WEEK 14: Learning Project - Space

Age Range: Y2

Weekly Reading Tasks Weekly Phonics Tasks

Monday- Ask your child to select a book and imagine they are reading it in space. Monday- The word ‘space’ contains the sound ‘a-e’. Ask your child to list as many
Try reading it with a flashlight just before bedtime. words as they can containing the ‘a-e’ sound. Your child might identify words that
contain an alternative spelling for ‘a-e’ such as ai/ay/a.

Tuesday- Ask your child to listen to Look Up! read by the author and then take Tuesday- ‘there’, ‘move’, ‘climb’, ‘fast’ and ‘behind’ are some of the words that
part in a drawing session with the book’s illustrator. children in KS1 need to be able to spell. Can your child use these to write
sentences about a rocket travelling into space?

Wednesday- Take a look at these facts about space and read them together. Wednesday- Look at the words: want, wash, wasp, wand, swallow, squash,
Planets on Oxford Owl has further facts. Does your child have any further swap, squad, swamp, watch. Ask your children to sound talk the words and
questions about space that you could investigate? identify how the letter a should be pronounced in each of these words (/o/). Explain
that when /w/ comes before vowels it can affect the pronunciation of the vowel.

Thursday- Ask your child to list any space related words from the books they have Thursday- Write the names of the planets on seperate pieces of paper and
read or listened to this week. Can they write the meanings of each word? practise reading them. Can your child order them alphabetically?

Friday- Listen to Beegu here. Can your child write a character description about Friday- Play the online game ‘Yes/No Yeti’ or the ‘Suffix Factory’. Can your child
Beegu? Encourage them to reference events from the story. list words that end in the suffixes: ing, en, ly?

Weekly Writing Tasks Weekly Maths Tasks- Length and Height

Monday- Ask your child to design their own rocket and create a bank of adjectives Monday- Ask your child to find a book in your house. Can they find three items
to describe it and verbs to describe how it moves. which are longer than the book and three items which are shorter? Order the items
from longest to shortest. Measure the items to work out the difference in lengths.

Tuesday- Now that they have designed their rocket, ask your child to create Tuesday- Can your child write down the name of each family in order from tallest
an advertisement of the rocket launch. How much will it cost? What time will to shortest. Is the tallest person the oldest person or not? Discuss why this might
it launch? Is there anything else on offer? not be true. They could measure family members using a measuring tape.

Wednesday- Ask your child to plan their own trip to space – what will they take Wednesday- Play level 1 of this game to practise measuring things with a ruler.
and what will they do there? Record this in a timetable. Write handy hints for using a ruler e.g. start at 0.

Thursday- Encourage your child to research facts about a planet and then create Thursday- Look outside, in your garden or on your walk, can your child find things
a fact file about their chosen planet. This could be Earth. that are taller than they are and things that are shorter than they are?
Friday- Watch the Disney short “La Luna” here. Ask your child to write a short Friday (theme)- Can your child design a logo for their rocket? They must include
diary entry about the star crashing into the moon. the following 2D shapes: rectangle, triangle, hexagon and heptagon.

Learning Project - to be done throughout the week

The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about space. Learning may focus on our Solar System, the Sun and the
Moon. It could look at life in outer space from the view of an astronaut and travelling through space.

● Our Solar System- Encourage your child to think about what they already know about space and create a mind map. Can they name the planets in our solar
system? Use the Solar System Song to create a diagram showing the order of the planets. Or make real ones using balloons and paper mache.

● Astronaut Aerobics- Astronauts have to be fit and agile for their missions into space. Ask your child to design a home workout and put your agility to the test!
You could even use Mr Garcia's video to help. Then, your child can plan a day of healthy eating for the aspiring astronauts thinking carefully about each food
group.

● What are Day and Night?- Share the video of day and night with your child. Watch the video and then create a poster about day and night explaining why we
have day and night. Play the quiz and see how many answers you can get right!

● Rocket Creation- As part of their writing tasks, your child has designed a rocket. Ask your child to create their rocket using objects they can find in the home
such as cardboard boxes, newspapers and tin foil. Can they write a set of instructions to share with a family member or friend? Share on Twitter at
#TheLearningProjects.

● Is There Anything out There?- Tim Peake is a famous British astronaut. Ask your child to record the questions they would ask him if they could
interview him. Can they answer the questions in role as him? Why not task them with designing a new space suit for him? What would make a good
space suit?

STEM Learning Opportunities #sciencefromhome

Mission X – Astro Food

● Collect a variety of plant foods from home or download the cards from this resource.
● Group the food/cards e.g. fruits, seeds, vegetables. Which parts are edible?
● Sign up and access all of the Mission X resources here.

Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with

● Further activities at Nasa for Kids.

● Visit this BBC website for more sea themed music and learning ideas.
● There are some lovely games and ideas from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution here.
● White Rose Maths online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally).
● Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical
ideas you can do around the home.
● Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code
 UKTWINKLHELPS.
● Headteacherchat - This is a blog that has links to various learning platforms. Lots of these are free to access.
● Audible – a wealth of audiobooks available for free for the duration of the school closures. No login or download needed.
● BBC Bitesize Daily – online lessons and resources and programmes on iplayer
● Additional Year 1 phonics support can be found here: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/learn-to-read-phonics/
● Additional year 2 work to support SATs can be found here: https://www.theschoolrun.com/key-stage-1-sats-learning-journey
● Work on Education City - your child has an individual login to access this.
● Get your child to read a book on Oxford Owl, discuss what your child enjoyed about the book. This requires a login but is free to sign up. On this site, there are
plenty of resources to help home learning across a range of subjects.
● Listen to a story read out loud, Storytime, Audible. Also there are lots of authors reading their books on YouTube as well as children’s favourite books read
aloud by celebrities/others.
● Purple Mash - your child has an individual login to access this. Click on Serial Mash and choose your age group.
● Times Tables Rockstars – your child has an individual login to access this. Focus on 10, 2 then 5 x tables.
● IXL- Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2 . There are interactive games to play and guides for parents.
● Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with a range of different activities and lessons. There are notes on how to do these activities with your
children.
● Y1 Talk for Writing Home-school Booklets and Y2 are an excellent resource to support your child’s speaking and listening, reading and writing skills.

The Learning Projects are based on the National Curriculum expectations for the key stage which your child is in. It may be that your child finds the tasks set within
the Learning Project for their year group too simple. If this is the case, then we suggest that your child accesses the Learning Projects which are set for the key stage
above. Equally, if the projects are too challenging, then we advise that your child accesses the projects for the key stage below.
If your child requires more of a challenge, or you believe that there are some gaps in their learning then Century Tech is a fantastic resource that is currently free for
home learning. The app is designed to address gaps and misconceptions, provide challenge and enables children to retain new knowledge. It uses artificial intelligence
to tailor the learning to your child’s needs. Sign up here.

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