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For those of you back at school welcome back.
For those of you at home I will see you on-line! Join us each day for our learning activities. It will be great to see you on our screen. We can all wave to each other! This half-term we are looking at the stories of Owl Babies, Monstersaurus and Supermarket Zoo! Lots of reading, thinking, writing and making to do! This term we have forest school activities both at home and at school - treasure hunts, making food for the birds and lots more! Send me photos of your learning at home. Parents& Carers - please contact me on littlepippinsreception@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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Summer 2nd, week 7, 13th – 17th July This week our maths activities and ideas are based around the book “How many legs?” by Kes Gray and Jim Field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUY5bXkVKQ Lots and lots of legs to count! A leg count! Monday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-1-How-Many-Legs.pdf Guess my rule! In order to do some more complex patterns we are going to look closely at some of the features of the animals! Who knows what might come along! Talking Together Guess my Rule. Think about legs, feet, what kind of feet? Literacy – The Hairy Toe by Daniel Postgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFfIQ9Ijtg Draw a picture of the monster who is looking for his hairy toe! Write a description of what he looks like! Tuesday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-2-How-Many-Legs.pdf Ordering the animals! Time to use your counting skills to order the animals from the fewest number of legs to the greatest! Get counting! Literacy – lets remind ourselves of one of our favourite stories! We’re going on a bear hunt! by |Michael Rosen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds Draw a story map and add all the fun sounding words such as swishy swashy! Wednesday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-3-How-Many-Legs.pdf Animal combo addition! Combine the legs to do some addition in 2 different ways. First we will start with an amount and add another creature. Then we will add groups together! Literacy – Act out your story map – use funny voices, add lots of sound effects and actions! If you forget the story use your story map to help you! Act the story out to your family! Get them to join in! Thursday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-4-How-Many-Legs.pdf Leggy subtraction! What will happen if someone or something leaves our leggy party? Literacy – OH! The bear wasn’t scary! The bear was lonely and wanted to be friends! Make up your story about how you and the bear became friends! Write your story as a story map. Friday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-5-How-Many-Legs.pdf I am Game! We will tell you how many creatures or characters our number is. Your leggy mission is to find the combination of animals. Literacy – write up your story or make up another story about you and the bear going on a trip somewhere. Watch another story about feet! One is a snail and ten is a crab book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfilGMOb9rw Make up your own sums! 1 dog and 1 spider = how many legs altogether? 2 spiders = ? Learn to count in tens! Toasty toes counting by tens by Michael Dahl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-WyYXiQen8 Happy summer holidays! To all of our Little Pippins, I wish that we could all have been together the last few weeks and that we could have a last day together in Little Pippins! I look forward to seeing you next term when we are all back at school together. I also look forward to hearing about how well you will do in your new class. I know Mr Flitton is looking forward to having you in his class and that you are all going to become Pendragons! (Luckily, Pendragons are a type of apple and not a type of dragon!) You will have Mrs Mockridge and Miss B with you so I know that you will all look after each other as you start Year 1 together. Please send me photos of what you get up to in the holidays or send me an e-mail. Happy holidays and see you soon. From Mrs Maynard Our story this week is about The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet! Monday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-1-The-Dinosaur-that-pooped-a-planet.pdf Activity Off we Go! First things first, we need a rocket to help Danny and Dinosaur get into space. Design your own space rocket and get ready for count down! Either make a 3D model using empty boxes from around your home or draw a rocket using 2D shapes. Remember to count down from 20 to blast off! Literacy Lunchbox Challenge What large amounts of food could you suggest to feed a Dinosaur? Can you think of 20 things he could eat? (It doesn’t matter how silly!) Write a list in your writing book. Numeracy Write the numbers from 20 down to 1. Describe your rocket. How many 2D circles or 3D spheres did you use? Squares or cubes Rectangles or cuboids Did you use any cylinders? Write down in your maths book how many of each shape you used. Then find a 3D shape in your house. How many faces, edges or corners does it have? Find another 3D shape and work out how many faces, edges or corners. Record your findings in your maths book. Tuesday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-2-The-Dinosaur-that-pooped-a-planet.pdf Literacy Danny and Dinosaur are going to space! But when Danny realises he’s forgotten Dino’s lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the rocket! How will Dino get them back home? Come up with a plan. Numeracy Dino Stacking! In “The Dinosaur that Pooped the past” A, B and C get themselves into all sorts of stacking patterns! Can you arrange your 3 dinosaurs in 5 different ways? Use a different coloured dot or shape for each dinosaur. Activity Make your own A, B and C Dinosaurs. All you need is your hands and some paint! Dip your full hand in the paint and make your dino shape. Can you label your dino with how many scales, eyes, spots they have? Can you give your dinosaur a name? If you don’t have any paint then draw around your hand, cut it out and decorate it. Wednesday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-3-The-Dinosaur-that-pooped-a-planet.pdf Literacy You could write about a day in the life of the Pooping Dinosaur. What do you think he might get up to? What might he eat? Where might he go? Does he go back to the past? Story link below. Numeracy Pooping Planets! That Dinosaur just