Y1/2
Key Instant Recall Facts
KIRFs
To help develop children’s fluency in mathematics, we ask them to learn Key Instant Recall Facts each half term. We expect children to practise their KIRFs at least 3 times a week.
These lists of KIRFs align with the new curriculum.
They designed to be challenging and it is intended that children will be taught the necessary maths in lessons beforehand.
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Key Instant Recall Facts Year 1 – Autumn 1 |
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I know number bonds for each number to 6. |
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By the end of this half term, children should know the following facts. The aim is for them to recall these facts instantly.
They should be able to answer these questions in any order, including missing number questions e.g. 3 + ⃝ = 5 or 4 – ⃝ = 2.
Top Tips
The secret to success is practising little and often. Use time wisely. Can you practise these KIRFs while walking to school or during a car journey? You don’t need to practise them all at once: perhaps you could have a fact of the day. If you would like more ideas, please speak to your child’s teacher.
Use practical resources – Your child has one potato on their plate and you give them three more. Can they predict how many they will have now?
Make a poster – We use Numicon at school. You can find pictures of the Numicon shapes online – your child could make a poster showing the different ways of making 5.
Play games – You can play number bond pairs online at www.conkermaths.org and then see how many questions you can answer in just one minute.
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Key Instant Recall Facts Year 2 – Autumn 1 |
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I know number bonds to 20. |
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By the end of this half term, children should know the following facts. The aim is for them to recall these facts instantly.
They should be able to answer these questions in any order, including missing number questions e.g. 19 + ⃝ = 20 or 20 – ⃝ = 8.
Top Tips
The secret to success is practising little and often. Use time wisely. Can you practise these KIRFs while walking to school or during a car journey? You don’t need to practise them all at once: perhaps you could have a fact of the day. If you would like more ideas, please speak to your child’s teacher.
Use what you already know – Use number bonds to 10 (e.g. 7 + 3 = 10) to work out related number bonds to 20 (e.g. 17 + 3 = 20).
Use practical resources – Make collections of 20 objects. Ask questions such as, “How many more conkers would I need to make 20?”
Make a poster – We use Numicon at school. You can find pictures of the Numicon shapes online – your child could make a poster showing the different ways of making 20.
Play games – You can play number bond pairs online at www.conkermaths.org and then see how many questions you can answer in just one minute.
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Langold Dyscarr
Class Dojo
Parent’s Guide
At Langold Dyscarr Community School, we believe that effective communication between home and school is essential to supporting children in their learning.
As a result, we use Class Dojo in every class to celebrate the success the children have and the sensible choices the children make.
What is Class Dojo?
- Class Dojo is an app which allows you to be connected to the school community and it can be accessed on a range of media (smartphone, tablet or computer)
- You will be able to be engaged in your children’s learning by following how many dojo points they receive as well as seeing class and whole school messages.
- You will receive an email invite or a letter containing a code to be able to set up your own parent account.
- If you already have an account, this will continue, your child will just move into their new classroom page and any siblings, new to school can be added to this account.
- Parents/carers can communicate with staff in school via School story (all parents/carers in school), Class story (parents/carers of specific class) and Messages (private/1-1).
- Only school staff can allocate dojo points.
- Children will have their own Class Dojo avatar, which will be allocated, into their specific classroom.
- Children can have their own portfolio, which allows them to change their avatar, access allocated activities and upload work. This is set up through your parent account.
- The aim is that a Class Dojo account for a new pupil and parents/carers will be set up in Foundation stage and these accounts will then become part of the school directory until Y6.
What you can expect from us?
- The class teacher will navigate each Class Dojo page and will use the Class Story page for sharing learning, photos, videos and messages with you.
- In class, your child will regularly receive dojo points as a reward for various reasons.
- Teachers may communicate with you on a 1:1 messaging service or via the Class Story where general class messages can be shared.
- Whole school messages will be shared on the School story, which can be seen by all parents/carers in school.
If you have any questions, queries or concerns:
If it is related to a post on the School or Class Story, feel free to comment underneath the post. Remember school staff as well as other parents will see these comments.
Otherwise, feel free to message your child’s teacher on Class Dojo. Remember this messaging service is NOT designed to replace a face-to-face discussion and is only for simple, questions, queries or concerns.
In order to maintain the well-being of our staff, we ask that you bear in mind that though teachers can be messaged by you at any time, they are advised not to respond back to the messages during the ‘quiet hours’, on weekends or at any other time outside of the stated period.
The agreed quiet hours are between 5.30pm and 7.30am. Mondays to Thursdays and from 3.30 p.m. Friday throughout the weekend.
All parents are politely reminded that you are given access to the Class Dojo system at the discretion of school and we have a zero tolerance policy in terms of abuse of this service.
