You can find a range of activities here that you can do with your children during school closures.
Don't forget to check out the Useful Websites page for more resources, games, activities and more!
We will be continually updating this page.
July 2020
Maths: Multiplication and Division Recap
Science: Create your own classification key
Literacy: Apostrophes for Contractions Contractions cut and stick Contractions word-search Homophones Activity Sheet Homophones Activity Sheet 2
Topic:IOM_lesson_4.pdf IOM_lesson_5.pdf
Art: Art Weeks 4 and 5.Van Gogh Powerpoint Van Gogh: Sunflowers Lowry PowerpointLowry: The Imperial War Museum. Lowry Puzzle: Going to the match
WB 6th July
Maths: Addition and Subtraction Recap 2
Science: Alien Classification Animal Flow Chart
Literacy: Past and present tense Past Tense to Present Tense Verbs Board Game Types of Sentences Grammar and Punctuation Challenge Cards
Topic:IOM_lesson_3.pdf
Art: Week 3 Art Planning Archibald Knox Archibald Knox Art
WB 29th June
Maths: Addition and Subtraction Recap 1
Science: Animal sorting sheet Animal pictures
Literacy: Conjunctions Conjunction match Using Conjunctions Expanded Noun Phrases Conjunction challenge Expanded Noun Phrases Task 1Expanded Noun Phrases Task 2
Topic:IOM_lesson_2.pdf
Art: Art Week 2 Kandinsky Power point Colour wheel
WB 22nd June
Maths: Place Value Recap
Extras: Call of the Wild Issue 8 Call of the Wild Follow Up Activities
Literacy: Adjectives and NounsVerbs and AdverbsTask 1Task 2 Task 3Task 4Task 5
Task 6
Topic: IOM_Lesson_1.pdfLabel_the_British_Isles.pdf
Art: Art Week 1Mondrian Painting SheetMondrian Powerpoint
Spellings
For those of you who would like to continue practising spellings we will uploading 20 new spellings a week. These will follow the order that we would in school. You can give these to your child to learn and you might want to incorporate a test into the week to keep some of the routine. If your child is not yet on spellings looking at these words alongside their phonics will do no harm, but practise spelling the first 100 sight words found in the phonics section first. If your child has already completed these spellings, please ensure they can still spell them and then set them challenges based on them for example, how many of the words can you use in one sentence?
WB 4th May
Maths: Shape_WB_4May.pdf
Phonics: The Bee Tree 'ee' Read and Write 'ie' make and break words 'ie' nonsense words "ie' and 'ee' sentences
Writing: Animal Similes Smashing Similes Charlie + Grandpa Joe Description Charlie's House Description
Adjectives and Similes PowerPoint
Reading: Roll and Respond Reading DiceReading Task 1Reading Task 2 Reading Task 3Reading Task 4Reading Task 5Reading Bookmark QuestionsReading skills word mat
Topic: Topic WB 4th May Questions beginning Questions middle Questions end Golden Ticket Chocolate Bar Wordsearch
Science: Local_Habitats_Activitiy.pdf
Extras: Manx Birdlife Migration ActivitiesThink Positive Challenge Cards
VE Day: At home pack Toolkit Design a medal Design a teacup
Isle Listen Resources: The following resources have been provided to schools. The most relevant Year 2 ones are attached and all of the resources can be found on the following page on the school website Mental Health and Wellbeing Talking to Children about Coronavirus Muscle RelaxationDeep Breathing Sleep Imagery
WB 11th May
Maths3D shapes Lessons 1 and 2.3 D Shapes Lesson 3.3D Shapes Lesson 4 3D Shapes Lesson 51. Counting faces on a 3D shape2. Counting edges on a 3D shape3. Counting vertices on a 3D shape4. Sorting 3D shapes5. Making patterns using 3D shapes
Writing Correct_sentence_punctuation.pdfQuestion_Marks_.pdfThe_Hunt_for_the_Golden_Ticket.pdfImaginative_wordplay.pdf
ReadingLevel_1_Text.pdfLevel_1_Task_A.pdfLevel_1_Task_B.pdfLevel_1_Task_C.pdf
Level_2_Text.pdfLevel_2_Task_A.pdfLevel_2_Task_B.pdfLevel_2_Task_C.pdf
Level_3_Text.pdf Level_3_Task_A.pdf Level_3_Task_B.pdf Level_3_Task_C.pdf
Topic Roald Dahl powerpointRoald Dahl wordsearchDesign your own Chocolate Factory
Science: Science WB 11th May Habitats Adaptations 1 Adaptations 2 Adaptations 3
