See twinkl.com Year 2 Great Fire of London for Samuel Pepys Diary, reading comprehension or Smartboard notepad PowerPoint. What is a diary? Remember ‘The diary of the killer Cat’ by Anne Fine and the Science Week diaries we did. Highlight your favourite words and phrases. Write a diary entry, for the first day as if you were Samuel Pepys. Sunday, 2 nd September, 1666

What building in town has the most stories? The public library! (storeys -meaning floors and stories - tales, are homophones - we could add them to our chart!) The Wolf’s story’: Commas in lists. Add commas to these lists – remember to put ‘and’, (or ‘or’)’between the last two things in a list. Thank you so much for all the lovely photos and updates - please keep sending them in, it's great to hear from you - Go, Team Willow!! Lifting flaps shows cute-as-can-be animals receiving enthusiastic “hugaboos” from their grown-up counterparts. “If you were a little kangaroo... You would get a jumpyI learned that if a noun or verb ends in a 'y', if you want to add 's', you must change the 'y' into an 'i' and add 'es', e.g. cry becomes cries, fly becomes flies.' Wilhelm uses dinosaurs to explicate his very modern tale about a young dinosaur named Boland who finally outsmarts the bully that had terrorized the swamp. Boland seems to be the special target of Continue reading » I am going to post the Learning Intentions for this week, followed by extra explanation! Unlike last week I will post my daily blog on top of each post, rather than at the bottom of it (it seemed logical to me, but my husband says it makes more sense!).

The Wolf’s Story’: see sheet- Read the sentences and put in an adverb to make it more interesting. An adverb tells you more about a verb a doing word). If you google BBC Magic Grandad - Samuel Pepys, you can watch the video we would have watched in class. You'll never guess what he did with his cheese! It will help you, when you write his diary. I have included in the homework folders: Snappy/Mad Maths worksheets;Spring Activity Booklets for Maths and English;an Easter Revision Booklet;Abacus Maths Workbook; Handwriting Booklets;mini books to make;'The Wolf's Story' and some colouring! You can dip into them as much as you like. They should also have three reading books- do try to read as much as possible - it is the key to everything! Wilhelm's (the Little Panda books) workmanlike retelling of an Eastern folktale with Buddhist underpinnings makes a case for acceptance. When a bandit steals a carpet weaver's sheep, the Continue reading » ly’ suffix adverbs. Play guess the adverb game- (tes.com.) Choose a verb, e.g. ‘walking’ and then an adverb e.g. happily, sadly, merrily, crossly. Your partner has to guess what the adverb is.Have a lovely break and eat lots of Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs! (Remember why you are eating them!) Explain that after the fire many people paid money to fire-fighting companies. These people would put a sign (plaque) on the outside of their house to show with which company they were insured. There is one in the high street in Canterbury. – The Sun Alliance.