Home learning for week beginning on the 13.06.20
This week’s home learning theme is SPACE.
Make your own puzzle
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’ll be there very soon
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
Blas off!
Make your own rocket using junk modelling materials
Build a rocket using construction materials you have at home
You can make salt dough mood stars. When the stars are dry you can draw their faces with a felt pen adding an expression to each face.
Follow the link bellow for play dough recipe
https://abcdoes.com/abc-does-a-blog/2010/08/18/dough-or-should-that-be-doh/
Make moon rocks out of tin foil
Whatever Next by Jill Murthy- from Stories read allowed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5cb0u0rPM
Enjoy playing and learning!
Home learning for week beginning on the 06.07.20
This week we will be learning about life in a desert. We hope that you will enjoy the activities we have set up for you.
Information about life in a desert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZKEc59g1w
Alice the camel song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCmAahSGMk&vl=en
Please have a look at the video of Foundation staff performing the song on our blogs.
Desert animals and their noises
This video will show you a variety of animals that live in the desert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePyyZ7t2x8
Cactus plants
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00q4wny
Make a cactus plant
Find resources around your house to create a cactus plant. Remember that cactus plants are very prickly. Use your imagination and be creative. Send us a picture of your work.
Storytelling tin
Phonics
Letters and Sounds for home and school. Choose a suitable episode for your child.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
Maths
Making doubles
My Doggie double song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqp90ulJiIo
Create double quantities by printing or drawing.
Enjoy your learning!
29/6/2020
This week’s topic is about the cold.
Please visit the blog for an adventure with Pip and Pop.
Here is a story about a girl called Tammy, who went to visit The North Pole. There she met a friend called Apac who told her lots of interesting facts about The North Pole. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYK8ERKPnNM
Cosmic Yoga from Antarctica
Here is the link to the yoga session. I bet the children will enjoy joining in the snowy adventure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZvMHlw9vs&vl=en-GB
Phonics
Please follow the link to Letters and Sounds for home and School. Choose the episodes suitable for your child.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
Make a poster
Choose one of the animals that live in the cold places e.g. a penguin, an arctic fox, a seal and make a poster with pictures, magazine cut outs, labels and facts.
Can you make up a song about the animal you have chosen?
Make your own ice lollies or ice cream
You can simply freeze juice with fruit pieces inside or freeze some smoothie or yogurt you’re your favourite toppings.
Experiment
Here you can watch an experiment which you can than carry out by yourselves at home. All you need is ice cubes, a piece of string, salt and a bit of water. Have fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_J0xxkIk4
Maths
Make ice shapes of different sizes. You can put some water in a plastic bag, in a bowl, in a tray, in an egg cup, etc. When frozen, describe and compare each ice shape. Predict which shape will melt firs, which one will melt next, etc. Measure the time each shape will take to melt. Were your predictions correct?
Make Your Own Snow
You can prepare this in advance, but I usually do it with the children or let them have a go on their own.
You only need 2 ingredients
Both bicarb and baking powder work well although the texture is slightly different – not that the children ever seem to notice!
How much of the ingredients you use really depends on how much snow you want. I tend to find a little goes a long way (both in terms of the ingredients and how far they will spread across your carpet, floor, toilets and outdoor area once the children get their hands on it)!
I have also added glitter in the past – just for a bit of extra sparkle.
There is no real science to making it other than I have found it works best if you start with the dry stuff first and then add the shaving foam. You can always add more shaving foam if you need to.
TIP : Use a fork (for small batches) or a whisk (for big batches) to stir with. That will help you to get a really good snow texture.
One of the most useful tools for jobs like this is a good old fashioned pastry blender. They make an interesting addition to your malleable materials area anyway so worth looking out for.
Keep stirring until you get the consistency of snow. That’s it!
It is great for moulding, squashing, squeezing, pattern making, mark making, Small World and general snowy fun!