If Class Dojo is used inappropriately, for example being abusive or rude to staff, your account will be terminated immediately and you will be invited into school to discuss the matter further.
Remember if you have an urgent or more complex concern or query; please do follow the channels of communications that you would have done previously, i.e. phone, email or visit school office/head teacher.
Autumn Term 1 Newsletter.
Year 1 and 2.
Welcome Back,
We hope that you have had a great Summer break and are looking forward to the Autumn Term. Hopefully, this newsletter will inform/remind you of class routines within KS1 and give you an insight into what your child will be doing this half term, so when you ask them what they’ve been doing in school today, you know what ‘nothing much’ or ‘I can’t remember’ really means.
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If you have any questions or queries, please message on DOJO
This week we will be starting our topic called ‘Into the Jungle’.
The children will be developing their English and maths skills by engaging in a number of projects related to their topic work. These will include writing a story, reports, poetry and recounts. In maths, the children will learn how to solve a range of problems involving number, shape, space and measure.
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In geography the children will learn about the world in which we live and where jungles are located on a world map. They will learn about the animals that live in jungles and what the weather is like in jungles.
In art the children will be focussing on the painting by Henri Rouseau -Tiger in a Tropical Storm. They will then be creating their own painting based on this famous painting.
In science, the children will be learning about animals including humans. They will be learning about the different types of animals and animal life cycles. We will also look at what humans need to keep us healthy.
In PE, the children will be working with Mrs Footitt and Miss Courtney to develop their balance, throwing and catching skills, as well as learning dances related to their topic work.
Tuck Shop
Tuck Shop is available every day. At the moment just toast. It is 20p a day or £1 a week, money to be brought on Monday for the week in a named envelope. The kitchen staff will deliver the tuck shop for the children to their class before morning break.
Homework
Your child will bring home a reading book, spelling sheet and home-school diary every night. Please could you listen to them read and help them to practise their spellings on a daily basis. This will then need to be recorded in their home school diary and brought into school every day. They will also bring home a homework challenge at the beginning of each term. Please choose a task to complete weekly and record it in their homework book.
P.E.
PE days are Wednesday and Friday.
During Covid 19 we are asking all children to come to school in their PE kits on Wednesday and Friday. Your child should wear jogging bottoms and a sweatshirt with a t-shirt underneath in case they get hot. They will also need to wear plimsolls or trainers. If you would like your child to change into their school shoes, please send them in a named bag. NO JEWELLERY PLEASE.
Reading
Your child will now be bringing home 2 books in their reading bag. One story is for parents and carers to read to their child and the other is for your child to read to you. The reading books are now matched to your child’s current phonic phase. This means that they will be able to read on sight or sound out all of the words in the books. Children will work on phonic phases until they are reading at an age related level which is usually as they enter Year 2 (level 16 reader) then they continue working on levels until they enter Key Stage 2.
If you have any questions or queries, please message the class teacher on DOJO
Thank you for your support.
KS1 Class Teachers
Transition to Year 1/2 September 2020
Home Learning Week 15
This week’s theme is ‘Space’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day – Length and Height
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Space
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about space. Learning may focus on our Solar System, the Sun and the Moon. It could look at life in outer space from the view of an astronaut and travelling through space.
- Our Solar System - Encourage your child to think about what they already know about space and create a mind map. Can they name the planets in our solar system? Use the solar system song to create a diagram showing the order of the planets. Or make real ones using balloons and paper mache.
- Astronaut Aerobics- Astronauts have to be fit and agile for their missions into space. Ask your child to design a home workout and put your agility to the test! You could even use This teacher's video to help. Then, your child can plan a day of healthy eating for the aspiring astronauts thinking carefully about each food group.
- What are Day and Night? - Share the video of day and night with your child. Watch the video and then create a poster about day and night explaining why we have day and night. Play the quiz and see how many answers you can get right!
- Rocket Creation - As part of their writing tasks, your child has designed a rocket. Ask your child to create their rocket using objects they can find in the home such as cardboard boxes, newspapers and tin foil. Can they write a set of instructions to share with a family member or friend? Can you send pictures to your teacher so they can put it on Twitter please.
- Is There Anything out There?- Tim Peake is a famous British astronaut. Ask your child to record the questions they would ask him if they could interview him. Can they answer the questions in role as him? Why not task them with designing a new space suit for him? What would make a good space suit?
- Mission X – Astro Food - Collect a variety of plant foods from home or download the cards from this resource. Group the food/cards e.g. fruits, seeds, vegetables. Which parts are edible? Sign up and access all of the Mission X resources here .
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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Further activities at Nasa for kids. IXL - Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2. There are interactive games to play and guides for parents. Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with different activities and lessons. Includes notes on how to do these activities with your children. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 14
This week’s theme is ‘Music
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day – Shape
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
where they originate from, what they’re made from, etc. Your child can include an illustration of the instrument and label the parts.
