Good Morning grown ups 😊

Bonjour boys and girls 😊

I hope you are all keeping well and have been able to enjoy some  sunshine either in your gardens or out about on walks or bike rides.  And of course I hope the Easter Bunny treated you all to a few chocolate eggs!

Have you spotted any bears yet? 🐻

Axel Scheffler has illustrated a story book for children to help explain the coronavirus.  If you  would like to read the story and share it with your child please click on the link;

Coronavirus_ABookForChildren

This is week 3 of ‘home learning’ and below are the suggested learning activities for this week.  Please spread the activities throughout the week and if you don’t have time to complete an activity or your child is very reluctant to complete an activity, then it is ok not to complete it.  Remember they are suggestions so only do what you are able to.

Literacy Activities

This first link is a guide to reading the story ‘Do you like?’ and an activity which can be completed once the story has been read. ( The second link takes you to the story)

• English_Week_1_Reading
• GR_Do_you_like

This next activity involves reading a poem and then creating a poem in a similar style.  Before asking your child to do any writing encourage them to say the sentences first.

• English_Week_1_Reading English_Week_1_Writing

The focus of the next link is Listening and Speaking and again requires reading a story to begin with and is followed with some enjoyable activities.

• English_Week_1_Listening&Speaking

Also try to read a story every day. This can be a book at home or you can follow the link below to Storyline Online and choose a story from there. There is also a link to Oxford Reading Owl.  Please use the tab above which has instructions on how to access some free ebooks. However, if you have completed one of the activities above then  it is not necessary to follow up the story with additional questions – it is also important to read/listen for enjoyment.

If you wish to follow up a story with a discussion then the ‘Prompt cards’ can be used.  They can be found in the reading booklet issued and are also available in the reading tab above.

https://www.storylineonline.net/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

• Complete page 6 from the phonics booklet. I have included photos of these below for anyone without the home learning pack.

Revise phonemes ‘p’ and ‘n’. Please make sure your child can correctly form theses letters.

• Continue to practise taught common words – see list in home learning pack for the specific words your child needs to practice.

Numeracy and Maths Activities 

• Money Booklet – Page 275. Please support your child’s understanding of this concept by giving them real coins to work with.

This is a short animation showing different money combinations to make 10p.  Maybe have a go after you have watched the clip.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z4n9jxs

 

• Numbers to 20 – Page 19

 

• Addition and Subtraction  – Page 93. A number line has been including in the home learning pack.

 

Below is a link for an additional idea for counting to 20 and a game that you could play.

Maths_idea_1

Also in school the children play games from the website ‘Topmarks maths games’ .  This is a link to the site.  Your child will be able to show some of the games we play in school (most of them can be found in the 5 – 7 age group)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

General Activities 

• Please continue to support your child’s phonological awareness through the activities mentioned in the tab above.
• Finger Gym activities to support your child’s fine motor skills can be found in the tab above.

The following activities provide extra ideas;

• Art_Activities (dragged)
• Building_Modelling (dragged)
• Exploring_Measuring (dragged)Make_Believe_Play (dragged)
• Movement (dragged)

I would love to see what you’ve all been up to. You can send in photos to the address below and I’ll post them on our blog in the ‘gallery’. Remember our blog is public so please don’t send photos that have children in them. Names will not be matched with photos. This email address will be used by several classes, so please use the subject line ‘Room 1 Mrs Chan’ in every message you send to make sure I don’t miss any.

gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk

Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything.

Keep safe everyone.

Mrs Chan 😊

P.S  I realise that there are a lot of links here – so if any do not work please let me know.