Teams meetings today are at 2pm for Reception and 2:30pm for Years One and Two where I hope you’ll be able to show me your Hamnstachen biscuits!

English

Whole Class – we are carrying on with the story of An Orangutan in my Bedroom.

Reception – today I would like you to draw Rang-Tan, colour and label him. Try to think of some really great adjectives to describe him.

Years One and Two – Orangutans live in Sumatra and Borneo. Can you find out which continent they are in and write a non-fiction report about Orangutans?  I need a drawing with a caption, a title, where they come from, what they look like, where they live and an amazing fact to finish. Use the attached template to help you set your work out correctly.

animal fact file

Phonics

Reception – today we are learning the phoneme ch.

Play buried treasure on Phonics Play.

Read and blend the following sentences:

phonics R Thurs wk3

Years One and Two

Today we are learning the alternative spellings for the m phoneme. Have a go at finding the words in today’s phoneme spotter.

phoneme spotter m mb

Play Speed Trial on Phonics Play.

Maths

Reception – we are continuing to subtract today.

Play the bus game. You could print this off or play it with your toys.  How many people are on the bus?  Take some off.  How many are left?  Can you write the number sentence to go along with this?

bus

Years One and Two – we are continuing to subtract crossing 10.  Watch the video and then complete the worksheet.

crosshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zq2tfg8ing 10.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO6-Subtraction-crossing-10-2-2019.pdf

R.E.

Whole class – Today we are going to find out about Purim. This is a Jewish ceremony about rescue and safety. Watch the powerpoint about Esther.

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Jewish families celebrate Purim by making biscuits in the shape of Haman’s hat. These are called Hamnstachen.  They look a little like folded jam tarts.  For your lesson today, try making some of these at home.  I’ll also try to do some too.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/jewish-hamantaschen-cookies-recipe-1136141

Reception – an activity that is popular to celebrate Purim is to create a crown to wear. Your task this afternoon is to create a crown and show me it at our Teams meeting at 2pm.  I’m looking forward to seeing your crown and maybe your biscuits too!

Years One and Two – watch the powerpoint and answer the questions about Esther and Purim.  I’ll be on Teams to check your answers and admire your biscuits at 2:30pm!

Esther and the story of Purim

Guided Reading

Log on to Oxford Owl and read the following stories:

Reception – Jack and complete online tasks

ttps://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1285.html

Year One – The Play Park and complete online tasks

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1422.html

Year Two – Paris Adventure and complete online tasks

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1347.html

Good morning Class One. I hope you’ve had a lovely week so far.  Here are your home learning tasks for today!

Warm up:

Lets go on a jungle adventure and wake ourselves up ready for some more home learning today:

Maths:

Reception – we are continuing to subtract this week, or take away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bn5bpz/numberblocks-series-3-numberblock-rally

Have a go at this game with your grown-up. They don’t always have to be the one covering the objects though, see if they can subtract too!

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Years One and Two – today we are continuing to subtract but this time we are crossing ten which means we will be subtracting a one-digit number from a two-digit number. Remember we can do hard things!  You might want to have a number line to help you out. If you don’t have one, please let me know and I can get one ready for you today to collect from school, or you could have a go at making your own which is much more fun!

https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-number-line

Here is today’s video.  Remember to watch it and count back carefully using the worksheet provided below.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO5-Subtraction-crossing-10-1-2019.pdf

Phonics:

Reception – today we are learning the phoneme sh. Watch the video below to learn how to say the sh sound and to read some new sh words.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvq9bdm/articles/zhg8gwx

Play buried treasure – phase 3 and select sh. Can you spot the real words?

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure

Years One and Two – today we are looking at alternative spellings for the f phoneme. This can be made by using f, ff, ph and gh.  Have a look here for some examples:

https://www.teachphonics.co.uk/f-sound.html

Now take a look at my table and see if you can sort the words into the correct columns.

f-alternative-sort

English:

Reception – watch the video below about a little girl who finds an Orangutan in her bedroom. What do you think an Orangutan would do in your bedroom? Draw and colour me a picture and write what the Orangutan would do.  I hope he doesn’t make too much mess!

Years One and Two – Mrs Jones gave you a video yesterday to watch about Orangutans.  Today I would like you to watch the video below and then to tell me how the characters are feeling.  I’ve made a table to help you.

orangutan feelings

Science:

Whole Class – why do we need food? Does it matter what we eat?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z2pxpv4 – Let’s sing the five a day song.

Watch the video below on how we can keep ourselves healthy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm/articles/zxvkd2p

Lets have a go at sorting food into different food groups.  You might like to do this with some things you have at home. Watch this video to see what the different food groups are:

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/tgv2-sc-11-food-groups-30-second-video

Have a go at completing a food diary over the coming week.

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Years One and Two – have a go at completing the food pyramid chart.

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Reading:

Please log onto Oxford Owl.

Reception – Ant and the Baby. Please read and complete tasks

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1160.html

Year One – By the Stream. Please read and complete tasks.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1156.html

Year Two – Who eats Who. Please read and draw me a food chain.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/33407.html

Good Morning Class One

(Teams meeting today will be a guided reading session.)

Reception – 9.30am

Year 1 – 9.50am

Year 2 – 10.15am

Here are today’s activities.

PHONICS:

Reception:

Year 1 and 2:

MATHS:

Reception:

Warm up with a counting song to 20.

Can you play parties with some of your teddies? Take a photo of you doing some taking away.

Year 1 and 2:

Some of you expressed that you really enjoyed the game ‘hit the button’ today and it really is a great way to practise your times tables. So please play again today to warm up your brains. Work on the 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Now complete the questions on the sheet. https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO-Subtraction-crossing-10-counting-back-2020.pdf

ENGLISH:

Yesterday we drew an orangutan. Today we are going to watch how they move.

Watch my video below for a writing demonstration.

Reception: Title, labels and a list.

Year 1 and 2: Titles, labels, list and captions.

SPAG:

Click on the link to play the game ‘parts of a word’

Year 1 play EASY level.

Year 2 play EASY, MEDIUM and HARD

Play Small Town Superheroes | KS1 Literacy | English | Free Online Game for Kids – BBC Bitesize

MUSIC:

We are going to be using our online music package ‘Charanga YUMU’ This package contains songs/music to listen to, songs to learn and sing. You can even have a go at singing and performing songs with musical instruments if you have them at home or simply improvising with household objects that make noise.

Please find attached a PDF with login details, scroll down to your child’s name.

Class 1 – Log in letters for Charanga

When you log in you will find two packages assigned to our class.

Reception: You will Use the package called ‘Everyone’

Click on Launch Step 2

Click on and work through the activities on the right hand side of the screen (listen and respond). Press play >

Year 1 and 2: You will use the package called ‘Rhythm in the way we walk and banana rap’

Click on Launch Step 2

Click on and work through the activities on the right hand side of the screen.

Press play>

Good Morning everyone and welcome to week 3 of home learning.

TEAMS MEETINGS:

Today we will have a Teams meeting for a letter formation/ handwriting lesson. It would be great to see as many of you as possible. You will need a whiteboard and pen or paper and pencil.

Teams schedule: Reception 1.30pm.    Year 1&2 2pm                                                      Please accept your invitation in Teams.

Here are your activities for today.

PHONICS:

Reception: 

Now read through these questions. Is the answer Yes or No?

phonics Yes No sentences qu

Year 1 and 2:

MATHS:

Reception:

Now can you draw me 4 balloons in your book and take away (pop) 2 of them. How many are left? Can you write the number sentence underneath your drawing.                  Now draw 7 balloons and take away (pop) 1 of them. How many are left? Can you write the number sentence underneath your drawing.

Year 1 and 2:

Please can you practise you times tables by playing hit the button on the link below.

Practise x2  x5  and x10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button#:~:text=Hit%20the%20Button%20is%20an%20interactive%20maths%20game,challenge%20and%20develop%20a%20child’s%20mental%20maths%20skills.

Now please complete the questions on the link.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO-Subtraction-not-crossing-10-counting-back-2020.pdf

ENGLISH:

This week we are moving on to learning about Non-fiction texts for our topic of Wild things.

READING:

Reception: Read ‘The Headache’

Year 1: Read Home for a night.The headache R

Home for a Night (oxfordowl.co.uk)

Year 2: Read Christmas adventure.

Christmas Adventure (oxfordowl.co.uk)

ART:

Good morning. Here are your home learning tasks for today. Year one – join me online at 1:00 for your spelling test! Year Two – join me online at 1:15.

Phonics

Reception – today we are learning the tricky words he and she. Can you try to read them for me.  They are tricky because they make an ‘ee’ sound but only have one e at the end.

R fri words wk2

Sing the alphabet song

Play Grab a Giggling Grapheme at Phonics Play. Choose the ‘all of phase 2’ option.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/grab-a-giggling-grapheme

Years One and Two – today we are learning alternative spellings for the m phoneme.

Practise reading these tricky words

1 and 2 fri wk2

Ask your grown-up to read these sentences to you and see if you can have a go at writing them down, like we do in class.

1 and 2 sentences fri wk2

Pop over to Phonics Play and have a go at Reading Robot phase 5.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/reading-robot

Maths

Reception – continue subtracting today.  This time lets do more than one less. Grab five objects like yesterday and try these number sentences.

