Week 3
Here are some ongoing activities you could do this week. You choose using any of the links provided or the ideas you may have, however here are a few suggestions:
- Complete a game on Phonics Bloom
- Watch the 'Everybody get up- The Counting Song.'
- Watch an episode of Alphablocks.
- Sing along to nursery rhymes and number songs on BBC Radio.
Here are some other extra activities to try on Google classroom.
- Power points on addition and subtraction.
- Addition worksheets.(Reception children)
- Initial sounds sheets (Nursery children)
- Reasoning
- Letter formation sheets
- You Choose
Friday 27th March
Good morning, It's Friday!
I hope you have all had a lovely week. Today please make sure you go into Google Classroom as the weekly questionnaire will be in their for both Cygnets and Ducklings. We really want to hear from you and how else we can help at home, so it is really important.
I have been asked about more books for your children. We can't get anymore books to you but Oxford Owl is a great website. They have lots of reading books, look on the back of your child's book at what level or book band they are on and you can get the right stage books for them. The books also read to them too. There is an app called 'Pickatale'. They are currently offering a 2 week free trial. This has lots of books that your child can read or it reads to them and at the end it has a quiz about the story. This will aid their comprehension skills. I hope this helps you.
Here are today’s activities:
Reception Children
- Please can you write a list of things you would love to buy at the shops, it can be food or toys. Once you have written your list have a go at drawing all the items you want. If you want a challenge you could describe the food or toys. Please use your alphabet card, key word sheet and don’t forget finger spaces. Try and sound out the words yourself (parents please don’t spell all the words for your children. Encourage them to hear the main sounds in the word E.g. Swimming- swmig, giraffe- jraf)
- Please go into the website link ‘Oxford Owl’ and play the maths game ‘Add to 10 and Take away from 10’. If you want some more ask your adult to write some down for you and use your number line to help answer them.
- Please read one of your books.
- Please go onto You Tube and have a go at the video ‘Jump Start Jonny’.
- Please log in to Espresso then go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics, Activities, Set 3- Blending.
- Please practise two letters on your handwriting sheet, you might want to try some big letters first using chalk if you have any or water and a paint brush in your garden. The handwriting rhymes are on the Just Phonics cards if you have them.
- See if you can find an object of every colour in your house.
Nursery Children
- Please sort your construction toys into colours and count how many is in each pile. Which has more? Less? What if you take one away?
- Please share a story with an adult.
- Please go onto You Tube and have a go at the video ‘Jump Start Jonny’
- Please complete one of your letter formation sheets.
- Please use your espresso login- go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics and click on the U to watch the video.
- Have an indoor picnic
Chester Zoo are doing a virtual tour or the zoo. This is their 4th week. If you haven’t had a look yet then it starts at 10am today and I’ve heard the elephants are having a pool party!
https://www.chesterzoo.org/virtual-zoo/
Have a lovely weekend and we will be back on here on Monday
Love from
Miss Woodward and Mrs Griffiths
Thursday 26th March
Good morning everyone, Have you been enjoying the sun? I went for a lovely walk yesterday and on my home on the canal I spotted a duck and all her ducklings, she had 15! They were tiny and very cute. What have you seen on your walks?
Here are today’s activities:
Reception Children
- Please have a look at your CVC Word Activity Booklet and complete 2 pages then have a go at some of the rhyming words which are in your pack. Maybe you could challenge yourself and put a rhyming word into a sentence?
- Please use your Mathletics login, have a look around and complete a game.
- Please share a book with an adult. How about listening to a story on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
- Please go on to Cbeebies and do one of ‘Andy’s wild workouts.
- Can you help out around the house today? Do some cleaning, tidy your toys? Mummy or Daddy will be super impressed if you can help them.
- Please log in to Espresso then go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics, Activities, Set 3- Initial sounds.
- Take turns with a grown up to make animal noises. Can you guess what animal each other is pretending to be?
Nursery Children
- Please go into the website link ‘Oxford Owl’ and choose a maths game.
- Please share a story with an adult. How about listening to a story on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
- Please go on to Cbeebies and do one of ‘Andy’s wild workouts.
- Can you help out around the house today? Do some cleaning, tidy your toys? Mummy or Daddy will be super impressed if you can help them.
- Please use your espresso login- go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics and click on the E to watch the video.
- Take turns with a grown up to make animal noises. Can you guess what animal each other is pretending to be?
Have a lovely day everyone
Speak tomorrow
Love Miss Woodward and Mrs Griffiths
Wednesday 22nd April
Good morning everyone!
Please remember if you want extra activities this week have a look above at some ideas and log onto google classroom too.
Here are today’s activities:
Reception Children
- Please look at google classroom CCVC words and write three of them in your green book. Now can you write them in a sentence. Write 2 or 3 sentences in your book. Use Please use your alphabet card, key word sheet and don’t forget finger spaces. Try and sound out the words yourself (parents please don’t spell all the words for your children. Encourage them to hear the main sounds in the word E.g. Swimming- swmig, giraffe- jraf)
- Please play with your number cards and order them 1-20. The ask an adult to ask you questions- One more and one less. E.g. What is one more than 7? You can use the number line to find the answer, have a go at doing it mentally if you can.
