WB 8th June
Friday 12th June 2020 |
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Maths |
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Reading/Phonics |
Write a list of musical words on paper/card. Play snap using these words. Rule: you have to be able to read the word to win! |
Writing |
Visit the Literacy Shed for this wonderful resource on Once in a Lifetime or your child can create an invitation for their family song performance. https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en-gb/resource/once-in-a-lifetime-ks1-activity-pack |
Theme |
What can I Hear? Ask your child to visit different places in the home and garden. Get them to list all of the different sounds that they can hear e.g. the humming of the fridge. Which room is the noisiest? Encourage them to use words such as volume, tempo, pitch and beat. After this, ask your child to record the sounds and play them to the family. Can the family guess where the sound is coming from? Alternatively, your child can replicate the sound and the family could guess this way instead. |
Thursday 11th June 2020 |
Optional Extra |
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Maths |
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TT Rockstars – login in pack
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Reading/Phonics |
Play this plural game. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PondLifePlurals.html Or this investigating ‘ai’ game. |
Games on www.phonicsbloom.com (most games are free and do not need a logon) |
Writing |
Task your child with writing their own family song. When ready, they can perform it- perhaps to a family member on Facetime or Zoom (with adult supervision). |
Oxford Owl Spellings www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Click ‘my class login’
Class login: Username: hawt y2 Password: spelling |
Theme |
The Four Seasons- Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons during the early Classical period. Divide a piece of paper into 4 and ask your child to draw each season in each box as they listen to the music here. Discuss how each movement sounds different e.g. Spring is energetic and has a fast tempo. |
Complete any of the activities detailed on the Year Two class page. |
Wednesday 10th June 2020 |
Optional Extra |
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Maths |
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TT Rockstars – login in pack
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Reading/Phonics |
Read along to the story Every Bunny Dance. https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/everybunny-dance/ Following this, ask your child to list all of the instruments and dances that appeared in the book. |
Games on www.phonicsbloom.com (most games are free and do not need a logon) |
Writing |
Can your child rewrite the events from Every Bunny Dance as a newspaper report? If this is too challenging, they could draw the events in a comic strip style using words such as ‘first’, then, and ‘after that’. |
Oxford Owl Spellings www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Click ‘my class login’
Class login: Username: hawt y2 Password: spelling |
Theme |
Making More Music! - Can your child use different parts of their body to make music e.g. clicking fingers, stamping feet. After this, ask your child to design a new instrument. This could be an instrument that belongs to the woodwind or brass family. They can draw and label their design and then make it using materials from the recycling. Does it work? Ask your child to record 3 ways they could improve their design. |
Complete any of the activities detailed on the Year Two class page. |
Tuesday 9thJune 2020 |
Optional Extra |
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Maths |
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TT Rockstars – login in pack
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Reading/Phonics |
Ask your child to read a favourite story or to read Rumpelstiltskin here. When reading, play some classical music. Talk to your child about how it made them feel. Mind map their feelings after this e.g. relaxed, calm. |
Games on www.phonicsbloom.com (most games are free and do not need a logon) |
Writing |
Create fact files about musical instruments. This could include where they originate from, what they’re made from, etc. Your child can include an illustration of the instrument and label the parts. |
Oxford Owl Spellings www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Click ‘my class login’
Class login: Username: hawt y2 Password: spelling |
Theme |
Making Music- Task your child with making a variety of shakers. Using empty bottles from the recycling, fill them with different dry foods/things from the garden. How can they make the shakers sound different? Ask your child to use the shakers during their family song performance (see above). They could also write a set of instructions for making your own musical shakers. |
Complete any of the activities detailed on the Year Two class page. |
Monday 8th June 2020 Reading/Writing Theme: Music |
Optional Extra |
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Maths |
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TT Rockstars – login in pack
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Reading/Phonics |
Can your child list different musical words that begin with the letters M, U, S, I & C? How many can they write? Can they identify rhyming words? |
Games on www.phonicsbloom.com (most games are free and do not need a logon) |
Writing |
Make an A-Z list of musical vocabulary. This could include instruments, artists or musical verbs. Apply some of these into sentences. |
Oxford Owl Spellings www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Click ‘my class login’
Class login: Username: hawt y2 Password: spelling |
Theme |
Famous Musicians- Find out about famous singers and bands from Birmingham. Listen to some of their music. Ask your child to list what they like/dislike about the music. What genre of music is it? Does it remind them of any singers or bands that they know? Create a fact file about the musician/s. |
Complete any of the activities detailed on the Year Two class page. |