Here is some home learning for when you can’t be with us at school.
Remember to send pictures of your child’s home learning to scholesf2@spherefederation.org.
Maths
For this week’s maths learning, we are continuing to learn about the number 5. Spread the activities across the week, at your own pace. For video sessions, your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.
Sessions 1-3 – White Rose Maths Alive in 5 Week 2
We are continuing to embed our knowledge of five. Do you know what a 5pence (5p) looks like? What colour and shape is it? Do you recognise a 2p and a 1p coin? How many 1p or 2p combinations to make 5p can you make?
Can you go on a ‘five hunt’ around your home? What do you find five of? Take photos to record.
We will also be looking at repeating patterns and shapes. Can you spot a pattern, describe a pattern and repeat a pattern? Could you use some toys or objects to create repeating patterns?
Phonics
This week we will be continuing to recap our phase 2 sounds.
Watch and join in the Jolly Phonics songs.
(This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.)
Lesson 1– Blending
Read each word by saying the sounds then blending together.
pat, doll, fuss, gap, sock, kick, sack
Lesson 2– Recap Phase 1- listening for blends.
Play ‘eye spy’ together, by sounding out things you can see in the environment. For example:
“eye spy with my little eye, something that sounds like d-o-ll” and the child would say “doll”
You can swap roles so your child has a go with both sounding out and blending words.
Lesson 3: These are our tricky words we have learnt so far. They are tricky because we can’t use our phonics to help us read them.
Can you read each word?
Take turns to put the word/s into a sentence. For example ‘I didn’t steal the cookies from the cookie jar.’
Literacy
This week, we are looking at Christmas around the world.
Lesson 1– Think about Christmas in Australia. What season is it there? What season is it here? Can you dress up in an outfit you might wear for Christmas Day in Australia (sunhat, glassses, shorts etc). Take a photograph and send it in.
Lesson 2– Can you find out what Christmas is like in China? Make a paper lantern.
Lesson 3– Can you find out what Christmas is like in Mexico and India? What Christmas plant do they have in common? If you have one at home, why not complete an observational drawing of it.
Topic
Choose some of these activities to complete throughout the week. These are based on our topic – Christmas. They may spark other interests and ideas that result in other learning opportunities. Let your child lead the learning!
| Draw your Christmas tree. |
| Create a Christmas table mat. |
| Make some Christmas wrapping paper with potatoes and paint. Wrap some items from around your home. See if your adult can guess what you’ve wrapped before they open it.
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| Go outside on a ‘collect five hunt’. Five sticks, leaves, stones, blades of grass, plant pots, balls etc. Have a look for signs of Winter too. |
