TRENOWETH
- I've got this - keeping safe and strong in unexpected times.pdf
- You've got this - advice for parents and carers.pdf
Week 8 (Week beginning 1st March)
This will be our last week of online learning! I am sure you are very relieved that the children will be returning to school, as am I! I am very much looking forward to seeing all of the children on Monday. Thank you once again for everything you have done over the last term to support your child with their learning – everyone has done brilliantly!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 8.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. I have also included some Phase 4 phonics activities for the Year 1 children based on Pancake Day, and some Phase 5 activities for the Year 2 children.
The ‘Phonics play’ website is again available for free for parents during the remote learning period.
If you need some phonetically decodeable books matched to your child’s phonic and reading ability, please visit:
Our theme for this week (Monday-Wednesday) is Dinosaurs! On Thursday, we will be celebrating World Book Day, so I will not be expecting the children to complete their usual learning activities on this day. Instead, I will be providing some book-related tasks for the children. On Friday, I will provide some ‘transition’ activities to help the children prepare for their return to school.
Reading:
Day 1- On our Google meet this morning, I will read the story of ‘Gigantosaurus’. Here is a Youtube link if you miss the meet or want to hear the story again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E4qmlFAQTw
Afterwards, please have a go at the Gigantosaurus phonics sheet activity (just choose one sheet).
You can also find episodes on Gigantosaurus on Disney Junior or Netflix if your child would like to see more adventures from the characters!
Day 2 – Gigantosaurus comprehension (please choose whichever one suits your child best).
Day 3 – Non-fiction dinosaur information- read facts about the different dinosaurs. There are some pictures of the dinosaurs on the final page, so after reading the facts, the children could cut them out and match them with the picture to make a dinosaur poster.
Writing:
This week, we will be making a non-fiction fact file all about dinosaurs. You can either use the dinosaur fact file sheets to write on or just create your own book.
Day 1 – Begin your dinosaur research using either books (if you have any at home) or have a look on these websites:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/dinosaurs
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dinosaurs.html
Choose one dinosaur to focus on today, which is your favourite and why? What can you find out about that dinosaur? Write down your findings and draw a picture.
Day 2 – Choose two different dinosaurs to focus on today. Can you compare all three, finding similarities and differences? Once you have found out some interesting facts, try to create a book/fact file/ information poster about your three chosen dinosaurs. I would love to see some illustrations to go with your information. Remember that non-fiction books can have headings and subheadings, labelled diagrams, a contents page, and perhaps a glossary.
Day 3 – Finish your non-fiction book/poster on dinosaurs. Send a photo to Miss Phillips.
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in Week 2’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1: This week is quite practical so there are only sheets for Wednesday and Friday. However, the videos will introduce practical activities that the children can do on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Year 2: There are sheets and videos for every day this week.
I have included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: This week’s afternoon activities will be all about our topic of Dinosaurs!
Here is a video all about Mary Anning, one of the greatest fossil hunters ever!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd8fv9q/articles/zf6vb82
What can you find out about fossils?
Science: Have a look at the ‘Omnivore, carnivore and herbivore’ powerpoint and use the sorting activity to arrange the dinosaurs in to a Venn diagram (see the attached sheet).
Next, have a go at the science experiments (making a dinosaur fossil and making a dinosaur egg fossil).
Design Technology: Complete the ‘Hinge and lever moving dinosaur’. Instructions are on the sheet below.
Fun activities:
Can you play a pairs game with the dinosaur information matching game cards?
Can you build a shape dinosaur using the shape sheets below?
P.E – Have a go at some of the activities on https://imoves.com/
World Book Day Activities (Thursday)
Have a look at the World Book Day powerpoint below to find out why we celebrate this special occasion. I have provided a number of activities and challenges for the children so they can choose which ones they would like to complete throughout the day.
- Can you make a special story den somewhere in your house or your garden? Once you have done that, choose your favourite book to read in there. If parents are able to film you reading it, I would love to see the videos! I may be able to share the videos on Class Dojo for the other children to hear your stories. Alternatively, please feel free to make up your own stories and film your storytelling!
- Can you draw or paint a picture of the character you have dressed up as today? Can you describe your character? Perhaps you could design your own front cover of the book that your character is in?
- Complete the ‘World Book Day Scavenger Hunt’ activity below.
- Use the ‘World Book Day Card on your face game’ to play a guessing game with your family members.
- Use the ‘World Book Day Name that story’ cards for ideas on how to write clues about your favourite stories. You can use the examples given or think of your own completely different stories. Write a set of clues for your family members to guess.
- Can you ring a grandparent or someone you haven’t spoken to for a while and tell them about your favourite book, and also ask them what their favourite book was when they were your age?
Thinking about returning to school (Friday):
- Please talk to your child about any questions or worries your child has about coming back to school. Things will not be too different to how they were before we went in to lockdown. The children will still be sat in rows in the classroom, we will still have staggered break times and I think we will still have lunch in our classrooms. However, I understand that it has been a long time that the children have been away from school, and I am sure they have some questions and concerns. Our Google meet this day will focus on answering some of these questions.
- Have a go at the ‘Roll a back to school story’ activity below. Children will need a dice for this activity.
- There is also a well-being booklet and a ‘things that make me happy’ sheet for the children to complete.
- Complete the ‘my lockdown experience’ sheet – I would really love to hear more about the children’s lockdown experiences so please could children bring this sheet back to school with them. If you don’t have a printer, children can just do this on a piece of paper and bring it with them on Monday.
Can’t wait to see everyone and welcome you all back.
Take care everyone,
Miss Phillips
- Phase 4 Pancake Early Reading Comprehension.pdf
- Phase 4 phonics mosaics.pdf
- Phase 4 phonics pancake game.pdf
- Phase 5 phonics mosaics.pdf
- Phase 5 phonics pancake game.pdf
- Phase 5 tricky words wordsearch.pdf
- Gigantosaurus-Phonics.pdf
- Gigantosaurus-Comprehension.pdf
- Gigantosaurus-Non-Fiction-Dinosaurs.pdf
- Dinosaur fact file sheets.pdf
- Year 1 maths videos links
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- dinosaurs-omnivore-carnivore-herbivore-powerpoint.ppt
- dinosaurs-omnivore-carnivore-herbivore-sorting-activity-sheet.pdf
- Science Experiment - make a dinosaur fossil.pdf
- Science experiment - make a dinosaur egg fossil.pdf
- hinge-and-lever-moving-dinosaur-craft-instructions.pdf
- Dinosaur matching pairs game.pdf
- Build a shape dinosaur activity.pdf
- World Book Day powerpoint.pptx
- World Book Day Scavenger Hunt.pdf
- World Book Day Card on Your Face Game.pdf
- World Book Day name that story game.pdf
- Transition - roll a back to school story.pdf
- Transition - My Well-being booklet.pdf
- Transition - things that make me happy.pdf
- Transition - my lockdown experience.pdf
Online Learning - Week 7 (Week beginning 22nd February)
I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable half term. I’m looking forward to seeing all the children again as soon as we can.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 7.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. I have also posted three Phase 4 games and activities which are focusing on blends for the Year 1 children and three Phase 5 games and activities for the Year 2 children.
The ‘Phonics play’ website is again available for free for parents during the remote learning period.
If you need some phonetically decodeable books matched to your child’s phonic and reading ability, please visit:
Our theme for this week is our local area of Praze, and what we can do to help our community (a Geography/environmental focus).
Reading:
Our reading activities this week will be based on ‘The Messy Magpie’, which focuses on the importance of recycling.
Day 1 – Please have a look at ‘The Messy Magpie’ story powerpoint. Year 1 children can use the talk cards to explore the story. Year 2 children can complete ‘The Messy Magpie’ reading comprehension.
Day 2 – Draw your own story map to show the correct sequence of the story, or alternatively use ‘The Messy Magpie’ story map provided.
Day 3 – Complete the ‘Think, say, feel’ sheet to show your understanding of the character’s feelings.
Day 4 – Use the Internet to undertake some research about the village of Praze. Use the ‘Investigating places in my local area’ sheet to record your findings. Or alternatively, can you write down (or draw) 10 interesting facts about Praze that you have read about.
Day 5 – Complete ‘The Messy Magpie’ wordsearch.
Writing:
This is also based on our Geography/environment theme.
Day 1 – Have a look at the following BBC bitesize link about suffixes. Then complete ‘The Messy Magpie’ suffixes sheet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z66nv82
Day 2 – Read the ‘All about Recycling’ powerpoint. Have a look at and complete the ‘material hunt’ activity sheet, or create your own. Have a look around your house/garden to identify objects made out of different materials.
Day 3: Look at the ‘My Community’ powerpoint and then complete the ‘My Community’ booklet.
Day 4 – Design a new playground for your local area. Try to include five things and explain why you would like them in your new playground.
Day 5 – Choose a ‘job’ you would like to do in your local area. Draw a picture with labels and write me a few sentences giving reasons why you would like to do this job in your community.
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in Week 2’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1: Please note there are no sheets for Monday, Wednesday and Friday but there are videos to watch and practical activities to complete (the videos will explain this).
Year 2: There is no sheet on Tuesday, but there is a video to watch will explain the shapes practical activity.
I have included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: With your family, go for a walk around the village. Can you make a map of the village? Try to mark all of the important buildings and features that you see. You could mark all of the natural features, such as streams, hills etc with a green colour pencil, and all of the man-made features, such as roads and bridges etc with a blue colour pencil. Use the ‘My Observation List’ sheet to help you look for some village features.
Complete the ‘Recycling Sorting’ activity.
Complete the ‘Shops and Services’ activity.
Have a go at ‘The Messy Magpie’ Litter pick tally chart activity and also the block diagram.
Music: Can you learn the ‘I Recycle’ song?
Art/DT – Have a look at the ’16 things to make and do with your re-cycling’ – can you recycle some of your household items to make something new? I would love to see some photos of your creations! In the resources, there are some instructions for a ‘make your own recycled desk organiser’. There are also some ‘houses and homes paper models’ that the children could make.
Cooking: In the resources, there is a recipe idea for ‘Make your own leftover veggie-burgers’.
P.E – Have a go at some of the activities on https://imoves.com/
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. I am always here to help with any questions.
Take care everyone,
Miss Phillips
- Phase 4 picture and captions matching.pdf
- Phase 4 real and nonsense word sorting activity.pdf
- Phase 4 Snakes and ladders game.pdf
- Phase 5 pictures and captions matching.pdf
- Phase 5 snakes and ladders game.pdf
- Phase 5 sounds bingo.pdf
- The Messy Magpie powerpoint.ppt
- The Messy Magpie talk cards.pdf
- The Messy Magpie reading comprehension.pdf
- The Messy Magpie story map.pdf
- The Messy Magpie - Think, say, feel sheet.pdf
- Investigating places in my local area activity.pdf
- The Messy Magpie wordsearch.pdf
- The Messy Magpie Suffixes activity.pdf
- All about recycling powerpoint.ppt
- Material hunt activity sheet.pdf
- My Community powerpoint.pptx
- My Community activity booklet.pdf
- My observation list.pdf
- Recycling sorting activity.pdf
- Shops and services.pdf
- The Messy Magpie Litter Pick Tally Chart Activity.pdf
- The Messy Magpie Litter Picking Tally and Block Diagram.pdf
- I Recycle Song.pdf
- 16-things-to-make-and-do-with-your-recycling-checklist.pdf
- Make your own recycled desk organisers.pdf
- Houses and homes models.pdf
- Make your own leftover veggie-burgers recipe.pdf
- Year 1 maths video link
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
Week 6 – Chinese New Year week!
