Class 2J

Welcome to our class, we're excited to get to know all the children and begin our exciting topics. Our class teacher is Mrs Johnson and  Supporting our class this year we have Mrs Holden and Miss Stokes. Currently in our class we have 24 children.

A little bit of information about routines in our class:

Spellings go home on a Monday and are to be returned by Friday, these will be tested Friday afternoon. Homework will be sent home a Wednesday and needs to be returned by Monday. Book bags are monitored every Monday, Wednesday and Friday so please make sure you are reading regularly and remembering to bring your book bag into school. Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday so please ensure there is a full PE kit in school.

Autumn

We have had a fantastic few weeks settling into our new class routines. This week we have been extremely lucky to have a faith visitor come into class who taught us all about the Hindu religion. We have learnt lots of new words.

School Closure

Here is the timetable we follow in school.

9.00-10.00: Literacy

10.00- 10.25: Guided reading

10.25-10.45: Phonics

10.45-11.00: Break time

11.00- 12.00: Numeracy

12.00-1.00: Lunch time

1.15-3.15: Theme work e.g. History, French, Science

I have provided some links below to some useful websites you could use in additional to the 'Home Learning Packs' we have provided.

Purple Mash:

One of the resources we use in school, which is web based is Purple Mash, I will set the children a few tasks the children can do. They have a log in which has been included in their packs.

Home Learning: week beginning 13th July 2020

Here is the home learning for the week commencing 13th July. 
This will be the final homework sent! However, it would obviously be a good idea to keep practising reading, writing coherent sentences, in best handwriting and basic maths such as multiplication tables and problem solving in readiness for Year 3.

It has been a pleasure to have all the Year 2 children in my class, even if it was cut abruptly short. I will certainly miss them all and wish them every success as they move in to their new classes.
After several unusual and sometimes challenging weeks, I hope that you all have super summer and that the sun will shine.
With my very best wishes,

Mrs Johnson

Home Learning Plan

Literacy

Prepare to shrink to the size of an ant! In this film-themed week, explore characters and settings from a completely different viewpoint. Enjoy some wild adventures, dramatic escapes and see everyday objects as you’ve never seen them before!

Phonics

Maths

Topic

This weeks focus is on Numeracy and Literacy skills ready for Year 3.

Home Learning Week 11: Week beginning 6th July 2020

Welcome to Week 11 of home learning. It was lovely to see your happy, smiley faces this week on transition afternoon. You all seemed to be enjoying your new classes and I think you will love your new teachers Miss Duckworth and Miss Tierney. Well done to all the children who brought their home learning activities into school so we could see the work you've been doing at home, I was very impressed with the effort and hard work! I hope you enjoy this weeks activities, the zoo activities planned for literacy look really interesting. Please send me any pieces of work you are proud of.

Home Learning Week 10: 29th June 2020

Welcome to week 10 of home learning. I hope you enjoyed the activities this week and you made the most of the lovely, sunny weather. This week our literacy is linked to bears, there are some really nice activities to complete. Please make sure you're still accessing the Purple Mash activities and handing them in so I can comment back.

Home Learning Plan

Home Learning Week 9: 22nd June 2020

I hope you all enjoyed Week 8 of Home Learning! This week our Literacy is focused around poetry, there are some really nice lessons planned this week. Remember: Use expression when reciting the poems you're learning.

For topic, I have planned some work on the seaside. I would love to see you work this week and the finished results. Please send any pictures to admin@ thorn.lancs.sch.uk. 

Remember to keep accessing Purple Mash for the reading chapters and other activities I have set.

Mrs Johnson

Home Learning Week 8: 15th June 2020

Here is the home learning for next week. I hope you enjoy the topic work on churches, this is one of the RE units we should have been learning about this term. I have attached the powerpoint mentioned onto the Year 2 web page.

Remember to keep sending me pictures of the work you're proud of, this can be done via email to the school office and then it will be forwarded to me. I hope you all have a lovely week and lets hope this weather improves.

Home Learning Week 7: 8th June 2020

Here are the home learning tasks for the week commencing 8.6.20. I have included the Maths Home learning as well as the answers. I have also included the chapters to go along  with the Purple Mash reading activities I have set. I really hope to see more children accessing the Purple Mash website. Well done to the children who have already been doing this regularly.

Keep learning, Year 2. It will help you settle back into school when we do eventually return.

Spelling

Don't forget to also access the Purple Mash spelling activities.