keeps on pooping! Keep an eye on him! Can you tell us how many that would be? (Slide 4 onwards.) What happens if you add 1 more? How many altogether? Record your answers in your book. Choose a number between 1 and 5. Double it. How many have you got now? Can you double all the numbers from 1 to 5? If you can, double the numbers from 6 to 10. Use your ten frames to help. Thursday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-4-The-Dinosaur-that-pooped-a-planet.pdf Literacy Let’s go on a rocket ride! Write an exciting story of your Rocket Adventure! Think about who, where, when, what happens etc Numeracy (Slide 4) Talking Together You will need 2 dice. Roll the dice. See your double number. Look at which part of the rocket you can draw. The winner is the first person to draw a complete rocket. You will need to roll a six to start. (On either of your dice.) If you don’t have a dice then have 6 pieces of paper and draw the dice dots on them, then do a lucky dip to choose your number. Talking Together activity Danny’s friends want to go on a rocket ride. How many different ways can you share the children onto the 2 rockets? It doesn’t have to be a fair share! Friday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Day-5-The-Dinosaur-that-pooped-a-planet.pdf Literacy Your volcano is about to erupt!!! You have to escape the exploding volcano! What are you going to do? Write down how you are going to escape! Activity Create your own planet The lost world! What will your planet look like? Will it be one that has been looked after or has it been eaten by a dinosaur? Will it have rivers or seas? Will it have islands? This is like a large scale map! Make a 2D of a planet! Numeracy Give directions so somebody in your family can find their way around your planet. Use directional words such as forward, backwards, left, right etc. Have a lovely weekend and watch out for dinosaurs! Our story this week is the “Oliver's Vegetables” series by Vivian French. Phonics Everyday please begin with phonics. Ptactise writing your new sounds correctly in your writing book – remember to write the ascenders (long necks) and the descenders (tails) correctly. Can you write some words that use that sound? How many can you think of? Spellings if we had been at school we would be having weekly spelling lists and tests. So please ask someone in your family to test you on these words. Practise any that were tricky. Ideas to practise your spellings:-
Set 1 – I , am, in, is, it, the, Set 2 -and, cat, dog, mum, dad, on. Set 3 – he, she, we, go, to, the, Set 4 – said, come, be, you, are, my, was, but. Set 5 – went, made, all, came, made Tick off the following words when you know how to spell them. Add any extra words that you can spell correctly. Monday Literacy – Healthy eating – design a café menu that only has healthy foods on! Make up a name for your café. Maths -Veggie print patterns Earlier in our home learning we looked at the different prints different veggies could make. Now we want to look at more complex ideas using circular patterns and border patterns. Use your pattern to decorate your menu. https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-1-Olivers-Vegetables.pdf Activity Talking together Natural resources make lovely patterns. Many artists have been inspired by nature. Here is one by Andy Goldsworthy. Can you be a future pattern artist? Tuesday Literacy – look at slide 11 in Day 2. Write these describing sentences in your writing book. Maths Looking for amounts In the series with Oliver there are many images of things to count and group. Look at the images and see how many ways you can see the numbers. Talking Together How many onions? Can you see them in groups of 2? How many flowers? Can you see them in groups of 2? How many carrots? How many strawberry bushes? Did you need to count them? How else do you see the things growing in the picture? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-2-Olivers-Vegetables.pdf Activity Talking Together This memory game is based on you remembering all the items you bought by adding 1 more at a time. It is called “I went to market” but you can change that to whatever shop you want! People tend to remember things if they are funny so experiment! If you want to write things down that is an option if your memory needs some training! If you are in a group it sometimes helps to look at the person and what they have added to the list. Wednesday Literacy and activity Guess Oliver’s Rule! Oliver has picked out certain fruit and veggies for a reason. Can you guess the rule to why Oliver has picked them? Write down the rules as you work them out. Start a new line for each new rule. Maths Planting veggies! Oliver has been very busy helping his Grandad to plant vegetables. However……. he has forgotten how many he has planted! Help Oliver tell his Grandad how many more he has dug into the veggie patch! Use the slides and your ten frames to help you https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-3-Olivers-Vegetables.pdf Thursday Literacy and Activity Talking Together! Pick out fruit from your fruit bowl and give each of them a move like in the story! “Shake it like a mango. Party like a pear. Wiggle like an apple and dance like you don’t care! Its called the kitchen disco and everyone's invited. So move your hips and shake your pips and lets get all excited!” Make up your own disco moves and write them down! Find some music for your disco! Maths Counting correctly and making labels. Oliver helps his grandad by sorting out the vegetables. They have had a bumper crop of fruit and veg this year but Oliver has got a bit confused counting them all! Can you help him out? Make your own labels. Then sort them out into order beginning with the smallest number going up to the biggest number. What numbers are missing? Add them. https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-4-Olivers-Vegetables.pdf Friday Literacy and Activity Oliver's Milkshake! Make your own milkshakes just like Oliver. Pick your favourite fruit or fruits to make a frothy fantastic drink! You will need a grown up to help with the blender. Remember to count out your ingredients! Write up your recipe in your book. You need to include your ingredients and the instructions. Don’t forget to give your milkshake a name. Numeracy Milkshake doubles Oliver was going to make himself a milkshake but now his friend has come too! Can you double the amount of ingredients so they both can have one? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-5-Olivers-Vegetables.pdf Happy weekend!
