27 March 2020 : Home learning
Happy Friday!
Read for 20 minutes and work on your times tables.
Maths
Warm up by counting in 2s – singing along with the song https://youtu.be/JyCr0IgbYcI
Reading/writing
Choose one of your favourite toys. Tell someone about it, using some adjectives to describe what it looks like, what it can do and what it is made of.
Challenge : write some sentences about it – remember your ‘Must Dos’
Topic : Geography
Sing the song about the UK – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqDJW4EhmE
Write a list of all the countries and capital cities in the UK. Remember that proper nouns begin with a capital letter (names of countries and capital cities are all proper nouns).
If you have a globe or atlas, you could find them on there too.
26 March 2020 : Home learning
Thursday already!
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and work on spellings/times tables.
Maths
Warm up by counting in 5s – singing along to the song https://youtu.be/cJ4jV14Oz5I
Reading
Go on a phoneme (sound) hunt around your house looking for green sounds in words.
Write a list of the words you find.
eg toy, tray, slide, plate
Challenge : put the words you find into sentences.
Topic : Living and learning
We have been talking about body image in our Living and Learning lessons. We have talked about knowing how our body feels when we are relaxed and calm. We can use different techniques to calm ourselves. There are some ideas in the table below. Try some out and teach one to someone else in your house.
| Listen to relaxing music. Close your eyes if that is comfortable. | Sit down and rest your head on your hands on a table. |
| Breathing hug
Start with both arms in the air. Put one hand across your tummy and the other on your shoulder. Breathe slowly in and out. Focus on the breathing. |
Breathing tree
In a standing position, raise your arms as you breathe in and release your arms back down as you breathe out.
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| Ok breathing
Make an ‘ok’ sign on your tummy and slowly breathe in and out. This sign is to represent that it is ok to feel different emotions. No emotions are bad. Emotions change and you won’t feel like that forever. |
Belly breathing
Sit or lay down, place your hands on your belly and close your eyes. As you take a big breath in, blow up your belly like a balloon (place a favourite toy there to feel it moving). Hold the breath briefly and then slowly exhale deflating the balloon in your belly. |
| Nose breathing
Place one finger on one nostril, breathe in, then place the other finger on the other nostril and close for a beat. Release and open the opposite nostril to breathe out. |
Emotion bottle
Make your own emotion bottle. This is a bit like a snow globe. Shake it up and watch it. The bottle is our mind. The glitter is our emotions. Let the bottle clear. To make your own, take a bottle, add glitter (different colours could represent different emotions), optional food colouring and seal it closed. |
| Focus on an object
Focus on an object for 90 seconds. If you lose focus, make an effort to bring the focus back to the object. |
Starfish meditation
This is a great way to refocus the mind. Spread your fingers on one hand like a star fish. Slowly trace your finger, from the other hand, around your fingers and hand. Continue until you feel calm. |
| In addition to these techniques, you could also try:
· Listening to guided meditations for children (https://annakaharris.com/mindfulness-for-children/) · Listening to mindfulness music · Mindful colouring and doodling · Yoga poses especially balances · Cosmic Kids yoga and mindfulness (https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga)
· https://www.gonoodle.com/ (mindfulness and active brain breaks) |
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25 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning.
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and have another go at your spellings and (Y2s) times tables. Don’t forget you can email me katieharker@spherefederation.org if you have any questions about the learning or want to send any photos in of what you’re up to.
Maths
Count in 10s singing along with the song – https://youtu.be/BokH3_zaLiA
The challenge is at the bottom of the slide : choose any number between 0-9 and add 10 as many times as you can.
Reading
Go on a phoneme (sound) hunt around your house looking for orange sounds in words.
Write a list of the words you find.
eg chips, coin, dish, spoon
Challenge : put the words you have found into sentences.
Play some phonics games on Phonics Play.
Topic : Drama/movement (performing poetry)
Read the poem a few times during the day. See if you can recite it from memory. Add some actions to match the words.
Challenge : find the rhyming words in the poem and write some more words that rhyme.
24 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning!
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and work on your spellings/times tables too.
Maths
Sing along with the ‘Big Numbers Song’ https://youtu.be/e0dJWfQHF8Y
Find one more and one less than each number on the slide. Write them in your home learning book.
Challenge : 
Reading
Read a story book. Draw or write a story map showing what happens in the story.