The new science video link is here: Adaptations video
Phonics: Phonics Task 1Phonics Task 2Phonics Task 3Phonics Task 4Phonics Task 5Phonics Task 6Phonics Task 7Games and activities
Extras: Mindfulness Challenge Cards
WB 18th May
Reading/Phonics: Reading/Phonics WB 18th May The Smartest Giant Questions The Smartest Giant Answers True/False Reading Challenges Phonics Spelling Game
Writing: Preposition challenge BFG Prepositional phrases. Imperative verbs word mat Imperative verb Alien Instructions.BFG Police Report BFG How to catch a Dream
Maths: Maths W/B 18.5.20 Measurement.pdfShape AssessmentShape Assessment AnswersLesson 2 AnswersLesson 2 QuestionsLesson 3 QuestionsLesson 3 AnswersLesson 4 Activity
Science: Activity_1_Manx_Habitats.pdfActivity_2_Our_beaches.pdf
Topic: Personality_and_Appearance.pdfRoald_Dahl_characters_to_colour.pdfSophie_s_Missing_Poster.pdf
Extras: Manx Birdlife Habitat Activities Dream Jar RecipeOutdoor Maths Challenge Cards
WB 25th May
Writing: Writing WB 25th May Layout example Detailed example Extra Letter Information Letter Checklist
Reading: The Making of Milton- Reading Comprehension Back to Earth with a Bump - Reading Comprehension Year 2 Brilliant Book List!
Phonics: Split Digraph Spotting 'ew' Spotting 'ue' Spotting 'aw' Spotting
Science: Animal Habitats Above and Below Ground Powerpoint Manx BirdLife Drawing Competition Scavenger Hunt Birds
Maths:Measure_and_Position_26th_May.pdfAdditional_Activity_Days_1_and_2.pdfAdditional_Activity_Day_3.pdfAdditional_Activity_Day_4.pdf
Topic: Topic W/B 25th May Task 1 Character ProfileTask 6 Wordsearch Matilda Colouring Pages
Extras: Wildlife Park Issue 5 Wildlife Park Issue 6Roald Dahl Maths Challenge Cards
Spellings
For those of you who would like to continue practising spellings we will uploading 20 new spellings a week. These will follow the order that we would in school. You can give these to your child to learn and you might want to incorporate a test into the week to keep some of the routine. If your child is not yet on spellings looking at these words alongside their phonics will do no harm, but practise spelling the first 100 sight words found in the phonics section first. If your child has already completed these spellings, please ensure they can still spell them and then set them challenges based on them for example, how many of the words can you use in one sentence?
Writing
As usual we would ask that you keep encouraging any time of writing at home. This may be stories, letters or menus etc. The focus of this writing should be on basic skills such as punctuation and presentation. However also please think about adjectives, adverbs, connectives and starting sentences in different ways. This are all areas that have been covered regularly in school.
Below you will find different Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar activity mats that the children enjoy doing.
Please find below a link to video which could be used as a stimuli for either writing the ending to a story or to planning and writing a whole story. Underneath the video clip there are also ideas for smaller activities which you could do. Once the writing aspect has been completed this could be turned into an art project, DT (making a puppet theatre) or a drama show. The website has lots of videos available, so please don't feel you can only use this particular one.
Reading
Please continue to read each day at home and encourage a love of reading. Reading can take any form for example instructions, magazines or leaflets etc.
You will find below example of different reading strategies it would be useful to practise with your child and suitable questions to ask based on their book band level.
Below there are different reading comprehension activities. The Easter themed one requires boxes to be ticked and sentences written, however the second one is about following instructions correctly to colour the pictures. there are also question cards which could be completed verbally together or used as a resource to practise writing in full sentences.
