YEAR 1 - HOME LEARNING
Year 1
Home learning activities
Monday 1st March
Well done for getting back in the swing of things last week and completing your home learning. Only one more week and we will all be back together in the classroom. How exciting!
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Maths
The activities are taken from the video, so if you wish to print out the sheets before the video begins this will help your child to undertake the activity. Then watch the video before attempting the activity. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Measuring length
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zf4vbdm
Watch the videos and complete the activities. |
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Tuesday |
Measuring height
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SOME IDEAS: Start by measuring your child’s height first and show them where they sit on the height chart. Then compare your height to theirs. Ask your child “do they think you are shorter or taller than me (parent) and why?” Can you find a stuffed toy that is shorter than you? Model/guide using a tape measure or height chart. Talk about the similarities and differences – size, and shape. Use language such as ‘taller than’ and ‘shorter than’. |
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Wednesday |
Comparing height and length.
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Complete the worksheet |
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Thursday |
Measuring length
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Complete the worksheet |
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Friday |
Measuring length
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Complete the worksheet |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-box-up-for-purpose-c4r64e In this session we will build on our knowledge of problems that matter to 'box up' the main problem in the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. |
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Tuesday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-how-writers-make-the-problem-matter-68t38c In this session we will explore how a writer can make the problem of fairness clear when reading as a writer about the story of Jack's dad. |
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Wednesday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-make-the-problem-matter-in-a-story-part-1-cmw30t In this session we apply our work on reading as a writer in the last session to begin writing about a problem that matters from the story. |
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Thursday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-make-the-problem-matter-in-a-story-part-2-c5k68e In this session we will explore how a writer can make the problem of fairness clear when reading as a writer. We will read about the part of the story where Jack takes his father's harp back from the giant and nearly gets caught. |
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Friday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-make-the-problem-matter-in-a-story-part-3-74w38r In this session we will write about the problem in the story when Jack steals the harp and has to escape from the giant. We will apply our knowledge and skills from the previous sessions to make the problem matter and make it clear.
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Science: Please follow this link to the online academy:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-types-of-plants-grow-in-the-wild-70w3jt
In this lesson, we will be learning all about different plants which grow in the wild. We will be describing their appearance and looking at the importance of having wild plants in our environment.
If you’d like to know what’s happening to the bean you planted, here’s a link to a time-lapse video:
Bean Time-Lapse - 25 days | Soil cross section - Bing video
P.E. : Follow the links to ‘Andy’s Wild Workouts’. We’ve chosen workouts in the undergrowth and desert, but there are other ones on the website – take a look!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmry2/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-9-the-undergrowth
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmry0/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-8-deserts
Art: Linking in with our topic on ‘plants’, we’d like you to go out in to the garden or your local park and make a stickman. You will need to find a good stick, then tie on leaves and petals to make clothes. We’ve attached a pdf with some pictures to give you ideas – why not make a whole family!
Here is a link to the Stickman film on BBC I Player in case you’d like to see it.
Music: Please follow this link to the online academy for the final lesson on ‘rhythm’.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/improvising-rhythms-65gkge
RE: Catholics go to Mass: A special Meal
Read the story below:
Last week, I asked Mum why we always went to Mass on Sunday morning. Mum said Sunday was a special day for the friends of Jesus. “It’s a day when the parish family gather together to remember Jesus, a day when they celebrate Jesus’ love,” she told me. “It is a very special meal that Jesus asked us to celebrate to remember him. It helps us love Jesus more.”
After Mass, Mum bought me a book in the little shop at the back of church. It is all about Sunday. It has pictures of what happens at Mass. When we got home, Dad read it with me. I can remember lots of things it told us. There is a picture of the priest welcoming all the people. He reminds them that they have come together to remember Jesus and his love for them. He says a prayer. Everyone sits down to listen to stories about Jesus. They say prayers thanking God for sending Jesus. Some receive Holy Communion, and some receive a blessing. The priest sends people home to take Jesus’ love out to everyone they meet.
We go to Mass to share a special meal with Jesus. He feeds our minds with his stories and blessings and he feeds our body by sharing Holy Communion with the parish members.
TASK: Create a poster to share Jesus’ love with the world.
Phonics:
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Monday |
Revisiting ‘oy’ phoneme |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2hU0M9LPmI Watch the video clip. Can you write down as many words with the ‘oy’ sound in as possible? Pick 3 words and put them into sentences. E.g. I love my new toy. |
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Tuesday |
Revisiting ‘ir’ phoneme |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEu3syk4iUY Watch the video clip. Write down the words you learnt from the video clip with the ‘ir’ sound. Pick 3 words and put them into sentences. E.g. I saw a bird in the sky. |
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Wednesday |
Tricky words Mr Mrs called asked looked |
Using flour, salt, water or even shaving foam on a tray, write out the tricky words in your chosen material. If using water, use a paint brush and paint the words on a window or the pavement outside. Repeat with each word numerous times to allow for recall. |
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Thursday |
Revisit ‘ue’ phoneme |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtbWNyyctzU Watch the video clip. Have a go at the ‘ue’ booklet. |
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Friday |
Revisit ‘aw’ phoneme |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=finOGW5MCCs Watch the video clip and play snakes and ladders reading the ‘aw’ words. |
Year 1
Home learning activities
Monday 22nd February 2021.
Welcome back from half term. We hope you have had a restful break and the children have had a chance to refresh and are ready to come back to learning raring to go. As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Maths
The activities are taken from the video, so if you wish to print out the sheets before the video begins this will help your child to undertake the activity. Then watch the video before attempting the activity. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
To compare lengths and heights of objects To compare lengths and heights of objects (thenational.academy)
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To compare lengths and heights of objects (thenational.academy)
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Tuesday |
Looking at non standard units of measurement To measure lengths using non-standard units (Part 1) (thenational.academy)
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To measure lengths using non-standard units (Part 1) (thenational.academy) |
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Wednesday |
Comparison To compare lengths and heights of objects (thenational.academy)
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To measure lengths using non-standard units (Part 2) (thenational.academy)
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Thursday |
Standard units of measurement To begin to understand standard units of length (thenational.academy) |
To begin to understand standard units of length (thenational.academy) |
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Friday |
Doubling and halving To solve problems involving doubling and halving (thenational.academy) |
To solve problems involving doubling and halving (thenational.academy) |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-listen-to-a-story-61gk0c Listen to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and complete the lesson. |
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Tuesday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-tell-a-story-from-memory-c4uk0c Follow the lesson to complete a story map and retell the story verbally. |
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Wednesday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-describe-a-character-6wu3cd Today you will be creating a ‘wanted’ poster for the Giant. |
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Thursday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-coordinating-conjunctions-c5k6ac In this lesson we will learn a new song all about problems and practise using coordinating conjunctions in sentences.
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Friday |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
In this lesson we will learn how to infer information (get clues) from a text using inference strategies.
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Science: Please follow this link to the online academy:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-do-i-plant-a-bean-cgwp6e
Our new Science topic is about growing plants. It would be really beneficial for the children to have a go at growing seeds over the next few weeks. In the above lesson, the teacher plants a kidney bean. I’ve always found that runner beans grow very well and quickly – children always like quick results! When we have done this in the past, they sometimes grow as much as 5cm in a day. You could link in some Maths work by measuring the plant daily or weekly to see how it’s growing. Planting a runner bean would also link nicely with our English work on ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.
P.E.: Limber up for some ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ themed yoga poses!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKC_Lgvukv0
Art : Had we been in school, we would have been looking at Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’, and creating paintings in that style. Take a look at the painting (PDF attached). Notice how Van Gogh uses really thick paint to give the flowers and leaves texture. Notice also that the sunflowers have lots of different shades of yellow, orange and brown in them. If you have paint at home, create your own painting in the same style. Maybe you can copy Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’, or maybe you have some other flowers at home that you could copy. If you don’t have paint, you could use colouring pencils, felt pens, or anything else you fancy!
Music: Please follow this link to the online academy for lesson 5 on ‘rhythm’ (following on from last term).
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reading-and-writing-rhythms-75j3ad
RE: The love and care shown in the family
Share your experience of a special meal with an adult, it might have been a birthday party, Christmas, First Communion or Baptism celebration. Here are some key questions to help you retell your meal:
- When might you have a special meal?
- What makes a meal special?
- Who was there?
- Who prepared the meal?
- What did you share?
- How did you help?
- What did you like best about it?
- How did it make you feel?
ACTIVITY – You can either paint a picture of yourself sharing your family meal, or you could design a place mat to serve your food on. It can have a picture of your family sharing a meal and you could add in key words to show the emotions you feel when you get to share a special meal together.
Phonics: We are going to revisit phase 5A again to consolidate our learning of the new sounds.
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Monday |
Revisit the ‘ay’ sound. |
Watch the clip about the ‘ay’ sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzAIoLrn18
Play blending bingo using the ‘ay’ sound found in phase 5 sounds. https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/bingoOriginal/index.html
Play the roll and read game using the ‘ay’ words. See the PDF attached. |
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Tuesday |
Revisit the ‘ou’ sound. |
Watch the clip for the ‘ou’ sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_Twpffldk
Complete the worksheet attached for Tuesday. |
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Wednesday |
Tricky words oh their people |
It is really important to learn the tricky words. These are words that cannot be sounded out. Learn these words using some of the ideas below:
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Thursday |
Revisit the ‘ie’ sound |
Watch the clip for the ‘ie’ sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DELsj6p4r-s
Play Buried treasure on https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/buried-treasure Select phase 5 – ie sound |
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Friday |
Revisit the ‘ea’ sound |
Watch the clip for ‘ea’ sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvyM3ImfoY
Can you remember our tricky words? Oh, their and people. Please have a go at writing these out again. Can you remember them without looking?
Play buried treasure https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/buried-treasure Select phase 5 and click on the ‘ea’ sound. Can you put any of the ‘ea’ words into a sentence? Remember your handwriting. Can you write 3 sentences with a new ‘ea’ word in each? |
Year 1
Home learning activities
Monday 8th February
Last week of the term and you should all feel so proud of yourselves! It has been a challenging term in many ways and you have all worked so hard. So well done! Please remember that you can only do what is achievable for your family and that is good enough. Just do your best with home learning.
If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning.
The activities are taken from the video, so if you wish to print out the sheets before the video begins this will help your child to undertake the activity. Then watch the video before attempting the activity. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Comparing sets using more or fewer
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Tuesday |
Comparing two sets by finding the difference
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Wednesday |
Exploring numbers with a difference of one or two on a number line
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Thursday |
Comparing numbers https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/comparing-numbers-65hk4c?step=2&activity=video
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https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/comparing-numbers-65hk4c?step=3&activity=worksheet
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Friday |
Applying make ten to differences https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/applying-make-ten-to-differences-part-1-c9j66d?step=2&activity=video |
Please ignore the answers on the worksheet as they are written the wrong way around.
E.g. This is the correct answer – The difference between 9 and 15 is 6. I jumped 1 and then 5. |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
The story of Grace Darling (History) |
Grace Darling lived in a lighthouse over 100 years ago. Watch her story: The Story of Grace Darling | Primary History | BBC Teach - YouTube Grace Darling is very famous. Can you say what she is famous for? Can you think of a time when you had to be brave? Draw a picture and write about it.
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Tuesday |
The story of Grace Darling (History) |
Please follow the link to an exciting dramatisation about Grace Darling. It has a few more details than the video you watched yesterday. The life and work of Grace Darling (dramatisation) | History - True Stories - YouTube Attached to this plan, there is a worksheet to record important information about Grace Darling. If you can, print it out and fill it in. If you don’t have a printer, ask an adult to draw it onto a piece of paper for you so you can fill it in and stick it into your Topic book.
There are some facts to help you here: https://primaryfacts.com/1117/grace-darling-facts-and-interesting-information/
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Wednesday |
Linked to Art |
Telescopes – As Grace lived surrounded by the sea and it was an important part of her father’s job to monitor her surroundings, a telescope was an important part of their equipment. Could you have a go at making and decorating your own? You could use junk modelling e.g., toilet roll or kitchen roll, pringles tube. You could, if you’re feeling adventurous, try use making papier mache. Can you find a way to make your telescope extendable (make it longer)? You could also use playdough or salt dough. Why did you choose that material to make your telescope? Why do you think this was a good material to use? |
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Thursday |
The life of Grace Darling compared to my own life. |
My life / Grace’s life Grace was born so long ago, that her life was very different from today. Grace would have had no electricity. Can you give any examples of things that are powered by electricity? Grace would have had no light bulbs, so at night her only light would have been from a candle. With the help of a grown up, light a candle and turn out the lights shut your curtains to imagine what it was like with no electricity. Can you read a book or see very well? Describe how different Grace’s life was from yours – e.g. she was part of a family of nine children, she didn’t go to school but was taught by her father in the lighthouse, they had no running water and had to row to the neighbouring island to collect the vegetables they grew and look after their animals.
Create a comparison poster between Grace’s life and your own. Some examples could be “To get food for my family we go to Sainsbury’s or Aldi… Grace’s family rowed to the other island to get food”. Other topics for comparison could be schooling, lights, running water, sharing bedrooms etc. This could either be illustrated or, in the case of their own lives, shown with photographs from home. |
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Friday |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/true-stories-grace-darling/z4y7pg8
Watch the video clip about Grace Darling and see if you can answer the questions below.
1. What would have been the good things about living in a lighthouse, and what was not so good?
2. After rescuing the people from the storm, Grace says that 'perhaps she was brave.' Do you think she was brave?
3. Did she deserve all the attention from newspapers?
4. Do you agree with Grace that the attention and fame was because she was a girl?
5. Can you think of any other ordinary people who might be - or who deserve to be - famous for doing extraordinary things.
6. Can you think of a set of reasons (or criteria) why people should be famous, or as historians say, significant? |
Science: Please follow these links to the online academy for two Science lessons about weather. They need to be done in order.
1. How do trees change across the seasons? (thenational.academy) lesson 3
2. How can you measure rainfall? (thenational.academy) lesson 4
P.E.: Saturday Morning Yoga | Under the sea 🐙 - YouTube
Art/D.T.: (Final week) Finish your model of a lighthouse.
Music: Please follow these links to the online academy for two Music lessons about rhythm.
- Rhythm symbols and patterns (thenational.academy) lesson 3
- Notating songs (thenational.academy) lesson 4
RE: Jesus is the most special person for the parish family. We learn stories about him from the bible. We listened to the story last week of Mary and Joseph taking Jesus to the temple and meeting Simeon.
Another story which the parish family will hear at Mass is from Luke’s Gospel where he tells of another journey Jesus, Mary and Joseph took to the Temple when Jesus was twelve years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_3gvIWzbw
Activity: If you would like, you could draw a picture of Jesus at the temple or, make stick puppets of the main characters and act out the story in your own words.
Golden Time
Well done for all your hard work this term! We think you all deserve some Golden Time on Friday – think about an activity you would really like to do at home. Whatever you decide on doing, we hope you enjoy yourself! We are proud of you all; you really all deserve a lovely and restful break – parents included!
Phonics:
This week we are finishing our learning of phase 5a and moving into phase 5b. Use the website ‘phonics play’ to access games and activities to support phonic learning. The username is caritas and the password is caritas.
Follow the video link to take part in a phonics lesson based on a sound. If you want to you can use the rest of the planning ideas to practise.
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Monday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘u-e’ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-zdYN_z90
Watch the video and follow along. If you want you can do further activities by writing out the grapheme ‘u-e’ on paper as many times as you like whilst saying the sound aloud. Can you write down any words with this phoneme in? |
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Tuesday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘e-e’ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gRajegO9M
Watch the video and follow along. If you want you can do further activities by writing out the grapheme ‘e-e’ on paper as many times as you like whilst saying the sound aloud. Can you write down any words with this phoneme in? |
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Wednesday |
Phase 5b Looking at the alternative pronunciation of the ‘i’ grapheme.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfIicoB7ro Here you can follow along and listen out for the two different ways of saying the ‘i’ phoneme. Can you hear the difference? Write out words with the ‘i’ (short phoneme) and then write out words with the ‘i’ (long phoneme). |
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Thursday |
Phase 5b Looking at the alternative pronunciation of the ‘o’ grapheme.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fMjoYkQ1yo
Follow along and join in the video. Practise sorting these words out into lists of long sound ‘o’ and short sound ‘o’. Hot, spot, shock, clock, golf, so, don’t, gold, both, hold
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Friday |
Introducing Tricky words little one do when what out |
Write out the first high frequency word (tricky word) on your paper. Can you read it aloud?
Say a sentence using the word. Sound talk the word raising a finger for each phoneme.
Trace the shape of the letters on your fingers. Repeat with the next word. |
Year 1
Home learning activities
Monday 1st February
Week 5 of this term and it seems to be flying by. We are so proud of the way you are all working so hard and keeping busy with extra activities. It is such a strange time and you are facing it head on with such resilience and commitment. Well done!
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
The activities are taken from the video, so if you wish to print out the sheets before the video begins this will help your child to undertake the activity. Then watch the video before attempting the activity. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper. Please also see the link which allows you to use manipulatives - https://mathsbot.com/manipulativeMenu
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Comparing and ordering numbers within 50 |
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Tuesday |
Comparing and ordering numbers within 50 |
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Wednesday |
Count in twos and fives |
Play the game below practising the 2 times table. Click on ‘hit the answer’ and select the 2 times table. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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Thursday |
Counting in twos and fives
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Play the game below practising the 2 times table. Click on ‘hit the answer’ and select the 2 times table. See if you can get more in the time allowed than yesterday. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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Friday |
Describing and completing number patterns
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Have a go at this game called ‘Caterpillar Ordering’. You must put the numbers in order ranging from 0-20. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
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English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Our new topic ‘To The Rescue!’ |
Watch the video of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Rescue’. Story Time: The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue - YouTube
Today in English we are thinking about special words which join two small sentences together – ‘and’ and ‘because’. Can you copy these sentence starters in your Topic book and complete the sentences:
Challenge: Can you write a sentence of your own using ‘and’ or ‘because’. Can you learn how to spell ‘because’ (big elephants can’t always use small exits!)
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Tuesday |
The Lighthouse Keeper’s rescue. |
Listen to the story again. Can you remember everything that happened? Retell the story to a grown-up. What was your favourite part? In your Topic book, write about your favourite bit and use the word ‘because’. I liked _________ because _________.Draw a picture to go with it. |
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Wednesday |
The Lighthouse Keeper’s rescue. |
At the end of the story, Mr and Mrs Grinling invite everyone to a picnic. Please create an invitation to the picnic. We learnt about invitations last term… Include who it’s for, the date and time of the picnic, the place, and who the invitation is from. Make it look inviting and exciting!
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Thursday |
Lighthouses |
Today we are going to learn about lighthouses and there is a PDF document below which tells you all about them. Read it with a grown-up. In your Topic book, draw a picture of a lighthouse and label the following things: lamp lantern roof lightning rod gallery deck rocks sea door |
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Friday |
Poetry |
Today we’re going to listen to some poems about the sea. We’d like you to listen to them all and talk to a grown-up about which one you like best and why.
Commotion In The Ocean by Giles Andreae - YouTube
Over in the #Ocean in a Coral Reef-:-Read Aloud Storybooks for Kids age 4-9! - YouTube
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Science: Please follow this link to the online academy for another lesson about the weather.
How does the weather change across the seasons? (thenational.academy) lesson 2
P.E. : Joe Wicks is back on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9am. Log on to complete a 20 minute P.E. session on at least one of these days!
Art/D.T. : (Two weeks) Make a model of a lighthouse. Pringles tubes are really good for this, or you could use Lego etc.
Music: Please follow this link to the online academy for a lesson about rhythm.
Rhythms (thenational.academy) lesson 2
RE: Jesus is the most special person for the parish family, we read and listen to stories from the Bible about him to learn about his life and his lessons. One of the stories we hear about at this time of year is about Mary and Joseph taking Jesus as a baby to be presented in the Temple. Mary and Joseph made many journeys to the Temple. We remember this story on 2nd February, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus. Candles are blessed and carried on this day to remind us that Jesus would bring light and joy to the world.
Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple. They wanted to thank God for him. At the Temple, they met an old man called Simeon. He was a good and holy person. He often went to the Temple to pray. When he saw Jesus, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God. He said, “This baby will bring light and joy to the world.” Mary and Joseph were very surprised by Simeon’s words and didn’t know what he meant at the time. Simeon blessed them.
After that, they met Anna. She was eighty-four years old and spent all her time in the Temple praying. She said a thank-you prayer to God for Jesus and told everyone that he would bring happiness to those who loved God. Mary and Joseph took Jesus home to Nazareth where he grew up and learned to praise God.
Based on Luke 2: 23-40
Activity: Design a candle to celebrate Jesus being the light of the world.
Phonics:
This week we are continuing with our learning of phase 5a. Use the website ‘phonics play’ to access games and activities to support phonic learning. The username is caritas and the password is caritas.
Follow the video link to take part in a phonics lesson based on a sound. If you want to you can use the rest of the planning ideas to practise.
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Monday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ey’ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC-1GNE5THQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDruUMOtzZw
Watch the video clips introducing the sound ‘ey’
Write the grapheme ‘ey’ in the air and say the phoneme at the same time. Remember grapheme is written and phoneme is heard.
Play Buried Treasure Phase 5 and click on the sound ‘ey’. Can you recognise the real and fake words? Read the sentences below blending the sound to create the word. Can a jockey win on a donkey? Will a girl put a turkey in a trolley? Did Santa get stuck up the chimney? |
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Tuesday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘i-e’ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p6KWV3eHI8 Follow the lesson along to learn the phoneme ‘i-e’ |
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Wednesday |
Phase 5a Introducing ‘o-e’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ly-lUhLnxw Follow the lesson along to learn the phoneme ‘o-e’
Can you now read these sentences? Can a stone explode? If you are at home alone and you find a bone, will you get on the phone? Will you see a queen on a throne or on an envelope?
Write out all the words in the sentences that have the o-e grapheme in. |
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Thursday |
Introducing Tricky words some come were there
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Write one of the tricky words on paper. Can you read it? Can you say a sentence with the tricky word in? Repeat with the other tricky words from the list.
Can you remember how to spell these tricky words? Test yourself.
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Friday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘a-e’ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jz3U25Xjk Follow the lesson along to learn the phoneme ‘a-e’
Read these sentences to an adult.
It will amaze me if you can escape from this maze. When the Romans came to invade they made long roads. Can a snake have a race with a whale in a lake?
Pick out all the ‘a-e’ words and write these down on paper. |
Year 1
Home learning activities
Monday 25th January
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning.
The activities are taken from the video, so if you wish to print out the sheets before the video begins this will help your child to undertake the activity. Then watch the video before attempting the activity. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
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Monday |
Numbers to 50 https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/sequencing-numbers-to-50-cmtkjt
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Tuesday |
Grouping and counting in tens
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Wednesday |
Exploring tens and one https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-tens-and-ones-cru38d?step=2&activity=video
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Thursday |
Introducing Place Value https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/introducing-place-value-ctjkgd?step=2&activity=video
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Friday |
Using place value with numbers to 50
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English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Poetry |
We are going to spend the next two days learning and performing the poem ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. This poem has many different verses – we expect you already know some of them! Here are three verses that we’d like you to learn, and then we’d like you to try and think up a verse of your own!
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the river, If you see a polar bear, Don’t forget to shiver!
Row, row, row your boat, In to outer space, If you see an alien, Pull a funny face!
When you think of your own verse, try to follow the pattern of the first three verses. Can you make it rhyme? Extra challenge: can you write your verse in your book? |
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Tuesday |
Poetry |
Today we’d like you to practise performing your poem – it would be brilliant if you could do all three verses and the new verse that you wrote yourself. Add actions to aid your memory and make it more entertaining. Can you perform it to the rest of your family? |
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Wednesday |
Factsheet |
Today we are going to start learning about a famous Arctic animal – the polar bear! Watch the following clip:
Talk about the following questions with an adult and write your answers in your book.
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Thursday |
Factsheet |
Over the next two days you will be making a polar bear fact sheet. You will need to use the internet, books for home if you have some, or ask adults to find out the information you need. On your fact sheet, include pictures, information about what polar bears look like (perhaps you could label a picture of a polar bear), what polar bears eat, their homes and baby polar bears. Make it as colourful and interesting as you can! Here is a helpful link: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/polar-bear-facts/ |
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Friday |
Factsheet |
Continue with your factsheet. |
Science: Follow this link to an online lesson:
Music: Follow this link to an online lesson:
Geography: Watch ‘Go Jetters’ by following this link:
What was happening to the Arctic ice in this video? Do you know why? How can we stop it from happening?
P.E.: Joe Wicks is back on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9am. Log on to complete a 20-minute P.E. session on at least one of these days!
Art: In school this week we would have been using chalks or chalk pastels to create pictures of the northern lights on black paper. If you have access to these materials at home, have a go. Use your fingertips or a sponge to smudge and blend the colours together. If you don’t have chalks or pastels, perhaps you could draw, paint or make a collage using scraps of bright paper or fabric. The following link is a video to inspire you.
Night of the Northern Lights - YouTube
RE: People who help at Mass on Sunday.
There are quite a few people who welcome and help at Mass on Sunday. Can you name any of these people?
Although there are people there with special roles, everyone who is there is important and joins in by praying, listening, singing and saying the responses.
Some people have special roles at Sunday Mass e.g. greeters, the priest, the deacon, altar servers, readers and more. Some people help to prepare the church for Mass on Sunday e.g. flower arrangers and those who clean the church.
Draw a picture of a church and the people who help at church and have a special role to play. Don’t forget to include yourself in the picture. You are important too!
Phonics:
This week we are continuing with our learning of phase 5a. Use the website ‘phonics play’ to access games and activities to support phonic learning. The username is caritas and the password is caritas.
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Monday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘wh’ and ‘ph’ |
Learn to Read | Phonics for Kids | Letter Vowels - WH and PH - YouTube Using your finger, write the phoneme ‘wh’ and ‘ph’ in the air. Say it out loud each time you write it.
Play Buried Treasure from Phonics play. Click on phase 5a and pick the sound. Can you decide which are real words and which are made up?
Read the sentences below to an adult. Which is a dolphin better at, jumping or swimming? Phonics is about sounds. I can whisper them or say them loud. When will you take a photo of a big wheel? |
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Tuesday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ew’ |
Alphablocks 'ew' sound - YouTube Lesson 130 - Year 1 (Summer Term) - YouTube Watch the video clip on the sound ‘ew’
Say the phoneme as you write it in the air.
Write these words down on paper in all different colours – blew, screw, nephew, threw, stew, grew, flew, drew, brew, few |
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Wednesday |
Introducing tricky words said so have like |
Using Phonics play Train your brain – click on the word and learn. Show the sound buttons and the tricky aspect of the word.
Write these words out on paper. Use colours, or even different styles of writing to help remember them. Sound talk the word raising a finger to each phoneme while tracing the shape of the letters on your finger. |
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Thursday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘au’ |
Lesson 139 - Year 1 (Summer Term) - YouTube
Activities: Play Buried Treasure on Phonics play. Select Phase 5 and click on the sound ‘au’.
Read the sentences below.
Can a rocket launch in August? Will a haunted venue make you scream?
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Friday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘oe’ |
Lesson 143 - Year 1 (Summer Term) - YouTube
Activities: Play Buried Treasure on Phonics play. Select Phase 5 and click on the sound ‘oe’.
Read the sentences below. Can a toe be short or long? Can you have lots of zeroes? |
Year 1
Home learning activities for week beginning
Monday 18th January 2021
Please continue to follow the plans below and do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. |
Look at the attached PowerPoint presentation About igloos and read it with an adult. Answer the following questions (discuss your answers with your adult, and write some answers if you can!)
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Tuesday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Instruction writing. |
Last term, we learnt all about instruction writing when we made jam sandwiches. Can you write some simple instructions for making an igloo? (There are clues in the Powerpoint). Remember to use time words such as first, then, next, last. Every instruction must on a new line. Remember to keep your sentences short and bossy! |
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Wednesday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Creative writing. |
Today we are going to start some story writing. Who will your story be about? We are going to think about a main character who is an Inuit boy or girl, who lives in an igloo. Draw your character. Think of a name for them. Can you write three sentences about your character? Your sentences might include how old they are, what they like doing, things they are good at, who is in their family etc. |
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Thursday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. |
Over the next two days, write a story about your character. You may choose to write your story like a comic strip with lots of pictures and captions, or you might write the whole thing in sentences. What makes your story exciting? Does your character meet a polar bear, seal or narwhal? Do they go on an exciting husky ride or fishing trip? Perhaps it’s a day of fun playing in the snow. We can’t wait to hear your ideas! |
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Friday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. |
Complete your story writing and draw a picture to go with it. |
D.T.: If you have started a papier mache igloo continue working on it, otherwise why not give it a try? We’re looking forward to seeing more photos of your igloos this week. If you made one last week using Lego, playdough or cake, why not try a different medium? Can you make a little scene with an Inuit family to live in your igloo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-x5QOSqP3E (3 mins) or http://www.nfb.ca/film/how_to_build_an_igloo/ (10mins)
Science: Last week you made a weather chart or diary for the weather at home. What is the weather like in the Arctic? Have a look at a weather forecast website each day and complete a weather chart or diary for the Arctic this week. What’s the same and what’s different compared to the weather in England?
P.E. Complete one of the Joe Wicks workouts either Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 9am.
RE: Special people Is there anything you wonder about? Think about some of these questions…
1. How do the special people in your life help you?
2. What makes a person special?
3. How is Jesus like a light for us?
4. How can we love and serve each other?
What could you do to show your appreciation of the special people in school? At home? In the parish family?
ACTIVITY: Make a thank you card for your chosen special person. Include a message on the inside thanking them for all they do.
Phonics:
This week we are going to continue with our learning of phase 5a.
Use the website ‘phonic play’ to access games and activities to support phonic learning. The username is caritas and the password is caritas.
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Monday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘oy’ |
Phonics: OY Sound/Words (Digraph) - YouTube Watch the video clip on the new sound ‘oy’.
Try writing the grapheme ‘oy’ in the air with your finger. Write it on the floor with your finger. Every time you write it, say the phoneme aloud. Write the phoneme on paper in all different styles and colours. Practise saying the sound each time.
Play Buried Treasure on Phonics Play. Click phase 5 and find the ‘oy’ sound.
Finally, can you read this sentence? Remember to blend the sounds to hear each word. Can you annoy a boy? Will a royal enjoy eating an oyster? Will it be annoying if a boy destroys a toy? |
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Tuesday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ir’ |
Phonics: IR Sound/Words (Digraph) - YouTube Watch the video clip on the new sound ‘ir’
Try writing the grapheme ‘ir’ in the air with your finger. Write it on the wall with your finger. Using a paintbrush or sponge and water, write out the ‘ir’ sound as many times as you can. Each time, say the phoneme aloud.
Play Buried Treasure on Phonics play. Click phase 5 and find the ‘ir’ sound.
Can you read the sentences? Be sure to blend the phonemes to hear the word created. Can a girl put on a skirt that twirls? Is your birthday the first or third? Can a girl annoy a boy? |
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Wednesday |
Introducing tricky words Mr Mrs Looked Called asked |
We are learning to read these tricky words on the left. Using Phonics play – go to Train your brain phase 5 and choose the words on the left one at a time. This will allow you to see the sound buttons and the tricky aspect of the word. Practise reading these words repeatedly.
Can you write this sentence down on paper when an adult reads it to you? Is it Mrs Brown’s birthday today? Mr Green called today and asked if he can help. Mr and Mrs Smith looked sad this morning. |
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Thursday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ue’ |
'ue' Words | Phonics Phase 3 - YouTube Watch the video clip and see some examples of words with the ‘ue’ sound. Can you sound out together?
Play Buried Treasure on Phonics play. Click on phase 5 and find ‘ue’
Read the sentences below blending the sounds together. Can you argue with a statue? You need to queue until the bus is due. Is it true that you can get blue glue? |
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Friday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘aw’ |
Learn to Read | Phonics for Kids | Long Vowels - AU and AW - YouTube Watch the first part of the video clip showing ‘aw’
Practise writing out the sound ‘aw’ on paper. Write out multiple times saying the sound aloud each time. Use different colours each time.
Play Buried Treasure. Click on phase 5 and find the ‘aw’ sound. Practise writing out these words on paper. Remember the ‘aw’ sound is a digraph.
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Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Monday 11th January 2021
Please continue to follow the plans below and do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Writing letters. |
On Friday last week, you started planning a letter to Apac, the boy who lives in the Arctic. You drew a picture of yourself and jotted down some facts about yourself. Here is the link to the video in case you want to watch it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYK8ERKPnNM
Today we want you to think about the place where you live, it is very different to the Arctic and Apac would really like to hear about it! Your task is to go out for a walk and make a list of things you see in your area that would be interesting for Apac. You might do this in your topic book, or do it on paper and stick it in. Here are some things you might include: A pebble beach Grassy park Concrete pavement How many things can you write on your list? If you unable to go out, have a think and see how many things you can remember. Use your phonics to spell words you don’t know.
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Tuesday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Writing letters. |
Have a look at the list you wrote yesterday and read it to a grown-up. Today your task is to choose three of the things and write a sentence for each one in your topic book. Try to use some describing words (adjectives). Here is an example:
I live in a brick house with a red door.
The pebble beach is a good place to ride my bike.
You can play football in the grassy park.
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Wednesday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Writing letters. |
Today we are going to start writing our letters. You can choose to do this in your topic book, or you might have some nice writing paper you’d like to use.
When we write letters, we always put our address at the top so the person we are writing to knows who it is from and can write back. Write your own address at the top of the letter, the date, and then write ‘Dear Apac’.
Draw a picture of yourself with your family by your home.
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Thursday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Writing letters. |
Now it’s time to tell Apac some things about yourself. Use the ideas you have planned already. Here is an example: Dear Apac, Hello, my name is _________ and I am six years old. I have a brother and sister and my dog is called Floppy. I like taking him for walks in the rain and getting all muddy. Can you write three sentences? Remember to say them out loud before you write them down. Perhaps you can write more than three…
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Friday |
Our topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Writing letters. |
Let’s finish your letter today. Now you need to tell Apac about the place you live. Can you use one of the sentences you wrote on Tuesday? Can you think of some new sentences? Can you think of a question you’d like to ask Apac? Here’s an example:
I live in England in a town next to the sea. There is a pebble beach where I have picnics in the summer. There is also a long canal with ducks and white swans. What animals do you see where you live? From __________
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D.T.: It is interesting to see how and igloo is constructed. Have a look at one or both of these clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-x5QOSqP3E (3 mins) or http://www.nfb.ca/film/how_to_build_an_igloo/ (10mins)
Can you make a model of an igloo? You could use junk modelling, Lego, playdough or clay – whatever you have at home (fingers crossed it snows and you can do it in the garden!) Perhaps you use bedding and blankets to make an igloo style camp!
Geography: Look at Google Earth and find the Arctic. Look at where it is in comparison to England. Can you find any of the other continents you learnt about last week? Here is a song to help you learn the names of the continents!
Seven Continents Song (Oceania Version) - YouTube
Science: Linking to our Geography, make a weather chart or diary. Can you record the temperature each day and what the weather is like? Next week you will be making a weather diary for the Arctic so that you can compare!
P.E. : Follow this link to an Arctic themed yoga session!
Joybob The Polar Bear | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! - YouTube
RE: Special people We all have special people in our lives. Can you think of who is special in your life? Read this story with an adult.
Joe’s story: Grandma’s special people.
Every Sunday, we go to Grandad and Grandma’s with our Mum for dinner. Tim and I love going there. Grandad and Grandma let us play upstairs. We think it is a very special place. Grandma knows how much we like to look at all the photographs on the stairs, on the landing and in the bedrooms. There are so many of them. Tim and I make up games to play. We count them, try to spot the new ones and see if we can remember who all the people in the photographs are. Grandma says, “These are all my special people, they are our family. You are there, as well as your Mum, Uncle Brian and cousins.”
Tim and I are glad we’re Grandma’s special people. She is one of our special people, too. Some of the photographs are of people we don’t really know. There is one of Monica, Grandma’s best friend, who lives in the next road. They go shopping together every week. Another is of Sally, the district nurse, who helped to look after Grandad when he was very ill last year.
Tim’s favourite photograph is the one of Grandma and Grandad with all their friends and neighbours. It was taken at the community centre last year at a party. Grandma has so many photographs because she has many special friends. I couldn’t tell you about them all today as it would take too long. Perhaps you could think of people who are special to you.
- Who are special people in your lives?
- Are there special people in our school community?
- Do you know any other special people?
- Draw pictures of the special people in your life and add key words which express the special things people offer us: e.g. care, time, love, friendship.
Phonics:
This week we are going to crack on with learning phase 5a.
Use the website ‘phonic play’ to access games and activities to support phonic learning. The username is caritas and the password is caritas.
Key words for your information:
Phoneme - The smallest unit of sound. There are approximately 44 phonemes in English (it depends on different accents). Phonemes can be put together to make words.
Grapheme - A way of writing down a phoneme. Graphemes can be made up from 1 letter e.g. p, 2 letters e.g. sh, 3 letters e.g. tch or 4 letters e.g ough
Digraph - A grapheme containing two letters that makes just one sound (phoneme).
Trigraph - A grapheme containing three letters that makes just one sound (phoneme)
Oral Blending - This involves hearing phonemes and being able to merge them together to make a word. Children need to develop this skill before they will be able to blend written words.
Blending- This involves looking at a written word, looking at each grapheme and using knowledge of GPCs to work out which phoneme each grapheme represents and then merging these phonemes together to make a word. This is the basis of reading
Oral Segmenting - This is the act hearing a whole word and then splitting it up into the phonemes that make it. Children need to develop this skill before they will be able to segment words to spell them.
Segmenting - This involves hearing a word, splitting it up into the phonemes that make it, using knowledge of GPCs to work out which graphemes represent those phonemes and then writing those graphemes down in the right order. This is the basis of spelling.
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Monday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ay’ |
Look at the sound ‘ay’. Write it in the air, write it on someone’s back using your finger, write it in the back of your topic book. Phonics: AY Sound/Words (Digraph) - YouTube Can you sound out and write these words as an adult reads them to you: Spray, stray, lay, pray, tray, day. Log on to Phonics Play and play ‘buried treasure’, phase 5a, ‘ay’ sound. |
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Tuesday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ou’ |
Look at the sound ‘ou’. Write it in the air, write it on someone’s back using your finger, write it in the back of your topic book. Phonics ou Sound Song 'Shout Out Loud' - A really fun phonics song for kids! - Bing video Can you sound out and write these words as an adult reads them to you: Out, cloud, found, sprout, about, ground. Log on to Phonics Play and play ‘Dragon’s Den’, phase 5a, ‘ou’ sound. |
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Wednesday |
Phase 3 revision |
Log on to Phonic Play and play the flashcards speed trial for phase 3 to revise phase 3 sounds.
Try to learn the spellings of these tricky words: Oh, their, people. |
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Thursday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ie’ |
Look at the sound ‘ie’. Write it in the air, write it on someone’s back using your finger, write it in the back of your topic book. Can you sound out and write these words as an adult reads them to you: Fried, cried, spied, replied. Log on to Phonics Play and play ‘Picnic on Pluto’, phase 5a, ‘ie’ sound. |
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friday |
Phase 5a – introducing ‘ea’ |
Look at the sound ‘ea’. Write it in the air, write it on someone’s back using your finger, write it in the back of your topic book. The EA Sound | Phase 5 | Phonics - YouTube Can you sound out and write these words as an adult reads them to you: Eat, dream, steam, cream, treat. Log on to Phonics Play and play and choose either ‘Picnic on Pluto’, ‘Buried Treasure’ or ‘Dragon’s Den’, phase 5a, ‘ea’ sound. |
Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Tuesday 5th January 2021
Happy New Year!
We hope you had a fun Christmas!
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Have a go at the questions as you watch the video. Record your answers on paper. |
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Tuesday |
Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO1-Add-by-counting-on-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com) Complete the worksheet |
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Wednesday |
Adding ones to tens. Complete the worksheet. Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO-Add-ones-using-number-bonds-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com) |
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Thursday |
Can you create some of your own sums to solve? |
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Friday |
Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO2-Find-and-make-number-bonds-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com) Can you write your number bonds to 10 out? Challenge yourself with number bonds to 20 |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
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INSET DAY |
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Tuesday |
Thank-you card or letter |
We hope you had a lovely Christmas! Today, think of a present that you received that was really special. Can you make a thank-you card and inside, write a little message to the person who gave you that present. Alternatively, write a little letter saying why you like the present so much. Don’t forget to post it! |
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Wednesday |
Epiphany |
Today is the feast of Epiphany, the day when the three wise men came to visit Jesus. Watch this video to see what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofFRSwl2XKU
Now draw a picture of a nativity scene. Include all these things and label them or write the words underneath – Jesus, Mary, Joseph, star, kings, cow, hen, sheep. The red words all contain sounds we’ve looked at in phonics. Perhaps you can sound them out yourself!
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Thursday |
Our new topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. |
Today in school we will be starting our new topic about the Arctic. Watch this video clip first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYK8ERKPnNM
The next clip is interesting too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAeFKF2uxA
Can you think of any questions you’d like to ask about the Arctic? What would you like to find out about in this topic? Write down three questions, remembering to start each question with a capital letter and end it with a question mark. E.g. Who lives in the Arctic? |
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Friday |
Our new topic for the term: ‘Posting and Places’. Planning a letter. |
Over the next week in school, we will be planning and writing a letter to Apac (the Inuit boy we met in the video yesterday). Today we will be thinking about things we’d like to tell him about ourselves. Draw a picture of yourself and around it, write some of the things you’d like to tell him e.g. your favourite food, hobbies, your family etc. |
Phonics : Play some of the phonics games from the following link all based on Phase 3 sounds.
Science: Take a winter walk around your area, garden, or even better, the woods. What has changed since the autumn? What can you see, feel or smell? Do you need to wear different clothes?
Geography: Can you name the 7 continents of the world? Watch this clip, then see how many you can remember. If you have a world map at home – maybe a poster or an atlas, perhaps you could write seven labels for the continents and stick them on. Maybe you could print a world map and colour the continents in different colours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg-pFtvsvmo
P.E. : Follow this link to find ‘Andy’s Arctic workout’, and join in!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmrxh/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-10-arctic
Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Monday 14th December 2020
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Compare groups of objects |
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Tuesday |
Comparing numbers |
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Wednesday |
Ordering groups of objects |
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Thursday |
Ordering numbers |
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Friday |
Maths games
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Pick a game to play from Topmarks.co.uk e.g. number bonds to 10 or 20, hit the button, the daily ten. |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday
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The Nativity |
Watch the Nativity clip https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/presenters-nativity-story
Listen to the key events and see if you can draw a story map to match. See the story map attached for an idea of how to do this. |
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Tuesday
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The Nativity |
Using your story map can you start to create a story board of the Nativity showing key words and pictures? Use the key words vocabulary board attached and the template of a storyboard. |
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Wednesday Thursday Friday |
The Nativity |
Over the next 3 days can you write out your story using your neatest writing and add some lovely colourful pictures too. |
Science – Can you create a winter scene using paints, crayons, or even natural resources found in your garden? Think what you need to include; bare trees, brown leaves on the ground, grey skies etc…
RE – the birth of Jesus – What do you remember about the story of Jesus’ birth? Can you answer these questions? Why was Jesus born in Bethlehem? Why was he put in a manger? Who was with Jesus? What happened to the shepherds? Can you make a Christmas card with a nativity scene on the front to send to someone you love?
ICT – Using dB primary, can you follow the pathway set for year 1 based on programming. See if you can complete the games.
PE - Try and get outside if you have a garden. If it is rainy why not ask your family to put on an exercise video that you can enjoy. The Joe Wicks ones are still on You Tube or maybe try Just Dance or similar.
Design Technology- Read the story of the Gruffalo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sUPpPc8Ws
Can you think what the Gruffalo might like to eat? Why not try and make some Gruffalo soup? Using things you can find in your garden, why not try to concoct a soup of your own. Make a list of ingredients and write up some instructions of how to make the Gruffalo soup.
Art- Can you design and draw a nativity scene to include all the people and animals?
Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Monday 7th December 2020
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Counting to 20 in numerals and words Aut1.11.1 - Count forwards and backwards and write numbers to 20 on Vimeo
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Tuesday |
Teen numbers Aut1.11.2 - Numbers from 11 to 20 on Vimeo
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Y1-Autumn-Block-4-WO2-Numbers-from-11-to-20-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
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Wednesday |
Tens and ones Aut1.11.3 - Tens and ones on Vimeo
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Y1-Autumn-Block-4-WO3-Tens-and-ones-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
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Thursday |
Tens and ones Aut1.11.4 - Tens and ones on Vimeo
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Y1-Autumn-Block-4-WO3-Tens-and-ones-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
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Friday |
Count one more or less Aut1.11.5 - Count one more one less on Vimeo
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Y1-Autumn-Block-4-WO4-Count-one-more-and-one-less-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
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English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday |
The shenanigans of the Elf! |
It's that time of year... The class elf has arrived in school! We will be using his arrival as inspiration for our writing. Depending on the child, they will write one or more sentences about what the elf has done, with a focus on sounding out unknown words using phonics, starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop (or even an exclamation mark if it's exciting!) Please write about your elf at home (if you have one) or something you are excited about Christmas. |
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Tuesday |
Continued |
What has your elf been up to today? Can you write 3 clear sentences about his or her activities? Remember to include capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. |
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Wednesday |
Christmas Nativity |
(68) Jesus' Christmas Party - A Christmas Story read by Magical Mrs Hutchins - YouTube Watch the video of Jesus’Christmas Party. Can you see the resemblance of the Nativity? Can you draw a storyboard to include all the main parts of the story? |
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Thursday |
Christmas Nativity |
Watch the clip from yesterday again to remind yourself of the story. Can you write the story in your own words? |
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Friday |
Christmas Nativity |
Continue to write the story. When you finish you can add pictures. |
Phonics – Play some of the phonics games from the following link all based on Phase 3 sounds.
History/Geography- Think of how we celebrate birthdays today. Share with an adult what takes place at a modern birthday party. Have birthdays always been celebrated in the same way? Would children have had fizzy drinks? Would they have had music? Would they have had balloons and birthday hats? Can you find out? Listen to the links below to find out.
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/toys-from-30-years-ago/5086.html
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/birthdays-in-the-1940s/5088.html
Make notes – how are birthdays celebrated in the same way? How are they different?
ICT – Log on to your dB primary login and follow the pathway assigned to year 1 all about programming. Play the games and progress each time. Have fun!
PE – There are many activities you could have a go at on youtube. Why not experience some yoga? Follow the link - Sonic The Hedgehog | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! - Bing video
RE – We will be learning about the Advent wreath and the meaning behind it. Can you do some research online? How does the Advent wreath help us to wait for Advent? How many candles are there and why? What does the lighted candle remind us of? https://www.comeandseere.co.uk/activities/interactive-iwb-activities Can you create your own wreath following the link?
Art - We have ordered various craft activity packs to enjoy making in the run up to Christmas. If your child misses out on any of these sessions, we will save their kits for them to complete at home at a later date. But there are lots of lovely ideas of things to make on the internet. Perhaps you could draw a Christmas scene and decorate it?
This afternoon we will be writing the insides of our Christmas cards (we made them last week). At home, why not make a Christmas card for a neighbour or relative, write a little message inside and put it in the post!
Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Monday 30th November 2020
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Identify and name 3D shapes |
At home, raid the kitchen cupboards to find cuboids, cylinders, cubes, as well as spheres, pyramids and cones if you have any! Children need to be able to name the six different 3d shapes mentioned, and say how they are different to 2d shapes.
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Tuesday |
Sorting 3D shapes |
At home, gather together as many 3D shapes as you can i.e. boxes and packets, balls, toys etc. Children need to sort the shapes in different ways i.e. by size, type or colour. Ask them to explain how they have sorted the shapes. Can they sort them by the number of faces or corners? How about the shape of the faces?
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Wednesday |
3D shape walk |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZYK83utu0 Listen to the 3D song and recognise some items that are 3D shapes. GO on a 3D shape hunt and find different shapes around your house. |
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Thursday |
Can you sort the shapes? |
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/sorting_3d_shapes/eng/Introduction/SortShapesPop.htm Do you have any playdough at home? Can you make some 3D shapes? Take pictures and describe these shapes. |
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Friday |
Create a town |
Using any recycling junk modelling resources (or if you have building blocks) Can you build a town using the 3D shapes? Take pictures |
English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday
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Creating a shopping list. |
In English we will be continuing our work on the book ‘Charlie and Lola, This is Actually My Party’. We read it in school last week (an animated version of this is available on You Tube). In school we will be writing shopping lists of party items using our phonics to sound out words. What do you think you’d need to buy for a party? Write your own list! |
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Tuesday
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Making a sandwich |
Can you prepare your own jam sandwich? Can you describe each INSTRUCTION that you need to follow? Do you have to do the instructions in order or can you do them in any order? Listen to the words you use…First, then, next, after, finally. These are called Time Conjunctions and we use these in our instructions. Take pictures of each instruction being followed. |
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Wednesday |
Following instructions |
Can you order the instructions correctly? Listen or read the instruction carefully to know which goes next. http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/lists_and_instructions/eng/Introduction/default.htm
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Thursday |
Writing instructions
Use these Time Conjunctions to help First, next, then, after and finally. |
Following on from Tuesday’s lesson, can you think of your favourite sandwich and write out the instructions of how to make it? Think about how you need to set out the instructions. They use bossy language, they are in a certain order, they may be numbered or have bullet points, one instruction is written on each line. Have a go at writing yours. |
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Friday |
Continue on from yesterday |
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Science – Can you create a season’s wheel with the correct vocabulary linked? See resource… https://www.stem.org.uk/system/files/elibrary-resources/legacy_files_migrated/35856-Y1SeasonalChangesdaydiscs.pdf
Can you use this leaf detective sheet to spot some autumn leaves in your garden?
https://www.stem.org.uk/system/files/elibrary-resources/2017/09/autumnleaf.pdf
RE – Advent is a time of waiting. We are coming into the time of Advent in our Liturgical year. https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Primary-teaching-resources/Advent-calendar-for-children
Find the advent calendar and have a look each day at the suggested activity and the scripture provided. It might be nice to write an advent prayer.
ICT – Can you say what computers are used for in the everyday world? Why do we have computers? Have a play on sketchpad and see if you can create some cool designs. https://sketch.io/sketchpad/
PE - Try and get outside if you have a garden. If it is rainy why not ask your family to put on an exercise video that you can enjoy. The Joe Wicks ones are still on You Tube or maybe try Just Dance or similar.
Design Technology- Outdoor learning - Can you remember what season we are in? What are we about to enter into? Can you create, using the elements from in your garden a Winter scene? Use sticks to create a frame, sticks, stones, grass, flowers etc to create a picture.
Art- Continuing our work on celebration paintings and looking at John Dyer’s ‘Gateway to Cornwall’, we will be painting buildings of Hythe to be collaged together in a large class work of art. At home, you might choose an aspect of Hythe to draw or paint (perhaps the canal, the church on the hill, or the beach), or you could make a picture of your own house.
Year 1
Self-isolating activities for week beginning
Monday 23rd November 2020
As always, just do your best with home learning. If you or your child are unwell, we would not expect you to do the activities as your well-being is more important. Each family circumstance will be different, so just do what you can.
Should you and your family be self-isolating, you can phone Mrs Knight at the office to arrange a phone call from your classroom teacher should you want to discuss any of the information below. Obviously, your call would be after school time, as the teachers are in class during the daytime.
Maths
Please follow this link to watch the video for each day’s learning
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Choose your child’s year group and click on current week for teaching video. Watch the video first before attempting the activity please. If you do not have a printer and the activity is a worksheet then children can just write their answers in their book or on paper.
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Link to activity |
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Monday |
Recognising and naming 2D shapes |
Can you go on a shape walk around your house and note down what shapes you see and where? What are those shapes?
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Tuesday |
Sorting 2D shapes |
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Wednesday |
Creating our own shapes using different materials |
Can you make a square? What material could you use? How many sides does a square have? What other shapes can you make? Take some photos of these. |
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Thursday |
Continued from yesterday |
Have you got any playdough? Or could you make some salt dough? Using either can you make some 2D shapes out of these? |
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Friday |
Shape pictures |
Can you create a picture of an object using 2D shapes? https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-n-4957-colour-by-2d-shapes Download the pictures and colour according to their shape.
Play some shape games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters
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English
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Day of the week |
Topic |
Activity |
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Monday Tuesday Complete over the two days |
Let’s celebrate |
In school, we will be sequencing images from the Charlie and Lola story, 'This is Actually My Party', and using our sequenced pictures to help us retell the story to our friends. At home, re-watch the story on You-Tube, then draw a picture for something that happens at the beginning, the middle and the end of the story. Can you write a sentence for each picture? Can you tell the story to an adult? |
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Wednesday |
What happens next? |
Think back to the story of Charlie and Lola. What happens next? How does Lola make up with Charlie? Can you think of some ways to make up with our friends? Can you write these down in a big mind map? |
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Thursday |
Kippers Birthday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1BXicbFeU
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Listen to the story of Kipper’s Birthday. Who does he invite to his birthday? What do you do to remind yourself of who you want to come to your party? You write a GUEST LIST. Can you write a guest list for your party? Remember to use a Capital letter for names. |
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Friday |
Invitations |
Think back to Charlie and Lola. It was Charlie’s birthday and he was having a party. How would he let people know they were invited? He would give them an invitation. Can you write an invitation for Marv, Charlie’s friend? What would you include? Design an invitation with the key bits of information. |
Science - Think of the season we are in at the moment. Can you draw a picture and label it to match? What season will we enter next? Can you draw a picture to show the next season and label it with key words?
RE – We are starting a new unit all about Advent. What is Advent?
Advent is a time when we appreciate the love in our lives and prepar