Histories video below which explores what we can trust online.

Play the Trust it Traffic Lights’ game.
Read the following statements and sort them into red, amber or green depending on their reliability.

Monday 11th May 2020

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Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Monday 11th May 2020

Creator God,

You show us what love is

Through the beauty of the earth

And the gift of your Son.

For the love of…

Animal and plant

Mountain and forest

Sea and city

Woman and man

Friend and family

Those who live far from us

And those yet to be born

Move us to live more simply,

To protect the earth

And to speak up for those in need.

Amen.
Handwriting Copy this week’s spellings into your handwriting book:

donkey
donkeys
monkey
monkeys
chimney
valley
trolley
key
keys
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 11-05-2020
Morning Challenge

WALT: Identify 2D Shapes

A polygon is a flat, two-dimensional (2D) shape with straight sides that is fully closed (all the sides are joined up). The sides must be straight. Polygons may have any number of sides.A regular polygon is a polygon in which all sides are of all the same length and at the same angles.These include a pentagon which has 5 sides, a hexagon has 6, a heptagon has 7, and an octagon has 8 sides.


Extension Challenge:

Go on a shape hunt. Create a tally of the shapes you see.

Can you see any pentagons?
Can you see any octagons?

Can you see any hexagons?
What was the most common shape?
English Monday 11th May 2020
WALT: Interpret an illustration
From Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne

Look at the illustration and answer the following questions.
What did you notice first in this picture?

What is happening here?

What might be about to happen?

Does this picture remind you of anything?

Can you see unusual shapes or objects?

How are the characters feeling? (How do you know? What makes you think that?)

If you were in this picture, what could you see?

If you were in this picture, what could you smell?

If you were in this picture, what might you hear?

If you were in this picture, how would you be feeling?
Science Monday 11th May 2020

The Big Question ……. What if plants could move?

Remember there is no right or wrong answer.

You could think about the following:

  • How could plants move?
  • What would moving allow the plants to do?
  • How would different kinds of plants move?

Thursday 7th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2 ,

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. You can keep in contact with me by posting comments to the Year 2 Blog or by sending me an email at year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk.

Well done for all your hard work this week. I wish you all a wonderful bank holiday weekend. I look forward to hearing all about your VE Day celebrations.

Take very good care.

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Thursday 7th May 2020

Lord of all,
you have graced us with many different skills and talents. Using these many gifts,
may we work together
each in our own special way
respecting everyone’s contribution
to build up Christ’s body
grounded in faith, hope and love.
Amen.
Handwriting Complete the spelling test for this week’s spellings on the SpellingFrame website.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/95/18-The%20-sound-spelt-o

Copy the following common exception words into your handwriting books.

pass
plant
poor
pretty
prove
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 07-05-2020
WALT: Continue a pattern.

To celebrate VE-Day red, white and blue bunting was hung in people’s homes and in the streets.

Decorate your own bunting with continuing pattern. Your pattern could include different shapes, numbers and colours.
English Thursday 6th May 2020
WALT: Write descriptively.

Imagine that you were at the VE Day celebrations!
Write a diary entry, recording what it was like during the VE celebrations.

Describe what you saw, heard, smelt and how you felt!


Begin your diary entry…

Dear Diary,
I have waited a long time for this war to end. I can’t believe that it is over. We had a huge party today to celebrate….
Music Thursday 7th May 2020

Listening and appreciation

People sang songs and danced to celebrate the end of the war. ‘We’ll Meet Again’ by Vera Lynn was a popular song during the war.
Listen to ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and answer the following questions.

Is this music happy or sad?

Is it fast or slow?

What instruments can you hear?

What does this piece of music make you think of?

Did you enjoy the piece? Explain our answer.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful VE Day learning.

Wednesday 6th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I am very impressed with the wonderful ‘Dig for Victory’ posters that you have sent me. Keep them coming!

I hope that you are enjoying the Pope Paul Home Olympics. I really love seeing how you are getting on with the different challenges.

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Please keep in contact and continue to share your fantastic learning with me. If you have any questions or if you need any help please email me at: year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a brilliant day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Wednesday 6th May 2020

Creator God,
you, who looked on everything that you had made and saw that it was very good,
work now through us in our daily tasks,
so that in your grace
we may use our creative skills
for the benefit of all
and help build your Kingdom of justice and peace.

