Year 2

Miss Riley
Class Teacher

Miss K Sutton
Teaching Assistant

Home Learning

Please access Google Classroom
via this link:

Mrs A Worboys
Teaching Assistant

Suggested 'Good Reads'

Meerkat Mail- Emily Gravett

Amazing Grace- Mary Hoffman

Pumpkin Soup- Helen Cooper

Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets- Tony Ross

Not Now Bernard- David McKee

Tuesday- David Wiesner

The Flower- John Light

Gorilla- Anthony Browne

Emily Brown and The Thing- Cressida Cowell

Frog and Toad Together- Arnold Lobel

The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me- Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr Fox- Roald Dahl

The Hodgeheg- Dick King-Smith

Flat Stanley- Jeff Brown

The Day the Crayons Quit- Oliver Jeffers

Useful Websites

https://spellingframe.co.uk/
https://ttrockstars.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/sites/default/files/uploads/interactives/treehouse/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2
https://www.booksfortopics.com/rainforests

Castles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SafKm0tsSOw  - Harry Potter clip of the first look at Hogwarts (Alnwick Castle);

http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/  - Exploring castles in the U.K;

http://www.timeref.com/castles/castindx.htm  - Medieval Castle Timeline;

http://www.timeref.com/3dindex.htm – 3D Virtual Reconstructions;

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/castles/timeline.htm  - Early Castle Timeline;

http://www.timeref.com/castles/castpart.htm  - Features of a medieval castle;

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/lesson_plans/anglo-saxon/normans_lp_hoh_castles.pdf   images of Motte and Bailey Castles and instructions on how to make a castle.

William the Conqueror

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks1-castles-and-knights-william-the-conqueror/zmj9g7h

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-ks2-anglo-saxons-1066-hastings/zkvxxyc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfBZuo2Jcwc – Meet William the Conqueror and King Harold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqrpTpoGHk – A Young Person’s Guide to the Battle of Hastings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05y0mzt/horrible-histories-series-6-3-wicked-william-the-conqueror-special  (You need a BBC iPlayer account for this episode)

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/William-I/476339

Bayeux Tapestry

https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/britains-bayeux-tapestry

https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/