Friday 12th February!! 

It's the last day of half term wahooooo! You have done an amazing job at learning from home this half term and we are so proud of you all! Have a fantastic day today, and then enjoy a fun and relaxing half term at home with your families! We cannot wait to hear about all the fun that you have! 

E-safety week

Check out Mrs White's final e-safety message today by following the link below. This generation is exposed to more technology than ever before and I'm sure there will be even great steps forward in technological development so it is essential that we provide them with the tools to keep themselves safe and who they can go for to get support, starting with parents, carers and teachers and what they must do if the feel unsafe online. It is important that we give them the information early so they are prepared if something should happen.

Weekly spellings 

Have you remembered to practise your spellings? Our weekly spellings this week are words with the ‘ee’ and ‘ai’ digraph in them. Can you now write your spellings all by yourself? Re-watch Mrs Fient’s video from Monday if you need some extra help. 

Challenge- can you write your spellings outside? You could use mud and water to make your own paint. Or could you find natural objects to spell your words! Have fun!

Reading

Join in with Miss Woodford as she reads a bug club story.  Today we are going to read the story of the Top Cat. This links with our learning of the Chinese New Year as it was the cat who didn’t get a year named after it.

Remember to log onto bug club and read a book that has been allocated for you! Have a go at the quiz at the end. Remember to record it in your reading record book to work towards your ‘going for gold!’

Emerging Phonics

Today we are segmenting words and blending sounds to make words. We are using the sounds we have learnt this week, ff, ll and ss in words.

Challenge one - hear the sounds in words said by a grown-up - can you blend into a word. Watch the first video below - can you blend the sounds, letters to make the words with Miss Sawkins.

Challenge two - can you use the word cards you have made during the week to make stepping stones from one side of the room to the other - pretend it is a shark infested river, or crocodile infested - like Colonel Crockles from the yoga video, and you are one of the animals from the Chinese zodiac!

To move across you must move like your chosen animal and sound out and read the words on each card - if you can't your grown up will take the card away - watch out for those sharks as you have to make a bigger jump!!

Good luck!

Phonics- Expected phonics 

Today we will be practising lots of the digraphs we have learnt this half term! We have done a super job learning so many news sounds! Let’s plays some games to help us practise spotting them in words. In today’s video we will be playing phonics bingo! Please draw a 3x3 phonics grid and choose 6 digraphs/trigraph  that we have already learnt to play. Mrs Fient will explain how to play in the video 

Challenge 1- join Mrs Fient to play phonics bingo! You will need to draw a phonics grid and choose 6 digraphs/trigraph The sounds you can choose from are sh, ch, ng, th, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, oo, or, ur, ar

Challenge 2- make your own phonics board game. Can you use the words ‘shut, chop, long, queen, rain, teeth, night, goat, moon, book, fork, park, surf?  See some pictures of some games below to help

Exceeding Phonics

Today we are going to use the phase 3 digraphs that we have learnt to help us read some sentences! Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help. Today Miss Woodford has gone on a hunt around her house collecting objects with the phase 3 digraphs in them… can you help to read a sentence and match to the correct picture?

Challenge 1: Can you collect some objects or pictures from around your house. Ask your grown up to write some simple sentences about the objects such as ‘The car is red’ or ‘the train is big’. Read the sentences and then match to the correct object/picture. Some objects might be a: car, train, ring, queen Elsa, boat, goat, ship, shop, book, spoon etc.

Challenge 2: 

Can you read the sentences below and draw a picture to match? Each sentence has one of the digraphs that we have been learning.

1. I can go on the swing at the park.
2. The king and queen get a pet goat.
3. The snail and the fish can swim.
4. A light is bright gold.

Mental maths- one less

Today we will saying one less of numbers to 20.