Amen.
Handwriting Compose a sentence for five of the spellings words and write your sentences in your handwriting book.

mother
other
brother
another
smother
nothing
Monday
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Maths 06-05-2020
WALT: solve a number problem.

You are at a VE Day party and you are sitting around a square table with seven friends.Your friend who is throwing the party is sitting at the top left-hand corner. She has a bag of sweets that she starts giving out in a clockwise direction: one for herself, two for the next person and three for the next and so on.

 

There are bigger square tables at the party with more children sitting round on each side.

Explore and compare tables with 3 children sitting on each side, 4 children sitting on each side and 5 children sitting on each side.

Investigate the following for all the tables:

The total number of sweets that children sitting opposite each other have.
The total number of sweets needed for each size of the table.

Remember to use pictures to help solve this problem.
English Wednesday 6th May 2020
WALT: Compose an Acrostic Poem.

Acrostics are a fun poetic form that anyone can write. In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. Usually, the first letter of each line is capitalized. This makes it easier to see the word spelled out vertically down the page.
See the example below.

Very glad the war
In Europe is over
Come out and we will celebrate
That our soldiers will come home
Our men and women
Return to us
Years after they left

Choose a word or phrase to create your own acrostic poem to mark VE Day.

Don’t forget to decorate your poems.
History Wednesday 6th May 2020
WALT: Investigate source evidence – photographs.

Look at this photograph and answer the following questions.

What can you see?
What is happening?
How are people feeling?
Would we see this happening today? Why/why not?
What doesn’t the picture tell you?
Do you notice anything strange about the picture? Is anyone missing?
What questions do you have?
If you could talk to someone in the picture, what would you ask and why?

Dig for Victory Posters!

 

Tuesday 5th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you all had a wonderful day yesterday and that you all enjoyed watching the May Procession. Your photographs were lovely. Seeing you all holding your beautiful flowers made it very special indeed. We will continue to pray to Our Lady during this special month of May.

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. You will notice that there is a theme running through our learning. We celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday. Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day marks the end of World War II. I have planned some of your learning activities this week around the theme of World War II and VE Day. 

I have included a quick update on the Year 2 allotment. Enjoy the video!

If you have any questions or if you need any help.. you know where to find me.. year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a brilliant day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer

 

 

 Prayer for Tuesday 5th May 2020
History Tuesday 5th May 2020
WALT: Know about the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign.The ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign was set up during World War II by the British Ministry of Agriculture. Men and women across the country were encouraged to grow their own food in times of harsh rationing. Open spaces everywhere were transformed into allotments, from domestic gardens to public parks – even the lawns outside the Tower of London were turned into vegetable patches.

Potatoes played a vital role in feeding the nation during World War II. Before the war, Britain imported 55 million tonnes of food a year, once war began this dropped to 12 million tonnes and resulted in rationing of the food that was available. The ‘Dig for Victory’ encourage people to grow their own potatoes and vegetables and Potato Pete became a well-known character.

Create a poster that could have been used during the war to encourage the public to ‘grow their own’.
Handwriting Copy the following sentences into your handwriting book:

His mother was so proud of his work.

Her baby brother was learning to walk.

There was nothing in the fridge so they went out for dinner.

My favourite day of the week is Monday.

There was another red car behind them.
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

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Maths 05-05-2020
WALT: Construct and interpret tally charts and bar charts.
Rationing during World War II.

With most foods in short supply people had to get creative and come up with alternatives. Have a look at the alternative sandwich fillings below.  Can I interest anyone in a mock banana sandwich?

Complete the Tally chart below.

Complete the Bar chart below. Colour in the chart to show which filling children prefer.

Which sandwich filling was the favourite?

Which sandwich filling was the least favourite?

Did any of the results surprise you?
English Tuesday 5th May 2020
WALT: Identify Homophones. 

Find homophones for the following words.

Rewrite the passage below, correcting the homophones.

It was knight and the sky was pooring with reign. The hole ship rocked on the stormy see and the wind blue hard tearing the sale. The captain new they kneaded to fix it quick, so he called out to too crewmen. As the pear ran off to fetch knew rope the captain, who usually had nerves of steal, preyed that the ship wood knot sink. Suddenly, a peace of would broke off from the deck and flue towards him!

Wishing Eliana a very Happy Birthday!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.