You can make this and put it in the fridge so that is is cold when the children come to use it.
You can store your shaving foam in the fridge so it is chilly on their fingers when they make it.
It will keep for a good while in an airtight container.
If it starts to get ‘lumpy’ just give it a good stir with your fork and off you go again.
If you have used bicarbonate of soda and want to create some fizzy snowballs then add a spray bottle of vinegar into the play. Clear vinegar will keep your snow looking white. Brown vinegar makes it look like the snow you tell children not to eat! The more they squirt, the more they fizz (and the more you smell like a chip shop!).
Home learning for week beginning 22nd June
This week we will learn about Oceans. Here are activities you might enjoy doing:
Find out facts about oceans
Find out the Oceans of The World, what they are called and which oceans surround The United Kingdom. Look at a map or the globe, is there more land or water?
Research your favourite sea creature
What is your favourite sea creature? Find out some facts about this creature. How big or small is it? Does it make any sounds? How does it move? Create your favourite sea creatures out of different materials or make a poster with labels.
Ocean sounds
Use the internet to listen to some ocean noises. Describe the sounds and try to replicate them. Use instruments or other objects available to help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz3UytMUrfE
Rhyming words
Find some rhyming words
Ocean – potion- motion
Wave-
Fish-
Shore-
Shark-
Sail-
Boat-
Float and Sink experiment
Here is a video of a float and sink experiment. Watch it first, then carry out your own experiment at home. Record your findings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQuW8G2QV_Q
Make a boat
Make your own boat using junk modelling materials. Test it in the water. Does it float?
If not, think about what you can change to make if float.
Phonics
Please continue with Letters and Sounds for home and School. Choose episodes that will suit your child’s ability.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
Have a good week and enjoy home learning!
Home learning for week beginning 8th June - The Rainforest
This week we would like the children to learn about the Rainforest.
You might want to begin by locating the Rainforest on the map of the world.
Watch the video to learn facts about the Rainforest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdD6TTDZ_g
Here is a video link of a school trip to the Rainforest:
A trip to the Rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rEBbF6wnSw
At the end of the story there is a lovely song which we would like the children to learn. They can make a musical instrument by simply placing some grains in a bottle, then try and sing along.
Here are the lyrics:
All things bright and beautiful
all creatures great and small
All things strange and wonderful
we must save them all
The rivers and the oceans
the waterfalls, the lakes
We should take care of water
for everybody’s sake
Each flower in the garden
each forest and its streams
The valleys and the mountains
how wonderful are these
The atmosphere around us
the islands and the seas
These make up a special land
a home for you and me
There are lots of rainforest animal arts and crafts the children will enjoy doing. Just look at the different animals using books you have at home or images on the internet then provide materials and let your child be creative and use their own imagination. Here are some examples of rainforests arts and crafts.
I bet the children will enjoy making their own snake sandwich. Yum!
Make animal masks or puppets and make up your own jungle story. Ask an adult to scribe the story for you or write your own jungle story.
Maths
This week we would like the children to engage in measuring time in simple ways. Copy actions of rainforest animals and count how many times you can repeat each action within a set time.
How many times can you flap your wings like a butterfly within one minute?
How many times can you jump like a monkey within one minute?
How long does it take you to slither like a snake within the set distance?
Make a record of your achievements and try and beat your time.
Continue with learning phonics on Letters and Sounds for home and School.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
Stay safe and enjoy playing and learning.
