Class News

31 March 2020: Home learning

Phonics
Quick-write sounds:
Ask your grown up to call out the sounds. Write them down on a piece of paper; ai, or, oa, ow, igh, ure, air, ear, ur

Words to Write: sink, tilt, damp, kept

Phonics Activity: Fill in the missing consonant blends:

How did your child find writing the phonemes?
We focus on pronouncing the phonemes with a ‘pure’ sound. For example, ‘ssss not suh’ and ‘ch not chuh’.
Here are some videos on phoneme pronunciation.
Phase 2
Phase 3

Literacy Activity  
Tricky word detective!
Use your reading book to find all the tricky words that you can. Write them in a list. Which word did you find the most?

Maths Activity
We know that teen numbers are made of one ten and ones. E.g. 12 is 1 ten and 2 ones. 
On each card, circle the correct number that is being shown on the Numicon.
 
How did your child find the teens numbers activity?
Number blocks are great short videos for helping understand numbers.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails in school hours.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org

Keeping active at home

Hi children,

We hope that you’ve had a good start to the week despite the change in weather.

One of the things we are good at doing when we are in school is keeping active. How are you finding it now that you’re at home?

I’ve been spending lots of time in the garden practising Maddie’s new walking skill.

Mr Mills has been busy practising his skipping routine – have a look at him in action here. Can you copy him or make your own routine up? If so, ask a grown-up to video it or take some videos to send to us. Remember to send it to both Mrs Welsby (kerensawelsby@spherefederation.org) and to Mrs Rowley (beckyrowley@spherefederation.org).

Evie and Ralph have been busy getting some fresh air in the garden making worm houses and going for walks.

Send us some pictures of all the active things you have been doing at home. We can’t wait to see them!

Keep safe,

Mrs Rowley

Reading at home

We have had a few emails asking what to do when children have finished reading their school reading books.

Any books you read at home will be fine; story books, comics, magazines, dictionaries, atlases, chapter books, recipes or lists. The children don’t need to be able to read every single word independently. You can read to them, take turns, look for words they can read and talk about the book.

There are also lots of e books on Twinkl for free, ranging from traditional tales to information texts – https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/literacy/reading/reading-ebooks

Just keep reading!

W/C 30 March 2020: F1 Home Learning

Day 1
Phonics- Voice Sounds
Use your voice to create some sound effects. Can you make a sound like a ticking clock or a doorbell? Listen to sounds you can hear around your home – can you make a sound just like them using your mouth?
Activity- Number Hunt
Go on a number hunt around your house. What numbers can you see? You could look at your door number, on food packets, on clocks, in magazines or books. You could use a phone or tablet to take photos of the numbers to find. Make sure you ask your adult first!

Day 2
Phonics- Enlivening stories
Sing nursery rhymes with you child. Use role-play, props and repeated sounds to enliven it, for example acting out:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (bump, crash, bang!)
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men (gallop, gallop, gallop)
Couldn’t put Humpty together again (boo, hoo, boo, hoo, boo, hoo).
Activity- Spring into Spring!
During Spring, lots of animals have their babies. Find out the names of these baby animals: pig, sheep and duck. You could use the internet with an adult to help you find out. Can you find any interesting facts about these animals?
Day 3
Phonics- Rhyming soup
Make a ‘Silly Soup’ with your child. Use a bowl and spoon as props to act out the song. You can use rhyming objects or pictures. If you do not have these, just pretend to put things in your bowl. Allow your child to choose an object to put in the soup. Sing the first part of the song to the tune of ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’:
I’m making lots of silly soup
I’m making soup that’s silly
I’m going to cook it in the fridge
To make it nice and chilly
In goes… a fox… a box… some socks.
Activity- Farm Cutting Sheet
With adult supervision, cut around the shapes to practise your cutting skills. Make sure you use your scissors in a safe way. You could practise your cutting skills by just simply making snips in other pieces of paper.

Day 4
Phonics- Initial Sound Hunt
Go on a letter sound hunt! Look around your house and find things beginning with the same letter sound. Can you find 3 things beginning with ‘t’? What other letters can you choose?

Activity- Name Writing
Can you recognise your name?
Practise writing your name. You could use a pencil, pen, paintbrush or even your finger! Support your child by demonstrating. You can write it small or big. If you can write your name, you could practise your second name or other words which are important to you. For example: mummy, daddy or sibling’s names.

Day 5
Phonics- Environment Sounds
Make a collection of your own noise makers. Think about lots of different things that make a sound and gather them together in a box or a bag. Use one of your objects to make a sound for an adult to guess and identify. You could include things like crisp packets, keys, coins in a pot, a rattle or a squeaky toy. Take turns at who guesses the sound.
Activity- Star Biscuits
Use the instruction sheet to make some star biscuits. If you do not have a star cutter you could make a different shape. Encourage your child to help measure the ingredients. Can they recognise any numbers? Don’t forget! Make sure you wash your hands.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails in school hours.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org

30 March 2020: Home learning

Phonics
Words to read:

Words to Write: hurt, land, trust, chair

Phonics Activity: Twinkl- Draw a line to match the polysyllabic word with the picture (see page 15 in your pack)

Was your child able to blend the four daily words today?
Remember, your child could use their ‘phoneme fingers’ to help them when reading words.

