Year 2- Penguin Home Challenges Homework READING- Children have a reading book inside their reading wallet. Please ensure these are returned daily with any letters/ notes inside. Children are expected to read every day and have their contact books completed by an adult 3x a week. Please write in when you read with your child (it doesn't have to be a whole book). SPELLINGS- These will go home termly in the reading wallets. Please learn these spellings with your child. Spelling tests will take place on a Friday and results recorded in the contact book. GPAS – All children will be provided with a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling book. Each week children will need to complete one of the activities as set out in the front of the book, please support your child to do this and mark it with them at home (answers in the book). MYMATHS- Challenges are set weekly that link in with current learning. These are OPTIONAL for you to complete at home. If you have lost your log on please ask and we can provide you with a new one. Below are some homework challenges that are OPTIONAL. Children are not expected to complete these but can if they wish. Please send in any completed challenges to share! These are only ideas. The challenges are linked to our topic of Superheroes and our key text ‘Traction Man is Here.’ STEP BACK IN TIME Find out about the history of action figures and other kinds of toys. Which toys would you have liked to play with? Which toys are still around now? POSTER Create a poster of your favourite Superhero characters. What are their superpowers? DESIGNER Design a sidekick (or a family) for Traction Man. BE A SCIENTIST Find out about the materials that are used to make different kinds of toys. Can you draw/write about them. HEALTHY FOOD Superheroes need to eat healthily! Design a healthy but yummy meal for Traction man. Can you make it and test it out? Take photos, write your recipe or draw what you did. BE AN AUTHOR Write a story about a new Traction Man adventure, e.g. Traction Man repairs the Giant Intergalactic People Mover.