Maths 

Today we will be practising counting on. First you will need to crack the code and find which is being represented using the Chinese symbols. Can you solve the problems? Remember to count on to find the answer. You could use any of the strategies we have learnt this week to count on (using objects, jumping, marks and number lines) 

Emerging- Look at the Chinese symbols. Which numbers do they represent? (You can look at the Chinese numbers below to help). Can you solve the addition sentence? Can you write your answer using Chinese symbols? 

Expected/ Exceeding-  Look at the Chinese symbols. Which numbers do they represent? (You can look at the Chinese numbers below to help). Can you solve the addition sentence? Can you write your answer using Chinese symbols? Can you prove your answer by using two methods we have learnt to count on?

Writing

Today we are going to be writing an invitation for a Chinese New Year party! Watch Miss Woodford’s video below for help with this.

Emerging Writing

Can you have a go at writing the beginning (initial) and final (end) sounds in the words for your invitation?

Then can you try and sound out a whole word to write in the invitation? For example, can you come to the party? Sound the word out and write the sounds you can hear.

You can share your sentence writing with a grown up.

Expected Writing

Can you write an invitation for the Chinese New Year party by sounding out the words independently using your phonics?

Can you spell a tricky word correctly in your invitations (such as to or the).

Practise saying your sentence before writing and count how many words you need to write your sentence.

Exceeding Writing

Can you add another sentence to your invitation about the celebration of Chinese New Year? Can this sentence include a tricky word? Look at the photos below to help you to write about how the Chinese New Year is celebrated.

Can you remember a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop?

Topic - Happy Chinese New Year

Today we are going to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Watch the CBeebies videos below to see how Chinese New Year is prepared for and celebrated by two children in Liverpool.

The first thing we need to do is clean! Maybe you could offer to clean your bedroom for your grown ups!

Now you need to make some decorations, maybe a Chinese paper lantern and a dragon mask. Remember red is a very important colour in the celebrations. You could also try making a Chinese New Year drum or a red envelope. Paper plates make good dragon masks and drums. There are some links below to help you. Maybe you could paint some Chinese characters, dance to some Chinese music and have a party!  Chinese New Year is all about being with family so why not ask you brothers, sisters and grown ups to join your celebrations.

On Purple Mash we have set some to-dos linked to Chinese New Year - there is an amazing slideshow of pictures and some paint activities - a lantern, a dragon mask and a firework picture.

Maybe your grown-ups have some Chinese foods that you could taste!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone - good luck and best wishes for the coming year!

Storytime 

Snuggle up and get ready for today’s story time. Find your favourite bear or soft toy, get cosy and listen to today’s story. 

Thursday 11th February

Happy Thursday Squirrels, Hedgehogs and Rabbits! We are over the half way mark and the half term is in sight! 

You're all doing fantastic, parents and carers included, and it has been great to see so much learning happening in the snow! Lets have a fabulous Thursday and remember to send photos or videos on tapestry so we can hand out lots more dragon tokens ready for celebration assembly! :-) Remember our celebration is at 2pm on google live!

E-safety week

It is really important that we learn how to keep ourselves safe online. Follow the link below to our e-safety week videos and activities with Mrs White and talk them through with your children.

Reading

Join in with Miss Woodford as she reads a bug club story.  Today we are going to read a non-fiction text called Animal Homes.

Remember to log onto bug club and read a book that has been allocated for you! Can you complete the quiz at the end? Remember to record it in your reading record book to work towards your ‘going for gold!’

Emerging Phonics

Today we are working on the diagraph (two letters one sound) ss. This is found at the end of words.

Watch the video below for reading of tricky words, flashcards of letter sounds, listening to letter sounds and blending them and reading some words ending in ss using our phonic knowledge.  Also at the end is a game to play - related to to the word hiss - can you guess what that might involve!

Challenge 1 - write some ss words onto pieces of paper - can you sound them out and write the correct grapheme (shared writing if necessary for middle sound)

Challenge 2 - play the game on the video - place your words around the room - now move to a given word or move to a word and sound it out - move as the video suggests!

