3 June 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
1.Say the ‘phase 3’ phonemes before the 2 minute timer ends!
(Username: march20 Password: home)
Challenge: Can you do it before the 1 minute timer?
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.
Parents: Select ‘week 4 -> sh’
Maths
Literacy
Book of the week: The Rainbow Fish
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.A rainbow animal
Hot or cold?
Many of us will have fond memories of playing this game when we were younger. It’s so simple and children always love to play along.
We hope that you have fun playing today. You’re getting warmer… hot, very hot!
2 June 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
Maths
1.Listen and sing along to the video about the teen numbers.
2.Tomorrow we will be looking at the number 13. 13 is an odd number. An odd number is a number that can’t be split into 2 equal groups. Using Lego, counters or any other objects you have at home can you find any other odd numbers between 0 and 13?
3.Take a picture of your odd number findings and email them to scholesf2@spherefederation.org.
Literacy
Book of the week: The Rainbow Fish
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Something special
On The Way Home
Welcome back! We hope that you all had a lovely holiday and made the most of the beautiful sunny weather. As we continue to learn from home, please remember to check our website for up-dates and learning ideas on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. (All posts will be available from 19:00 the evening before.)
This week we are sharing one of Miss Backhouse’s favourite stories. It’s about a little girl who hurts her knee, but you’ll never guess how she does it! The story is called ‘On the Way Home’ and it’s written by Jill Murphy.
We hope you enjoy listening to it or reading the book at home, if you have copy.
This story has a repeated refrain throughout. Did you join in with “And that’s how I got my bad knee,”?
The little girl had a great imagination. Can you think of your own ‘tale’ to tell? Who else could Claire have bumped into and how could she have hurt her knee?
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Creative – Claire told her friends about many different people and creatures that she’d run into on the way home. Which was your favourite? (Wolf, aliens, crocodile, snake, dragon, gorilla, a giant, a ghost, a witch.) Have a go at drawing or painting a picture of them.
Paper plate snake – Draw a spiral onto a paper plate (or circle shape piece of paper/card) and cut around it. Some children may be able to have a go at this part too. Paint it with spots/stripes and add some eyes and a tongue. Tie a piece of string/wool to the middle of the spiral to hang up your snake. Enjoy watching it swirl around!
Phonics – As part of our phonics learning, we talk about the different sounds that we can hear, but also about the different sounds that we can make with our voices. Can you have a go at making some sound effects from the story? Here are a few ideas and you might also think of some of your own for the dragon, gorilla or giant. Would they be loud or quiet noises?
Wolf – Hooooowwwwwwl
Alien ship – Woooooooosh!
Ghost – Woooo Woooo
Snake – Sssssssssssss
Witch – Hehehehehehe
Going down the slide – Wheeeeeeeee
Getting hurt – Owwwww
Mathematics
- Look at a box of plasters- talk about the different shapes and sizes. Which is the largest? Smallest? Are there any square, circle or rectangular shaped plasters?
- Play a game of ‘snakes and ladders’ (or similar dice game) and encourage your child to work out the number that they rolled on the die by looking at the pattern of dots. They may need to count the dots initially, but the more you play, the quicker they will become at recognising the pattern. Being able to move forward a set number of spaces and remembering to stop, is also a great math’s skill to develop.
- If you have access to a printer, there’s a printable game here or you could have a go at making your own by drawing a grid and adding the numbers, snakes and ladders.
- We love this song in Nursery. It’s all about cheeky monkeys who bump their heads!
Role play – Pretend to be a doctor/nurse and take turns to be the patient, or use soft toys. You could get some old plasters or bandages if you have some, or improvise using some kitchen roll and sellotape! Some of you may have a children’s doctor’s kit that you could use too. Encourage your child to mark-make during play; they could write a prescription or answer a phone call and take some patient details.
Watch – Have you ever watched ‘Get Well Soon’ on CBeebies? There are several episodes available on the BBC iPlayer.
There’s also an episode, called ‘Pop on a plaster’ that is no longer available on iPlayer but can be viewed by following the link.