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Music
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about music. Learning may focus on famous musicians, listening to and performing music and exploring a range of music genres and instruments.
- Famous Musicians- Find out about famous singers and bands from the North East. Listen to some of their music. Ask your child to list what they like/dislike about the music. What genre of music is it? Does it remind them of any singers or bands that they know? Create a fact file about the musician/s.
- Making Music- Task your child with making a variety of shakers. Using empty bottles from the recycling, fill them with different dry foods/things from the garden. How can they make the shakers sound different? Ask your child to use the shakers during their family song performance (see above). They could also write a set of instructions for making your own musical shakers.
- Making More Music! - Can your child use different parts of their body to make music e.g. clicking fingers, stamping feet. After this, ask your child to design a new instrument. This could be an instrument that belongs to the woodwind or brass family. They can draw and label their design and then make it using materials from the recycling. Does it work? Ask your child to record 3 ways they could improve their design.
- The Four Seasons- Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons during the early Classical period. Divide a piece of paper into 4 and ask your child to draw each season in each box as they listen to the music here. Discuss how each movement sounds different e.g. Spring is energetic and has a fast tempo.
- What can I Hear? Ask your child to visit different places in the home and garden. Get them to list all of the different sounds that they can hear e.g. the humming of the fridge. Which room is the noisiest? Encourage them to use words such as volume, tempo, pitch and beat. After this, ask your child to record the sounds and play them to the family. Can the family guess where the sound is coming from? Alternatively, your child can replicate the sound and the family could guess this way instead.
- Making Instruments – Animal Sounds - How many different animal sounds can you make with your voice? Try making an instrument that sounds like a chicken. You will need: tin can/plastic cup, and some string. Make a small hole in the base of a tin can or plastic cup. Thread string through with and knot on the inside. Wet your fingers and run them down the string to produce a chicken noise. For more ideas take a look at the full resources here.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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IXL - Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2. There are interactive games to play and guides for parents. Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with different activities and lessons. Includes notes on how to do these activities with your children. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 13
This week’s theme is ‘Around the world’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day – fractions
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Around the world
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about countries and cities around the world. Learning may focus on different cultures and traditions, famous landmarks, food and clothing.
- Flags- Look at flags from around the world with your child. Discuss which are your child’s favourites and why? Ask your child to recreate their favourite; this could be through drawing, collaging etc. Can they place the flag on a map? There are some quizzes that your child can have a go at here. Can they create their own quiz about the UK?
- Dance Around the World- Watch the following dances: Diwali Stick dance, Maypole dancing and Spanish Flamenco dancing. Encourage your child to have a go at some of the moves used in these videos. Record the dances and ask your child to evaluate what they did well and what they could do even better when watching them back. Can your child recreate one of the costumes using items from their wardrobe? Perform the dance to a family member.
- Food Tasting Fun- Find some different fruits from around the world. This could include: mangos, kiwis, pineapples, bananas. Encourage your child to try them and have a discussion about which ones they liked and which ones they did not like. Cut the fruits open and task your child with sketching the inside of each fruit. Remind them to look closely at the patterns and shapes.
- Where in the World? - Have a discussion with your child about your own family heritage. Discuss with them your traditions and where your family originates from. This may be where you live now or it could be somewhere completely different. Ask your child to create a poster or PowerPoint all about their own family. Can they include a map identifying the country they’re from?
- Speak the Language- There are lots of different ways to say hello around the world. Learn how to say hello in Spanish, French, Mandarin, German, Arabic and Italian with your child using Google Translate. Practise writing hello using the colours of the flag for each country.
- Engineering Around the World - World’s Largest Steel Structure - The Bird’s Nest is the world’s largest steel structure and was built in China for the 2008 Olympic Games. It is made out of 26 miles of steel. Use strips of paper, card or wool to create your own bird nest style building. You might like to search for photos of the ‘Birds nest’ to help you with your design.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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IXL - Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2. There are interactive games to play and guides for parents. Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with different activities and lessons. Includes notes on how to do these activities with your children. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 12
This week’s theme is ‘Famous and significant people’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day – fractions
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Famous and significant people
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about famous or significant people. Learning may focus on past or present inventors, explorers or scientists and how they influence society today.
- How Important is Mary Seacole? - Mary Seacole was a Jamaican-born nurse who is remembered for helping soldiers during the Crimean War. Using this video your child can create a simple timeline of Mary Seacole’s life. If this is too challenging, why not ask your child to design an award for Mary Seacole. Your child could also locate Jamaica and Scotland on a world map.
- Keep them Clean! - Mary Seacole visited Florence Nightingale, another important nurse, during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale was known for highlighting the importance of hygiene when caring for the sick, particularly handwashing. Ask your child to create handwashing posters for the home. They might want to make up a jingle too!
