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Hi everyone – there has been lots of press coverage about this today but in case you have not seen it the Virtual School Library (Oak National Academy and the National Literacy Trust) is launched today.

Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.

Oak National Academy link: https://library.thenational.academy/

National Literacy Trust link: https://wordsforlife.org.uk/virtual-school-library/

The NLT library was launched in September and there are 22 authors in the back catalogue already.

Wednesday 20th January

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

We apologise if you have had challenges viewing the videos. We have uploaded our videos in a different way today. Hopefully this will now be rectified. Email us if you are still experiencing technical difficulties.

Today's Learning Schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics

Science

Storytime

Maths

Tens and Ones.  

‘Watch this video on how to build numbers 11-20 using tens and ones. Then complete your level on the sheet below.’ 

Writing - planning a story

Today we are going to start the writing process to make up our own story, based on the story of The Three Little Pigs.

Watch the video and then choose to answer question 1,  2 or 3. 

You may choose to change only one element of the story and that is fine. You can come up with your own ideas, or copy mine.

Phonics

(Due to a technical issue today,  Mrs Rolfe's phonics video would not upload. So the children will be happy to have a Geraldine the Giraffe video instead! )

Science - Reptiles

Carrying on with our topic about animals, we are looking at reptiles today. Watch the short video clip, and then look at the document. Identify which of the animals are reptiles. Can you name them? Can you think of anymore?

For an extra challenge, you can write a fact or two about reptiles.

Good Morning 

Tuesday 19th January

Today's Learning Schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics

PE

Storytime

Maths 

Today you are going to look at representing numbers to 20. You will need to match the number with the correct quantity. Click on the link below and watch the Oak teaching video. You do not need to complete their task online, you can just use our sheet. Remember there are 3 different levels for you to choose from. 

Writing 

This week's grammar work is adding the suffix 'er'. Look at the presentation to introduce the topic, then complete the task. Remember you only need to do one page. Look in the top left-hand corner. * = easiest, ** = medium, *** = hardest.

PE - Dance

Today's lesson is about shaking your hips and getting moving. Here are a couple of videos to watch. See if you can join in with the actions. You could even make up your own dances to your favourite music.  See if you can get anyone else in your family to join in with you.

Good Morning

Monday 18th January

Today's Learning Schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics

Geography

Storytime

Maths

We are now moving on to our next maths topic. We are going to be looking at our numbers to 20. Today you need to practice counting forwards and backwards to 20. Here is a counting down video which is normally more tricky than counting up! You can have a boogie with it while learning your numbers. 

Friday 15th January

Well done children and parents for all your home schooling this week.

You are all stars!

Today's Learning Schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics

RE

Storytime

Writing - Plurals.

As always, choose a level of diffculty. Look at the stars in the top left corner. 1 star = level one, 2 stars = level 2 and 3 stars = level 3.

RE - The Bible

Watch these two short clips about the bible and then answer the questions on the sheet.

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Thursday 14th January

Today's Learning Schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics

History

Storytime

Maths 

Today we are looking at how addition and subtraction number sentences are related. These are called fact families. E.g
2 + 3 = 5       5 - 2 = 3
3 + 2 = 5       5 - 3 = 2 

Watch the video and then complete the sheet.
Can you spot the mistake Miss Howell makes right at the end with her number cards? Let us know if you find it! (Us teachers get things wrong sometimes too!)

Writing 

Continuing to write up the story of The Three Little Pigs.

Watch the video below and then look at the document. Remember to choose a task that is suited to your child's ability.

1. is the easier task and 3. is the most challenging.

History - Homes

Have a look at the photos on the task document. What is similar and what is different about them? Choose two of the pictures to draw and compare the two pictures.

List what is similar and what is different.

Have a walk around your local area at the different types of houses you see. What is similar and different about them?

Wednesday 13th January
Welcome Back!

Today's learning

Maths
Writing
Phonics
Science

Story Time 

Maths 

Today you are going to practice subtraction on a number line again. This time we are looking at worded problems.  Please watch the teaching video below. I recommend starting it 1minute 30sec into the video to skip the revision task. 
Then complete the sheet provided below. 

Writing Wednesday

Writing - Writing up the story - The Three Little Pigs
Watch the short video.
Choose a task. 1 is easier and 3 is harder than task 2

Science - Animals - birds and fish

Have a look at these short videos about birds and fish. Then look at the document with pictures of various types of birds and fish. Can you say which are birds and which are fish? How do you know?

