Homework sent home Friday  19th July

Due back in school on Wednesday 4th September

    Summer Holiday Activity for Year 2    

The children have been asked to note all the places they travel to over the holidays. They could write a diary, collect pictures, plot on a map, make a book of their travels or any other way of noting.

How did the children travel to these places?

What was the weather like?

Have they visited lots of different places in Wickford or nearby?

The envelope provided is for the children to collect any evidence of their travels e.g. tickets, brochures, photographs, maps, souvenirs etc.. ( Information can also be emailed to admin@northcrescent.org  marked for the attention of Mrs Barber). 

For full details please download Summer Holiday Activity letter, which the children brought home in their envelopes,  from the link below.

Homework sent home Monday 15th July

Due back in school on Monday 22nd July

English Homework

What can you see in the summer garden?

Children to write in sentences to describe the summer garden. Can they use interesting adjectives in their sentences? Download sheets from link below.

Homework sent home Monday 8th July

Due back in school on Monday 15th July

Money Week Homework

This week is Money Week at school. The children can choose from the ideas listed  on the  letter for homework. The children will need your help to complete some of these tasks. A copy of the homework letter can be downloaded below.

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Homework sent home Monday 1st July

Due back in school on Monday 8th July

Number bonds

The children have a sheet with number bonds to 10 to fill in the missing number or numbers. Some children are writing addition and subtraction number sentences to match each number bond. See sheets below.

Homework sent home Monday 24th June

Due back in school on Monday 1st July

  Reading Comprehension Homework 

This week the children  have brought home  the story of the Enormous Turnip. Please read the story together and help the children to answer the questions.

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Homework sent home Monday 17th June

Due back in school on Monday 24th June

    Fractions    

This week the children are learning about fractions beginning with finding half of shapes and then moving on to half of numbers.

The children have learned that half is 1 of 2 same size pieces

Homework sent home Monday 10th June

Due back in school on Monday 17th June

Poetry 

1. Choose a favourite poem and practise it so that you can perform it to the class.                Try to learn the words and put actions and expression into your reading.
2. Continue practising your phonic sounds from the sound mats.                                                    (Please ask Mrs Barber for new ones if you have lost them).
3. Try to read every day.
4. Practise your spellings.

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Homework sent home Monday 20th May

Due back in school on Monday 10th June

Half term holiday homework

This week the children have brought home a new set of phonic words to practise reading.  Remind children to use sound buttons  to help them to sound out the words.

The children could cut out the words and sort them into real words and alien words.

Mini scarecrows

        Our creative project for this holiday is to make a mini scarecrow. The children have been busy planting different flowers and vegetables in our garden and they will soon begin to grow.

Now we need some scarecrows to keep the birds away and protect the plants.

The design is as broad as your child’s imagination. You could use wooden spoons or small canes as a basis for your scarecrow.

Please write your child’s name on their scarecrow as we will be putting them in our garden.

Summer drawing competition

On Friday  14th June we will be taking the children to Chaplin Lodge to sing to the residents again. We would like to give them some pictures showing them what summer means to the children. The children have been given a piece of paper to use to draw their pictures / make a poster. The winning pictures will be given to the residents as our present to them.

Homework sent home Tuesday 13th May

    Phonics Homework    

The children have a list of real words and 'alien' (pseudo) words for the children to practice at home in preparation for their Phonics Screening Check. Please help the children to read these words by sounding out and blending the sounds (phonemes). If the children are struggling please encourage them to use the sound buttons to help them identify all the sounds(phonemes).

If there are any problems please do not hesitate to come and have a chat with me.

Homework sent home Tuesday 7th May

Phonics Homework

To prepare and support your child at home with the Phonics Screening Test, we have prepared sets of words for the children to practise each week.

There are 2 sets one with sound buttons and one without. Please practise without sound buttons so children can put in the sound buttons. If they find this difficult then practise with sound buttons to recap and then try again without sound buttons.