Phonics- Expected phonics 

Today we will be practising lots of the digraphs we have learnt this half term! We have done a super job learning so many news sounds! Let’s plays some games to help us practise spotting them in words.  

Challenge 1- Go on a sound hunt in your home. Ask a grown up to hide the CVC words in your home. Use your phoneme checklist and see how many you can spot! You will get a point every time you spot a phoneme! 

Challenge 2- Log into phonics play and play picnic on Pluto. Can you read the real and nonsense words? https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/picnic-on-pluto 

Words for hunt - moon, book, cook, zoo, card, hard, boat, soap, light, high, meet, see, rain, wait, long, king, thin, with, wish, shed, chop, much, quick quack 

Exceeding Phonics

Today we are going to use the phase 3 digraphs that we have learnt to build sentences! We are going to be putting the words in the blank to make sure the sentence makes sense. How many words can we use? Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help.

Challenge 1: Can you use the words below to fill in the blank and create a sentence? How many times can you make the sentence? Can you make the sentence make sense using all of the digraphs below?

Words:  fuzz, queen, chop, shed, thin, ring, snail, feet, bright, goat, moon, book, car, fork, coin, fur

Sentences:

I go to the shop for a  ________.

I can see the ________.

Challenge 2: Log in to phonics play to play a game of sentence substitution (silly sentences). Can you move the words around to create a new silly sentence? Each sentence has one of the digraphs that we have been learning.

Phonics Play-         USERNAME: jan21                           PASSWORD: home

Writing

Today we are going to be learning about Chinese New Year! Watch Miss Woodford’s video below as she tells a story about Chinese New Year and also some facts about Chinese New Year as well. We will be using this in our writing challenges below.

Emerging Writing

1. Can you have a go at writing the beginning (initial) and final (end) sounds in the words in your sentence? Remember to sound them out, you can use your fingers to help you!
2. Can you have a go at writing a whole word in your sentence? Such as rat or pig? Sound the word out and write the sounds you can hear.

You can share your sentence writing with a grown up and have a go at writing the sounds you can hear.

Expected Writing

1. Can you write a simple sentence about a part of the Chinese New Year story?  Can you write the sentence independently by using your phonics to sound out the words?
2. Can you remember a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop?

Practise saying your sentence before writing and count how many words you need to write your sentence.

Exceeding Writing

1. Can you write another sentence about a different part of the Chinese New Year story? Can this sentence include a tricky word?
2. Can you use an adjective to describe the animals in the story? (size, colour, appearance etc.) For example, the pig is pink, the dragon is scary or the tiger has stripes.

Mental maths- one more

Today we will saying one more of numbers to 20.

Maths 

Today we will be adding by counting on. We will be learning how to count on from the first number in our addition sentence to find the answer. We will be using a number line to count on today. Watch Mrs Fient’s videos and then choose an emerging, expected or exceeding challenge. If you are unsure of which challenge to complete please contact your class teacher who will advise you. 

You will need to make a number line for today’s activities. You could either print this one, or make your own!

Emerging- Can you use a small toy/figure to jump on the number line to count on? Choose a number from 1-4, roll a dice and count on that amount. Remember to count on from the 1st number to find the answer on your number line. 

Expected-Can you count on using a number line to find the answer? Use a small figure/toy to jump on the number line, then draw the jumps on your number line to check the answer. 

Exceeding- complete the expected maths activity for today and then prove your answer. How many different ways can you prove that you are correct? 

11+5=      14+5=     17+2=    12+6=   

Topic - Understanding of the World

Chinese New Year

What does Chinese New Year celebrate?

The Chinese New Year celebrates the first day of the first month on the Chinese calendar. It is also called the Spring Festival and is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.

When is Chinese New Year celebrated?

The Chinese New Year occurs on the first day of the Chinese lunar-solar calendar. The celebration lasts until the 15th day which is also the day of the Lantern Festival. This year the celebration starts on February the 12th, that is tomorrow. This year will be year of the ox.

