Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below). Games are also freely available online at phonics play; https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Reading - Oxford Owl are providing reading books online for your child to access. Teach your monster to read app is also free and available for children to use which reinforces phonics sounds and encourages reading.

Oxford Owl can be found here; https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

‘Teach Your Monster To Read’ App can be found here; https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Maths 

This week we will be focusing on Fractions; Summer Term - Week 11 (w/c 6th July).

Supporting videos can be found here; https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Year-1-Summer-Week-11.pdf 

Lesson 1 - Find half (1)

Lesson 2 - Find half (2) 

Lesson 3 - Find quarter (1)

Lesson 4 - Find quarter (2) 

Phonics/Spelling

Please continue to learn your spellings. 

For phonics this week, I would like you to accsess the spelling frame website. https://spellingframe.co.uk/. 

If you click on 'Year 1' you can practise any of the spelling rules that are listed there. 

English 

This week, we will be learning about St George and the Dragon. Miss Browne will take us through a series of lessons 

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/saint-george-and-the-dragon. Ow, o-e, oa will be the sound of the week for the focus of these lessons. 

Science

This week, we will begin to look at nocturnal animals. Do you know what the word nocturnal means?

On the Chester Zoo website there is lots of interesting information about nocturnal animals. Please pick one animal to read about. https://www.chesterzoo.org/schools/resources/the-nocturnal-animals-fact-file-collection/  After that, i would like you to choose an animal of your own to research and find out about. 

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below). Games are also freely available online at phonics play; https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Reading - Oxford Owl are providing reading books online for your child to access. Teach your monster to read app is also free and available for children to use which reinforces phonics sounds and encourages reading.

Oxford Owl can be found here; https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

‘Teach Your Monster To Read’ App can be found here; https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

We hope that you have had a lovely weekend, this week in school we will be covering the following…

Maths

Summer term wk 10 (W/c 29^th June) –

Lesson 1 - Ordering numbers

Lesson 2 - Recognising coins

Lesson 3 - Recognising notes

Lesson 4 - Counting in coins

Videos to match these worksheets can be found via the video links on the document attached below.

English

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/english - scroll right to the bottom of the page. The heading is called instruction writing.

This week Miss Browne will be teaching us to write a set of instructions. The lessons will be based around the story Eddie’s garden. This also is going to link with our science topic for this week.

Phonics / Spellings

A new set of spellings are attached for you to find below.

Please can you also practise decoding and reading alien words that are attached for our phonics this week. Please dont feel the need to go through all of the words, I know there are a lot but they are always there if you wish to refer back to them at a later date. 

Science

This week will be looking at plants and what they need in order to grow. Attached below is a PowerPoint. Towards the end of the PowerPoint there is an activity which asks children to use some resources to create their own flower and then use the word labels to place them in the correct place. We will then be planting our own ‘bean in a bag’ in order to watch how the bean grows and develops over time. Instructions for this can also be found attached below.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Dear Year One parents and families,

Thank you so much to you all for taking part in our zoom calls last week, it was lovely to see all of the children and how much they have all grown over the lockdown period. We are grateful for all of the work and support from parents during this time. As our value this month is ‘independence’, this week when we take part in the zoom calls, I would like children to share how they have been independent since not being at school. This could be as simple as looking after a pet, making their bed in the morning or getting themselves dressed.

Many thanks,

Miss White

Maths

This week we are going to be focusing on counting to 100.

Summer Term – Week 9 (W/k22nd June)

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Lesson 1 - Counting to 100

Lesson 2 - Partitioning numbers

Lesson 3 - Comparing numbers (1)

Lesson 4 - Comparing numbers (2)

English

I hope that you all enjoyed listening to ‘Man On The Moon’ last week and writing recounts as if you were the astronaut! This week Miss Browne will be helping us lean about Fiction books, we will learn and hear the story ‘The Very Noisy Night’ by Diane Henry. Later in the week we will be learning about exclamation marks and when to use them.  

