Year 2 Inspire
Welcome to Year 2's Inspire page. On this page you find all the ICT resources that are used during the Inspire sessions.
Maths Inspire - 1st February 2017
The ICT Inspire session focused on playing fractions games on the activelearn website. The plenary and the games used in the inspire session are available below.
To play the fraction games you will need your activelearn login details.
1. Enter your child’s User Name (all lower case): 13 first name and intial of surname
2. The password is barford
3. Enter the school code: pwxa
Literacy Inspire - 28th September 2016
The ICT Inspire session focused on using the activlearnprimary website to read the e-books.
Lots of eBooks to read. Every child at Barford has eBooks allocated to them by their class teacher.
To access these fantastic e-Books follow these steps:
1. Enter your child’s User Name (all lower case) as follows Reception: 14 first name and intial of surname= 14deanp Yr1: 13 Yr2: 12 Yr3: 11 Yr4: 10 Yr5: 09 Yr6: 08
2. The password is barford
3. Enter the school code: pwxa
4. Click on login
5. Click on My stuff and then click on the bug icon to read the allocated books.
Maths Inspire - 3rd February 2016
The ICT Inspire session focused on playing maths games that reinforce the maths skills learned in the classroom.
Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games which are against the clock challenge and develop a child's mental maths skills.
Designed for 6 to 11 years olds, the activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help children to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.
Symmetry Sorting is a tablet friendly maths game for 6 to 8 year olds which involves sorting pictures, shapes and letters into symmetrical and non-symmetrical sets. The games are not timed providing lots of opportunity for children to practise. Questions are randomly generated on the conveyor each time the game is loaded.
The pictures have vertical lines of symmetry while the shapes and letters include both vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry.
Symmetry Matching is a tablet friendly maths game for 4 to 8 year olds which involves mirroring an image along a line of symmetry. Options include pictures, shapes and randomly generated patterns which are the most difficult.
The pictures and patterns have vertical lines of symmetry while the shapes include both vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry.
First click on the game you'd like to play.
Missing Signs
Click on the right sign to complete the calculation.
More or Less
Click on the tick button if the sentence is true.
Click on the cross button if the sentence is false.
Odd or Even
Is the number odd or even? Click on the right button.
Win the Money
Add up the money and then click on the right answer.
Round it to nearest 10p
First, add up the money and click on the right answer. Then, click on the right 'money stack' to round the money to the nearest 10p.
At the end of the game, print out your results and/or play again.
Caterpillar Ordering is an interactive ordering and sequencing numbers game, which would complement a minibeasts topic in the classroom.
Suitable for 5 to 11 year olds, this maths game has different levels which can be matched to a child's mathematical ability level.
The drag and drop activities help children to order numbers, beginning at a basic level and progressing to more challenging exercises ordering decimal and negative numbers. The sequencing activities help children to recognise number sequences and reinforce their knowledge of multiples.
English Inspire - 29th September 2015
The ICT Inspire session focused on using the following games to help develop English skills at home.
Choose a phoneme. A word containing a gap will appear in the sand. Listen to Colin the Clam say the complete word then click on the sandpie with the right spelling for the missing phoneme. Each word you get right will add a sandpie to the sandcastle you are building.
At the end of the game, you can print out a sheet which shows the sandcastle with all the words you spelt correctly.
20 Key Stage 2 Literacy interactive teaching resources for Primary/Elementary Schools.
English educational kids games and activities for your IWB, PC or Mac. Teach your child, spelling, sentences, verbs, collective nouns, compound words, singular to plural, story sequencing, alphabetical order and grammar with these English learning games.
Lots of eBooks to read. Every child at Barford has eBooks allocated to them by their class teacher.
To access these fantastic e-Books follow these steps:
1. Enter your child’s User Name (all lower case) as follows Reception: 14 first name and intial of surname= 14deanp Yr1: 13 Yr2: 12 Yr3: 11 Yr4: 10 Yr5: 09 Yr6: 08
2. The password is barford
3. Enter the school code: pwxa
4. Click on login
5. Click on My stuff to read the allocated books.
Maths Inspire - 21st January 2015
The ICT Inspire session focused on using the ActiveLearn website. Each child has been allocated maths games based on their maths levels.
Login details for the ActiveLearn website:-
Username: Enter your child’s User Name (all lower case) as follows
Reception: 13 first name and intial of surname= 13deanp
Yr1: 12 Yr2: 11 Yr3: 10 Yr4: 09 Yr5: 08 Yr6: 07
Password: barford
School code: pwxa
Once you have logged in, click on "my stuff" to play the allocated games as shown in the screenshot below.
Literacy Inspire - 8th October 2014
The games below will support the Year 2 children's Literacy skills.