Year 2KW: Blog items
25th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 25
Date: 25th Jun 2020 @ 7:12am
Hello everybody,
It’s Thursday already! It was so hot yesterday and it looks like it’s going to be another scorcher today so make sure you wear a hat and put your sun cream on when you’re out in the wild today.
Today’s challenge is to make an accessory out of flowers. I used to love to make daisy chains when I was a little girl. Can you make something to add to your outfit or to give to someone you love?
Have a wonderful, sunny and safe Thursday.
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos to my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
23rd June #30DaysWild - Challenge 23
Date: 23rd Jun 2020 @ 8:16am
It’s Tuesday and it’s time to challenge your artistic skills.
Today’s challenge is to draw your favourite bird. You can use anything to draw with. Pens, pencils, a stick in the mud…
Have a terrific Tuesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos of your sketches to my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Past Challenges photos:
If you have photos of you in the wild, remember to send them in.
22nd June #30DaysWild - Challenge 22
Date: 22nd Jun 2020 @ 7:43pm
Hello everyone,
I’m looking forward to another wild week with you all! I just apologise that this is so late. I'll make sure tomorrow's challenge is on nice and early.
Today’s challenge is to take an action shot of a bird in flight. My friend, Rod loves to take photographs of wildlife and he took these two amazing photos. Can you name the birds? Send your answers in to my email address please.
I hope you're having a marvellous Monday
From Mrs Ganner
Padlet Link for Week beginning 22.06.20
Date: 22nd Jun 2020 @ 10:35am
Hi Year 2!
I hope you have had a wonderful weekend :)
Here is your padlet link for your learning this week. Your weekly challenges have been updated and your daily challenges will update each morning.
https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Happy Learning!
Miss Woodnett :)
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 4:27pm
Wow this week has flown by! So many Year 2 children have been working so so hard and sending lots of incredible work our way. A big well done to everyone who carried out their home learning this week. We have loved looking at all of your challenges. Look out for the new padlet post for all of next week's learning. Happy Weekend!
Miss Woodnett & Miss Wendt :)
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 9:30am
Good Morning Year 2!
Here is your last Padlet for this week!
https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
We hope you have enjoyed all of your learning, we have certainly enjoyed reading lots of emails showing off your hard work!
Look out later for a celebration blog post with all of our wonderful Year 2 learners!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett 
19th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 19
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 8:53am
Hello Wildlife Wardens of Ravensbury!
We’ve reached the end of another week getting out in the wild. We have such a lot of beauty in our world. Remember that when you see something in the wild.
Today’s challenge is to draw a wildflower. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have lived in lots of amazing places around the world. Some of the photos at the bottom are from places as far away as Saudi Arabia and some are from my local woods. Can you find a wildflower and draw it?
Have a fun filled day
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Weekend Challenges:
If you want to keep in touch with nature over the weekend why not try our day 20 and day 21 challenges? Get up early to watch sunrise and then wait for the sun to set at the end of the day. I’d love to see your photos.
Date: 18th Jun 2020 @ 8:54am
Good Morning Year 2!
We would just like to say thank you so much for all of your emails this week! We have heard from so many of you, and seen so much fabulous work! Keep it up Year 2!
Here is your learning for today - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Enjoy your day!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
Date: 17th Jun 2020 @ 9:18am
Hello Year 2!
I don't know about all of you, but I couldn't stop watching the amazing storms last night! I hope no one got caught outside in the rain!
Here is today's Padlet - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Thank you once again to all those children sending in work, it really makes me and Miss Woodnett smile!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
17th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 17 🌈
Date: 17th Jun 2020 @ 7:43am
Hope today will be a Wild Wednesday Ravensbury! I bet the ducks enjoyed yesterday’s weather. It was tremendous to watch!
Today’s challenge is to see if you can race to find the colours of the rainbow before you get wet in the rain! Maybe you’ll find an orange flower and green grass? These are the colours you are looking for and remember to send in your photos:
violet indigo blue green yellow orange red
If you see a rainbow send in a photo too.