Tuesday 12th January
Good morning!  

Today's learning

Maths
Writing
Phonics
PE

Story Time 

Writing  - capital letters for days of the week.

Have a go at number

1. spotting the errors 

2. listing the days of the week in order.

Extra challenge 

3. Write your sentences using the days of the week.

Monday 11th January
Welcome to a new week 

Today your work is:
Maths
Writing
Phonics
Geography

Story Time 

Join us on Zoom for a catch up @ 2.15 today. Details were sent through text. 

Follow this link to play an interactive game if you wish to extend your learning. 

https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2016/05/10/08/28/28/967/20163_content/Take_Away_from_20.html?username=

Geography 

Today we are going to recap the names of the 7 continents. Watch the continent song below - some may already know it! 

Your task is to use the video to collect facts about each continent. You can write or draw& label information. You might want to include animals that you see, the famous food, river etc. You can complete it on the sheet provided or on any spare paper you have at home. 

Good Morning!

Friday 8th Jan 

Today's learning schedule

Maths

Writing 

Phonics

PSHE

Storytime

Maths 

In Year 1, we continuously have to practice the number bonds to 10. These are the 2 numbers that are friends and have a strong bond that always make 10. E.g 1 + 9, 2 + 8 etc. 
This is a refresher lesson to practice recalling the number bonds. 
Follow the link below to a number bond lesson. Then complete the sheet on this website. Remember you don't need to complete all 3 sections as they increase in difficulty. Stop when your child has been challenged enough. 

Writing - Plurals adding s

On Fridays we will be doing grammar work. Please watch the videos about adding s to make plurals. Then answer the questions on the first sheet of the worksheet. If you can, try and ask the questions on the next page too.

PSHE

This terms PSHE theme is Healthy Hygiene! Read through the powerpoint and learn about the importance of handwashing. I have attached the link to a 'Hand washing Song'! 

Then your task is to create a poster about the importance of handwashing. Include pictures, facts and information. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/washing-your-hands-song 

Thursday 7th January 
Happy Thursday 

Today's learning schedule

Maths - APOLOGIES. There is a mistake on todays math sheet. '3-6=' should say '6-3='

Writing

Phonics - choose the relevant group

Topic

Reading

Wednesday 6th January

Good Morning!

Today's learning schedule

Maths

Writing

Phonics - choose the relevant group

Science

Reading

Science 

Mammals and Amphbians.

Watch the videos to remind yourself what is a Mammal and an Amphbian. Do the quiz on the website too. Draw a picture of your favourite mammal and amphbian. You can label your animals or write a description of what features make them a mammal or amphbian.

Tuesday 5th January

Happy New Year!

Please bare with us today as we implement home learning. In the meantime, there are plenty of activities below you can try.

Thank you 

A few days absence:

If your child is away from school for a few days and they are well enough to complete school work, please:
- Hear them read their school reading book or a book from home of their choice. Please record this in their yellow reading record. 
-Practice counting to 20 forwards and backwards. Make it fun with jumping, climbing the stairs, star jumps etc! Could challenge them to say one more or one less than a given number. 

 - Practice reading and writing some of our 'tricky' words. Please see document below for some examples. 

- You might also use the internet to research any topics that are studied in school. Please see the planning documents section of the class webpage.

A week or more absence:

If your child is away from school for a week or more, it is important that they access the curriculum that their classmates are benefitting from. With this in mind, it is advisable that they have compete a maths, writing task AND phonics daily. I have added additional subjects as well. 

Phonic games:
Here is a list of website that contain useful phonic games. Please choose the correct phase for your child - you will find this on your school reading book. In the top right corner you will see a circle sticker and this will tell you what phase your child is on. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

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Happy Thursday 

26th November 

Tomorrow is a school inset day so there will be no home learning. Well done for all your efforts over the last 2 weeks. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday!

Today's Learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics

Science

Practise The Christmas Calypso

Maths 

Today you are going to practice your addition skills to make sure you are confident adding two numbers. 

Some questions use a 'bar model', this is exactly the same as a part, part whole so please don't get confused.

Writing

Watch the video. Then you can either complete the sentences on the worksheet or make up your own sentences as I did in the video.

Extra challenge - Do both activities.

Too hard? - Find items around the house and write the words adding 's' to make it a plural.

Phonics 

Science

This week we are looking at reptiles. Watch the video about reptiles. Then draw a picture of two different reptiles and label them. Can you list some reasons why these animals are reptiles?

