Reception Class News

Questions to discuss-

1.       What do you think will be at the top of the beanstalk?

2.       What different tools did Jasper use?

3.       What plant have you got growing in your garden?

4.       Do plants change during different seasons?

5.       Do you know any other stories about beanstalks?

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

parents: For the final activity on the video, there are two possible sentences

‘See the cat lick his black fur.’ or ‘See the black cat lick his fur.’

Activity 1:  Look at the picture. What can you see?

Write a word or sentence about the picture. (Sentence – He hurt his leg. Word – hurt.)
Remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.
Below are the steps we use to help us with our writing.
1. Say the sentence aloud.
2. Count the words.
3. Segment each word apart from the tricky words.
4. Read your sentence to check it makes sense!
Activity 2: Play on Phonicsplay.  Click this link. Choose phase 3, + ur

Click here to be taken to today’s video. Choose session 1.

Today’s activity:

Phonics- ow

Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for

ow (at 10:38 in the video)

Activity 1: Write words containing the ow sound (examples – cow, brown, now, owl and howl)

Place them on the floor or around the room. Say a word for your child to find.

Activity 2: Click here for a Read and Roll – ow

Click here to be taken to today’s video. Choose session 2.

Today’s activity:

Phonics- oi

Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for

oi (at 10:52 in the video)

Activity 1: Write the words; coin, foil, oil, boing Parents: read aloud for your child to write.

***challenge*** write your own sentence, using one of the words you have written.

Activity 2: Click here to have a go at this oi word search. Either search on screen, or print it off (we recommend using page 1)

Here are this week’s words.

Look at today’s video. Choose session 3.

Today’s activity:

Phonics- Tricky word – her

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Activity 1: Tricky Word Lucky Dip
1. Write each tricky word on a piece of paper.
2. Fold the pieces of paper up so you can’t see the words.
3. Dip your hand in and read the tricky word. Can you say the letter names?
4. Repeat until you have used all of the tricky words.

Activity 2: Practise spelling the tricky words in flour or salt.
Click here to watch Miss Marsden.

Activity 3:  Play a game of phase 3 tricky word snakes and ladders. Click here to download and play.

If you do not have a printer, write down on a piece of paper each number you land on

and follow on screen with your finger. You will need dice to play.

Parents: If your child lands on a word we have not yet covered in class,

you can support them by reading the word.

Click here to be taken to today’s video.

Today’s video is all about Capacity (the amount something can hold) and the language we use to describe capacity.

Activity: Take pictures of the different measurements, when exploring the capacity of a container. It could be the stages of running a bath, filling a bucket or drinking a drink for example. Which words did you use to describe each measurement?

Today is World Book Day!

We have been thinking about our favourite books.

Click here to listen to Mrs Burgess’s favourite book.

Click here to listen to Miss Gaunt’s favourite book.

Mrs Burke couldn’t decide between her all time favourite  and a newer favourite so she chose two!

What is your favourite book?

Draw a picture and let us know.

• ’Share a Story Live!’ at 10.30am
• Have a sneak peek of the £1 books.

Understanding the World with Professor Myers; British Science Week 2021- Structures

Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers.

-Can you make a structure strong enough to support a toy?

-Have a go at one of the experiments in the activity pack.

-Send photos to show what you did.

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2021/01/BSQ_BSW_PACKS_1120_EY_v14.pdf

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2020/01/BSA_BSW_EarlyYears_1119v6.pdf

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2019/02/BSA_sciweek_pack_earlystages_0119v2.pdf

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Early-Years-2017-BSW-Pack.pdf

Story Link activities to select throughout the week

Literacy

1. Keep a diary for the week just like Jasper. This could be about anything.
2. What did you eat for breakfast? What did you see out in the garden? What toys have you played with?
3. You could use this diary format click here, or create your own!

Understanding the World

1.Take a walk outside or in your garden. What can you find growing?

You could take a pen and paper to draw what you find.

Maths
1. How tall are the people or toys in your house?

Use boxes, bottles, tins or anything else around your house to measure them.

Talk about size difference – who is the tallest? How tall are they?

2. Write numerals on pots or paper. Count the correct number of beans to match the numerals.

Expressive Arts and Design

1. Paint, draw or build your beanstalk. How tall can you make it? How many leaves did you add?
2. Draw a picture to show what you think might be at the top of Jasper’s Beanstalk.
3. Use beans, pulses or any dried food you may have at home to create a mosaic style picture.