Health and self-care – There’s a lot of talk around good personal hygiene at the moment. Can your child wipe/blow their own nose? Have a go at this. Teach them to look in a mirror at first so that they can see their nose and to ‘pinch and pull’ using a tissue. Some children may find it tricky to blow down their nose into a tissue, but they can still wipe. Remember to talk about throwing your tissue in the bin afterwards and washing your hands well with soap and water for 20 seconds.
1 June 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
(writing focus)
1.Practise your letter formation in your home learning book. You can use the letter formation dittys to help you.
2.Write the following words
Parents: Please read the words to your child. They can then write them in their home learning book.
chip food queen ship
Parents: If these are too challenging perhaps try writing (or sound talking) these words instead.
sat mat cat rat
3.Can you write a sentence including one of the above words?
Challenge: Use all the words above and turn it into a silly story!
Maths
1.Listen and sing along to the video about the teen numbers.
2.What two teen numbers have we looked at so far? Can you choose one of them (11 or 12) and show it in 1,3 or 5 different ways. You can print and use this word document if you like.
Literacy
Book of the week: The Rainbow Fish
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Tell a grown up what you think the Rainbow Fish learnt in the story.
Whole school ‘Quiz of the Week’
If you’re struggling to keep yourself entertained this week…why not have a go at our whole school quiz?
Holiday activities
Whilst it is the school holidays, we know that many of you continue to work. Here are a few family activities to try together. Have fun!
Build an indoor or outdoor den
It could be a majestic hidden castle, mysterious bear cave or a magnificent space rocket. Let your imagination run wild. We thought these den building ideas in the form of IKEA instructions were funny!
Parents/carers- Den building offers a range of advantages to children of all ages, from physical development to problem solving skills.
Bake Off
Have a look at some child friendly recipes on the BBC’s Good Food website. You could choose a family favourite or find something new to try. It’s always good to try new foods and discover new flavours.
Parents/carers- Following a recipe helps children to learn to read for a purpose and follow instructions.
Go on a treasure hunt
Ask an adult to hide a range of similar objects (treasure) in the garden or home for you to find, count and order.
Parents/carers- You could tell children that you have hidden 3 of one type of item. When they find one, you can talk about how many are left to find. For example, “We need 2 more now!”
Painting With Ice
We enjoy making marks and drawing with all sorts of different things at Nursery. This is always a popular activity and waiting overnight for your ice paints to be ready adds to the fun.
What you need:
1 cup of water
Food colouring
Lollipop sticks
Ice cube tray
https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/painting-with-ice/
Blowing Bubbles!
Everyone loves bubbles! Why don’t you have a go at making your own bubble mixture. Here are some instructions for you to follow or you could have a go at making a bubble snake.
Make Homemade Lemonade
See the recipe and instructions sheet below.
Parents- This activity can support your child to gain a range of skills, especially in Maths.
You can also view the bubble mixture and lemonade recipes using this link. Lemonade and bubbles
Finally, in a few weeks time, we’re going to read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Sadly, we’re not at Nursery to do this with real caterpillars, but if you wanted to, you could order your own from insectlore. If you haven’t done this before, it’s very easy and a great experience. You’ll need a starter kit which includes a butterfly net.
Summer half-term activities
We know that it’s the summer half-term break, but in these unprecedented times we thought that we’d continue to post some ideas of activities that you can do at home, if you choose to do so.
This will be the only post for the week. During this time, you can still send emails – we would love to hear about what you get up to!
The most important message is to have fun as a family. Read together, play outside, bake, garden, watch a movie, sing and dance. Check out these den building ideas for inspiration!
You might also want to look at the ‘100 things to do inside’ by Shonette Bason.
Get creative with Hello HipHop
We have been keeping in touch with Phil from Hello HipHop. He has created some blank lettering for our school name and a guide showing how to do some different effects.
It would be nice to have some of your ideas to display on the website and in school. If you would like, you can print this blank lettering and add effects or you can create your own ‘Scholes’ graffiti art with your own lettering. Send your ideas to Y2scholeshomework@spherefederation.org
Get creative!
Y5,6 Quiz of the Week
It’s Friday which can only mean one thing…it’s Saturday tomorrow!
But also, the quiz of the week is back. Check it out, have some fun and let us know what you think.
Enjoy.