Home Learning Tasks - W.B 13.7.20 Summer themed activities

For this week I have added some summer activities for you to have a go at! 

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 10th July

English Task

Today I would like you to practice your handwriting. Choose some letters that you find tricky to form such as e, g,k,d,b and s. Can you practice forming them correctly. 

Maths Task 

Can you order the numbers 0-20. You could either use your flashcards that we provided or use the sheet below. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ 

After speed sound lesson.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

Then.... 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Task - Thursday 9th July 

English Task 

Read your favourite story with an adult. Can you come up with an alternative ending? You could make puppets and act it out.

Maths Task

Ask a grown up to show you how to make paper aeroplanes. Test them out in the garden, measure the distance with a tape measure. Which one goes the furthest?

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Remember on the RWI youtube channel there is now a video for read and hold a sentence for your child to complete. 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 8th July

English Task 

Can you write a wish upon a star? What do you want to wish for in year 1? It could be to master a particular skill or make a new friendship group. You can use the template below if you like!

Maths Task 

Make an obstacle course. What can you use to travel over, under and through? Time yourself to complete the challenge. Can you improve your time?

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 7th July

English Task 

Complete the 'Spreading our Wings' activity sheet attached below. This will allow you to have a think about what you are good at and what you would like to work towards in year 1. 

Maths Task 

Go on a coin hunt and collect together the loose coins in your house. Can you sort them into different types and learn how much they are worth? Can you make a shop with your toys and practice things with the coins?

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 6th July

English Task 

As we approach the end of our Reception Year I thought with week we could do some work on the transition from Reception to Year 1. Can you think about your favourite memories from this year together? You can either draw or write.  You can use the sheet below (if you don't have a printer maybe your grown up can write the headings down for you). I would love to see what memories you have all chosen 

Maths Task 

Get your grown-ups to mix up your flashcards (0-20). Can you recognise the numbers and order them?

Then... can you complete the number paths sheet below? (Jut write the answers on some paper if you don't have a printer). 

RWI/Reading

Remember to move onto a new book - see below

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Fat Frog

Green - Jan's Pancake

Purple- Popcorn

Pink- Baboons

Orange - A Pet Tortoise - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Yellow- No Way! - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Blue - Our Incredible Planet - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Grey - The Stone Age

W.B 6.7.20- Makaton

Click the following link for the sign of the week. https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 3rd July 

English Task

Can you choose to either make a salad or a fruit salad? What fruit/vegetables will you use? When you have made it can you draw the fruit/vegetables and label them? I can't wait to see them! 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 5. Today you will be working on doubles!

RWI/Reading 

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After speed sound lesson.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

Then.... 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 2nd July

English Task 

Today you will be playing a range of phonics games. Click the following link and login in using username:march 20 and password:home.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Have a go at picnic on pluto and pick a picture.

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning.https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 4. Today you will be working with numbers to 20. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Remember on the RWI youtube channel there is now a video for read and hold a sentence for your child to complete. 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 1st July 

English Task 

Can you retell the story of 'Oliver's Vegetables? You could make masks or puppets to support your story telling. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 3. Today you will be working on addition and subtraction. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red -Get Up!

Green - The Get Fit Club!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Hungry Fox - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Blue - On your bike (if you have read this book try the grey story below)

Grey - A Place in Space: The Moon

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 30th June

English Task 

Have a discussion about your favourite vegetables. What do you like/dislike? Maybe you could try a new vegetables that you haven't tried before. 

Can you draw and write about your favourite vegetable?

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 2. Today you will be practicing adding and takeaway with numbers to 20. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red -Get Up!

Green - The Get Fit Club!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Hungry Fox - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Blue - On your bike (if you have read this book try the grey story below)

Grey - A Place in Space: The Moon

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 29th June 

English Task

This week learning is based around the story 'Oliver's Vegetables'. Click the following link to listen to the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yvllKqyVUc.

Can you write a shopping list for Oliver? 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 1. Today you will be doing some sorting and exploring patterns. 

Remember to also continue working on being able to recognise and order your numbers to 20! Get your grown-up to mix up your number flashcards. See if you can recognise all of the numbers and then make a number line on the floor. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 
 

Red -Get Up!

Green - The Get Fit Club!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Hungry Fox - This is part of the Book Bag Books collection and therefore does not have the speed sounds/story words or speedy word pages.

Blue - On your bike (if you have read this book try the grey story below)

Grey - A Place in Space: The Moon

Topic Activities W.B 29.6.20

Click the document below to view some topic activities based around Oliver's Vegetables. 

Makaton Sign of the week - W.B 29.6.20

https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 26th June

English Task

Imagine you have arrived at your chosen destination after Zog has flown you there. Can you write a postcard from that place to the people at home?

Use the template below if you like. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click Day 5. Today you will be exploring height, distance and measure. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After speed sound lesson.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

Then.... 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 25th June 

English Task 

Imagine you were flying on the back of Zog. What would you see whilst you were up in the air, and where would you choose to go? Draw a picture and write about what you would see. 

Maths Task

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/Then click day 4. Today you will be working with numbers to 20!

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 24th June 

English Task 

In the story of Zog the princess dreams of being something else when she grows up. Can you write a dream for yourself for what you want to be and why?

Maths Task

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click Day 3. Today you will be working on addition and subtraction. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Red- Get Up! 

Green- Let's Go!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Sweetcorn Salad

Blue - How to make a peach treat

Grey - A Job for Jordan

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 23rd June

English Task 

Can you come up with a list of school rules for dragon school? Can you write them down?

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Click on Day 2. Today you will be doing some work on addition. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Get Up! 

Green- Let's Go!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Sweetcorn Salad

Blue - How to make a peach treat

Grey - A Job for Jordan

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 22nd June

English Task 

This week our learning will be based around the story ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson. You can listen to the story by following this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZqFqI0MAfU.

You can also watch the film on BBC Iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bwdw8y/zog.

Can you write a description of Zog? What does Zog look like? E.g. sharp teeth, orange fur etc.

You can use the template below if you like.

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today’s learning https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click Day 1. Today you will be exploring patterns.

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Get Up! 

Green- Let's Go!

Purple- Stop!

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange - Jim's House in 1874

Yellow- A Sweetcorn Salad

Blue - How to make a peach treat

Grey - A Job for Jordan

Topic Activities (W.B 22.6.20)

Can you make a castle using junk modelling/lego/mega blocks etc? Post your photos to our class Facebook page.

Can you make a flying dragon craft? (See Picture as an example)            

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 19th June 

Today is our virtual sports day! No Maths and English today! 

Send videos over on our facebook page! 

1.      Can you balance on 1 leg for 20 seconds? Change legs and repeat.

2.      Can you hop on 1 leg for 20 seconds? Change legs and repeat.

3.      Can you skip around the room for 20 seconds?

4.      Can you slither like a snake for 20 seconds?

5.      Can you hop like a bunny for 20 seconds?

6.      Can you jump like a frog for 20 seconds?

7.      How many times can you throw and catch a ball in 20 seconds?

8.      How many times can you bounce and catch a ball in 20 seconds?

9.      How many star jumps can you do in 20 seconds?

10.    How many high knees can you do in 20 seconds?

Home Learning Tasks- Thursday 18th June

English Task

Log in to phonics play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/picnic-on-pluto using

username: march 20  Password:home . Play picnic on pluto. Read the word and decide if it is a real word (give to bob) or a nonsense word (give to obb)

Maths Task

Click the following link then click 1 more and 1 less from 1-20. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad.

