Classrooms

5 years ago
Posted on 15th Jan 2021 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 Spelling – Friday 15th January

Hi all, today is spelling test day. Yay! Can you please complete your spelling test of the homophone words that you have been learning this week and then email your score to newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk. Good luck!

Next weeks spellings are all words that end with ‘el’. Here is a short video, explaining how these letters sound when placed at the end of a word.

A copy of your spellings can be found here.

el ending spellings

Remember to choose the correct page to practise. Those of you that work with Miss Newport or Miss Jones for spellings need the sheet with 10 words, those of you that work with Mrs Thomas or Mrs Horler need the sheet with 7 spellings and those of you that work with Mrs Fullerton need the sheet with 5 spellings. If you can’t remember which group you are in then just email us at ‘newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk’.

Remember to practise your spellings every day and complete the daily activities that are posted on the website.

Happy spelling!

5 years ago
Posted on 14th Jan 2021 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 Spelling activity – Thursday 14th January

Hi all,

Todays spelling activity is the ‘Dice Bingo’ game. Most of you will have played this before but here is a recap of how to play just in case you’ve forgotten.

1) Print off a bingo board for each player (each player’s board looks the same).

dice phonics game – homophones 6 words dice phonics game – homophones 8 words dice phonics game – homophones 11 words

Remember to choose the board that matches your number of spellings for this week.

2)Take turns to roll the dice (if you don’t have a dice then I have attached a link below to an online one).

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/

3)Whichever number you roll, you read the word next to that number on your board, highlight it or colour it in and then copy the word on the line underneath. It is then the next players turn.

4)If you roll a number that has been rolled before then read the next word along on the same line.

5)The winner is the first person to colour a line going either across or down. Remember to shout BINGO!

Please email a photo of your work to ‘newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk’ or post on the school website year 2 homework blog. We’d love to see who won!

5 years ago
Posted on 13th Jan 2021 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 Spelling activity – Wednesday 13th January

Hi year 2.

Today’s spelling activity is a fun game of ‘Snakes and Ladders’…but with a twist! Play it like the normal Snakes and Ladders game (going up a ladder when you land at the bottom of it and going down a snake when you land on it’s head) but also, when you land on a space you have to:

Read the word aloud.
Say the word in a sentence.
Cover it and then spell it aloud.

Wow, lots to do before the next player gets a turn!

Remember to chose the game board that matches your number of spellings for this week. Also, I’ve attached a link to an online dice if you need it.

homophones snakes and ladders – 6 words homophones snakes and ladders – 8 words homophones snakes and ladders – 11 words

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/

Good luck!

5 years ago
Posted on 11th Jan 2021 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 Spelling activity – Monday 11th January

Hi all, today we are going to practise reading and spelling our homophone words.

First print and cut out the homophone word cards that match your spellings (or make your own if you prefer).

Homophones flashcards – 11 words Homophones flashcards – 8 words Homophones flashcards – 6 words

Game 1: Lay all of the cards out on a table face down…no peeping! Take turns with another member of your family to pick up a card and read it. If you read it correctly first time you get to keep it, if not, put it back on the table and better luck next time. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end.

Optional Game 2: Print/make 2 sets of cards. Lay them in two separate groups face down on the table and play the ‘Pairs’ game – choose one card from each set, if they match and you can read them, then you get to keep them. If they don’t match you have to put them back on the table. Winner is the person with the most sets.

Activity 1: ‘Look, cover, write, check’ – ask an adult to show you one of the flashcards for 5 seconds, they then hide the card while you write the word. Now check. Are you right? If you made a mistake, then be the teacher and correct it.

Remember to have fun while you learn!

5 years ago
Posted on 08th Jan 2021 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 Spellings – Friday 8th January

Hi all, today is spelling test day. Yay I hear you say! Can you please complete your spelling test of the ‘le’ words that you have been learning at home and then email your score to newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk. Good luck!

Next weeks spellings are all homophones (these are words that sound the same but have different meanings). Below is a link to a funny ‘Homophone Monkey’ song. How many homophones can you spot in the song?

A copy of your homophone spellings can be found here.

homophones & near homophones

Remember to choose the correct page to practise. Those of you that work with Miss Newport or Miss Jones for spellings need the sheet with 11 words, those of you that work with Mrs Thomas or Mrs Horler need the sheet with 8 spellings and those of you that work with Mrs Fullerton need the sheet with 6 spellings. If you can’t remember which group you are in then just email us at ‘newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk’.

Remember to practise your spellings every day and complete the daily activities that are posted on the website.

Happy spelling!

5 years ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2020 by Mrs Thomas

Year 2 – Mrs Thomas’s Phonics group – Thursday 3rd December

Hi all,

Today we will be taking a break from split digraphs as you are getting so good at them now. Instead, we are going to practise reading longer words that have the consonant clusters ‘sn’, ‘nch’, ‘scr’, ‘shr’, ‘thr’ and ‘str’.

Below is a worksheet for you to complete. If you don’t want to print out the sheet, you can draw the picture yourself and then write the correct word next to it.

Circle the word – consonant clusters

Now can you choose at least 4 of the words from the worksheet and write a sentence for each, remembering to sound out the word carefully as you write it.

Can you be really clever and think of any words of your own that begin with these sounds?

Please email a photo of your work to ‘newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk’ or post on the school website year 2 homework blog. Thank you.

5 years ago
Posted on 26th Nov 2020 by Mrs Thomas

Mrs Thomas’s Phonics Group (Split Digraphs)

Hi all,
Today we would have been recapping the split digraph ‘e_e’ so I have set you a challenge! Here is a sheet of ‘e_e’ words, however, some of the words are real and some of them are nonsense. Can you sort them? If you can’t print out the sheet, don’t worry, you can just write the words in two columns on a piece of paper. Happy sorting!
T-L-4671-Phase-5-e-e-Split-Digraph-Colour-By-Phoneme-Real-and-Nonsense-Words

By the way, if you’re not usually in my Phonics group but you would like to do this activity, then that would be great.

5 years ago
Posted on 28th Jun 2020 by Miss Lowe

Growth Mindset Themed Week

This week’s theme is all about Growth Mindset! Click on the link here to find out more!

Home Schooling Growth Mindset Week

You can access links and videos to learn more about what having a Growth Mindset is! There is a variety of activities we’d like you to try this week which links to Growth Mindset and there are also other activities you can try! See the links below!

We look forward to the children of Newdale adopting a Growth Mindset over the week and training your brain to think positively for the future too!

Post your pictures and work to your class blogs, we cannot wait to see them!

Any further questions/queries, please email Mrs Trevor at newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk

Files you will need:

KS1 I want to be Not Yet but I will

KS2 I want to get better at

Growth Mindset poster t2-inc-4-i-am-an-amazing-person-activity-sheet_ver_1

t-c-254663-how-do-people-see-me-activity-sheet-english_ver_4

t-c-255094-making-negative-thoughts-into-positive-thoughts-activity-sheet-english

5 years ago
Posted on 07th Jun 2020 by Miss Lowe

Outdoor Learning Themed Week W/C 8th June

Click here to find out more! Home schooling Outdoor Learning Week

Get outdoors and explore the world at your feet, near your house or right outside your back door! We cannot wait to see all your outdoor adventures and activities! Don’t forget to post them on your class blogs!

Here are some of the attachments you can also download/print to help with the activities this week.

30 Days Wild Bingo

Nature Table

Window Poster colour-in

Schools and groups pack wallchart

Random Acts of Wildness

t2-t-16684-ks2-take-it-outside-summer-calculate-the-age-of-a-tree-activity_ver_2

Any queries, please email Mrs Trevor on newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk.