20.01.2025

Spellings for this week

Rule: alternative 'ue' 

1. sunk
2. book
3. huge
4. fuse
5. rescue
6. queue
7. ewe
8. useful
9. seventeen
10. eighteen

Homework:

Year 2 have just completed a the 'MONEY' unit in Maths - to consolidate their learning, please attempt a few of these Maths challenges at home:

(Please don't feel pressured to do them all - these are just suggestions!)

Money Hunt at Home

• Objective: Identify coins and notes, understand their value.
• Activity: Ask children to gather as many different coins and notes they can find around the house. They can then sort the coins and notes into groups (e.g. 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2, £5, £10, etc.). Afterward, have them write down the value of each group and practice counting them to find the total amount.

Create Your Own Shop

• Objective: Practice using coins and notes to buy items - specifically look at working out change.
• Activity: Set up a small 'shop' at home with toys, books, or snacks that are assigned a price (e.g., £1.50, £2.00). Give your child a certain amount of pretend money (e.g., £5). Have them 'buy' items, counting out the money and working out the change. You could even write out a shopping list for them to use during the activity.

Visit your local shop!

• Activity: Take your child to a local shop and give them a small amount of money (e.g., £2.00). Let them choose something to buy, making sure they pay with the correct coins and/or notes. Ask them to work out the total cost and the change they should receive. Once home, ask them to reflect on the experience and write down how much they spent and the change they got.

Coin Rubbing

• Objective: Learn the difference between coins - crafty one!
• Activity: Give the child a piece of paper and some crayons or pencils. Ask them to place different coins (e.g., 1p, 2p, 10p, £1) under the paper and rub the crayon over them to make it show. Afterward, they can label them with the correct value and try to order the coins from smallest to largest.

Money Addition and Subtraction

• Objective: Practice simple addition and subtraction with money.
• Activity: Create simple addition and subtraction problems using money. For example:
  • "You have £1.00, and you buy something that costs 65p. How much change will you get?"
  • "You have 50p and buy something that costs 37p. How much money will you have left?" Have them use real or pretend coins to solve the problems - make it progressively harder. 

Change Challenge

• Objective: Understand how to give and receive change.
• Activity: Set up a pretend shop at home and give the child a larger note (e.g., £5 or £10) to pay for small items (e.g., £1.50). Have them calculate how much change they should receive. For extra challenge, introduce the idea of different ways to make the same amount of change (e.g., £1 + 50p = £1.50 or 20p + 30p + 50p = £1.50).

Design Your Own Coin

• Objective: Learn the values of different coins and notes.
• Activity: Ask the child to design a brand-new coin or note for the UK. They can choose what value it should have, what image it should feature, and the colour scheme. Once they've created it, have them explain. 

Real-World Shopping List and Budgeting

• Objective: Understand budgeting and price comparison.
• Activity: Give your child a set amount of money (e.g., £5) and ask them to create a shopping list with real items they can buy at a local shop. Encourage them to compare prices and choose items that fit within their budget. You can then discuss how much they spent, whether they stayed within the budget, and what change they would get.

These activities should help reinforce the skills they're learning about money in class, while also giving them the opportunity to apply this knowledge in fun and practical ways! Hope you enjoy!