There are lots of other maths games children might enjoy https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Nog in the Fog (ditty 2)

Green- Hands

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- The Big Match

Orange - Blackbirds

Yellow- A Mouse in the House

Blue - At the Seaside

Grey - The Ice and Snow Book

Remember on the RWI youtube channel there is now a video for read and hold a sentence for your child to complete. 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 17th June

English Task 

Can you write a list of food that an alien might like? What does an alien eat? E.g. Moon-burgers, star biscuits or fruit rockets.  Click here for more ideas.

Maths Task 

Play the online game Let’s Compare. Following this, you can sing the song Short or Tall.

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Nog in the Fog (ditty 2)

Green- Hands

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- The Big Match

Orange - Blackbirds

Yellow- A Mouse in the House

Blue - At the Seaside

Grey - The Ice and Snow Book

Home Learning Tasks- Tuesday 15th June

English Task 

Can you write an invitation to the Alien you created yesterday, inviting them to your very own moon party?

You can use the following invitation template if you want. http://lovemybooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Qpootle-5-invitation.pdf

Maths Task 

Can you use Lego, blocks or cardboard boxes to build a tower that is the same height as you, taller than you and shorter than you?

Can you order them from tallest to shortest? 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Nog in the Fog (ditty 2)

Green- Hands

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- The Big Match

Orange - Blackbirds

Yellow- A Mouse in the House

Blue - At the Seaside

Grey - The Ice and Snow Book

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 15th June

English Task 

Click the following link to listen to our story this week 'Q Pootle 5'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqjiajxIcOk. This is a story all the children should be familiar with. 

Can you draw your own alien and label it? E.G Orange eyes, three arms etc.  Challenge: Can you create a fact file for your alien using sentences? E.G. My alien lives on Mars. 

Maths Task

Can you design your own rocket using different 2D shapes? Can you name all the shapes you have used? This could be done with 3D shapes if you have spare boxes and resources at home. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red- Nog in the Fog (ditty 2)

Green- Hands

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- The Big Match

Orange - Blackbirds

Yellow- A Mouse in the House

Blue - At the Seaside

Grey - The Ice and Snow Book

Topic activities W.B 15.5.20

- Can you create your own planet? You could papier mache a balloon, or colour, paint or stick bits of materials onto paper to create a textured effect. The shaving foam paint technique creates a great textured finish when dry. Simply spray shaving foam onto a plate and drop food colouring or paint into it and mix it up. 

-  Can you use Google Earth to look at Earth from space? Can you identify simple features such as water? Can you find your home? What do you notice about the surrounding area?

- Can you create your own space phone using items from around the home? Can you practice your number formation to create buttons? You could make a space phone book to support role play by drawing an alien on each page and then write a phone number for them. 

- You could have a space themed party/picnic. You could use foil to create shiny space suits for your teddies/dolls. You could have a space themed picnic afterwards. 

- Make some yummy star biscuits. Click the following link for the recipe. http://saucepankids.com/recipe/simple-shortbread-biscuits/

Some videos the children may be interested in..... 

Tour of the International Space station  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06-Xm3_Ze1o

Space X arriving at the ISS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyNl87mXOkc

Stories from Space    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpotjVqWv3KfGHjWztjPKgg

Makaton - Sign of the Week W.B 15.6.20

https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 12th June 

English Task 

Click the following link to see today's pobble picture. https://www.pobble365.com/the-magician. Talk to your grown-up about the picture first, what can you see? Who is the man? What is he doing? etc. Then.... Can you write about the picture? Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 5. Today you will be doing some work on measure and symmetrical patterns! 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After speed sound lesson.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

Then.... 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 11th June

English Task 

Click the following link (you may have to log in) Username: march20 Password: home

 https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/pick-a-picture.  Today you will be reading the word and finding the corresponding picture. Start of with phase 2 and work your way up to phase 3 and digraphs if possible. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click day 4. Today you will be working on a spell and practicing your doubling and halving!

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

Then .....

Practice speedy green words and red words at the back of the book first then get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency! (Remember you are using the same book all week)

Hold a sentence - Choose a sentence from the book your child has been reading. Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 10th June

English Task  

Following on from the work you did on rhyming yesterday. Look at the document uploaded below (rhyming spells). Get your grown up to help you read out the spell and think of a word to finish of the spell that rhymes. You can either draw the picture or write the word. You do not need to print the document off you can  draw/write in your workbook. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ then click day 3. Today you will be practicing your counting and even having a game of Wizard hide and seek!

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 9th June 

English Task 

The Princess and the Wizard story has lots of rhyming words in. Click the following link for a rhyming game starter activity. This should be available to use on a tablet too. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/1/cake-bake   (usename : march20  password: home)

Then..... Can you complete the rhyming string below? You can write them in your work book or on paper (you don't need to print it out)

Maths Task

Click the following link for today's learning, then click Day 2. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Books for this week (Remember you have the same book for the whole week)

Red- Nog in the fog (ditty1)
Green - Nip and Chip (story1) 

Purple- What is it?

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - Up in the Air

Yellow- In the Park

Blue - On Your Bike

Grey - A job for Jordan

Phonics Play Games

The phonics play site we used for our rhyming activity today has lots of phonics games that the children love and it is currently still free. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Username: march20    password: home

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 8th June 

Learning for this week is based around the story 'The Princess and the Wizard' by Julia Donaldson. You can listen to the story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyMw-j5Fmnc

English Task

Can you create your own Wizard magic potion? What things will you put in? Write a list of the ingredients. You can use the writing frame below as a template or write it in your workbook. What will your magic Wizard potion do?

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's tasks https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Click on Day 1. Today you will be ordering the days of the week and doing some work on patterns. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

I am moving everybody onto the next colour band so if your child was reading green books, they will now be reading purple books and so on - please see table below!

Red- Nog in the fog (ditty1)
Green - Nip and Chip (story1) 

Purple- What is it?

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - Up in the Air

Yellow- In the Park

Blue - On Your Bike

Grey - A job for Jordan

Topic Activities (W.B 8.6.20)

- Can you use craft materials to make a magic wand to cast your own spells? 

- In the Princess and the Wizard story the Wizard has a challenge for the princess everyday.  Can you write your own princess diary? You can either write it in your workbook or use the template below. 

- Can you make your own Wizard hat biscuit. (see below for the recipe). 

-Can you make a Wizard potion? (see below for science experiment)

Makaton sign of the week 8.6.20

Click the following link for Makaton sign of the week.... 

https://wetalkmakaton.org

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 5th June

English Task 

You will now all be familiar with the story 'The Snail and the Whale'. Today get your child to make some props/masks for the main characters in the story. With the props/masks they make can they retell the story in the correct order? Do they know the main events in the story at the beginning, middle and end?