Well done parents, you have almost made it to half term! The children, and you, have all done so well this term, and we are so so grateful for their (and yours!) efforts.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 6.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. I have also posted some phoneme spotter comprehensions that the children could do to practise some previously learnt sounds. All children (those on Phase 3 and Phase 5) could try these, although the younger children may need a bit of support with reading the texts.
The ‘Phonics play’ website is again available for free for parents during the remote learning period.
If you need some phonetically decodeable books matched to your child’s phonic and reading ability, please visit:
Reading:
All activities this week will be based on Chinese New Year which begins on Friday 12th February this year.
Day 1 – Please listen to the story of ‘The Race across the river.’
You can have a look at a paper copy of the story entitled ‘The Race Across the River’ within our resources or watch the story being told by the story teller Adele Moss here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idUlDEOrJec&feature=emb_logo
Use the Chinese New Year stick puppets, the face masks, or your own teddies and toys to retell the story of the Great Race.
Day 2 – Have a look at or listen to the story again, which animal came first? Second etc? Can you make a list of the order of the animals within the race? You could draw and label them too.
Day 3 – Read the ‘Dragons in the City’ story powerpoint. Year 2 children can complete the ‘Dragons in the city’ reading comprehension and/or the ‘Year of the Ox’ reading comprehension. Year 1 children can verbally discuss their answers, using the ‘Dragons in the City’ talk cards.
Day 4 – Complete the ‘Dragons in the City’ story map, or make your own story map showing the main events of the story.
Day 5 – Complete the ‘Dragons in the city’ wordsearch and crossword.
Writing:
This is also based on Chinese New Year.
Day 1 – Have a look at this link to tell you all about Chinese New Year or watch the Cbeebies links in the topic section of this letter.
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-chinese-new-year
You could also have a look at the ‘photos of how Chinese New Year is celebrated’ photos within your support materials this week.
Remind your child that non-fiction means facts or information (not a story). Can you write a non-fiction information poster all about Chinese New Year? Try to include at least five facts and draw some pictures too!
Day 2 - Can you write a story about a dragon? Think carefully about what your dragon looks like, where he lives, what he does. Remember to plan a beginning, a middle and an end to your story. Please also remember that we are trying to master our use of capital letters and full stops. Please include some illustrations too. The Year 1 children may prefer to orally tell a story, rather than writing it all.
Day 3: Year 2 – Please complete the ‘Dragons in the city’ character description or write your own description of a dragon.
Year 1 – Complete the Chinese New Year sentence scramble activity.
Day 4 – Can you plan a Chinese menu? Have a look below under ‘Cooking’ for some ideas of things you could make for Chinese New Year. Even if you are unable to make any of these, you could plan a menu anyway of things you would like to make and sell in your Chinese restaurant! You could do this on a piece of paper or card. You could even write a description of the food so your ‘customers’ know what they are buying, and also include prices.
Day 5 – ‘Crack the code’ activity! Have a go at being detectives to try and crack the codes.
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in Week 2’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1: Please note that Monday’s and Tuesday’s sheet is the same – that is because the first half should be done on Monday and the second part should be done on Tuesday after watching the videos.
Year 2: There are no sheets on Monday or Friday, only the videos to watch which will suggest a practical activity, but the children may like to make up their own pictograms or block diagrams about whatever they like (there is a blank block graph in the maths challenge resources).
I have included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: This week, we will be thinking about how people prepare for Chinese New Year. Can you find China on a map or globe? Complete the ‘Where in the world is China?’ sheet.
Use the Chinese alphabet sheet to write your own name and those of your family members. You could also write a secret code for someone in your family to work out!
Watch these videos all about Chinese New Year:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/chinese-new-year
Have a go at the quiz on this Newsround page to find out which year you were born in and draw a picture of the animal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38668427
Art/DT - Have a go at making or drawing your own Chinese dragon. Here are some links for ideas:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/chinese-hand-dragon?collection=chinese-lunar-new-year
or this Chinese rattle drum:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/chinese-rattle-drum-make?collection=chinese-lunar-new-year
or have a look at the many resources below (paper lantern, paper dragon craft, step-by-step Chinese new year drawing, fortune paper craft, 2D Chinese dragon shape activity, fire-breathing dragon craft, cone characters and a paper plate dragon craft).
Cooking: In the resources, there are some recipe ideas for sticky rice cakes and vegetable spring rolls.
P.E – Have a go at this Chinese lion dance!
And remember the activities on the i-moves website: https://imoves.com/
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. I am always here to help with any questions.
Stay safe and take care,
Miss Phillips
- au Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- aw Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ay Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ea Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ew Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- The_Race_Across_the_River.pdf
- Dragons in the city stick puppets.pdf
- Dragons in the city face masks.pdf
- Dragons in the city story powerpoint.ppt
- Dragons in the city reading comprehension.pdf
- Year of the ox reading comprehension.pdf
- Dragons in the city talk cards.pdf
- Dragons in the city story map.pdf
- Dragons in the city wordsearch.pdf
- Dragons in the city crossword.pdf
- Photos of how chinese new year is celebrated.ppt
- Dragons in the city character description.pdf
- Chinese new year sentence scramble.pdf
- Chinese new year crack the code.pdf
- Year 1 maths video link
- Year 1 Monday's maths sheet (first half today).pdf
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet (second half today).pdf
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Challenge Activity Cards - Block Diagrams.pdf
- Maths Challenge - sticky statistics.pdf
- Maths Challenge - create your own block diagram of your own theme.pdf
- Where in the world is china
- chinese alphabet.jpg
- How to make a paper lantern.pdf
- Paper Dragon Craft instructions.pdf
- Paper dragon template.pdf
- Dragons in the city step by step drawing guide.pdf
- Chinese new year dragon fortune craft.pdf
- Chinese dragon 2D shape.pdf
- Fire breathing dragon craft.pdf
- Chinese new year cone characters.pdf
- Paper plate dragon craft.pdf
- Dragons in the city sticky rice cakes recipe.pdf
- Dragons in the city spring rolls recipe.pdf
Week 5
Hello parents!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 5.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. I have also posted some phonics activities for the children learning compound words during the Google Meets last week (Yr 2 group), and some ‘oo’ activities for the children learning this digraph (Yr 1 group).
The ‘Phonics play’ website is again available for free for parents during the remote learning period.
If you need some phonetically decodeable books matched to your child’s phonic and reading ability, please visit:
Reading:
This week’s reading activities will be based on the story of ‘How to Catch a Star’ by Oliver Jeffers, who is our ‘author of the term’.
Day 1 – Use the link below to read the story. I have also included a link to an animation of the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6S7RyE80QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMnOx7w6OA
Day 2 – Create a story map of ‘How to Catch a star’ with pictures to show the order of events. Have a look at the images below to give you some ideas on how to set out your story map. Can you add labels to it?
Day 3 – Make some shadow puppets (the boy, the star, the seagull etc) and a shadow puppet theatre, using the link below for ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/-hL28SkHf1g
Day 4 – Can you perform your shadow puppet show to your family? Or alternatively, film it and send it to me, I would love to see it!
Day 5 – Year 1 – Complete the Phase 3 reading comprehension ‘Zoom to the Moon’.
Year 2 – Complete the Phase 5 reading comprehension ‘The Planet Zog’.
Also, all children could have a go at the ‘How to Catch a star’ reading comprehension.
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘How to Catch a Star’.
Day 1 – Think about how YOU would catch a star. Can you draw a picture and write some captions to show me your idea. Alternatively, make something out of play dough to show how you would catch it and write your ideas on some post-its. I would love to see some photos!
Day 2 - Tomorrow the children will be writing a set of instructions on how to catch a star, so today I would like the children to practise their use of time connectives, such as first, next, then, afterwards and finally (see time connectives resource).They can choose any theme they like (e.g how to make a sandwich, how to create something out of lego, how to fly to space, how to escape a dinosaur etc). This does not have to be written instructions, they can take photos of the different steps and label them with time connectives or draw pictures, or do it verbally.
Day 3 – Write a set of instructions on how you would catch your star. Use the powerpoint to help you know what you need to include.
Day 4 – In the story, there is a shooting star. Have a look at the link below on how to make a paper shooting star, then write your own wish! Keep your fingers crossed that it comes true!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAxY6t6PUI
Day 5 – ‘Fun Friday’ this week is ‘Construction Friday’. The children can write down some information about whatever they have constructed.
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in Week 2’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1: There is no sheet for Monday, only a video to watch.
Year 2: There are no sheets on Monday and Wednesday, only videos, but the children may like to make up their own tally charts and pictograms about whatever they like.
I have also included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: Last week, we were thinking about astronauts and we have been learning all about space travel. This week, we are going to move on to learning about a different explorer to contrast the two.
Watch this video about Christopher Columbus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhpchbk/articles/znchkmn
Where did Christopher Columbus travel to? Which other countries did he travel to? Can you find these countries on a map or globe?
Have a look at the ‘what to take on an expedition’ activity (you don’t need to print, just discuss from the screen). Can you sort the items into what you’d need for each of the expeditions? How have things changed from the items that Columbus took with him over 500 years ago?
Science: Christopher Columbus had three boats, the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
Have a go at making your own boat that floats. Can your boat carry a crew like Columbus’ did? Which materials will you use to make sure your boat floats? Can you make a plan for building your boat, writing down what you will use and how you will make it?
Here are some ideas from Cbeebies, this video shows an idea for a bottle boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY-j7ToGxKE
A cork boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC-FeOepdhc
A tub boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgptYV7pfF4
PSHE: Next week is Children’s Mental Health week. This year’s theme is ‘express yourself’. Dress up in anything you’d like to express yourself, encouraging your child’s individuality and confidence in showing their true self!
Here are some Express Yourself Art ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdJ__8ORyE&feature=youtu.be
Sharing emotions through dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0R-ftFBm38
Through music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sELz0aCx9Lw
And through this Cat Stevens song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzy1O3NOE4s
Or this song by Labrinth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKpVM9QQzIs
Here is a link to some other ideas for wellbeing support for families and please see the five tips for wellbeing leaflet that I’ve attached too.
I can’t wait to see some photos of you all expressing yourselves!
Art/DT: Look at this picture of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Can you create your own ‘Starry Night’ picture using any resources that you have at home e.g. paint/ crayons etc?
You may also like to have a look at the story of ‘Katie and the Starry Night’ by James Mayhew.
P.E – Have a go at this ball skills challenge this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5A2sANCm2w
And remember the activities on the i-moves website: https://imoves.com/
You may find the following websites useful during this time of online learning.
www.readingeggs.co.uk (this website if offering a 30 day free trial at the moment and is very successful at helping to develop children’s reading skills)
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
www.primarystarseducation.co.uk
www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
www.teachhandwriting.co.uk (cursive style)
I really have been incredibly impressed with the children’s enthusiasm during the Google Meets and I know how hard they are all working at home. A huge well done children! I would also like to say a massive well done to parents who really are doing their best in these strange times. You are doing brilliantly and we are very grateful.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. I am always here to help with any questions.
Stay safe and take care,
Miss Phillips
- Compound Word Dominoes Game With Words.pdf
- Compound word game.pdf
- Compound word sheet.pdf
- Compound wordsearch.pdf
- Long oo Short oo and ar - Sorting-Cards Activity.pdf
- Phase 3 long oo and short oo sound bingo Boards.pdf
- Phase 3 long oo and short oo sound bingo Cards.pdf
- Phase 3 reading comprehension.pdf
- Phase 5 reading comprehension.pdf
- How to catch a star reading comprehension.docx
- Time connectives resource mat.pdf
- Writing instructions powerpoint.ppt
- Year 1 maths video link
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Maths Challenge Activity Cards - Draw Pictograms (1-1).pdf
- Maths Challenge Activity Cards - Draw Pictograms (2, 5 & 10).pdf
- Maths Challenge Activity Cards - Interpret pictograms (2, 5 and 10).pdf
Week 4 (week beginning 25/1/21)
Hello! Well done children for another great week of online learning. I am so impressed with your efforts!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 4. I have tried to write alternative ideas too, so please do not feel you have to print everything. If you need an exercise book from school, please message me and we can arrange for you to collect them.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. I have also posted some phonics activities for the children learning split digraphs during the Google Meets last week (Yr 2 group), and some ‘oa’ activities for the children learning this digraph (Yr 1 group)
The ‘Phonics play’ website is again available for free for parents during the remote learning period.
If you need some phonetically decodeable books matched to your child’s phonic and reading ability, please visit:
Reading:
This week’s reading activities will be based on the story of ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers, who is our ‘author of the term’.
Day 1 – Use the link below to read the story. I have also included a link to an animation of the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGVJmPLNS4&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YdUGxhJfK0
Afterwards, complete the sequencing activity. The children can either cut these out and stick in the correct order, order it with numbers, or do it verbally with adult support. There are different versions (ranging from easier to harder) so please choose whichever best suits your child’s needs.
Day 2 – Complete the phonics sheet linked to the story. Again, they are differentiated so please choose the sounds your child is most familiar with. For an extra challenge, the children could write a list of their own words for each sound, or find objects around the house containing each sound.
Day 3 – Complete the alphabetical order sheet linked to the story. Look at the alphabetical order powerpoint and video on the link below to help you understand what alphabetical order means.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xydc_NdihyY
Day 4 – Can you make a list of all of your family members, or the children in our class, and put them into alphabetical order? Or perhaps give all of your favourite teddies/toys a name, pretend they are in school and you are their teacher, then make a register in alphabetical order!
Day 5 – Complete one of the reading comprehensions linked to the story. Remember there are a few on that link, so choose the one best suited for you.
Alternatively, act out the story with some of the toys you have at home, film it and send it to me. Or, if you are feeling really brave, you may like to share it on a Google Meet!
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘The Way Back Home’.
Day 1 – As you were so keen to be ‘mini teachers’ last week, have another go at spotting the missing punctuation on the capital letters and full stops sheet.
Day 2 - Have a look at the ‘How to use question marks’ video below and then complete the questioning sheet linked to the story. Again, choose whichever activity suits you. Can you think of a list of questions you would like to ask the character in the story?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8x6cj6/articles/zcm3qhv
Day 3 – Have a look at the following two links which will recap the children’s learning on nouns, adjectives and verbs. Have a go at completing the ‘word class’ activity sheet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoJnKdOhLo
Day 4 – Look at the action verbs video below. Can you write your own list of action verbs (kicking, jumping, laughing etc)? Perhaps tomorrow you could choose some action words to act out to your friends on Google Meet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c6FyuetSVo
Day 5 – ‘Fun Friday’ this week is ‘Pet parade’. I would really like to see a great description of your pet! If you don’t have a pet, could you describe an animal of your choice for us all to guess!
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in Week 2’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1 and Year 2: There are only sheets and videos for Monday-Thursday this week.
I have also included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: In our topic work this week, the children will be learning about Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Please have a look at the BBC Bitesize video below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjwvb82/articles/zhx4k2p
The children can make a poster to show what they have learned about him. We were going to learn how to copy and paste images from the Internet but I have not yet had the chance to teach this. This could be something they do to add to their poster but they may need a bit of support.
Science: I thought it would be nice for the children to design a space suit for one of their teddies/toys so that they can role play sending him/her into space in a rocket (see below for rocket ideas). Have a look at the links below from NASA about space suit development.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-spacesuit-development
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/stargazing-bluepeter-astronaut
Or alternatively, make a space suit for yourself! Use the link below for some ideas. You could make a rocket out of cushions, boxes etc – I’d love to see a photo or you may be able to show it on Google meet!
http://www.destinationspace.uk/mission-modules/make-your-own-space-suit/
P.E – Have a go at the Joe Wicks home workouts on the link below! Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Or, have a go at some of the activities on the ‘iMoves’ website by signing up for free here:
We use this website at school and it has some fantastic ideas.
D.T – Have a look around the house for some junk modelling resources (cereal boxes, toilet rolls etc) and make your own rocket. I have included some links to some creative ideas – foot and hand print aliens, paper plate flying saucers and cardboard/paper rockets.
R.E – Use the link below to listen to the story about The Good Samaritan. Then think about a time you have been ‘a good samaritan’ – can you draw a picture and write some sentences about how you helped someone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfm2xdKau4
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. I am always here to help with any questions.
Stay safe,
Miss Phillips
- phase-5-real-u-e-split-digraph-words-matching-cards.pdf
- Split digraphs - fill in the blanks.pdf
- Phase-3-oa-Colour-by-Phoneme-Real-and-Nonsense-Words-Activity-Sheet.pdf
- Phase-3-oa-Phoneme-Roll-and-Read-Mat.pdf
- The-way-back-home-Story-Sequencing.pdf
- The-Way-Back-Home-Phonics.pdf
- Alphabetical Ordering PowerPoint.ppt
- The-Way-back-home-Alphabetical-Order.pdf
- The-way-back-home-Comprehension.pdf
- The-way-back-home-Capital-Letters-and-Full-Stops.pdf
- The-way-back-home-Questioning.pdf
- The-way-back-home-Word-Class.pdf
- Year 1 maths video link
- Year 1 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Maths Challenge - Division by sharing.pdf
- Maths Challenge Activity Cards - Make Equal Groups - Grouping.pdf
- Maths Challenge Activity Cards - Make Equal Groups - Sharing.pdf
- Hand and Foot Print Aliens.pdf
- Paper-Plate-Flying-Saucer-Craft-Instructions.pdf
- Cardboard Tube Rocket.pdf
- Make-a-paper-model-rocket-instruction-sheets_ver_1.pdf
Week 3
Hello! I hope you are all ok and staying safe.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 3. I have tried to write alternative ideas too, so please do not feel you have to print everything. If you need an exercise book from school, please message me and we can arrange for you to collect them.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. Please check Google Classroom and Dojo for the times of the daily sessions. This has to be timetabled to fit around Releath, Pengelly and Crenver’s live lessons as we are aware that many families have one computer to share.
I have also posted some phonics activities for the children learning split digraphs during the Google Meets last week.
Reading:
This week’s reading activities continue to be based on the story of ‘The three little pigs’.
Day 1 – If you need to remind yourself of the story, please re-visit the powerpoint and/or watch the video of the story using the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLR2pLUsl-Y
Afterwards, please play the Phase 5 board game using the two links below (one contains the board game, the other contains the instructions).
Day 2 – Complete the ‘What are they thinking?’ sheet, thinking about what each character might say. This can be done on paper instead of printing out, and children could illustrate it with their own pictures.
Day 3 – Complete the ‘key words and phrases activity sheet’. This can be done verbally to cut down on printing.
Day 4 – Choose your favourite book to share with the group on Friday’s Google Meet (you can just hold it up if you are feeling nervous, or show us your favourite page). Think about/write about why you like it, who your favourite character is, what your favourite part is etc.
Day 5 – Play the Big Bad Wolf Game!
Alternatively, if your child knows the story of the three little pigs really well, I have included some links to some space-themed stories read from the International Space station that the children can listen to instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWRCvILOasQ
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/story_time_from_space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QuEqRa9JFc
https://storytimefromspace.com/stories/max-goes-to-the-moon/
https://www.ncfr.org/news/zippys-video-week-story-time-space
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘The three little pigs’ and will conclude this theme.
Day 1 – This is your chance to be a mini-teacher – complete the ‘be a teacher’ sheet. See if you can spot the missing punctuation! Children can write this out on paper if you’d prefer.
Day 2 - Complete the ‘Improve the sentences’ activity. Can you improve the sentences with some really interesting adjectives? The final challenge can be describing someone in your family for a family member to guess.
Day 3 – Complete the story plan sheet. I would like the children to plan their own story based on The Three Little Pigs, but to change the characters and the setting. They can use the structure of the three little pigs (e.g three good characters and one bad character who tries to spoil something, or you can change as much as you like). Please feel free to design your own planning sheet if there are more elements of the story that you would like to change.
Day 4 and 5 – Write your own story, using your plan from yesterday to help you. Remember I like to see good story language (once upon a time, next, afterwards, finally) and good description of the characters using really interesting vocabulary. Remember also to think carefully about your capital letters and full stops.
Spellings – Please continue to learn the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group (the link for these words are in last week’s resources). The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Year 1 only: On the White Rose maths scheme, it looks like there is no sheet to go with the video for Monday’s maths. Children could do some mental addition that day.
Year 2 only: There is no worksheet to go with Friday’s video. Children can practise their times tables that day.
I have also included a couple of maths challenge activities for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: For your topic work, I would like you to find out some information on the planets. You may have done some research already last week, so you can use this to make a non-fiction book. Alternatively, have a look at the following BBC Bitesize link.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkvv4wx/resources/1
You may either choose to focus on one planet or all of them! Before lockdown, we made non-fiction books of animals, so the children should remember the features of a non-fiction book (contents, headings, subheadings, labelled diagrams, index, glossary). Alternatively, the children may prefer to create an information poster. I would love to see some photos of these books, and the children will get a chance to share these during our Google Meets if they wish to. This may take most of the week so we will probably share them towards the end of the week.
Art: Use the ‘how to draw’ links below to show you how to draw the three little pigs and the big bad wolf!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpzmtaJTyfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN2uGdb18FY&t=21s
P.E – Have a go at the Joe Wicks home workouts on the link below! Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Music – An excellent opportunity to make some noise (sorry parents!) and use some home-made instruments (pots and pans etc). Have a look at the link below for a song based on ‘The three little pigs’ with accompaniment ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyT0P59Tjd8
D.T – Use the recipe provided to make some Space Star biscuits for you and your family!
Use the design sheet to design your own house for the three little pigs! Remember to think carefully about which materials to use to protect your house from the wolf. You could use labels too.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. I am always here to help with any questions.
Stay safe,
Miss Phillips
- Split digraph game Word-Boards.pdf
- Split digraph Picture-Lotto-Cards.pdf
- Phonics activity mats.pdf
- Phase 5 Phonics Board Game.pdf
- Phase 5 Phonics Game.pdf
- What Are They Thinking Activity Sheets.pdf
- Key Words and Phrases Activity Sheet.pdf
- The Big Bad Wolf Game.pdf
- Be The Teacher Activity Sheet.pdf
- Improve The Sentences Activity Sheet.pdf
- story plan sheet.docx
- Year 1 maths video link
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 maths videos link
- Year 2 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Challenge Activity Cards - Multiplication Sentences from Pictures.pdf
- Challenge Activity Cards - The 5 Times Table.pdf
- Challenge Multiplication-and-Division-Maths-Mastery-Challenge-Cards_ver_1.pdf
Week 2
Hello! It has been lovely to see the children online this week and to receive lots of photos and messages about all of their hard work. Well done everyone!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for Week 2. I have tried to write alternative ideas too, so please do not feel you have to print everything. If you need an exercise book from school, please message me and we can arrange for you to collect them.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. Please check Google Classroom and Dojo for the times of the daily sessions. This has to be timetabled to fit around Releath, Pengelly and Crenver’s live lessons as we are aware that many families have one computer to share.
I have also posted some phonics activity mats, as it is extremely important that the children continue to practise the sounds they have been learning. Most Year 1 children should use the Phase 3 mats, and most Year 2 children should use the Phase 5 mats. Please message to ask if you are unsure which one your child should complete. I will keep these activity mats online, so they don’t all need to be completed this week.
Week 1
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘The three little pigs’.
Day 1 – Read through ‘The three little pigs’ story powerpoint and/or watch a video of the story using the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLR2pLUsl-Y
Day 2 – Complete the story sequencing sheet, and write a sentence about what each picture shows. Alternatively, draw your own story map on to paper to show the correct order of events. Please send me a photo!
Day 3 – Use the stick puppets sheet to make your own stick puppets. If you do not have access to a printer, perhaps you could design your own and cut them out.
Day 4 – Using the stick puppets, perform a play to your family!
Day 5 – Have a go at writing a play script to go alongside your play. What would your characters say to each other?
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘The three little pigs’.
Day 1 – Have a look at the pictures of the three little pigs in the story powerpoint or the video you watched on Day 1, and write a paragraph to describe them. How are they the same? How are they different? You can make up your own details about their character and personality! Be as creative and descriptive as you can! Please try to remember your capital letters and full stops.
Day 2 - Write a paragraph to describe the wolf. What does he look like? What is his character like? How scary can you make him sound? Try to focus on using really interesting adjectives, and of course your capital letters and full stops.
Day 3 – Story review sheet. Alternatively, write your own book review on paper. Where is the story set? Who are the main characters? What happens? What was your favourite part of the story? Who would you recommend it to?
Day 4 and 5 – Re-write the story in your own words, but can you give it a different ending? Be creative! I would love to see some of your endings!
Spellings – As the children usually practise spellings each week, I have posted a link to the statutory words that children should be able to read and spell by the end of each year group. The children love games of hangman etc to practise spelling these words.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
I have also included a couple of maths challenge activity cards for those that love an extra challenge!
Topic work: For your topic work, I would like you to do some research on the order of the planets.
There is a song on the link below to help the children to learn them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
If you have some large paper at home, could you make a large picture of the solar system to show the correct order of the planets? If you find out any interesting information about the planets while you are doing your research, write the facts down as we will be focusing on this next week.
Science: Have a look at ‘The Three Little pigs’ materials activity sheets – go outside and see if you can make a house out of straw, a house out of sticks and a house out of stones. Use the questions on the sheet to have a think about the best material to build a house. I would love to see some photos.
Art: Draw your favourite part of the story. Or, draw a labelled diagram of your three houses that you built.
I have also posted a link to a fun house building board game for you to do with your family!
P.E – Have a go at the Joe Wicks home workouts on the link below! Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. Remember to check in with me about your child’s online learning – I have really enjoyed hearing about it so far.
Stay safe,
Miss Phillips
- Phase 3 phonics mats.pdf
- Phase 5 phonics mats.pdf
- The three little pigs story powerpoint.ppt
- The three little pigs story sequencing.pdf
- The three little pigs stick puppets.pdf
- The three little pigs story review sheet.pdf
- New-curriculum-spelling-list-year-1-word-mat_ver_1.pdf
- New-Curriculum-Spelling-List-Year-2-Word-Mat_ver_1.pdf
- Link for Year 1 maths videos
- Year 1 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 1 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Link for Year 2 maths videos
- Year 2 Monday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Tuesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Wednesday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Thursday's maths sheet.pdf
- Year 2 Friday's maths sheet.pdf
- Maths challenge Activity Cards - Add Equal Groups.pdf
- Maths challenge Activity Cards - The Multiplication Symbol.pdf
Hello everyone! Welcome back to online learning!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with online learning for this week. There is an expectation from the government that all children will engage with online learning for three hours each day. I will be posting resources on both Google Classroom and the school website so that you can choose whichever platform is easiest for you. I do ask that you send me regular messages and photos via Class Dojo, at least weekly please, so that we can monitor children’s progress and engagement. Younger children need practise at writing, so we are not asking for them to type their answers into Google Classroom like the older children do. Please do remember that I am always here to help.
Phonics – This will mostly be done during our ‘live Google meets’ each day. Please check Google Classroom and Dojo for the times of the daily sessions. This has to be timetabled to fit around Releath, Pengelly and Crenver’s live lessons as we are aware that many families have one computer to share.
Week 1
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘The best dress ever’ which is related to this term’s topic of Space.
Day 1 – Read through ‘The best dress ever’ story powerpoint and have a discussion about the story with an adult.
Day 2 – Use the ‘The best dress ever’ talk cards to deepen your understanding of the story.
Day 3 – Complete the ‘The best dress ever’ story sequencing activity, showing your knowledge of the story.
Day 4 –Complete the ‘The best dress ever’ reading comprehension.
Day 5 – Use the ‘The best dress ever’ finger puppets to create your own play. If you would like to video your play and send it to me, that would be great!
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘The best dress ever’.
Day 1 – Use the ‘The best dress ever’ next adventure sheet to write your own adventure story.
Day 2 - Use the ‘The best dress ever’ diary sheet to write your own diary entry. Please use the helpful hints prompt sheet to help with this.
Day 3 and 4 – Complete the travel brochure sheet.
Day 5 – ‘Days of the week’ spelling practice sheet.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links I have posted.
Topic work: I have included a space ship design sheet, as well as a timeline of space travel, with accompanying facts for children to cut out and stick in the correct order. The children are also very welcome to create their own poster about the history of space travel – I would love to see some photos!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via Dojo. Remember to check in with me about your child’s online learning – I am always very interested to hear about the amazing things the children are achieving.
Take care,
Miss Phillips
- The best dress ever powerpoint.ppt
- The best dress ever talk cards.pdf
- The best dress ever story sequencing.pdf
- The best dress ever reading comprehension.pdf
- The best dress ever finger puppets.pdf
- The best dress ever next adventure sheet.pdf
- The Best Dress Ever Zids Diary Writing Activity Sheet.pdf
- Diary Writing Helpful Hints Prompt Sheet Display Poster.pdf
- The best dress ever travel brochure.pdf
- Days of the week spelling practice.pdf
- Year 1 maths video link
- Tuesday's sheet - Year 1.pdf
- Wednesday's maths sheet - Year 1.pdf
- Thursday's maths sheet - Year 1.pdf
- Friday's maths sheet - Year 1.pdf
- Year 2 maths video link
- Tuesday's maths sheet - Year 2.pdf
- Wednesday's maths sheet - Year 2.pdf
- Thursday's maths sheet - Year 2.pdf
- Friday's maths sheet - Year 2.pdf
Week beginning 20/7/20
Hello everyone! It’s hard to believe the end of term is here – it is a very strange feeling! I am so very sorry that I did not get to have more time with the majority of my class, especially the Year 2 children who will be moving on in September.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. We will not be expecting the children to complete any home learning over the summer holidays, so I have only provided activities for Monday and Tuesday this week and I have tried to make them summer themed and fun! Please find these activities on the links below.
If you have any questions about September (or about anything), please do not hesitate to contact me over the holidays. Although we do not expect the children to complete any work, it would really help us out if your child could keep reading over the holidays as these skills will be so vital when we return in September and begin working on areas of learning that they will have inevitably missed. We really appreciate your continued support with this.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your constant support, kind words and your determination to continue the home learning for your children. We can’t thank you enough for this, especially as we appreciate it hasn’t been easy for many of you. I hope you all have a lovely relaxing summer and we look forward to seeing all of the children again in September.
Take care,
Miss Phillips
- End of summer term activity booklet.pdf
- Memory Page activity.pdf
- Summer holiday bucket list.pdf
- Summer maths board game.pdf
- Summer themed addition and subtraction.pdf
- Summer wordsearch.pdf
Week beginning 13/7/20
Hello everyone! I can’t believe we are now so close to the end of term – this will be the last full week of home learning before the summer holidays.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics –I have included some fun outdoor phonics activities for Monday and four ‘igh’ phoneme sheets for Tuesday to Friday as this is often a sound the children struggle with.
Reading:
Now that we are so close to the end of term, we are all starting to think about September. Therefore, this week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘Jake’s first day’ which is all about transition. This should hopefully prepare the children a little bit for changes they will be facing in terms of moving classes and new teachers, new routines etc.
Day 1 – Read through ‘Jake’s first day’ story powerpoint and use the talk cards to have a discussion about the story with an adult.
Day 2 – Complete the ‘Jake’s first day’ and ‘Pesky pirates’ reading comprehensions.
Day 3 – Complete some of the thought and speech bubble worksheets to show your understanding of the characters.
Day 4 –Cut out the sequencing cards and place them in the correct order of the story. If you would like an extra challenge, you could write some sentences to go with each picture!
Day 5 – Complete ‘Jake’s first day’ wordsearch.
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘Jake’s first day’.
Day 1 – Complete either the settings or character descriptions.
Day 2 – Complete the ‘message in a bottle’ activity, telling your new teacher all about you (if you are moving in to Year 3). Those of you staying with me (Year 1) – I would still like to hear some details about you that I may not already know!
Day 3 – Complete the Pirate Passports – there are different activities for Year 1 and Year 2 so make sure you click on the correct link for your year group.
Day 4 – Complete the ‘transition worries’ activity.
Day 5 – Complete the ‘If I were a pirate for the day ...’ sheet – be imaginative!
I would really like to see some of the transition activities/worries so please do email them to me or send photos via Dojo. I have included a transition powerpoint to help the children.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic/Geography: I have included some links to some fun activities following the pirate theme – design your own flag, a map making activity, a classroom map and a grid references activity.
Science: Please have a look at the exciting pirate science experiments!
Art: Please have a look at some drawing step by step instructions – I look forward to seeing some amazing art work!
Cooking: This week’s recipe is a fruity pirate ship recipe – yum!
If you have any questions about September (or about anything), please do not hesitate to contact me. Remember to check in with me about your child’s learning at home – I am always very interested to hear about the amazing things the children are achieving.
Take care,
Miss Phillips
- Phonics - outdoor activities.pdf
- Phoni cs - 'igh' real and nonsense words.pdf
- Phonics - 'igh' phoneme spotter.pdf
- Phonics - 'igh' roll and read dice game.pdf
- Phonics - 'igh' words.pdf
- Jake's first day story powerpoint.ppt
- Jake's first day talk cards.pdf
- Jake's first day reading comprehension.pdf
- Pesky pirates reading comprehension.pdf
- Jake's first day speech and thought bubbles activity.pdf
- Jake's first day story sequencing cards.pdf
- Jake's first day wordsearch.pdf
- Jake's first day setting description.pdf
- Jake's first day character description.pdf
- Message in a bottle writing activity.pdf
- My Pirate Passport for those going in to Year 2.pdf
- My Pirate Passport for those going in to Year 3.pdf
- Transition worries activity.pdf
- If I were a pirate for the day activity.pdf
- Transition powerpoint.ppt
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Time-to-the-hour.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Time-to-the-half-hour.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Writing-time.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Comparing-time.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Telling-time-to-5-minutes.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Hours-and-days.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Find-durations-of-time.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Compare-durations-of-time.pdf
- Design your own flag.pdf
- Map making worksheet.pdf
- My Classroom map activity.pdf
- Grid references activity.pdf
- Pirate science experiments.pdf
- Pirate step-by-step drawing guide.pdf
- Fruity pirate ship recipe.pdf
Week beginning 6/7/20
Hello everyone! It was so lovely to see some of your faces during the Google Meet! If you are having trouble signing up, please do let me know and I will do my best to help.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics –I have again included some phonics activity mats for the children to complete, one per day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
Reading:
Many of the children have told me that they are interested in learning about animals and Antarctica. Therefore, this week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘The Runaway Iceberg’ on the link below.
Day 1 – Read through ‘The Runaway Iceberg’ powerpoint and draw a picture of your favourite part of the story. You are welcome to write a sentence or use labels if you wish.
Day 2 – Complete the story sequencing sheet.
Day 3 –Complete ‘The Runaway Iceberg’ reading comprehension.
Day 4 – Complete ‘Amazing Antarctica’ reading comprehension.
Day 5 – Complete ‘The Amazing Arctic Fox’ reading comprehension.
Writing:
This is also based on the story of ‘The Runaway Iceberg’.
Day 1 – Read the ‘Penguins around the world’ powerpoint and complete the penguin fact file activity.
Day 2 – We are revising our knowledge of adjectives. Please look at the Using adjectives Brave Explorers powerpoint and the corresponding adjectives activity.
Day 3 – Think carefully about what you think Gaspar and Rossi’s next adventure could be and plan your own story (what might they see, what adventure they will have, how will the story end etc). Your plan may take the form of a spider diagram, notes, a story map etc.
Day 4 – Write the first half of your story, focusing on character and setting description, building suspense and an exciting climax.
Day 5 – Write the ending to your story focusing on the resolution and conclusion. Remember that you also need to think carefully about your punctuation and sentence structure.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
The children will be learning about Antarctic explorers. Please have a look at the following videos for some background information about Antarctica.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/zjg46v4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3StWheKtq8&safe=active
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydFZdu98oVc&safe=active
To learn about Antarctic explorers please have a look at the powerpoint on the link below and complete the ‘What would you take?’ activity sheet.
I would also like the children to have a look at the following powerpoint to learn about Antarctic animals. I would like the children to create a poster or information booklet about one or some of these animals. Again, I would love to see some of this work!
Science:
Please find below instructions for a ‘Melt the ice’ experiment.
Art:
There are three art activities this week: an Antarctic collage, fingerprint penguins and origami penguins.
I hope you all enjoy this week’s home learning and please remember to check in with me via Dojo each week. Hopefully we will see a few more faces on Google Meet this week.
Many thanks,
Miss Phillips
- Phonics activity mats.pdf
- The Runaway Iceberg story powerpoint.pptx
- The Runaway Iceberg story sequencing activity.pdf
- The Runaway Iceberg Reading comprehension.pdf
- Amazing Antarctica reading comprehension.pdf
- The Amazing Arctic Fox comprehension.pdf
- Penguins Around the World PowerPoint.pptx
- Penguin Fact File.pdf
- Using Adjectives Brave Explorers Job Advert PowerPoint.pptx
- Using Adjectives Brave Explorers Job Advert Activity Sheet.pdf
- Gaspar and Rossi's next adventure writing activity.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Find-a-half-1.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Find-a-half-2.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Find-a-quarter-1.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Find-a-quarter-2.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Litres.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Temperature.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-O-clock-and-half-past.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Quarter-past-and-quarter-to.pdf
- Antarctic explorers pwerpoint.pptx
- Antarctic Explorers What Would You Take.pdf
- Antarctic animals powerpoint.pptx
- Science - melt the ice experiment.pdf
- Art - antarctic collage.pdf
- Art - fingerprint penguins.pdf
- Art - origami penguins.pdf
Week beginning 29/6/20
Hello everyone! Thank you once again to all those who have signed up to Google Classroom. Please be assured that I will continue providing home learning here too until the summer holidays.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics –I have again included some phonics activity mats for the children to complete, one per day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘Ronald the Rhino’ on the link below.
Day 1 – Read through ‘Ronald the Rhino’ powerpoint and use the talk cards on the link below to have a discussion about the book with someone in your family.
Day 2 – Complete ‘Ronald the Rhino’ reading comprehension.
Day 3 –Complete the story map sequencing sheet.
Day 4 – Complete the rhyming matching activity.
Day 5 – Play the ‘Ronald the Rhino’ board game. The children can also use the stick puppet templates to make their own puppet show.
Writing:
This is also based on the story of Ronald the Rhino.
Day 1 – Complete the character description sheet.
Day 2 – Complete the riddles!
Day 3 – Complete the activity sheets below.
Day 4 – Complete the rhyming poems.
Day 5 – Complete the crossword and wordsearch challenges!
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
The children will be learning about where in the world Ronald the Rhino lives, as well as about food chains and endangered animals. Please have a look at the ‘Where in the world does Ronald the Rhino live’ powerpoint on the following link and the corresponding map sheet.
To learn about food chains, please look at the BBC Bitesize link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx882hv/articles/z3c2xnb
There are also some food chains activities on the links below.
I would also like the children to have a look at the following link to learn about endangered animals. The children could do some research of one of these animals and either create a poster, information booklet or record and send a video of their learning to me. With your permission. I could share it on Dojo to teach the other children about that animal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7gn92p
Art:
I have included some symmetrical pictures for the children to complete, although they are of course able to paint their own symmetrical pictures.
Cooking:
There are two recipes this week – Leopard pizzas and Python sandwiches! Yummy!
I hope you all enjoy this week’s home learning. I look forward to seeing some of your faces in the Google Classroom meets!
Take care everyone x
- Phonics activity mats.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino story powerpoint.ppt
- Ronald the Rhino talk cards.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino reading comprehensions.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino story sequencing activity.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino rhyming matching activity.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino board game.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino stick puppets.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino character description.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino riddles.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino activity sheets.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino rhyming poems.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino crossword.pdf
- Ronald the Rhino wordsearch.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Ordering-numbers.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Recognising-coins.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Recognising-notes.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Counting-in-coins.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Measure-mass-in-grams.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Measure-mass-in-kilograms.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Compare-volume.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Milliltres.pdf
- Where in the World Does Ronald the Rhino Live Map Activity Sheet.pdf
- Food Chain Sorting Pictures.pdf
- Food chains activity.pdf
- Blank Chain Game Template.pdf
- Symmetry activity sheets.pdf
- Leopard pizza recipe.pdf
- Python sandwich recipe.pdf
Week beginning 22/6/20
Hello again everyone! It was so lovely to talk to you all on the phone and hear how the children have been getting on. We are now asking if you can get in touch with us in some way (via messages on Dojo, photos sent, videos of the children, or through an email) once a week please. This only needs to be a short message, but it is important that we remain in contact with the children and their families while it is so uncertain about when we will all be returning to school.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics – This week, I would like the children to complete the phonics animal mosaic sheets, practising the sounds that they are a little unsure of. I have also included some phonics activity mats for the children to complete, one per day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the story of ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ on the link below.
Day 1 – Read through ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ powerpoint and use the talk cards on the link below to have a discussion about the book with someone in your family.
Day 2 – Complete ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ and ‘Butterfly life cycle’ reading comprehensions.
Day 3 –Complete the story map sequencing sheet.
Day 4 – Play the comprehension board game (instructions below).
Day 5 – Complete ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’ wordsearch.
Writing:
This is also based on the story of The Cautious Caterpillar.
Day 1 – Complete the speech/thought bubbles activity sheets.
Day 2 – Complete the setting description activity.
Day 3 – Complete the character description activity.
Day 4 – Write an acrostic poem about the caterpillar or butterfly.
Day 5 – Complete the ‘Be a bug for the day’ activity sheets.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
The children will be learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. The children should use the link below and the life cycle fact cards.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zxcmp39
If they would like to, the children can create an information poster to show their knowledge. There is also a lifecycle sequencing activity that they can complete, and a labelling the parts of the caterpillar sheet.
Art:
I have included some symmetrical butterfly sheets, but I would like the children to paint their own big butterfly, ensuring that each side is symmetrical. I would love to see some photos!
DT:
There are some instructions on the links below to create your own mini-beast hotel!
Cooking:
There is a recipe to make some Ladybird muffin pizzas, based on The Cautious Caterpillar characters.
Music:
Please find some links to some mini-beast music lessons below, with instructions on what to do.
I hope you all had a relaxing weekend celebrating Father’s Day and found the resources on the website useful.
Take care and remember I am here if you need anything x
- Phonics - animal mosaics.pdf
- Phonics activity mats.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar story powerpoint.ppt
- The Cautious Caterpillar talk cards.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar reading comprehension.pdf
- The Lifecycle of a butterfly reading comprehension.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar story map sequencing.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar board game instructions.pdf
- Board game questions.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar reading board game.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar wordsearch.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar speech and thought bubbles.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar setting description.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar character description.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar acrostic poem.pdf
- 'Be a bug for a day' writing activity.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Counting-to-100.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Partitioning-numbers.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Comparing-numbers-1.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Comparing-numbers-2.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Measure-length-cm.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Compare-lengths.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Four-operations-with-lengths.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Compare-mass.pdf
- Lifecycle fact cards.pdf
- Lifecycle sequencing activity.pdf
- Label the parts of a caterpillar activity.pdf
- Symmetrical butterfly activity.pdf
- Minibeast hotel instructions.pdf
- The Cautious Caterpillar muffin pizza recipe.pdf
- Music - activity guide.pdf
- Music - picture cards.pdf
- Music - sequencing sheet.pdf
- Music - sounds activity.pdf
Week beginning 15/6/20
Hello everyone!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics – This week, I have again put a link to a Phase 5 activity powerpoint. On this, you will find a huge range of activities that focus on the different phonemes covered throughout Phase 5. The children can choose whichever activities they would like to do, and just work their way through them each day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
I have also included 5 phoneme spotter comprehension activities to reinforce some of these sounds ( 1 per day).
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on World Oceans Day, which we began focusing on last week.
Day 1 – ‘World Oceans Day’ comprehension
Day 2 –‘ Layers of the ocean’ comprehension
Day 3 –‘End plastic pollution’ comprehension
Day 4 – Sea creature Fact cards and comprehension (2 separate links below)
Day 5 – ‘World Oceans Day’ wordsearch
Writing:
This is also based on World Oceans Day.
Day 1 – Acrostic poem sheet
Day 2 – Read through the information on the Oceans of the World Facts powerpoint below.
Day 3 , 4 and 5 – Complete the ‘My Oceans’ mini booklet about each ocean, using the information provided, or by doing your own research.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
There is an Oceans and Continents cut and stick activity for the children to complete. There is also a Beach Habitats information powerpoint with an accompanying sorting activity.
Please also have a look at the following link to some videos regarding Beach Safety.
There are also some water safety resources from the RNLI to look at on the following sites:
https://rnli.org/youth-education/water-safety-from-home
https://rnli.org/youth-education/education-resources/water-safety-wednesdays
https://rnli.org/pages/beach2020
After watching these videos, the children could create a poster detailing how to keep safe at the beach.
I have also included links to three fun craft ideas based on the beach theme.
Miss Judge has also kindly provided some resources for music lessons that the children can do at home based on the beach.
Lastly, we can’t forget it is Father’s Day on Sunday. I have included an information powerpoint and some things to make for Dad or Grandad. I’m sorry we are not at school to make cards with the children, but there is a link to instructions for making a card below. Be kind to your Dads on Sunday!
I hope you are all ok and still enjoying the home learning tasks.
Keep in touch x
- Phase 5 activity powerpoint.ppt
- au Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- aw Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ay Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ea Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- ew Phoneme Spotter Comprehension.pdf
- World Oceans Day reading comprehension.pdf
- Layers of the ocean reading comprehension.pdf
- End plastic pollution reading comprehension.pdf
- Sea creature Fact Cards.pdf
- Sea creature Questions and Answers.pdf
- World Oceans Day Word Search.pdf
- World Oceans Day acrostic poem.pdf
- Oceans of the world facts powerpoint.ppt
- My Oceans Mini Booklet.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Make-arrays
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Make-doubles
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Make-equal-groups-sharing
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Make-equal-groups-grouping
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Count-sides-and-vertices-on-2D-shapes
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Count-faces-edges-and-vertices-on-3D-shapes
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Sort-2D-and-3D-shapes
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Merge-2D-and-3D-shapes
- Oceans and Continents Cut and Stick Activity.pdf
- Beach Habitats powerpoint.pptx
- Beach Habitats sorting activity.pdf
- Beach craft - ice cream.pdf
- Beach craft - paper plate sun.pdf
- Beach craft - Seaside In A Bottle.pdf
- Father's Day - All about my Dad booklet.pdf
- Father's day badges.pdf
- Father's Day card for Grandad.pdf
- Father's Day Card Speech Bubble.pdf
- Father's Day Craft Instruction.pdf
- Father's Day or Grandad mixed acrostic poems.pdf
- Father's Day powerpoint.ppt
- Father's Day simile poem.pdf
Week beginning 8/6/20
Hi everyone! I hope you are all keeping well. Thank you for all of the videos, photos and messages sent recently. It really is great to hear how everyone is getting on.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics – This week, I have put a link to a Phase 5 activity powerpoint. On this, you will find a huge range of activities that focus on the different phonemes covered throughout Phase 5. The children can choose whichever activities they would like to do, and just work their way through them each day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
It is important that the children continue to practise their reading and spelling of key high frequency words. Please see the fortnight before’s (18.5.20) links to the 100 high frequency words. I have also included the next 200 high frequency words just in case the children want an extra challenge! They may practise these words in any way they wish! Trenoweth Class do love a game of hangman!
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the ‘Back to earth with a bump’ story (on the link below).
Day 1 – Children to read the story powerpoint (with adult support if necessary).
Day 2 – Complete one of the ‘Back to earth with a bump’ reading comprehensions.
Day 3 – Complete a story map of the story, showing the main events. Children can use pictures and/or captions.
Day 4 – Retell the story to another person in your household (or Grandparents etc over the phone!) to test your knowledge of the story.
Day 5 – ‘Back to earth with a bump’ crossword.
Alternatively, there is a link to the reading challenge cards on a previous week’s learning (18.5.20) and the children, especially the Year 2 children, can continue with these. The children can read any book and then complete some of these challenges. If you are running out of books, please use the following website:
Here you will be able to find books matched closely to your child’s phonic ability.
Writing:
This is also based on the ‘Back to earth with a bump’ story.
Day 1 – ‘Back to earth with a bump’ thought bubble activity sheet.
Day 2 – Character description sheet
Day 3 – Complete the Space postcard activity sheet
Day 4 and 5 – Plan and write your own story set in Space, remembering correct use of capital letters and full stops, interesting vocabulary, different sentence starters etc. Another great chance to practise your joined handwriting! I would love to see your stories when completed!
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
There are some great Space-related craft and DT ideas on the links below which will be fun for the children to create. Please also find a link to some Solar system fact sheets – I thought the children could read through those and then make their own fact sheets or a little project booklet to show their knowledge. The children can of course also do their own research!
Science/Geography:
Next week, we were planning on moving on to the topic of the beach, but as it is World Ocean Day on Monday, we will touch upon it this week and continue to focus on it next week (including beach safety).
Please use the link below to explore this topic – you will find a wide range of resources on this site matched to the children’s age and ability.
I have also included a powerpoint and a poster activity.
We will look forward to covering the sea and beach in more depth next week!
Take care and stay safe everyone! X
- Phase 5 activity powerpoint.ppt
- Back to earth with a bump story powerpoint.ppt
- Back to earth with a bump reading comprehensions.pdf
- Back to earth with a bump crossword.pdf
- Back to earth with a bump thought bubbles.pdf
- Back to earth with a bump character description.pdf
- A postcard from Space.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Count-in-2s
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Count-in-5s
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Count-in-10s
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Add-equal-groups
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Unit-fractions
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Non-unit-fractions
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Find-a-half
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Find-a-quarter
- Space craft - Cardboard Tube Rocket.pdf
- Space craft - Hand and Foot Print Aliens.pdf
- Space craft - Paper Plate Flying Saucer.pdf
- Space craft - Space Themed Printing Picture.pdf
- Space craft - Spaceship Porthole.pdf
- Solar system fact sheets.pdf
Week beginning 1/6/20
Hello everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful half term and enjoyed all this amazing sunshine we are being blessed with! On my drive to school on Monday, I will certainly be thinking about all of you that are remaining at home and will be missing you all lots. Please do get in touch if you need anything, as I will be able to access Class Dojo and my emails whilst being at school and will respond as quickly as I can.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
Phonics – This week, I would like the children to practise some of the sounds from Phase 5 that we have not touched upon in home learning yet. Below, I have included some videos that the children can watch, as well as a pronunciation guide for parents, and I have also put some fun phonics mosaic sheets that they can complete. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
It is important that the children continue to practise their reading and spelling of key high frequency words. Please see the week before’s (18.5.20) links to the 100 high frequency words. I have also included the next 200 high frequency words just in case the children want an extra challenge! They may practise these words in any way they wish! Trenoweth Class do love a game of hangman!
Reading:
This week’s reading activities are based on the ‘Treasures in the garden’ story (on the link below).
Day 1 – Children to read the story powerpoint (with adult support if necessary).
Day 2 – Complete one of the ‘Treasures in the garden’ reading comprehensions.
Day 3 – Complete the story sequencing sheet.
Day 4 – Retell the story to another person in your household (or Grandparents etc over the phone!) to test your knowledge of the story.
Day 5 – ‘Treasures in the garden’ wordsearch.
Alternatively, there is a link to the reading challenge cards on the previous week’s learning (18.5.20) and the children, especially the Year 2 children, can continue with these. The children can read any book and then complete some of these challenges. If you are running out of books, please use the following website:
Here you will be able to find books matched closely to your child’s phonic ability.
Writing:
This is also based on the ‘Treasures in the garden’ story.
Day 1 – ‘Treasures in the garden’ thought bubble activity sheet.
Day 2 and 3 – Story setting descriptions activity sheet.
Day 4 – Read the poem about returning to school and jot down some ideas of your own.
Day 5 – Write a poem of your own about what you are missing about school. You can send me photos of your poem written down, or better still, send me a video of you performing it! That would definitely make me smile.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Topic:
Some of the children may have seen the rocket launch to the International Space Station on Saturday evening. Lots of children are fascinated by the topic of Space, so I thought it was the ideal time to touch upon this topic. I have included a link to a video of the launch. The children can watch the video and complete the associated fun space activities.
Art:
Please have a look at the Rainbow treasure hunt link below. The art challenge is based on the ‘Treasures in the garden’ book.
Sunshine dot painting. The guidance is on the link below. I would love to see any finished art work!
I hope you manage to get outside as much as possible this week and enjoy the beautiful weather. I have tried to include activities that are related to being outdoors.
Thank you for all of your support and your commitment to continuing the home learning. We will be in touch as we hear more developments from the Government.
Stay safe everyone! X
- Phonics video 1
- Phonics video 2
- Phonics pronunciations for parents
- Phonics - summer mosaics (real and nonsense words).pdf
- Treasures in the garden story powerpoint.ppt
- Treasures in the garden reading comprehension.pdf
- Treasures in the garden story sequencing.pdf
- Treasures in the garden wordsearch.pdf
- Treasures in the garden thought bubbles.pdf
- Treasures in the garden story setting description.pdf
- Poem.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 1
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Measure-mass.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Compare-mass.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Introduce-capacity-and-volume.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Measure-capacity.pdf
- White Rose maths for this week - Year 2
- Year 2 Lesson-1-The-10-times-table.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Make-equal-groups-sharing.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Make-equal-groups-grouping.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-4-Odd-and-even-numbers.pdf
- Rocket launch video
- Astronaut activity.pdf
- Cut and stick rocket.pdf
- Dot to dot space sheets.pdf
- Rocket sheet - 10 things to take to space.pdf
- 100 Fun Indoor activities.pdf
- Daily acts of kindness.pdf
- Fingerprint-Minibeast-Garden-Craft-Instructions.pdf
- Half term home challenges.pdf
- Handprint-Mermaid-Craft-Instructions.pdf
- Holiday diary.pdf
- Holiday snapshots.pdf
- How to grow a rainbow experiment.pdf
- Incy-Wincy-Spider-Prop-Craft-Instructions.pdf
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week (18th - 24th May), with a focus on kindness. I have put some ideas below for the children, if they would like to take part.
Kindness calendar:
- Make a card or draw a picture and give it to a family member.
- Arrange to have a virtual catch up with someone you know (phone call/FaceTime).
- Help with a household chore at home.
- Help cook or bake with someone you live with.
- Pick some flowers from your garden (if allowed!) and leave them on a family, friend or neighbour’s doorstep as a surprise.
- Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up.
- Play with a sibling in your household and share your toys.
- Spend time playing with your pet.
- Help wash the car.
- Clean up your toys without being asked.
- Tell a family member that you love them and why.
- Send your teacher a message of a happy memory in Year 1 or Year 2 to make her smile.
Week beginning 18/5/20
Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding whilst everything is a bit ‘up in the air’ following the Prime Minister’s announcement. We will update you on the home page of the school website as we have further information ourselves.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them.
We will continue to provide learning online for any children not attending school.
As next week is the half term week, I will not be adding formal learning to the website. However, I will add some fun activities if your child should want or need any structure!
Phonics – This week, the children can practise all of the sounds they have learned throughout Phase 5 by playing the ‘read and race’ games below. There is one for each day. If there is a particular sound they struggle with, there are games available on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5) to reinforce the learning of this sound.
A big part of our usual phonics lessons also involves learning how to spell common words that do not necessarily follow a spelling pattern (tricky words). Therefore, I have included a list of the first 100 high frequency words. You may want to see if your child can read and spell some of these words. I have also included the next 200 high frequency words just in case the children want an extra challenge! They may practise these words in any way they wish! Trenoweth Class do love a game of hangman!
Reading:
Below, I have added 50 reading challenge cards. The children can read any book and then complete some of these challenges. If you are running out of books, please use the following website:
Here you will be able to find books matched closely to your child’s phonic ability.
Writing:
This week, I would like the children to really practise their handwriting, ensuring that their letters are formed correctly and presented neatly, with letters all the same size and written on the line. Many children struggle with getting the ‘tail’ of the letter below the line, such as f, g, j, p, q and y. The Year 2 children were starting the process of joining their handwriting. If the children need any help with this, they can watch the letter formation on
You can use the log in that was sent home to you at the beginning of the year, but please message me if you need the log in details again. Alternatively, use the letter formation powerpoint below.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete. You no longer have direct access to the activities so please use the links below.
Geography: I thought many of the children were probably hearing about the UK and other countries around the world on the news at the moment. As we had not covered this yet this year, I thought the children might like to learn a bit about countries. Below is a link to an online world atlas for the children to look at, although you may have an atlas or globe at home. If you click on the continent, you can then click on to separate countries. The children can have fun exploring and it will give them a sense of where they live in relation to the world. I have also included an atlas skills powerpoint, as well as various fun Geography activities (designing a continent, atlas riddles, and a continents and oceans checklist). There is also a booklet for the children to complete if they wish. I have included a link to the BBC bitesize website, where the children can go on their ‘travels’ with Barnaby Bear.
I hope you all have a lovely week. Keep in touch if you need anything at all x
- Phonics Read and race games (5 games).pdf
- First 100 high frequency word list.pdf
- Next 200 high frequency word list.pdf
- Reading challenge cards.pdf
- Letter formation powerpoint.ppt
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Compare-lengths-and-heights
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Measure-length-1-
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Measure-length-2
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Introduce-weight-and-mass
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Multiplication-sentences-using-the-x-symbol
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Use-arrays
- Year 2 Lesson-3-The-2-times-table
- Year 2 Lesson-4-The-5-times-table
- Online atlas
- Atlas skills powerpoint.ppt
- Create a Continent Activity Sheet.pdf
- Atlas Riddles.pdf
- Continents and Ocean Atlas Checklist.pdf
- Geography booklet.pdf
- Barnaby Bear goes travelling link
Week beginning 11/5/20
Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them.
Phonics – This week, the children can practise the ‘u_e’ split digraph (two letters that make one sound, but split in the middle by a consonant).
Day 1 – Watch the Mr Thorne link below to introduce the sound. Children to complete the’ u_e’ crossword challenge.
Day 2 – Children to read and sort the ‘u_e’ split digraph flashcards (real and nonsense words).
Day 3 – Write a range of sentences containing some of these split digraph words.
Day 4 – Complete the ‘u_e’ spelling activity sheet.
Day 5 – Practise what they have learned this week by playing some of the ‘u_e’ split digraph games on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5)
Reading:
Monday – VE Day reading comprehension sheet.
Tuesday – Friday – Complete the various reading comprehensions linked to this week’s topic of Plants.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete.
Writing:
For their Literacy this week, I would like the children to choose any book that they have read before, either at school or at home. (If you have not already completed the Book Cover challenge on our Dojo page, now might be a perfect time for some family fun. Remember to send me the photos of the original book cover and your version of it, and I can then share it with the other children, who I am sure will be delighted to see all of their friends!) I would then like them to complete a book review using one of the templates below to add to the book review section of the website. If you would like to use your own template or present it in a completely different way, that is absolutely fine! You may even wish to record a video!
Science: We are starting a new topic of Plants this week, focusing on plant growth and plant lifecycles. Please have a look at the BBC bitesize videos, the information powerpoints below and the related activities.
Art: Use the plant and flower hunt sheet to identify any plants and flowers in your garden or on one of your daily exercise walks. If you are able to, collect some flowers to do some detailed observational sketches. I would love to see the results!
Another art challenge is to make your own special pebble garden, perhaps showing your support for the NHS, or just to brighten up your garden! I have included some photos for ideas below. Again, I would like to see your creations!
Most importantly, I hope you are all keeping healthy and looking after your minds. Remember there are some well being activities on the website, and never forget that I am always here if you have any questions or just need some advice.
Take care all of you and stay safe x
- Mr Thorne : u_e split digraph video
- u_e crossword challenge.pdf
- u_e flashcards (real and nonsense words).pdf
- u_e spelling activity.pdf
- VE Day reading comprehension.pdf
- Reading comprehension -Crazy Cacti.pdf
- Reading comprehension - Superfood Smoothie.pdf
- Reading comprehension - Super Seeds.pdf
- Reading comprehension - Oldest Plant Ever.pdf
- Book Review booklet.pdf
- Book review (simplified).pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-1-Add-by-making-10-2019.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-2-Subtraction-crossing-10-1-2019.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-3-Subtraction-crossing-10-2-2019.pdf
- Year 1 Lesson-4-Compare-number-sentences-2019.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-1-Add-and-subtract-10s-2019.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-2-Add-2-digit-numbers-2-2019.pdf
- Year 2 Lesson-3-Subtract-2-digit-numbers-2-2019.pdf
- What plants need to grow powerpoint.pptx
- Plant growth sequencing activity.pdf
- Lifecycle of a flowering plant powerpoint.ppt
- Lifecycle of a plant activity.pdf
- Plants and flowers hunt.pdf
- pebble painting ideas.docx
VE Day celebrates Victory in Europe Day – the day that Nazis in Germany officially surrendered, marking the end of the Second World War.
VE Day takes place on 8th May, commemorating the same day back in 1945 when the war finally ceased. On that day, people from across the globe flocked to the streets for parties and get-togethers, enjoying their freedom for the first time in six years.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day, so it’s set to be a very special moment indeed.
I have put some information powerpoints and a video clip on the links below that you can share with the children. Then I suggest you have some fun with the activities provided: perhaps make a spitfire or a war medal? You may like to do some war time baking and have a tea party in the garden (weather permitting!) I have also included some flags and bunting in case you would like to decorate your windows to mark this special occasion.
- VE Day video clip
- VE Day powerpoint.ppt
- VE Day - War children powerpoint.pptx
- VE Day - War children activity.pdf
- VE Day - wartime recipe booklet.pdf
- VE Day - design a medal.pdf
- VE Day - spitfire glider craft.pdf
- VE Day - Union Jack colouring sheet.pdf
- VE Day - Union Jack bunting.pdf
Week beginning 4/5/20
Welcome to another week of home learning. I do hope you are all keeping healthy and coping well. Please continue to keep asking me questions/updating me on your children’s learning.
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them.
Phonics – This week, the children can practise the ‘o_e’ split digraph (two letters that make one sound, but split in the middle by a consonant).
Day 1 – Watch the Mr Thorne link below to introduce the sound. Children to complete the’ o_e’ colour by phoneme activity below.
Day 2 – Children to read and sort the ‘o_e’ split digraph flashcards (real and nonsense words).
Day 3 – Write a range of sentences containing some of these split digraph words.
Day 4 – Complete the ‘o_e’ split digraph wordsearch.
Day 5 – Practise what they have learned this week by playing some of the ‘o_e’ split digraph games on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5)
Reading:
Continue reading chapters 13-15 of Fantastic Mr Fox (available as a pdf below on a previous week’s learning) and complete the reading comprehension questions. Depending on your child’s level, they may answer the questions orally (Yr 1) or by recording their answers in their books (Yr 2).
On Thursday and Friday, the children can complete the Florence Nightingale and Ramadan differentiated reading comprehension activities,
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete.
Writing:
This week, the children’s writing activities are linked to Florence Nightingale. The children can either choose to spend the week writing a diary entry for Florence Nightingale or completing the Information booklet (on the links below). Or both! You do not have to use these sheets if your child would like to present the information in a different format, such as a poster or book, or a project on the computer.
History Topic: Florence Nightingale
We will be continuing our learning about Florence Nightingale. Please have a look at the links below for some fun activities, based on timelines and hospital improvements over the years.
Religious Education (R.E) :We will be continuing our learning about Ramadan. During the holy month of Ramadan, which started on Thursday 23rd April, Muslims across the globe and throughout the UK endure a period of daily fasting. Please find below some fun activities and craft ideas based on Ramadan.
Please remember that these are just ideas and not compulsory. You and your children are doing a wonderful job so please just keep doing what you are doing. If all else fails, please keep encouraging your child to read aloud as it makes such a difference.
Take care everyone x
- Mr Thorne : o_e split digraph video
- o_e colour by phoneme activity.pdf
- o_e flashcards real and nonsense words.pdf
- o_e word search.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Guided Reading questions Chapter 13.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Guided Reading questions Chapters 14 and 15.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Guided Reading questions Chapters 16, 17 and 18.pdf
- Florence Nightingale Timeline powerpoint.ppt
- Florence Nightingale timeline activity.pdf
- Florence Nightingale - comparing old and modern hospitals activity.pdf
- Florence Nightingale - hospital improvements activity.pdf
- Florence nightingale - wordsearch.pdf
- Ramadan Information PowerPoint.ppt
- Ramadan - story powerpoint.pptx
- Ramadan - what is Ramadan worksheet.pdf
- Ramadan - what happens worksheet.pdf
- Ramadan wordsearch.pdf
- Ramadan - Kindness Calendar.pdf
- Ramadan - Kindness Calendar cards.pdf
- Ramadan - paper lantern craft.pdf
- Ramadan - plate craft.pdf
- Ramadan - colouring sheets.pdf
Week beginning 27/4/20
Hello everyone! I hope you are all keeping well still, and enjoying your home learning!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them.