Physical Development

1. Sort beans, pulses or other small dry foods you have at home.

To discuss-

• Look at the adjectives that are used to describe each animal. How many other adjectives can you think of to describe them? Remember, adjectives are words we use to describe. For example, in ‘hairy hog’, hairy is the adjective.
• Which pairs of rhyming words could you hear?
• Which characters were the heroes in this story? Who were the villains?

Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for oo.

Activity 1:  Sorting oo-

Oo is super tricky. Not only do we have to identify the sound but we also have to decide whether the short or long version fits the word. Have a go at sorting these pictures onto the ‘short sound’ or ‘long sound’ grids. Click here for the card sorting activity. Parents: If unsure of the words the picture cards represent, click here for the answers.

If you do not have a printer at home, you could draw a simple table like this:

Draw pictures of objects that have the long/short oo in the correct column of the table.

Activity 2: In our phonics lessons, we like to play a game called Please Mr. Crocodile. Have a go at this at home using our new phase 3 sounds qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo 

Here are the rules:

1. Write out the sounds on pieces of paper (or print them/ use flashcards if you have them) Lay them out on the floor.

2. Use a piece of blue material to represent ‘The River’

3. Child asks “Please Mr. Crocodile, can I cross your river?” Adult (crocodile) replies “Only if you give me the sound…” and asks the child to select the correct sound. Will they find the correct sounds and be allowed to cross the river?

Don’t forget to send in pictures of you playing at home!

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 1- Comparing Height

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.

If you do not have building blocks or cubes, you can use other objects of the same shape and size. Perhaps you could use tins from the food cupboard, for example. 

Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for ar.

Activity 1:  Sentence writing-describe the picture.

Write a word or sentence about the picture. I can see goats in the farmyard.

Remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.
Below are the steps we use to help us with our writing.
1. Say the sentence aloud.
2. Count the words.
3. Segment each word apart from the tricky words.
4. Read your sentence to check it makes sense!

Activity 2: Challenge yourself with the phonics bloom flashcard time trial- how many can -you get correct in one minute? You will need an adult to click the tick or the cross. Click here

Please select phase 3 and deselect set 11 (the children have not covered some of these sounds yet) There is an option to play again using incorrect or missing sounds- great for recapping those sounds to work on!

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 2- Comparing Length

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.

If you do not have playdough, you could measure string, toys or any other household objects.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for (ee)or.

Activity 1: Complete the video activity- writing a sentence/ silly sentence using the pictures.

Activity 2: Read and match the captions to the correct picture. You can print these or read them on screen. Click here

Click here for this week’s words.

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 4- Measuring Height

Activity: Click here for the activity. You will notice that this is a bit of a long term activity, involving planting a seed. If you are able to do this, please do, otherwise keep practising measuring the height of household items, using smaller items you have (remember, the measuring unit objects need to be the same shape and size)

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Activity 1: Tricky word colouring sheets!- Click here and click here

Activity 2: Tricky word spotter story- click here

click here to find a link to a website blog post, that has some fantastic tricky word activity ideas. Pick your favourite ideas and have a go! We particularly like the look of ‘Tricky word hang-man’ and sticking tricky words to pots and pans that you can hit when you hear the word! Musical words! ☺

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 5- Measuring Time

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.

Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers.

-Can you make your own snot experiment at home using the ingredients? Send in a photo.

-Make a snot superhero poster to tell everyone how snot helps to protect us from getting poorly.

Handwriting

Let’s learn the long ladder letters; t, l, b

Jack and the beanstalk with Mrs Burgess

Questions to discuss-

1.       What three ingredients do you need to make pancakes?

2.       Mr Wolf made a shopping list. Have you ever made a list? What did you make a list for?

3.       Why do you think the neighbours didn’t help Mr Wolf?

4.       How did you feel when no-one would help Mr Wolf?

5.       What did you think about the ending of the book?

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Activity 1: Take turns with an adult to play ‘Roll and Read’ (ee focus) click here to either print the word mat, or view it on screen. You will need a die or to draw 1-6 dots on 6 pieces of paper and draw at random from a bag.

1.       Roll the dice.

2.       Match to the correct row.

3.       Choose a word on the row and read it aloud.

Activity 2: Think of two different sentences for each word: queen, bee, teeth and sleep.

Activity: Click here for today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1:  Be an ‘igh’ detective! Can you find any words in your storybooks with the ‘igh’ trigraph?