Home learning for week beginning 8th June - Around the World
Age Range: EYFS |
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Weekly Reading Tasks |
Weekly Phonics Tasks |
Monday- Listen to stories from around the world - including: Handa's Surprise, The Tiger’s Child and If The World Were a Village. |
Monday- Ask your child if they can think of a fruit or vegetable for each letter of the alphabet i.e. a=apple, b=banana. |
Tuesday- Choose one of the above stories to share again. Ask your child to retell the story in their own words once they are familiar. |
Tuesday- Play Odd and Bob here. Children sort real words and nonsense words by sounding out. |
Wednesday- Follow the story All Are Welcome Here with your child. Discuss how your child’ school makes everybody feel welcome. |
Wednesday- There are live phonics lessons on Youtube daily. Click here to watch. |
Thursday- Play memory games, ‘I went to the market, I bought… The next person repeats the above sentence remembering the items bought already and adding a new one to the list each time. Use fruits like in Handa’s Surprise. |
Thursday- Splat the Letter- Write out the letters for the sounds your child has been practising on pieces of paper and spread out on the floor. Take it in turns to shout out a sound and both players have to try and splat the sound with their hand. |
Friday- Your child can practice reading the tricky words: into, he, she, me, we, be, you, are, they, my all, her. Look at newspapers, magazines or leaflets together and circle these words with a felt tip pen or highlighter. |
Friday- List countries from around the world e.g. Spain, Peru. Ask your child to identify the initial sound each country begins with. Can they identify other sounds e.g. S-p-ai-n? |
Weekly Writing Tasks |
Weekly Maths Tasks- Take Away |
Monday- Encourage your child to look at the food in your kitchen and find out what countries some of it comes from. Search on a map for those countries. Help your child to trace the letter with which the name of those countries start. |
Monday- Watch this video to support counting back from 10. CHALLENGE: Ask your child to start at 10 and take away 1. Repeat this until they get to zero. Do they recognise the amount is getting smaller? |
Tuesday- After listening to the story Handa’s Surprise, ask your child to name and draw different fruits that they know. Label them using describing words. |
Tuesday- Generate your own subtraction number stories. Use real-life objects at home to show this e.g. ‘I have 4 bananas. I eat one. How many are left? |
Wednesday- Ask your child to play in role as Handa from Handa’s Surprise. Ask them questions and they must answer as Handa e.g. ‘Handa, what is your favourite fruit?’ They might answer by saying ‘My favourite fruit is tangerines. I was very excited to find lots of them’. |
Wednesday- Use a teddy and count backwards making deliberate mistakes. Can your child spot the mistakes? Mistakes can include omitted numbers, repeated numbers or a number in the wrong place. CHALLENGE: Ask your child to spot the mistake when the numbers are written down. |
Thursday- Your child can draw a picture of a suitcase and all the things they might take on holiday. CHALLENGE: Ask your child to label the items. |
Thursday (theme)- Look at these pictures of flags from around the world with your child. Can they spot any shapes in the flags and can they name them? |
Friday- Ask your child to pretend they are on holiday. Get them to make a postcard to send to someone at home. Ask your child to draw a picture of what they are doing on holiday. Can they make a list of what they are doing? |
Friday- Use the tens frames (here) to subtract/take away numbers. CHALLENGE: Ask your child to write the accompanying number sentence e.g. 10-1= 9. |
Home learning for week beginning on the 1st June
This week we will focus on repeated patterns. The children can create patterns using a variety of objects, shapes, sizes, and colours. Begin with simple patterns, then make them more challenging. Please continue to complete some of the previous activities as well if/when you get the chance.
Create an inventory of the lids you have. Record the numbers of items.
Small red lids |
Big red lids |
Green lids |
Golden lids |
12 |
4 |
25 |
8 |
Children’s scissors should be freely available for independent use. Provide different materials and textures for cutting (wool, sandpaper, plastic bag, fabrics, leaves, etc.). Children can create a collage out of their cuttings.
Phonics
It is important that your child practices their letter sounds and tricky words then applies them through a reading and writing activity daily. I know that many Reception children enjoy Reading Eggs programme and are very proud of their certificates. Well done!
Both Nursery and Reception children can access Phonics Play, which is based on Letters and Sounds programme.
Normally you have to have an account to access Phonics Play, but during the corona virus period the provider has made the games available for free to all. Simply type march20 as Username, and home as Password. The Nursery children can work on phases 1 and 2 activities. Reception should work on phases 2,3 and 4.
