Hello everyone – it’s already the middle of the week. Hope you managed ok with yesterday’s learning.
Firstly, we wanted to share a query that was sent to us from a parent about writing. What if your child is engaging with the tasks but is reluctant to record the answers or the discussion that you have together? Some ideas for this might include:
- alternate the written recording between you and your child (if you have the available time)
- let them type out their responses using a computer (if available)
- keep some of the tasks as discussions and don’t record the answers
- encourage some written recording to send to us (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org and jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org)
We hope this helps and please do get in touch if needed.
Here are your suggested daily physical and mindfulness activities for you to try.
Physical activity: Today, we wanted to remind you of the short videos available on #ThisisPE. Produced by Yorkshire Sport Foundation these activities are designed to support parents and carers to teach some PE at home.
Mindfulness activity: This week, our Living and Learning statement is, I recognise mental health is important. Listen to the reading of the Kindness book and consider the importance of being kind to each other. How can being kind help your mental health and the mental health of others around you?
Here are your new learning tasks for today.
Task 1 reading
1.Read The Funny Tummy Song below (linked to task 3 Staying safe online)
2. What is the title of the song?
3. How many verses are there in the song?
4.Find and copy a word that means
a.unsure
b.on your own
c.upset
5.Find two sets of rhyming words from the song.
6.Which part of the song is repeated?
Challenge: You will hear the song as part of task 3. When you’ve heard the song, how does it sound different when it is sung compared to reading it?
Task 2 maths
Yesterday’s challenge answer is below.
We are going to have a break from learning about fractions. If you would like to continue this learning at home, please carry on the White Rose lessons. We will start new maths learning, all about measuring length, on Thursday.
Today, we will revise learning about money. These are the objectives, related to money, that the children should be aiming to achieve by the end of Year 2.
- recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value
- find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
- solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change
Start your maths learning by playing this Topmarks coins game.
1. Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson about recognising coins.
2.Use any available coins/notes at home to support this learning.
Challenge:
Task 3: Staying safe online
Think back to The Funny Tummy song from task 1.
1. Complete Activity 1 and 2 based on Jessie and Friends, Episode 2 from the Thinkuknow website.
Sharing Pictures
Here we meet Mo and Tia, who together with Jessie complete the friendship trio. At Tia’s birthday party they use Tia’s older brother Kyle’s mobile to take fun photos of themselves. The trio agree to send their photos to Tia’s nan but also a few other people whose numbers are saved in Kyle’s phone. When the photos are shared with other children at their school without their permission, they turn to their teacher for help. The three friends learn about how images can get shared more widely than you first expect, and the importance of consent.
Challenge: What would you do if you were Jessie?
Optional extra activity
Learning sign language is a great skill to have. Here are the actions to match The Funny Tummy Song. Why not give them a go?
