Monday 20th April

Hello everyone,

I hope that you have all had a nice Easter break and that the Easter Bunny was good to you. I have eaten far too much chocolate! I am missing all of your smiley faces but for the moment the safest place to be is still at home.

I am going to be setting you some maths and English each day as normal but also another activity which may be some science, RE or Geography etc. Remember to try your best but also remember that working at home is very different to working at school. If you need any help you can contact me via the google classroom or you can send me an email at k.wilkinson@stcuthbertsprimary.com

I have popped this week’s spellings onto the spelling shed and we will be looking at the rule – Adding the suffixes -ment, -ness and -ful. Here are this week’s spellings;
enjoyment
sadness
careful
playful
plainness
argument
merriment
happiness
plentiful
cheerful

For English we will be using the new stuff published by the BBC this week which is going to based around Enid Blyton’s ‘The faraway Tree.’ Here is the link – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1 Once there, you need to click on ‘Monday 20th April-English’. I would like you to complete Activities 2 and 3.

For maths today, I would like you to complete the flashback 4 . We will then be doing some arithmetic to wake our brains up again after our rest.

In our RE topic we will be learning about Pentecost. In the topic ‘Spread the Word’ the children will explore the importance of passing on messages. They will learn the promise of Jesus to send the Holy Spirit (John 14: 18-19) and how, at the Ascension, Jesus returned to his Father in heaven after the Resurrection. They will hear the story of Pentecost and how the disciples were filled with great joy and courage and they will understand that the Holy Spirit can be a helper and guide in our lives.

Lesson 1: Talk to the children about messages and their experience of passing on messages. Tell any stories about passing a message on. Think about different messages and what might be the best way to pass each on, for example: a school football match has been cancelled, a birthday invitation, the birth of a baby. Ask children to think about different messages they have passed on and how they shared them, for example, text, telephone, letter, invitation, whatsapp. Add some examples to the chart.

A message I passed on                                  How I shared the message
Told my sister that tea was ready                     I spoke to her
Told my auntie that I’d lost a tooth                  I telephoned her

I hope you all have a good day.

Much Love

Mrs Wilkinson