 Remind children to use sound buttons when sounding out words   

The children have also brought home sound mats  to remind them of the sounds.

Please look at last weeks homework for more information and ideas for games.

Homework sent home Monday 29th April

Phonics Homework

To prepare and support your child at home with the Phonics Screening Test, we have prepared sets of words for the children to practise each week.

 Remind children to use sound buttons   

 Additionally you could play a few simple, quick games to help your child with this test.

• Start with a simple word that they can spell, such as "mop", then change or add letters to make nonsense words like "vop", "blop" or "mol". Ask them to write the words so they're thinking about the letter sounds and seeing how the word looks.
• Make up a story about the word – what kind of creature is a vop? Does it make a blop sound?
• Write nonsense words and real words on post it notes, stick these on your fridge. During breakfast/ dinner time your child can read the word and either put them in the bin if they are nonsense words or keep them on the fridge if they are real words.
• Whilst food shopping or on family outings you could make up silly words ‘poad’ for ‘road’ or ‘nar’ for ‘car.’ The child will find this very funny, although ensure children are aware of the real word towards the end of the game.

Websites

This website has great games which help with real words and pseudo words: www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Free Phonics Play -> Children -> Games -> Phase 4

• Picnic on Pluto
• Buried Treasure
• Dragon’s Den
• Pick a picture

As you play the games work through the different phases available to play for each game.

If you need any help please do not hesitate to ask.

Homework sent home Tuesday 23rd April

Due back in school on Monday 29th April

     St. George's Day Theme Homework    

Children have been asked to find out any facts about St George and

the celebrations that occur on St. Georgie’s Day.

The children can  write/draw the information on the back of their sheet.

The children also have an activity to put theme words in alphabetical order

or to rearrange letters to create theme words.

Homework sent home Monday 1st April

Due back in school on Tuesday 23rd April

   Easter Holiday Creative Homework    Our theme for next term is Plant Power.

Take a look at the ideas below and choose one or more to complete:

• Compose words for a song about plants/ flowers / trees. Words can be set to a familiar tune or you could compose a tune of your own. Can you perform your song and record? Produce a song sheet with the words of your song. Bring into school or email to the school office marked ‘homework class 1’. You could add actions/ dance moves to your song too.
• Create your own box/container garden.

e.g.   

• Make 3D models of flowers/trees.
• Create a poster with pictures and descriptions of the different plants that you have found in your garden or local park/wood. (Maybe it could be a lift the flap designed poster where your picture is on the flap and when you open the flap there is the name of the plant and a description of it underneath).
• Pressed flowers with the name and details of the plant that the flower has come from.
• Can you invent a board game based around our theme. e.g. playing pieces/ cards could be plant pots/flowers/trees. Maybe you could collect different parts of a flower during the game and the winner is the first person to collect a complete flower or Plant Bingo!

This homework is due back to school on  Tuesday 23rd April.

I hope you have fun with this creative homework and that you have an enjoyable holiday. 

Mrs Barber 

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Homework sent home Monday 25th March

Due back in school on Monday 1st April

        Maths  Homework     

This week we are learning to count in 2s  5s and 10s.

The children have some missing number tracks using counting in 2s  5s and 10s.

There is also a board game for the children to practise their counting.

Copies of sheets can be downloaded from below.

Homework sent home Monday 18th March

Due back in school on Monday 25th March

    Handwriting Homework    

Please could the children write about their favourite animal.

This is a handwriting task so the children will be expected to write using the cursive style. The picture shows  how to form each letter of the alphabet and hold the pencil correctly. The children have some lined paper.

Please help your child to write slowly and carefully to ensure each letter is correctly formed, there are finger spaces between the words and the writing sits on the line.

The children can copy sentences about their favourite animal or make up their own.

They could even carry out some research to find some facts they did not know.