Have a Wonderful Wednesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Yesterday I discovered that a squirrel’s front teeth never stop growing. Squirrels must gnaw to keep their teeth at the right length. What did you find out?
I also hear this beautiful birdsong every night at tea time. Does anyone know what bird is singing?
Date: 16th Jun 2020 @ 8:57am
Good Morning Year 2!
Hope you are all well and ready to face some new challenges! Today we are looking at practicing our x5 tables and thinking about commas in sentences.
Has anyone completed a #30DaysWild challenge yet? I've recieved some lovely emails from children who are getting outside in our local area for some fresh air and exercise. Why not have a go at a challenge?
Here is your Padlet for today - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Keep up the hard work!
Miss Wendt
16th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 16 💻🦢🐾🕷🦆
Date: 16th Jun 2020 @ 7:36am
Happy Tuesday Ravensbury!
I hope you are well and you managed to get out yesterday before the thunderstorms. It’s a bit cooler today but hopefully we’ll have some sunshine later.
You can see my butterfly buffet challenge at the bottom. The butterflies didn’t come but there were a couple of visitors and this morning half of the peach I put out had gone! I wonder who enjoyed it. What do you think?
Today your challenge is to go outside, find some wildlife and then google facts about them. What’s the most interesting fact you can find? Write down your answers and send a photo or send a short video in telling us what you’ve discovered about our wild friends outside.
Have a terrific Tuesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Here are a couple of visitors to my garden. Someone has half a peach tucked away for a treat later!
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 9:05am
Hello Year 2!
Good morning from Miss Wendt, I hope you are all well and have enjoyed a sunny weekend.
Here is your Padlet for this week - we have lots of challenges with sentence building, vocabulary and practicing those times tables! Remember, on Padlet we also have the links for Lexia and Timestables Rockstars, so you can choose to practice whenever you want!
https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
If you want to get in touch and show your wonderful work, remember to email - y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a great day!
Miss Wendt
15th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 15 🦋
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 8:26am
Good morning Ravensbury!
Welcome to week 3 of our Summer Term and the beginning of our third week going wild. Did you manage to find something wild over the weekend?
I went to our local woods with my family and I hugged a tree. It made me smile, as you can see in the photo at the bottom. Send in your photos if anything you got up to over the weekend.
Today we are going to help our fluttery friends by giving them a treat. See what visits your garden when you put out a sugary buffet for the wildlife. I'm hoping I get some butterflies.
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Thank you to the lovely children in these photos for completing the hug-a-tree challenge. I think there was some hug-my-family too! Plus take a look at some of our children in school, enjoying going wild at break time. Great big smiles from everyone.
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 4:16pm
Wow! Another wonderful week of learning in Year 2. Thank you to everyone who sent in their super work this week. It is so nice to see you all keeping up with your learning at home, you are doing a great job! Thank you also to parents for supporting your children with their learning, you are also doing a fab job! Here are some photos from your learning this week. Well done everyone, stay safe and happy weekend!
Miss Woodnett & Miss Wendt :)
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 9:15am
Hello Year 2!
It's Friday! I think this week has gone very quickly, I wonder how many of you feel the same?
Our last Padlet for this week - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Remember to email your fabulous work to y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
12th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 12 🌳
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 8:02am
Hello again!
I wonder who will go wild today to find their nearest tree. Will there be a mass of Y5 wildlife wardens invading Clayton green spaces to hug a tree or will it be Year 2 that aces this challenge? I look forward to finding out.
I’m going to look for a really old tree. Make up your own challenges over the weekend and discover what is outside your door then send the photos in to me.
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
More EYFS ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ sent in some stunning photos of the wildlife they’d discovered in their gardens over the past couple of days. Did you know there was a big hotel open near you?
Date: 11th Jun 2020 @ 10:05am
Hello Year 2!
Did you know it is World Ocean Day? I wonder how many of you can remember the names of the world's oceans? I know you studied them during your Antarctica CC work!
