Category: School Updates

Good Morning Everyone, Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic Weekend!

Your new learning packs will be available for collection soon, we are having a few technical problems at the moment and when they are resolved we will let you know. So in the mean time some tasks for you to do today.

Activity 1 –  Phonics  – New Sound qu

L.I to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape

S.C. I can blend this sound with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can write this sound

New sound today   You use the back of your throat and lips to form this quiet sound. The sounds q and u are best friends and wherever q goes u like to follow.  Can you practice saying the qu sound? This Youtube clip may help.

Can you use your super blending skills to read the words below ?

qu – i – ck         qu – a – ck        qu – i – l -t          qu – i – z         qu – i – v – e – r

We have now finished Set 4 Sounds. Can you challenge yourself to read the sentences below? The words include most of the sounds we have been learning.

Activity 2 – Reading

L.I. to read words and sentences

S.C. I can use the pictures in a text as a clue to help me with unfamiliar words

S.C. I can use words that I know in a sentence to help predict what an unfamiliar word could be

S.C, I can re-tell the story

Your new reading book from Oxford Owls is A Vet’s Week. Remember go to oxfordowl.co.uk, then my class login (deansprimary1, reading), ebooks, select  age 5-6 then scroll down to A Vet’s Week. Enjoy sharing the story with someone at home and try to re-tell the story using the pictures at the back of the book.

Activity 3 –    Number Talks

L.I. to tell the number of objects in a group quickly and without counting

S.C. I can show the steps I took to solve a problem

S.C. I can explain why I did it the way I did

S.C. I can check my answers and make sure they are correct

Remember Number Talks are all about how you solve a task mentally. For this activity, don’t use anything to help you, just your brain!

For the individual strings below – How many dots do you see and how do you see them?

For the ten frames below – How many dots do you see and how many more to make 10? Top Tip – think doubles and near doubles

In your learning packs there are subtracting sheets from 8, 9 and 10, over the next few days try to complete them. Remember for these activities you can use a number line or concrete materials.

Activity 4  – The Wildlife Trust’s 30 days wild!

I have signed us up to The Wildlife Trust’s 30 days wild! which is an opportunity to have lots of fun and learn a bit about the environment. Below is a nature table, you can create one of your own. In each square it is asking you to collect items from the environment. Have fun collecting them and at the end you could use them to create a beautiful nature picture.

Everyday there is a random act of wildness –

Today’s act is ……. so why not ask someone at home if they can help you take picture of something in nature that is blue. Enjoy!

Have a great day everyone and I will post more activities tomorrow!

 

 

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Friday!

I hope you all had a great day yesterday and managed to complete some of the activities I posted. Some new tasks for you to try. Enjoy!

Activity 1 – New Sound

L.I. to understand that a letter shape is a “picture” of the sound I hear

S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape

S.C. I can blend this sound with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can write the y letter

y is loud green sound. Can you practice saying the sound? The slides below will help you form the letter shape. We use a yak to help us. Down one horn, across the eyes, up the other horn and down his face and curve under his nose, this curve will appear under the line when you are writing this letter.  Practice writing y in your jotter.

           

Can you use your super blending skills to read the words below?

y -a – k         y – u – m             y – u – ck           y – e – s             y – e – t

y – e- ll        y – e – ll – o – w

Next please go to your home learning pack and complete Draw something that begins with the letter y and Circle all the y sounds.

Activity 2 –     Reading     

L.I. to read words and sentences

L.I. to find information in a text

S.C. I can use the pictures in the text as a clue to help me recognise unfamiliar words

S.C. I can use words that I know in a sentence to help predict what an unfamiliar word could be

I hope you enjoyed reading and sharing Bushcraft. It is a non-fiction book meaning that the content is based on facts and real life. I would like you to go to the Guided Reading Activities in your home learning pack and attempt this task  – Can you write a book review? Rate it out of 5 stars. You can download a copy of a book review from the link below or alternatively you can create your own. Important information you must include-

• Topic of the book
• New Words
• Favourite Fact
• Extra information (that you found interesting)
• Star Rating out of 5 and why

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/non-fiction-book-review-activity-sheet-t-inc-12

Activity 3 – Maths

L.I. to solve word problems

S.C. I can understand what the word problem is asking me to do

S.C. I can use pictures, numbers and words to explain what I did and how I did it

As it is Friday and you have been working hard all week on your number talks and subtraction I thought it might be good for you try try some maths challenge cards. Enjoy!