Literacy Activity – Get Cooking!
Help to prepare some food. You could bake a cake or help prepare dinner!
Afterwards, write a set of instructions which explains how you made the food. Don’t forget to write your instructions in a numbered list!
If you need any ideas take a look at BBC Good Food.

Did your child help you cook or bake today?
Did they write any instructions?
Please email us any photos and comments – it would be great to see them cooking/baking!

Maths Activity
Twinkl- Subitising:
If you have access to the internet, watch the ‘Jack Hartmann, Subitize Rock’ video on youtube. Guess quickly the quantity you can see! Did you get it right? If you are not online, ask an adult to draw dots on a piece of paper and say how many you can see!

 Please send us any photos or learning!

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails in school hours.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org

Keeping in touch

Hi everyone,

For a quick message from me, click here.

I’ve added a few pictures of the first week of home learning.  If you email me any pictures, I’ll add them to our class news.

Mrs Welsby

A Big Thank You!

Thank you to the parents who have been sending us pictures. It has been lovely to see what you’ve been up to!

Here are some examples of what some of our Foundation 2 children have been up to this week.

Quick Reminder!

Please don’t forget to email us any pictures of your home learning. We would love to see how you’ve been getting on and what you’ve been up to!

stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org

The weather is glorious today!
Make sure you get out in your garden and see what you can find.
You could change the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ to ‘We’re Going on a Bug Hunt!’

Read! Read! Read!

Remember to keep reading lots of books on a daily basis.
Here are some suggestions from Book Trust.

24 March 2020: F2 Home Learning

Phonics
Words to read:

Words to Write:

• Phonics Activity:
  Write a sentence which includes one of the words you have written, for example:
  The clown has a pink waistcoat.
  Remember!
  Capital letters
  Full stops
  Finger spaces
  Check your writing

How did your child find the writing activity?
Remember, it is okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling correctly we encourage the children to use their own skills – rather than copy from an adult.

Literacy Activity
Twinkl challenge card! “Choose a new book to read. Stop reading in the middle of the story. Can you guess what will happen at the end? Were you right?”
You could use your school decodable or love of reading book to complete this challenge!

What did your child predict would happen in the story?
Were they right? Or did they come up with a better ending? Let us know via email.

Maths Activity
Twinkl-Careful counting- More and fewer (within 10).
(see page 7 in your pack)

How did your child find todays activity?
Remember, you can use objects around the house to count to help your child.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails in school hours.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org

W/C 23 March 2020: F1 Home Learning

Monday
Phonics- Body Percussion
Play ‘Follow the Leader’ with your family. One person chooses some body percussion (for example, patting their knees, clapping their hands or clicking their fingers), the rest of the family have to copy the leader. Take turns to be the leader.

Activity- Toys
Have a look at your toys at home. Can you find a toy that can move, a toy that makes sounds and a toy that lights up? How do you make them work? Talk to your grown-up about the different ways your toys work. You could draw a picture of your favourite toy.

Tuesday
Phonics- Listening Walk
Go on a Listening Walk with an adult around your house and in your garden. Practise listening carefully to all the different sounds you hear. Talk about what you heard. Did you recognise all the sounds? Were they loud or quiet? Were they long or short sounds?

Activity- Be Creative!
Make a colourful collage. You could use bits of old fabric, paper, cardboard or even natural materials, like petals and leaves from your garden.

Wednesday
Phonics- Listening Walk
Go on another Listening Walk with an adult around your house and in your garden.  Talk about what you heard. Did you hear anything different today? You could draw some pictures of the things you heard.

Activity- Counting
Sing number- themed counting rhymes and use your fingers or small props to help you count, e.g. 10 Green Bottles or 5 Little Speckled Frogs.

Thursday
Phonics- Voice Sounds
Play an animal themed guessing game. Make some sound effects for different animal noises and encourage someone to guess what animal sound you are making. You could ‘meow’ like a cat, ‘woof’ like a dog or ‘hisss’ like a snake. What other animal sounds can you make? You could sing ‘Old MacDonald’ with you adult.

Activity- Nature Scavenger Hunt
Go on a nature scavenger hunt around your garden. Use the checklist to tick off the things you find. I wonder what you will find… (see pack for checklist)

Friday
Phonics- Oral Blending
With a grown-up, play a listening game about a visit to a farm. “I went on a farm and I saw…” – instead of saying the animal name, split the word up into 3 letter sounds. Encourage your child to identify the animal by blending the 3 sounds together. For example: “I went to the farm and I saw a c-a-t.” “It’s a cat!” Try the words; cat, dog, pig, hen, cow, fox, duck.

Activity- Positional Language
Use a favourite toy or teddy and place it in different places around your house. You might place it under your bed, on top of the cupboard, in front of the TV or even in the bath! Encourage your child to describe the position of their item.

Please see your pack for other daily fun activities!

Please use the email address below if you have any questions about the home learning activities.
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org