Happy Wednesday!

25th November 

Today's Learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics

Topic

Practise Christmas Calypso

Story

Maths

Today we are comparing number bonds. Work out the answers to the addition questions on each side and then find out which number is the biggest. Fill in he correct 'Charlie Croc' symbol. 

The symbols you can use are:

>  =  <

Too difficult? Just practice simple addition questions.

E.g 2 + 2 =       4 + 2 =        1 + 3 =      2 + 1 =     3 + 2 =    etc. 
 

Writing - suffix 'ing'

1. Watch the video

2. Either use some of the photos on the photos document to write a couple of sentences, add 'ing' on to the ends of words to describe what the children are doing (or use your own ideas). Or you can complete the sentences on the worksheet document.

Extra challenge - Have a go at doing both of the activities.

Too Hard? - try and write the verb of what they are doing. eg. drawing or jumping.

Phonics

Topic

Watch this video of Antarctica. Then make a picture of life in Antarctica. You can draw, paint, collage etc. You could even make a model showing what life is in Antarctica.  You can use whatever materials you may have at home. 

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Good Morning 

Tuesday 24th November

Today's Learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics

PE

Storytime

Singing 

Maths 

Join in with the number bond song. See if you can remember the 2 number bonds that make 10. Eventually you will learn number bonds to 10 off by heart. For the activity, you can use your part, part whole mat to support. 

Writing

1. Watch the video

2. Open up the document. Use the word 'and' to link two phrases to make one full sentence. Parents you will need to support this activity.

See how many sentences you can make.

Extra challenge - Make your own sentences up using the word 'and'.

Too hard? Parents read the sentence starters and the child to finish off the sentence with their own ideas. Copy out one of the sentences you have come up with.

Phonics

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Happy Monday 

23rd November

Today's Learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics

Art

Storytime

Maths

Today we are going over number bonds, especially numbers to 10. Use your part, part whole mat to split up 10 objects and find the different numbers that make 10. Remember number bonds are 2 numbers/parts who are friends that make another number. They have a really good BOND and always stick together to make 10. 

E.g 2 + 8     or     8 + 2

Watch the video and complete the sheet. Reminder you do not need to complete the whole sheet as the levels increase with difficulty. 

Writing

Watch today's video. Look at the document and write a sentence using the word' and' to connect two choices. Don't forget to use adjectives.

Extra challenge - Write a sentence using two adjectives for each item. Write what your brother or sister may want too.

Too hard? Write labels for some of the items, trying to write all of the sounds you can hear in the words.

Phonics

Art

Time to get creative! Can you make a face using weird and wonderful objects? You could use food, household items, twigs/leaves or clothes.... the weirder the better. See if you can include as much detail as possible. Ears, eyebrows, hair etc. 

Send in your most creative faces! See pictures below for inspiration. 

Christmas Song! 

Please learn the attached Christmas song over the week. Each class has to learn a different song and video clips will be put together to form a 'Christmas Service'. I have added the lyrics too.  I know this is tricky but try your best at home.. I will also be trying to learn it!

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Friday 20th November 

G'Day Mate, it is Australian Day! 

Sadly we can't be dressed up together today, but we will rearrange another day in the next few weeks. Welcome to still dress up and send your costumes in!

Today's home learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics
Topic

Storytime X2!

Read a book

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Maths 

Sadly due to technical difficulties Miss Howell hasn't been able to record a maths video for today. Please click on the link below and watch the video called 'Find Number Bonds for Numbers within 10'. 

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/week-6-number-addition-subtraction/

Then complete the sheet attached. Remember, you don't have to complete all levels if it is too difficult. 

Writing

1. Watch the two videos.

2. Write a postcard to someone you know, imagining you are in Australia (it can be on any paper). Finish off these sentences to give more information to your postcode.  Remember to add some adjectives.

The weather is...

I have .....

I am looking forward to...

Phonics

Please ask your child which phonic group they are in and watch the provided video. 
The choices are:
Miss Howell 

Mrs Rolfe/ Mrs Fleet 

Mrs Collins 

Topic - Australia

Buddy is off on his travels around the world again.  Take a look at the document below and then draw 2 or 3 pictures of something Buddy found out about Australia. You could have a go at writing labels or sentences to go with your pictures.

Thursday 19th November 

Good morning everyone.

Who is wearing odd socks today? 

