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Week Beginning 8th June

Welcome back to a new week of learning Year 2. This week our

learning will be based on the desert.

We have enjoyed seeing your work from last week and know that

you are working hard. Keep sending in your work and keeping in

touch on the class emails.

Summer reading challenge

Lots of you will have completed the summer reading challenges

at the library in the past. This year they are doing their challenge

online. You can still win badges online for the books that you

have read.

You can sign up using the link below:

https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

Times Tables

Don’t forget to continue practising your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.

Maybe get an adult to throw a ball to you and you could chant

the times table as you catch the ball. Or your parent could

randomly call out a multiplication question e.g 2x5 and you give

the answer when you catch the ball. How fast can you go?

Here is some information about deserts. Have a go at reading it

for yourself or with an adult.

Deserts

What Is a Desert?

A desert is any place that gets less than 25cm

of rainfall a year. There are deserts on all

continents. Deserts are part of a land type

called drylands. These areas often lose more

moisture through evaporation than they get in

rainfall.

Some of the world’s largest deserts include, the

Sahara, Patagonia, Kalahari, Arabian, Great

Victoria, Syrian and Gobi. We tend to think that all deserts are hot.

The Sahara regularly has temperatures of 50°C during the day. The

highest recorded temperature in Death Valley in the USA was

56.7°C. Some deserts however are actually cold. Winter

temperatures in the Gobi desert can reach -40°C. The world’s

largest deserts are in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Despite the harsh conditions, many plants live

in the deserts. Bougainvillea and California

poppies are examples of flowering plants

which bloom in the desert after there has

been rain.

Palm trees grow in some deserts. These palm

trees don’t usually grow fruit. They are good at

storing water.

Writing

1. Write a description of the desert that you can see in the

photo. Try to include adjectives and make your sentences

as interesting as you can. You could imagine that there are

some of the desert animals in the photo and describe them.

2. Imagine that you are stranded in the desert. Write a

postcard back home to ask for help. Make sure you tell

them as much information about the desert around you as

you can. How do you feel? What can you see? Who/ what

is around you? Do you need help?

Don’t forget to add your address!

Maths

1. We are going to be exploring 2 digit numbers by grouping in

tens.

I am going to draw/find 34 objects. I will count out 10 and put

them together as a group. Then I will see if I can count another 10

and put them together. Have a look below:

I can make 3 groups of 10 which is equal to 30 and there are 4 left

over. Gemma can put 3 bags onto her stall.

Three bags of apples and I know that they each have 10 apples in

so that would be 30. Then there are 5 loose satsumas so 30 + 5 =

35. Gemma has 35 satsumas left at the end of the day.

Can you have a go at solving these:

How many bags?

Anne has a fruit stall. She sold her fruit in bags with ten pieces of

fruit in each one. Here is the fruit she has:

26 satsumas

38 strawberries

42 bananas

13 kiwis

57 peaches

How many groups of ten fruit is she able to put out on her stall?

Anne counts the fruit the next day. Here is the fruit she has:

2 bags of satsumas and 3 loose satsumas

3 bags of strawberries and 7 loose strawberries

4 bags of bananas and 5 loose bananas

7 loose kiwis and 2 bags of kiwis

6 loose peaches and 4 bags of peaches

How many of each type of fruit does Anne have?

2. We are going to compare numbers to 100 using symbols.

Here are the symbols below to help us compare numbers.

We always like to remember these like the mouth of a crocodile and

crocodiles like to each the bigger numbers. The bigger number is at the

wider side of the symbol and the smaller number at the closed end of the

symbol.

Here are some examples:

3. Now we are going to explore odd and even numbers.

Creative

Can you create your own cactus

garden?

You will need: a pot, stones/pebbles,

paint, markers.

1.Paint your stones green and leave to

dry.

2.Fill the base of the pot with either tissue

paper or soil.

3.Decorate the stones with cactus details.

4.Position them in your pot.

5.You could add flowers if you like.

If you can’t find those items, you could try

making a paper cactus.

1. Draw around a circle four

times on green card (or on

white and colour in green).

2. Fold the circles in half.

3. Glue one half to another

half to make a T shape.

Then glue another half to

your T and another to

create the cactus body.

4. Draw n details with a

marker.

5. Cut small triangles and stick

on as the spines.

6. Cut out and add a flower if

you would like. You can

place this on top of any pot that you can find.

Computing/P.E

If you don’t have access to the internet or can’t download the

app then you can still complete the yoga activity.

You will need to download the free app called PicCollage or if

you have something similar then that will be great.

We would like you to have a go at creating these desert yoga

poses with your body. Can you design your own yoga pose

based on an object or animal that you would find in the desert?

Ask an adult or sibling to take photos of you. You can then use

your photos to create a collage of your work. Can you include a

title and the name of each yoga pose with each photo?

Science

How to make rock candy

You will need: water, sugar, a peg, a pot for boiling, green food

colouring (optional flavouring such as peppermint if you would

like)and wooden skewers/sticks.

Step 1

Bring two cups of water to the boil in a large pot on the stove.

Next, stir in four cups of sugar. Boil and continue stirring until sugar

appears dissolved. This creates a supersaturated sugar solution.

This is also the time to add in any flavour enhancements, such as

vanilla or peppermint and so on. Allow the solution to cool for 15-

20 minutes.

Step 2

While waiting for the solution to cool, prepare your wooden sticks

for growing the rock crystals. Wet the wooden sticks and roll them

around in granulated sugar. Make sure you allow the sugared

sticks to completely dry before continuing to Step 4. You'll need

one stick per jar.

Step 3

Once the sugar solution is cool, add in food colouring to create

rock candy of your preferred colour.

Step 4

Pour the cooled solution into a glass/jar and insert the sugar-

covered wooden stick into the center of the glass. Make sure that

the stick is not touching any part of the glass/jar. If it does, the

candy crystals could get stuck to the bottom or to the sides. You

can divide the sugar solution across several smaller glasses/jars or

use one, depending on how many sticks of rock candy you'd like

to make.

Once in place, secure the stick in place using a clothespin. Cover

the top of the glass with a paper towel. You may have to poke a

hole in the paper towel for the wooden stick to poke through.

Step 5

Place the glass in a cool and quiet place. Loud noises and a lot of

movement can disturb the crystal making process. Every day, the

candy crystals will grow larger. They will reach their maximum

growth potential by two weeks. When you have a good amount

of rock candy crystals, remove the stick and place it on a sheet of

wax paper to dry...before eating!

Fun activity

Let’s have some fun!

Can you make sand cloud dough?

Here are some instructions on how to make it.

You will need:

1 cup of sand

1 cup of flour

4 tablespoons of baby oil.

Please note: you can double or triple the recipe depending on

how much you want to make.

1. Stir the flour and sand together.

2. Mix the oil in with your hands.

Don’t forget to email us your photos if you can.