05 January 2021: F2 Home Learning
Happy New Year! I hope that you’ve had a happy and healthy Christmas.
Phonics
1. Quickwrite!
Practise writing the phase 2 sounds.
Parents: Please read the sounds to your child. They can then write them on a piece of paper.
Parents: Your child should have this sound mat in the home learning pack which was sent out before Christmas.
2. Words to read:
Was your child able to blend the words? Encourage your child to use their ‘phoneme fingers’ to help them when reading words.
3. Words to write:
mud hat peg cog
Ask an adult to read out the words. Use your phoneme frames in your home learning pack. Remember to write one phoneme in each box.
Literacy Activity
Tell me something about your Christmas holiday.
You could draw a picture and label it with a simple sentence or word.
Remember to use your phoneme fingers when segmenting!
Maths Activity
Sammy squirrel likes to hide nuts for the winter. He has hidden 2 nuts in one hole and 3 nuts in another hole. How many nuts has he hidden altogether? Draw a picture or a number story to show your answer.
Please use the email address below to send photos of your child’s home learning and if you have any questions about the home learning activities.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
Final week
We’ve had a very busy, festive week in school: pantomime (virtual), Christmas lunch, parties, Christingle and crafts. Well done to everybody for working so hard this term- have a wonderful Christmas!
Christmas Party
Merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of the Foundation Team!
Christingle
Preparing for our Christingle service.
The children were very sensible when holding their Christingles – we were very proud of them all.
Talk to your child about the Christingle service and see if they can remember the meaning.
Pantomime time
What a busy day we have had!
“Oh, no, you haven’t!”
“Oh, yes, we have!”
This morning, in between other school work, we have been decorating our clay jar decorations, and in the afternoon we watched the pantomime about Rapunzel.
Class 3/4 want to say a BIG thank you to the PTA for enabling us to watch the panto this afternoon. Here are some of the things that we said about the show:
Daisy: Thank you so much for letting us watch the pantomime. My favourite character was the dragon and Rapunzel.
Olivia: I enjoyed it because it was super funny.
Jack: It was extremely exciting. I loved the dragon!
Ellie: I enjoyed the bit of the video when the dragon said, “My name is Geoff.”
Mia: I think it is funny when the woman drank the baby potion.
Eliza: The best bit was when the prince and Rapunzel got married.
Louie: I enjoyed it when they all sang.
Leah: Thank you for buying this amazing play – it was brilliant!
Edward: Thanks for the play and thanks for everything. It was super funny.
Christmas Jumper Competition
Well done to all the children who designed a Christmas jumper for last week’s home-link challenge. You all made it very difficult to choose a winner!
The runners up…
Ava
Alba
The winner is…
Logan
Merry Christmas from Year 5 and 6
Here are a couple of songs we’ve sang for you to get you into the festive spirit- enjoy!
Christmas Dinner
Today we have had a busy day. In the morning we had a zoom visit from Santa. It was lovely to chat with him and ask questions. Thank you, Santa! Then we enjoyed Christmas Lunch together, pulling crackers and sharing jokes.
Happy Christmas!
We were not able to do our usual Christmas performance this year… but we hope you like this instead!
Christmas Lunch