Today's home learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics

PSHE

Storytime

Read a book

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Phonics

Please ask your child which phonic group they are in and watch the provided video. 
The choices are:
Miss Howell 

Mrs Rolfe/ Mrs Fleet 

Mrs Collins 

PSHE

This week it is 'Anti bullying week'. Please see the powerpoint below which teaches children what bullying is, how to spot it and what to do about it. Then, there are some discussion cards to share with your child. Your child could write down their responses. 

Today at school, we would have been wearing odd socks! This is to show how we are all different and unique which is a good thing. Sometimes people get bullied for being different, so we hope that Odd Socks Day helps people understand it's good to be yourself and to except other peoples differences too.  If you have your odd socks on today, send them in... the weirder the better! 

Happy Wednesday!
Wednesday 18th November

Today's learning 

Maths

Writing

Phonics 

Science

Storytime

Don't forget to read!

Maths 

Please watch the teaching video below and then complete the sheet underneath it. There are 3 levels, remember you don't have to complete them all as they increase with difficulty.

Phonics 

Please ask your child which phonic group they are in and watch the provided video. 
The choices are:
Miss Howell 

Mrs Rolfe/ Mrs Fleet 

Mrs Collins 

Writing  - Where do tigers live?

1. Watch the video on tigers from yesterday, or you can look in any books you may have, or do some research on the internet with the help of an adult.

2. Watch the video below!

3. Write the title  - Where tigers live

4. Write a sentence or two about where tigers live. Remember to use adjectives where you can.

Extra challenge - Write about two or three different habitats where tigers live. Don't forget to use two adjectives.

Too Challenging? - Write the first sounds you can hear in each word of your sentence. 

(Remember to think about what sounds you can hear.  Please use a sound mat and word mat and try yourself to spell the words correctly. Sound and words mats can be found at the top of this page.)

Parents - we want the children to have a go at spelling the words themselves. It is more important that they try than it is to spell everything correctly. Thank you.

Science- Animals (birds)

We have been learning about animals. Last week we learnt about the difference between mammals and amphibians.

1. This week I would like you to watch the video below about birds. Then draw a picture of two different types of bird, one that flys and one that doesn't.

2. Write a label for your drawings.

Extra challenge - Write a sentence about birds.

Good Morning  

Tuesday 17th November

Writing - Facts about Tigers

This week we are starting to write facts about tigers. Watch this short video  below, all about tigers.  Today I would like you to write a description of what tigers look like. I would like you to think about using adjectives to give more description to your writing.

1. Write a title for your work today

 What tigers look like

2. Draw a picture of a tiger.

3. I would like you to write at least one sentence, using one adjective (a describing word).

For example 

Some tigers have orange fur and black stripes.

Don't forget to use a capital letter at the beginning of your sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end. Read it all through when you have finished your sentence to make sure it makes sense.

Too easy? Can you write more?

Have a go at writing two or three sentences independently. I would like you to use two adjectives in your sentences.  

Too difficult?

 Can you please write a few words to describe what the tiger looks like instead of writing a sentence.  

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Math - Addition  

Please find the sheet attached below. To help your child you can draw out a part, part whole model on paper. (You will see examples on the sheet, it is the 3 circles!) Your child could use any resources around the house to add the two parts together. E.g coins, sweets, bits of cut up paper etc. 

You'll find 3 different levels, each increasing with difficulty. You do not need to complete all but you might find your child finds some levels easy!

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Phonics

Please ask your child which phonic group they are in and watch the provided video. 
The choices are:
Miss Howell 

Mrs Rolfe/ Mrs Fleet 

Mrs Collins 

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A few days absence:

If your child is away from school for a few days and they are well enough to complete school work, please:
- Hear them read their school reading book or a book from home of their choice. Please record this in their yellow reading record. 
-Practice counting to 20 forwards and backwards. Make it fun with jumping, climbing the stairs, star jumps etc! Could challenge them to say one more or one less than a given number. 

 - Practice reading and writing some of our 'tricky' words. Please see document below for some examples. 

- You might also use the internet to research any topics that are studied in school. Please see the planning documents section of the class webpage.

A week or more absence:

If your child is away from school for a week or more, it is important that they access the curriculum that their classmates are benefitting from. With this in mind, it is advisable that they have compete a maths, writing task AND phonics daily. I have added additional subjects as well. 

These tasks are designed for Autumn 2 curriculum. 

Phonic games:
Here is a list of website that contain useful phonic games. Please choose the correct phase for your child - you will find this on your school reading book. In the top right corner you will see a circle sticker and this will tell you what phase your child is on. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/