Author: Mrs Wood

Hello F2! 
Hope you are all keeping safe and healthy at home.
We are missing seeing all your happy, smiling faces.

Phonics
Please see today’s phonics video (posted at 10.00 am)

Literacy
Story of the week: What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson
1. Listen to the story. Can you spot the rhyming words?
2. Draw and label the animals from the story.

 

Maths
Draw or paint some ladybirds. Give each ladybird 10 or 5 spots.
How many spots on one side, how many on the other?
Talk about the calculation on both sides of the ladybird.
Can you record your number sentences?
E.g.

 

There are 4 spots on one side and 6 spots on the other side. There are 10 spots altogether.
4+6=10

 

 

 

There are 8 spots on one side and 2 spots on the other side. There are 10 spots altogether.
8+2=10

 

 

 

 

**Challenge**:
Each ladybird must have the same amount of spots on each side.
How many different doubles can you make?
E.g.

 

Double 6 equals 12  or 6+6=12

 

 

 

 

 

Double 2 equals 4  or 2+2=4

Extra Activities
Don’t forget to keep adding to your teddy diary!

Make ladybird biscuits – yum yum!

This week we will be thinking about the story Supertato by  Sue Henndra.

Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.

How many different ways do we eat potato?
Talk about this with your child eg mashed potato, chips, jacket potato, crisps.

Make your own Supertato or super vegetable – Draw on the eyes with a marker and add a paper cape with sellotape. Send us a picture via the email we would love to see your creations.

Have a try at vegetable printing or drawing your favourite vegetable.
What colour is it? What shape is it?

Sorting carrots –Which are long, which are short? Can you put them in order from shortest to longest? Use the words long, longest, short and shortest with your child. How many carrots have you got? Count carefully pointing to each carrot as you go.

Evil Pea – If you have frozen peas in your freezer have a look at them in their frozen state. Feel them, what do they feel like? Watch them defrost. How long does it take? Does it defrost more quickly in different places around your house? Use the words “frozen” and “melting” with your child.

Make a sign – tell evil pea to stop being unkind. Ask your child what they want it to say and write this for them. They can add pictures of evil pea and maybe a STOP sign.

Let us know how you get on, by replying to the email address  stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org 
We would love to hear about what you have been doing and are happy to answer any of your questions too.

Have fun!

HELLO FOUNDATION!
It’s Friday again and another week of home learning is completed. Well done! I hope that you’re all remaining happy and healthy at home.

We hope you are enjoying the new home learning videos. You are all doing so well! We love reading the emails and seeing what you’ve been up to.

Teddy Diary Continued 

Miss Marsden is trying to do a lot more cooking during ‘lockdown’. She has bought two new cooking books. On Tuesday, she made a pasta dish. She definitely added too many chilli flakes – it was too spicy! On Wednesday, we had chicken fajitas – they were delicious! Here I am helping Miss Marsden with the cooking! Cooking is a great maths activity. Why not help your adult cook tea at home.

 We made some wobbly strawberry jelly!

This week, Miss Marsden has been doing lots of exercise. She goes running every other day and does hula hooping sessions.  They hula hooping sessions are great fun!

Tonight, we are having a movie night. Look at all of my popcorn!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Hello Foundation! It’s Mrs Marsden again. Today I am going to read, ‘Room on the Broom’ written by Julia Donaldson. Can you think of any other Julia Donaldson books?
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Video – Room on the Broom

Here are a few questions and things to talk about after you’ve listened to the story.

• What made the witch wail and the cat spit?
• Why does the witch need more room on her broom?
• Why did the broom break?
• How did the witch feel when the dragon appeared?
• What objects did the animals through into the cauldron?

Did you enjoy listening to the story?
Activity
Design a new broom for the witch and the animals.

See you next Friday for another story!

 

Please use the following link to access today’s phonics video:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ERrvbRb3qZyzwwZQj0JrgC-Qcrr6Xlzm

We have loved seeing what you’ve been getting up to with your teddy bears this week.  We are looking forward to seeing what you get up to next week!

Here I am with Miss Marsden ready for our quiz night. We are wearing a blue wig and a rainbow headband to support the NHS.

Keep up your amazing work Foundation!

Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!

 

Hello Foundation! It’s Mrs Marsden again. Today I am going to read, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ written by Michael Rosen. Make sure you join in with the actions when listening.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Video – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 

Here are a few questions and things to talk about after you’ve listened to the story.

• The first obstacle encountered by the family is grass – long, wavy grass. What noise do they make?
  The fifth obstacle encountered by the family is a snowstorm – a swirling, whirling snowstorm. What noise do they make?
• The family see, ‘One shiny wet nose! Two big furry ears! Two big goggly eyes!’ What did they find?
• Where are the family at the end of the book?

Did you enjoy listening to the story?
Activity
Choose a bear and act out the story with your family. Ask your adult to hide it somewhere in the house – no peeking! Can you remember all of the obstacles?

See you next Friday for another story!

Day 5: Phonics/Literacy – writing focus

1. Practise your letter formation in your home learning book. You could be practise your letter formation using sand, shaving foam or flour.

2. Quickwrite! Practise writing the digraphs and trigraphs.
Parents: Please read the digraphs and trigraphs to your child. They can then write them their home learning book.

3. Time to Talk!
How to play:
1. Dance to Dance Monkey. 
2. When the music stops find a partner.
3. Talk to your partner about some news you’d like to share.
Remember: to be a good talking partner your eyes should be looking and your ears should be listening AND hearing.
4. Now it’s time to write! Practise saying your news in a sentence. Count the words in your sentence. Now write your news in a sentence. Don’t forget to check your writing! You can draw a picture too.
Challenge: Can you write your news using a narrative e.g. First, then, after that, finally.

Day 5: Maths – Shape, space and measure
Parents: Fill 3-5 cups with water – each cup filled different.

1. Order the cups from the fullest – emptiest.
Parents: encourage your child to use words to describe why they have ordered it the way they have. For example, least, most, full, empty, half, quarter.

Challenge: Can you record your learning?

Extra Learning – Teddy Diary
Don’t forget to keep adding to your teddy diary!
Have a good weekend Foundation!

Happy Birthday Chloe!
We hope you have a fantastic day.
Love From
Miss Marsden, Mrs Allen-Kelly and Miss Feldman

 

Day 4: Phonics – reading focus

**IMPORTANT**
Parents: In response to the ongoing situation, PhonicsPlay is free to use during this period. To access their resources all you need to do is log on using the following details.
Username: march20
Password: home

1. Say the ‘phase 3’ phonemes before the 2 minute timer ends!
Challenge: Can you do it before the 1 minute timer?
Parents: Click ‘PhonicsPlay’ > Resources > Flashcards Time Challenge > Start > Phase 2&3
2. Read the words below.
Parents: you could write them in your child’s home learning book if your child cannot read them on your device.

Parents: If these are too challenging perhaps try reading these words instead.

3. Read the ‘sh’ sentences.
Parents: Click ‘PhonicsPlay’ > Resources > Phase 3 > Sentences > Start > Select ‘week 4 -> sh’
Challenge: Choose another phoneme and read those sentences.

Day 4: Literacy
Book of the week: The smartest giant in town
Draw a character in 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!”.

Day 4: Maths – subtraction
1. Count backwards from 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.

2. Solve the number problems.
Parents: Your child could use objects at home to help when counting.

Challenge: Can you come up with your own addition or subtraction number problems?

Extra Learning – Teddy Diary
Don’t forget to keep adding to your teddy diary!
We look forward to seeing what you and your teddy have been up to. 

Please keep sending in lots of pictures!
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org