Melling Primary School
Year 2
HOME LEARNING
Watch this space for regular updates and resources to keep learning throughout the closure. There are weekly projects for children to complete in addition to the regular online homework. Also, please scroll down for additional resources and links. There's so much to keep you going!!
**Parents, please note that we are unable to offer printing or additional learning packs as there are not enough staff in school to be able to do so. Thank you for understanding.**
WEEK 17 HOME LEARNING
It is so strange that this will be the last message posted on here with homework for the week as we come to the end of the summer term. But there is lots to keep you going here and I will keep posting extra activities on as I come across them. Scroll down the page for lots of activities that I keep updating - there might be some you haven't seen. Coming soon to our new website is a section on the class pages called Home Learning and there will be a whole host of activities and websites that you can access all summer long, ready for your transition into Key Stage 2 (the juniors!!!). I am looking forward to seeing you again in September - all in your smart new uniforms and ready to get back to it. I can't wait to see you. Happy summer holidays!!! Lots of love to you all and your families. Look after yourselves and stay safe this summer. XXXXXX BTBTYCB BP XXXXXX
WEEK 16 HOME LEARNING
Hi Y2. I hope you are all well. I am really looking forward to seeing you next week when you come to school to collect your report. (Parents - see the End of Term Arrangements letter on the home page of the website. Date and time to follow.) Here are your next week's learning activities. Keep going with everything - especially with reading. Serial Mash Diamonds section is perfect for your age group. See you soon!! xx
WEEK 15 HOME LEARNING
Hi everyone. I have had the pleasure of speaking most of your parents over the last couple of weeks and have told them a member of staff will be calling you this week to have a chat and say hi to you. We will do this once a week so expect a call soon! Here is your next set of learning to keep you going. Remember to scroll down the page too and see some other resources that you might like to use to keep your learning going. Don't forget that reading is the most important activity that you can be doing so please access Serial Mash Diamonds section. I miss you lots and hope to see you very soon!! XXX
HOME LEARNING WEEK 14
It is so hard to believe that we are in week 14 of the school closure. I hope you are all well and that you have been having lots of fun at home with your families as well as keeping on with your learning. Please remember that reading is important so remember to log on to Purple Mash, select Serial Mash and look at the Diamonds level. Also, remember to scroll down this page to find regular updates of tasks to complete. Missing you lots as usual. Take care of yourselves and your families. Lots of love xxx
Special 'Virtual Courtesy Cup' award to Freddie for showing Melling Values during lockdown. Well Done Freddie!!
HOME LEARNING WEEK 13
Hi everybody - here is your next lot of learning. Please make sure you are keeping up with your reading. A little bit of reading every day is the best thing you can do because it helps you with every other area of your learning - language, understanding, spelling, writing, punctuation and widens your knowledge about the world. Serial Mash Diamonds on Purple Mash is perfect - log on and have a look please! Keep looking after everybody at home and remember your Melling Golden Values. Lots of love to you and your families xxx
HOME LEARNING WEEK 12
Hello everyone - I hope you are all well, safe and happy. Here are some more learning activities. I know you have been without reading books from school for some time now. I really hope you are accessing online books and reading what you have at home to keep up with your reading. Reading is one of the most important parts of your learning so please make sure you are doing a little bit every day. Log on to the Oxford Owl online website and read books similar to the ones on our reading scheme. Also, please log in to Purple Mash and find the Serial Mash, Diamonds section. This is perfect for your age and reading ability. Missing you, as always xxx
HOME LEARNING WEEK 11
Still missing you all lots!!! It is now already the first week of the 2nd half of summer term. I hope you are all keeping well and making the most of the gorgeous weather - social distancing and applying lots of sun cream of course!! Here is the next set of learning activities to keep you going. BTBTYCB - BE PROUD!!!!! Lots of love xxxxx
HOME LEARNING WEEK 10
Hello everybody 
This week should be half term week and we should have finished the first half of the summer term in school. It's been so long since we were together and I miss you all lots. I am still hoping we will be back together soon to pick up where we left off. I was only just getting to know you all before we had to do learning at home but even then, I knew you were a special group of children. Here is the next set of activities to keep you going with your learning. As always, lots of love to you all. XXX
WEEK 9 HOME LEARNING
I hope you are all well and keeping safe. Here we go with some more learning activities. Hopefully you are keeping up with all of this because your learning is so important. But what is really really important is that you are happy and keeping a smile on your face. Looking forward to the time we can be back together. Lots of love to you and your families xxx
HOME LEARNING WEEK 8
Hi Y2! Here is some more learning to keep you going. Still missing you. I hope everything is fine with you and your families. Hopefully it won't be too long now before we are back together. Lots of love to you all xxx
WEEK 7 HOME LEARNING
Wow we are entering the 7th week of school at home. I am still missing you lots - more and more every week. I hope you and your families are all well and keeping big smiles on your faces. I hope to be back with you really soon. Here is some more learning to keep you going. Remember to keep checking the page for updates with links to websites and further resources (scroll down under the weekly tasks to find them). Lots of love to you all xxx
