Good morning everyone!

I hope you are all feeling good and ready to get busy! I was really pleased yesterday to get some lovely emails with your work in them. The drawings you did of yourselves really made me feel happy 🙂

Please get in touch by email to show me how you are getting on with the work. It’s really important for me to see what you’ve managed when planning what to do next. Parents please remember that we need to see uncorrected work to gauge your child’s understanding.

eajulie.deans@glow.sch.uk

SPELLING

Yesterday you had a grid of all the common words to try to read and spell. There were 80 words on the list which you have all covered. How many can you read and spell? Make sure that the trickiest ones are the ones that you keep working on. I have attached  a blank wall. You could try to draw your own wall and write all your tricky words in the bricks using different colours and cool writing.

graffiti wall

Next week we will be moving on to a new phoneme.

READING

Make sure you have completed all the bug questions in your new book. Your book will move to ‘My Library’ once you have read it.

If you have forgotten your login details, get in touch and we can help!

Each group has a similar task today. We have worked on retelling the story by drawing a picture and writing a sentence for the beginning, middle and end of the story. The first sentence has been done for you. Click on the links below for your tasks.

Ladybirds- Bug Boy Spider Camp

Glow-worms- Eco apes save water

Spiders- Cat is sleeping

MATHS

Following on from our shape and colour patterns, we are looking at number patterns.

To get started, try some counting (use a number line if you need to)

• counting up to 30- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
• counting down from 30- 30, 29, 28, 27,26…
• counting up in 2s- 2, 4, 6, 8,10, 12…
• counting down in 2s-20, 8, 16, 14, 12…
• counting up in 10s-10, 20, 30, 40, 50…
• counting down in 10s- 100, 90, 80, 70…

It might help to write out some of these patterns.

Click here for some help for this activity (the sound clips can take a minute to load up and play)

There are two activities to try. If the first one is easy, try the second!

Number patterns within 30

Number patterns within 100

I will be in school today getting your packs ready. Mrs Webb was in yesterday and has got lots of lovely resources gathered together for you. As soon as they are ready for collection, we’ll let you know!

Tomorrow, I will be working in the hub and Mrs Webb will be posting your lessons online.

Have a great day

Mrs D 🙂

We hope you have all had a good holiday and that you and your families are all staying safe and well.

We are so disappointed that we are not able to go back to school right now but Mrs Webb and I are going to work very hard to keep you all busy.

Our online learning is going to look a bit different this time. We will be posting activities the same as last time but we are planning to have live video calls and also pre recorded videos to explain new learning to you.

This week, Mrs Webb and I will be preparing packs of useful materials for you to use at home and will let you know when these are available to collect. We will also be in touch with details of our first live check-in.

We will be setting up learning journals for each child which will allow you to post work and communicate with us. Until this is ready, you can contact us by email.

Mrs Deans (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)  eajulie.deans@glow.sch.uk

Mrs Webb (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday) eacaroline.webb@glow.sch.uk

Here are your tasks for today:

SPELLING

This week we are going to do some revision of common words covered. Please make sure you can read and spell all of them. Make a note of the ones you are finding difficult and those are the ones you need to practise.

Stage 1 Active Literacy Word Wall

READING

I have set new books for each group in your Bug Club accounts. Don’t forget, once you have read a book, it will move to ‘My Library’.

Your task for reading today is to answer the bugs on each page. Click on the bug and it will open up a question window. This is a really good way to develop different reading comprehension skills.

All groups have fiction books which are books with made up stories.

Ladybirds-  Bug Boy: Spider Camp

Glow-Worms-  Eco Apes Save Water

Spiders- Cat is Sleeping

MATHS

We have done a small bit of work on repeating patterns when we worked on shape. This week we are looking at patterns in colour and shape and then will move onto number patterns.

This task can be drawn onto a piece of paper, you can mark it up on a screenshot or talk it through.

