Good Morning everyone!

This morning will be the very last PE with Joe so lets make sure we give it our all!

Make sure you have a big drink of water before starting our learning tasks for today.  Click on the link below and listen to the songs and stories before completing some of the suggested tasks:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listen-and-play-fairies-and-sausages/zf3yt39

• Let’s sing along with the song ‘Ten Fat Sausages’ but this time lets add some of our own sound effects for sizzling, pop and bang!  What could we use to make these sounds?  Perhaps, you could crinkle a crisp packet, clap your hands or bang an upside down basin?  Remember to use your fingers to count down the sausages.

• Let’s listen to the story of the ‘The Three Wishes’ again:

• Now make a story board to show what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story.  You can divide a page in your jotter up into 3 sections then draw a picture and write a sentence to show what you think are the three main parts of the story.

• Lets all sing ‘When you Want to Make a Spell’:

• Can you make your own magic wand and fairy dust at home?  We would love to see your creations!
• Can you mix up your own magic potion?  Write a recipe for it in your jotter.
• Can you create your own spell book?  What spells would you have in it?

Keep an eye on the blog later today for your Health and Wellbeing tasks!  Keep sharing your lovely creations and learning with us!  Your photos make our day!

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Good Morning boys and girls!

I hope you are all ready for our second last PE session with Joe:

Today our learning is going to be all about the story of the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’.  Lets start by watching the story.

Creating

• You may want to act the story out. Perhaps you could make some goat and troll masks from old cereal boxes, paper plates or card:

Goat Mask Activity

• You could even make your own little Billy Goat puppets from lollypop sticks or sock puppets.

• You could draw around a family member and ask a family member to draw around you on the ground outside using chalk.  Why not make each figure shape into trolls?  What do you think the trolls will look like?

Time for a break!  Let’s have a rest and listen to ‘The Troll’ by Julia Donaldson:

Maths

• This story has lots of mathematical language. Talk to your child about the different sized goats; small, medium and large. The Troll might be gigantic. Try to find other words for large.  In your jotter, write down as many words for large as you can think of.
• Have a go at playing this learning game to help you learn about size.  Click on the link below.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/lets-compare

• You could build your own bridge from cushions, boxes, Lego, blocks or any household items you can think of. Use positional language such as over, under, beneath
  and on top when playing with your puppets and your homemade bridge.
• Log on to your study ladder account and complete the positional language tasks that are assigned to you.

Language

• This is a wonderful story to learn about sounds.  Could you trip-trap around your home? Think about the different sounds. Can you trip-trap quietly like the smallest Billy Goat or loudly like the biggest Billy Goat?  What things in your home can you find that make loud sounds e.g. making a drum kit out of pots and pans, using wooden spoons as drumsticks.  What things in your home can you find that make quiet sounds e.g. rubbing your hands along the carpet.
• You might think about different sounds in your home. What can you hear when you listen carefully? You might be able to hear the ping of a microwave. Can you hear the fridge? Perhaps you could record the sounds around you?  Click on the link below to find out more about going on a sound hunt:

https://artfulparent.com/sound-hunt/

• Sequence the story in your jotter.  Have a look at the following activities to help you:

ThreeBillyGoatsGruffStoryMappingandSequencing

Yoga

Time for another Yoga Adventure with Cosmic Kids:

Enjoy today’s learning!  We will be back tomorrow!

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Good Morning Boys and Girls!

Time to get active with Joe Wicks:

Our learning this morning is all going to be about ‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’.  Let’s start with singing the song:

Have a look at pages 24 and 25 of the Exciting_Learning_Opportunities_Home_Learning_Collection booklet before starting our activities:

• Research facts about frogs.  Start with reading ‘Fantastic Frog Facts’ on page 24.  Then use the internet to find out more facts.  Write down your findings in your jotter.

• Draw 5 frogs and cut them out.  Let’s sing the song again but this time act it out using the frogs you have made.  You could use a chair, a cushion or a piece of wood outside for the log and if you can’t make your own frogs, you could use rolled up socks or a selection of cuddly toys.
• Using your props, extend your learning by asking questions such
  as; “How many frogs would be left if 2 jumped in at the same
  time?” “What about if 4 more frogs hopped on the log?” etc.  Write your answers in your jotter.

