Week Commencing 22.02.21: F2 Home Learning
These activities are for the week commencing Monday 22 February, which is when we return to school/home learning, following the half term break. We hope that you have a good break over half term and find a new place to visit on one of your local walks!
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Book of the week- Click here to watch the story What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson, or read the book if you have it 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? |
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| Phonics- oo 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:
and draw in 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 Handwriting Practise- c, o, a, d |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 3. 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. |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- ar Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for ar. Activity 1: Caption writing- Describe the object in the picture.  Write a word or sentence about the picture. (Sentence – The rock is hard and smooth. Words – hard, smooth.)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!Handwriting Practise- g, q, s Click here to watch today’s video. Click here to view the rhymes we use in school. |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 3. 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. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- or 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 |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 3. 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)Handwriting Practise- r, n, m, h Click here to watch today’s video. Click here to view the rhymes we use in school. Zoom |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky word – they Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Tricky word colouring sheets!- Click here Click here for more colouring sheets. 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! Handwriting Practise- b, p, k Word Passport |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 3. Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 5- Measuring Time Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers; The importance of snot! Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers. -Can you make your own snot experiment at home using the ingredients? Send us a photo! -Make a snot superhero poster to tell everyone how snot helps to protect us from getting poorly. |
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| Story time – Don’t Call Me Sweet read by Mrs Rippon Click here to watch this story. Questions to discuss: 1. What didn’t Monster want to be called? 2. What adjectives (describing words) were used to describe Monster? 3. What did Monster chase? 4. Why did Monster say ‘EKK!’ ? 5. Can you draw your own Monster? The World Made A Rainbow read by Miss Marsden Click here to watch this story. Now have a go at making your rainbow. Click here to watch Miss Marsden make a rainbow with Skittles. You will need: – Skittles – hot water – a plate (preferably white) |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
1. What the Ladybird Heard features a map of the farm. Can you create your own map of a farm and use your phonic skills to add words naming the different features and animals?
2. The Ladybird was very brave and smart to come up with a plan and use her voice to warn the other animals. Can you design a certificate of bravery to award to ladybird?
A writing reminder…
How did your child find the writing activity? Remember, it’s okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important that your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling them correctly. We encourage the children to use their own skills, rather than copying an adult.
Understanding the World
Spring Time; Animals and their babies-
Happy Days! Winter is over and it is now the season of SPRING. Do you
know what happens in the season of Spring? Have a chat with your grown up…
In Spring, many baby animals are born. Do you know the name of baby animals? Let’s have a think about the animals in our story What the Ladybird Heard.
Cow, pig, horse, duck, dog, cat
1. First, you could have a go at this ‘What can you see’ video. Click here Which baby animals can you name?
2. Be super researchers- if you don’t know them already, find the names of the remaining baby animals from our story; pig, horse, dog, cat. We speak lots in class about where we can find information, so be sure to tell us where you found your animal facts!
Expressive Arts and Design
1. This week’s story takes place on a farm. What animal noises would you hear on a farm? Listen to this song by this week’s author Julia Donaldson click here See if you can sing along. You might even want to add your own animal movements and dance along too!
2.We’d love to see farmyard animal or ladybird pictures and crafts- use any resources you have! Don’t forget to send us a photo. Here are some ideas:
Physical Development
1. One of our favourite activities! This week, have a go at ‘On the Farm’ Cosmic Yoga.
Yoga Time! | On The Farm | Cosmic Kids – YouTube
2. Draw some lines of different patterns on pieces of paper and follow the lines using small objects such as cereal hoops, paperclips or buttons.
I hope you all have a great week!
Please keep sending photos of your home learning.
Week Commencing 08.02.21: F2 Home Learning
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Book of the week- Watch the story Mr Wolf’s Pancakes or read the book if you have it at home. 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? |
| Phonics- ee 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. |
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| Maths- Number 8. Click here to watch lesson 1. Activity: Click here for today’s activities. Zoom session Don’t forget to bring some playdough to our Dough Disco at 11am. |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- igh This is a trigraph. Three letters that make one sound. All three letters go in one box on a phoneme frame. 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. |
| Maths- Number 8. Click here to watch lesson 2. Activity: Click here for today’s activities. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- oa 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 apart from the tricky words. 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? |
| Maths- Number 8. Click here to watch lesson 3. Activity: Click here for today’s activities. |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky word-you Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Be a Tricky Word Detective. Can you find any tricky words in the books you have at home? Activity 2: Have a go at reading the Phase 2 ‘A Bug’ comic or the Phase 3 ‘Let’s Go’ comic. You can find lots more of these on Phonics Play Parents: Please click the links below. Click here to read the ‘Let’s Go’ comic. Click here to read the ‘A Bug’ comic. Activity 3: Play the Pick a Picture game on Phonics Play. Parents: Login details are… Username: Sphere Password: Spher3 Search Phonics Play > Resources > Phase 3 > Pick a Picture > Start > Phase 2 (sets 1-5) or Phase 3 (sets 6&7) Word Passport Click here for this week’s word list. Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending! |
Maths- Play number stacking pancakes. For this activity you will need a spatula (or something similar) and a plate.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. 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.**Challenge** This activity can be extended by using numbers 11-20. You could also have a go at adding two numbers (1-10) together. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers; Making a volcano 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? |
| Story time- Below are two story videos for you to watch. I hope you enjoy them. My Pet Star read by Miss Marsden Click here to watch the story. Activities 1. Have a go at making your own pet star. You could use this template or, make your own! 2. Follow these instructions and bake some Cosmic Star Cookies. 3. Click here to see how you to make your very own star sun catcher and help brighten up your windows. 4. Don’t forget to go outside on a clear night and look at the stars in the sky. See if you can spot Pet Star. If you do, give him a wave! Six Little Chicks read by Mrs Rippon Click here to watch today’s story. After you have listened to the story, have a go at Miss Marsden’s quiz to check your understanding. Friday 12th February 2021 is the celebration of Chinese New Year! |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week:
Literacy
1. Be a friend to Mr Wolf and make a shopping list for him. You could make a list of ingredients for him to make his pancakes. Or you might make a list for him to make something else delicious. (Pizza, fruit salad etc.)