- Intriguing Inventions - Challenge your child to invent something new. Perhaps a new gadget for the home to keep the family entertained, or something that would help a doctor or a nurse. They can draw and label their design, and could have a go at making it using things from the recycling box.
- The Queen: Then and Now - What was life like for Queen Elizabeth I? this video may help your child to understand. How is life different for the current queen, Queen Elizabeth II? Ask your child to create a list of the similarities and differences. They might focus on appearance, family and interests. They could show this using illustrations too.
- A Seriously Significant Somebody - Who is important to your child? What makes them so important? Your child could draw or paint a portrait of their significant somebody using a photograph or digital image to support them. They may wish to write an information report about this person too!
- Beulah Henry 1912 – 1970 - Beulah was a famous American inventor who invented over 100 new products. She made several umbrella inventions from clip on covers to special umbrella bags. If you were going to design an umbrella what would it look like and what materials would you use? Try making a model umbrella using junk box materials you might find at home.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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IXL - Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2. There are interactive games to play and guides for parents. Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with different activities and lessons. Includes notes on how to do these activities with your children. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 11
This week’s theme is ‘The Rainforest’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day - fractions
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: The Rainforest
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the world’s rainforests. Learning may focus on the plants, animals and insects that inhabit the rainforest, food that originates there and weather patterns. It could look at plants and animals that can be found in the garden too.
- Fascinating Forest Floor- Can your child create their own replica forest floor? Task them with collecting materials from the garden or during your daily exercise.
- The Sounds of the Rainforests- There are many wonderful and intriguing sounds that can be heard in the rainforest. You can listen and watch real footage from a rainforest here or watch this BBC Our Planet clip. Which animal makes the most noise in the rainforest? Ask your child to record what sounds they can hear and to predict what animals the sounds have come from. Can your child replicate these sounds using objects from around the home?
- Where in the World are the Rainforests? - Using an atlas or online map, can your child locate the continents (Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and South America) where rainforests can be found? If this is too challenging, can your child locate one country with a rainforest, and then locate the UK. Ask them to describe the similarities and differences between the UK and the country they have located.
- The Big Garden Tidy Up - Why not work together as a family and have a Big Garden Tidy Up? Task your child with pulling out weeds, raking up the leaves or just having a general tidy. Take before and after photographs.
- Sketch a Spider Monkey or a Tree Frog- Can your child create a detailed sketch of an animal that inhabits the rainforest? Using pencils, crayons or whatever else you have, ask your child to copy an image of a rainforest animal, thinking carefully about the patterns and tones.
- Rainforest Insects - Watch this video. There are lots of insects/mini-beasts in the rain forest. You can see some pictures of them here. Look for mini-beasts living in the garden or on a walk, what are these mini beasts called? Which one do you like the best and why? Try drawing pictures of the mini-beasts you find.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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The Rainforest Alliance Website is packed full of information, resources and games which may support some of the above activities. IXL - Click here for Year 1 or here for Year 2. There are interactive games to play and guides for parents. Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs Learning packs with different activities and lessons. Includes notes on how to do these activities with your children. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 10
This week’s theme is ‘Sports’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly Phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Sports
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about sports and games. Learning may focus on the history of sport, sporting-heroes, physical challenges and performance.
- Obstacle Course Fun- Task your child with designing and making their very own obstacle course in the garden. Ask them to draw and label their design first and include all of the equipment they need. They can then use their design to create their obstacle course. Ask the family to complete the obstacle course whilst your child times them. Your child could even make medals from tin-foil or any other suitable material and present them to the winner during a winner’s ceremony.
- Make a Family Mascot- Your child could make their very own family mascot using materials from around the house. First of all, visit the Olympic Mascot Official list here and look at past mascots. What makes a good mascot? What qualities does the mascot represent?
- Remarkable Routines- Can your child create their very own simple routine, just like a gymnast, dancer or synchronised swimmer? Start by watching a video of a routine together, here are some suggestions: men's gymnastic routine, synchronised swimming routine . After this, your child can choose a piece of music to practise their routine to. When they are confident, why not film your child’s sequence. Watch the performance together- what does your child think went well? What could be even better?
- Terrific Team Kits- Ask your child to design their very own team kit. They should consider the flag of the country that they would represent and how to incorporate these colours into the design. They could draw the design with a pencil or use a computer program to do this.
- Can you Invent a New Olympic Game? - Challenge your child to invent their very own game for the 2021 Olympics. Look at a list of all of the sports that already compete in the summer Olympics here. Can they write a set of instructions for the new game or draw illustrations? Why not test the game out as a family.
