​Merhaba Y2! How are you all doing? I just wanted to give you a heads up about book swap next Wednesday 6th May from 1pm-3pm. All the teachers from Y2 will be in school and we will have new books for you to take home. If you have any books that you have taken from school and finished reading them please bring them back. There will be a box outside for you to leave them in and you will get to collect your new books. I will give you more information about it next week. Now before moving onto today's learning, I have to share some superb learning from the following children:
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Aaliyah - great work in Literacy, love your role on the wall for Agouti. Also, you found some interesting facts about Brazil and, must say I love your creativity with the title. You can draw pictograms and can interpret data confidently in Maths. I am so pleased with your effort and hard work. Your story about prophet Muhammed in RE was inspiring. Did you know that Abyssinia is now known as modern day Ethiopia? Keep up the good work Aaliyah.

Maddie - you have been regularly sharing your amazing learning from home. You are making good inferences about our story. Love your drawing from the Sid the Seed. Also, how cool is your face mask! Keep up the good work Maddie.

Amelia and Stela also shared their work. What a great drawing of the tree Amelia with all your achievements. Stela fantastic learning in Maths. I can see you are using the new words to describe turns and movements.

Yamin has been busy growing plants at home. Make sure they get enough sunlight and water to stay healthy. Hope you are finding the Maths challenges enjoyable.

Have a go at these fun activities below. The first one is listening and following instructions. Second one is a read along story of Rumble in the Jungle. Third one is reading words using our phonics. How many words can you read correctly?

https://pbskids.org/molly/games/dogsled

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/rumble-in-the-jungle/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/index.html

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How did you get on with writing the story ending? Today I will share few paragraphs from the next page from  'The Tree of Life.'
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Go to the music blog and use the videos to do some vocal warm up.

​https://www.virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk/music-blog

​Also the link for assemblies:

https://www.virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk/assemblies-blog

Now before moving onto our learning, I would like to share some fantastic learning. Well done to Ariya and Jazmine for sharing their work. Love your illustration of the garden Jazmine. Ariya - amazing Science work about different seeds. Lots of information and lovely presentation.

This week we are going to learn some words to describe position, direction and movement.
For warm up, I want you to find a partner in your house, it could be your brother or sister or anyone who is around to help you. Use the words forwards, backwards, left and right to give your partner instructions to follow when moving around the house. Can you give them clear instructions so they reach the kitchen, garden or bedroom? Now have a go at the challenges below:
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I have set you a challenge on Purplemash, Log in using your details or if you have forgotten it just use Y2 log in. Go to tools and find 2go program and work your way through the challenges. This is very similar to the Maths learning you have done today.
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Activity 2:
Answer the following questions:

1. Why did the poet write 'The rainforest is green with its beauty'?
2. What did the poet compare the rainforest with?
3. What wild animals do you think live in the forest?
4. Why do you think the poet used the phrase 'healing leaves'?
5. Why do you think sunlight is important for the forest?

How did you get on with interpreting data from pictograms? Today you will use keys to present data. A key could be a picture of something showing how many objects it represents. A key tells us how many each picture stands for.
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​For the first challenge, one green square means 2 animals. See if you can complete the pictogram using the green squares. 
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It’s time to get your body moving! Here are some fun activities for you and your family!

Activity 1: Dance Party!

Put on some music and show us your best dance moves!

Activity 2: Balance Beam
Get an adult to stick a long piece of tape or narrow piece of fabric on the floor. Make sure it is secure and not slippery.

​Have a go at walking across the beam without falling off. Now show of your balancing skills!

Activity 3: Tail Tag
This is a familiar activity we did at school. This is a fun activity both adults and children to enjoy!
Place a fabric in your back pocket or loosely wrap around a belt loop. You will need to run around the room without someone pulling the fabric off.

Activity 4: Simon Says
Adult should give commands such a “Simon says run on the spot” or “Simon says do 10 star jumps”.

Here's a question for you to think about.

Good morning everyone. How are you finding the home learning this week? I would like to share some very creative learning from Ariya and her sister. The city you made out of toilet rolls is brilliant and I love the potato hedgehog. Amira, I think Lydia and Eki would be really impressed with your arts and crafts too. Maddie also sent her lovely drawing of the 'Laugh A-lot Tree' using the description from the poem and she thought that green spaces are very important for us and animals. Well done both of you!

Today, I want you to watch and listen to the story 'Peep Plants a Seed.'  Then, have a go at answering the questions.
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I hope you enjoyed reading the first page of our new story 'The tree of Life.' Today, I want you to find the meaning of some of the words we will come across in the rest of the story. Use this online dictionary link to find meaning of the words. Just type the words in the search bar.


https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/?