2. Draw and label two characters from the book.
Understanding the World
Click here to watch a video about wolves.
1. What do you notice about the wolves?
2. How many babies does a mother wolf usually have?
3. What do wolves eat?
4. What helps wolves to keep warm?
5. How many teeth do wolves have?
Expressive Arts and Design
1. Make a stack of pancakes out of playdough. Can you serve them at you own café with different toppings? How much will each pancake cost? Can people buy drinks at your café too?
Click here for the no cook play dough recipe.
2. Make a wolf mask or picture!
3. Using construction toys, can you build Mr Wolf’s Village and the houses for all of the different characters?
4. Maybe an adult in your house will help you to make your own delicious pancakes. What topping might you choose?
Physical Development
Get Moving Outside!
Why not take your numbered pancakes, from the maths activity, outside. Hide them in the garden then find them. Take a number and match it with objects e.g. 3 leaves. Do laps of your garden to match a number.
Joe Wicks is hosting his live PE sessions, 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9am) You can subscribe to his channel here for alerts. A great way to keep fit at home!
Don’t forget to send pictures of your home learning to stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org.
I hope you all have a happy and healthy half-term!
F1 Home Learning: Week 6
This week, we’re going to find out what happens when Mr Wolf decides to cook some delicious pancakes. Listen to the story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ and look at the illustrations in the video carefully as you watch. You might spot some familiar characters!
| Reading · Can you spot any other story characters that you recognise? Which story are they from?  Have you read it?· Why does Mr Wolf need some help at the beginning of the story?· Were Mr Wolf’s friends helpful and kind? Why do you think they didn’t want to help? · What happened when Mr Wolf started to cook his pancakes? · Can you remember what happened at the end of the story? Do you think Mr Wolf should have shared his pancakes? |
| Phonics Being able to copy a rhythm is part of our Phase One phonics learning; we often play simple ‘copy me’ type games as we’re waiting to wash our hands. Today, you’ll need two sticks or wooden utensils, or anything else that is similar! Listen to Mrs Gosper and then have a go at tapping the rhythms too. Phonics – Rhythm pattern sticks |
| Mark-Making · Mr Wolf said he wasn’t very good at writing. Can you help him write out a shopping list for going to the shops? What does he need to make his pancakes? · If Mr Wolf wanted to have a pancake party and invite some friends to his house, what would he need to send them? That’s right, an invitation. Perhaps you could plan a Pancake Day party for next week and make some invitations to send to people in your house. · Have a go at drawing or painting your favourite type of pancake. What toppings would you put on it? · Open up your own ‘Pancake parlour’ and take orders. You’ll need to write down and tick off what your customers would like on their pancakes. · Have you remembered it’s Valentine’s Day on Sunday 14 February? Why not make a card for someone in your family or see if you can post one to someone special that you might not be able to see at the moment?  |
| Maths This week, we’re going to practise our counting skills. In the story, Mr  Wolf made lots of pancakes and we thought it’d be fun to make our own playdough pancakes. If you don’t have any dough, you could follow this simple recipe and have a go at making your own. Whilst making pancakes and playing, you could introduce ‘counting’ in different ways.· How many pancakes have you made? Count each pancake, touching them as you say each number. Sometimes it helps to line objects up to ensure that you count each one only once and try to remember to stop at the last pancake. How many were there? Count again to make sure.· Have you got more pancakes than me? How do you know? · Who has the fewest pancakes? Children often understand the word ‘more’ or ‘most’ but struggle to understand the word ‘fewer’ or ‘fewest’. · The Little Pigs are going to Mr Wolf’s house for a pancake party, how many pancakes do we need to make? Think about your child’s ability and keep the numbers below 5 or 10 as appropriate. |
| Extension ideas · Introduce some real coins into your game. Children don’t need to be able to tell you what the denominations are in Nursery, they may just give you a handful of coins or some may count out 3 coins (of different values) and say “Here’s £3”. It’s all a great way to introduce and familiarise them with money. You could look at the different coins and try to sort them. How could you sort them? Big/little? Circle/not circles? Copper/silver? · Do you remember playing ‘What time is it Mr Wolf’ at school? Children love to play this at Nursery still and it’s a good way of practising counting out the correct number of steps. |
| Creative · We couldn’t read Mr Wolf’s pancakes and then not suggest that you make some pancakes! It’s a great, simple recipe for children to join in with and whisking is great for building upper arm strength too. · What’s your favourite topping? Do you always have the same one? Use this as a time to try something new and talk about different flavours. Do you have sugar and lemon or golden syrup? Is it bitter/sweet/sour? · With supervision, ask children to help you cut some soft fruit to put on their pancakes such as bananas or strawberries. Talk to them about using knives safely. · If you don’t mind a bit (or lot!) of mess, allow your child to enjoy ‘play baking’ pancakes with some flour, water and mixing bowls. · Join in a role play game and make your own ‘Pancake Parlour’, using some of the mark making and maths activities at the same time. If you have a play kitchen, you could cut out some cardboard pancake shapes or you might want to use playdough instead. Take turns to order, cook and pay for your pancakes. If you don’t have a play kitchen, have a go at making one. It doesn’t have to be fancy or take a long time; at Nursery, we sometimes make ovens/hobs using a cardboard box with some circles drawn on top. Children always love to use ‘real’ objects so grab a frying pan and spatula and let them pretend! · There are lots of songs about cooking pancakes! Here’s a Pancake rap from CBeebies. |
| Understanding the World · Part of the Early Years Foundation Stage is to begin to recognise some of our family traditions and celebrations and to begin to recognise how we are similar and different to others. In Nursery, teaching children in detail about Shrove Tuesday is too complicated, but we do talk to them about how Christian’s might celebrate this day and that it’s sometimes referred to as ‘Pancake Day’. We discuss that some families will celebrate by making pancakes and that others might not. We talk about it being a time where Christians begin to prepare for another special day, known as Easter. · If you have a laptop or a device that supports the game, let your child  practise some simple computer skills by playing this game. You need to help Curious George make some pancakes and add his toppings. How many eggs will you need and how many strawberries does George put on?· Talk to your child about the ingredients in pancakes and ask them to think about where they come from. One of the most common answers is usually “the supermarket”! Try to find out more and talk about the origins of milk and eggs by watching these videos. One is all about milk and the other is an episode of ‘Do You Know’ where Maddie finds out about eggs and bread. How does milk get to the farm shop? Do you know? Eggs and bread |
| Physical Development Funky Fingers In Nursery, we always get lemons to squeeze when joining in with pancake day celebrations. If you have a lemon squeezer and can add an extra lemon or two to your basket, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy squeezing lemons and talking about what’s inside the lemon. This is also a great activity for strengthening little fingers! Another good activity for helping to build strength in children’s upper arms, is ‘whisking’. You can do this whilst making pancakes but you could also let your child play with some soap and water and enjoy whisking it to see what happens. If you don’t want lots of mess around the sink, try it at bath time instead. Also, remember that playing with playdough is a great way to develop finger and arm strength. So, using a rolling pin to flatten playdough to make pancakes is another good activity to do. Tip: If your child is struggling  to put enough pressure onto the rolling pin to flatten the dough, try asking them to stand up and do it on a surface/table at their height. |
| Movement The weather is very unpredictable at the moment, so taking part in a pancake race may or may not be possible! If you have space inside/outside and a frying pan/tennis racket, make a play pancake or use a bean bag to see if you can move around an obstacle course without dropping it!Click here for another Cosmic Yoga session. This one is all about something you might enjoy eating on top of your pancakes – bananas! |
| Independence skills During lunchtime at Nursery, children are encouraged to be as independent as possible. This might involve knowing how to feed themselves when they’re given a meal or snack, learning how to put a straw into a carton or being able to open a sandwich box. Children that have a hot meal at Nursery are also encouraged to be able to use a knife, fork and spoon to feed themselves. Whilst many family meal times may involve finger foods, being able to use a knife and fork is an important skill to learn for when your child starts in Reception.This week, depending on your child’s abilities, have a go at encouraging them to do the ‘next step’ themselves. This might mean taking the top off a yogurt pot by themselves or for other children; it could be learning to use a knife to cut something soft, like a fish finger, into smaller pieces. If you wanted to practise using a knife and fork outside of meal times, have a go at chopping up your playdough pancakes! |
| Key Worker activity and videos This week, we’re going to help Mr Wolf with his counting. He has lots of friends that would like to eat his pancakes but he needs some help to count how many he needs. To join in with the second part of the Key Worker session, you’ll need to sit at a table and have some playdough. (If you don’t have any playdough, cut out some paper pancakes and use those instead.) Key Worker session part I – Mr Wolf’s Pancakes Key Worker session part II – Mr Wolf’s Pancakes with playdough Key Worker song –Pancake song |
| Friday Story time- Below are two story videos for you to watch. I hope you enjoy them. My Pet Star read by Miss Marsden Click here to watch the story. Activities 1. Have a go at making your own pet star. You could use this template or, make your own! 2. Follow these instructions and bake some Cosmic Star Cookies. 3. Click here to see how you to make your very own star sun catcher and help brighten up your windows. 4. Don’t forget to go outside on a clear night and look at the stars in the sky. See if you can spot Pet Star. If you do, give him a wave! Six Little Chicks read by Mrs Rippon Click here to watch today’s story. After you have listened to the story, have a go at Miss Marsden’s quiz to check your understanding. |
| Zoom session This week, don’t forget to bring some playdough for our Dough Disco on Wednesday at 11am. |
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Don’t forget to send pictures of your home learning to stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org. |
Week Commencing 01.02.21: F2 Home Learning
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Book of the week- Click here to watch the story Dear Zoo or read the book if you have it at home. 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? |
| Phonics- th 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. |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 2. 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! |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- ng 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 all of the words. Activity 2: Read the sentence and have a go at writing your own sentence using one of these words. |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 2. 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). |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- ai 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 each picture. You could print these phoneme frames, or draw your own. Parents: If you are unsure, click here to view the words. |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 2. Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 3. Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Zoom Don’t forget today’s Movement Zoom at 11am! Get ready to move and groove to some of our favourite songs. |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky word – my 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.  Word Passport Click here for this week’s word list. Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending! |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6, 7, 8!- Week 2. 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! |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers; Friction Experiment- 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. |
| Story time- Night Monkey, Day Monkey read by Miss Marsden **Challenge** When listening to the story, see if you can hear the rhyming words. Click here to watch today’s story. Questions to discuss: 1. What would life be like if it was dark all the time? 2. Which part of the day do you like best day or night? 3. Can you think of any animals that come out at night? These are called nocturnal animals. Nocturnal animals are awake and active at night and then sleep during the day. Some nocturnal animals can be seen during the day, but most of them spend their whole day resting. Get ready for next week’s Dough Disco! |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
1. In class, use Talk4Writing actions to help us retell and act out the stories we learn. After listening to the story, see if you can come up with some actions. You could get an adult to record you and send it to your class teacher!
To help you get started, click here to watch an example.
2. Dear Zoo is a ‘lift-the-flap’ book. Make your own ‘lift-the-flap’ book. You could choose your favourite animals to be underneath each of the flaps. Then, write a sentence underneath each flap. For each sentence try to write the name of the animal and a describing word.
Parents: A writing reminder…
How did your child find the writing activity? Remember, it’s okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important that your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling them correctly. We encourage the children to use their own skills, rather than copying an adult.
Understanding the World
Choose an animal from the book. With the help of an adult, research and find out information about that animal.
Where is its natural habitat? What does it eat? What does it like to do? When the animal lives in a zoo, what does a zookeeper need to do to look after it?
You could use this website or find one of your own.
Maths
1. Choose two or three animal toys. Go on a hunt around your house for different containers. Explore which containers your animals will fit in. Can you explain why they fit in some containers but not others?
2.Patterns are everywhere! Can you recognise any of these animal patterns? Draw your own animal pattern on a piece of paper.
Expressive Arts and Design
Make a lion mask.
