Year 2 – Tuesday 14th April – Easter Holiday

Good morning Year 2

Good morning Year 2,

I hope you are all well and have enjoyed a nice, relaxing Easter weekend with your families. We have some more exciting activities to share with you today, as well as some reminders about extra daily activities if you wish to continue with these. You may choose to complete 1 activity each day, 1 a week, or you may decide to complete your own activities, or have a complete break. All of these options are fine, as these activities are only ideas, and are optional. You may also wish to continue with your daily activities, which are listed below.

We continue to be available via our Year 2 email address at year2@stmarksce.org.uk, so please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have, to share work with us, or just to say hi! We love hearing from you.

Thank you again for all of the hard work and effort you have all been putting in over the last few weeks. We really appreciate it, and its clear from the emails we have been receiving that the children are producing fantastic work. We hope you have a restful remainder of your holiday, and enjoy some family time together.

Many thanks,

The Year 2 Team

Share your work!

We’d love to share a piece of artwork your child has done. It can be of anything – a rainbow for the NHS, a piece of home learning, a poster, a drawing, a painting, a design, anything! Just make sure you only send in a photo of the work, not the child or anything on the photo that may identify them (e.g. full name). Simply email it to posters@stmarksce.org.uk and we’ll do the rest! We’ll make a video montage of it, and share it on our website. We would love to have as many entries as possible. Closing date is Sunday 19th April!

Ongoing Daily Activities:

Here are some additional activities that you may wish to have a go at across this week:

  • 20 minutes of reading either a school book of home book.
  • Complete your 2, 5, and 10 times tables using TTRockstars or a different method.
  • Practice some of the Year 2 Common Exception Words
  • Common Exception Words

Other educational activities:

  • Complete some of the Easter maths activities on the White Rose Maths website at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
  • Counting forwards and backwards to and from 100 in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, starting from different numbers.
  • Choosing 2 numbers at random from a number square and seeing if you can add them together.
  • Read to your child and talk about the story together, thinking about the character’s feelings, and whether you can think of a different ending.
  •  Write your own story.

Fun Easter Activities

 
Wax drawings of eggs:

Why not use the guide attached to have a go at making a colourful wax crayon drawing! wax resist egg pattern

Easter themed mindfulness colouring:

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-26544-easter-egg-mindfulness-colouring-sheets

Online Easter games and activities:

https://www.digipuzzle.net/education/easter/

Easter Baking:

Why not make an Easter treat favourite – chocolate nests! Use the recipe below to help you. Remember to only use the ingredients you have at home, or collect the ingredients during your essential weekly shop.

Easter baking recipe

Easter fun and games:

Follow this link to find a selection of games and activities, such as a word search, crossword, and bingo! Easter fun and games

Lolly stick artwork:

Why not have a go at making a picture by drawing different sections of a picture on each lolly stick. When you put the lolly sticks together, you will be able to see the completed picture!

Additional Art Activities:

Cute tortoise drawing:

Can you draw this cute tortoise? See whether you can use shading to make your tortoise come to life! Use the picture below to help you.

Spiral drawing:

Have a go at drawing a spiral pattern, using different sized stripes to create a 3D effect. Then choose 2 different colours to colour your spiral, and see whether you can experiment with shading to help at to the 3D effect. Use the image below to help you.

Make a rainbow:

Can you have a go at making your very own rainbow? Use the guide attached to help you. We would love to see the finished product! How to grow a rainbow

Have a lovely day!