Hello from school!

A quick video from Mrs Latham, Miss Parling and Miss Lowry : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY16i4C2KL

Yoga

In our movement area at Nursery, children love to try out the yoga poses that we have displayed. These are a great way to develop strength and flexibility as well as balance, coordination and body awareness.

Here are Miss Logan and Miss Morris demonstrating a few of the poses that children will have seen at Nursery. Have a go together at them at home.

If you enjoyed trying some of these yoga positions, you might like to watch and join in with a children’s Cosmic Yoga session. This one tells the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Sadly, we’re not at Nursery to sing our favourite caterpillar song so we thought we’d share it with you here.  We love to sing this song at Nursery and join in with the actions.  We have an extra verse too; it’s all about eating the leaves.

He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full. Munch, munch

He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full. Munch, munch

He will eat the leaves around him, eat the leaves around him, eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full. Munch, munch

Similarities and differences

Whilst Mrs Long was reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ to her little boy, we talked about how the caterpillar had changed and looked different at the end of the story. We often talk about how things are similar and different in Nursery, including people.  We talk to children about what makes themselves and others special, and about valuing the similarities and differences between themselves and others. In light of recent events in America and subsequent protests across the world, it is a reminder of the importance of appreciating these similarities and differences at such an early age.  We hope you enjoy watching this fun story from the Sesame Street gang all about how we are different and the same.

Have a good day and remember to visit our Class Page on Friday for another story time.

10 June 2020: Home Learning

Phonics

1.Tricky words

Practise reading all of the tricky words.

You could also have a go at spelling the phase 2 and 3 tricky words using the look, cover and write method.

2.Words to Read:

Use your ‘phoneme fingers’ or point to the sound buttons to help. How many sounds are in these words?

3.Phonics Activity: Play ‘Musical Blending’

Write these words on separate scrap pieces of paper.

Spread them out on the floor. Play some groovy tunes and dance away. When the music stops jump on a word and blend it. Keep going until you have read all of the words.

Maths

Interactive lesson

Literacy

We are going to continue thinking about our instructions for our activity.

1.Can you remember how to do your activity from yesterday?

2.What did you need?

3.What happened first, next, after that, finally?

4.Can you verbally give the instructions to a family member?

5.Can they follow your instructions? Do they make sense?

9 June 2020: Home Learning

Phonics

Interactive lesson 

Your child will need a pencil and paper or whiteboard and pen for this lesson. 

Maths

1.Watch the Numberblock ‘unlucky’ 13 video. 

You will need objects to use for counting, two ten frames (print or you can make/draw one).

2.Can you solve these number problems:

Indie has 12 pieces of chocolate, she gives 2 pieces to Elizabeth. How many pieces of chocolate does she have left?

Thea has 7 pom poms and Georgia has 6 pom poms. How many pom poms do they have altogether?

Charlie has 4 cars, Grayson has 2 cars and Joshua has 3 cars. How many do they have altogether?

Challenge: Iris has 6 oranges. She gives 2 oranges to Francesca and 2 oranges to Dylan. How many oranges do they each have?

Literacy

Yesterday, you watched Mrs Palmer pot a plant. Now it’s your turn. Can you think of something to do/make that you will be able to write some instructions for? This could be making a model, making a smoothie, baking a cake, drawing a picture, washing your hands.

Once you have an idea, talk about what you need to do/make your activity?

Have a go at doing/making your activity.

Whilst you are doing your activity think about what happened first, next, after that, finally?

Home Learning

Thank you to those people who are still keeping in regular contact via email. It’s great to know how you’re getting on at home and what you’ve been up to. A few people sent me their reading task from last week in which they explain their dream job – there’s some interesting ones!

Some people have been learning new skills during their time away from school. I wonder if she could make me some new outfits now?

8 June 2020: Home Learning

Phonics

1.Sing the ‘jolly phonics songs’.

2.Read the words below.

Parents: you could write them in your child’s home learning book if your child cannot read them on your device. 

3.Answer the yes/no questions.

Challenge: there are more questions here. For a challenge, read the green cards.

Maths

1.Watch the Numberblock ‘unlucky’ 13 video. 

2.Can you do 13 hops, claps, jumps? Remember to count each movement and stop at number 13.

3.Write the numbers 0-13 on the floor using chalk, paint or write on paper (make sure they are big enough to stand on).

4.Can you find the answers to these problems?