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Years One and Two – Today we are continuing to subtract or take away.  Use yesterday’s video as a reminder if you need it and then have a go at these questions.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO-Subtraction-not-crossing-10-counting-back-2020.pdf

English

Reception – Lets have a crafty English lesson today. Here are some ideas for you to get crafty with the Wild Things, but which idea will you choose?  I’m looking forward to seeing what you create.

https://www.weareteachers.com/where-the-wild-things-are-activities/

Years One and Two – In the story of Where the wild things are, Max and the wild things go on a wild rumpus.  Can you tell me what they are doing in each of the images.  Please write at least three sentences for each picture making sure you try to use ‘and’ to join sentences together. Don’t forget your capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

rumpus

Spellings – years one and two please join me on Teams for your spelling test this afternoon. Bring a pencil and some paper and remember to have your mics off please.

Geography

What is a map and why is it useful?

Whole class – Watch the video below to find out why we need maps.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks1–ks2-maps/zdwhpg8

Today can you create a map of the forest where the wild things lived?  Don’t forget that maps aren’t black and white but are coloured in to help identify the differences between land and sea. Years one and two please remember to include a key with your map so I know what your symbols represent.

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Reading

Let’s end the day with a story.

WTWTA sequencing pictures

Reception – sequence the story (either on Word or cut and stick) and have a go at writing something under each picture. You can tell your grown-up your ideas if you want to, then send it back to me so I can see your work.

Good morning. Thank you to those who joined me for Phonics yesterday, it was lovely to see you all. Let’s have a go at joining together on Teams for English today. Reception can you join me at 11:00, Years One and Two at 11:30 please.

If you enjoyed your work out song yesterday morning, you can find more dance videos over at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6k3iWYxFWYKXEuXxfCsMw

If you find a new favourite, drop me a Dojo message to tell me which one so I can try it out too please!

Phonics

Reception – we are learning the phoneme z today. Can you write it in the air? Can you write it on your grown-ups back? Can you write it down?

Can you read these words and add soundbuttons?

R thurs wk2

Can you read these sentences?

R thurs sentences wk2

Remember you can always access Phonics Play for more phonics fun. Go to phase 2 or 3 to play games.

Years One and Two –  we are continuing with alternative spellings for oa today.

Can you read these sentences and highlight the oa sounds in each word, remember they may be spelt differently each time:

1 and 2 thurs wk2

Remember you can always access Phonics Play for more phonics fun. Go to phase 5 to play games.

English

Join me on Teams for today’s English lesson. See above for a reminder of times and check your email for your invitation.

Maths

Reception – instead of adding numbers together today to make them bigger, we are going to take them away to make them smaller by finding one less than. Watch this video with your grown-up to help you.

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/early-subtraction-teaching-children-to-take-away-11809552

So today, could you get a total of 5 objects and take one away. So start with 5 and take one away – how many are left? Repeat these down to 1 less than 1. Grown-ups, if you want to, you could show your child this as a number sentence, i.e. 5-1=4.

Years One and Two – today we are moving on to subtraction or taking away. Remember if you are using a number line, this means you will be jumping backwards when you are using it! Watch the video, then complete the worksheet.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO4-Subtraction-not-crossing-10-2019.pdf

Remember to count carefully!

R.E.

Today we are looking at the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Watch the video below to learn more about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks1-the-jewish-story-of-hanukkah/z47wxyc

Reception and Year One – please draw or make a menorah. You could make one out of playdough or use lego blocks or simply draw and colour one in your book. Can you think of eight things to say thank you for?

Year Two – answer my questions about Hanukkah. Please remember to write in full sentences.

Hanukkah

Reading

Reception – read Ten Little Lights

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Year One –  read Animals all around the world (this fits in nicely with our Science topic)

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Year Two – read Aisha, the superhero

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Good morning everyone. Here is your home learning for today.  I’ll be calling Teams meetings today for our phonics lessons. Hopefully you will all be able to get online for these and join me and the rest of your class. Reception at 10:00 and Years One and Two at 10:15.

Let’s warm up, Class One style:

and if you’ve still got some extra energy…

Maths

Lets recap some numbers with our old friend Zero Zero Superhero:

Reception: We are continuing to add numbers together today. Have a go at this washing machine addition activity. Can you write the number sentences in your book for me.

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Year One and Two: Today we are going to add by making ten. Watch the video to start you off and then complete the worksheet.

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO3-Add-by-making-10-2019.pdf

Phonics

We are going to try to have a live lesson on Teams today for Phonics so Reception please join me at 10:00 and Year One and Two at 10:15. You will need a whiteboard and pen if you have one, if not a pencil and a piece of paper for sentence and word writing! Invitations will be being sent out. If you are still having issues getting online please let me know asap so I can try to resolve any issues. Subsequently if you cannot make the lesson, please tell me so I can send you the work via Class Dojo.

