Year 2 Miss Griffiths

Week Beginning 18th May

Maths and Numeracy

• Find five different sized plastic bottles/contianers from your recycling. Which one do you think will hold the most/least water? What could we use to find out? Using a measuring jug, measure the contents and order. Did some surprise you?
• If you bought 10 litres of water, but use half of it. How much have you got left?      
• In a shoal of fish there are 36, but 5 swim away, how many are left? Make up some of your own maths problems.
• EXTRA CHALLENGE: Using a measuring jug, challenge the children to make a potion that could turn them into their favourite sea creature. Using different amounts of coloured water (food colouring or add paint), the children measure out amounts. They must all add up to 1000ml. For example, 100ml red, 500ml green, 400ml yellow.  Lower it down to 500ml if needed.
• Use Mathletics daily.
   

Language, Literacy and Communication

Oracy: Would you rather live in a house on land or boat on the sea? What would be the pros and cons? Find out what other family members think. Can you jot some notes down?

Reading: Read Harry saves the ocean using you tube or attached copy.

• Use Giglet’s and complete the tasks –I have sent you messages!!

• Complete End Plastic Pollution comprehension attached.

Writing: Type an email to me explaining why you think more should be done to stop plastic pollution in the sea.  Provide reasons. GriffithsC363@hwbmail.net

Spelling: Use 100 common word sheet in your books, and learn the next five spellings. Tick off as you get them correct.

Health and Wellbeing

• Keep going with Joe Wicks’ each day.
• Watch ‘Squish the Fish’ on Cosmic Yoga. Enjoy the adventure.
• Make up your own Yoga poses for sea creatures. Use the internet to help you.  Put some calming ocean music on and perform your poses. Take photos and make into a book.
• Give yourself and your family a BIG CLAP. You need a big well done too for staying in and keeping safe during this difficult time.
   

Expressive Arts

• Can you make something new out of plastic bags? It needs to be useful. It could be kite or skipping rope. Take a photo and send it via your Hwb email to me. BE CREATIVE!!
• Watch the new version of ‘Baby Shark’ about hand washing. Can you learn to sing this new version and the actions? Get mam or dad to video you performing it. 

Science and Technology

•  Sea Pollution demonstration: Fill a clear bowl or vase with shells, sand and water. Look at how clean the water is. Then add pollution (black food colouring to represent oil/sewage), and litter, Talk about the consequences of pollution to fish and other marine life such as dolphins or whales.
• CHALLLENGE: What does biodegrade mean? Find out how long it takes plastic bag, plastic bottle or coke can to break down in the ocean?

Humanities 

• There are five oceans which cover 70% of our planet. Can you find out what they are called? Listen to the Five Oceans song on You Tube.
• Greenpeace is a charity that defends the natural world. You could find out about the work they do.