In Year 2, children continue to develop their skills and knowledge as they prepare for the next stage in their education. Our Learning Links offer a range of activities to support and extend your child’s learning at home.
By practising key skills and exploring new ideas together, you can help your child to become more independent, resilient, and confident in their learning. These shared experiences play an important role in reinforcing what is taught in school and supporting your child’s continued progress.
English
Here you will find lots of support materials and games to help you learn more about SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar).
Tricky Words
Click the following link Tricky Words (broken link) to view a video on Espresso (requires logging in to Espresso).
The video covers tricky words using alternative pronunciations from the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme.
SPAG Games, Quizzes and Activities
- Spelling Game – broken link
- Using Conjuctions – can’t upload
- Using Coordinating Conjunctions and or but so SPaG Grammar Powerpoint Quiz- can’t upload
- Types Of Sentences Activity Worksheet
- Contracting Words Using an Apostrophe SPaG Punctuation Quiz – can’t upload
Learn New SPaG Terms
Homophones (requires a login to Espresso) – broken link
The video gives an introduction to homophones, with several different examples.
Contractions (requires a login to Espresso)– broken link
The video gives an introduction to contractions with examples of commonly contracted words
Adding Endings to Adjectives (requires a login to Espresso)– broken link
The video gives examples of how adjectives can change by adding the endings –er and –est.
Oxford Owl for School and Home
Oxford Owl provides access to free resources to support learning at a home. To read the e books on this site you will need the log in details below:
Username: bookworms Password: 2222 – does not work
Maths
Shapes Song
Times Table Challenge
- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- http://www.ictgames.com/spitfireufo.html – broken link
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/ – broken link
Big Think Question
- http://nrich.maths.org/content/id/2790/Differences.swf – broken link
Division skills
Cross the Swamp
Doubling Challenge
Rounding Numbers
Can you round numbers the nearest 10? Try some games below to round up or down.
- http://mrcrammond.com/games/gordon/Postsortingv3.swf – broken link
Reading a Scale
Try the games below to read the labelled divisions on a scale.
- http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html – broken link
- http://www.teacherled.com/resources/dials/dialsload.html – broken link
Data Handling
Have fun handling data with the Furbles. Choose how many furbles you want to sort. Choose their shapes, colours and how many eyes they have and then sort them!
- http://www.ptolemy.co.uk/furbles03 – broken link
Shape – Properties of 2D Shapes?
Place 3 cubes on the table. You can walk around and look at the other side but not pick them up.
How many faces could you see? That’s right……..3×5=15 faces
Now use two cubes and put them in any way that you like. Here are three arrangements I made earlier.
The first one lets me see 9 square faces, the second one 8 square faces and with the two on their own… it’s 10!
So now try arranging 3 cubes in different ways. Here are some ideas. How many faces?
Multiplication and Division
Telling the Time
Can you tell the time to the nearest minute? Test your skills here!
- http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html – broken link
Number Bond Games
How fast are you at spotting your number bonds to 20?
Money Games
Use your skills of adding and subtracting multiples of 10 to play these money games.
Column Method Addition
These online activities involve adding and subtracting 2 two-digit numbers using the column method (initially without bridging/”carrying”)
Play the funky Mummy game to test your bonds to 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html – broken link
How quick are you at adding on in your head? Try the speed challenge this week.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SpeedGrid/Addition/urikares.html Play the funky Mummy game to test your bonds to 20.
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html– broken link
Doubling and Halving
Play these doubling and halving games.
- Click here to download and print a track game to play at home. – broken link
- http://www.ictgames.com/bridgedoubles.html – broken link
- http://www.ictgames.com/woodseasy.html – broken link
Place Value
Try Shark pool numbers
http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html or click here to test your place value skills – broken link
If you enjoyed playing on the Magic Squares,…. try these.
http://www.ictgames.com/magicSquare/index.html – broken link
This flip counter is used in class to add and subtract tens and units.
http://www.ictgames.com/flipCounter/index.html – broken link
Fairies in the fog helps us to count on in sets of 10
http://www.ictgames.com/fairyfog10s_v2.html – broken link
Halves and Quarters
Click the links below to practise your halving and quartering.
- http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/fractions/interactive/halfquartersimm/halfquartersimm.htm – broken link
- http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/fractions/interactive/halfbysharing2/halfbysharing.htm – broken link
- http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/fractions/interactive/quartersbysharing2/quartersbysharing.htm – broken link
General Curriculum
Experimental a fantastic web page to explore lots of science experiments that you can do at home with Mum and Dad.
The Fire of London Game
Explore the fire as it unfolds and help Tom and Jane through six dramatic days as they experience London’s Great Fire! Follow the story of the fire and play games to battle and escape the flames.