Activity 2:  Click here to play Buried Treasure. It’s on Phonicsplay-Buried Treasure – Phase3 -Set 1-7 – +igh.

Activity: Click here for today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Click here to read the rest of the story, Toads in the Road. You can sign up on the website free and access the reading books from here.

Activity 1: Write a sentence using one of the ‘oa’ words.

You might use: croak, roast, toast or toad.

Steps to writing a successful sentence…

1.Think of a sentence.

2. Say the sentence out loud.

3. Count the words in your sentence.

4. Use your phoneme fingers to segment every word.

5. Check your sentence makes sense.

6. Have you remembered a capital letter at the start, finger spaces throughout and a full stop at the end?

Here are this week’s words to blend. Remember to stick them in your book and colour in the words you can read.

Activity: Click here for today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Activities:

Click here for today’s Let’s Go comic.

Click here for today’s A Bug comic.

Play number stacking pancakes.

Make some pancakes: Draw around a circle template on a piece of paper or card. Cut the circles out and write the digits 0-10 on the pancakes.

If you have a spatula and a plate that’s great but you don’t need them.

Mix up the pancakes and spread them out on the carpet. Your child can scoop up the correct pancake with the spatula and put it on the plate. There are a few things that you can do with this game.

1.       Order the pancakes from 0-10 in ascending order. Stacking them one at a time on the plate/in a pile.

2.       Order the pancakes in descending order from 10-0.

3.       Ask your child different numbers at random to select and put on the plate.

4.       Play ‘run and splat’ the number when it is said.

5.       Time yourself. How long does it take you to stack your pancakes in order? Can you beat your time? Can you beat your adult?

6.       Put the pancakes in a random pile, face down. Decide on a fun action e.g. star jumps, jumping on the spot, running to the kitchen, turning around, hopping etc. Take it in turns to take the top pancake, whatever number you get that’s how many of the chosen action you must do.

(A few ideas: This activity can be extended to use different numbers to challenge your child. You might add 11-20).

If you would like to join in this week’s video then you will need: washing up liquid, food colouring, bicarbonate of soda and some vinegar.

Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers.

Click here to watch some children carrying out the investigation, as Professor Myers mentioned. It also might inspire you to make a more elaborate volcano, if you have the time and resources.

-Can you carry out the experiment in the video like Professor Myers?

-Can you draw and label a picture to show what happened?

Handwriting

Curly caterpillar letters-let’s practise our curly caterpillar letters.

Click here to watch today’s story.

Questions to discuss-

1.       Why do you think Shen was asked only to paint for poor people and not for rich people? Do you think Shen and the villagers were rich or poor?

2.       How did Shen escape from prison?

3.       How did the villagers feel when Shen returned home with her magic brush?

4.       If you had a magic paintbrush that could make anything come to life, what would you draw? Perhaps you could also have a go at painting it at home.

Friday 12th February 2021 is the celebration of Chinese New Year!

1.       Have a look online or in a book to see if you can find China on a world map!

2.       Click here to watch the ‘Let’s Celebrate’ episode of the Chinese and Luna New Year celebration.

3.       You might like to have a go at writing numbers using Chinese (Mandarin) characters:

Storytime- The Little Monkey with Mrs Burgess

Storytime-Night Monkey, Day Monkey with Mrs Burke

Questions to discuss-

Why was the elephant sent back?

Which animal was described as being too fierce?

Why do you think he kept the puppy and not any of the other animals?
Which animal would you like? Why?

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1:  Look at the picture. What can you see?

Write this sentence about the picture. Parents: Read sentence aloud.
Remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.
Below are the steps we use to help us with our writing.
1. Say the sentence aloud.
2. Count the words.
3. Segment each word apart from the tricky words.
4. Read your sentence to check it makes sense!
Activity 2: Have a go at blending the phase 3 ‘th’ real and nonsense words. Click here to either print it, or view on screen.

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 1.

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.  If you do not have a printer, draw and make your own memory cards. This will work just as well for the activity!

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1:  Play Musical Blending.
1. Choose a favourite song.
2. Dance away until an adult stops the music.
3. When the music stops, blend one of these words.
4. Repeat until you have read of the words.

Activity 2: Read the sentence and have a go at writing your own sentence using one of these words.

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 2.

Activity: Click here for today’s activity. Take photos of your pairs and send them to your class teacher(s).

