19 June 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Sing the tricky word songs.
Words to Read:
Tricky word countdown! Can you read the tricky words?
Phonics Activity:
Can you spot any tricky words in the story? How many did you find? Now, read the story.
→Need more of a challenge? Can you go on a tricky word scavenger hunt? Adults – you could write the tricky words on paper and hide around the house OR write them in chalk hidden outside. You’re child could then use a tick sheet to find and read the tricky words.
Maths
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle
1.It’s puppet show time! Use the puppets, setting and story map you have made to retell the story ‘The monkey puzzle’.
2.You could record your puppet show and email it to us.
Here is a quick example of how you could present your puppet show by Mrs Flynn.
Story Time
It’s been lovely to receive so many positive comments about our website posts this week -thank you. We’re really pleased to hear how much children are enjoying listening to their Key Workers read stories each week. It’s good to know that seeing some familiar faces is helping many children that are missing being at Nursery and playing with friends.
Miss Backhouse is going to read today’s story. It’s called ‘Look Out Ladybird!’ and is written by Jack Tickle (published by Little Tiger Press) . It’s all about a little ladybird that is learning to fly.
Here are a few activities that you might like to join in.
- If you enjoyed the ‘Under the sea’ counting game on Topmarks, you may also like counting the ladybird’s spots too.
- Did you like the hunting for minibeasts? This weekend, there’s a ‘Great Yorkshire Creature Count’ that you could join in with. You can find out more about it on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.
- The Ladybird was trying to learn how to fly in the story and it made us think of other things that fly. At Nursery, children love to make their own kites using resources in our craft area. If there’s a windy day and you have a kite, see if you can fly it high up into the sky. If you don’t have one, join in with Maddie and have a go at making your own. You could gather some sticks or use BBQ skewers if you have some. Be careful with the scissors and sharp points.
- Watch ‘Let’s Go For a Walk‘ and find out about bugs and how to do bark rubbings on a tree. We’d love to see a photo if you have a go at doing a bark rubbing too.
- Sometimes, it’s nice to have a sweet treat to enjoy at the weekend. We know lots of grown ups love to join in with The Great British Bake Off. Why not have a go at baking some Ladybird cupcakes or biscuits? Yum yum! If you wanted to make it healthier and keep it simple, you could just add chocolate dots to strawberries like the decorations on the cupcakes.
Home Learning
Lots of you went on minibeast hunts before the rain set in on Thursday. Mrs Beesley has seen lots of ladybirds in the garden at school and Mrs Long spotted an orange ladybird on a leaf in Temple Newsam. Did you find any? Here are some photographs of your friends from this week.
Father time: A character description
Here are some desriptions from our reading lesson today.
John’s blue scarf thumped up and down on his chest while his heavy, green wellington boots slowly slithered up the road. His camo hat helped stop the rain from beating heavily on his head. A ragged bag slung over his shoulder as he trailed on down the cobbled road. A stonewall, icy cold from the bitter air, stood tall while foogy mist crept by.
By Elizabeth
Nobody knows why but the weather changes depending on what John is feeling. The foggy, misty air seemed to swallow him whole and he suddenly became extinct from the world. All you could hear was the clocks- tick, tock, tick, tock. The sound faded to a nothingness.
By Madsion
Mark trudged along the cobbled road. Pulling the clock-filled sack onto his aching back, he sighed wearily once again. The sky was a foggy, dismal cover of rain. His beige coat with a broken zip had lost its purpose – just like him. His wife’s bright, blue scarf was his last good memory of her. Now, it warmed his neck and soothed his shattered hat.
By Eve
Walking down the uneven street, the damp air breathed across Johnny’s face. The foggy downpour of rain had taken over the day and all he wanted to do was to snuggle up in his bed. His bag was soaked through and his hat covered his sad eyes. Countless clocks sung in harmony made him think back to all his sunny memories.
By Olivia
18 June 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Maths
1.Watch the Numberblock14 video.
2.Mathematical graphics – Can you draw 14 in different ways? Can you tell a number story about your picture?
Things your child could draw to show 14:
- 14 monkeys jumping on a trampoline
- 14 stars in the sky
- 14 rainbows
- 14 hearts
Challenge: Use objects at home to solve the following problem. Is 14 an even or odd number? How do you know?
