Learning Project WEEK 6: Food
Age Range: Y2
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day) Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
● Work on Education City - your child has ● Read out aloud the ingredients on the
an individual login to access this. back of a tin or cereal box to an adult?
● Play on Hit the Button - number bonds, ● Can you add the sound buttons onto
halves, doubles and times tables. three words?
● Look in the cupboards and the fridge. ● Find a cooking book in the house or
Sort some of the foods you can find into online and read the ingredients needed
different groups. Which food group has to make something.
the most or least amount of items?
Which item of food is the lightest or ● Find a food leaflet in the house and
heaviest? Why might this be? read some of the items. Make a list of
the food in alphabetical order and add
● Play the game Fruit Fall - answer the on sound buttons.
data handling questions based on how
many pieces of fruit you catch. ● Read a variety of books and make a list
of all the different types of food you find.
● Choose and draw a 2D shape of your
choice. List how many sides, vertices ● Get your child to read a book on Oxford
and lines of symmetry it has. Owl, discuss what your child enjoyed
about the book. This requires a login but
● Purple Mash - your child has an is free to sign up. On this site, there are
individual login to access this. Click on plenty of resources to help home
Maths. learning across a range of subjects.
Times Tables Rockstars – your child ● Listen to a story read out loud,
has an individual login to access this. Storytime, Audible. Also there are lots
Focus on 10, 2 then 5 x tables. of authors reading their books on
YouTube as well as children’s favourite
books read aloud by celebrities/others.
Weekly Phonics/Spellings Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
● Daily phonics - your child to practice Ask your child to:
their sounds and blend words.
Interactive games found on link below. ● Create a shopping list for the week. Can
● Phonics play your child group the items into food
● Top Marks groups on their list e.g. fruit and
● Spelling vegetables, meat, dairy.
● Spell the days of the week
● Spell common exception words ● Write a recipe for a healthy meal of their
● Spelling City choice. Can they use subheadings for
● Education City - your child will has an the ingredients and instructions.
individual login to access this.
● Purple Mash - your child has an ● Write a set of instructions for making
individual login to access this. Click on toast. Can they use imperative verbs?
English, SPAG, Spelling Resources or
Phonics ● Design a new label for a cereal box.
What eye catching information will you
add? Can you use an exclamation
mark?
● Write a poem about your favourite food.
Will it rhyme?
● Design a new milkshake. Which
ingredients will you include. Can you
label the milkshake. Will you have a
mascot that is linked to your new
creation? Can you make the milkshake?
Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Food
Food
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more
food. Learning may focus on where different foods originate from, what makes a
healthy meal, opportunities to cook etc .
Balanced diet: Show your child this video about how to have a balanced diet.
Play these games about healthy eating.
What do we have today? Look in the kitchen to see if you can
create an A-Z list of foods.
Fruit and vegetables - Draw pictures of fruit and vegetables in
your house. Label the fruit and vegetables and place in
alphabetical order.
Sorting activity: Collect food from the kitchen and sort into healthy and unhealthy foods.
Design a poster - think about the foods you like to eat and food that you need to eat to keep you
healthy. Create a poster that you can put in the kitchen or in the school hall. Will you be able to use
any food wrappers or make your poster interactive?
Healthy lunchbox: can you play this game and make a healthy lunchbox?
Traditional food: Many cultures have various dishes of food to celebrate their festivals. Find out
about a festival and compare it to a different festival. What are the similarities? What are the
differences? How is the food prepared? Do you have any traditional food you enjoy with your
family?
Restaurant: Can you plan a menu? Think about what you would like to have on your menu. Can
you design a menu for a vegetarian? Can you design a menu for a vegan? Will you have options
on your menu for people who have allergies?
Look around the house for any leaflets or take away menus. What price is the food? Can you do
any meal deals?
Designing a school menu. Can you design a new school menu? What could
you add? What would you keep the same? Will it be a healthy school menu?
Can you find pictures or draw pictures to add to your menu? Plan out your
menu and remember to include prices.
Will you have a different menu everyday?
Cooking: find a few recipes and check if you have the ingredients at home and cook a meal for
your family. Think about a starter, main and dessert. Can you cook as
a family? Who will do the measuring?
Fruit survey: ask in your family the different fruits they like to eat.
Collect the information and add it to your tally chart. Can you
represent this information in a particular way?
Fruit and vegetables printing: Look at the work of the artist: Lynn
Flavell. How does she represent fruit and vegetables? Can you create
a piece of artwork in the style of Lynn Flavell.
Look at the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Using different drawing materials, can you create a picture of your
own?
Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with
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.
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
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