Year 2 Home Learning

Week 1

Day 1
English	Statements, questions and commands
Maths	Using the multiplication symbol
Phonics	The ‘ay’ spellings, including ‘ay’, ‘ai’ and ‘a-e’
Topic	What is an explorer?
Day 2
English	Exclamations
Maths	Identifying that multiplication is commutative
Phonics	Applying the spellings ‘ay’, ‘ai’ and ‘a-e’ in familiar words
Topic	Who is Amelia Earhart?
Day 3
English	Joining with ‘and’
Maths	Using the division symbol when sharing
Phonics	New ‘ay’ spellings, including ‘a’, ‘eigh’ and ‘ey’
Topic	Who was Neil Armstrong?
Day 4
English	Joining with ‘but’
Maths	Using the division symbol when grouping
Phonics	Applying the new ‘ay’ spellings, including ‘a’, ‘eigh’ and ‘ey’
Topic	Who was Sir Ernest Shackleton?
Day 5
English	Joining with ‘or’
Maths	Solving division problems when sharing
Phonics	The ‘ee’ spellings, including ‘ee’, ‘ea’ and ‘e-e’
Topic	Who is Sir Ranulph Fiennes?

Day 1
English	Co-ordination three ways
Maths	Solving division problems when grouping
Phonics	Applying the spellings ‘ee’, ‘ea’ and ‘e-e’ in familiar words
Topic	Who is Katherine Johnson?
Day 2
English	Co-ordination for text flow
Maths	Finding related multiplication and division facts
Phonics	New ‘ee’ spellings, including ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ie’ and ‘ey’
Topic	Who is Alan Turing?
Day 3
English	Subordination with ‘because’
Maths	Calculating multiplications of two by skip counting
Phonics	Applying the new ‘ee’ spellings, including ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘ie’ and ‘ey’
Topic	Who is Louis Pasteur?
Day 4
English	Apostrophes for contraction
Maths	Solving multiplication word problems table of two
Phonics	New ‘er’ spellings, including ‘or’ and ‘ear’
Topic	Who is Caroline Herschel?
Day 5
English	Apostrophes for singular possession
Maths	Solving multiplication word problems table of five
Phonics	Applying the spellings ‘igh’ and ‘i-e’ in familiar words
Topic	Who is Mae Jemison?

Day 1
English	Generating questions about the characters in the animated story ‘Otherwise’
Maths	Relating multiplying by two to doubling
Phonics	New ‘igh’ spellings, including ‘ie’, ‘y’ and ‘i’
Topic	Understanding Pulse
Day 2
English	Sequencing and retelling the story of the animation ‘Otherwise’
Maths	Calculating multiplication of fives by skip counting
Phonics	Applying the new ‘igh’ spellings, including ‘ie’, ‘y’ and ‘i’
Topic	Creating simple pulse patterns
Day 3
English	Planning to write the opening of the animated story ‘Otherwise’
Maths	Calculating multiplications of ten by skip counting
Phonics	The ‘er’ spellings, including ‘er’, ‘ir’ and ‘ur’
Topic	Understand how sound can be represented through symbols
Day 4
English	Learning the features of instructions
Maths	Review of using mathematical language to describe position
Phonics	New ‘oa’ spellings, including ‘o’ and ‘oe’
Topic	Physicalising the pulse
Day 5
English	Planning to write instructions for how to make a monster pizza
Maths	Solving multiplication and division problems
Phonics	Applying the new ‘oa’ spellings, including ‘o’ and ‘oe’
Topic	Identifying strong beats