These activities are intended to be used as morning work. Children use mini-whiteboards or morning books to write words they find. Letters have to be touching on the grid to be used, either horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Bonus points can be given for the longest word. There are 7 grids included, one per week for a half term. Paper copies are also included if more long lasting evidence of the activity is required.

These grids enable children to practice the spelling of the common exception words required by the end of Year 2. There are 6 grids in total. The words have been grouped to reflect similar letter patterns or phonic sound. Word copies are included to enable editing of font to fit with schools handwriting policies. As well as the daily grids, a set of spelling lists is included to send home.

These activities are intended to be used as morning work. Children use mini-whiteboards or morning books to write number sentences which total the target. Numbers have to be touching on the grid to be used, either horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Any operation can be used to reach the number in the circle. There are 7 grids included, one per week for a half term. Paper copies are also included if more long lasting evidence of the activity is required.

These activities are intended to be used as morning work. Children use mini-whiteboards or morning books to write number sentences which total the target. Numbers have to be touching on the grid to be used, either horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Any operation can be used to reach the number in the circle. There are 7 grids included, one per week for a half term. Paper copies are also included if more long lasting evidence of the activity is required.

These activities are intended to be used as morning work. They require the children to use the basic skills covered in the Place Value and Addition and Subtraction Units of the Year 2 maths curriculum. There are 7 mats - one per week for a half term. Also included are printable certificates to reward beating a previous weeks score or for getting all correct. There is also an editable record sheet intended to make patterns in lack of understanding more obvious. Finally, links to the National Curriculum learning objectives are given for each of the questions.

These activities are intended to be used as morning work. This pack is aimed at the children working towards the expected standard, questions are the same but using numbers to 30. They require the children to use the basic skills covered in the Place Value and Addition and Subtraction Units of the Year 2 maths curriculum. There are 7 mats - one per week for a half term. Also included are printable certificates to reward beating a previous weeks score or for getting all correct. There is also an editable record sheet intended to make patterns in lack of understanding more obvious. Finally, links to the National Curriculum learning objectives are given for each of the questions.

This activity is intended to develop the children’s inference skills. The question is shown on the interactive whiteboard. Children are told to think of as many different reasons why the statement might have happened as they can. They write their ideas in full sentences on mini whiteboards or in their morning books. After 10 minutes the children feedback their ideas, the more creative the better!

This activity is intended to develop the children’s inference skills. The question is shown on the interactive whiteboard. Children are told to think of as many different reasons why the statement might have happened as they can. They write their ideas in full sentences on mini whiteboards or in their morning books. After 10 minutes the children feedback their ideas, the more creative the better!