English

We are continuing our work on Where the Wild Things are and today I would like you to design your own wild thing.  Use the sheet attached to help you create a new character for the story – you could paint, collage or draw your creature but they must be coloured in and look finished please. You can make them as wild as you like! Please remember to send me your work so I can see it either on email (g.bickerstaffe@cheswardine.shroshire.sch.uk) or on Class Dojo.

Reception: can you create your wild thing and then write single words to describe it or if you are feeling brave, write a sentence!

Year One and Two: Use the attached sheet to help you to describe your creature. Remember that your sentences MUST start with a capital letter, have finger spaces and end with a full stop. If you can add some adjectives in your writing that would be excellent.

design your own wild thing

Science

What are the stages of human life?

Do you know what the stages of human life are?  Can you name them? (I’ll give you a clue – there are 5). What are the differences between a baby and a toddler?  Watch this clip from the BBC and with your grown up discuss the similarities and differences between babies and their parents:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8x76sg

Growing and Changing Lesson Presentation

Reception: can you match the babies to their adults?

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Years One and Two: Can you make a Growing and Changing booklet like the one attached?  You could get a piece of A4 paper and fold it into four to make a booklet or use two pieces of paper to give you more room. Make a front cover and then put the five stages of growing up inside. Add an illustration for each stage and some information about what each stage means – i.e. baby – can only drink milk, cannot walk.

TP-Sc-100-PlanIt-Science-Y2-Animals-Including-Humans-Lesson-2-Growing-and-Changing-_ver_4 Activity Growing and Changing Mini Book

Reading

Log onto Oxford Owl and read these books today.

Reception: Can you see me? Read the book and complete the online activities.

Year One: The Right Home. Read the book and complete the online activities.

Year Two: Zoom Out. Please write a fact you have learnt for each page. Remember to write in full sentences please.

Good morning Class One – Here are today’s home learning tasks.

Join me for a Scheduled Teams meeting 9.30am for a dough disco to get those fingers ready for work today. Please log-on to Teams and accept your invitation.

MATHS:

Reception: Warm up your brains with my favourite shape song.

Today we will be working on adding numbers together. Work through the winter themed power point on addition. Then complete the addition questions.

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EYFS – winter addition to 10

Year 1 and 2:

Today we will be finding and making number bonds. Begin by watching the learning video.

Now complete the questions. https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y1-Spring-Block-1-WO2-Find-and-make-number-bonds-2019.pdf

ENGLISH: 

Have another listen to the story.

Reception: Today you will be using purple mash to create your own images and text to go with the story. Complete the activity I have set.

Year 1 and 2: Yesterday we recapped identifying and using nouns, adjectives and verbs. Today I have set a task on purple mash to practise these skills then use them to describe a new scene for the story. Impress me with your sentences!

PHONICS:

Reception:

Revisit some of the phase 2 sounds by playing this game.

Come and join in with my learning video to find out what today’s new sound is.

Year 1 and 2:

Let’s revisit all the phase 3 and 5 phonemes we have learnt. Click on the link to play speed trials.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/flashcards-speed-trials

Watch my video to continue learning about the alternative graphemes for the ‘oa’ sound.

Now Click on the link to play ‘word sort’ for the alternative ‘oa’ graphemes.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/alt-spellings-oa

SPAG:

Year 2: Play ‘Compound Words’ today. See if you can complete all three levels Easy to Hard.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/small-town-superheroes?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzncgvk7

READING:

Reception: 

Year 1: Read ‘Silver Foil Rocket’ and play the activities. Hopefully this link takes you straight there otherwise you might have to log-in with your oxford owl. Some readers may find it a good idea to split the book, reading half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1373.html

Year 2: Read ‘A pony for a day’ and play the activities. Hopefully this link takes you straight there otherwise you might have to log-in with your oxford owl. Some readers may find it a good idea to split the book, reading half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/33162.html

MUSIC:

We are going to be using our online music package ‘Charanga YUMU’ This package contains songs/music to listen to, songs to learn and sing. You can even have a go at singing and performing songs with musical instruments if you have them at home or simply improvising with household objects that make noise.

Please find attached a PDF with login details, scroll down to your child’s name.

Class 1 – Log in letters for Charanga

When you log in you will find two packages assigned to our class.

Reception: You will Use the package called ‘Everyone’

Click on Launch Step 1

Click on and work through the 1st activity on the right hand side of the screen (listen and respond). Press play >

Repeat for the 5th and 6th activity.

Year 1 and 2: You will use the package called ‘Rhythm in the way we walk and banana rap’

Click on Launch Step 1

Click on and work through the activities on the right hand side of the screen.

Press play>

Join me for a Scheduled Teams meeting 3.30pm for Story Time. Please log-on to Teams and accept your invitation.

Here is a suggested timetable for your remote learning.

Remote learning plan and timetable