- Please read one of your books today
- Please get a tea spoon, a bowl and some small objects E.g. Peas, beads or buttons. Use the spoon to pick up the objects and put them into the bowl- try not to use your hands!
- Please log in to Espresso then go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics, Activities, Set 1- Spelling high frequency words.
- Practise counting to 20 in 10s.
Nursery Children
- Please get a spoon, a bowl and some small objects E.g. Peas, beads or buttons. Use the spoon to pick up the objects and put them into the bowl- try not to use your hands!
- Please share a story with an adult.
- Please have a go at the initial sound activity on google classroom if you haven’t already done this.
- Please can you count to 10 or 20 as you jump, hop, clap, tap.
- Please use your espresso login- go to Foundation stage, Literacy, Phonics, Scraps Phonics and click on the CK to watch the video.
- Sing your favourite nursery rhyme.
Have a good day and make sure you get out in the sun!
Love
Miss Woodward and Mrs Griffiths
Tuesday 21st April
Happy Tuesday Ducklings and Cygnets!
Here are today's activities for you:
Reception Children
- Please have a look at your CVC Word activity booklet and complete two pages.
- Please use your Mathletics login, have a look around and complete an activity.
- Please share a story with an adult today, look for tricky words, can you talk about the different characters and describe their feelings?
- Please login to Espresso, go to Foundation Stage, Phonics, Scrap's Phonics, Activities Set 2 - Reading High Frequency words.
- Please have a go at Boogie Beebies on You Tube.
- Please practise two letters on your handwriting sheet, you might want to try writing some big letters outside with chalk or with a paint brush and water. The handwriting rhymes are on the Just Phonics cards if you have them.
- Find objects around your home that rhyme e.g sock and clock.
Nursery Children
- Please can you practise counting sets of objects when you are playing with your toys. Parents, if you write the numbers on papers, you can match the numbers to the sets of objects.
- Please have a go at Boogie Beebies.
- Practise writing letters outside with chalk or with a paintbrush and water. The handwriting rhymes are on the Just Phonics cards.
- Please login to Espresso, go to Literacy, Phonics, Scrap's Phonics and watch the K video.
- Share a story with an adult or go to Espresso, Literacy, Story time, Rat-a tat-tat
- Find objects around your home that rhyme e.g sock and clock
Monday 20th April
Here are today's activities:
Reception children
- Please write 2 sentences in your green book about the picture we have put on Google Classroom. You may want to write a simple story about it or just describe what you can see. Please use your alphabet card, key word sheet and don't forget those finger spaces. Try and sound out the words for yourself and keep trying even when it is tricky!
- Please use your Espresso login- go to Foundation Stage, Maths, Number Crew Counting, Activity area and complete the adding and take away activities. Then go to Literacy, Phonics, Scrap's Phonics, Activities, Set 2 -Match the word to the picture. If you find this easy, try a Phase 3 phonics activity as well or watch a video.
- Please read one of your books today.
- Please have a go at Cosmic Kids Yoga on You Tube and choose an episode, using the link above.
- Balance on one leg for as long as possible! Ask a grown-up to time how long you can do it!
- Can you draw round your hand and turn it into a monster?
Welcome Back
We hope you all are well and enjoyed your Easter break. We have been lucky that the weather has been very kind to us and we have been able to enjoy the sunshine in our gardens. Thank you for all your responses to our questionnaire. It was lovely to read your feedback, we really appreciated your comments and they have also been very helpful.
We do understand how difficult it is to manage home learning as well as trying to work from home, it is especially difficult for you as your young children need lots of help to complete the tasks. It sounds like lots of you have worked out routines to fit your family's needs. We would recommend, establishing a clear routine, so that your children know when it is time to complete activities with you and times when they can choose what to do. At school we are completing the home learning tasks with the children of key workers, they are completing the activities on and off through the morning. Please remember the children are young and can only concentrate for short periods, so they need to play in between. If your child is reluctant to complete activities, giving them a simple timetable with pictures may help. We use a visual timetable at school. It also helps to warn your child a few minutes before you want them to work with you, maybe choose times when they have just finished playing with a toy or game.
We have planned lots of activities similar to before the holiday, but we have also added resources on to Google Classroom. Please do not feel you have to do everything, choose resources to support your child's learning when you need them. If you don't have time to do everything or your child is very reluctant one day, leave it and come back to it another time or adapt activities to suit you. For example, lots of maths can be done when your child is playing, by just talking with them, either counting toys, adding or taking away objects and finding the total. However if you do want extra materials, these are the resources we have uploaded to help you this week:
- Power points on addition and subtraction.
- Addition worksheets.(Reception children)
- Initial sounds sheets (Nursery children)
- Reasoning
- Letter formation sheets
- You Choose
Please remember this is all new for all of us, we are trying to be helpful, but be kind to yourselves and if you can't do lots of these activities, then don't worry. Stay well and be happy, we can catch up with work in a few weeks time hopefully.