Year 2 Easter Project!

Hello Class 5 and 6,

Firstly, we hope you are all okay and keeping safe! Also, well done on completing your first two weeks of home learning! 

Secondly, as it is now the Easter Holidays, we will not be setting you daily learning tasks on the blog because you have earned a well-deserved break! We are, however, setting you one project to complete over the two weeks and will also be giving you some optional Easter-themed activities to try!

History Project – Famous people from the past

Neil Armstrong and Florence Nightingale are both significant (important) individuals from the past who have contributed to national and international achievement.

Neil Armstrong was a pilot, astronaut and engineer who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Crimean War and the founder of modern nursing.

Your job over Easter is to research one of these historical figures. Find out about his/her personal life (where/when were they born?, what was their childhood like?, what was their education like?, what did they do for a job?) and why was he/she famous (what did he/she do that made history?).

You can present your work as a piece of informational writing with a title, sub-headings, pictures & captions (similar to our non-fiction Barn Owl reports) either hand-written or typed on the computer, as a poster, model or PowerPoint. Be creative! You could even make a video if you are feeling up to a challenge!

You may find these websites helpful in your research:

• BBC Bitesize – Florence Nightingale
• BBC Bitesize – Neil Armstrong
• Theschoolrun.com – Florence Nightingale
• BBC Teach – Florence Nightingale
• National Geographic Kids – Florence Nightingale
• National Geographic Kids – Neil Armstrong
• Primary Homework Help – Florence Nightingale
• Ducksters.com – Neil Armstrong Biography
• Youtube.com – Neil Armstrong

Remember to submit your work by e-mail when it’s completed (photos are fine if it’s not electronic) to:

class5@harwoodpark.rochdale.sch.uk

class6@harwoodpark.rochdale.sch.uk

 

Easter-themed activities:

• Tin can bunny planters – If you have any tins your grown ups have used ask them if you can clean and recycle it to make a tin can bunny!
• Paper plate baby chick – Using paper plates, card or paper you could make a paper chick or lamb!
• Easter bookmarks – Make a very cute Easter-themed bunny or chick bookmark.
• Egg carton craft – Another way to recycle – if your grown-up has finished with their egg box you could cut it up and make Spring chick egg cartons. 

• Have your grown up hide small chocolate eggs around your house / outside and have an easter egg hunt! 
• Do some Easter baking – the BBC Good Food guide has some ideas for simple Easter recipes for kids.

Watch the video of the Christian story of Easter and complete your own comic strip to retell the story (links below)

The Easter Story 

Comic strip

Happy Easter and take care! Miss Powers and Miss Sharp