Choose the phase suitable to your child’s ability.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
Please continue with Letters and Sounds for home and school.
Learning to blend live lessons are updated on every week day at 11 am.
New Reception lesson is uploaded every week day at 10 am.
You can go back to the lessons which you think would suit your child’s needs and ability.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
My Emotions
Talk about different feelings with your child. Ask what makes them happy, sad, scared, surprised, mad, excited, etc.
Create emoji card for each of the feelings. Ask your child to draw or write what makes them to feel this way at the back of each card.
Have a good week and enjoy home learning!
Here is the home Learning for Foundation Stage children for week beginning 18th May.
Shapes and textures
Extension: Talk about 2 dimensional shapes (flat shapes) and 3 dimensional shapes (solid shapes).
What 2D and 3D shapes can you find arround your house?
Take pictures of the shapes you found.
Spend ten minutes each day on Mathseeds (Reception class)
Phonics
Make a word puzzle
Write a word, then cut it into individual letters
Mix the letters
Build the word again
To make it more challenging mix two or more words together
Please spend 10 minutes each day on Reading Eggs (Reception class)
Watch Phonics lessons on You Tube: Letters and Sounds for home and school
Choose suitable level for your child
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw
Explore Measure
Watch a fun video on nonstandard measurement by Sid the Science Kid
Pollar Bear measuring song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anbimcl5nLw
Have a go at measuring objects at home using standard measuring tools such as a ruler, a measuring tape, and nonstandard measuring objects such as shoes, bricks , etc
Record your findings
How tall are you? I am nine shoes tall.
How tall are the members of your family?
The Gingerbread Man story
Watch a video of The Gingerbread Man story by Mrs Robinson on our blog. Think of a different ending to the story. Write the new ending, or ask an adult to scribe it for you.
Enjoy your learning and have a good week!
Work for week beginning 11th May
Wild flowers
There are lots of wild flowers around at the moment. When out and about you might want to take pictures of wild flowers and make your own Wild flowers book with pictures, drawings of plants and labels.
You can study the life cycle of a dandelion plant, beginning with seeds collected from a dandelion ‘clock’. Plant them in a container of moist soil. The children can keep a dandelion diary to show what happens.
Number games
Food diary
Engage your child in taking about healthy diet. Make up a diary where children can record ( by drawing and writing) what they have eaten during the day e.g.
Monday
Breakfast: corn flakes with milk and a banana
Snack: biscuit and grapes
Lunch: Pasta with tomato sauce and cheese, cupcake, water.
Snack: Yoghurt, crisps, blueberries.
Dinner: Shepherd’s Pie with pees
Supper: crumpet with jam and a glass of milk
At the end of the week look back and see if your diet was healthy. Should we try and change something next week.
Make your own spoon friends
Phonics
Please watch Letters and Sounds lessons to practise blending and to revisit the letter sounds on Letters and Sounds for Home and School. Here is the link, or you can simply google Letters and Sounds for Home and School.
https://.www.youtube.com/channel/.UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K-niWw/.
Enjoy your learning!
Fill an ice cube tray with water and when frozen take out and support your child to create their own igloo out of the ice cubes.
Here is a copy of the letter formation for the children to practise: Handwriting sheet 1
Here is a link to some you tube lessons using Letters and Sounds. The children will be able to do some of these lessons so choose which stage you feel your child is at and have a go. https://.www.youtube.com/channel/.UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K-niWw/.
There are a couple of projects to continue with below:
This project will help the children understand families and how we function. I thought this was a good idea as we are spending so much time at home learning new things about each other.
This project 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 your city.
Please also continue to do the following where you can:
Monday 30th March
Here are some learning opportunities with lots of good activities including things to do that relate to our favourite traditional tales. Please send some photos to our emails so we can share your learning with you.