The largest celebration is on the night before the start of the Chinese New Year. This night is celebrated with parties and fireworks.
One popular greeting on this day is Kung Hei Fat Choy meaning "We hope you get rich".

Activity -

We have looked at what animals we are in the Chinese zodiac, Mrs Fient is a dog, Miss Sawkins is a dragon and Miss Woodford is a pig. Each of these animals is said to have certain qualities and traits.

So we looked up what you all might be - you would be a sheep (sometimes a goat) or a monkey. This will depend on when your birthday falls. Ask your grown up to work it out for you from the dates below -

February 19 2015 - February 7 2016   then you are a sheep (goat)

February 8 2016 - January 27 2017  then you are a monkey.

Can you draw a picture of your zodiac animal and write the sentence - I am a .....

Below are some videos on how to draw a sheep and a monkey if you are stuck for an idea - however, I know you are all great artists and can draw your own pictures.

Thrive

Linked to the story Clever sticks in Topic - can you use tweezers, clothes pegs, tongs or even chopsticks to pick up small objects?

Storytime 

Snuggle up and get ready for today’s story time. Can you get a cosy with a hot chocolate or your favourite drink for today’s story?

Wednesday 10th February 

Happy Wednesday everyone! We are half way through our school week, and only 3 days left until half term! You are all doing a marvellous job well done! Remember to send us some photos, have lots of fun and remember practise makes better! If you need any help or support please email us and we will happily help! Have a wonderful Wednesday! 

E-safety week

It is really important that we learn how to keep ourselves safe online. Follow the link below to our e-safety week videos and activities with Mrs White and talk them through with your children.

Weekly spellings 

Have you remembered to practise your spellings? Our weekly spellings this week are words with the ‘ee’ and ‘ai’ digraph in them. Practise your spellings every day until you can spell them all by yourself! Remember practise makes better. Re-watch Mrs Fient’s video from Monday if you need some extra help.  

Challenge- Can you write your spellings in the colours of the rainbow? 

Reading

Join in with Miss Woodford as she reads a bug club story.  Today we are going to read the story Truck Town- Help! I am wet.

Remember to log onto bug club and read a book that has been allocated for you! Can you complete the quiz at the end? Remember to record it in your reading record book to work towards your ‘going for gold!’

Emerging phonics - tricky words

Today we are practising our tricky works. Try to say the tricky words as they appear on the video clip - remember you can't sound these out, you just have to know them. 

Challenge 1 - Rapid recall of the phase 2 tricky words - recognise them and say them as quick as you can.

Challenge 2 - Play a game of pairs or snap with a grown-up - match the words and say them out loud to your grown up

You will need to make two sets of the phase 2 tricky words - see below for the list.

Challenge - can you begin to recognise some of the phase 3 tricky words that we have started to learn - he, she, we, me and this week be. Include these in your game if you can.

Phonics- Expected phonics 

Today we will be looking at our tricky words! We are going to learn a new word today- ‘be’. Let’s play some games to help us learn this new word. 

Challenge 1- join in with Mrs Fients game during the video. You will need a pen and paper to write down the missing tricky words. 

Challenge 2- Can you play tricky word hopscotch? You could write the words on pieces of paper to play, or you could write them outside with chalk. Hop and jump whilst you say the words that you can spot! 

Exceeding Phonics

Today we are going to use the tricky word ‘be’ to play a game of ‘roll and read’. Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help.

Challenge 1: Can you have a go at your own roll and read game at home? You could use a dice from a board game, make a dice numbered 1-6 using paper or you could pick a number card 1-6. Roll your dice and read the sentence which matches the number. Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help.

1. I can be rich.
2. It is good to be kind.
3. It can be hot in the sun.
4. A tractor can be red.
5. The nail can be sharp.
6. Can a cat be green?

