1 April 2020 : Home learning
Happy April Fools Day!
We are in the fourth month of 2020 already! Sing the months of the year song – https://youtu.be/JABPMyXTZcs
Maths – addition using part whole models
We use part whole models to help us represent number stories and calculations. From a part whole model, a ‘fact family’ can be created. These are calculations that are closely related and match the part whole model. There is an example below.
Look at the other part whole models, copy them into your home learning book and write the addition fact families to go with them.
Challenge : Draw your own part whole model and write the addition fact family to go with it.
Reading – phonics
Copy the questions below into your home learning book. Add sound buttons to the words that you need to sound out (your child should know what these are and there is an example below). Write yes or no to answer them.
Can a boat sail?
Would you scream if you saw a snake?
Has a frog got sharp claws?
Challenge : Think of some more yes/no questions of your own.
Topic – jokes!
It’s April Fools Day. Tell some jokes to your family. Here are some ideas or you could find/tell some of your own.
31 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning!
Keep going with reading, spellings and times tables every day.
Maths
Warm up by singing the big numbers song – https://youtu.be/e0dJWfQHF8Y
There are some numbers missing from this part of the 100 square. Copy it and fill in the missing numbers.
Challenge :
Reading
Read a story book. Write three questions that you would like to ask one of the characters. Remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a question mark. For example –
How did you feel when you found Goldilocks in your house?
Topic – History
We have been learning about chronology in the last few weeks, putting toys in chronological order. Look at the toys timeline we created last week. Talk about what the timeline shows using the words below.
Challenge : Choose 3 or 4 of your own toys. Put them in chronological order of when you got them.
Reading at home
We have had a few emails asking what to do when children have finished reading their school reading books.
Any books you read at home will be fine; story books, comics, magazines, dictionaries, atlases, chapter books, recipes or lists. The children don’t need to be able to read every single word independently. You can read to them, take turns, look for words they can read and talk about the book.
There are also lots of e books on Twinkl for free, ranging from traditional tales to information texts – https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/literacy/reading/reading-ebooks
Just keep reading!
30 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning everyone! It is Monday again, so here are some new spellings and times tables to use throughout the week. Remember to keep reading every day too.
Y1 spellings
- she
- so
- some
- there
- their
- they
- to
- today
Y2 spellings
- every
- everybody
- eye
- fast
- father
- find
- floor
- gold
- grass
- great
Times tables for this week is the times 5 facts and divide 5 facts (for Y2s) and counting forwards and backwards in 5s (for Y1s).
Maths
Sing along with the counting in 3s song – https://youtu.be/V96IZWctZYA
Copy and compete the number patterns.
0, 2, 4, 6, …., 10, …., 14, …., ….
0, 5, …., 15, …., …., 30, …., ….
0, 10, 20, 30, …., …., …., 70, ….
0, 3, 6, 9, …., 15, …., …., 24
Challenge :
16, 14, 12, …., …., 6, …., 2, 0
50, 45, 40, …., 30, …., 20, ….
100, 90, 80, …., …., …., …., ….
24, 21, …., 15, …., 9, …., 3, 0
Challenge : Make your own ‘Guess my number’.
Reading
Read the ‘Hide and Seek’ text and answer the questions in your home learning book.
You can also use the text as ‘reading fluency’. We do this every day at school, reading the same text each day. The aim is to develop fluency and expression when reading. Each day we would focus on a different aspect of the text eg vocabulary (what do the words mean), punctuation (taking note of commas, full stops) and tricky spellings. By the end of year 2, children are expected to be reading approximately 90 words per minute.
Topic : Geography
Watch and sing along with the continents song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE
Write a list of all the continents. Remember that proper nouns begin with a capital letter (names of continents).
If you have a globe or atlas, you could try to find them on there too.
27 March 2020 : Home learning
Happy Friday!
Read for 20 minutes and work on your times tables.
Maths
Warm up by counting in 2s – singing along with the song https://youtu.be/JyCr0IgbYcI
Reading/writing
Choose one of your favourite toys. Tell someone about it, using some adjectives to describe what it looks like, what it can do and what it is made of.
Challenge : write some sentences about it – remember your ‘Must Dos’
Topic : Geography
Sing the song about the UK – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqDJW4EhmE
Write a list of all the countries and capital cities in the UK. Remember that proper nouns begin with a capital letter (names of countries and capital cities are all proper nouns).
If you have a globe or atlas, you could find them on there too.
26 March 2020 : Home learning
Thursday already!
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and work on spellings/times tables.
Maths
Warm up by counting in 5s – singing along to the song https://youtu.be/cJ4jV14Oz5I
Reading
Go on a phoneme (sound) hunt around your house looking for green sounds in words.
Write a list of the words you find.
eg toy, tray, slide, plate
Challenge : put the words you find into sentences.
