20 April 2020: Home learning
Phonics (reading focus)
1.Say the ‘phase 3’ phonemes before the 2 minute timer ends!
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Challenge: Can you do it before the 1 minute timer?
2. Read the words below (chin, chug, bath, ring).
Parents: you could write them in your child’s home learning book if your child cannot read them on your device.
3. Play ‘phase 3’ buried treasure.
Maths (1 more)
Oh no! The song seems to have forgotten the number 0! We talk lots about the number 0 being nothing but still being a number. Try to add the number 0 when singing the song.
2. Solve the number problems.
Parents: if needed, your child could use objects at home to help when counting.
- There are 5 rabbits hopping in the garden. 1 more hops into the garden. How many rabbits are there now?
- I have 6 sweets. My friend gives me 1 more. How many do I have now?
- There a 12 children on the bouncy castle. 1 more child jumped on. How many children are on the bouncy castle now?
Challenge: Can you solve these number problems?
Literacy
Book of the week: The smartest giant in town
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Draw who is in the story (characters), what happens in the story (events) and where the story is (setting).
Simon Sock
We hope you enjoyed your Easter break. Ferdie had a great time playing in the sunshine and ate lots of Easter eggs!
This week, we will be thinking about the story Simon Sock by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet . We were lucky enough to all get a free book via the Book Trust this year. Some children received a book called Simon sock. If you got a copy share it with your child, if you didn’t, follow the link to the story.
Talk about the story. How many socks for different occasions do you have? Why is it alright to be friends with someone who doesn’t look like you?
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Sorting activity – get some socks and then sort them into pairs. What patterns can you see? Which socks are big and which are small? Can you sort your socks into pairs? Can you make a pattern with your socks black, white, black, white?
Mark making activity – draw a sock shape or cut one out for your child. Let them design their own pattern on it. Use lots of different colours to create a stripy pattern or a spotty pattern
Creative activity – use an old or odd sock to make a puppet. Draw eye shapes and stick them on with glue or sellotape. Add any other decorations that you have around your house.
Working on our muscles for writing – make a small washing line with wool, string or thread. Tie it between 2 chairs, at a height that your child can reach. Using some household pegs ask your child to peg their socks onto the line.
Maths activities with socks – make a pile of socks. Can you ask your child to give you 4 socks from the pile? Choose any number below 5 see how they get on then extend to 10. Split a pile of socks (maximum of 10) into 2 piles. Ask your child to count how many socks there are altogether eg 3 in one pile and 4 in another. Change the amount each time.
Self – care – teach your child how to put their socks and shoes on independently. This is a skill that they will need when they arrive in Foundation 2 in September. Taking the time now will really help your child when dressing on their own after PE in September.
Let us know how you get on by replying to the email address scholesf1@spherefederation.org. We would love to hear about what you have been doing. Also we are happy to answer any of your questions too.
We’ll post again on Wednesday and Friday this week, so remember to check in again soon. Have fun!
Five Star Sports LIVE sessions
Five Star Sports regularly come into school to deliver fabulous sporty sessions. They are running some LIVE sessions on Facebook for you to join in with. There is a Monday session for younger children and Saturday morning football sessions. Join in and keep active with them.
Art Attack
Art is a great way to relax and pass the time. One of the Year 2 children has really been enjoying drawing so he decided to do his own version of an Art Attack.
He has watched lots of videos on YouTube which explained how to draw cartoon characters and 3D objects. He then drew his own creations.
He has enjoyed making the pictures colourful and then selected his favourites for the poster below. Super!
Dancing with ‘Hello HipHop’
Some classes have had a few sessions delivered by Phil from Hello HipHop recently. We also had them booked in to deliver sessions for the whole school during Health Week. We will have to reschedule the sessions for the future but in the meantime, here are some hip hop moves for you to work on. Enjoy!
School Garden Update
Keeping your memory fit!
As well as keeping your body active, it is a good idea to keep your brain active too. Using your memory is a good way to do this. Memorising a poem, song or short story is an easy, fun way to do this at home. It was one of our home learning tasks recently. Here is a poetry performance in the sunshine.
6 March 2020: Easter Activities
Happy Easter!
We know that it’s the Easter 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. Some of these are Easter related and others are ideas that you can continue after the Easter break.
This will be the only post for the two week Easter holidays. During this time, you can still send emails, although we may not respond as quickly as we have been doing.
The most important message this Easter is to have fun as a family. Read together, play outside, bake, garden, watch a movie, sing and dance. Make the most of this time together.
Easter activities
Happy Easter! We know that it’s the Easter 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. Some of these are Easter related and others are ideas that you can continue after the Easter break.
This will be the only post for the two week Easter holidays. During this time, you can still email your child’s class teacher, although they may not respond as quickly as they have been doing
The most important message this Easter is to have fun as a family. Read together, play outside, bake, garden, watch a movie, sing and dance. Make the most of this time together.
Easter Holiday ideas
Here are some links to a CBeebies programme called “Let’s celebrate”. It shows children celebrating Easter along with a child friendly reference to the Easter Story.
Watch the CBeebies Easter programmes -Talk about what you watch with your child. Have you done any of the things that Toby has done to prepare for Easter? Have you seen any baby animals? See if your child can remember the names of the young animals from two weeks ago. Have you seen any spring flowers in the garden? Talk about their names and colours. Can the children remember painting the daffodils for their Mother’s Day cards?
Here are some activities that you may like to try over the Easter holidays.
Make an Easter egg picture – Cut out some egg shapes from paper and ask your child to decorate it. The patterns we use in Nursery for mark making are zigzag patterns, wave patterns, horizontal lines, vertical lines and circles.
Easter egg hunt – Can your child help you to think of some clues for the Easter egg hunt? Can you write their instructions for the rest of the family?
Decorate an egg – Make a hard-boiled egg and allow it to cool down. Ask your child to decorate it using coloured pens. Use a slide or create a ramp with a large box propped against a chair. Whose egg rolls the furthest?
Counting eggs – Sing ‘Hickety Pickety my red hen‘ song together. Count the eggs as they hatch. Count carefully counting to each egg as it pops.
Counting ducks – We enjoy singing the ‘5 Little Ducks‘ song at Nursery. Each time a duck is lost, count how many are left. Use each finger to represent a duck.
As always, stay safe and have fun. Let’s hope that the sun shines!
Professor Myers challenges you…
Please email your predictions and findings.
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