02 June 2020: F2 Home Learning
Phonics
1.Play – Flashcard Speed Trials
(Username: march20 Password: home)
2.Read the words below (dent, felt, gulp, lamp).
Parents: you could write them in your child’s home learning book if your child cannot read them on your device.
3. Choose one of the words and write it in a sentence e.g. I turn on my lamp when it is dark.
Maths
- Listen and sing along to the video about the teen numbers.
2. Tomorrow we will be looking at the number 18. 18 is an even number. An even number is a number that can be split into 2 equal groups. Using Lego, counters or any other objects you have at home can you find any other even numbers between 0 and 18?
- Take a picture of your even number findings and email them to:
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
Literacy
Book of the week: The Rainbow Fish
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Something special
Week Commencing 1 June 2020: F1 Home Learning ‘On the way home’
This week we are sharing a story about a little girl who hurts her knee, but you’ll never guess how she does it! The story is called On the Way Home and it’s written by Jill Murphy.
We hope you enjoy listening to it or reading the book at home, if you have copy.
This story has a repeated refrain throughout. Did you join in with “And that’s how I got my bad knee”?
The little girl had a great imagination. Can you think of your own ‘tale’ to tell? Who else could Claire have bumped into and how could she have hurt her knee?
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Creative – Claire told her friends about many different people and creatures that she’d run into on the way home. Which was your favourite? (Wolf, aliens, crocodile, snake, dragon, gorilla, a giant, a ghost, a witch.) Have a go at drawing or painting a picture of them.
Paper plate snake – Draw a spiral onto a paper plate (or circle shape piece of paper/card) and cut around it. Some children may be able to have a go at this part too. Paint it with spots/stripes and add some eyes and a tongue. Tie a piece of string/wool to the middle of the spiral to hang up your snake. Enjoy watching it swirl around!
Phonics – As part of our phonics learning, we talk about the different sounds that we can hear, but also about the different sounds that we can make with our voices. Can you have a go at making some sound effects from the story? Here are a few ideas and you might also think of some of your own for the dragon, gorilla or giant. Would they be loud or quiet noises?
Wolf – Hooooowwwwwwl
Alien ship – Woooooooosh!
Ghost – Woooo Woooo
Snake – Sssssssssssss
Witch – Hehehehehehe
Going down the slide – Wheeeeeeeee
Getting hurt – Owwwww
Mathematics
– Look at a box of plasters- talk about the different shapes and sizes. Which is the largest? Smallest? Are there any square, circle or rectangular shaped plasters?
– Play a game of ‘snakes and ladders’ (or similar dice game) and encourage your child to work out the number that they rolled on the die by looking at the pattern of dots. They may need to count the dots initially, but the more you play, the quicker they will become at recognising the pattern. Being able to move forward a set number of spaces and remembering to stop, is also a great math’s skill to develop.
If you have access to a printer, there’s a printable game here or you could have a go at making your own by drawing a grid and adding the numbers, snakes and ladders. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-n-668-snakes-and-ladders-1-20
– We love this song in Nursery. It’s all about cheeky monkeys who bump their heads! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePKBP9GEAEE
Role play – Pretend to be a doctor/nurse and take turns to be the patient, or use soft toys. You could get some old plasters or bandages if you have some, or improvise using some kitchen roll and sellotape! Some of you may have a children’s doctor’s kit that you could use too. Encourage your child to mark-make during play; they could write a prescription or answer a phone call and take some patient details.
Watch – Have you ever watched ‘Get Well Soon’ on CBeebies? There are several episodes available on the BBC iPlayer.
There’s also an episode, called ‘Pop on a plaster’ that is no longer available on iPlayer but can be viewed here. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2swykq
Health and self-care – There’s a lot of talk around good personal hygiene at the moment. Can your child wipe/blow their own nose? Have a go at this. Teach them to look in a mirror at first so that they can see their nose and to ‘pinch and pull’ using a tissue. Some children may find it tricky to blow down their nose into a tissue, but they can still wipe. Remember to talk about throwing your tissue in the bin afterwards and washing your hands well with soap and water for 20 seconds.
Hot and Cold game-
Many of us will have fond memories of playing this game when we were younger. It’s so simple and children always love to play along.
01 June 2020: F2 Home Learning
Phonics
1.Practise your letter formation in your home learning book.
2.Write the following words
Parents: Please read the words to your child. They can then write them in their home learning book.
bank camp milk soft
Parents: If these are too challenging perhaps try writing (or sound talking) these words instead.
king sheep feet chop
3.Can you write a sentence including one of the above words?
**Challenge** Use all the words above and turn it into a silly story!
Maths
- Listen and sing along to the video about the teen numbers.
2. What teen numbers have we looked at so far? Can you choose one of them and show it in 1,3 or 5 different ways. You can print and use this document if you like.
Literacy
Book of the week: The Rainbow Fish
1.Listen to the story of the week.
2.Tell a grown up what you think the Rainbow Fish learnt in the story.
25 May 2020: Summer half-term ideas…
It’s half-term again!
We have put together some fun activities for you to try at home. These are optional activities – it is your choice if you choose to do them. The most important message is to spend some quality time with your family.
During this time, you can still email photos of what you’ve been doing, although we may not respond as quickly as we have been doing.
To download the menu, please click here.
Home Learning Heroes- Week 7!
Take a look at what our busy home-learning heroes have been up to this week:
Well done to these children for their hard work and sharing the fun times too!
Keep sending pictures and emails to:
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
Wishing everyone a fun and safe half-term week.
Lots of home learning :)
We know it’s hard, in these challenging times , to focus on learning new things. We are glad that our learning activities have helped many of you to have a routine. Evie has sent in lots of different learning that she has been challenging herself with. Well done, Evie! Keep up the good work!
Poster about Colombia
In our Explorers topic we have been finding out about countries around the globe, from the northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere and those on the Equator. Leah has shared her fab poster about Colombia. Great job, Leah!
22 May 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
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| Literacy Activity – Story Time with Mrs Allen-Kelly The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson This week’s Story time book, comes with Literacy activities you can choose from. 1. Listen to the story by clicking the link below: 2. Have a look at the questions and activities linked to today’s story (Word Doc. attached): |
Maths Activity
2. This week we have been looking at ‘fair shares’ which we also call sharing equally. Have a go at helping Curious George with his ‘Fair Shares’ by completing the online game: |
Home learning: maths
I have enjoyed seeing the practical maths learning all about measuring height, length and capacity.
If you haven’t been in touch with me for a while, please send me a quick email to let me know what you’ve been up to.
katieharker@spherefederation.org
Happy and healthy home learning
We pride ourselves on being a happy and healthy place to learn when we are at school. It is particularly important at this difficult time to keep fit.
Levi has been doing DVD workouts in the house.
Lucas has been playing basketball.
Why not set yourself a challenge today?