Phonics

Please continue to recap spellings. There are some suggestions of how you could practically practise attached below under last week’s section of work.

Please test your child this Friday choosing 10 spellings at random.

This week can you please recap phase 3 and 5 sounds as usual. After that we will look at some spelling, punctuation and grammar cards which are attached below.

Topic

For topic this week we will be looking at ‘Pollution’ and how this may affect the environment and the surrounding nature. There is a PowerPoint attached below, along with this is a sorting activity for pictures to be sorted into the correct recycling bins. I have also attached a reading comprehension, to this page. There are three different types of reading papers along with follow up questions, I woud recommend that children stick with the first reading paper or the second. The first has one star in the left hand corner and the second has two. Please dont worry about the third as children not all children will be familiar with reading comprehension and this is just a practise in preperation for year 2. This video will support and reinforce your child’s learning after the sorting activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSIVXZrWMK4

Art

Following our topic of ‘Man On The Moon’ last week for English, children may like to make an astronaut backpack and helmet using recyclable materials. This can be paper, cardboard and plastic bottles constructed together to invent a new piece of equipment ready to blast off into space.

RE

We will recap the festival of Diwali this week and explore how this is celebrated by Hindus. A video to support this can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks1-the-hindu-story-of-rama-and-sita/zdtmnrd. Children can use paper and pencils to draw around their own hand to create a template. They may like to design a Mehndi pattern of their own. Also attached is a template for children to create their own Rangoli pattern.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Dear Year One parents and families,

Thank you for your patience and understanding with this week’s technical issues which meant we were unable to carry out the zoom calls as planned. Hopefully we will be back up and running this week so that we can re-schedule the meetings. Just like last week, you will receive an email a day prior to the meetings taking place with a time.

Maths

This week we are going to be focusing on making arrays, looking at doubling and near doubles.

Each follow on activity sheet can be found attached below.

Summer Term Week 8 (W/c 15^th June)

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Lesson 1 – Arrays

Lesson 2 – Doubles

Lesson 3 – Sharing

Lesson 4 – Grouping

English

This week we will be joining Miss Browne to look at the story ‘Man On The Moon’ by Simon Bartram.

You will be imagining that you are the man on the moon this week and writing a recount as if you were an astronaut!

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/english/

This is the link, you will need to scroll down to click on the bottom section which is number 7 with the heading ‘recount’.

Phonics

Please continue to recap spellings. There are some suggestions of how you could practically practise attached below.

This week we will be looking at alternate sounds for ‘or’ aw/augh/au/al/our.

Can you look at the picture and practise writing the words? After that please write the words in a sentence. See if you can write the words in a sentence making the sentence interesting and extending it by using the connective ‘and’.

Topic

Last week we looked at classifying animals into their correct groups. This week we are going to be looking at the history of our local zoo the man who first invented it. Mr Mottershead was the man who first built Chester Zoo. This week we will be looking at his importance in the history of Chester Zoo. Look at the PowerPoint below and then answer the questions attached.

Episodes of ‘The Secret Life Of The Zoo’ which is filmed at Chester Zoo can also be found here should your child be interested in getting to know more about the zoo; https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-life-of-the-zoo/on-demand/63638-001 parental guidance will be required.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Maths

This week we will be looking at counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. The link to the website can be found here;

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ where you can watch the videos that match with the sheets that can be found below.

Remember, there are counting by 2’s 5’s and 10’s videos which help us to remember the sequence.

Counting by 2’s – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ

Counting by 5’s – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EemjeA2Djjw

Counting by 10’s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs

You can practise counting in 2’s at home by helping pair socks together and counting them in 2’s.

Count by 5’s and 10’s by counting everyone’s fingers and toes in your house.

For Fridays lesson, I have included a fairy tale multiplication challenge. See if you can have a go at completing these tasks to help the fairy tale characters get to the right house.

