Year 2 2023 - 2024
Year 2
This half term's theme is 'Made In Sheffield'.
You can find the links to our blogs below. They feature stories and photos from our exciting learning journey together.
Y2RB
Y2LS
If you have any questions, please email school at enquiries@marlcliffe.sheffield.sch.uk and we will get back to your as soon as we can.
Thank you for your support
The Year 2 Team
General Information
Grand Designs home learning menu Spring 2
Made In Sheffield vocabulary mat
Made In Sheffield home learning menu Summer 1
Home Learning
Spellings
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Spr 2 Week 1
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Spr 2 Week 2
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Spr 2 Week 3
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Spr 2 Week 4
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Spr 2 Week 5
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Sum 1 Week 1
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Sum 1 Week 2
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Sum 1 Week 3
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Sum 1 Week 4
Spellings Starlings, Woodpeckers and Wrens Sum 1 Week 5
Maths Home Learning 2023-24
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 11.03.24
This week in our maths learning this week we have been learning how to compare masses of objects and how to measure mass in grams and kilograms. Visit the following website to continue this learning and have a go at the quiz to test your child’s knowledge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt9k7ty/articles/z3qk3j6
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 18.03.24
This week in our maths learning this week we have been learning about volume and capacity and measuring using millilitres and litres. Can you practise measuring capacity with a measuring jug at home? There is also the following free online game is also a great resource to use to practise these skills and you can choose the level of difficulty you wish your child to work on.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/capacity/index.html
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 25.03.24
This week in our mental maths starters, we have been practising the quick recall of number bonds to 20. You can practise this with your child by using the following link and playing one of the many Number bonds to 20 games available here:
https://wordwall.net/en-us/community/number-bonds-to-20
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 15.04.24
This week in our maths, we have been learning about fractions – being able to recognise ½ and ¼
Log on to the following website and work through the activities to find ½ and ¼
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 22.04.24
This week in our maths, we have been continuing our learning about fractions – being able to recognise and find 1/3. We have learnt the words numerator and denominator and what these number tell us. Ask your child if they can explain these words to you.
Log on to the following website and work through the activities to find 1/3.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfc7dp3
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 29.04.24
This week in our maths, we have been continuing our learning about fractions. We have been learning to recognise and find ¾ and to count in fractions up to a whole.
The following online game (choose Year 2 halves, quarters and thirds from the menu) is a great resource for practicing recognising and counting in fractions:
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/firepitFractions/index.html
Maths Home Learning Week Beginning 13.05.24
This week in our maths, we have been learning how to tell the time to the o’clock time, half-past, quarter-past and to and to each 5-minute interval. Please could you practise telling the time with your children using the clocks at home by asking your children at different times of the day, ‘What time is it now?’
There is also a fantastic online game you can find here to practise matching the correct analogue clock to the correct time.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/hickoryDickory/
Phonics
Please use the resources below to help your child know all their phonemes. Unfortunately the 'play sound' does not work online.
Letters and Sounds Phase 2 Powerpoint
Letters and Sounds Phase 3 Powerpoint
Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Powerpoint
Useful Websites
Phonics:
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/digital-flashcards
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/flash-cards?phase=3
https://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/mobile/
Maths:
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PostSortingcalculationsv2
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
Files to Download
Year 2: Calendar items
Y2 Trip to Kelham Island, by Mrs Hanson
KS1 - Animal Workshop, by Mrs Hanson