Year 2 Home learning: WB 29th June 

All of the adults in Year 2 miss you very much!  

Try your very best with your learning and remember to have fun :)  

 

If you are not given a resource template for an activity or don’t want to print it out, please 

record any work in the exercise book you were given by us. 

Reading 

Please continue to read every day. The Oxford Owl website has some free e-books for children to read. 

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ 

Practise the high frequency words as previously attached. 

There are links to your child’s phonics group on the school website. 

 

Have a go at the short reading comprehension attached - see Resource 1   

English -Spelling,Punctuation and Grammar.  

Monday   Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

We are thinking about 

recounts this week. Grown 

ups watch this clip if you 

want to refresh your 

memory! 

https://www.theschoolrun.

com/what-is-a-recount 

Look at resource 5. The 

first part will show you 

the main features of a 

recount. Then you will find 

3 examples of recounts. 

Read recount 2 and see 

which features you can 

spot.  

Support: recount 3 

Challenge: recount 2 

Think about what 

you want to write a 

report on. Is it 

something that you 

have done, or are 

you going to use 

your imagination to 

create your 

recount? 

Use your ideas to 

draw a picture map 

of what 

happened.Draw a 

picture to show 

each event.Make 

sure you label the 

pictures on your 

map. 

 

Support: Create 

your map using only 

pictures 

Challenge:write a 

sentence for each 

feature on your 

map.  

 

By looking at your 

map, use the 

information to fill in 

the big plan - 

choose a template 

(resource 6). You 

will need to put your 

ideas from your map 

in the correct part 

of the plan. You can 

have more than one 

idea in each part. 

Support:Draw 

pictures to show 

how you are going to 

organise your work. 

 

Challenge:Extend 

your ideas by 

including any 

exciting language 

that you will want to 

use in your writing. 

Now it's time to 

write up your ideas 

to make a recount. 

Use your big plan to 

help you structure 

your report.Look at 

resource 7 to 

remind yourself of 

the features of a 

recount. 

 

Support: use the 

writing frame in 

resource 7 

Challenge:Try and 

include as many 

time connectives 

from the list in 

resource 7. 

A diary entry and 

a newspaper 

article are both 

examples of 

recounts. 

Can you write a 

dairy entry for 

your favourite 

character, or a 

news report for 

you favourite 

story? 

Choose either one 

of these to write 

your new recount. 

See resource 8 

for templates. 

You can write as 

little or as much 

as you want to. 

You can use 

pictures too.  

 

 

 

 

 

Phonics 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Using the 

suffix -less 

Remind your 

child of the 

suffix -less, 

meaning 

‘without’.  

Eg 

home – 

homeless,  

fear – 

fearless,  

care – 

careless. 

 

Complete 

Resource 2 

below.   

 

Challenge: Now 

write a 

sentence with 

each word in.  

 

 

 

 

 

Suffix recap 

-ly -ily 

-ful, -less 

Using the grid 

in Resource 1, 

ask your child 

to see how 

many real 

words they 

can make 

using the 

suffixes and 

combining 

them.   

Use Resource 3. 

Challenge: If 

you have a 

dictionary you 

could check 

the words in 

there!  

  

Prefix and 

Suffix recap  

Play this 

interactive game 

on prefixes and 

suffixes.   

https://www.bbc

.co.uk/games/em

bed/small-town-

superheroes?exit

GameUrl=https%

3A%2F%2Fbbc.c

o.uk%2Fbitesize

%2Farticles%2Fz

ncgvk7 

 

If you want to 

play the other 

games on 

‘sentences’ and 

‘punctuation’ 

please feel free 

too!  

Apostrophes (Possessive)  

 

Watch this video on 

possessive apostrophes 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teac

h/supermovers/ks1-english-

apostrophes-with-sasha-tyle

r/z49hd6f 

 

It shows that one thing 

belongs to another. "Jack's 

pen" and "George's jumper" 

are examples of apostrophes 

that are used to highlight 

possession. 

There is an apostrophe poster 

below - Resource 4 to give 

you examples.   

 

Practise writing sentences 

using the possessive 

apostrophe to describe people 

and objects in your house. 

Aim for 6 sentences. 