Resources:
Paper plate
1 sheet of Yellow and orange paper
Scissors
Glue
Instructions:
1. Cut out the inside of a paper plate, leaving only the outside circle.
2. Cut strips of yellow and orange paper.
3. Glue the yellow and orange paper to the paper plate circle, creating a lion’s mane.
4. Make sure they give a loud ROAR!
Physical Development
1. Get moving and dance along to these songs!
Animal Boogie
Let’s go to the Zoo
2. Make a paper chain snake. This is a great funky fingers activity!
Resources:
Paper (any colours you’d like to use)
Scissors
Stapler
Glue
Googly eyes or draw your own!
Instructions:
1. First, decide on which colours you want to use. You could use two or three colours and try to make your snake a repeating pattern, for example, red, orange, red, orange.
2. Cut strips of each colour.
3. With an adult, use a stapler to connect the chains.
4. Add a head by cutting out a triangle and gluing it to the first chain. You could also add a tail!
5. Glue or draw some googly eyes on the head and add a red tongue, then you’re done!
I hope you all have a great week! Please remember to send photos to stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org. I love hearing about how you’ve been getting on with your home learning.
F1 Home Learning: Week 5
This week, our learning is going to be based on a book that lots of families will already be familiar with, ‘Dear Zoo’ written by Rod Campbell.
We’ve saved all of this week’s remote learning ideas to a pdf as we thought this might be an easier way for some people to view them.
Zoom
Don’t forget Wednesday’s Movement Zoom at 11am! Get ready to move and groove to some of our favourite songs.
| Reading · Before you read the book, ask the children if they are familiar with it. Have they read it before? Can they remember what the story is about? · If you have a copy of the book, as you’re reading, pause each time for children to guess what animal is next. · Listen to the story a few times and encourage your child to join in with the words that are repeated. Once they’re familiar with the book, use the pictures to have a go at retelling the story using the repeated pattern of words. “So they sent me a_____. He was too ____. I sent him back.” · What do you think would be a good pet to have? Why? Can you think of any animals that wouldn’t make a good pet? |
| Phonics Listening to rhymes and being able to keep a simple beat are all important elements of our Phase One phonics teaching in Nursery. Here’s a new rhyme to learn all about going to the Zoo. Watch this video and join in with drumming the beat at home. You’ll need something to bang like a drum so see what you can find at home, a pan/box and wooden spoon work well! 1,2 We’re going to the zoo. 3,4 crocodiles by the door. 5,6 Monkeys doing tricks! 7,8 Lions at the gate. 9,10 Elephant’s stomping in his pen. Do you remember our ‘Guess the animal’ Key Worker game? Here’s another one for you to try; we need to keep practising our listening skills! |
| Mark-Making · Have a go at drawing your own pet or an animal that you would like to have as a pet. Think carefully about what it looks like. Does it have big, floppy ears? Does it have legs? · In the Key Worker video this week, some of the teachers have drawn patterns on a snake. Draw a snake outline yourself, or ask a grown up to help, and have a go at adding your own patterns. Will it be a spotty or stripy snake? · You could have a go at making your own ‘Dear Zoo’ book. Draw some pictures of different animals (or print some pictures if you prefer and have a printer) and then cut out some flaps to stick over them. Have a go at telling your own version of the story! We’d love to see it – send us a photo or video of you reading your book. |
| Maths Do you remember learning about shapes during our ‘Zog’ themed week? This week, we’re going to continue learning about shapes. First, watch this shape video to remind yourself of the names and properties (such as the number of sides and corners) of the basic 2D shapes (circle, square, rectangle and triangle). Then, draw one of each of the shapes on a piece of paper and go on a shape hunt around your house. · Can you find each of the shapes? If you find more than one, you could put a tick or tally on your sheet. Which shape did you find the most of? We’d love to see some photographs of the shapes that you find. · Next time you go for a walk, try and spot some shapes along the way. What shape are the road signs? |
| Extension ideas – Have a go at feeding the ‘shape monsters’ on this Topmarks game. – Do you remember creating a repeating colour pattern? Ask a grown up to help cut out some different shapes. Have a go at creating a repeating shape pattern with just 2 shapes. Circle, square, circle, square, circle…. What would come next? – In Nursery, we often use different objects to investigate what shape they make when we dip them in paint and print with them. Find some objects (eg. a tin, Duplo brick, a small cardboard box – like a toothpaste box) and pour a bit of paint onto a plate. Dip the object in and then print with it! What shape can you see? (You could use these to print a repeating pattern, too.) Are there any shapes that are tricky to find? |
| Creative · What is your favourite animal from the story? Have a go at making it using boxes and other recycling materials that you may have. · In the story, each of the animals was delivered in a different shaped box or container. Find your favourite animal toy and have a go at making it a home. What would it need to be comfortable? What size and shape would it need to be? · If you have some toy animals, you could make your own small world area. You might use Duplo bricks or you could go outside and collect some leaves, sticks and pebbles to add to a tray or an empty shoebox. · Here’s another of the songs that we enjoy listening to before lunch time – Walking through the jungle. |
| Understanding of the World · Have you ever been to a safari park or zoo? What did you see? Whilst it’s not possible to visit animals at the moment, you could watch some snippets from the virtual tours on Chester Zoo’s website and find out about meerkats and giraffes. (The information from the Keeper is quite tricky for Nursery children, but your child may enjoy just watching and talking to you about the animals they can see in the video). In Nursery, we often talk to children about why some animals are looked after in wildlife parks and where the animals would normally live, in their natural habitats. · In the ‘Dear Zoo’ story, the boy wanted a pet. Do you have a pet? If you have a pet, talk about how you look after it and what it needs to be healthy. If you don’t have a pet, which animal would be a good pet for your family? Would you be able to look after a pet and give it everything that it needs? · Are you ready for some quiet time? Find out about different pets in an episode of My Pet and Me. |