Topic : Living and learning
We have been talking about body image in our Living and Learning lessons. We have talked about knowing how our body feels when we are relaxed and calm. We can use different techniques to calm ourselves. There are some ideas in the table below. Try some out and teach one to someone else in your house.
| Listen to relaxing music. Close your eyes if that is comfortable. | Sit down and rest your head on your hands on a table. |
| Breathing hug
Start with both arms in the air. Put one hand across your tummy and the other on your shoulder. Breathe slowly in and out. Focus on the breathing. |
Breathing tree
In a standing position, raise your arms as you breathe in and release your arms back down as you breathe out.
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| Ok breathing
Make an ‘ok’ sign on your tummy and slowly breathe in and out. This sign is to represent that it is ok to feel different emotions. No emotions are bad. Emotions change and you won’t feel like that forever. |
Belly breathing
Sit or lay down, place your hands on your belly and close your eyes. As you take a big breath in, blow up your belly like a balloon (place a favourite toy there to feel it moving). Hold the breath briefly and then slowly exhale deflating the balloon in your belly. |
| Nose breathing
Place one finger on one nostril, breathe in, then place the other finger on the other nostril and close for a beat. Release and open the opposite nostril to breathe out. |
Emotion bottle
Make your own emotion bottle. This is a bit like a snow globe. Shake it up and watch it. The bottle is our mind. The glitter is our emotions. Let the bottle clear. To make your own, take a bottle, add glitter (different colours could represent different emotions), optional food colouring and seal it closed. |
| Focus on an object
Focus on an object for 90 seconds. If you lose focus, make an effort to bring the focus back to the object. |
Starfish meditation
This is a great way to refocus the mind. Spread your fingers on one hand like a star fish. Slowly trace your finger, from the other hand, around your fingers and hand. Continue until you feel calm. |
| In addition to these techniques, you could also try:
· Listening to guided meditations for children (https://annakaharris.com/mindfulness-for-children/) · Listening to mindfulness music · Mindful colouring and doodling · Yoga poses especially balances · Cosmic Kids yoga and mindfulness (https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga)
· https://www.gonoodle.com/ (mindfulness and active brain breaks) |
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25 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning.
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and have another go at your spellings and (Y2s) times tables. Don’t forget you can email us if you have any questions about the learning or want to send any photos in of what you’re up to.
vickylatham@spherefederation.org
katieparling@spherefederation.org
natalielake@spherefederation.org
Maths
Count in 10s singing along with the song – https://youtu.be/BokH3_zaLiA
The challenge is at the bottom of the slide : choose any number between 0-9 and add 10 as many times as you can.
Reading
Go on a phoneme (sound) hunt around your house looking for orange sounds in words.
Write a list of the words you find.
eg chips, coin, dish, spoon
Challenge : put the words you have found into sentences.
Play some phonics games on Phonics Play.
Topic : Drama/movement (performing poetry)
Read the poem a few times during the day. See if you can recite it from memory. Add some actions to match the words.
Challenge : find the rhyming words in the poem and write some more words that rhyme.
24 March : Home learning
Good morning!
Remember to read for 20 minutes today and work on your spellings/times tables too.
Maths
Sing along with the ‘Big Numbers Song’ https://youtu.be/e0dJWfQHF8Y
Find one more and one less than each number on the slide. Write them in your home learning book.
Challenge : 
Reading
Read a story book. Draw or write a story map showing what happens in the story.
Topic : Weather and Seasons
Draw an outfit for each season of the year and write a list of the clothes and weather you would be likely to see in that season (there is an example below).
23 March 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
Here are your tasks for today. Each day we will set three main tasks.
We would also like you to read for at least twenty minutes per day – to yourself, your mum, dad, teddy or pets. It could be in two, 10 minute sessions.
Each Monday, we will also upload a set of spellings for you to practise over the course of the week. Then on Friday, see if you can write them out without looking at them. Someone could test you if you want.
Y2s will also have a set of times table or division facts to learn.
Year 1 spellings
- me
- mine
- ask
- asking
- asked
- no
- some
- school
Year 2 spellings
- child
- children
- Christmas
- class
- climb
- clothes
- cold
- could
- door
- even
Times tables : times 2 and divide 2
Maths
Watch and join in with the doubles song : https://youtu.be/8jOzhiACB68
Make 10 in as many ways as you can.
eg 5+5=10, 10=4+6, 1+4+4+1=10, 15-5=10
Make 20 in as many ways as you can.
eg 10+10=20, 1+19=20, 2+18=20, 25-5=20, half of 40 is 20.
Reading
Read about the seasons and answer the questions in your home learning book.
1. How many seasons are there in one year?
2. In which season do leaves start to grow on the trees?
3. What type of weather is there more of in the summer?
4. Copy and complete : In autumn, leaves change colour and fall from the _________.
5. List all the clothes you might need in winter.
Science
Sort the toys in your bedroom according to their material eg plastic, wood, metal.
Challenge: Sort the toys again, according to their properties eg rigid, smooth, bendy. Take a picture or draw your groups.
Emailing teachers
Email teachers if you’re unsure about some aspect of the home learning. The email addresses follow the same pattern in Key Stage 1 and 2: joebloggs@spherefederation.org