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Homework sent home Monday 11th March

Due back in school on Monday 18th March

    Maths Homework 

This week the children are working on Number and Place Value and have homework to find how many tens and ones in a number. Any problems please let me know.

Mrs Barber

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Homework sent home Monday 4th March

Due back in school on Monday 11th March

    World Book Day Homework    

The homework this week is all about World Book Day and reading.

Please can the children cut out the star and decorate both sides. Draw or stick a photograph in the middle of the star showing the children reading their favourite book.

The second sheet gives the children lots of ideas on where/how they can read. the challenge is to complete as many as possible.

This homework can be downloaded below.

Homework sent home Monday 25th February

Due back in school on Monday 4th March

    Song Words    

This week the children have brought home some song words to learn for our Brilliance assembly next week. Please help your child to read the songs and practise them at home.

Thank you

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Homework sent home Monday 11th February

Due back in school on Monday 25th February

A World of Animals Creative Homework

The children’s theme this term is A World of Animals. They are learning to group animals by what they eat and where they live. The children are also learning about different countries around the world.

Please choose a creative task from below:

• Every animal has a special place to live. Create a home for an animal using a small box.

Here are some examples:

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• Make a 3D model of an animal or animal hand puppet.

Here are some examples:

• A landmark, building or bridge from around the world.

Here are some examples:

I hope that you have fun working on these creative projects with your family and I cannot wait to see them when you return after the half term holiday.

Mrs Barber

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Homework sent home Monday 4th February

Due back in school on Monday 11th February

     Maths       

In school today we have been learning about Chinese New Year so our homework continues this theme.

Black Bears and Brown Bears are counting in 10's on the Chinese lanterns. Please help your child to recognise the pattern . 

Panda Bears are adding and cracking the code for a special message.

Polar Bears are solving problems about Chinese New Year celebrations.

Have fun!

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Homework sent home Monday 28th January

Due back in school on Monday 4th February

    Handwriting    

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter.

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Homework sent home Monday 21st January

Due back in school on Monday 28th January

This week the children have been learning their number bonds to 20 by using their number bonds to 10 to help them.

Homework is to continue this learning and complete the number bond pattern sheet and  a number bond stick sheet.

It is so important that the children know the number bonds to 10 with rapid recall so anytime they can spend learning them will be of a great benefit to them.

Homework can be downloaded from links below.

Homework sent home Monday 14th January

Due back in school on Monday 21st January

Symbols

The children have been on a hunt around the school for symbols and we have looked at some of the symbols that are familiar to them in class today. For homework can the children go on a symbol hunt around the home and maybe on their journey to school, or a visit somewhere. Then draw the symbols they see in the grid and say what they mean.

The children decided on some  extra homework  to find out the difference between

a tortoise and a turtle

and

an alligator and a crocodile.

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Homework 7-1-19

Thank you to the children that returned their homework today, you all sounded like you had a lovely Christmas. If you have not returned your homework you have an extra week to finish  and it can be brought back to school anytime up to 14-1-19.

There will be no new homework given out this week, in line with the rest of the school, so please try to do some extra reading at home.

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Homework sent home Monday 17th December

Due back in school on Monday 7th January

The children have been asked to describe their Christmas by drawing and writing about it. This could be a detailed description of their entire Christmas Day or different events they have enjoyed over the whole Christmas and New Year holidays. 

Homework sent home Monday 10th December

Due back in school on Monday 17th December

    Handwriting    

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter.

Homework sent home Monday 3rd December

Due back in school on Monday 10th December

    Maths   

This week the children are practising recognition of odd and even numbers.

They have been asked to colour in the sheep blue or red depending on whether the number is even or odd.

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Homework sent home Monday 26th November

Due back in school on Monday 3rd December

    Handwriting    

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter. Try tracing over the dotted lines to practise the letter and then try to write some letters of your own along the line. 

Homework sent home Monday 19th November

Due back in school on Monday 26th November.