| Physical Development Fiddly Fingers We’re going to make our own snakes in this activity, so you’ll need some small strips of paper and some glue. Show your child the picture and talk about how to make the snake. Look carefully at how the body is made. They might remember making paper chain decorations in Nursery before Christmas. Make a paper chain, linking each strip of paper together and then make a head to add on at the end. How long will your snake be? Linking the paper strips is a great way to get your child moving their fingers and hands to increase dexterity. Movement We love to have a good boogie at Nursery and dancing is a great way to get us all moving in different ways! Join in with the Animal Boogie at home and have a go at some of the actions. Movement play is really important in Early Years; it helps children to develop and strengthen connections between their body and brain. These connections lay important foundations for children’s future learning and development. We encourage all kinds of movement in Nursery, including crawling like animals and laying on the floor to slither like snakes – just as this song encourages children to do! |
| Independence skills Over the last few weeks, we’ve been trying to encourage you to help your child to become more independent, ready for their return to Nursery. We’ve been practising getting our coats on and fastening zips, putting on our own gloves and how to blow our own nose. This week, we’d like you to have a go at putting on and taking off your own shoes. This is where Velcro or elasticated fastenings make it much easier! If your child is already confident at doing this, can they put their own socks on? Have a go and see! |
| Key Worker activity and videos For this week’s Key Worker activity, you’ll need some paper to draw your own snake or a snake outline and some crayons or colouring pencils/pens. Watch the video to see how each of the teachers draws a different pattern onto the snake’s body. When you’ve finished watching, have a go at your own. Key Worker video – Snake patternsHere’s another activity for you to join in with – you’ll need two wooden spoons or utensils. It’s a song you might already know, all about ‘Going to the zoo’ and afterwards, you can learn some signs for some of the animals that you might see if you went on a trip to the zoo! Key Worker song- Going to the zooVideo – Zoo animal signs |
| Story time- Night Monkey, Day Monkey read by Miss Marsden **Challenge** When listening to the story, see if you can hear the rhyming words. Click here to watch today’s story. Questions to discuss: 1. What would life be like if it was dark all the time? 2. Which part of the day do you like best day or night? 3. Can you think of any animals that come out at night? These are called nocturnal animals. Nocturnal animals are awake and active at night and then sleep during the day. Some nocturnal animals can be seen during the day, but most of them spend their whole day resting. Get ready for next week’s Dough Disco! To make sure you are prepared and ready to get your fingers moving, use this simple recipe to make some dough at home. I look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday. |
I hope you all have a great week! Please remember to send photos to stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org. I love hearing about how you’ve been getting on with your home learning.
Week Commencing 25.01.21: F2 Home Learning
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Book of the week- Watch the Gruffalo or read the book if you have it at home. 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? |
| Phonics- qu 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. |
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| Maths- Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- ch 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. |
| Math – Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- sh 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’ |
| Maths- Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky words – was 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! |
| Maths- Shape Click here to watch today’s video. 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. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers – RSPB Bird watching 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? |
| Story time- Veggies Assemble 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? |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
1. Can you write a recipe for Gruffalo Crumble? Write a list of all of the ingredients you will need. Think about the things that the mouse might find in a deep dark wood.
2. Can you make a sign to warn people about the Gruffalo ? What would you write on your sign? Think of some interesting warning words.
3. Can you draw and label a map of the mouse’s journey through the deep dark wood? Who did he meet first in the story? Where did he find the owl?
Understanding the World
1. Find out about owls and some other birds of prey by watching Andy’s Secret Hideout. Can you find out some more interesting facts about owls?
2. Do you have any dried spaghetti at home? How does it feel, is it hard or soft? Adults could you cook the pasta and watch it with your child. Talk about the changes. How does it feel once it has been cooked? Now you have your own bowl of scrambled snake to enjoy.
Expressive Arts and Design
Can you make a Gruffalo or a mouse headband? Use some paper and Sellotape then colour it in. You could then act out the story.
Are you going to be the mouse or the Gruffalo?
Physical Development
1. Using your fiddly fingers thread some tubes of pasta onto a piece of string, ribbon or an old shoelace. Can you add on eyes and make your snake slither around?
If you haven’t got any pasta you could make a paper chain snake or cut out a spiral snake from some paper.
2. Have a go at doing some Cosmic Yoga. It tells the story of Tallulah the owlet. We really enjoy cosmic yoga at school and we hope that you do at home too.
Online Gruffalo Activities
Click here and play some Gruffalo games.
1. Monster maker – make your own Gruffalo – choose your own face, body and legs. What would you call the new Gruffalo? If you have access to a printer, print it out and colour it in.
2. Hide and Seek – play the matching game with the Gruffalo cards.
3. Menu matcher – is a short quiz about the Gruffalo story.
I hope you all enjoyed the nursery rhyme themed Zoom. It was lovely to see all your smiling faces. Don’t forget next Wednesday’s Zoom is a Scavenger Hunt. You will be asked to go and find lots of different things.
Parents: be prepared to help your child look for things.
See you then!
F1 Home Learning: Week 4
This week, our learning is going to be themed around the well known traditional tale, ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. If you have a copy at home, read it together before starting the activities. If you don’t have a copy of the story, you can listen to it using this link.