English

I hope you all enjoyed writing some lovely poems last week!

This week you will be joining Miss Browne for ‘dinosaur week’ as she takes you through a series of lessons which will help you to write an information text.

The link can be found here; https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1/english#subjects if you scroll down to the heading ‘information text’ and the first lesson has the title ‘Terrifying T-Rex’.

Phonics

Last week we looked at the alternative sounds for ‘ee’. This week we move on to the alternate sounds for ‘er’. See the sheet attached to discuss the pictures for the different ‘er’ sounds that the words contain. Can you think of any more of your own examples?

The app ‘Teach Your Monster To Read’ has become available to use via iPad or computer free of charge. This website covers reading words and whole sentences including recapping phonics sounds. Children will need supervision and assistance when using this app.

Please see new set of spellings attached below.

PSHE

Our new value as we enter the month of June is independence. Other values that may link with this are self-belief and determination. How can you be independent? I would like you to learn something new this week that encourages independence. This could be washing your own dishes after your breakfast, lunch or tea. It could be that you are putting your own clothes away after they have been washed. You could make your bed in the morning when you get up. Maybe if you have a pet at home, how are you independently looking after it?

Topic/Science

This week I would like you to investigate what some scientific terms mean, these are;

• Amphibian
• Reptile
• Mammal
• Birds
• Fish
• Insects

This will then help us to then group different types of animals. There is an activity below which has pictures of different animals, your job is to group the animals, thinking about the characteristics of the different groups. The PowerPoint will help you to group these pictures.

‘Save Our Zoo’

As you have probably heard this week Chester Zoo need our help in order to keep the zoo open while it is currently closed to visitors. Chester Zoo need donations from the public in order to cater for the animals. Please can you make your own poster to raise awareness and show your support for the Zoo.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Maths

We will be going back to the White Rose website this week. Although under the heading summer term wk 5 (w/c 1^.06.2020 ) the subject is mass, we will be clicking on the link directly beside this which says ‘click here to find an alternative plan’ as we have already covered mass earlier in lockdown. Instead I would like you to focus on shape. This link should take you to the video lessons based around shape; https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Year-1-Week-6-Alternative-Plan.pdf

The sheets to follow up from these videos are attached as normal below.

If you would also like to play some shape games, they can be found here https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=3D+shapes on the top marks website.

 Before or even after you have completed your shape work, you may like to go on a shape hunt around your house or garden to explore what everyday things are 3D shapes.

English

This week we are going to be looking at poems. We have shared many poems in school and I thought I would attach one from the book ‘Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots’ by Michael Rosen. Have a read and discuss whether you like the poem and what bits you like best. Following that, I would like you to go this link https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1/english#subjects and scroll right to the bottom where there is the heading ‘poems’. This is a series of lessons which by the end of the week you will have started to write you own poem.

Phonics

The week before half term we looked at the alternate sounds for ‘igh’. This week we are going to look at the alternate sounds for ‘ee’. Please see sheet attached with pictures of different words that have the ‘ee’ sound. When you have identified the word, please could you ask your child to write this in a sentence. For example, the first picture is showing a leek. The sentence may be something like; Please can I have some leek and potato soup for my lunch today?

This video also shows the different ‘ee’ sounds; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9I-8iKE3Gk

Topic

Following on with our animal topic, I have some quizzes attached below which would like you to investigate what animals eat for their lunch and what animals homes are like that they live in. I would like you to have a go at thinking which animal you think may live in this house first. Then, with an adults help and supervision you may like to use the internet to investigate what a real life home of these animals looks like.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Hello Year One, I hope you are and your families are all keeping well. In normal circumstances this week would have been half-term, and I know that you have all been working so hard on the tasks set on the website. This week I am going to put a selection of activities which are a bit of a recap of skills. I hope that you can enjoy the beautiful sunshine this week, whether that may be in your garden or going on beautiful walks! Have a lovely week! x 

Phonics

I have attached some phonics games that you might like to play. Some of them require printing, although these are just ideas and dont have to be used as you could always make your own or similar using paper and coloured pens. 