The children’s Christmas Production this year is ‘A Midwife Crisis’.

For homework this week we would like the children to design the front cover of the programme for the Christmas production.

All the designs will be entered into a competition and the best two will be used for our programme.

Homework sent home Monday 12th November

Due back in school on Monday 19th November.

   Maths    

This week the children are looking at  1 more and 1 less than a number by counting on and counting back from a number. The children are learning the skill of counting on and counting back from any number rather than always starting at  0 or 1.

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Homework sent home Monday 5th November

Christmas Play songs

For homework this week the children have been asked to try and learn the words  to the songs in our Christmas play. They have been given a double sided sheet with all the words on.

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Homework sent home Monday 29th October

Due back in school on Monday 5th November.

    Handwriting    

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter. Try tracing over the dotted lines to practise the letter and then try to write some letters of your own along the line. 

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Homework sent home Monday 15th October

Due back in school on Monday 29th October.

London Landmarks

The children are learning about London this term and for homework they have been asked to make a 3D model of a London Landmark. 

You have 2 weeks to complete your model including the half term holiday.

This homework is due back in school on Monday 29th October.  

Have fun creating together!

You can download homework instructions from the link below.

Homework sent home Monday 8th October

Due back in school on Monday 15th October.

    Handwriting    

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter. Try tracing over the dotted lines to practise the letter and then try to write some letters of your own along the line. 

Homework sent home on Monday 1st October

Due back in school Monday 8th October

Maths 

The children have been looking at numbers and sequencing of these numbers in school. For homework they have raindrops with some missing numbers in the sequences which they need to identify. Copies of these sheets can be downloaded from links below.

  Science  

The children have been asked to go home and look around the rooms in their homes to identify different materials that are used for different objects e.g. glass for windows, paper to cover walls, fabric for a tablecloth, wood to make a table etc...

The children have also been asked to think about why a material is suitable for a particular object.

Please could the children bring into school small samples of the different materials (things that you do not want anymore), so that we can sort and collect in the classroom.

Thank you

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Homework sent home on Monday 24th September

Due back in school Monday 1st October

Handwriting

This week the children are practising their handwriting. Please look carefully at how to form each letter and remember that you always start with your pencil on the line for each letter. Try tracing over the dotted lines to practise the letter and then try to write some letters of your own along the line. 

North Crescent Handwriting style

Please help your child to hold their pencil correctly

Homework sent home on Monday 17th September

Due back in school Monday 24th September

Counting and writing numbers

This week the children have some maths homework and are practising forming the numerals correctly and then counting the animals they see in the picture. 

Homework sent home on Monday 10th September

Due back in school by 17th September

All about me - Homework

This weeks homework is for you to complete with your families  (You can ask your family to write for you).  You could draw some pictures and/or include photographs.

I would like you to tell me all about you so that I can get to know you quickly and learn about what things you like to do.

The following questions might help you:

• Who belongs to your family (including pets)?
• How would you describe yourself?
• What activities/ hobbies / interests do you like to do?
• What clubs/groups do you belong to?
• What are you good at?
• What things do you find difficult?
• What do you wish you could do?
• What do you like about school and what are you looking forward to this year?
• What motivates you to learn (what ways help you to learn best)?
• What upsets or frustrates you?
• What makes your family proud of you?
• Is there any special information you feel I need to know about you e.g. new house/baby etc..?

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Summer Holiday Homework

Your summer home learning project is to fill your ‘Envelope of Summer’.

Please fill your envelope to help you tell your friends what you did over the summer.  There is one rule…
it must fit in the envelope!
Here are some ideas:
 Photos of family/friends/places visited
 Drawings
 Writing/ diary entries
 Leaflets / tickets
 Things found when you have been out exploring
I hope you have a lovely summer and I cannot wait to see what you fill your

‘Envelope of Summer’ with!

This homework is due back in school on Tuesday 4th September.