| Reading · Have you heard this story before? Can you remember what happens?· What do the Bears say each time they find something else that Goldilocks has touched? “Someone’s been eating/sitting/sleeping…” Try to encourage your child to join in with the repeated phrases as you read the story. · Once you’ve heard the story a few times, have a go at re-telling the story. This is an important part of the Early Years reading curriculum and we often use pictures and props to help us re-tell stories. Do you have 3 teddy bears that you could use to retell the story at home? You could find 3 different sized bowls and spoons too. If you’d like to make some story props instead, and you have a printer, you can download some printable ones here. · If you have the CBeebies Story Time App, you can download the story to read, too. Details on how to download the App are available on the link. |
| Phonics A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to make some sound effects linked to ‘Zog’ using your voice. In Nursery, we use voice sound cards during group time to make different noises. Have a go at home and see if you can think of some more sounds.  If you’d like to continue learning about ‘Voice sounds’, here’s a video link to a voice sounds game with a cheeky character called Felix! At the end of the video, there’s a funny face paper plate craft activity too. You could play the same game at home and make your own picture cards (or print some).What would Little Bear say when he sees his chair has broken? What does Goldilocks say when she tastes Little Bears porridge? |
| Mark-Making · Can you draw a picture of Goldilocks? Make sure you give her lots of long, golden curls. If you like to paint, you could paint a picture of your favourite teddy bear. · How many bears are in the story? Try to draw a big bear for Daddy Bear and a smaller bear for Baby Bear. What size would Mummy Bear be? · Where do the Three Bears live? Draw a picture of their house. What shape are the windows and door? |
| Maths · Ask your child to help you find 3 different sized bowls and spoons. Which is the biggest? Smallest? Arrange them in size order.  · Watch this week’s Key Worker video. Create your own repeating colour pattern using Duplo or Lego bricks. Keep it simple, just pick two colours. |
| Maths Extension ideas – You might have a threading set at home or some coloured beads. Can you make a repeating colour pattern using the buttons or beads? – Create a repeating pattern using pictures or objects instead of colours. Remember to keep it simple, choosing just 2 different items. E.g. Apple, carrot, apple, carrot, apple…  |
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· This activity is always a big hit in Nursery, but it is messy! Use your different sized bowls and spoons and put them inside an empty plastic storage box/tray to catch some of the mess. Add some porridge oats (or some rice crispies/rice/pasta) to the bowls for your child mix, scoop and pour the oats. Children love to scoop and pour in our sensory area – it’s easily swept or vacuumed up at the end of the day. We usually use dry ingredients, but you can add water if you want to add to the sensory play experience (and mess)! |
| Physical Development Funky Fingers This is linked to our ‘Independence’ activity this week. What can you find that uses a zip? For example: Zip-lock bags, purses/wallets, bags, pencil cases, wash bags, jackets and clothing. Allow your child time to investigate ‘zips’ and how they work. If you have an old bag or purse/wallet, let your child use it in their role play at home – they love to fill them with items and incorporate them into their play. Becoming familiar with how zips work, and learning how to use them in a range of contexts, will help them progress onto eventually fastening their own coats. Movement Get a few pairs of socks and roll them into a balls. Cut out some different sized spots (big/small) using paper and spread them out on the floor. Ask children to aim at the spots. Did it land on the big or small spot? How many are on the big spot? If the bowls you chose for the maths activity aren’t breakable, you could aim into Daddy Bear’s bowl instead!  |
| Independence skills Next time you go out for a walk, make sure you allow some extra time for your child to put their own coat on. If they can already do this, encourage them to do their own zip up. This is a really important skill and one which we would be teaching daily at Nursery. If you’d like a few ideas on how to help, there are some hints and tips available on the links below – check which are appropriate for your child. · Putting coats on – Scroll to the bottom of the web page for 2 video clips. In Nursery, we usually start by putting our hoods on first and then finding the arm holes. We don’t always have much space for ‘through the rabbit holes’ and flipping coats over our heads, although children love to do it this way! · Zips fact sheet – Here’s a fact sheet with a few ideas or you could watch this video clip that shows small steps in teaching children how to use zips. In the video, the lady refers to the zip as ‘food’ and a ‘mouth’. In Nursery, we often call the zip the ‘train’ and put it into the ‘station’ so it can run up the track. |
| Key Worker activity and videos In our Key Worker activity this week, Mrs Beesley has some bears that she needs your help to sort. We’ve done a similar activity in group time before so see if you can remember what to do. When you’ve watched the videos, have a go at sorting some of your own toys, such as Duplo bricks or cars. Maybe you’ll have a tin of Quality Street left over from Christmas that you haven’t eaten yet and you could sort the sweets! (You don’t? We’re surprised!) Key Worker activity – Bear sorting Key Worker Song – When Goldilocks went to the house of the Bears |
| Friday Story Time- Veggies Assemble Click here to watch today’s story read by Miss Marsden. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story. After listening to the story, have a look in your kitchen and see if you can find any vegetables. Can you name any of the vegetables? Now, have some fun and make some ‘Super Veggies’ like these below.  |
· Make your own porridge together and taste it. What does it taste like? Do you add anything to your porridge? Does it make it sweeter?I hope you all enjoyed the nursery rhyme themed Zoom. It was lovely to see all your smiling faces. Don’t forget next Wednesday’s Zoom is a Scavenger Hunt theme. You will be asked to go and find lots of different things.
Parents- be prepared to help your child look for things.
See you then!
Week Commencing 18.01.21: F2 Home Learning
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Book of the week- Watch the story SUPERTATO or read the book if you have it at home. SUPERTATO Questions to discuss: Where is the story set? Who are the main characters in the story? What fruit and vegetables do you like to eat? Why is it important to eat fruit and vegetables? |
| Phonics- x Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Write a word, caption or sentence to match the picture.  Activity 2: Go to phonicsbloom.com. Choose phase 2 games. Play: Fishy Phonics |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6,7,8! Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 1 Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- y Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Write a word, caption or sentence to match the picture.  Activity 2: Click here to play Buried Treasure on Phonics Play. Select phase 3 then +y. |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6,7,8! Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 2 Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- z/zz Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Be a ‘z’ detective! Can you find anything (or anyone) in your house, that has the initial or ending sound ‘z’? |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6,7,8! Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 3 Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky words Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Be a Tricky Word Detective. Can you find any of the phase 3 tricky words in the books you have at home? Activity 2: Play Run to the Tricky Word. 1. Write each tricky word on separate pieces of paper. Click here to check you have used all of the tricky words. 2. Stick them around your garden or a big room in your house. 3. Get an adult to spell the tricky words aloud using the letter names. 4. Run to the correct tricky word. Activity 3: Play the Reading Robot game on Phonics Play. Parents: Login details are… Username: Sphere Password: Spher3 Search Phonics Play > Resources > Phase 2 > Reading Robot > Start > Phase 2 Word Passport Click here for this week’s word list. Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending! |
| Maths- White Rose Maths: Growing 6,7,8! Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 4 Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers; – Keeping warm in winter Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers. Can you design an outfit to keep Professor Myers warm when she goes out for her winter walks? Can you think of some ways of moving to keep warm when it’s cold outside? Which one worked best? |
| Story time- The Very Lazy Ladybird Click here to watch today’s story read by Miss Marsden. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story. Questions to discuss: 1. What did the ladybird like to do all day and night? 2. Whose tail did the ladybird hop onto? 3. What did the elephant do? 4. Did you like the story? What was your favourite part? |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
- Design and label your own character to match the story. You may choose to draw, paint or use real vegetables.