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. Day 5. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Today you will be learning about measure - length, height and distance. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After speed sound lesson.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

Then.... 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 4th June

English Task 

After reading the story 'The Snail and the Whale' can your child draw and write about their favourite part of the story? Remind your child to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ then click day 4. Today you will be learning about odd and even numbers. This can be quite tricky, it suggests sharing the number of objects out first between 2 people/plates etc and if there is 1 left over then it is odd if they share out equally with none leftover it is even. I would definitely do this first as children need the practical experience! 

RWI/Reading 

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

Then .....

Practice speedy green words and red words at the back of the book first then get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency! (Remember you are using the same book all week)

Hold a sentence - Choose a sentence from the book your child has been reading. Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

Home Learning Tasks- Wednesday 3rd June

English Task 

Yesterday you wrote about where you would like the whale to take you if you were the snail. Today can you write a postcard from your destination? Remember to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops in your writing. Get your grown-ups to send me your postcards either using evidence me or on our facebook page. I am looking forward to reading them! 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Click on day 3. Today you will be doing some number work with a focus on numbers to 20! 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

Home Learning Task - Tuesday 2nd June 

English Task 

If you haven't already, get your child to listen to the story of 'The Snail and the Whale' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x887mPO9X9c. If you have the story book read it to your child.  Then get your child to complete the following writing task ...... If you were the snail where would you want the whale to take you? You can use the writing frame below or complete your writing in your work book we provided. 

Maths Task

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ then click Day 2. 

Today you will be exploring pattern and learning about addition and subtraction. 

RWI/Reading

Speed sound lessons are available on the following you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ at 9:30am. They are now on repeat so may appear to have a previous date on. If you think your child knows ALL sounds in the set they are working at (e.g. set 1, set 2 or set 3). They could have a go at the next set. There is also some new videos available for children working at set 2 and 3. Click the following link to find out more. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

After Speed sounds lesson.......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

n order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

I am moving everybody onto the next colour band so if your child was reading green books, they will now be reading purple books and so on - please see table below!

red - ditty book Sun Hat Fun

green - Rag the Rat (Just story 1)

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- The Troll in the Pond

Orange - Horses

Yellow- At the Seaside

Blue/Grey - Blue book this week Save the Whale

Home Learning - Monday 1st June 

English Task

Ask your child to choose their favourite nursery rhyme. Get your child to draw a picture to sequence the main events in their favourite rhyme.   Challenge : Can your child write out the words to a part of the rhyme of the rhyme title. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. This week in maths all learning is based around the story of 'The Snail and the Whale'. Click the following link to listen to the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x887mPO9X9c. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

I am moving everybody onto the next colour band so if your child was reading green books, they will now be reading purple books and so on - please see table below!

red - ditty book Sun Hat Fun

green - Rag the Rat (Just story 1)

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- The Troll in the Pond

Orange - Horses

Yellow- At the Seaside

Blue/Grey - Blue book this week Save the Whale

Topic activities (W.B 1.6.20)

Music Task Using pots, pans and baking trays from the kitchen lay out your own ‘drum kit’. Allow your child to explore by banging and tapping the pans to see the different sounds they make. Extend this activity by tapping out a rhythm and asking your child to listen to it then repeat it. You could make this more difficult by adding in a blindfold so they have to rely on the sound to identify which pot or pan they need to hit to copy.

The change that Covid-19 has caused to our lives has been difficult and has provided countless challenges. For many children, the uncertainty and disruption to everyday life has caused worry and anxiety. These tasks are designed to help children process the current situation, begin to make sense of it and plan for returning to a different normal.

Think

• Ask your child to think about how they are feeling about returning to being at school, whenever that may be! Can they list two or three feelings? Explain to your child that it is okay to feel like this and many children across the world are most likely feeling the same. Your child could draw a heart or a rainbow for other children and list kind words for them.

Talk

• Does your child have any questions about what school will be like when they eventually return?  Discuss the changes that will be in place when they return e.g. more handwashing, how to social distance, etc. Then talk about all of the things that will remain the same e.g. wearing the same uniform etc. 

Do

• The thought of returning to school will fill many children with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. Why not make a positivity box? Your child could add items to this box that make them feel safe and provide comfort. When they are feeling apprehensive, they could choose an item from the box to hold and think about a time when they felt calm.

Makaton - Sign of the Week (W.B 1.6.20)

https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 22nd May 

English Task

Click the following link to see today's photograph ‘The Forbidden Tower’  https://www.pobble365.com/the-forbidden-tower. Talk to your child about the photo.  Get your child to write about the photograph. Encourage your child to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Today you will be learning about ordering different lengths! 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 21st May 

English Task 

Can your child make a wanted poster for the Gruffalo. Can they draw a picture of the Gruffalo? Can they describe him? 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ Today you will be learning about money! 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books - Please continue to practice green words.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red - I Can Hop

Green - Skateboard Sid

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - (going to read a yellow book this week) A Sweetcorn Salad

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) How to Make a Peach

Home Learning Task- Wednesday 20th May

English Task 

Get your child to choose a favourite character from 'The Gruffalo' story. Will it be the Gruffalo, the mouse, the fox? Ask your child to draw a picture  of their favourite character. Can they write words/sentences to describe their character? E.g. furry body, knobbly knees, black teeth etc. 

Maths Task

Click the following link for today's maths. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Today you will be doing some exercise and dance in maths, learning to count movements and using a timer/stopwatch! 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books - Please continue to practice green words.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red - I Can Hop

Green - Skateboard Sid

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - (going to read a yellow book this week) A Sweetcorn Salad

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) How to Make a Peach

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 18th May 

English Task 

Talk to your child about the events in the story of The Gruffalo. Ask your child to draw pictures showing what happened at the beginning, middle and end. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Day 2 - Superworm. 

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red - I Can Hop

Green - Skateboard Sid

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - (going to read a yellow book this week) A Sweetcorn Salad

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) How to Make a Peach

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 18th May 

This week we will be focusing on two popular story books both by Julia Donaldson. 

English Task 

Listen to the story of 'The Gruffalo'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sUPpPc8Ws. Ask your child questions about the books that you have shared- Who are the main characters? How are the characters feeling? Who is your favourite character? Why? What did you like/dislike about this story?

Maths Task 

Click the following link for learning for today. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Today you will be exploring pattern through the book 'Super Worm'. Click the following link to listen to the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jnk3XApKBg

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. 

Red - I Can Hop

Green - Skateboard Sid

Purple- Skateboard Sid and the Hat

Pink- A Map in the Attic

Orange - (going to read a yellow book this week) A Sweetcorn Salad

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) How to Make a Peach

Topic Activities W.B 18.5.20

• Can you make some Gruffalo crumble? Perhaps you can write an ingredients list or maybe even a recipe for other people to follow!   (See below for recipe) 

• The Gruffalo features a snake. Click here to play snake - Use the arrows on the keyboard to move the snake around - count how many apples you can collect. Or, play a family game of Snakes and Ladders.

Visit ‘The Gruffalo’ website

• Listen to the Gruffalo song, learn the ‘Monkey Puzzle’ song in makaton and dance along to the ‘Gruffalo’s Child’ song. There are also some great interactive games in the play and explore area. Colour your own Gruffalo using the paint game, create your own monster on monster maker and much more.