Find and stand on the number that is 1 more than 12

Find and stand on the number that is double 4

Find and stand on an odd number

Find and stand on a number that is fewer than 5

Find and stand on a number that is more than 7

Find and stand on an even number

Find and stand on the number that is half of 10

Challenge: Parents/carers give your child some more problems to solve. Can your child think of their own number problem?

Literacy

This week we will be looking at instructional writing. Please watch the video below. 

Mrs Palmer potting a plant

What did Mrs Palmer need to do her activity?

Can you put the following instructions in order?

• Print and cut out the instructions
• Read the instructions
• Talk about what happened first, next, after that, finally
• Put them into the right order

(Parents/carers – you can read the instructions out loud or print/write them for your child to read and order).

Title: How to pot a plant

Water the plant.

Lift the plant and put it in the soil.

Add some more soil to fill the pot.

Scoop the soil into the plant pot.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We hope that you enjoyed listening to Miss Logan reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ on Friday.  If you want to listen to it again, you can hear the author, Eric Carle, reading it here. 

Did you join in with the story?  There are lots of parts of this story that you can join in with.

• Can you help to count the fruit and name each food that the caterpillar eats?
• Can you say the days of the week?
• Can you remember the words that are repeated in the story? But he was still hungry!

Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.

Watch – We love this animated version of the story. There are some other great animated stories by the same author;  we like watching ‘The Very Quiet Cricket’.

Creative – printing

1. Potato printing is good fun. Carefully cut a potato in half and put some paint on a plate. Have a go at printing a caterpillar’s body using the potato. How long will you make it? Can you make a longer/shorter caterpillar? Give your caterpillar some legs using a paintbrush and add two eyes.  How many legs does your caterpillar have?
2.  We’re sure that you will all remember making butterfly prints when you were at school! Fold a piece of paper in half and cut out a butterfly shape. Keep the paper folded in half (it helps to stop your child painting on both sides!) and ask your child to paint a pattern (spots, lines, zigzags) to one side. When it’s finished, open the paper out and then fold it over the opposite way and press down carefully so that the paint transfers. Open it out and you should have printed the same pattern onto the opposite side so that you now have a butterfly with symmetrical wings.  Remember to send us a photograph of your caterpillars and butterflies!

Fiddly Fingers – Cut out a paper leaf shape. Can you use a hole punch to munch around the edge of a paper leaf? Children love to use hole punchers and it’s a great way to strengthen their finger muscles for writing too.

Mark Making – Have a go at drawing your own caterpillars or some of the food that he ate. There are lots of printable colouring sheets online if you have a printer. Some colouring pages are available towards the end of this booklet, mixed in with a few activities for older children.

Understanding the World – Can you find any caterpillars hiding in your garden?  They might be quite tricky to find. Have a look at these caterpillars that Jess found on a minibeast adventure.

What words could you use to describe the caterpillars?

Talk about what happens to the caterpillar at the different stages in its lifecycle.  There’s a game to play on Topmarks if you have access to a computer.

 Music & movement – Listen carefully to this  music clip that Melody plays. What did the music make you think of? Did it remind you of a butterfly fluttering its wings? Did you notice the music getting quicker and slower?

Have a go at moving like a butterfly, flying quickly and slowly and flapping your wings high and low. If you enjoyed this, here’s a butterfly dance to join in.

Mathematics – If you have the story book at home, count the fruit on each page. You could have a go at counting the fruit in your fruit bowl or use toy food if you have a play kitchen. Ask your child to count out some food for The Very Hungry Caterpillar to eat. For example, can you get the caterpillar 4 apples to eat?  The Caterpillar wants to eat 3 pizza slices.

If you’d like to play a game, there’s a simple picture matching game that introduces symmetry on Topmarks.

Have fun and remember to e-mail to let us know what learning you enjoy this week.  scholesf1@spherefederation.org

F2 Slideshow

We hope you have all had a lovely half term break and have managed to settle back into a routine this week. Before the holidays we asked for you to send in some pictures of the children doing activities that they love. Thank you for those of you that sent in some pictures. We have created a special video to showcase how proud we are of everyone for keeping such a positive attitude in these difficult times.

We hope it brings a smile to your day  🙂

Home Learning Heroes!

Hello Everyone.

We’re reached the end of our first week back after half-term, a week when our school opened up to more children. Some of you may be back in school, and some of you are at home.

A huge thank you to everyone who has emailed your teachers.

Here are some photos and a video that you have sent:

Olivia’s Video 

Escape Room Clues

Thank you to Lilia and Charlie for sending in their Esacpe Room Clues. Can you solve the clues to Lilia’s questions?