- Pick a character to draw and add a speech bubble. What is your character saying?
Understanding the World
- Find some fruits and vegetables around your house. Sort them into different groups. You might sort by colour, size or texture.
- 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?
Expressive Arts and Design
1. Draw a vegetable.
Use your own imagination or this drawing tutorial.
How to draw broccoli
2. Use a mash potato masher to make some super art.
Physical Development
1. With an adult, cut some fruit and vegetables to make a healthy snack.
How many pieces did you cut?
2. Superhero PE!
Be a superhero and try out some of these stretches and movements.
Superhero 1
Superhero 2
Zoom sessions
Next week the children who are learning from home will be invited to a zoom session with their teacher. This zoom session will be with a group of children from their class. You will find the focus of the zoom session on the website each Friday. Sometimes your child will need to bring something along with them. Your child does not have to join in with these zooms, they are optional. Unfortunately, the timings of these zooms cannot be changed as most teachers are teaching in school. Look out for the link to your child’s zoom, which will be sent, via email on a Friday. Look forward to seeing you all next week.
F1 Home Learning: Week 3
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There are lots of great stories that take place in a snowy setting. You might have ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ at home or a favourite story that involves penguins or polar bears. Here’s a story for you to watch called ‘The Snowy Day’. · How do you feel like when you open the curtains, look out of the window and see snow? · Can you remember the sound that Peter’s feet made as he walked through the snow? We love listening to the ‘crunch’ of freshly fallen snow! · What tracks did Peter find in the snow? Have you ever seen some tracks in the snow? What made the tracks? · Peter put a snowball in his pocket. What happened? Where did the snowball go? |
| Phonics In Nursery, we practise our listening skills when we’re singing and using instruments. We have to shake the instruments until we hear the music stop. Find something at home that you can use to make a noise – this could be an instrument, a pot with rice in or a wooden spoon and a pan! Shake or bang along to the music and remember to listen carefully for when to stop. |
| Mark-Making
· Draw a snowman. Think carefully about what shape you need to use for the body and head. How many eyes do you need to draw? What shape could you use for a carrot nose? · Paint a winter picture. What colours would you use? · Draw around your hands and carefully cut them out to make some paper gloves. Add patterns to decorate the gloves. Will they be spotty or stripy? · Add a small amount of water to a baking tray (shallow) and put it out overnight when the weather forecast is cold. Hopefully, when you return to it in the morning, you will have a thin sheet of ice. Bring it inside and have a go at painting on it. What happens? |
| Mathematics
· You will need a large snowman outline (cut out white paper circles or draw one onto paper) and some buttons/pompoms/beads for buttons. Just like in our previous Gingerbread Man activity, put 1-6 buttons on the snowman and count how many buttons the snowman has. Encourage children to count carefully, pointing/touching each button as they say each number. Some children will work with numbers up to 3 confidently, others may be able to work with numbers to 5 or 10. Choose the number of buttons according to your child’s confidence levels. · On a different day, instead of counting how many buttons are already on the snowman, ask children to select a given number of buttons from a pile. They may find this tricky and sometimes forget to stop! Keep the numbers small, below 3-4 to start with. (If your child can do this, increase the numbers up to 10.) Remind your child how many buttons they need to get and what number they are going to ‘stop’ at. Keep checking as they count – have they reached the ‘stop’ number yet? · If your child is working confidently counting up to 6, introduce a dice. Roll the dice once each and add the corresponding number of buttons to your snowman. Which snowman has the fewest/most buttons? |
| Extension Activities Some of our older children might enjoy playing the Snowman Dice Game from Twinkl. The mark making skills required might be a too challenging for some children, but you could always draw the pieces onto paper and then collect each part as you roll the dice.  |
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· Create a winter tree picture using some twigs that you collect from your garden or a walk. You will need some coloured paper, twigs, glue, cotton buds and white paint. · Need some quiet time? Grab your favourite snack and a blanket and enjoy watching ‘The Snowman’ by Raymond Briggs. · Are you wearing a woolly jumper to keep warm? Here’s Aunty Mable and Pippin in an old episode of ‘Come Outside’ telling us all about how they are made. |
| Understanding the World
· Talk to your child about the seasons. The BBC has a short video clip that you could watch to discuss things that you can see changing as the seasons change. Children might be able to spot some of the autumnal changes that we talked about in Nursery before Christmas. · What season is it now? How do we know? What clothes do we wear in winter? How is this different to summer time? Listen to this song all about winter – Did you talk about some of the things in this video? · On your next walk, have a look for some signs of winter. We’ve created a Winter Scavenger Hunt sheet for you to print or copy. Take it with you on your walk and tick off the items as you find them. If your child comments on some of the changes that they see and you have time, please make a note of the words that they use and send us an email with their comments. (Please note it down word for word, just as they say it!) · Investigate freezing and melting. Choose a selection of objects (that can go in water and be frozen!) and put them into some empty pots (yogurt pots, ice cube trays) with a small amount of water. Freeze them overnight (or longer) and remove once they’re frozen. Put the frozen items into a tray and allow your child to investigate. What does it feel like? What has happened to the water? Play with the ice and watch what happens to them over time. Talk about the changes that children can see happening. What’s happening to the ice? Discuss the basic process of melting and think about other things that might melt such as ice-creams on a sunny day. |
| Physical Development Fiddly Fingers Lots of us have memories of making paper snowflakes as a child and we thought that this would be a great activity to practise our ‘snipping’ skills. You will need some paper (cut it into a square shape) and a pair of children’s scissors. Loosely, follow these instructions on how to fold your paper – don’t worry too much about this part! In Nursery, we’re interested in learning how to fold and use scissors safely, rather than a perfect snowflake at the end of the process! Please ensure that your child is supervised when using their scissors. Show your child where to cut and let them enjoy snipping the paper. What does it look like when you open it out?Movement Join in with these Cosmic yoga sessions at home. There’s a shorter clip, Winter Wonderland, and a longer story called Joybob The Polar Bear.Independence skills At this point of the year in Nursery, we usually have a long line of children needing help to put their gloves on before we go outside! Over the next few weeks, encourage your child to put on their own gloves. Teach them to close their fingers at first to get their hand into the glove and then to open them slightly and wiggle each finger into place. Keep trying – it’s tricky! |