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.What happens in the story? What are the events?
3.Retell the story to a grown up or draw a story map of events.
Reading
Reading daily is an important part in supporting your child’s reading development.
We know most parents have been using oxford owls free ebooks to get their child to read daily – fantastic! Typically, a child in reception would be reading ‘Oxford Level 2/3‘, ‘Letters and sounds – phase 3/4’ and ‘Book band Red/Yellow/Blue’.
It might be that you are starting to get through most of the ebooks available that are appropriate for your child’s reading level. If so, here are some more free downloadable books that your child could enjoy. Click on the pictures to download the ebook.
To challenge your child further you could ask your child questions about what they have read. This is a great way to see if your child has really understood the story – encouraging your child to read for pleasure! The following resources are great conversation starters when encouraging your child to talk about what they have read.
Leiyah’s Hospital
Leiyah has entered a competion to design a new hospital. Her ideas are fantastic. Take a look here.
Isn’t it nice when things just work!
After watching this video, we decided to make our own. Just another normal day in 5/6M.
Can you do any better? Send your effort to your class teacher.
17 June 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Practise recognising and saying all the sounds.
Words to Read:
Use your ‘phoneme fingers’ to help blend the words. How many sounds are in these words?
Words to Write:
You could draw a phoneme frame in your exercise book to help you remember all the sounds.
Challenge: Can you write a sentence using these words?
Phonics Activity:
Phonics play – dragons den – phase 4 – CVCC – Set 1-7plus digraphs
Challenge: have a go at reading the polysyllabic words instead.
Maths
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.What is the setting? Where is the story set?
3.Draw the setting of the story. This will be the background for your puppet show. Here is an example of a setting you could draw.
Minibeast – Guess Who?
Today, we have a couple of fun activities for you to join in with. The first, is a game of ‘Guess the Minibeast’! We’ve all thought of 3 clues to describe a minibeast; your job is to listen carefully to the clues and to try and guess which minibeast we’re thinking of. Make sure you listen all the way to the end of the video to hear the answers. You’ll also be VERY pleased to see a familiar face that you might have been missing over the last few video posts.
Did you enjoy seeing Miss Backhouse again? We’re sure that you did. If you visit the Class Page again on Friday, you’ll be able to join in with Miss Backhouse’s story time too.
For the second activity, we’d like you to go on a minibeast hunt. See how many different types of minibeast you can find in your garden or go on a walk. There are some tips on where to find minibeasts on this website and a minibeast hunt sheet if you have a printer. If you don’t, you could simply draw/write down a list and tick them off or draw a picture of the different bugs as you find them. Alternatively, you could use a camera and take a photograph of them.
Let us know how you get on!
Similarities and differences
Finally, we know that some of you enjoyed listening to the story last week which was about celebrating the similarities and differences between people. Stories are a really good way to introduce and talk about important issues in a child friendly way. This week, we have another story that you might like- it’s called ‘It’s Ok to be Different’. It’s all about accepting that it is ‘ok’ to be different or to want to do different things to others.
16 June 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Phonics play – tricky word trucks – phase 3/4
Maths
1.Watch the Numberblock 14 video.
2.Can you do 14 hops, claps, jumps? Remember to count each movement and stop at number 14.
3.Write the numbers 0-14 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 13
Find and stand on the number that is double 7
Find and stand on an odd number
Find and stand on a number that is fewer than 8
Find and stand on a number that is more than 10
Find and stand on an even number
Find and stand on the number that is half of 12
Challenge: Parents/carers give your child some more problems to solve or can your child think of their own number problem?
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Who are the characters in the story? Who is in the story?
Mum Monkey, Dad Monkey, Baby Monkey, Butterfly, Elephant, Snake, Parrot, Frog and Bat.
3.Make puppets for some OR all of the characters. Here is an example of a puppet you could make. The puppets you make will be used for your puppet show on Friday.
You will need paper OR card, colouring pencils and sticks OR spoons.
Here Mrs Flynn used a stick she found outside to hold up the puppet. She used the back of an old birthday card to draw the butterfly on.
If you can’t find any sticks you could use a spoon instead – just like Mrs Flynn has here. This time she used paper to draw the monkey on.