Challenge 2: Play a word hunt game, today the word to spot is ‘be’. Can you find the tricky word be in sentences? Read the sentence and clap when you find the tricky word be! You can look in your favourite books, bug club books, letters/mail or magazines at home!

Mental maths- counting backwards. 

Join Mrs Fient to practise counting backwards! We will be counting back from a given number today. 

Maths 

Today we will be adding by counting on. We will be learning how to count on from the first number in our addition sentence to find the answer. We will be using marks to count on today. Watch Mrs Fient’s videos and then choose an emerging, expected or exceeding challenge. If you are unsure of which challenge to complete please contact your class teacher who will advise you. 

Emerging- Can you solve today’s problems by drawing marks to count on? 

3+2=   1+4=   2+3=   4+1=  2 +2 =  1 + 1=  1+3=  2 +1= 

Expected- Roll a dice to make todays addition number sentences. Can you write the number sentence? Can you draw marks for your 2nd number and count on to find the answer? 

Exceeding- Roll a dice to make todays addition number sentences. Can you write the number sentence? Can you draw marks for your 2nd number and count on to find the answer? How can you prove your answer? Could you use a different method that we have learnt? You could use a tens frame, a part part whole or objects to check. 

Writing

Today we are going to be learning about refuse collectors and refuse lorries. We will use this information to help us make a list in our writing challenge. We are going to think of ways we can use recycling at home such as making a boat, train, rocket, castle, dragon, dinosaur, house etc. We will design something to make and write a list of materials we need. Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help with this.

Emerging Writing

Can you write a list of recycled materials you will need to create your design by using the initial (beginning) and end (final) sounds in words? 

Can you sound out the words to see what sounds you can hear? Can you have a go at writing as many sounds as you can hear in the word?

You can share your labelling writing with grown up and have a go at writing the sounds you can hear in the words.

Expected Writing

Can you write a list of recycled materials you need to create your design? Can you sound out the words independently using your phonics?

Exceeding Writing

After writing your list, can you write a sentence to explain your design? Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help! This could be a sentence to say what your design is, who might us it or what it does. Can you include a tricky word in your sentence?

For example, the rocket can go high into the sky.  The flower is red.

Topic - all that rubbish!

We waste so many precious resources and create so much rubbish that we need to take action to save our planet.

We can all help by reducing our waste, reusing things and recycling plastic, paper, tins, clothes and even toys and books can be reused by other children. We can all do our bit to help the environment - in school we have the separate bins for paper, plastic and food waste (so we can compost).

We are going to recycle today by using our reclaimed materials to make the junk model that you designed in the writing challenge today. Some ideas can be found on cbeebies in the junk rescue programme if you need some inspiration - the link is below.

Also take a look at the BBC teach video that shows what happens to our rubbish. 

Thrive 

Help an adult to sweep the snow from a pathway. How are you going to do it? What do you need?

Storytime 

Snuggle up and get ready for today’s story time. Can you build a cosy den to listen to today’s story in?

Tuesday 9th February 

Happy Tuesday everyone! 4 days left until the half term break, you are all working so hard and we are so proud of you all! We have loved seeing how much fun you have all been having in the snow! We've seen some fantastic snowmen, snow angels and icicles! Well done everyone! Have a fantastic day! Remember to pop a post on tapestry if you haven't yet this week so we can see your fabulous learning. 

E-safety

Today is e-safety day - follow the link below to -

Watch the video storybook about DB Bear and the problem he has sending his teacher an email. 

Activity

Login to your Purple Mash account and find 2Email.

Compose an email to your class teacher. Try to type in full sentences just like DB Bear learnt to. 

Alternatively you could write a letter/email with pen/pencil to your teacher and post it to Tapestry.

Reading

Join in with Miss Woodford as she reads a bug club story. Today we are going to read a non-fiction text about diggers and trucks as our theme this week includes diggers, trucks and tractors!

This non-fiction text is called Dig and Tip.

Remember to log onto bug club and read a book that has been allocated for you! Can you complete the quiz at the end? Remember to record it in your reading record book to work towards your ‘going for gold!’