- Brilliant Bodies - What can your body do? Balance on one leg? Touch your nose with your tongue? Look at the Body challenge cards and see how many you can do. Ask your family to join in and make your own body challenge cards.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with… |
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The NHS Change 4 Life website has some great games and activities, specifically ones for staying indoors. Have a look here. Cbeebies website - For lots more clips, activities and ideas to get active visit the sport’s section on the Cbeebies website. Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS (limited subscription). White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 9
This week’s theme is ‘Under the Sea’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Under the Sea
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about life in and around the sea. Learning may focus on the strange and wonderful creatures and plants that occupy our oceans, their habitats and how human beings affect this environment.
- Guess Who? - Ask your child to write fact cards about animals from under the sea. They can use books or websites to find out about the appearance, habitat and diet of each creature. After this, play a game of ‘Guess Who?’ using the cards and yes/no questions.
- Junk Modelling- Using junk or recycling materials from around the home, ask your child to design and make a Sea Turtle. Your child may wish to make another sea creature after this.
- Put Your Goggles On- Your child can visit this website and watch a live stream of a tropical reef. Whilst watching, ask them to sketch all of the animals that they can see. Remind them to look at the shapes and patterns on each creature and to include these in their sketches.
- How do Humans Affect the Sea? - Is your child aware of all of the ways that humans affect the sea and the living things within it? Talk about and investigate the impact that human beings have on the sea. Think about fishing, transport and pollution. Create a poster or information report.
- The Oceans of the World - Using an atlas or the web ask your child to identify the world’s oceans. Year 1 children may need some support with this. Can they find out what animals live in each ocean? This game allows your child to practise naming and locating the oceans.
- Unplugged Coding - Watch this video. Create a simple under the sea obstacle course or draw an obstacle course on a piece of paper. Write simple code to guide the submarine around the obstacles found under the sea. E.g. Rocks, shipwrecks, sleeping octopus. E.g. →→↓→→↑→ etc.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with |
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS (limited subscription). There are some lovely games and ideas from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution here. White Rose Maths- online maths lessons. Watch a lesson video and complete the worksheet (can be downloaded and completed digitally). |
Home Learning Week 8
This week’s theme is ‘Family’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
E.g Monday 1st June 2020
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Family
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on what different makeup of families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.
Family: This is time to find out about their family and traditions they follow. Ask them to think about: Who they live with? How many adults? How many children? Can they sort their family members into height order? Who is the tallest? Who is the shortest? Is the tallest family member the eldest family member? If they drew around all their family members' hands; could they count in 5s? What if they drew around their feet? Could they count in 2s? Think about one family member they would love to interview. They could be a family member that lives with them or a family member that lives somewhere else. Can they write down some questions they would like to ask them? Have they got a pet? Can they draw or paint a picture of their family? Can they talk about their picture to a family member?
Self-portrait: Ask your child to think about which materials they use to draw? Can they find different materials around the house to help? Ideas
Create a card: Ask your child to design a card for someone in their family. It can be a birthday card; thank you card or a card to tell someone how much they love them!
Family tree: Look at photographs of your family members and discuss where they would go on a family tree. Have you met everyone? Is there anyone you could interview and find out more about?
Design a personal coat of arms shield for the family: Find out what a coat of arm shield means. Ask them to begin to think about their design. What could they draw? What does it mean to them? Ask them to think about the colours and shapes. Maybe if they have some cardboard around the house they could make a shield to give to a family member.
Create a booklet all about the family: Can they name the people in their family and write sentences about them? Who are they? What do they call them? What do they like or dislike? Why are they special to them? Maybe they could get a photograph or draw a family member before they write about them.
News Reporter for half a day: Their challenge is to interview family members and find things they like and dislike? Can they write down things they like and dislike? Can they compare these to someone else in their family? In your interview they could create flashcards with words such as: colour, clothes, food, drinks, books, places, music and then ask a family member to pick a flash card and talk about their likes and dislikes.
Data detective: Ask your child to look at people in the house. What colour is their hair? Eye colour? Favourite colour? Favourite food? Ask them to collect this and place in a tally chart.
Interview a family member: Interview a family member that doesn’t live at home with them. Allow your child to ask them about their childhood. Who did they live with? Who is in their family? Have they got any family traditions they follow and why?
Write an invitation to a family event: Ask your child to invite a family member to one of the following: - (talent show, music show, magic tricks, comedy show) In their invitation ask them to think about the time, date and place. How will they design the invitation? Who will deliver it?
Share the https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/milkshake movement and mindfulness video with their family. Who was the best? Which part did they enjoy? Could you create a video of your own?
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with |
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS (limited subscription).
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Home Learning Week 7
This week’s theme is ‘Celebrations ’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_aknDIHXSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrTgtX8q9k
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day Ask your child to:
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: celebrations
This project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about celebrations. Learning may focus on different types of celebrations that take place and who may celebrate them. It could look at how people celebrate different events differently in other parts of the world.