Maths 

Attached are some maths activitiy mats and challenge cards, these aren't focused on using one particular skill. Instead they have a range of questions covering many of the things we have looked at in maths this year.

Topic 

Continuing with the topic of 'animals' this week, I have attached some quiz sheets along with some spotting sheets you may like to take with you on your outdoor exercise this week. 

As we come to the end of May, we have looked at our value self-belief this month. I would like you to have a think about the meaning of this word and think about the following questions;

What is self-belief?

Why is self-belief important?

How have I/can I show that I have self-belief?

You might like to make a poster that shows the answers to the questions. 

Sometimes in school, we listen to calming music and practise a little bit of mindfulness. You might like to try this at home this week, an activity is attached below which involves tensing and relaxing our bodies.

Here is the link to some mindful music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZYbU82GVz4

Art 

Some ideas of animal art are attached below, you might like to make salt dough animal footprints, or an animal from pipe cleaners.

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Maths

This week, we are looking at comparing and measuring length and height. The videos to support children’s learning can be found here; https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ under the heading ‘summer term - week 5 (w/k) 18^th May’.

Supporting sheets to go with the videos will be attached underneath in addition to the answers.

Why not measure length practically in your house by drawing around everybody’s feet or hands that live in your house? You can then use a ruler to measure how long they are and compare length.

English 

This week we will be looking at the story of 'Katie in London' with year one teacher Miss Browne. We already know lots about London, the landmarks and important people that live there! I think you will do an amazing job at this englush task this week. 

https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/english/katie-in-london-year-1-wk2-1#slide-2

Miss Browne will take us through the story, you may need a pencil and piece of paper for activities that she asks you to do.  

As Miss Browne reads the story, she focuses on using expression. Why dont you try this next time you read? 

Phonics

This week we are focusing on the alternate ‘igh’ sound. Please find resources to support this attached. There are flashcards of the different ‘igh’ sounds we may see in words. The sheet shows different pictures, have a go at writing the word on a piece of paper, thinking carefully about which ‘igh’ sound it contains.

Video to reinforce learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNpJFVEjFU

Please continue to learn spellings. I have attached an idea to make a fortune teller that contains the days of the week. This can be used for your spellings, you could play with someone in your house and test each other on how to spell certain words.

This step-by-step guide may help in learning how to make a fortune teller;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpsmrQdN0Do

Reading

Oxford Owl website is allowing access to many books that children read when in school. They can be read online and also have follow on activities, these resources can be found here;  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk    

It does require you to sign up with an email, when you have done this the majority of the resources are free.

PE 

This month our new value is 'Self-beleif'. This supermovers video has some great lyrics which remind us that we are all fantastic, have a go at joining in with the dance and see if you can learn the words! 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-pshe-believe-with-naomi-wilkinson/zjchd6f 

Below are some yoga excercises that follow a fairy tale theme. See if you can stretch your bodies following the different prompt cards. 

Topic 

Following last weeks task to research an animal of your own choice. This week I will attach a sheet which I would like you to look at. With your grown ups at home, discuss the names of these animals. If you dont know their name, dont worry, this gives you chance to learn something new and find out what it is called. Look at how they are similar and how they are different. There will be a sheet attached, which contains three animals and a space to choose an animal yourself. You will need to label the animal and write a sentence to describe them. For the first animal which is a dog, this could be something such as; 

A dog has two ears, four paws, a tail and two eyes. Their bodies have fur and they use their nose to smell. 

