Trick shot challenge
For those of you who are proud owners of a trampoline – this might be something that you want to try yourself. I certainly wont be having a go at this, it looks far too dangerous for me! Well done Ava!
12 May 2020: Home learning
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| Literacy Activity – Role play
Ask your child to take your lunchtime order – try and make it really extravagant! Expect to see phonetically plausible words such as sum crisps, an ighs creem.
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| Maths
1.Counting You can count just about anything! Have a go at counting different actions. Have a go at these… 2.Activity Write out the numbers 0-20 on some paper or card, cut them up and then ask a grownup to mix the numbers up – don’t peek! Then, see how quickly you can put them into the correct order. You could ask someone to time you and then see if you can get faster when you try again. |
Photos and messages for a Year 1 & 2 slideshow
Part of our home learning post today was a request for a photo of yourself, a drawing, picture or message to add to a Year 1 and 2 slideshow we are making. We can’t wait to share how everyone is. Please send your photo to Mrs Lake : natalielake@spherefederation.org
Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat
We hope that you all enjoyed the long weekend and had some fun for the VE Day celebrations. This week, we are sharing a story that some of you may know – ‘Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat’ by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.
Watch it on the link or if you have it at home, read it together. This is a story that has lots of rhyming words in it. Can you hear some of them?
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Creative – Can you make a magic hat or a wand?
- You could use a hat that you already have and add bits and pieces or you could make a paper hat and decorate it.
- Make a wand from a stick in the garden or roll up some paper to make a wand. What spell would you use to make magic? We like “Abracadabra” or “Hocus Pokus” in Nursery but you might know a different one. Let us know how you get on, what would your magic spell be?
Reading – Being able to listen carefully is an important skill when learning to read. The game below will help you to listen really carefully. It’s available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk. This website is free to access at the moment using the username: March20 and Password: home.
Once you have accessed the website, the game we would like you to play is called ‘Welcome to the zoo‘. Can you guess which animal is in the crate? Listen carefully to the sounds that you hear. Maybe you could practice making animal sounds yourself.
Mathematics- I spy zoo animals – How many of each animal can you see? Help your child to count carefully. It will be tricky to remember which one you have already counted, so draw a line through them as you go.
Please note- When you open this Twinkl PDF, there is a page to write down how many animals you counted. Don’t worry about completing this part; we don’t expect Nursery children to be able to write digits. Just focus on the ‘I spy’ page and careful counting.
You could maybe count your own toy animals at home if you have any, or the animals in a book. Count carefully pointing and saying the number name as you go.
Creative – Can you draw a cat? Use two circles, then add the features. If this is tricky, why not draw the circles for your child to add the legs, ears, eyes and whiskers. Remember to talk about how many you will need to draw.
How many legs has a cat got? Count with your child as they draw on the legs.
Role play – Could you create your own ice cream shop? Paper cones and old yogurt pots could be used for the cones or pots. You could use cotton wool balls, pom poms or play dough for the ice cream. The children could practise their mark making by taking orders and making menus. See how creative you can be; your child will love to help to set this up.
We did a quick search on Google images/Pinterest and there are lots of pictures if you need a bit more inspiration.
Watch – Have you ever wondered how ice cream cones are made? What do you think the ingredients are? Maddie finds out here.
Health and self- care –Encourage your child to put on their own coat and shoes before you go for your daily walk. These self-help skills will really help your child to become more independent. Use the extra time that you have in order to develop this important skill. When we get back to Nursery, we will be amazed at how independent the children have become!
There will be another activity added on Wednesday, so keep a look out for that. We are enjoying seeing your photos, but just an email would be great. Let us know if your child is enjoying the activities or if there is something that they are missing and we will do our best to recreate these on line. Any favourite books for story time on Fridays?
Our email address is 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.
Have fun!
11 May 2020: Home learning
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1.Phonemes: Use the digital flashcards on ‘Teach your Monster to Read’ to practise all phase 2 and 3 phonemes. 2.Words to Read:
Use your ‘phoneme fingers’ or point to the sound buttons to help. How many sounds are in these words? 3.Words to Write: scoop, frost, street, blend You could draw a phoneme frame in your exercise book to help you remember all the sounds. 4.Phonics Activity: Write the sentence (Adult to read aloud);
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| Literacy Activity – Letter writing
Write a letter to a family member or friend you are unable to see at the moment. You could tell them about the learning you have been doing and what other activities you’ve been up to. Remember to include: finger spaces, capital letters, full stops and to check your writing! |
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Sending a Hug
Keeping in touch with family and friends is really important. Have you spoke on the phone, sent a letter or had a video chat with them?
Have you sent a hug?
Check out this great way of sending a lifesize hug!
Home Learning
It has been another amazing week of home learning! It was great to see so many of you practically making halves of shapes, objects and amounts.
Quiz of the Week
It’s back. And, this time, there’s an even bigger budget! Check out the video here.
Play along with your family, or against your friends, and have some fun!
As always, let me know what you think – it would be great to get some pictures of you playing along.
Happy quizzing!
Fabulous fractions, time, maps, poems and VE Day preparations
We have seen some great learning this week. All about fractions, time, maps, poems and super VE Day celebrations.
A great video explanation all about 2 equal groups.
Week 7 Home Learning Pictures
It has been another busy week for everyone in F2. We’re so proud of how well everyone is adapting to this change to routine and continuing to do so with such positivity. Please continue to keep in touch as we love to hear from you (scholesf2@spherefederation.org).
We’re very impressed at seeing and hearing about all the additional skills you are learning during this time. Such as riding a bike, cartwheeling, sewing, designing tree houses, caring for plants, fruit and vegetables in your allotments/gardens and we’re seeing lots of creative tasks too. All of these additional activities support you child’s Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL). There are 3 CoEL:
- playing and exploring – children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;
- active learning – children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements; and
- creating and thinking critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.
The focus of the CoEL is on how children learn rather than what they learn i.e. process over outcome. Underpinning the CoEL is the understanding that during their earliest years, children form attitudes about learning that will last a lifetime. This will support them to become creative, and adventurous learners throughout their lives.