• You could do some super worm painting using spaghetti! 

If you are out walking in the woods why not have a go at one of the following woodland activities

• Listening in the woods what can you hear?

• Making homes for one of the creatures in the story.

• How about collecting some leaves and flowers and doing some printing?

Makaton - Sign of the Week 

Follow the link for our sign of the week. https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 15th May 

English Task 

Create a Rainforest animal mask with your child and talk about the sounds different animals make. 

Get your child to write a sentence to describe the animal. e.g. I like the monkey. He is cheeky. He jumps in the trees. 

Maths Task 

We have done this task before so you should all be familiar with it. I want to focus on getting the children to recognise numbers 1-20 and I know they enjoyed this game  :) 

With your number cards we provided, hide them around your garden/house. Get your child to go on a hunt for them and put them in the correct order. Get your child to close their eyes and remove 1 or 2 cards. Get your child to identify the missing numbers. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 14th May 

English Task 

Get your child to listen to the story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea or read it with your child if you have the book at home. 

Get your child to draw a picture of the tiger. Get them to label the picture using words to describe him e.g. stripy fur, sharp teeth. 

Follow this link to listen to the story https://safeyoutube.net/w/89T5

Maths Task 

 An active task today- with a focus on direction! 

Make a garden trail using arrows made from sticks/twigs( you could maybe hide something at the end of it). Ask you child to follow the trail and identify the direction. You could also do this on your walk. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words. Encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Then.....

Hold a sentence - Choose a sentence from the book your child has been reading. Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

Home Learning - Wednesday 13th May 

Today I have provided English and Maths activities that children should be able to get on with independently - I thought this might be a welcome change for parents- Take this time to enjoy a well deserved cup of tea! 

English task 

Today children will be practicing their handwriting. Click the following link https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/ to access an animated handwriting tool.  You can select the letters that you think your child needs most practice with writing. You can start with the press/follow but aim to work towards the 'Free draw' option.

Maths Task 

Get your child to play the following ladybird counting, matching and ordering game. You can tailor the difficulty level to match the needs of your child. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books - Please continue to practice green words.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Fat Frog

Green - The Get Fit Club

Purple- Popcorn

Pink- The Troll in the Pond

Orange - Jam Tarts

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) A Hole in my Tooth

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 12th May 

English Task 

Talk about the Rainforest with your child and ask: What can you see? What can you hear? Ask your child to draw a picture of the rainforest and write a sentence about what they can see or hear.

Maths Task 

Practice writing the numerals to 10 and then up to 20 if your child is able. You could do this in chalk in the garden, using felt tips, crayons or anything that will engage your child.

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. Point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Fat Frog

Green - The Get Fit Club

Purple- Popcorn

Pink- The Troll in the Pond

Orange - Jam Tarts

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) A Hole in my Tooth

Home learning Tasks - Monday 11th May 

English Task 

Say or write a list of all the animals you would find in the rainforest. CHALLENGE: Can your child think of an animal for each letter of the alphabet e.g. a=alligator, b=bird.

You might want to watch the following video first to help! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011mwwt

Maths Task 

Use the ten frame on the following link to practice making different amounts.   http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tenFrame/index.html. Adult to give a number and child to display the correct number on the ten frame. You could then also practice making different amounts by collecting natural materials from your garden e.g leaves, flowers. 

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

For Set 2 and 3 speed sound lessons you may have to visit 'Ruth Miskin Training' page on facebook for the link 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Fat Frog

Green - The Get Fit Club

Purple- Popcorn

Pink- The Troll in the Pond

Orange - Jam Tarts

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) A Hole in my Tooth

Weekly Topic Activities (W.B 11.5.20)

The topic is week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the world’s rainforests. Learning may focus on the plants, animals and insects

that inhabit the rainforest, food that originates there and weather patterns. It could look at plants and animals that can be found in the garden too.

Which Animals Live in the Rainforest?

• Watch this video about animals in the rainforest. Can your child tell you about some of the animals that live in the rainforest? Can they remember any facts? Can they describe the animals?

• Ask your child to make their own explorers outfit (e.g. binoculars, sunhat, backpack) and head out to the garden or on your daily walk. What creatures can your child find? Are they similar to any you might see in the rainforest? Take photographs.

Draw a Picture of a Rainforest Animal on the Computer

• Ask your child to draw a picture of a rainforest animal. Can they use computing software to recreate their picture? Try Paint.

Create your own jungle

• Click here to create your own jungle. Drag the animals onto the picture. Where do you think the animals should go? Why? i.e. on the ground, in the trees…

Make a Collage of a Rainforest Animal

• Use collage to create your own rainforest animal using recycled materials from around the house. Share your finished creation to inspire others on our Home learning page on Facebook. 

Makaton - Sign of the week (W.B 11.5.20)

https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 7th May 

English Task 

Today Maths and English is very much linked.  For English you will be writing a list of food for a picnic with the hungry caterpillar. 

Encourage your child to use their phonic knowledge and to think about how a list is set out. 

Maths Task

This is the exciting part..... Picnic time! 

Click the following link for today's learning https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click Day 4. You will be exploring number and sharing! Have fun!

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then..... 

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words..

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 6th May 

English Task

Can your child write about the life cycle of a caterpillar? You could encourage them to watch this video that I posted for topic work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivWeOrCaeI it is so exciting observing the process. We also had real caterpillars when the children were in nursery so they observed the process first hand! Then get your child to write about what they remember. They could draw a picture to go with each step. Encourage children to use their phonic knowledge to have a go at writing their own sentences. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ Day 3.  Today you will be exploring addition and subtraction using fruit and then finding out which is the most popular piece of fruit in your house! Have fun! 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books - Please continue to practice green words.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Get up!

Green - Hands 

Purple- What is it?

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange -Blackbirds

Yellow-(going to read another blue book this week) On Your Bike

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 5th May 

English Task

Have a discussion with your child about healthy foods and foods that aren't healthy. Get your child to make a list of healthy and non-healthy food. You could use the food that the hungry caterpillar ate ! 

Maths Task 

Click on the following link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ then Day 2. Today you will be exploring size and length through finger painting!

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. You point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Get up!

Green - Hands 

Purple- What is it?

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange -Blackbirds

Yellow-(going to read another blue book this week) On Your Bike

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 4th May 

Learning this week will be based around the popular children's story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Click the following link to listen to the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY 

English Task 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar tried lots of different fruits! Can you draw a picture and write about your favourite fruit?  E.g. I like strawberries. They are very juicy and sweet. Maybe the hungry caterpillar will try your favourite! 

Maths Task 

Click the following link and click on Day 1. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Today you will be exploring patterns and shapes!

RWI/Reading (Remember to move onto a new book see list below)

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl.

Red - Get up!

Green - Hands 

Purple- What is it?

Pink- Light and Shadow

Orange -Blackbirds

Yellow-(going to read another blue book this week) On Your Bike

Topic Activities (W.B 4.5.20)

Below are some topic based activities all based around The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

- Try making your own fruit smoothie/ fruit salad or fruit kebabs. Talk about the fruit you like/ don’t like. You could even have a go at writing it down. 