Here is your updated Padlet for today - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Remember to send your learning to y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk - we love seeing all of your hard work!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
11th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 11 🐚🍀
Date: 11th Jun 2020 @ 7:44am
Good morning Ravensbury!
If you’re wild enough to accept the challenge then here is what you can do today:
Channel your inner Captain Jack Sparrow or Captain Pugwash (ask your parents and grandparents who this is) to find a hoard of treasure on your latest walk on the wild side. Collect anything you find and keep it in a treasure box. Remember to wash your hands when you come home.
Bonus joke of the day:
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrrrrrrr
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
More ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ have been spending time in nature and discovering new and interesting things around them. Aisha sent this beautiful blue sky photo in from our blue challenge yesterday and we have some young explorers that are fascinated by their upclose encounters with minibeasts.
10th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 10 🦋💧
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:12am
Hello Wild Things!
Today is all about being blue. NOT feeling blue (that means feeling sad) but looking for blue in the wild. Can you take photos or draw all of the blue things you see outdoors today?
Enjoy your wonders of the wild outdoors today
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Our latest ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ have sent in photos of themselves throwing their litter away, bird spotting and using their art skills to create very realistic representations of wildlife. I’m really impressed with what they are discovering in their wild outdoors. Thank you for joining in.
By the way – so far The Foundation Stage are wildest of our school (FIST PUMPS AIR!) They’re wilder than KS2 who are wilder than KS1.
Challenge on for those of you who haven’t sent in photos yet…
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:02am
Hello Year 2!
How are you all doing? I've got my fingers crossed it going to be a nice day today - the rain has stopped and I'm sure I can see some sun. I loved sitting with my back patio doors open, doing my work in the sunshine.
Here is your Padlet for today - with some new tasks uploaded on for Maths and English. Remember to email your fabulous work, it's been lovely hearing from some of you this week!
https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 8:36am
Hello Year 2!
Thank you to all those children who emailed us your wonderful work yesterday! It was lovely to see what challenges you had accomplished.
Remember, our email address is y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Here is the updated Padlet for today - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
Keep up the hard work Y2!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett
9th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 9 🗑
Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 8:30am
9th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 9
Good morning,
Today sees a challenge that we should do every day. Litter is a big problem for wildlife. It can hurt them and so I’d like to see if you can pick up litter to make your area tidy and safe for the animals that live close to us.
- DO NOT pick up anything that could hurt you.
- ALWAYS do this activity with an adult.
- WEAR protective gloves if you have any.
- USE a litter picker if you can.
Send me your litter picking photos in to:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a great day
From Mrs Ganner
Daily Update:
We’ve had some amazing photos in from children in the Foundation Stage. Look at how happy they are looking after the wildlife they have found. They are being really careful too. Read what they say about their learning:
‘We have been out in the parks and garden looking for wild life. We saw some ducks with babies and a spider in the garden. We also have 3 snails which we look after and feed them every day.’
‘This is my friend the worm. I have been watering it and feeding it. Worms don't have any legs because they wiggle.’
You really are ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’
8th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 8 🐤🐦🦉🦆
Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 9:10am
Good morning Ravensbury,
I hope your weekend was wild and wonderful. If you have an photos of you and your family finding wildlife in your garden, on the vale or at the park send your photos in so we can share them on our blog.
It’s the start of our second week going wild at school and we have one of my favourite activities
I love to sit in my garden recording the birds talking to each other first thing in the morning. They have so much to say to each other!
Can you hear the magpie chattering away loudly?
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a great day
From Mrs Ganner
Update:
Watch this video to identify bird song in your garden
Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 8:55am
Good Morning Year 2!
How are you all doing? We hope you've had a lovely weekend, even if the weather hasn't been that nice!
Here is the link to your learning this week - https://padlet.com/j_wendt/s63725akmfjzrsd2
This week we are looking at odd/even numbers, linking information with conjunctions, the parts of a flowering plant and ordering events in a chronological order.
Remember to email your work to y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk - we love hearing from you!
Miss Wendt & Miss Woodnett :)