I can identify repeating patterns using simple colours and shapes

If you are able to access YouTube, there is a very good song and dance about patterns called ‘Banana Banana Meatball’. Try to create your own movement patterns.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

It’s very important right now that we look after ourselves and each other when life is feeling very different. Take some time to think about how you are feeling and what things you like to do that make you feel good. Draw a picture of yourself (don’t forget the detail) doing something that makes you happy and try and send me a message to let me know how you are.

CHECK-IN

Usually on our first day back after Christmas, everyone is excited to talk about what they got for Christmas or what they did in the holidays. I’m hoping that we are all able to get together in a live meeting this week and get a good catch up with each other! I can’t wait to hear everyone’s news!

Mrs Deans 🙂

PHONICS

This week our phoneme is ay.

Click here for our ay spelling list.

TALKING TOGETHER

This week our Literacy activities are linked to ‘The Snowman’ movie. Talk about the story. Ask your child about the character of the boy, James, and discuss how he would have felt at different points in the story.

MUSIC

We have been making our own action sequences to accompany ‘Jingle Bell Rock’. Click the links below for the music and the activity sheet we used.

Jingle Bell Rock action sequence

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms

Phonics

This week we are revising 7 phonemes we have covered recently. Click on the link below for a task to work on at home.

Phoneme revision

Reading

This week all of our reading tasks are linked to ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’. Click on the link below for a rhyming activity.

Grinch Rhyming Activity

Below is a link to a fun game we’ve played in class at the end of the day.

http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/whackgrinch.html

Maths

In maths this week we have continued our work on measure. We have been using non-standard units to measure things around the class. Have a go measuring things at home using feet, hands and paces. Maybe you could measure all the rooms in your house to see which is the longest/shortest.

PHONICS

This week our phoneme is qu

Click on the link above for this week’s spelling list and activity ideas.

READING

This week we are continuing our non- fiction reading. Each group has a new non- fiction book. We have been learning that non- fiction books contain facts and that we use them to find information. Look out for contents and index pages which make it easier to find the information we need.

Ladybirds- Rainbows

Glow-worms-Sport is Fun

Spiders-  Get Up and Go! – The book you are doing in class is not on Bug Club Online so I have allocated another one to read at home.

MATHS

This week we have started work on length. We are beginning with a focus on the language of measure- long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest. Compare, sort and order items from around the house according to length. For example, pieces of string or sticks found on a walk.

Mrs Deans 🙂

PHONICS

This week our phoneme is oa

Use the link above to find this week’s spelling list.

READING

This week, each group has another non-fiction book. Please remember to click on the bugs on the pages of your book and answer the questions.

Ladybirds- My Life

Glow-worms- Animal Babies

Spiders- Hop, Swim and Run

MATHS

We are still working on properties of 3D shapes. We are focussing on how many faces, edges and corners these shapes have:

Sphere, cylinder, cube, cuboid and cone.

• Phonics

This week our phoneme is oy

Click on the link above for your spelling list and some ideas of what you can practise at home.

• Reading

Each group has been allocated a non-fiction book on bug club. We have been learning that non-fiction books are about real things and that a fact is something true. Remember to complete the questions on the pages with the bugs on them.

Ladybirds- Butterflies

Glow-worms- What can you see?

Spiders- Cookies

• Maths

We have been looking at the 3D shapes: cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder and cone. Look around and see if you can spot any of these shapes in the house.

Our new topic is all about the body. We are keeping ourselves healthy and active by learning some hip hop dances. Our first dance is called ‘Wake Up Song’. Here is the music for it so everyone can practise at home!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG7I7Dx4C8Q

This week our phoneme is ai

Make sure you can read and spell all words from the list. Some children are finding consonant blends tricky to spell. In this week’s list ‘Spain’ and ‘snail’ have sp and sn blends that can be difficult for some when spelling.

ck phoneme home learning

• Click on the link above to see our phonics for this week.
• I have created a Sumdog 2D shape challenge for everyone to try.
• Each group has new books allocated in Bug Club.

The links for Sumdog and Bug Club login pages are on the right of this page >>>>>>>

Mrs Deans 🙂