Phonics – This week, the children can practise the ‘i_e’ split digraph (two letters that make one sound, but split in the middle by a consonant). The children should be quite confident with this, so please ask them if you are unsure!
Day 1 – Watch the Mr Thorne link below to introduce the sound. Children to complete the’ i_e’ split digraph board game activity below.
Day 2 – Children to complete the ‘i_e’ split digraph phoneme spotter story below.
Day 3 – Write a range of sentences containing some of these split digraph words.
Day 4 – Spelling test of some of these words!
Day 5 – Practise what they have learned this week by playing some of the ‘i_e’ split digraph games on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5)
Reading:
Continue reading chapters 9-12 of Fantastic Mr Fox (available as a pdf below on a previous week’s learning) and complete the reading comprehension questions (one chapter per day, Monday to Thursday). Depending on your child’s level, they may answer the questions orally (Yr 1) or by recording their answers in their books (Yr 2).
On Friday, the children can complete the Earth Day differentiated reading comprehension activity.
Maths:
Please have a look at the White Rose Maths link for this week’s online maths lessons. Each day, there is a video for the children to watch and an activity to complete.
Writing:
This week, the children’s writing activities are linked to Earth Day.
Day 1: Have a look at the information powerpoints below. Children to complete the Earth Day Fact or Opinion activity sheet.
Day 2: Earth Day acrostic poem (The children will know what an acrostic poem is as we have done these before – the first word of each line must start with that letter).
Day 3: Complete the ‘Change an Invention’ activity sheet.
Day 4: Complete the Earth Day persuasive letter activity sheet.
Day 5: Earth Day word search and ‘Design a poster’ activity.
Science : Earth Day
To celebrate this extremely important day, I have included some links to some fun activities and information powerpoints.
History Topic: Florence Nightingale
I have only included a few resources for this topic this week, as it is only an introduction. With the building of Nightingale hospitals across the country, I thought the children might be intrigued to learn about Florence Nightingale. We will continue with this theme next week. Please find below an interesting video about Florence Nightingale for the children to watch independently, and there is also a powerpoint and activity to complete.
Religious Education (R.E) :During the holy month of Ramadan, which started on Thursday 23rd April, Muslims across the globe and throughout the UK endure a period of daily fasting. Please have a look at the Ramadan powerpoint for further information. More activities to follow next week.
Design Technology (DT) – You can continue with this if you have not already done so. This will be linked to our ‘Toys’ topic. On the link below the previous week’s learning, please find some special building brick challenges with a letter from Barney the Builder! In addition to this, I thought it would be a nice idea for the children to make a sock puppet or glove puppet and create their own puppet shows! I would love to receive photos or videos of your finished products. Good luck everyone!
P.E – I think many of the children have been following the Joe Wicks PE online.
ICT – If children are using the Internet for research, it would be a great time to practise logging on and off to a computer, saving their work, editing text by changing the font and size, underlining their titles etc.
Of course, all of this is optional but I hope you find it helpful. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Take care everyone!
- Earth Day Fact or Opinion Activity Sheet.pdf
- Earth Day Acrostic Poem.pdf
- Earth Day Change an Invention Activity Sheet.pdf
- Earth Day Persuasive Letter Writing Activity Sheet .pdf
- Earth Day Wordsearch.pdf
- Design an Earth Day Poster.pdf
- Earth Day PowerPoint.pptx
- Earth Day Addition Riddle Activity Sheet.pdf
- Earth Day Commitments Craft.pdf
- Earth Day Dirt cake recipe.pdf
- Earth Day house craft.pdf
- Earth Day End Plastic Pollution Scavenger Hunt.pdf
- Earth Day Mindfulness Colouring Sheets.pdf
- Earth Day Shaving Cream Craft.pdf
- Recycling powerpoint story.ppt
- Recycling sorting activity.pdf
- Florence Nightingale video
- Florence Nightingale Powerpoint.ppt
- Florence Nightingale Facts activity.pdf
- Well being - time capsule challenge.pdf
- Well-being - kind to yourself.pdf
- Wellbeing - our worries.pdf
- Well-being challenge cards - mindfulness.pdf
- Well-being craft.pdf
- St George's Day - information powerpoint.pptx
- St George and the Dragon story powerpoint.ppt
- St George's Day - board game.pdf
- St George's Day - reading comprehension.pdf
- St George's Day - phonics challenge.pdf
- St George's Day - maths challenges Year 1.pdf
- St George's Day - maths challenges Year 2.pdf
- St George's Day - maths colouring addition and subtraction.pdf
- St George's Day - creative writing.pdf
- St George's Day - stick puppets.pdf
- St George's Day - wordsearch.pdf
Week beginning 20/4/20
Hi everyone and welcome to another week of home learning!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. Please remember that you do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them. I will try to keep the structure the same each week. Many of you are contacting me with absolutely amazing things you are doing with your children, with some very interesting topics ranging from space to fungi! I have been providing some parents with resources for these topics via email, so please do contact me if your child has a particular interest as I am more than happy to help with this.
Phonics – Following on from last week’s learning, this week the children can practise the ‘e_e’ split digraph (two letters that make one sound, but split in the middle by a consonant). The children should be quite confident with this, so please ask them if you are unsure! Our phonics lessons usually last about 20 minutes.
Day 1 – Watch the Mr Thorne link below to introduce the sound. Children to complete the phonics activity (split digraph flashcards – real and nonsense words) on the link below. (They are familiar with this activity so should be able to do independently).
Day 2 – Children to practise writing some of the ‘e_e’ split digraph words in their books.
Day 3 – Write a range of sentences containing some of these split digraph words.
Day 4 – Split digraph wordsearch (on the link below)
Day 5 – Practise what they have learned this week by playing some of the ‘e_e’ split digraph games on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5)
Reading:
Continue reading chapters 5-8 of Fantastic Mr Fox (available as a pdf below) and complete the reading comprehension questions (one chapter per day). Depending on your child’s level, they may answer the questions orally (Yr 1) or by recording their answers in their books (Yr 2).
Writing:
This week, the children’s writing activities are linked to Fantastic Mr Fox (on the links below).
Day 1: Character Profile of Mr Fox
Day 2 and 3: Sentence Starter activity
Day 4 and 5: Dictionary skills activity (Children are welcome to use the Internet for definitions).
Maths: Telling the time
I have included a powerpoint to help explain the concept to the children, as well as a clock that they can make. As we have not yet covered this in our maths lessons this year, the children will need plenty of practical practice before attempting the worksheets, board game and challenge cards.
Design Technology (DT) – This will be linked to our ‘Toys’ topic. On the link below, please find some special building brick challenges with a letter from Barney the Builder! In addition to this, I thought it would be a nice idea for the children to make a sock puppet or glove puppet and create their own puppet shows! I would love to receive photos or videos of your finished products. Good luck everyone!
P.E – I think many of the children have been following the Joe Wicks PE online.
ICT – If children are using the Internet for research, it would be a great time to practise logging on and off to a computer, saving their work, editing text by changing the font and size, underlining their titles etc.
Of course, all of this is optional but I hope you find it helpful. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Take care everyone!
- e_e split digraph flashcards (real and nonsense words).pdf
- e_e split digraph wordsearch.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Guided Reading Questions-Chapters 5 and 6.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Guided Reading Questions-Chapters 7 and 8.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Character Profile Worksheet.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Sentence Starters Worksheet.pdf
- Fantastic Mr Fox Mini Dictionary Worksheet.pdf
- Telling the time powerpoint.ppt
- Clock for children to make.pdf
- Telling the time activity sheets - o clock, half past, quarter past.pdf
- Telling the time board game.pdf
- Telling the time challenge cards.pdf
- Toys letter.doc
- Toys Challenge Cards.pdf
Week beginning 13/4/20
Hope you all had a healthy and restful Easter!
Please find some suggestions and links below to help you with home-learning for the forthcoming week. You do NOT have to use these but they are here to help if you wish to use them.
Phonics – The children could re-cap their knowledge and application of split digraphs (two letters that make one sound, but split in the middle by a consonant). This week, the children can practise the ‘a_e’ split digraph. The children should be quite confident with this, so please ask them if you are unsure! Our phonics lessons usually last about 20 minutes.
Day 1 – Watch the Mr Thorne link below to introduce the sound. Children to complete the phoneme spotter activity on the link below. (They are familiar with this activity so should be able to do independently)
Day 2 – Children to practise writing some of the ‘a-e’ split digraph words in their books.
Day 3 – Write a range of sentences containing some of these split digraph words.
Day 4 – Spelling test! (suggestions: same, flake, rake, flame, blame, space, trade etc)
Day 5 – Practise what they have learned this week by playing some of the ‘a-e’ split digraph games on www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 5)
There is also a fun ’Phonopoly’ game for the whole family to play, based on the a_e, ai and ay sound.
Reading:
We had just started reading Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. Some of you may have this book at home, but I have put a pdf version of the book on the link below. Please read a chapter of the book a day (either listen to your child read it or read it to them) and complete some of the reading comprehension activities on the links below. I would suggest reading the first 4 chapters this week. Depending on your child’s level, they may answer the questions orally (Yr 1) or by recording their answers in their books (Yr 2).
Writing:
The children can write a detailed recount of what they did in the holidays. I’m aware that they won’t have been able to do what they usually do so they are more than welcome to write about a ‘dream day’ that they would like to have done during the holidays! The children should plan this carefully before hand, thinking about what elements of their day they would like to include, what interesting sentence starters they may like to include, as well as any interesting adjectives or powerful verbs.
During writing, children should focus on:
- capital letters
- full stops
- joined handwriting
- starting sentences in varied ways
- use of a wide range of punctuation (commas in a list, exclamation marks, question marks)
- use of interesting and ambitious vocabulary
Once finished, children should spend time checking and editing their work. Please do feel free to send me a photo of completed work on Dojo.
I have also included some links to some grammar activities.
Maths: Adding Money
Firstly, the children may need a recap on the value of each of the coins. I have included a powerpoint presentation. Then, complete some of the activities on the links below.
Topic:
In History, we were going to be moving on to our ‘Toys in the past’ theme. The children can have a look at the links below for an introduction to the topic. I thought it might be a really nice way of keeping in touch with elderly relatives (and learning at the same time) if the children rang their grandparents or relatives to find out what sorts of toys they played with when they were young. Alternatively, children could use the Internet to do some research. There are some activities below to complete, or the children could record their research in their books as a mini project, making comparisons between their toys that they have now.
P.E – I think many of the children have been following the Joe Wicks PE online.
ICT – If children are using the Internet for research, it would be a great time to practise logging on and off to a computer, saving their work, editing text by changing the font and size, underlining their titles etc.
Of course, all of this is optional but I hope you find it helpful. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Take care everyone!