Did you manage to complete the challenges yesterday or create your own pictogram on purplemash? Today, you are going to interpret data which means  to figure out what the pictograms are showing. 

Well done to Yahya for sharing his fantastic learning from home. I love your drawing of Agouti and the questions you have asked from the story 'The Curious Garden'. You used question marks at the end.
I am going to answer your questions in full sentences. Hopefully you can give me full marks Yahya?

1 . The main character was a little boy called Liam.

2. Liam wondered into an old railway station and stumbled upon a stairwell which led him up to the rail tracks.

3. He saw wild flowers and plants that were dying, he thought they needed a gardener. 

4. Liam watered the plants and used his tools to keep it clean. Day by day they grew tall and covered the rail tracks. 

5. There were new gardeners that were inspired by Liam's amazing work.

Today I want you read this hilarious poem by Josie Whitehead. The poem is called 'Laugh A-Lot Tree'. Read aloud with expressions. Can you come up with actions to remember the words? Have a go at drawing the tree using the description from the poem. 
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Today we will read the rest of page one from 'The Tree of Life' book. I wonder what will Agouti find in the dark, deep forest. 

How is Agouti feeling when he saw the marvelous tree? 
What is he thinking as he stares into the giant tree covered with every kind of fruit?
Can you make some thought bubbles and feelings bubbles for Agouti and write few sentences to show his thoughts and feelings?

Today we are going to use tally charts to make pictograms. Instead of using numbers we can draw counters or pictures to show how many objects there are and represent data accurately. remember if you are using pictures to show data then you must draw them neatly in a evenly spaced line. Also they need to be same size and shape. Have a go at the challenges below. 

You can log into purplemash and go to Tools > 2count to create your own pictogram. I did one about different kind of  fruit that people like in my family. 

Have a go at some neat join handwriting. Practice doing ir, ay as, er, an, on joins first. Then do single words carefully joining from bottom or top. Copy the sentences in your book. Remember we don't join from capital letters.

Listen to the musician playing a flute called Quenacho. It sounds really peaceful and touches your heart. Can you name the other instrument he is using? People in Amazon rainforest use trees and parts of a plant, seeds, shells to make different musical instruments. 

I want to special mention Mohammed for working really hard at home. You have been uploading your work regularly on Purplemash. I like your presentation and the way you have remembered to use partitioning strategies in Maths. Well done Mohammed!

Listen to the story 'The Curious Garden'.
What did you think of the story? What message do you think the author is trying to give? Would you want to be friends with the boy from the story and why?

Can you write some inference questions to challenge me to see if I have understood the story well. Remember you can start your questions with - Who, Where, When, Why and How.

Today we are going to start reading the book. Yesterday, we made predictions about what might happen in the book. Some of you came up with interesting names for the tree. We are going to read only the first paragraph.

So our main character's name is Agouti, who lives in the forest. Draw a little picture of Agouti in the middle of your page and write some things he might hear, see, feel, smell as he walks through the forest. It could be that he smells a sweet scent, feels prickly thorns or heat of the sun, hears birds chirping, tree frogs croaking etc.

I hope you all know how to use a tally to count set of objects. Remember when you reach 5 you draw a mark or a line across. Today I want you to have a go at the challenges below. 

You all know that a plant grows from a seed. I want you to find as many different types of seeds in your house. It could be from the fruit you eat or vegetables that you have for dinner. Collect as many seeds as you can over the next few weeks. You can sellotape them in your books and label them and describe how they look and feel.

Have a look at Maddie’s amazing learning from our class blogs. Maddie, I love your letter that you wrote to Aaliyah. Also your unicorn vehicle looks fantastic. You also made your gratitude jar which will remind you to be thankful for different things. Impressed with your predictions in Literacy today and love the illustration you have done. You will definitely love the book once we start reading. Well done Maddie!

​Welcome back Y2. I am so excited to be blogging again. I hope you have all had a good break. I have seen some of you posting comments on purplemash blogs, which is great. If there is anything you have done over the holidays that you would like me to share with others, please send them to Joan. This half term our topic is 'Sowing Seeds'. In this topic we will learn about plants and seeds, and how they grow. In English, we will begin a new story from the Amazon. Can you remember where Amazon Rainforest is located?   

Make a table and tally the number of fruit you can see. 

Now you know where Amazon Rainforest is. Use the map of the world continents to find the country that Amazon Rainforest is located in. Click on different continents to see if you can find it. Use the link below.

https://www.mapsofworld.com/world-maps/world-map-for-kids.html

Can you spot the rainforest?

Challenge: can you find some facts about Brazil? What does the Brazil flag look like? What language do they speak in Brazil? What is the capital city of Brazil? What is the favorite food in Brazil?