Colouring reading comprehension
The following link is for Douglas Library. If you become a member (free), you can listen to lots of ebooks for free also! Douglas Library eBooks
David Walliams is reading a story everyday. This can be accessed via his website David Walliams. Once you have listened to his story you could write a book review, turn it into a comic strip or maybe even act it out!
Ronald the Rhino Comprehension
A Monster Surprise Comprehension
The Queens Birthday Comprehension
A Tale of Two Feathers Comprehension
Phonics
Please find below the phonics sounds and sight words assessment that we use. Ensuring children use this sounds when reading is crucial to achieving fluency.
Sound and Sight Word Assessment
Below are 3 different mystery challenges. The children have to use their English knowledge to solve different clues to crack the case. The answers are also attached.
Mystery of the Easter Egg Eater
Mystery of the Easter Egg Hunt
The following link will take you to the Phonics Play website which has lots of activities available. This website is currently free. Phonics Play
Maths
Practising real life would be very beneficial to your child, for example using it when cooking, adding and subtracting or showing how important times tables are. We have recently been learning about fractions, so incorporating these when cooking or playing games would be useful.
The website already has a Maths Mastery page with helpful information for you:
Other useful maths websites are:
White Rose Problem of the Day (KS1 has orange border)
Our current in class learning can be found below:
Fractions WB 23rd March Lesson 1 activity Lesson 2 activity Lesson 3 activity Lesson 3 extra challenge Lesson 4 activity
The end of our fractions learning can be found below:
Final fractions lessons Lesson 1 activity 1 Lesson 1 activity 2 Lesson 2 activity
Below you will find a Maths Mystery (the same layout as the above English ones).
Mystery of the Smashing Easter Egg Hunt Smashing Easter Egg Hunt answers
The following booklet is full of ideas and activities aimed atYear 2 children. This would be very helpful to help your child remember and consolidate areas we have covered so far in school. Please be advised we have only covered up to fractions so far in school, but feel free to go ahead!
The following link will take you another website often used within school. It has a variety of problem solving activities you may find useful, but this particular link will take you to the page they have created especially for activities that can be completed at home without a teacher.
Topic
Our current topic is Explorers. Research on explorers is a great independent activity. They could incorporate history, geography, art and/or IT skills into one piece of learning. They could then begin to compare and contrast different explorers and say why they were important and why people still remember them.
Below you will find resources on a mini topic of Spring. More resources will be added to this mini topic as and when they are needed.
Spring shape poems These are just ideas, encourage your child to design their own shapes and poetry alongside these.
Spring multiplication colouring
Enormous Crocodile
Please find below different activities all related to the Roald Dahl story "The Enormous Crocodile". Of course once you have had a look at the templates you could design your own versions!
Enormous Crocodile ideasBeware postersCharacter writingBook reviewMeasuring Crocodiles
Science
Our current topic is Materials. We have been looking at comparing and contrasting different materials and thinking about the properties which make different materials suitable for different purposes. Children could produce leaflets on materials, compare and contrast materials or design their own invention and explain why they have chosen the materials they have.
They could also play this game, which when we played it in class they found hilarious! The idea is to complete the sentence: It would be funny if this cup was made of...because it would... An example answer is: It would be funny if this cup was made of feathers because they would tickle your nose. The object could be changed to allow for lots of versions of the game.
Below you will find some activity cards with different ideas of other science investigations you may wish to undertake at home.
Paper Tower Activity Paper Tower Prompt Card
Paper Cup Activity Paper Cup Prompt Card
Making nestsEgg rolling The previous activities refer to the following story throughout: Brendas Boring Eggs
Extras
The Manx Birdlife and RSPB websites have different activities which you can download for use at home. Manx Birdlife RSPB
Learning Log This is the learning log you would have received over the Easter Holidays (with a couple of minor changes!).
The following activity has been sent to us from the Wildlife Park: Call of the Wild Issue 1
The following activity is a fun game you could try for PE that also links to Science learning we completed in school: PE game
BBC Bitesize have lots of resources available and have just released even more guidance for home schooling.