Emerging phonics

Today we will be learning the ‘ll’ phoneme. This is the same letter twice but only one sound - this is another digraph.

Challenge 1- Can you write some words on pieces of paper with the digraph ll in them - shared writing with a grown-up

Challenge 2- Can take your pieces of paper outside and hang them up? Can you make snowballs and throw them at your words? Can you sound the letters out and shout the word at your grown up?

It is perfect snow for snowballs!

Phonics- Expected phonics 

Today we will be learning the ‘ur’ phoneme. This is a new digraph! We will be spotting it in words and completing challenges to helps us learn it!  

Challenge 1- Can you play silly soup. Can you sort the real and nonsense words? Find all of the real words with the ‘ur’ sound and put them in your silly soup. Can you find any real objects with the ‘ur’ sound in your home to add into your soup? 

Challenge 2- Can you write a list of ingredients for your silly soup? SNOW FUN- Can you write your words in the snow? Can you blow your breathe on a window and write in the condensation? How many words can you write with the ‘ur’ sound in them?

Words for silly soup- fur, burger, turf, burn, hurt, curl, turnip, burst, turn, wurl, churg, lurb, nurg, shurl, turm, curf 

Exceeding Phonics

Today we are going to use the new digraph ‘ur’ to play a game of ‘scrambled sentences’. Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help her solve the mystery sentences by un-jumbling the words!

Challenge 1: Can you unscramble the words below to make a sentence? Remember to read the sentence back to make sure it makes sense!

Sentence 1:

dog              The               thick             has        fur.

Sentence 2:

sun               can               The               burn.

Challenge 2: Log in to phonics play, can you read the sentences containing todays sound ‘ur’? Can you spot the digraph? Can you hide the sentence and then have a go at writing it independently? How many words can you remember?

As you log on you will need to select the ‘ur’ sound by clicking next.

Phonics Play-                        USERNAME: jan21                           PASSWORD: home

Mental maths- counting backwards. 

Join Mrs Fient to practise counting backwards! We will be counting back from a given number today. 

Maths 

Today we will be adding by counting on. We will be learning how to count on from the first number in our addition sentence to find the answer. We will be using objects to count on today. Watch Mrs Fient’s videos and then choose an emerging, expected or exceeding challenge. If you are unsure of which challenge to complete please contact your class teacher who will advise you. SNOW FUN- Can you jump to count on in the snow? Can you jump on snowballs?

Emerging- Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you jump to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. Can you use objects to check your answer? 

 2 +2 =       1 + 1=       1+3=       2 +1= 

Expected-Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you jump to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. Can you use objects to check your answer? 

 5+2 =        8+2=       3+6=      5 + 4= 

Exceeding- Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you jump to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. Can you use objects to check your answer? 

11+5=        14 + 5=      13 + 6=      16+3= 

Writing

Today we are going to be learning about tractors and we will use this information for our writing challenges below! Watch Miss Woodford’s videos below to label parts of a tractor, this will help you for your writing challenges today.

Emerging Writing

Can you use the initial (beginning) and end (final) sounds to label these parts of the tractor? Wheels, cab or seat, window, lights and steps. Can you sound out the words to see what sounds you can hear?

You can share your labelling writing with grown up and have a go at writing the sounds you can hear in the words.

Expected Writing

Can you label these parts of the tractor? Wheels, cab or seat, window, lights, steps. Can you label anything else on the tractor? Can you sound out the words independently using your phonics?

Exceeding Writing

After labelling your picture, can you write a sentence to describe a tractor? Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help! Remember an adjective helps to describe something in the picture (size, colour etc.) Can your sentence include a tricky word?

For example, the wheels are big and round. The cab is high. The tractor is bright green.

Thrive activity

This activity links nicely to the songs above - could you add some percussion to the songs?

Ask your adult if you can use some pots and pans and a wooden spoon to tap out a tune.