What does celebration mean to you ?
Watch with your child. Make an A-Z list of celebrations around the world. How many can they find?
What have they celebrated this year with their friends and family? Can they remember celebrating their birthday? How did they celebrate their birthday? Could they draw a picture of their special celebration? Can they interview a family member about their favourite celebration? What did they do? Who can they remember?
Create a celebration card for a family member. - What will they put on the front? Will it be pictures or will they write a birthday poem? Can they use different materials to design their celebration card?
Bake a cake: Weigh out the ingredients and bake a cake for a celebration. Can they write the instructions and send them to a friend? Can they tweet their school with a photo of their cake and instructions?
Design a celebration party: Ask your child to choose a celebration. Who would they invite? Get them to make a list of things they will need? (banners, balloons etc...) Would they have to have a dress code? Can they design a celebration invite? On a piece of paper can they think about the colours and pictures they may have.
Months:
Can your child name the months in order? What do they notice about them? (Look at the letters at the beginning of the month.) Can they think of a celebration for each month they may have with their family? Find out when it’s people's birthdays or anniversaries. Which month has the most celebrations?
Seasons: Ask your child how many seasons we have? Can they name them?
Watch 1 Watch 2 Ask them to look outside their window and see if they can name the season we are in at the moment. What can they see? Can they see any flowers? Or new buds? Can they draw a picture of what they can see using different materials?
Calendar: Collect some materials to create a Seasons Calendar. Think about the design and what they will need. 
Spring is in the air: Spring is around us: Can they look around the house to see what they can use to make a crafty spring project.
Celebrations across the four season:
Think about all of the celebrations we have around the world. Can they name them and place them into the correct seasons?
Autumn: Diwali, Bonfire Night, Harvest Festival , Hanukkah
Winter: Christmas, New Year
Spring: Holi, Easter, Mother’s day
Summer: Father’s day, EID, Vesak
Create a card for each of these celebrations. How will their designs be different? Are there particular colours they can use? Could they make a pop up card? Could they make a card using no pen and only fabric?
Traditional celebration: Talk to an adult and ask about any traditional celebrations you may have as a family. Why do you celebrate them? How do you celebrate them and when?
Do you have to wear different clothes and eat different food?
Gather the family and sing the song ‘Celebration’: Can you add actions to the dance? Could you have a concert and perform to your family and friends?
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with |
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS.
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Home Learning Week 6
This week’s theme is ‘food’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Food
Food
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more food. Learning may focus on where different foods originate from, what makes a healthy meal, opportunities to cook etc.
Balanced diet: Show your child this video about how to have a balanced diet.
Play these games about healthy eating.
What do we have today? Look in the kitchen to see if you can create an A-Z list of foods.
Fruit and vegetables - Draw pictures of fruit and vegetables in your house. Label the fruit and vegetables and place in alphabetical order.
Sorting activity: Collect food from the kitchen and sort into healthy and unhealthy foods.
Design a poster - think about the foods you like to eat and food that you need to eat to keep you healthy. Create a poster that you can put in the kitchen or in the school hall. Will you be able to use any food wrappers or make your poster interactive?
Healthy lunchbox: can you play this game and make a healthy lunchbox?
Traditional food: Many cultures have various dishes of food to celebrate their festivals. Find out about a festival and compare it to a different festival. What are the similarities? What are the differences? How is the food prepared? Do you have any traditional food you enjoy with your family?
Restaurant: Can you plan a menu? Think about what you would like to have on your menu. Can you design a menu for a vegetarian? Can you design a menu for a vegan? Will you have options on your menu for people who have allergies?
Look around the house for any leaflets or take away menus. What price is the food? Can you do any meal deals?
Designing a school menu. Can you design a new school menu? What could you add? What would you keep the same? Will it be a healthy school menu? Can you find pictures or draw pictures to add to your menu? Plan out your menu and remember to include prices.
Will you have a different menu every day?
Cooking: find a few recipes and check if you have the ingredients at home and cook a meal for your family. Think about a starter, main and dessert. Can you cook as a family? Who will do the measuring?
Fruit survey: ask in your family the different fruits they like to eat. Collect the information and add it
to your tally chart. Can you represent this information in a particular way?
Fruit and vegetables printing: Look at the work of the artist: Lynn Flavell. How does she represent fruit and vegetables? Can you create a piece of artwork in the style of Lynn Flavell.
Look at the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Using different drawing materials, can you create a picture of your own?
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with |
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) |
Home Learning Week 5
This week’s theme is ‘Environment’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjgugbdwvMY
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: animals
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the environment. Learning may focus on changes to different environments, the impact of humans on environments, climate change etc .
Create a chart to record the weather. Label the chart with days of the week and record the weather at different points in the day. Can you write down key words and take a photograph of the sky. Does it change in the week? This link may help.