Reading

Reading: The Sleeping Volcano Chapters 1-6

*Activities on Purple Mash

Home learning Week 6: 1st June 2020

Hi Hope you are all keeping well and have enjoyed the lovely weather we have had recently and managed to get outside. I hope you enjoy this week's learning. Don't forget to go to Purple Mash for the extra tasks I have set.

Home learning Week 5: 18th May 2020

Below is the home learning for this week. Thank you to the parents who have sent pictures of their children's home learning, I have really enjoyed seeing the work that is being completed at home.

Remember to keep accessing PurpleMash, I have been setting extra pieces of work on there. Well done to the children who have been using this resource, I have seen some really good pieces work and it's nice to be able to respond to the children when they have handed these in. 

Home Learning 11th May 2020

I hope you have all enjoyed the lovely, sunny weather last week and have completed some fantastic pieces of work. Once again thank you for the photos that have been sent to me and the lovely work I have been seeing on Purple Mash. It's really nice seeing all the things you're doing whilst at home.

Enjoy your learning this week, there are some fun activities. I'd love to see some of the things you've done.

Home Learning Week 4th May 2020

I hope you have enjoyed your learning this week. It has been nice to see some more children accessing Purple Mash and I have really enjoyed seeing the pictures of home learning I have been sent.

I have attached our learning documents for this week. I have also added some extra activities to celebrate VE day on Friday.

Have a super week!

Online Safety - with lots of you completing learning online at the moment, it is essential to remember how to keep safe. Try these activities.

Home Learning

Week Beginning 27th April 2020

I hope your week of learning has been successful and you have enjoyed completing the tasks you have been set.

I have really enjoyed seeing the work which has been completed on Purple Mash, well done! I have attached the home learning for this week, I have set it all out in 1 document to try and make it easier to follow. I have also sent attachments on the email which I have posted below. Keep up the good work on Purple Mash.

Mrs Johnson

Nature Challenge:

Year 2 why don't you use materials around your house, in your garden/yard or even on a daily walk to create some animals. There are some ideas below. You could send these to me on Purple Mash labelling your work as 'Nature Challenge'.

Home Learning

Week Commencing 20th April 2020

Year 2, what a weird few weeks it has been. It's strange not seeing your happy, smiley faces each morning. Hopefully everything will go back to normal soon. I have added lots of new learning resources below. Remember have a really good go and try to remember all the skills you have learnt so far this year in class. I can't wait to find out all the things you've been doing when we get back to school.

Mrs Johnson.

Reading

Choose a book to read daily from the free eBooks collection. Just use the link below and register to begin reading!

Writing

This week our theme is Julia Donaldson characters!  I know when we have shared Julia Donaldson books previously in class we have always enjoyed them.

In class we have done lots of work during our grammar sessions on noun phrases, Julia Donaldson uses lots of noun phrases to describe her characters, e.g. big bad mouse; terrible whiskers; purple prickles all over his back; poisonous wart at the end of his nose.  Keep a look out for them!  I think you’ll have the opportunity to use them in your own writing too.

Don’t forget to rehearse your sentences out loud, just like we do in class.  Perhaps you could use your pen as a microphone!  

If you’d prefer to write about another Julia Donaldson character – perhaps in a book you have at home – that’s fine.  I look forward to hearing about them.

I’ll attach ideas for activities you could complete.

Daily Writing Activities

See the word document below for some daily ideas for activities. I have also added other documents you may find useful.

Maths

Please find below the word document for our daily maths activities. The website link is also included below, each lesson will include a video to model the learning and an activity the children can complete. I have also included a maths activity booklet.

Topic

Please find below the word document with ideas for work you can complete with your children at home. Our theme this half term is Inspirational People with focus on explorers. I have also added some worksheets and power points which may be useful.

BBC Bitesize

BBC iPlayer and the Red Button service will host Bitesize Daily. These are six different 20 minute shows, each designed to target a specific age group, from ages five to 14, and for pupils throughout the UK. Experts and teachers will be involved, covering what should be learned that day for the different year groups and key stages. Maths, Science and English will be covered in dedicated programmes, and other subjects such as History, Geography, Music and Art will also be covered.

PE

Try to keep yourselves active at home. Maybe join Joe Wick's exercise sessions each morning, I will be doing these from home too!

I have also included a  Lancashire school games activities document below which will give you some more ideas of things you can do to keep active at home.

Lego Challenge

Have a go at the 30 day Lego challenge.

Phonics

Maths

Here are some useful maths links