-Begin making your own dairy  – Write about what they have done today, adult to emphasis the days of the week, you could use the days of the week song on white rose maths to help. keep adding to this and keep it in a safe place one day Coronavirus will be taught in history! 

- Try making your own story map or story book about the hungry caterpillar. A story map involves drawing pictures of the main events in the story so that you can retell it. 

- The following link is to a video clip of the life cycle of a butterfly! It really is fascinating to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivWeOrCaeI 

-Try doing some fruit and veg printing - cut the fruit/veg in half, cover them with paint and do some printing. What shapes can you see? Can you make a pattern? (peppers, potatoes, onions, apples and oranges work particularly well!) 

- Try making a symmetrical butterfly. Add some different coloured paint spots to your paper then fold it in half and rub the paper to spread the paint. Open it out to see the beautiful patterns and then cut out a butterfly shape! 

Makaton - Sign of the week 

Click the following link to learn our makaton sign of the week! https://wetalkmakaton.org/

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 1st May 

English Task 

Today children will be doing some writing based around the following picture. https://www.pobble365.com/an-unexpected-adventure/.

Discuss the picture first with your child (it is a very unusual one today). Where might the girl be going? How do you think she is feeling? What can she see? Then get your child to write about it- encouraging use of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Get children to use their phonic knowledge to have a go at writing words- remember their spelling doesn't have to be correct when writing more complex words, it is about them being able to break the sounds down in the words. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's maths task. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Today you will be working out if the pirate's counting is 'trash' or 'treasure'. There is also a lovely shape song for you to have a go at!

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then..... 

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning - Thursday 30th April 

English Task 

Today you will be acting out the popular story of the 3 little pigs! Maybe you could make masks for the main characters? Can you remember what the little pigs and the big bad wolf say? 

Parents - You might want to read the story with the children first, you will find the story on Youtube. 

Maths Task 

Learning for today can be found here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Click Day 4 - Today you will be making a pirate ship and a pirate flag! I would love to see your finished work! 

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Then.....

Hold a sentence - This is something the children are all familiar with so should know the routine! For this week - Choose a sentence from the book. Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. We are all looking at non-fiction books this week.

Red - Sun Hat Fun

Green - Let's go

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- Baboons

Orange - Horses

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) Save the Whales

Home Learning - Wednesday 29th April 

English Task 

Get your child to design their dream house. What rooms would they like to have in their house? Encourage children to be as imaginative as they can be (e.g. a cinema room, a chocolate room). Get your child to label their house using their phonic knowledge.

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's maths task. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click Day 3. Today you will be using positional language! Have fun!

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books - Please continue to practice green words.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. We are all looking at non-fiction books this week.

Red - Sun Hat Fun

Green - Let's go

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- Baboons

Orange - Horses

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) Save the Whales

Home Learning - Tuesday 28th April

English Task 

Get your child to write a message in a bottle. Get your child to choose someone they would like to write to. Encourage your child to use full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. It is often a good idea to get your child to say what they want to write first.

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's maths activity. Then click Day 2- Night pirates. Today your maths will involve a bit of science too - floating and sinking! Have fun! 

Reading/RWI

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. You point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. We are all looking at non-fiction books this week.

Red - Sun Hat Fun

Green - Let's go

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- Baboons

Orange - Horses

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) Save the Whales

Home Learning - Monday 27th April 2020

English Task 

We are going to play a pairs game again!  Get your child to write out the following red words twice ( you, your, of, he and be). Cut them up and turn them into a pairs game like last week! 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's maths task. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. Then click W/B 27th April and then Day 1- Monday. All of our maths this week is based around pirates. Click the following links for the stories linked to learning this week  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVP6iBAvHg     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ1Q_f7JJ8E.

Today you will be creating a pirate telescope and exploring patterns! You will also be doing some measuring of time! Have fun!

Reading/RWI

RWI/Reading (Remember to move onto a new book see list below)

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in. There is also now the word time lesson and spelling lesson within these lessons. Children are all familiar with the routine. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

In order to access your child's reading book this week you need to log onto Oxford Owl. We are all looking at non-fiction books this week. There is a video here that will explain the difference between fiction and non-fiction. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/zty8xfr (Only watch the video as the activities are KS2)

Red - Sun Hat Fun

Green - Let's go

Purple- A Pet Goldfish

Pink- Baboons

Orange - Horses

Yellow- (going to read a blue book this week) Save the Whales

Weekly Topic work (W.B 27th April 2020)

The topic  this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about their home! 

• The rooms in my house-
  • Support your child to create a map  of their home. Can they name all of the rooms? An adult could hide an object in a room and mark where it is on the child’s map. Can they use their map to find the hidden object? Label each room using phonics knowledge.
  • Gather an object from each room and challenge your child to return them to the appropriate room e.g. toothbrush from the bathroom, teddy from their bedroom.
  • Hide objects around the room and describe where it is e.g. “it’s under something red” Can your child hide an object and describe where it is for you to find?
• Go on a numeral hunt-
  • Search for numerals around the house (clocks, books, house numbers, car registrations, oven, washing machine). Can they record the numerals on paper?

• Find your house on google maps- (Children LOVE doing this at school!)
  • Explore using google maps to look at your house from above and on street view. Use the arrows to move up and down the road and around your area. Can they find key places e.g. the corner shop, their school, grandparents houses.
  • Search for a house in a different part of the world and discuss how it is similar or different to your own. You could use places children have visited on holiday or search places that are significantly different.

• Junk model your house-
  • Using old packaging (shoe box, cereal box etc.) support your child to make a model of your house. Can they count how many windows there are and stick on the right amount? Can they write their house number on the front?
  • Junk model your dream house. Use materials from around your house to decorate e.g. old wallpaper, fabric, wool.

• Use construction blocks to build your house-
  • Using lego, duplo, wooden blocks make a model of your house. Can they add in the rooms and doors in the right places? Write labels to match each room on pieces of paper.
  • Build your dream house out of construction blocks.

• Create a furniture collage-
  • Using old magazines and catalogues support your child to cut out and stick or sort objects into the room they would belong in. Support your child to use correct scissor grip. 

• Exploring with your senses-
  • Gather a collection of household objects e.g. fork, cup, toothbrush, teddy bear, book and show your child. Use a scarf/ material as a blindfold and pass your child one of the objects. Can they figure out what it is through touch alone? Give clues if they are struggling. Swap roles and ask your child to give you an object to figure out.
  • Explore the textures around your house. Can children find something rough, smooth, bumpy.They could take a wax rubbing of each texture (Lay a piece of paper over the top and rub over with the side of a crayon). You could continue this into the garden.

Home Learning - Friday 24th April

English Task 

Get your child to write about the story of Supertato. Get them to retell the story and then do some writing about it. Remember capital letters at the beginning of your sentences, finger spaces in the middle and full stops at the end!  They could even do a picture to go with it! As always I would love to see your completed work! 

Maths Task 

To access learning for today click the following link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/.  Today you will be growing your own veg and/or making your own super hero vegetables! 

