Year 2 Home Learning Planner

Dear Parents,

The students in Year Two will have access to a range of activities which they can

complete at home in the event of school closure.

A description of how to implement each Key Learning Area has been outlined under

their specific headings.

Students will have access to TWO different Sunshine Literacy/Numeracy tools online.

1. Google ‘Sunshine Online’

Log in: Username: fhpssunshine

Password: fhpssunshine

2. Google ‘Sunshine Classics’

Log in (as student): Username: fhpssunshine

Password: fhpssunshine

The website features:

Over 560 levelled e-books and 1000 interactive activities and games that

focus on phonics, comprehension, fluency, spelling and writing

Maths stories and activities to help children learn essential early maths

concepts and skills

Students may log into this site at home

Don’t forget to encourage your children to go

outside and be active!

Weekly Spelling Activities Using your weekly spelling list words:

Write out all of your words daily Write 5 interesting sentences Create a list of words that rhyme with your list one spelling words Find the meaning of 5 spelling words Circle all of the nouns (people, places, animals, objects) with a coloured

pencil Do a spelling test on Friday

Reading Activities Read your library books Read any books you have at home for pleasure Practise retelling any books you have read with a

family member Log on to ‘Sunshine Online’ or ‘Sunshine Classics’ to access a range of

readers and reading comprehension activities

Weekly Sentence of the Day Activities Conjunctions are words that join two simple sentences together to create a compound sentence. Examples of conjunctions: but and or so nor What you need to do:

Copy the daily sentence into your book each day.

Circle the conjunction used in each compound sentence.

Weekly Handwriting Activities

Handwriting Lines

Writing Activities Complete: The two writing lessons outlined below using the “Procedure

Writing Template” provided “Playing Hide and Seek” worksheet (follow the instructions on worksheet)

“How to make a paper bag monster” worksheet - Use the pictures to help you write each step. - When you finish writing the instructions, make it.

Procedure Writing Proforma

Friends of 10

Friends of 20

Numeracy Activities Complete one of the following number activities each day:

Practise counting forwards and backwards to 100 by 1s Practise counting forwards and backwards to 100 by 10s Practise counting forwards and backwards to 100 by 2s, 5s & 10s Select ten numbers randomly and write the number that comes before and the

number after. Remember before is one less and after is one more. Use playing cards to add and subtract groups on a number line at the level you

are working at in class Use the ten frame below to practise your Friends of Ten

For example: 2 and 8 is 10 or 2+8=10 Use the ten frames below to practise your Friends of Twenty.

For example: 12 and 8 is 20 or 12+8=20 Investigate 2D shapes in your home. Make a list of all the objects that look like a

triangle, square, rectangle or circle.