24 April 2020: Home learning
Hello Reception!
Thank you for sending photos of your home learning.
Keep sending your learning, drawings, paintings and let me know what you are up to.
Here are Friday’s home learning tasks.
Phonics
Practise your letter formation in your home learning book.
Quickwrite
Write the following digraphs.
qu th sh ch
Please read the digraphs to your child. They can then write them in their home learning book.
Phonics activity:
Can you write a word using each of the digraphs?
Challenge:
Can you write a sentence using each word?
Literacy
Join me to sing some nursery rhymes!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pwXSt0we12inq6u4ym_4lAu3N4oBnTnS
There are 100+ nursery rhymes at BBCbitesize.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-a-to-z-index/z4ddgwx
Which is your favourite?
Maths
Fill 3-5 cups with water.
Put a different amount in each.
Order the cups from the fullest – emptiest.
Encourage your child to use words to describe why they have ordered the cups in the way they have. For example, least, most, full, empty, half, quarter.
Can you help the wizard?
Which potion is half full?
Which potion has the least?
Why not make your own potions?
Extra activity
Have a great weekend!
Video message from Mr Parker!
Good afternoon, Year One!
I’ve had a little go at recording a short video message for you as it has been so long since you’ve seen my face. It’s a bit odd seeing and hearing yourself on camera so I’m sorry if I come across a bit nervous!
Follow this link to view the message.
Enjoy!
Times Table Rock Stars BATTLE!
Hello Y4 and Y5,
Tomorrow is BATTLE day on Times Table Rock Stars. Login anytime between 10:00am and 3:15pm on Friday to log a score. The year group with the highest score at the end of the day will be crowned the winners.
(Obviously, Year Y4 will win)
I’ve not done this before and I don’t know what it will look like at your end but it sounds fun and we all like a bit of competition! If you’re unsure of your login details, they should be in the front of your Home Learning books. If they’re not, email me or Mr Wain and we can help! My email address is paulwilks@spherefederation.org
Good luck and get practising (especially Year 4s)!
Fractions, fluency, fresh air and fun
Hello everyone
Today, I received a lovely letter from Ralph. It really made my day!
Thank you
Thank you to all of you have been sending in examples of your home learning. We love to see what you have been up to.
There’s been lots of super work going on this week.
We’ve been doing lots of writing about our new book: The Bog Baby.
Great to see lots of maths learning going on!
There’s lots going on at home.
Here are a few more photos from this week.
A few pics for you….
Hi all!
Here’s some excellent cooking skills being shown off. They’re an Indian sweet dish called Jalebis. Don’t they look tasty?!
I wonder if anyone can guess the member of our class being very acrobatic in front of their apple tree?!
Famous Five videos
Hi everyone,
Hope you’re okay and are enjoying listening to the Famous Five. I’ll be posting three videos a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays).
Try to keep it up. I don’t want you to miss anything!
Take care!
Mr W.
23 April 2020: Home learning
Hello! Thank you so much for your lovely message! I miss you all so much, but your happy, smiling faces made me smile too!
Here are Thursday’s home learning tasks.
Phonics
Words to read:
Words to write:
king, path, keep, meet
Phonics activity
Practise phase 3 sounds ng, ee, th at BBC bitesize.
Go to the website and scroll down the primary page to find Phase 3 phonics videos and interactive games. They are great!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
Literacy
Book of the week: The smartest giant in town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiPrA8E3qE
Draw a character from the story and write a speech bubble.
For example, you might draw the goat in the boat and write “You are such a good giant!”.
Maths-subtraction
Count to twenty and back again.
Remember to include 0!
Solve the number problems
Extra activity
Play Kim’s Game
22 April 2020: Home learning
Good morning!
Here are today’s home learning activities.
Phonics
Sing the tricky word songs.
Phase 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0&t=3s
Phase 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY&t=1s
Words to write:
Please read the words to your child. They can then write them in their home learning book.
the no he she
Challenge: Can you write these tricky words too?
my was they are
Phonics activity
Play the Phase 3 tricky word flashcard game.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/TrickyWordTrucks.html
Literacy
Book of the week: The smartest giant in town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiPrA8E3qE
Use your story map to retell the story to somebody at home.
Can you remember the actions we use?
Maths-addition
Count to 20 using the song.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA
Solve the number problems.
Count in 1s on BBCbitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znfk8xs
Don’t forget to look on BBC bitesize for lots of games and ideas. Although it starts at Year 1, there are some lessons suitable for Reception.
Extra Activity
Yesterday we looked for signs of spring.
I woke up this morning to some very noisy birds!
If you can, sit really quietly somewhere either in or outside.
What can you hear?
Can you hear any bird song?
Can you identify the birds?
Easter activities!
Good afternoon, Year One!
I hope you’ve all managed to settle back into the home learning tasks after a little break!
Here are some photos of children in our class having fun during the Easter break.
Please continue to send photos of the different things you are up to – it’s really great to see.
Remember to stay safe, stay positive and keep smiling!
Mr Parker 🙂
Welcome Back!
Hello everybody,
I hope you’ve all managed to get back into the current ‘norm’ this week after what I hope was a lovely Easter holiday for you all.
Just a quick note from me – I’m sorry the images for the home learning tasks weren’t showing properly/at all and I hope that it didn’t cause too much inconvenience. Thank you for letting me know, too.
I know it may still feel strange having to do your learning from home – it does for me! Despite this, remember that we are all in this together and you are all doing a superb job at getting on with it and generally being awesome!
I miss seeing you all and I hope to see you very soon.
Here are some pictures of learning that has already taken place this term – it looks fab!
please send any pictures/videos or just general updates of learning to oliwain@spherefederation.org
What beautiful presentation, too!