RWI/Reading 

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . They have also added a word time lesson and spelling (Fred Fingers) to the video. Children have been doing this in school so will be familiar with the routine!

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to watch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

Home Learning - Thursday 23rd April 

English Task 

Show your child this pobble 365 image https://www.pobble365.com/watery-world/ . Talk with your child about about the picture.  What can they see? Who do they think lives in the house? Why do they think it is under the sea etc? Then get your child to write about it. Encourage children to use capital letters at the beginning of their sentences, finger spaces in between their words and full stops at the end of their sentence. I would love to see your work ! Post it on facebook, send it to reception@chopwellprimary.co.uk or submit it as an observation on evidence me. 

Maths Task 

Click the following link for today's learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ Then click W/B 20th April. Click Day 4. Today you will be exploring patterns. I would love to see what you have created! Have fun! 

Reading/RWI

lease follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . They have also added a word time lesson and spelling (Fred Fingers) to the video. Children have been doing this in school so will be familiar with the routine!

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to watch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then......

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Then.....

Hold a sentence - This is something the children are all familiar with so should know the routine! See below for the sentence you will be working on today (this depends on which colour your child is currently working on). Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- A Cat in a Pot    Hold a sentence : A cat in a pot. 

Green - Tug, Tug       Hold a sentence: I will catch a big fish. 

Purple- Elvis              Hold a sentence : His job is mending things. 

Pink- Sanjay Stays in Bed    Hold a sentence:   I must stay in bed all day. 

Orange - Come on Margo    Hold a sentence : Three cars stand at the start. 

Yellow- Lost   Hold a sentence: 

Home Learning - Wednesday 22nd April 2020

English Task 

Ask your child to write out 'red words' (I, no, go, to, the) twice then cut them up and turn them into a pairs game to play with your child. 

Maths Task 

Find activities for today by following this link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ .  Choose W/B 20th April Day 3 - Wednesday. The activity today involves making a racetrack and using ordinal numbers! It also includes doing some exercises! Have fun!

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . They have also added a word time lesson and spelling (Fred Fingers) to the video. Children have been doing this in school so will be familiar with the routine!

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to watch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. If you think children are confident at using 'Fred talk' to read these words move to 1.6 and 1.7. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- A Cat in a Pot

Green - Tug, Tug

Purple- Elvis

Pink- Sanjay Stays in Bed

Orange - Come on Margo

Yellow- Lost

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Home Learning - Tuesday 21st April 2020

English Task 

Get your child to practice writing their full name. Children are really good at writing their first name but surnames can be very tricky!

Maths Task

Find activities for today by following this link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ .  Today Evil pea has been leaving maths facts around the supermarket, your child's job is to tell you if they are right or wrong and explain why!  Being able to explain their thinking is quite hard for young children but it is an excellent skill to have!

Reading/RWI

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . They have also added a word time lesson and spelling (Fred Fingers) to the video. Children have been doing this in school so will be familiar with the routine!

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to watch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. You point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read.

Home Learning - Monday 20th April 

English Task 

Get your child to draw a picture of the people who live in their house. If they share time across two houses, draw who lives in each house. Get your child to label their family member using their phonics knowledge. 

Maths Task 

Learning for maths this week is based around the story book 'Supertato!' Click the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rze89HB9u8g to listen to the story. 

Find activities today by following this link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ you will be exploring using different shapes and sizes to make a trap for the evil pea! 

RWI/Reading (Rememeber to move onto a new book see list below)

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ . They have also added word time lesson to the video. Children have been doing this in school so will be familiar with the routine!

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to watch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. If you think children are confident at using 'Fred talk' to read these words move to 1.6 and 1.7. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- A Cat in a Pot

Green - Tug, Tug

Purple- Elvis

Pink- Sanjay Stays in Bed

Orange - Come on Margo

Yellow- Lost

Weekly Topic work (W.B 20th April 2020)

Our topic this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. 

I have provided you with some ideas of some activities you could do with your child over the course of the week. 

• Look at a selection of family photographs and discuss the changes over time. Show your child a photograph of them as a baby, a 1-year-old, a 2-year-old. What could they do at that age? What can they do now that they couldn’t do then? Look at a picture of a family member as a baby (this could be parents, siblings). Discuss how everyone was a baby once. Are there any black and white photographs? Why are these photographs black and white? Do they show older family members when they were younger? Talk about how life was different then.

• Draw a family tree- How does your family link together? Can your child draw out their family members and link them together using lines?

• Do a picture survey of the people in your house. How many family members have blonde/ brown/ black/ red hair? Can you record this with pictures? How many people have blue/ brown/ green eyes?

• Have a family picnic. Lay out a blanket in the living room or garden. Can children make sure everyone has a plate, fork, spoon, cup? How many do we need all together? Give your child a selection of food and ask them to share it fairly between everyone? If there is one left over what could we do?

• Sort out the clean clothes. Who do they belong to? Can they deliver them to the right place in the house? Pair up socks. Can they match the patterns/ colours? Can they count in twos to work out how many there are all together? Peg clothes on the airer (this will support children to develop hand strength which will impact on their writing).

• Lay the table for your family for dinner- How many people are there? How many knives, forks, cups do you need? Write out name cards for everyone in your family to show them where to sit. Write a menu to let them know what is for dinner that night. Roleplay as a waiter/ waitress. What would everyone like in their sandwiches for lunch? What drinks would everyone like to have with their dinner?

• Make a birthday card for the next family birthday-  How old are they going to be? Can they write the numerals to show the correct age? Write a message inside for your family member and sign it with your name.

• What jobs do the people in your family do? Talk to your child about your job and what you do. What would they like to be when they grow up? Can they draw a picture of themselves in the job they would like to do?

• Use play dough to make your family members- Use ready made play dough or make your own using this recipe:
  • 2 cups of plain flour, one cup of salt, a tablespoon of oil, a cup of water (add gradually), a couple of drops of food colouring (optional), a teaspoon of cream of tartar (optional, but will make it last longer)
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• Play a family board game- Play a game together. Talk about taking it in turns and playing fairly. Dice games will support your child’s number recognition. You could use a spinner with numerals on to help develop numeral recognition. If you don’t have a spinner you could make one using an old cereal box and a split pin.

• Find out everyone’s favourite song in your family- Listen to each person’s favourite song and make up a dance to match. Do you like the same music? What is your favourite song?

Easter Holidays 

Another great week of home learning has come to an end! We just wanted to say .....

Thank you for all of the updates on Evidence Me, and for all of the messages and support you have shown on our Facebook home learning page! We have loved seeing what the children have been up to and how they are getting on at home! We miss them all so much! You've been amazing during this extremely difficult time! Thank you!

I won't be uploading any work over the Easter holidays, but will start again on Monday 20th April. I have however, added a few Easter themed crafts and activities that might help to keep your little ones busy! Please continue to read lots of stories with your children and keep practicing their RWI green words and sounds. Most of all have lots of fun together and make the most out of this incredibly difficult time! Thanks again for your continued support!

Easter Activity Ideas

-Make some Easter treats. You could make cakes or biscuits and decorate them too!

