You’ve done it!! How exciting, a whole school year has just flown by!
It was so sad that we didn’t get to spend the last part together but, seeing all of your photos has made it feel just like I was doing your learning with you!
I can’t wait to see you all on Tuesday!
Just one last week of home learning, you can do this!!
Reading – If possible, children should read to an adult daily in addition to the below:
- Have fun choosing a poem to listen to with an adult https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/
- Talk about what you like or don’t like about the poem and why!
- I love listening to Micheal Rosen, who do you like the best?
Tricky words this week: when / what / were
- Well, what super shopping lists last week!
- This week, I wonder if you could help to write a list of things that you are running out of…maybe your toothpaste is nearly finished, or you need to replace the bin bags!
- Remember to first say the word, pinch the sounds in it, then write it, using the sound mat to help you segment the sounds in the words. For example: bin (b-i-n).
- This week you are going to spend each day warming up, preparing to write your own poem! Just like these authors: https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/
- Today, start by writing down everything that you can hear/see/smell right now. Create a word bank together, sharing the responsibility of writing.
- Make sure you use plenty of adjectives to describe what you see year ones!
- If you feel that your child would prefer to follow Greg’s journey through adventure island, please do so. You know where to find him! I look forward to seeing your work whichever route you choose J
- Extension: Use the rhyming dictionary to help you record words that rhyme with what you have already written. https://www.rappad.co/rhymes-with/children
- For example, you may have written that you can see your cat. Cat rhymes with mat, bat, sat, chat.
- Use your describing and rhyming word bank from yesterday, to make sentences.
- For example: I can see my cat, with a fluffy black hat.
- It is likely that children will need a lot of support with this, rhyming words are very tricky but I know with a bit of help, you can do it. Reception children: Tell your grown ups your ideas and ask them to write them down for you.
- They do not need to finish their poem, instead encourage the children to think and talk about their ideas and have fun laughing with the rhyming words or nonsense sentences!
- Remember, a poem does not always need to rhyme!
- Extension: Write 10 sentences using your words from yesterday.
- Use fancy paper or this template to record your poem.
- Send me a photo, I cannot wait to read them!!
- Don’t forget to add pictures!
- Today we would be having lots of celebration as our last day as Hedgehogs!
- Ask your grown-ups why they are proud of you and what you can now do that you couldn’t do when you started school this year.
- Write these things down.
- Also write down something that you find tricky at the moment…I bet that by the end of next year, you will be able to do it! Keep your writing somewhere safe so that you can check it next year!
- Practise forming the digraph ‘ay’ and spelling different ay words using this sheet:
- Extension: Write 5 sentences using ay words.
- Read and colour the real and beegu (nonsense) ‘ou’ words.
- Extension: Put the ou words into written sentences.
- Play ‘ea’ roll and read. As you land on a word, segment the sounds and blend them together to read the word. Can you put each word into a veral sentence?
- Extension: Put ea words into written sentences. Join your sentences with conjunctions e.g. and, because, so, but.
- Phase 3 digraphs.
- Sound out and blend the word to choose the correct picture.
Reception/Year 1 sounds this week: ay / ou / ea
- Use concrete objects to help find the answers e.g. cubes, lego, pasta pieces, real coins.
- Year ones should be recording their answers independently. Reception could have their answers recorded for them, or perhaps take it in turns to record the answer.
- Have a number line to hand to support with forming numbers correctly.
- This week is full of lots of different maths games. Enjoy your last week of home schooling!
- Practise ordering numbers playing: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
- Reception: Ordering Numbers > Forwards > 1-20.
- Year one: Ordering Numbers > Forwards > 1-100.
- Extension Reception: Ordering Numbers > Backwards > 10 to 1.
- Extension Year one: Ordering Numbers > Backwards > 20 to 1 or 100 to 1.
- Practise counting on from different numbers using: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue
- Reception: Count on and back > Within the 10s > 1 to 10.
- Year one: Count on and back > Across the 10s > 1-20.
- Extension Reception: Count on and back > Within the 10s > 1 to 20.
- Extension Year one: Count on and back > Across the 10s > 1-50.
Weekly Learning Project and extra ideas to enhance children's play and learning
As this would be our last week in school it would be jam packed of lots of fun and exciting end of year celebrations with friends. Use this opportunity to enjoy spending time with your family. There are some different games and activities below to help you switch off from home schooling and ease into summer holiday mode whilst showing love and care for those around you!
Make a den together!
Go on a scavenger hunt!
- Search for signs of the seasons during your walk. Are leaves on the floor or in the trees? What colour are the leaves?
- Maybe your scavenger hunt could be colour-themed! See how many different brown things you can spot! What was the biggest item? What was the smallest?
- You could even explore based on smell or feel!
Make woodland art
- Books like ‘Leaf man’ that you watched earlier in the week could inspire leaf art.
- Alternatively, Andy Goldsworthy shows us how to create some fabulous art with nature.
- Many of you tried this at home and in school earlier in the academic year!
Prepare and have a picnic!
- Help plan and make a picnic.
- Talk about how many sandwiches/plates/apples you need, and count them into the bag as you make them.
- Enjoy sharing food outside together (or inside!) and talk about all of the amazing home learning that you have done!
Explore science with real scientists!!
- The royal society have created a summer science online programme!
- It features live and pre-recorded talks and videos, bringing a free celebration of cutting-edge and historic science, to enjoy at home.
- Although some of the content is aimed at older children. The topics would be great for further exploration and conversation and there may be some parts that are accessible!
- I cant watch them in advance to check though, sorry!
- These ones sound great and I think hedgehogs would love them: ‘The Secret Minds Of Pets’, ‘Adventures In Antartica’ and a live Q&A called ‘Ask the space experts’.
- Let me know if you use any of them, I would love to hear about them!