WEEK 6 HOME LEARNING
Hi Y2! Sending lots of love and best wishes to you and your families. I hope you are getting lots of fresh air and exercise as best you can in the glorious sunshine. Remember to watch the Bitesize Daily programmes on BBC iplayer and look at the daily lessons on the BBC Bitesize website (link below). You can refresh your memory on what you have already learned and find out some more facts too. Missing you lots - BTBTYCB xxx
WEEK 5 HOME LEARNING
Hello everyone!!!! I hope you have had a lovely Easter, ate some delicious chocolate and remembered to put sun-cream on while enjoying the gorgeous weather! Well, it would be back to school this week but we have to carry on with our school at home for a while longer. Hopefully it won't be long now until we're back together again for your last term in Y2 before you go into Y3. This term, you are getting ready to be a junior so here are some more learning activities for you to try and keep up with your learning. Don't forget to scroll down this page to find lots more activities. There are lots more being added regularly. Lots of love to you and your families. XXX
WEEK 4 HOME LEARNING
HAPPY EASTER!!!! I am still missing you lots but I know you will be having a great time enjoying the sunshine and celebrating with your Easter treats. Keep smiling, learning and being the best you can be. Again, your project is optional this week as it should be the Easter holidays. I know that you know how important your learning is so try to keep it going if you can. How about making an Easter garden or bonnet? Take a photo and we can share them when we get back to school. Big hugs and lots of love xxx
WEEK 3 HOME LEARNING
Hello Y2! It is officially the Easter holidays now and I wish you all a happy and safe time. As this is a very unusual time and we are all missing a lot of school, there are more activities on here to keep you busy over Easter. Your learning is still important over the next couple of weeks, so try to access Education City, Purple Mash, Times Tables Rock Stars and carry on practising reading, handwriting and spelling. The weekly project is optional this week but you could still have a go to keep up with your learning! Missing you lots and can't wait to see you! Remember to keep looking after the people at home and show off our marvellous Melling golden values. XX
WEEK 2 HOME LEARNING
Hi everyone! I hope you are well, having a lovely time at home and keeping up with your learning. I am missing you all lots and hope that everything will be back to normal very soon. Be kind to your adults and look after everyone in your house. Carry on being the best you can be. Lots of love to you all and your families xxx
WEEK 1 HOME LEARNING
Thank you Y2 for being such an amazing group of children and for your superb attitude and behaviour over the last couple of weeks. Looking forward to seeing you soon xxx
SEE BELOW FOR A RANGE OF RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING - THIS SECTION IS UPDATED SO PLEASE CHECK BACK
E-SAFETY RESOURCES
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RESOURCES FOR SUPPORTING EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
To kickstart Science Week (week beginning 27.01.20), we have been to our school's nature trail, searching for Living things and Minibeasts.
We are working hard on multiplications and divisions in class at the minute. Any support at home would be greatly appreciated.
Happy New Year to all of the Y2 families!! Please find attached our class Spring Term newsletter.
We all had a super time at our Christmas party!
A scrumptious Christmas dinner!
Getting ready for Christmas...
What a fantastic day we have had on our Great Fire of London Workshop Day!! We traveled back in time to 1666, dressed up in fantastic costumes, learnt lots, had lots of fun and had a super afternoon filled with arts and crafts.
This week we have been thinking hard about friendship, bullying and what makes a 'Good Melling Friend'. We had some excellent discussions in class as well as in our assemblies. Take a look at some of our work we completed in Y2.
Take a look at our silhouette art work that we created, based on The Great Fire of London. It was tricky but the results were very good!
The Great Melling Bake Off... A super day of baking bread in Y2! Luckily it didn't result in a Great Fire!! As part of our History Great Fire of London topic that we are currently learning about, we were busy weighing, measuring, kneading and finding out how hard life as a baker can be. We had super results in the end with lovely tasting bread.
Children in Need Day - lots of money was raised and fun was had by all!
Another number challenge... We have been looking at two-digit numbers and odd and even numbers recently. We looked at various possibilities to this challenge and also thought about what our answers may have been if the questions were written in a different order. It got our brains working hard!
We love a good number challenge in Year 2! We put our reasoning skills to the test and completed the challenge, working well in pairs and building resillience along the way.
Have you seen the Highway Rat? We have been reading the fabulous story by Julia Donaldson and created some descriptive posters asking people to watch out for the Rat.
Now that we are getting good at partitioning, we are starting to add bigger numbers together, using an empty number line to help us. It's tricky, but we're doing well!
In Maths, we have been learning to partition numbers into tens and ones, using Diennes apparatus to help us and exchanging ones for tens where possible.
Year 2's Autumn Term Science Topic. We have been learning lots about Materials, their uses and how materials can change. This links nicely to our Great Fire of London History topic this term.
We had a super time during Art Week, looking at drawing techniques by a famous artist. We have been recently learning about Roald Dahl so we thought it would be a great opportunity to look at drawings by Quentin Blake.
What a smart class we are! Top of the infants and ready to learn!