- Have an Easter egg hunt! Ask a grown up to hide some Easter eggs for you to find. How many eggs can you find? (White Rose Maths have some lovely ideas for an Easter egg hunt with a maths focus! Click the following link and then choose week 1 home learning  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/) 

-Try some planting activities. You could plant some seeds in a flowerpot filled with soil. Make sure you give them some water and put them somewhere sunny.

- Decorate some hard boiled eggs, to make them bright and colourful. You could use pens or paint and add some extra decorations such as stickers, feathers, pom poms or googly eyes. 

- Make an Easter basket to keep your Easter eggs safe. You could use empty cardboard boxes and add some decorations too.

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 3rd April 2020 

English Task

Practice reading the alien words using Fred Talk (Day 10 in home learning book). Get your child to draw their own alien and make up their own alien word! 

Maths Task 

Children to name 3D shapes (Day 10 in home learning booklet). Get children to count how many of each shape they can see.

Then practice numbers 0-20 with your child. You could hide them around the house/garden for your children to find and order or you could do them as number flashcards - show the children the numbers out of order and get children to say the number and then order them. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you! 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Got Him  

Green - Black Hat Bob    

Purple- Tag    

Pink- Tab's Kitten  

Orange - A Good Cook   

Yellow-Robbin Hood 

Home learning Tasks - Thursday 2nd April 2020

English Task 

Complete the rhyming strings set out in home learning booklet (Day 9). Encourage children to tell you the words that rhyme with each picture and then write them down. 

Maths Task 

Get your child to complete task in home learning booklet (Week 2- Day 9). Children to identify the shortest and longest.

Extension- Can children order the caterpillars?

Reading/RWI

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Hold a sentence - This is something the children are all familiar with so should know the routine! See below for the sentence you will be working on today (this depends on which colour your child is currently working on). Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Got Him  Hold a Sentence - Zip it up.

Green - Black Hat Bob     Hold a sentence -  He is on his ship. 

Purple- Tag     Hold a sentence -   He hid in the big box. 

Pink- Tab's Kitten   Hold a sentence -  She has got fish and milk. 

Orange - A Good Cook   Hold a sentence -  The pasta took all day to cook. 

Yellow-Robbin Hood    Hold a sentence  - Will you put that arrow back and get a stick

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 1st April 2020

English Task 

Can you write about our baby ducklings? (See home learning booklet Week 2 - Day 8) Remind your children to use  full stops, capital letters and finger spaces between each word. 

Maths Task 

White Rose maths -  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/  (Focus on week 2 Day 3) The focus of today is on positional language! Can your child make a map of the farm yard? Get your child to talk you through the map and where the animals are located  encouraging them to use positional language such as 'next to, in front of, behind'. They might be able to tell you which way the baddies went using language such as "around, past, straight ahead" etc. 

Day 8 in maths home learning booklet- Get your child to complete the takeaway sums. Encourage your child to cross out the objects this will support children's understanding of takeaway There is a number line under each sum that your child can also use to help them work it out. 

Reading/RWI

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Get your child to read the whole story to you. Your child will probably be becoming more confident as they have read the book a number of times - this is great for developing their reading fluency!

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Got Him

Green - Black Hat Bob

Purple- Tag

Pink- Tab's Kitten

Orange - A Good Cook

Yellow-Robbin Hood

Home Learning Tasks - Tuesday 30th March 2020 

English Task 

Children should all be familiar with the story of Hansel and Gretel. Get your child to look at the picture of the cottage made from sweets in their home learning book. Can your child write about the house? Encourage your children to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops at the end of the sentence. 

Maths Task 

Focus on Week 2 Day 2 on white rose website.  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Today's task involves making ladybird biscuits (on the website it also gives alternatives so see what you have in your cupboards) Utimately the children are going to be learning how to double numbers! E.g. make ladybird biscuits and put 2 spots on one side get your child to put the same number of spots on the other side "How many all together?" Adult to model language "yes double 2 equals 4". 

Don't worry if you do not have the ingredients in to make biscuits! (See day 6 maths task in home learning booklets instead). It is gingerbread man doubling today! I have left them blank so that children can see you drawing the sweeties on (can just use spots). E.g. for double 3. You draw 3 spots and get your child to draw 3 spots - get your child to count to see how many there is all together. Adult to model language "double 3 equals 6" etc.  Put emphasis on the fact that double means adding the same number again. Get your child to write the answer. 

Reading/RWI - (Same as last week but with different story book - See Below)

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. You point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Got Him

Green - Black Hat Bob

Purple- Tag

Pink- Tab's Kitten

Orange - A Good Cook

Yellow-Robbin Hood

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 30th March 2020

English Task 

Get your child to write about 'The Dragon' picture shown in their home learning booklet. Encourage them to say each sentence out loud to you first before they write it down. Just like last week - it is not about getting spelling correct it is about them using the phonic knowledge to have a go at sounding out words. Encourage children to write about what they can see, what the dragon is doing, what the dragon looks like etc.  Remind children to use capital letters for the beginning of their sentence, finger spaces in between each word and a full stop at the end of each sentence. 

Maths Task  (Ignore Day 6 maths task in home learning booklet) This will be used later on! 

Click on the following link for this weeks maths work  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/. For today focus on Week 1 Day 1 and watch the video clip.  Maths work this week is based around the story book "What the Ladybird Heard" if you have this book at home read it with your child first or click the following link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9mPX7DuLA. 

Follow the activities on the website for today, these activities will help support your child's understanding in grouping and sorting. 

RWI/Reading (Rememeber to move onto a new book see list below)

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

See below for live streaming times. The videos will be available to warch for 24 hours after the live stream. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am 
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am 
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Got Him

Green - Black Hat Bob

Purple- Tag

Pink- Tab's Kitten

Orange - A Good Cook

Yellow-Robbin Hood

Makaton Signing

Our class love learning new makaton signs and we have been learning at least one new sign each week since we started in September, this is helping all children in our class communicate, and all the children love it! I thought it would be a real shame for children to miss out while not attending school so thought I would share some links to things your child might like to do at home! Please remember the importance of using vocabulary alongside signing to encourage children to use their voice. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/SingingHandsUK   (This is a great you tube channel and has lots of topic based makaton signing e.g. wild animals, farm animals as well as lots of makaton signed stories and songs)

https://wetalkmakaton.org/    Follow this link to find out the sign of the week. 

Topic Ideas - Week Beginning 30th March 2020.

Either in your garden or on your daily walk have a look for some minibeasts. What can you find and where are they living? Maybe you could make your own minibeast habitat in your garden. Look at all the flowers that are starting to bloom can you name any? How about painting or drawing a picture of the flowers that you find. 

Home Learning Tasks - Friday 26th March 

Maths and English Task

Use the cube net provided to create a dice. Get your child to either write numbers 1-6 on their dice or draw dots on. Use the dice to complete the game provided in your home learning pack. Choose something from home that you could use as a counter. Take it in turns to roll the dice count the corresponding moves and then read the word.  

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you- they should be becoming a lot more fluent with this book now!