Daily Essentials:

Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Maths

This week you will be looking at summer term week 4 – the focus is adding and subtracting within numbers to 20. This will include looking at word number problems. This link will allow you to watch videos on each of the daily topics, however, the worksheets corresponding to each lesson will now be uploaded to the website. You can find these below.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

English

This week, I would like you to continue the virtual lessons with Miss Browne. She will take you through a series of lessons which incorporate spellings and phonics. This week the theme is based around the story of George and the Dragon.

 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1/english#subjects

Phonics

Following on from last weeks alternate sounds, this week we will be looking at the alternate sounds for ‘ou’ / ‘ow’. I will also attach a phonics game for you to have a little go at. Attached is also a sheet for the alternate sounds, these all contain pictures, which you can have a go at writing the word for. This doesn’t have to just be written down, you could make the word using play dough or write it with your finger it in something such as sand/foam.

New spelling list for this week is attached.

Science

This week I would like you to choose your favourite animal and do some research on it. I would like you to find out the following things;

What are their body parts? Draw and label your animal.

Does it have claws, paws, feet?

What type of fur do they have?

Is it skin, feathers, fluff, or scales?

Where in the world does your animal come from?

What type of environment do they like to live in?

Is it hot, or cold?

What does it eat?

Art

I would like you to have a go at creating your own sunshine picture using something other than a paintbrush to paint with. Ideally you may need something that creates a dot or a round printing shape. This could be a stick, or the suggested item to use is a cotton bud. You can draw your sushine first if you would like, or use the template included, otherwise you can have a go freehand. 

Daily Essentials:

- Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

- Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

- Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

English

This week for English, I would like you to access the website link below where a year 1 teacher will take you through a series of lessons on how to write instructions. There are five lessons in total, one for each day of the week. The teacher is called Miss Brown and she will take you through a series of lessons that are around 15 minutes each. For the lessons you may need a pen and paper to complete the activities. The teacher may also ask you to pause the video, for you to discuss answers with your grown up.

Instruction Writing: Sam's Sandwich

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1/english#subjects

Maths

This week’s focus will be on fact families, there are a series of lessons, which include a video to watch followed by a worksheet to complete each day of the week.

Here is the link: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Phonics

Now that we have looked at all of the phase 5 sounds, we are going to revisit the sounds and look at the alternatives.

This week we are going to look at the sound ay, ai, a_e. All which make the same sound but are just applied differently in different spellings. I have attached a sheet which children can complete by looking at the images and having a go at writing the spelling on a piece of paper. Encouraging children to think about which ai, ay, a_e sound it may be for that word.

Please continue to use phonics play, and forest phonics to reinforce children’s phonics knowledge. I have also attached real and alien words for all of the ay, ai and a_e sounds for reading practise.

Science

After watching and identifying our 5 senses, this week I would like you to complete this scavenger hunt in the garden. As you find these things, discuss which sense we are using to find the different things.

Phonics

Please recap all of phase 5 sounds, next week we will be looking at the alternate graphemes that make the same sound.  

Here are some useful links to help;

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling

English 

Watch the story of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pk64x/the-gruffalo

The Gruffalo

Monday – Character description of the Gruffalo. What words are used throughout the story to describe him? Can you think of any better adjectives to describe the Gruffalo? What other synonyms can you think of instead of the word ‘terrible’?

Tuesday – Gruffalo food menu. Throughout the story, the mouse talks about the Gruffalo’s ‘favourite foods’. Use these to make a menu for a Gruffalo themed cafe.

Wednesday –  Think about what you would do if you met the Gruffalo. What would you say? Would you trick the Gruffalo like the mouse did? Write about it using the title ‘If I met the Gruffalo...’.

Thursday – Create your own Gruffalo. Design your own fictional Gruffalo character with different features to the original. Draw/colour it and then label the main features using exciting adjectives.

Friday – Identifying rhyming pairs in the story. Can you spot the rhyming words in the story? Write down or record any rhyming pairs you can find.

Maths

Following from focusing on doubles last week, this week we are going to look at finding half and finding quarter. This can also be done practically using things such as toys or food at mealtimes.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Science

This term we are looking at the topic animals including humans.