Topic : Weather and Seasons
Draw an outfit for each season of the year and write a list of the clothes and weather you would be likely to see in that season (there is an example below).
23 March 2020: Home learning timetable
Hi children, parents and carers,
We hope your first day of home learning is going well. Having structure and routine in your day can help a lot. You may have already planned your day to match our school day, but if you need a help, we have attached a timetable of a typical school day that you might want to mirror.
| 09:00-10:00 | First lesson |
| 10:00 -10:10 | Wake Up, Shake Up (or dance around the garden with music!) |
| 10:10 – 10:50 | Second lesson |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Break (another chance to have a run round and let off steam!) |
| 11:05 – 12:00 | Third lesson |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunchtime (you could make your own – we call this Food Technology!) |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Fourth lesson (household chores, perhaps?) |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Fifth lesson (gardening?) |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Collective Worship / Reading class novel |
Don’t forget how important exercise is. You could start your day with Joe, the body coach, on YouTube (9am Mon-Fri) or later in the day.
You can also access the i-moves website for 5-10 minute brain breaks throughout the day. Why not keep a timetable to ensure you are active throughout the day.
23 March 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
Here are your tasks for today. Each day there will be three main tasks.
We would also like you to read for at least twenty minutes per day – to yourself, your mum, dad, teddy or pets. It could be in two, 10 minute sessions.
Each Monday, we will also upload a set of spellings for you to practise over the course of the week. Then on Friday, see if you can write them out without looking at them. Someone could test you if you want.
Y2s will also have a set of times table or division facts to learn.
Year 1 spellings
- me
- mine
- ask
- asking
- asked
- no
- some
- school
Year 2 spellings
- child
- children
- Christmas
- class
- climb
- clothes
- cold
- could
- door
- even
Times tables : times 2 and divide 2
Maths
Watch and join in with the doubles song : https://youtu.be/8jOzhiACB68
Make 10 in as many ways as you can.
eg 5+5=10, 10=4+6, 1+4+4+1=10, 15-5=10
Make 20 in as many ways as you can.
eg 10+10=20, 1+19=20, 2+18=20, 25-5=20, half of 40 is 20.
Reading
Read about the seasons and answer the questions in your home learning book.
1. How many seasons are there in one year?
2. In which season do leaves start to grow on the trees?
3. What type of weather is there more of in the summer?
4. Copy and complete : In autumn, leaves change colour and fall from the _________.
5. List all the clothes you might need in winter.
Science
Sort the toys in your bedroom according to their material eg plastic, wood, metal.
Challenge: Sort the toys again, according to their properties eg rigid, smooth, bendy. Take a picture or draw your groups.
Emailing teachers
Email teachers if you’re unsure about some aspect of the home learning. The email addresses follow the same pattern in Key Stage 1 and 2: joebloggs@spherefederation.org
PE with Joe Wicks
Some classes have used Joe Wicks workouts in their PE lessons recently and he has sent a message for you all.
Starting Monday 23rd March I’m going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on my YouTube channel.
With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it’s more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive.
Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic.
The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved.
You don’t need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
One more thing! I really need your help to spread this message. So please please share this with everyone that might like to get involved, and together we can help keep the nation moving
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20 March 2020
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: I can pay and receive compliments to/from people outside of school.
This homework, which links to our recent living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to discuss the benefits of paying compliments to people. Here are some questions that might shape your discussion:
- How does paying a compliment make you feel?
- How does receiving a compliment make you feel?
- Why is it important to be sensible when paying or receiving compliments?
- Can you compliment people too much?
- Is it ok to compliment a stranger? Is this safe?
Children should be ready to discuss what they’ve talked about at home by Thursday 26 March 2020. It would be even better if children were able to talk confidently about times when they have given, or received, a compliment.
13 March 2020
Our homework this week is Creative: I can show my talents.
All of the children in our school are blessed with an array of talents. This week, our homework, which links to our living and learning statement (I can recognise my talents), gives our children the opportunity to celebrate and share their talents. Children should respond creatively and be ready to show off their talents to their peers as part of their homework review. They could do this in a range of ways:
- create a short performance to show to the class
- film themselves showing off their talent
- make a collage of their many talents
- produce a piece of art to show off their talents
There are, of course, many other ways that children could respond. Children should be ready to show off their talents by Thursday 19 March 2020.