Perhaps you could take it in turns to try and follow their tune?

Storytime 

Snuggle up and get ready for today’s story time. Can you find a new and fun spot to listen to today’s story? Under a table, on the sofa, or maybe in your garden? 

Monday 8th February

Hello Reception! Happy Monday! Welcome to the final week of the half term, let's make this the best week yet! We are so proud of how hard you are working, one more week of school and then a whole week of rest! You can do it! We can't wait to see you fabulous learning! Have a marvellous Monday everyone! 

Remember to follow the links below to our play ideas and forest school fun ! There is lots of fun to be had and we can't wait to see what you get up to! In reception we love being outside and we love to play to help us practise and apply new skills!

E-Safety week

Dear parents and carers,

Tomorrow (Tuesday 9th February 2021) is Safer Internet Day. We are all aware of how important it is to keep up to date and in the know on how to support your child with staying safe when online especially with the increasing need for technology.

In order to support you to stay up to date each day this week we will be uploading a video focusing on a different aspect of Online Safety for your child to watch with optional activities that they can take part in. These can be found by following the link below.

We will be sending you handy guides and top tips for staying safe online. This will also be added to the Online Safety area of the website.

SNOW FUN!

Have lots of fun in the snow squirrels, hedgehogs and rabbits! We would love to see some photos of the fun you get up to with your families! Keep your eyes peeled for SNOW FUN activities today where you can take today's learning outside and have some snowy fun!

We wonder who can build the cutest snowman? Can you make a snowman that is taller than you? Can you compare your height to the snowman?

Can you catch a snowflake on your tongue? What happens when it lands on your tongue? 

Can you make snowballs ? How many have you made? Can you put them in a line and count them?

Can you make footprints in the snow? Can you count to 20 as your leave your footprints?

Can you make marks in the snow? Can you write any of our new phonics sounds?

What happens to the snow if you bring a cup of it inside? Can you conduct an experiment to find out?

Wrap up warm, stay safe and have fun! ☃️ ❄️

SNOW FUN- Practise your letter formation outside !

Can you practise writing your letter in the snow? Can you write on condensation on your windows? Can you use your feet to form your letter in the snow? 

Weekly spellings 

Our weekly spellings this week are words with the ‘ee’ and ‘ai’ digraph in them. Practise your spellings every day until you can spell them all by yourself! Remember practise makes better. Watch Mrs Fient’s video for help! 

SNOW FUN -Can you practise spelling your spellings in the snow? You could use sticks in the snow to form your letters!

Reading

Join in with Miss Woodford as she reads a bug club story. Today we are going to read a story about diggers as our theme this week includes diggers, trucks and tractors!

Remember to log onto bug club and read a book that has been allocated for you! Can you complete the quiz at the end? Remember to record it in your reading record book to work towards your ‘going for gold!’

Emerging Phonics

Today we are working on the digraph 'ff' 

Challenge one - can you write some words that the big bad wolf says. can you write them in a speech bubble.

Challenge two - can you read the words in the dice game - say each sound and try to blend it.

See videos below for support

Phonics- Expected phonics 

Today we will be learning the ‘or’ phoneme. This is a new digraph! We will be spotting it in words and completing challenges to helps us learn it! 

Challenge 1-Can you make a sound slider? How many words can you make? Have you made a real word or a nonsense word? Write down the words that you make. Can you make a list of the real words and a list of the nonsense words? 

Challenge 2- Can you read the sentence with the ‘or’ sound in below? 

Sentence to read: I had pork on the fork. 

Exceeding Phonics

Today we are going to use the new digraph ‘or’ to play a game of silly sentences! Watch Miss Woodford’s video to help create some silly sentences!

Challenge 1: Can you use the words and sentence blow to create your own silly sentence? Use each word to fill in the blank, then read the sentence to see how silly it is! How silly can you make the sentence?