Please discuss parts of the body with your child, naming different parts.

I have attached a PowerPoint that you may like to go through that talk about the five senses. You may like to test these senses by seeing what you can hear, smell, see, taste and touch during daily exercise.  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm

PHSE

Our new value is 'Curiosity'. Over the next few weeks we will post two questions per week. This week’s questions are;

• Why do we yawn?
• Why do our teeth fall out?

Please feel free to research and discuss questions of your own that you may be curious about.

PE

Below are a selection of yoga cards that children may like to try.

Art

Some ideas are attached of creative things you can be making this week out of recyclable materials at home.

Daily Essentials:

- Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

- Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

- Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Phonics 

This week I would like you to focus on split digraph o_e

This video will help to support the different 'o' sounds; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQFilBxEseg

Please then log on to phonics play, username; march20  password; home 

Select phase 5 on the game and a selection of sounds should come up, please click o_e. 

I have attached flash cards of words which contain the o_e sound below this document. 

English 

I would like you to write a recount of your Easter Sunday, telling me what you did using sequence words such as first, next, after that, then, and finally. A recount is telling someone about something that has already happened. Please use detail to explain in your sentetences, such as who was there and what you were doing. Dont forget capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and to read your work back to make sure that it makes sense. I would also like you to include what your favourite part was this could include helping to make dinner, eating easter egg, or going on an egg hunt.

Maths 

Using our weight knowledge you might like to bake an Easter cake of your choice. Discuss the weight of the ingredients in grams or kilograms. Here are some ideas on the links below; 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easter_biscuits_37686 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fairycakes_93711

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/eastereggnests_93841

This month would be the start of our new value 'curiosity'. Please discuss together and ask your children to think of some of their own questions for things that they are curious to know the answers for about the world around them. To start think about these questions; 

1. How is rain made?

2. Why cant we see in the dark?

 I'm sure many children at this time will be 'curious' about the Coronavirus and have many questions in this unsettled time. Below is a link for an online and downloadable book that has been created with the intention to settle a few worries and answer a few questions.

https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book-explaining-coronavirus-children-illustrated-gruffalo-illustrator-axel-scheffler/

Spelling

Please continue to work on the Easter spellings, this week I have added a few more. 

Easter, holy, bible, hot cross bun, Jesus, chocolate, chick, bunny, lamb, Sunday, Lent, rabbit, April  

Daily Essentials:

- Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

- Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

- Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Phonics 

This week I would like you to focus on split digraph i_e. 

This video will help to support the different 'i' sounds; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNpJFVEjFU

Please then log on to phonics play, username; march20  password; home 

Select phase 5 on the game and a selection of sounds should come up, please click i_e. 

I have attached flash cards of words which contain the i_e sound, please ask your child to have a go at sounding out and reading.

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure

I have attached a piece of text which contains words that have the sound of the week in. This can be found at the top of the page. Children can have a go at reading independently with the support of an adult if needed. 

Spellings

This week spellings will be an Easter focus please can you have a go at spelling these words;

Easter

holy

bible

hot cross bun 

Jesus

chocolate

chick

bunny

lamb 

Maths 

Please can you recap addition and subtraction to 10, 20 and beyond. This weeks focus is going to be on missing numbers. The link attached below, 

To recap at the srart of this, you could make this easter themed by making easter eggs cut in half (see picture below) adding numbers on them and matching up the correct number bond partners. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

You will need to click number bonds and then missing number addition. 

Purple Mash

I have set some tasks on Purple Mash such as 'design your own easter egg' Please feel free to do this practically as well as on the computer, children have experienced mixing primary colours to make new clours, this could be recaped when making a card. Some nice ideas can be seen underneeth. You could make an easter card for somebody in your house. 

Reading 

Please continue to read a range of texts with your child. To recap from last week, see if you can act out the Easter Story, you could make your own props by making with recyclable materials or drawing. 

Year 1 home learning - Week beginning 30th March 

Daily Essentials:

- Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

- Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

- Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Phonics 

Please watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7faYbILI1s which recaps split digraphs. 

This week I would like you to focus on split digraph e_e. 

Please then log on to phonics play, username; march20  password; home 

Select phase 5 on the game and a selection of sounds should come up, please click e_e. 

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure

This Friday 3rd April would have been the spellings test. Please choose 10 spellings at random to test your child. A new spelling list will be uploaded for the following week. 

Reading 

Please continue to read a range of texts with your child at home, including poetry, encouraing the recognition of split digraphs which is the phonics focus for this week. 

Maths 

We have very breifly touched on using a clock on how to tell the time. Please can you reinforce learning telling the time for 'oclock and half past the hour. Use events during the day such as breakfast, lunch time, and tea time to discuss the times of the day looking at a clock. Please ask children the following questions; 

1. Which is the shortest unit of time? Order things from shortest to longest amount of time using the words, second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year. 
2. How many seconds are in one minute?
3. How many hours in one whole day?
4. how many days in one week?

To support this learning there are lots of games which are available on the top marks website - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=time

If your child is confident with o'clock and half past times please encourage quarter to and quarter past times.

English 

Please watch this video https://www.literacyshed.com/littleshoemaker.html

Think about a question you would like to ask that starts with; 

Who?

What?

Why?

Where?

How?

RE

This week we will be looking at the Easter Story you can read the easter story via this link https://www.topmarks.co.uk/easter/easterstory.aspx 

There is also a shorterened version of the Easter Story which can be found here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks1-the-christian-story-of-easter/zhgv47h

If children would like, they can make their own small resurection garden using bits from the garden such as mud, twigs which can be made into a cross and stones. an example picture can be found underneeth. 

Art 

If we are lucky enough to get some more beautiful sunshine this week, take your favourite toy outside to trace around it using the shaddow as the guide. 

Year 1 Home Learning - Week commencing 23rd March 2020

Daily Essentials:

- Phonics - Recap phase 3 and phase 5 sounds each day. (Please see sound mats below).

- Maths - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Number bonds to 10 and 20. 

- Spelling - See year 1 spelling list attached below. 

Maths 

This week we would like you to go on purple mash to...

Explore position and directional language by accsesing the '2GO' in the '2DO' section. Explore using language such as - left, right, forwards, backwards, one quarter turn, half turn, three quarter turn, and whole turn. 

Recap counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. See below videos that can help support this. 

Here are some other websites that may help:

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/

Phonics 

• Recap phase 3 and phase 5 using the sound mats that are attached up to the split digraph a_e.
• Please accsess this useful website to support with phonics learning https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/.

The login is; 

Username: march20

Password: home

Spelling

• Please practise the current spellings that are in your childs yellow spelling book. 
• Year 1 common exception words.

Reading 

Please continue to read a range of texts at home with your child in addition to hearing your child read aloud to you. Please see attached recommended reading list for year 1, should you have any of these books at home. 

Topic/English 

With our topic being based on Great, Great Britain, we would like you to please research information on the events of 'The Great Fire Of London'. We would like you to produce a poster of your choice (similar to a show and tell) that includes facts found from their research. Please watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/37222884  with some information explaining the main facts about the event that took palce. To further support this video please see '2DO' section on purple mash to access a story that also discusses the event. 

Science

In science we are currently focusing on materials, please use opportunities at home to discuss a range of materials and their properties. (See attached list of vocabulary). 

PE 

On youtube there are some great videos if you type in 'Cosmic Kids Yoga' that are story based. 

The link can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

We have been singing songs that help us to learn counting by 2's 5's and 10's. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCcqQxT5Gk - Counting by 2's.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EemjeA2Djjw Counting by 5's. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gmEe0-_ex8 - Counting by 10's.