Time to take a break… Fischy music will be going live for another virtual assembly at 11am.  Don’t forget to join in:

• On page 25, you can see the life cycle of a frog.  Learn more about by going onto the BBC Bitesize Website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zttckqt

• In your jotter, draw your own diagram to show the life cycle of a frog and label it.
• Time for some drama… describe how tadpoles move. Are they quick, rapid, speedy, fast?  Do they wriggle and dart about?  Try to imitate a tadpole!  What about frogs? Do they jump using their back legs? Try to jump like a frog!
• After all your hard work, let’s cuddle up on the couch and listen to a story.  Listen out to the rhyming words:

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

• Now, in your jotter, draw and label as many things as you can think of that rhyme with ‘frog’.

Remember to send in photos of your finishes work!  Before lunch time, why not head out to do the Daily Mile.  Have a look at the ‘Daily Mile At Home’ challenges:

Keep an eye on the blog this afternoon.  Laura and Maisie will be posting some fun activities for you to do!

Enjoy your morning,

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Good Morning boys and girls!

I wonder what Joe will be dressed up as today for our daily PE session:

Now it is time for Literacy and today we are going to be using ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’ as our context for learning:

Please have a look at pages 22 and 23 of the Exciting_Learning_Opportunities_Home_Learning_Collection booklet and complete some of the activities:

• Research facts about farm animals.  Read the fact bubble on page 22 then use the internet or non-fiction book to find out facts about your favourite farm animals.  You can write your findings in your jotter.
• Make your own farm.  You can build a model, draw a landscape or create a collage.  Check out the ‘Mini locations‘ section on page 23 for some ideas and things to think about when making your farm.  Here are some ideas:

• Together you can talk about how farms support our communities. What role does the farmer play? Think about what animals produce.  You could look at what food you have at home.  Where does it come from?  Check out the ‘All About Farms’ section on page 23 for some questions to talk about.
• Learn about animals and their young.  Sometimes baby animals have a different name from their mummies.  Can you find out the names of all the different farm animals and their young?

Let’s finish by watching and listening to a story about a very lazy farmer… Here’s ‘Farmer Duck’ by Martin Waddell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6P8l1q6c

We will be back in time for Elevenses with David Walliams.  Remember to keep an eye out for this week’s assembly presentation being posted on the blog.

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Afternoon boys and girls!

Following on from last weeks ‘Silly Face Sandwich’ theme, today we will be making ‘Wacky Face Weetabix’.  Time to have another wee rummage around the kitchen and get creative!

We cannot wait to see your creations!

To finish up this afternoon, lets have another Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure with Colonel Crockles the Crocodile!

See you tomorrow!

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Hi boys and girls!

We hope you enjoyed your reading tasks this morning.  Now it is story time with David Walliams:

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

For Maths today we are going to be learning how to compare lengths and heights using particular words to describe the differences.

We use certain words to compare the lengths and height of objects, such as:

• long, longer and longest
• short, shorter and shortest
• tall, taller and tallest

Please visit BBC Bitesize using the link below and watch the videos before completing the activities:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zf4vbdm

Activity 1

Length or height?

Lengths are usually measured sideways, like the snakes above. Heights are measured upwards, like the giraffes standing on the ground.

Can you find pairs of objects around your home to compare and see which is the shorter of the two and which is the longer?

Compare your height with someone in your family. Who is the taller and who is the shorter?

Activity 2

If you can, print off this activity to complete at home.  If you are unable to print it out, you can write your answers inside your jotter.

Measure Activity 2

After all that hard work, let’s get outside and do the daily mile.  Check out more Daily Mile At Home Challenges below:

Have fun and we will be back after lunch time!

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping

Good morning boys and girls!

Hope you are ready for PE with Joe this morning:

Now it is time for PM writing!  Today we are learning more about words and sentences.

Have a look at the story above and ask the children to:

• read the sentences with help from an adult.
• talk about the extra information that the writer has added in blue.  What does it tell us that we didn’t already know?
• identify who, where and when
• identify the sentences that tell us what happened first, then and after that.
• read the last sentence and identify how the writer felt when the bird flew away and why.

Next, take out ‘The Bird ans the Cat – Activity 5’ from you pack:

recount_bird_and_cat-activity5

The purpose of this task is to write a simple recount about The Cat and the Mouse with support.  First, read the words that label the picture then read the tricky words.  Using these words to help you, you are now ready to write your story.  If you want to draw your own picture on the back, that would be lovely, but please do not feel you have to.

Take your time.  Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.  We look forward to reading your stories!

Mrs Bryce and Mrs Topping