World Book Day 4/3/2021

Please see below for information about World Book Day activities and competition. 

Please note Lion Class will be revealing winners on the 5/3/2021 due to Miss Carey-Smith's working days so she can give you the exciting news! 

Happy Fri-Yay Year 1!

P.E.

Start the day with a great P.E. lesson from Oak Academy.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/an-introduction-to-basic-balance-ccwk2d 

Follow the link to the Oak Academy Gymnastics lesson. The lesson is about 20 minutes long and children you can complete this independently! 

English:

Today you will start writing your recipe for your woodland bake-off entry! Watch the video of Miss Carey-Smith writing the first part of her recipe and then start yours too. 

Emerging: draw and label your ingredients for your recipe. Write 1 simple step for your method e.g mix the ingredients. 

Expected: Complete the first part of your recipe. 

Exceeding: complete the first part of your recipe. As a challenge you could draw pictures to help with each step of your ingredients. E.g Weigh your ingredients (draw a picture of weighing ingredients). 

Spellings

Please continue to practice your spellings for this week. They can be found here:

https://www.st-georgesinfantandnursery.co.uk/spring-term-spellings/

You could create a bingo game using the spellings to play!

Phonics

Your phonics sessions are live every day with one of the teachers in year 1!

Emerging code: y150 (Miss Carey-Smith)

Expected code: y175 (Mrs White)

Exceeding code: y1100 (Miss Streeton)

Please check school PING sent on Monday for the correct code for your child. 

Reading

Start thinking about a favourite author you might have. Find books that are written by the author and read them. We would love to hear who your favourite authors are!

One of our favourite authors is Nick Butterworth you can hear him read one of his books below. 

Maths

Today you need to work practically using a variety of containers. Investigate how many small containers it takes to fill the larger containers.

The capacity of the ________ is ________ pots.  

Miss Streeton has modelled this using a cup and a large jug but you can use whatever you have at home!

Now you know how many to fill one container can you work out how many cups you would need to fill 2, 3 or 4?

Emerging: Estimate how many cups you will need before you start filling! 

Expected: Can you work out how many to fill 2 containers. Remember this is doubling! 

Exceeding: Can you do the same as expected and also the challenge below? 

Thursday! 

English 

Make sure you complete the D&T activity before you do English today. 

Today we will be planning our recipes in preparation for writing them. The recipe will be for your entry for the ‘woodland bake-off’ that you have designed in D&T! Watch Miss Carey-Smith’s video and then have a go at planning your own recipe. 

Emerging: Draw and have a go at labelling ‘what you will need’. 

Expected: plan out each part for your recipe just as Miss Carey-Smith has done. 

Exceeding: Complete expected activity first. For a challenge, consider a ‘top tip’ you might include in your recipe. 

Maths 

Today in Maths we will be exploring the above statements. Watch the video to see how Miss Streeton got on exploring one of the statements. You will have lots of fun completing these practical activities!

Challenge: 

Design and Technology

Have you heard about BAKE A BOOK?! Today we will be creating a design for a bake (cake or biscuit) in the style of your favourite book. Watch Mrs White as she designs her Gruffalo cake, hopefully this inspires the bakers in you to get create with your designs! Design your bake and share it with us on Tapestry....... Do not bake it yet though! This will be happening next week as part of the D&T Design, make and evaluate process!

Handwriting 

Write a sentence about this picture of Barb the troll using your best handwriting! Watch the video below to remind you how write your ladder letters. 

Learning from this week 

Just in case you would like to watch some of the videos from earlier in the week they have been added below.