| Key Worker activity/video In our Key Worker session this week, we’re going to do our ‘Dough Disco’ song. Those of you that join our Zoom sessions will be able to have another go and practise each of the moves. You’ll need a small ball of playdough (or similar), just enough to fit in your child’s palm.We also like to sing this song on cold, snowy days. It’s called ‘5 Little Snowmen’. |
| Friday Story Time The Very Lazy Ladybird Click here to watch today’s story read by Miss Marsden. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story. Questions to discuss: 1. What did the ladybird like to do all day and night? 2. Whose tail did the ladybird hop onto? 3. What did the elephant do? 4. Did you like the story? What was your favourite part? |
| Zoom sessions Next week the children who are learning from home will be invited to a zoom session with their teacher. This zoom session will be with a group of children from their class. You will find the focus of the zoom session on the website each Friday. Sometimes your child will need to bring something along with them. Your child does not have to join in with these zooms, they are optional. Unfortunately, the timings of these zooms cannot be changed as most teachers are teaching in school. Look out for the link to your child’s zoom, which will be sent, via email.We are looking forward to seeing you all. |
Week Commencing 11.01.21: F2 Home Learning
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Book of the week- Watch the story Lost and Found or read the book if you have it at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAAQ8EWzig Questions to discuss- – How is the boy feeling when the penguin first arrives at his door? – Why does the penguin follow the boy? What does he want?- The penguin was lonely… What does it mean to be lonely? How can we help others when they are feeling lonely? What can we do when we feel lonely ourselves? |
| Parents: Click here to see how we use Phoneme Fingers when blending. Phonics- j Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Be a ‘j’ detective! Can you find anything (or anyone) in your house, that has the initial sound ‘j’? Activity 2: Take turns with an adult to play ‘Roll and Read’ (j 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. |
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| Maths- White Rose Maths: Alive in 5!- Week 2. Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 1. Activity: Click here for today’s activity. Encourage your child to speak in full sentences when describing the number composition, for example: “There are three frogs in the pond and there are two frogs on the grass. There are 5 frogs altogether” or “There are 4 toys on the bed and there is one toy on the floor. There are 5 toys altogether” |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- v Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Be a ‘v’ detective! Can you find anything (or anyone) in your house, that has the initial sound ‘v’? Activity 2: Here is the link to ‘fishy phonics’ on the Phonics Bloom website- click here Parents: Select phase 2, set 5. Try the hard level initially, change to easy if this is a bit tricky. |
| Maths- Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 2. Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- w Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Be a ‘w’ detective! Can you find anything (or anyone) in your house, that has the initial sound ‘w’? Activity 2: Write ‘yes’ and ‘no’ on two separate pieces of paper and put them at either side of the room. Ask your child to read these questions (click here) one at a time and then run to either the yes or the no answer. Encourage your child to point to each word on the screen as they read the question. |
| Maths- Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 3. Activity: Click here for today’s activity. If you do not have a printer, draw 5 of anything you like on a piece of paper and cut them out. This will work just as well for the activity! |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky words he/she Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Be a Tricky Word Detective! Can you find any tricky words in the books you have at home? Activity 2: Write a sentence using one of the new tricky words. 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? Activity 3: Rainbow writing tricky words- use a variety of colours to practice spelling all of the phase 2 tricky words.  Click here for this week’s word list for your Word Passports.Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending! |
| Maths- Click here to be taken to the correct web page. Choose Session 4. Activity: Click here for today’s activity. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers; Exploring Ice Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers. -Can you carry out the ice experiments in the video from Professor Myers? Remember to make some predictions about what you think will happen first. -Can you draw and label a picture to show what you did? |
| Story time- One Snowy Night read by Mrs Rippon Click here to watch today’s story. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story. |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
1. Make a story map of the key events in the story Lost and Found. We practice creating these lots in class.
2. Sometimes, when people lose a pet, they put up posters to help find them again. Can you make a ‘lost’ poster for the Penguin in Lost and Found. Don’t forget to add lots of details describing the penguin, so that the reader knows what to look out for. What does the penguin look like? What colour is it? How big is it?
3. The story doesn’t have any speech in it. Ask your grown up to draw out a speech bubble and pretend you are the boy from the story (perhaps you could draw him next to the speech bubble) Have a go at writing what you think he might have said when he first met the penguin.
A writing reminder…
How did your child find the writing activity? Remember, it’s okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important that your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling them correctly. We encourage the children to use their own skills, rather than copying an adult.
Understanding the World
Spend some time watching the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo:
https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/penguin-cam/
– What do you notice about them?
– How do they move? (perhaps you can walk like a penguin too!)
– Do they like to be alone or in groups?
– Do they live on land, in the water, or both?
– These penguins are in a zoo. Where can we find penguins in the wild? Ask an adult to help you find this information in a book or by using the internet.
Expressive Arts and Design
1. Build a boat for your toys! You could use any construction toys you have at home (such as lego, duplo) natural or found objects outside, or recycled food packaging. Perhaps you could tell a story about an adventure your toys go on in their brand new boat!
2. Make a ‘Paper Roll Penguin’ You could follow this guide or, if you do not have coloured paper, create your own version using plain paper, the paper roll and colouring pens or pencils!
Physical Development
Get Moving! Join in with this Jack Hartman Penguin Dance: video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf0uKmKwnKs
Did you know… ‘PE with Joe’ is back? Joe Wicks is hosting his live PE sessions again from Monday 11th January 2021, 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9am) You can subscribe to his channel here for alerts. A great way to keep fit at home!
I hope you all have a great week of home learning and please keep sending me photos of what you’ve been up to.
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