 

Eg 

This is Tia’s dinosaur pencil 

case but this is Ikram’s tiger 

bag.  

 

Challenge: Add a conjunction 

in each sentence and at least 

2 adjectives.    

Apostrophes 

(Possessive)  

 

Be an apostrophe 

detective and 

spot the 

mistakes in the 

sentences. Then 

rewrite the 

sentences 

correctly below.  

See Resource 5. 

Challenge: Can 

you find ways to 

improve these 

sentences using 

conjunctions, 

adjectives and 

adverbs?   

 

 

Maths - 2D and 3D shapes   

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

2D shapes 

Watch the first video 

on BBC bitesize and 

read the information 

underneath the video. 

https://www.bbc.co.u

k/bitesize/articles/z

q6p7yc Do resource 

10. 

Support: resource 11 

3D shapes 

 

Watch the videos on BBC 

bitesize and read the 

information. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit

esize/articles/zp2tjsg Do 

resource 13. 

Support: Cut out the shapes 

and names. Match the 3D 

shape to the name. 

Resource 14 

Sorting shapes 

 

Find some 3D 

shapes in your 

house e.g. ball, 

box. How could you 

sort the shapes? 

e.g. Curved 

face/flat face. 

Take a picture of 

how you’ve sorted 

them. 

Challenge: Can you 

find more than one 

Shape problem 

solving 

 

Do resource 16 

Support: 

Complete the 

repeating 

patterns on 

resource 17. Can 

you name each 

shape?   

Challenge: Do 

resource 18. 

2D and 3D 

shapes 

 

Choose the 

shape game. 

 

https://www.

bbc.co.uk/ga

mes/embed/

karate-cats-

2?exitGameU

rl=https%3A

%2F%2Fbbc.

co.uk%2Fbite

size%2Fartic

les%2Fzf4ss

cw Do the 

Challenge: Do 

resource 10 and then 

resource 12. 

Challenge: Do resource 13 

and then 15. 

way of sorting the 

shapes? 

silver level. 

 

Support: 

Bronze level 

Challenge: 

Gold level 

 

Other suggested activities: 

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

PE 

Choose a just 

dance video 

of off 

youtube 

 

https://www.

youtube.com/

user/justdan

cegame/vide

os 

or choose 

some yoga 

https://www.

youtube.com/

user/Cosmic

KidsYoga/vid

eos 

 

Art- 

Keep an art diary for 

this week.. Either in a 

notebook, sketch pad or 

on a found paper (things 

like paper bags, opened 

up used envelopes, 

kitchen towel or 

greaseproof paper) , 

make a drawing each day. 

It can be a drawing from 

your imagination, or a 

drawing of something 

you can see. At the end 

of the week, look back at 

your work and feel 

proud! 

Computers 

Dance map typing- recap 

your typing skills: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit

esize/topics/zf2f9j6/arti

cles/z3c6tfr 

 

Already excellent at touch 

typing? Then choose one 

of these 

https://www.kidztype.com

/browse-typing-games.htm

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Science-  

Last week we 

planned a national 

game reserve. 

This week we are 

going to make a 

parachute so we 

can drop in on our 

reserve, watch 

out for the lions! 

Look at resource 

9 for the 

instructions. 

 

  

Music 

Use drawing to think 

about music 

Drawing to sounds and 

music can be a lovely 

listening activity, you can 

‘dance with your hands’ 

whilst using crayons, 

pencils, felt tips, paint 

or brushes. You can even 

use water on the ground 

outside. 

Experiment with 

different types of 

music.Does the 

different music change 

how you draw or paint? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 1 

 

 

 

Resource2 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 3 

 

bad 

play 

hope 

care 

happy 

sad 

colour 

harm 

 

 

-ful  

 

-less 

 

 

-ly 

 

-ily  

 

Resource 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 4 

 

 

   

  Resource 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 7 

 

 

 

 

Support 

 

 

Challenge 

 

 

Resource 8 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 9  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 11 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 12  

A vertex is a corner. Complete the table. 

 

Name of shape  Shape  Number of vertices 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 13 

 

 

Resource 14 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource 15 

 

Resource 16 

 

 

Resource 17 

 

 

 

 

Resource 18