Welcome to week 2 of the ‘UCPSpace’ project learning!
We hope you enjoyed the launch of our new learning projects last week. The anticipation is building, we hope you can rescue your new teacher from this far away planet! This week you experience a challenging twist to the project! Be sure to access the YouTube videos sent through for this weeks learning to discover the problems that lay ahead… We really need your help!
Reminder of email communication for this week:
- Monday – No video email
- Tuesday – No video email
- Wednesday – No video email
- Thursday – Virtual Gardening Club emailed
- Friday – Video links sent out for following weeks project plus Premier Sport videos, well-being and a video explaining the weekly overview of learning.
Monday – The Launch of the rescue mission! – Diary writing focus
- UCPSpace writing project 1(email video): Today is the day you launch your rocket into space to start the rescue mission! Describe what you see out of your window during the launch, be sure to include your year group unlock challenge below! Click here to access:Diary Day 1 template
- Year 2 unlock challenge: Interesting sentence starters e.g. if, when, because, as, although
- Maths:Lesson 1 – Measure length (cm) – Access Maths learning videos by clicking on the link and navigating to ‘Summer Term – Week 9 (w/c 22nd June)’ Measure in cm
- Click here to access your practice paper for: Maths practice paper 1 measure in cm
Tuesday – Top Tips to stay calm! – PSHCE focus
- UCPSpace project 2 (email video): Today you crash land on the wrong planet! You and the team are anxious, nervous and a little frightened! Your mission is to create ‘Top tips in how to keep calm during a crisis!’ You can create a video or a poster… How To Keep Calm Poster for blog
- Outcome: posters or video of top tips to team members
- Daily diary entry: Describe the moment of landing on the wrong plant and sketch the crash landing scene! Remember your unlock challenge: Interesting sentence starters e.g. if, when, because, as, although Click here to access:Diary Day 2
- Maths: Lesson 2 – Compare lengths – Access Maths learning videos by clicking on the link and navigating to ‘Summer Term – Week 9 (w/c 22nd June)’ Measure in cm
- Click here to access your practice paper for: Maths practice paper 2 compare lengths
- Well-being/ snuggle with a story: This week, Mrs Sharman will be reading you one of her favourite books. Get ready to fly…! Today I Will…
- Well-being / World Chocolate Day! – Join Miss Natale on World Chocolate Day and bake some delicious chocolate treats! World Chocolate Day ricotta and chocolate cake recipe (email for video link)
Wednesday – Exploring and navigating! – Geography focus
- UCPSpace project 3 (email video): Children, your fuel tank has leaked, you have no fuel to continue the rescue mission. Your mission today is to investigate the planet for resources, you will need to design a map of your planet. You will need to include the following: basic geographical vocab – include key physical features e.g. forests, hills, mountains, rivers.
Use simple compass directions e.g. North, South, East and West Click here for a template: Create a map of your planet! - Daily diary entry: Describe what you find on this new planet and how you and your team are feeling knowing you stuck on planet Pandora. Remember your unlock challenge: Interesting sentence starters e.g. if, when, because, as, although Click here to access:Diary Day 3
- Maths: -Lesson 3 – Four operations with length – Access Maths learning videos by clicking on the link and navigating to ‘Summer Term – Week 9 (w/c 22nd June) Measure in cm
- Click here to access your practice paper for: Maths practice paper 3 Four operations
Thursday – Temperatures are falling, we need fuel! – Maths focus
- UCPSpace project 4 (email video): Today you receive a message from the weather station explaining the planet has a bizarre weather pattern and you children, are in danger! Can you build a shelter to protect yourselves from the freezing temperatures and complete the maths challenge to record the weather temperatures on Planet Pandora! Click here for your temperature recording sheet: Year 2 Maths practice paper Temperature
- Daily diary entry: How does it feel, describe the weather patterns and temperatures. How are the team coping in these conditions, what have you built your shelter from? Remember your unlock challenge: Interesting sentence starters e.g. if, when, because, as, although Click here to access:Diary Day 4
- Maths: Today maths is incorporated into the space project.
- Well-being: Please wait for the school email link to gain access to the YouTube video for your Gardening topic video this week with Miss Glenister and Mrs Watson.
Friday – The discovery of fuel! – Creative arts focus
- UCPSpace project 5 (no video) : Today your mission is to create the magic fuel source you found on planet Pandora, you can create this using any medium of your choice e.g. paint, glitter, pens, food colouring, bubbles, natural materials. How creative can you be? Click here if you would like to record your potion: Potion Template
- Daily diary entry: describe how you found the fuel source and what it is, be very creative in what the fuel could be..Remember your unlock challenge: Interesting sentence starters e.g. if, when, because, as, although Click here to access:Diary Day 5
- Maths: Lesson 4 – Compare Mass – Access Maths learning videos by clicking on the link and navigating to ‘Summer Term – Week 9 (w/c 22nd June)’ Measure in cm
- Click here to access your practice paper for:Maths practice paper 4 compare mass
Physical Challenges: