23 March 2020: Home learning
Day 1 of your home learning pack
Phonics
Was your child able to blend the four daily words today? Your child could use their ‘phoneme fingers’ (see video) to help them when reading words. A phoneme is a unit of sound. So when sounding out words with digraphs/trigraphs those 2/3 letters is one unit of sound. For example; chip is sounded out as ch/i/p – using 3 fingers.
Maths
What objects did you use when finding one less? Was your child able to predict without counting?
Literacy
We loved this photo on pobble365. We think the mischievous splodges might be something to do with this crash! Perhaps Wiz and the Writing Warriors can save the day?
Did your child have a favourite picture? Did your child make up their own story? Let us know via email. With each photo there are story starters and questions to help encourage your child’s imagination.
If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org
Oh Dear
This week we will be thinking about the story Oh dear by Rod Campbell. He also wrote the story Dear Zoo, maybe you would like to listen to that too.
You might have this story at home but if not, follow the link to it on YouTube. We have chosen this story because this week, we are hoping that our eggs will hatch. Mrs Long has taken them home, so no need to worry. She will be keeping us updated with photos via the website as they are due to hatch on Wednesday, fingers crossed. It is such a shame that the children will not see them hatch first hand, but hopefully they will be excited to see their progress.
Read or listen to the story with your child – talk about the story with your child. Discuss all of the animals that Buster visits on the farm. Talk about the young of these animals and their names eg sheep – lamb, a horse- foal. Listen to the story again encouraging your child to join in with the repeated phrase “No eggs here, Oh dear”. How many eggs can they see in the nest at the end of the story? How many animals are in the story?
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Can you draw a chick? Perhaps draw the basic outline of 2 circles then ask your child to add a beak, eyes, legs, wings, feathers.
Small world play – If you have farm animals at a home ask your child to set up their own farm. Use paper for fields and an old cereal box as a farm house.
Sing – Old MacDonald and Baa baa black sheep are favourites in Nursery. Why not learn Chick chick chicken ? Folow the link to listen and sing along together.
Watch – Keep an eye on the website for photos of our chicks. Talk to your child about what they see in the pictures. Why are the chicks wet when they hatch? Why do they need to stay in the incubator?
Eggs – We were planning to look at eggs in various forms at Nursery. Maybe you could do this at home? Peeling a boiled egg is a finger strengthening activity that young children need in order to develop the muscles needed to write. Let them help to make an egg sandwich.
Extra resources and ideas – As detailed in the ‘Useful websites for Home Learning‘ document, Twinkl is offering free access for a month to parents using the code UKTWINKLHELPS. There are a number of chick themed resources available to download and print if you have a printer at home. We often use the pencil control activities and colouring outlines in Nursery.
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.
Have fun!
Home learning explained
Home Learning – further details
Email for home learning support
Please email if you’re unsure about some aspects of the home learning. We are here to support you and your child’s home learning journey.
The Early Years email address is scholesf2@spherefederation.org
We’ll aim to reply on the same day and no later than the following morning. To keep this manageable, please restrict emails to one per day, per child.
PE with Joe Wicks
Some classes have used Joe Wicks workouts in their PE lessons recently and he has sent a message for you all.
Starting Monday 23rd March I’m going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on my YouTube channel.
With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it’s more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive.
Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic.
The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved.
You don’t need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
One more thing! I really need your help to spread this message. So please please share this with everyone that might like to get involved, and together we can help keep the nation moving
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What a week!
We hope that you’ve been following our posts on social media to keep you up to date.
The last couple of days, after the announcement that schools would close, have been hectic and stressful. We’re grateful for your patience and your words of encouragement, and your kind messages which have reassured and revitalised us when we’ve needed it.
There’ll be more information soon regarding how you can support your child at home with their learning. We’re busy preparing it all at the moment. Please continue to check the website and Nursery page regularly for more information.
On that note, our chicks are due to hatch very soon. We have our fingers crossed that the eggs survived the journey to Mrs Long’s house! We’d hate for children to miss out on all of the chick excitement, so Mrs Long will do her best to take lots of videos and photos to share with you as soon as the hatching begins.
Living and Learning : I recognise my own talents
We had a fab homework review today in the form of a ‘talent show’. Children showed skipping, football, dancing, reading, gymnastics and drawing skills. Thank you to everyone who emailed videos and photos for us to see too.
Thank you – ALDI sticker collection
This week, we received our free sports kit from the ALDI sticker collecting we did last year. We collected two posters worth, so got two bags! We look forward getting sporty with them in the not too distant future.
Stay and play cancelled
We are following government guidelines regarding social distancing. We have therefore cancelled the Phonics Stay and Play on Wednesday 25 March. We aim to rearrange this stay and play and will inform you when we have an alternative date.