Words: corn, thorn, port, fork, shorts, horn, torch, thorn

Sentence: She has a green ______. Fill in the blank using the words above.

Challenge 2: Log in to phonics play to play a game of sentence substitution (silly sentences). Can you move the words around to create a new silly sentence?

As you log on you will need to select the sentence: She has worn red shorts.

Phonics Play-                        USERNAME: jan21                           PASSWORD: home

Writing

Today we are going to be learning about diggers and trucks. We will find out information about diggers and trucks and use this in our writing challenges! Watch Miss Woodford’s videos below to find out information about diggers and trucks as this will help with your writing today.

Emerging Writing

Can you say your sentence to a grown up, what sounds can you hear? Can you have a go at writing the initial (beginning) sounds in the word? Then can you have a go a writing the final (end) sounds in the words? You can share your sentence writing with grown up and have a go at writing the sounds you can hear.

Expected Writing

Can you write a simple sentence about what you can see in the pictures below? Practise saying your sentence before writing and count how many words you need to write your sentence. Can you write the sentence independently by using your phonics to sound out the words? Can you add a tricky word?

Exceeding Writing

Can you add an adjective into your sentence? Remember an adjective helps to describe something in the picture (size, colour etc.) Can your sentence include a tricky word?

For example, I can see a big digger on the hot beach. I can see a digger moving big bricks.

Mental maths- counting backwards. 

Join Mrs Fient to practise counting backwards! We will be counting back from a given number today. 

SNOW FUN-  Can you count backwards whilst you jump in the snow? Can you throw snowballs and count backwards each time you throw one?

Maths 

Today we will be adding by counting on. We will be learning how to count on from the first number in our addition sentence to find the answer. We will be using objects to count on today. Watch Mrs Fient’s videos and then choose an emerging, expected or exceeding challenge. If you are unsure of which challenge to complete please contact your class teacher who will advise you. 

Snow fun- take your maths outside today! Can you use snowballs as objects to count on with? Can you make snowmen as objects to count on? Can you write your number sentence in the snow? Can you check your answer by making a tens frame in the snow?

Emerging- Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you use objects to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. 

3+2=   1+4=   2+3=   4+1= 

Expected-Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you use objects to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. 

3+6=   4+3=   7+2=   2+6=  

Exceeding- Solve the number sentences below by counting on. Can you use objects to count on to find the answer? Remember to start counting on from the first number in your addition sentence. Can you check your answer using a different method? 

5+9=   9+3=   14+2=   12+6=  

Topic - Diggers and Trucks

During your writing task today you have been finding out about diggers. Diggers and trucks are some of the machines that help us by doing heavy work.

Today we would like you to do some construction of your own!

If you have some trucks, diggers or dumper trucks at home could you use them to build in some sand, gravel or maybe even out in the snow!

If you have Lego, Duplo or other construction toys could you build a model for us.

You could visit purple mash - search buildings - go to, other (last tab) -

There you will find builders photo puzzle 3, builders puzzle 3 and colour a bulldozer. If you really want a challenge try the build the house sequencing- remember to start with a hole in the ground!

SNOW FUN- Watch the video about snow ploughs below. Can you take a toy vehicle outside and use it as a snow plough? Can you make a snow plough out of construction? Have fun outside moving the snow with your vehicle. 

Storytime  

Snuggle up and get ready for today’s story time. Warm up inside and get cosy after some fun in the snow! Make a nice warm cup of hot chocolate as a treat for today's story!

Thrive

Now, more than ever before, the importance of building resilience and supporting the mental wellbeing of children and young people is a priority. This is exactly what the Thrive Approach has been created to do. To help support the mental health and wellbeing of our students during the pandemic, Thrive Approach have created three activity kits, tailored for children and young people up to 7, 11 and 16 years old.  Please follow the link below for more information and to access the parent activity kits.

Today why don't you try the 'be active' activity -

Sing 'heads, shoulders, knees and toes' and do the actions. 

See below for an extended version of this action song!