Watch the weather report on T.V. How do they describe the weather? What do you notice about the map? Can you find Retford on the map? Have they got symbols when they are talking about the weather?
Weather reporter: Pick a day that you would like to present as a weather reporter. Can you create some symbols to use when you are talking about the weather? Can you talk about the weather in your local area and maybe compare to another place in the UK?
Create a weather wreath. Using different materials can your child design a weather wreath? Encourage them to think about the symbols used in your weather report.
What a load of rubbish! With your child look at the rubbish as a family you throw out. Do you help to recycle? How do you sort these into junk and into recycling? Look at the range of items and group them into different material groups. Talk to a family member about how certain groups are plastics and can also look and feel different to each other. Could you design a new way to help recycle more items? Ideas
Beat the clock- Can you sort items into the correct recycling and waste bins? Play
Switch it off: Ask your child to take a look at all the electrical devices in their house. Are they all plugged in? Do they need to be plugged in? Create a poster to place around the house to help remind people to switch it off once they have finished.
Save Electricity, Recycle Paper, Conserve water. What could you include on these? Where could you place these in the house? Can you talk to your family about the posters and how you could help the planet?
Listen to a song about things we can do to help to save the planet.
Write and draw! Ask your child to choose one thing they could do to help the environment in school. Get them to make a poster to encourage people to do it! Think about the classroom and also the school.
World Environment day- This year it will be on Friday June 5th. On this day people from all over the world will do something positive to help our planet. Ask your child what could they do? Lots of little things can make a big difference. What could they do to celebrate World Environment Day at school? Can they create a poster to display at school?
Storytime. – Listen to the story Michael Re-cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZj14ChIY8I
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS.
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Home Learning Week 4
This week’s theme is ‘animals’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/library-lion/
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: animals
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about key animals they are interested in. Learning may focus on exploring the physical aspects of an animal, their habitat, categorising animals etc.
Find out about:
What are mammals?
What are amphibians?
What are birds?
What are fish?
What are reptiles?
What are minibeasts?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv
Create a mask: Using different materials around the house, create a mask of their favourite animal. Think about the colours and shape. Can they add different textures to their mask?
Where does your animal live? Play this sorting activity to develop their understanding of where different animals live.
Animal grouping: Get your child to group animals into two columns. Identifying animals that can fly and cannot fly. What do animals eat? Scientists group animals into three different groups according to what animals eat. These groups are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plant material including fruit, leaves, vegetables, omnivores eat a mixture of meat and plant material. (Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Animals that eat plants are called herbivores. Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called omnivores)
Needs of an animal. Can all animals be kept as a pet? Think about a particular animal and find out if that animal could be a pet. Draw pictures of different animals. Sort the animals into two groups; suitable for a pet and not suitable for a pet. Explain why animals were sorted in a particular way. www.rspcaeducation.org.uk/teachers - Design a leaflet explaining to potential pet owners what each animal will need. - Interview a pet owner to discuss the responsibilities involved with looking after an animal. How often do they need to find their pet? Who helps clean? What does their pet eat? Find some pegs at home. Can you create your own mini animal or object, cut it in half and stick it to a peg?
Nocturnal animals - What do they think this word means? Watch and discuss the animals they saw. Have they seen these animals? How could they describe them? Play Nocturnal animals are more active at night than during the day. These animals sleep during the day, often in a burrow or den. They have special adaptations that help them survive in the dark. Over millions of years, these animals have developed traits that help them survive in the darkness. Nocturnal animals may have larger ears to hear better, bigger eyes to see better, and body parts that glow in the night. Create your own big-eyed nocturnal animal art.
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website now has daily lessons and has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) |
Dear parents and carers,
Starting on Monday 27th April 2020 you will be able to keep your child's phonics on track by following the daily lessons
Letters and Sounds for Home and School.
Please read the PDF document: Letter to parents and carers about online phonics, explaining how to do this.
Home Learning Week 3
This week’s theme is ‘viewpoints’
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
Who do you think was right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxl6Kiy7NPI
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: viewpoints?
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about different viewpoints. Learning may focus on physical viewpoints in terms of what you can see outside of the window at home, what others can see looking into your home and then progress onto personal viewpoints and of others.
Using your senses: Ask your child to watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm/articles/zxy987h to refresh the senses. Then ask your child to pick a window in the house. Ask them to stand there for a few minutes and take a look at what they can see and write or draw them down. Now ask them to try this activity again but this time ask them what they can hear? Write or draw these down. Ask your child to help find a piece of material in the house and then blindfold them. What can they see? Which sense do they use now? Ask them to now cover their ears and look outside the window. What do they hear?