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Turn to the back cover of the story book - Questions to talk about. Give children the page number and give them time to find the page then ask them the questions. For 'FF' this stands for (fastest finger) your child has to find the answer and point and then tell you the answer. For have a think give your child time to think about the answer before answering- this is helping them to develop their comprehension skills. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Pin it On        Hold a sentence - "Pin it on"

Green - The Spell    Hold a sentence - "A slug is in my pot"

Purple- Tim and Tom  Hold a sentence- "I have got my red cap"

Pink- The dressing up Box    Hold a sentence - "He put on the pink wig and the cap"

Orange - Follow Me     Hold a sentence - "Follow me and I will show you what to do"

Yellow- The Gingerbread Man  Hold a sentence - "He stopped running and looked at the fox"

Home Learning Tasks - Thursday 26th March

English Task - Rhyming

Children to draw a line between the words that rhyme (see home learning booklet)
Extension - Get children to create a rhyming string and write it down e.g., cat, bat, hat, rat. 

Maths Task - Flashcards of numbers 0-20. You show child a number they say it and repeat for all numbers. 

Home learning booklet- Children to fill in the missing numbers. 

Then get children to order number flashcards 0-20. If your child is struggling with numbers beyond 10, work to secure your child's knowledge in numbers 0-10 before moving on to 11-20. 

Reading/RWI

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word.  Then swap over so your child is the 'teacher'. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out.  Your child should now be becoming more confident as they have been practicing the same words for a number of days - they may just be able to read the words without sounding them out. This is great as it is developing their fluency! Get your child to read the whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

Hold a sentence - This is something the children are all familiar with so should know the routine! See below for the sentence you will be working on today (this depends on which colour your child is currently working on). Say the sentence to your child and get them to repeat until they are able to say the sentence independently. Then model to your child writing the sentence out encouraging them to remind you of capital letters and finger spaces (e.g. what do we need at the beginning? What do we need between words, what do we need at the end? etc). Encourage children to use 'Fred fingers' to sound out words. Read the sentence to your child and get them to repeat. Then hide the sentence you have written and get your child to write the sentence down independently. Your child may even show you how we mark them when they have finished! 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Pin it On        Hold a sentence - "Pin it on"

Green - The Spell    Hold a sentence - "A slug is in my pot"

Purple- Tim and Tom  Hold a sentence- "I have got my red cap"

Pink- The dressing up Box    Hold a sentence - "He put on the pink wig and the cap"

Orange - Follow Me     Hold a sentence - "Follow me and I will show you what to do"

Yellow- The Gingerbread Man  Hold a sentence - "He stopped running and looked at the fox"

If anyone is having trouble with the parent share feature on evidence me you can also send photo updates of your child's  learning via email to reception@chopwellprimary.co.uk

Keep in touch! 

Home Learning Tasks - Wednesday 25th March 

English Task 

Get your child to write about  'The Troll' picture shown in their home learning booklet. Encourage them to say each sentence out loud to you first before they write it down. Just like yesterday - it is not about getting spelling correct it is about them using the phonic knowledge to have a go at sounding out words. Encourage children to write about what they can see, what the Troll looks like, what he might be doing etc. Remind children to use capital letters for the beginning of their sentence, finger spaces in between each word and a full stop at the end of each sentence. 

Maths Task 

Get your child to name the 3D shapes in their home learning booklet and go on a hunt to find things that are shaped like each one - when they have found one they can colour it in. 

For example they might find a ball and colour in the sphere. An ice cream cone for a cone, a tissue box for a cube etc. 

RWI/Reading

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then get your child to read whole book to you. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Pin it On

Green - The Spell

Purple- Tim and Tom

Pink- The dressing up Box

Orange - Follow Me

Yellow- The Gingerbread Man

Home Learning Tasks- Tuesday 24th March 2020

English Task

Your child's English Task today is based around the story of 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. Get your child to watch the following clip of the story being read.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5cb0u0rPM

In your home learning booklet get your child to write a list of 10 things they would take if they were visiting the moon. Get your child to write them down encourage them to use their phonic knowledge to make an attempt at writing the words, don't worry about spelling mistakes! Send me your child's writing via Evidence Me parent share. 

Maths Task 

Do number flashcards (0-20) with your child. You show them a number they say it. 

Get children to complete dinosaur addition sums. Encourage correct use of vocabulary "add" and "equals". If children struggle with the concept get children to count how many altogether.

Extension - Children to write the sum using numbers underneath. 

Reading/Phonics Task

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

There is a slight change- due to demand the videos will be available to view for 24 hours (until the following days session is streamed). 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Read whole story with your child. Take turns reading each page. You point under each word for your child to read and then swap so your child points under each word and you read. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Pin it On

Green - The Spell

Purple- Tim and Tom

Pink- The dressing up Box

Orange - Follow Me

Yellow- The Gingerbread Man

Home Learning Tasks - Monday 23rd March 2020

English Task - Get your child to point and read each sound on their word mat and then get your child to write them in the space provided in their booklet. Encourage correct letter formation. 

Maths Task - Use the flashcards you were provided with and hide them around your house and/or garden. Get your child to go on a hunt for all of the flashcards 0-20. When they have found them all encourage them to put them into the correct order. When they have put them in the correct order get your child  to close their eyes. Remove a number and get your child to work out which number is missing. Challenge - take more than one card away and get your child to identify all the numbers that are missing. 

Reading/RWI -

Please follow this link for a virtual daily speed sound lesson for your child to take part in.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Please see slip enclosed in your child's home learning pack this will inform you of what set speed sounds they are currently learning.

 Please note these are only available at set times- see below. 

• Set 1 speed Sounds at 9:30am and again at 12:30pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10:30am and again at 1:30pm 

Then.....

Practice speedy green words at the back of the book with your child. You sound out the word e.g. f-r-o-g and say frog, your child copies, do this for every word. Repeat for sounds, story green words and red words (page 4,5,6,7). N.B just read each red word and get your child to copy, you do not need to sound them out. Then read the whole story to your child using expression. Talk about the pictures. 

If your child is not yet onto reading books please practice green words 1.1-1.5 encourage children to Fred talk e.g. s-a-t and then say sat and also practice speed sound flashcards. 

As children are in different coloured groups for Read, Write Inc and therefore are reading different books.  Please see below for the book your child will be working on this week. 

Red- Pin it On

Green - The Spell

Purple- Tim and Tom

Pink- The dressing up Box

Orange - Follow Me

Yellow- The Gingerbread Man

Chinese New Year Celebrations!

This week we have had a wonderful time celebrating Chinese New Year! We have been creating paper lanterns, Chinese dragons and even tasted some delicious Chinese food! We have also been learning to say "Hello" in Chinese and have been writing Chinese numbers. Look at our photographs to find out more! 

We have had a fabulous week celebrating Halloween in reception! We have enjoyed making potions in the witches cottage, carving our own pumpkins and have even made a witches hat using an ice cream cone! We observed the chocolate melting then decorated them using lots of yummy decorations! 

We have had so much fun at forest school. We have been spotting the signs of Autumn and building hedgehog homes!

We have had a fantastic first week in reception! We have been exploring our new classroom and settling into our new routines! We have really enjoyed staying for our lunch!