           

     

Activity 4- 

Glasgow Science Center are offering  children the opportunity to continue enjoying science from the center,  virtually of course! Below is a link which will ask you to download a Treasure Hunters App.

https://learning.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/resources/?keystage=early-years&type=at-home

The Science Center have created a game designed to help visitors explore the world around them. Treasure Hunters encourages players to look beyond the most popular objects in the gallery and create a completely unique experience, with the chance to learn about objects they might not have noticed otherwise. everyone can get involved and go head-to-head for badges and treasure. Enjoy!

Have a fantastic weekend, stay safe! I will be back on Monday with more activities.

Good  Morning Everyone! I hope you enjoyed Wellness Wednesday and managed to complete some of the activities.

Some tasks for you to try today.

Activity 1 –  New Sound j

L.I. to understand that a letter shape is a “picture” of a sound I hear

S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape

S.C. I can blend j with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can write this letter to spell words beginning with the sound j

New sound today. J is a loud green sound that you make at the back of your throat. Practice saying the sound.

       

As you can see from the slide above, Jack slides down the beanstalk just like you will do with your pencil, all the way  under the line, then  lift your pencil and put a dot at the top of the cloud. Practice writing the j sound in your jotter. Can you blend the sounds below to make and say words?

j – a – m        j – a – r         j – ee – p           j – e- t           j – u – m – p          j – u – g 

 j – e ll- y

Now choose 2 j words and write a sentence for each.

In our Home Learning Pack you will find a sheet Draw something that begins with the letter j.  Complete the sheet and answer the question at the bottom.

Activity 2 –     Reading

L.I. to read words and sentences

S.C. I can use pictures in the text as a clue to help me recognise unfamiliar words

S.C. I can use words I know in a sentence to help me predict what an unfamiliar word could be.

New book today. Go to Oxford owl and login the usual way using my class login ( deansprimary1 and reading) then e-books, my bookshelf, age 5-6 lastly scroll down to Bushcraft. Enjoy reading and sharing the story with someone at home. Bushcraft is the skill of living in the woods. Its a really interesting book and at the back are questions to read and answer as well as questions to chat about, Enjoy!

Activity 3 – Number Talks

L.I. to find a total without having to count each object

L.I. to make a collection of 10

S.C. I can recognise a pattern in numbers

S.C. I can show the steps I took to solve a problem

S.C. I can explain why I did it the way I did

S.C. I can check my answers and make sure they are correct

Remember Number Talks are all about how you solve a task mentally. For this activity don’t use anything to help you, just your brain!

How many dots do you see and how do you see them?

How many dots do you see and how many more to make 10?

Activity 4  –

L.I. to subtract one digit numbers within 10

L.I. to explore mathematical language

S.C. I can solve a one step subtraction problem using concrete objects or pictorial representations

S.C. I can identify 2 different words that mean subtraction

For this activity I would like you to go to your Home Learning Pack and turn to – Subtraction language Home Activity 14 and Subtracting from 6 Home Activity 16. Please complete these activities and enjoy playing Houses game (it will give you a little extra subtraction practice)

If you would like some extra number practice why not visit this website.

https://www.themathsfactor.com/   Carol Vorderman is the host and she has some good strategies that you may find helpful.

Activity 5 – Topic Forest and Woodland

L.I. identify different habitats

S.C. I can match an animal to its home

For this activity I would like you to go to your home learning pack and turn to Minibeasts and Their Habitats. Try to match the minibeasts to their preferred home. The Youtube clip below will be interesting and hopefully helpful. Enjoy!

Thank you so much Sophie for sending me pictures of your super work, it made my day! I hope you all have a fantastic day. I will be back tomorrow with more activities!

 

 

As always, only complete this when your class teacher asks you to!

This week we are going to use –

https://www.pobble365.com/thank-you/

Look at the picture .

Have a think about who you may want to say thank you to?

(Just ignore all the other questions on the webpage please!)

Can you draw what the person in the picture has said ‘thank you’ for?

Story starter-

Thank you so much for ………

Continue the story in any ways you wish, based on your answers to WHO and WHAT above. It could be based on real life or something from your imagination!

Have fun being creative ! Miss Taylor.

As always, only complete this when your class teacher asks you to!

This week we are going to use –

https://www.pobble365.com/it-must-be-magic/

You have a choice of mild, spicy, hot activities:

Mild – look at the picture and continue the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out!!)

Spicy – answer the Questions and look at the picture and continue the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out !! )

Hot – complete all the activities for “It must be magic”

 

Have fun being creative and using your imagination! Miss Taylor.