A ‘feely bag’ - find six objects, such as a hairbrush, a tube of toothpaste, a packet of biscuits, an ice cream scoop, a packet of tissues and a wooden spoon. You will also need something to act as a blindfold. Imagine what it would be like if you could never see because you were blind and you had to learn to rely on your other senses instead. Play with a partner and see who guesses most of the objects. Alternatively put the things under a cloth. Remove one. Can you spot which object has been removed?
Find a mirror in the house: What can they see? Imagine if they were able to walk into the mirror. What do they think you would see? Listen to the story ‘Through the Magic Mirror’ by Anthony Browne. Look at the illustrations in the book and discuss what is different. Can they create a story similar to ‘Through the Mirror’? Draw a story map first and plan their story. Using your story map, create your story and remember to think about your illustrations.
Find a place in the house. Look around what they can see. Sketch what they can see. What is on the left hand side of them? What is the right hand side of them? Does it change if they sit in another part of the house? Make a list of all the things and compare.
Read the stories: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. The characters will be going to see Judge Jenny. Can they persuade Judge Jenny to see the story from their point of view. Watch these links to help Judge Jenny to decide. Now it’s their turn… read the stories Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs and Gingerbread Man. Imagine they are going to be one of the characters from the story and an adult is going to be Judge Jenny. What would they say to Judge Jenny? How could they persuade her?
School Uniform: Tell your child that they will be presenting to the School Council about the school uniform. Do they think it is a good idea to wear a uniform or are they against wearing a uniform? Can they write down why they think they should have a uniform and then write down why they shouldn't? Design a new uniform. What would they wear? Would it be the same for girls and boys? What would they say to the school council? How would they campaign? Would they have badges, posters, events and banners to help their debate.
Could you design a new school logo? Ask your child to think about their current logo now. What does it represent? What could they add or change? Is there something that represents their school or area recently that people would recognise? Look at the shape of the logo. Would they keep it the same or change it? Remember to include a bee.
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Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with |
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Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the BBC bitesize This website has links to every aspect of the curriculum and is child friendly. (English, Math, Science, History, Geography) |
Home Learning Week 2
This week’s theme is ‘where I live’.
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Weekly Maths Tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly reading tasks Aim to do 1 per day
https://www.storylineonline.net
If the link doesn’t work type in google search Storyline online
Which story did you enjoy and why? |
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Weekly writing tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Weekly phonic tasks Aim to do 1 per day
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Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Where do you live?
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the area in which they live. Learning may focus on your local area, famous people, key landmarks and links to the village.
To develop knowledge of the location of significant places:
Ask your child to look at where they live. What can they see outside the window in the front of their house? At the back of their house? What could they find near them? Find a map and see if they can find Nottingham, Worksop, Langold. Do they know the name of their street? Can they create a street sign with their street name?
My address: Support your child to find out your address. Can they find the number on your door? Can they write the number in digits and words? Ask them to try writing the number using crayons, paint and water and a paint brush in the garden.
Can they write a postcard or letter to a teacher at school? They could tell their teacher about where they live and things about their local area.
My house: Discuss with your child what their house looks like inside and outside? How many bedrooms does it have? Who has the biggest bedroom? Who has the smallest? Ask them to look outside their window and see if they can spot a house different to their own.
Can they draw their house? How many windows at the front? How many windows at the back? Do you have one door or two? In a special bag - could you (with adult support) place things that make it your home? Why would you pick those items?
Draw a picture of your street. Support your child to take a look at the street and buildings around where they live. Encourage them to think about the shape of the buildings.
Shape hunt: Take your child on a shape hunt around their house and garden. Look at the different shapes of the windows, doors, and houses. Can they name them? Are they 2D or 3D shapes?
Ask them to create a picture of their house or street.
Name the shape: Place some 2D or 3D shapes into a bag and play the game ‘Can you name the shape?’ You will need a partner to play this game. One partner has a shape from the shape bag and they stand back to back. The partner with the shape describes it to their partner who has to try and draw it.How many do you know?
Find you house on ‘Google maps’.
Search for your house on the street? Can you find Langold, Worksop, Nottingham, Sherwood Forest, Doncaster etc
Compass: Make a compass. Do you know what the different compass points mean? Can you label the points?
Create a passport: create an individual passport to show your own information about where you live. Discuss the use of a Passport. What is a passport? What information does it contain? What does a passport allow you to do? Can you find a real life passport? Do you have one?
Flag: Below is the Birmingham flag. What do you think the flag represents? Can you design your own flag for your local area? What could you add? What would they mean to you?
Langold Lake can you find out about the lake and make an information leaflet about it.
Create a song about ‘Where you live’ - Can you add your address in your song?
Can you find the UK on the map? Can you name the countries? Why do you think the Countries begin with a capital letter? This song may help.
Fun dance activity
Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with
Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the home.
Autumn 2 Homework