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1: Play the Picnic on Pluto game on Phonics Play.
Parents: Click here > Login in using Sphere (username) Spher3 (password) > Resources > Phase 3 > Picnic on Pluto > Start > Phase 3 > +ai

Activity 2: Look at the pictures on this document. Segment and write the words to match the pictures. You could print these phoneme frames, or draw your own. Parents: If you are unsure, click here to view the words.

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 3.

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video.

Activity 1:  Tricky Word Puzzles
1. Write each tricky word on a piece of paper. Click here to see if you have used all the tricky words.
2. Get an adult to tear each tricky word into separate letters.

3. Can you put the letters in the correct order?

Activity 2:  Tricky Word Hunt
1. Write each tricky word on separate pieces of paper.
2. Get an adult to hide them around your house or garden.
3. Have fun hunting for tricky words.

Activity 3: Rainbow writing tricky words. Choose some bright coloured pens or pencils to practise spelling all of the phase 2 tricky words (the, to, I, no, go, into) and the phase 3 tricky words you know so far (he, she, we, me, be, my).

Below is an example of how to do rainbow writing.

Words
Click here for this week’s word list.
Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending!

Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 4.

Activity: Click here for today’s activity.  If you do not have a printer, you could draw your own domino circuit. This will work just as well for the activity!

Handwriting

Click here to practise the letters a c d g

Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers.

-Using a variety of toys, carry out your own friction experiment. Before you carry out your experiment, remember to predict which toys you think will travel fast or slow. You could sort them into two groups.

– After the experiment, draw and label your results.

Questions to discuss:
1. Was Leo the lion brave?

2. What did he do to show he was very brave?

3. How do you feel when you help someone?

Questions to discuss-

1. How does the mouse feel when he sets of on his journey through the woods?

2. Do you think the mouse likes the other animals: owl, fox and snake?

3. Why do you think the mouse tells the other animals he is going to have tea with the Gruffalo?

4. Do you think the Gruffalo is afraid of the mouse?

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1: Have a go at reading this sentence. Did you spot today’s new phoneme?

Activity 2: Can you work out the missing phonemes for these ‘qu’ words? Write the words in a list.

Click here to watch today’s maths video.
Click here to do today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1: Write the words to match these pictures. You could print these phoneme frames, or draw your own. Parents: If you are unsure, click here to view the words.

Activity 2: Have a go at writing this sentence.  Parents: Read the sentence aloud.

Click here to watch today’s maths video.
Click here to do today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video

Activity 1: Have a go at writing this sentence. Parents: Read the sentence aloud.
Activity 2: Play Phase 3 Sentences on Phonics Play. Have a go at reading the three ‘sh’ sentences.
Parents: Click here > Login in using Sphere (username) Spher3 (password) > Resources > Phase 3 > SENTENCES PHASE 3 > Start > Next > Click ‘sh’

Click here to watch today’s maths video.
Click here to do today’s activities.

Click here to watch today’s phonics video
Activity 1: Practise writing all of the tricky words using the look, cover, write, check method. Click here to see if you have practised writing all of the tricky words.
Activity 2: Write a sentence which includes any of the tricky words.
Steps to writing a successful sentence…
1. Think of a sentence.
2. Say the sentence aloud.
3. Count the words in your sentence.
4. Use your phoneme fingers to segment every word.
5. Check your sentences makes sense.
6. Have you used a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop?
Activity 3: Have fun using different voices to spell the tricky words aloud.
Word Passport
Click here for this week’s word list.
Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending!

Activity 1:  Play ‘Guess the Shape’ with an adult.

Describe a shape, remembering to say how many sides and corners it has and to be specific, e.g. “It has 4 sides. It has 4 corners. It has 4 equal sides.” See who can guess the most shapes correctly.

Activity 2:  Go on a 2d shape hunt around your house. What 2d shapes might you find? If you have access to electronic device, take photos of the shapes you find.

Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers.
Activity 1: Be a bird watcher. Can you spot any of these birds? Count and record the different types of bird you see in your garden.

Activity 2: Follow these instructions and make an apple bird feeder.
Activity 3: Can you draw a picture of the birds in your garden?

Click here to watch today’s story read by Miss Marsden.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
Questions to discuss:
1. Why was the lolly melting?

2. Why did Supertato blush at the end?

3. Who helped Supertato to get free?

4. How did Supertato call for help?

5. Why couldn’t we hear what the evil pea was saying when Supertato captured him?