This week's story is all about ZOG by Julia Donaldson. Watch it here.
Our learning this week starts with phonics. Practise writing the new sounds that you have learnt. Then how many words can you think of using your new sounds? Everyday numeracy - please keep practising writing your numbers 0 - 10 and then up to 20. If you can go higher than 20 then have a go and see how far you can go up to BUT no wobbly numbers! Monday Literacy Zog the flying doctor! The prince and princess prefer to be doctors than royalty! How many things can you think of that doctors and nurses do to help us? Make a list in your book Numeracy https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-1-Zog.pdf Zog is the biggest orange dragon! Look at more complex patterns with our next stage of not just colour but size? Lots of different positional language to figure out. Activity Create your own rainbow and give it a name. Tuesday Literacy Make a thank you card for a doctor or a nurse. You can decorate the front with a rainbow or maybe a rosette. Inside your card give a reason why you are saying thank you. You could always post it to a hospital afterwards. Numeracy https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-2-Zog.pdf Use your ten frames to help you with this week's maths. You may be able to do the sum in your head but learn how to use ten frames please. It helps you learn to recognise and count in tens and then to count on. Activity Make your own rosette reward. Zog’s star is a special one with a backing like a rosette! He really is best in show. Make your own for yourself or something special for your family. Wednesday Literacy How does a dragon learn to fly? Do they have flying lessons? where do they do their first flight? From a tree or a mountain? Draw a picture of your dragon first learning to fly then write about how he learns. Where, who when, how ...? Numeracy https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-3-Zog.pdf Dragon Races The dragons have many lessons. Flying is one of them. Can you count how many dragons there are, which dragons have gone and how many are left? Use your ten frames to help you takeaway. Activity Your dragon has passed his flying test. Design a flying certificate for your dragon. Include his or her name, when and where she/he passed the test. Thursday https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-4-Zog.pdf Literacy Zog studies for years at Dragon School. Learning to roar and to breath fire and to fly. What school rules do you think dragons will have? Can you write a list of school rules for Zog! Use the maths link above for ideas. Numeracy (Link above) Plan and write instructions for a Dragon Dance. Activity Dragon Dance for the festival of Chinese New Year. A special Zog dance! People dress up as dragons to perform and ward off evil spirits! Design your own dragon and dance! You may even want to add your own music! Friday Literacy and Activity Find your inner Dragon.Tell me a dragon is full of beautiful detailed illustrations and language about each dragon. Each dragon in this book is unique to each person. What would your Dragon be like? Draw your inner dragon and write sentences to describe it! Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Letters on the line and not too big! Numeracy https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-5-Zog.pdf Flying practice Zog makes various attempts to fly and always remembers to practise just like his teacher tells him to. It’s time to be dragons! Can you time your flights? Set out your flight plan in your numeracy book. Happy weekend - you may want to make biscuits ready for the weekend. We have been dancing to this at school! Good morning!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Our home learning or at school is: Each day please start with phonics. Either TWINKL or Letters & Sounds.( Uploaded every morning at 10am. Link is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured ) Please practise writing the sound that you have learnt. Can you write any words with the sound that you have just learnt? Our story this week is “Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox” By Julia Donaldson. Listen to the story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFaJfcqqt4 Monday Literacy – The Princesses castle! Princess Mirror-Belle boasts she lives in a very posh palace with maids and guards to hold her fathers beard! Can you think about what your dream castle would look like? Write a description of your castle. Think about the size of your castle and the colours. What is inside your castle? Numeracy – Spotty mistakes The princess has lots of spots! She has gone dotty, chicken pox spots but Mirror-Belle has made the patterns go wrong! Tell us where the mistake is. Look at the repeating patterns here: https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-1-Princess-Mirror-Belle.pdf Can you make your own spotty repeating patterns? Activity - Design your own princess castle or palace and think about your use of 3-D shapes. Can you make a palace construction out of different 3-D objects around your house to make a structure? What can you find around your home to make your castle? 3D shapes such as toilet rolls, cardboard boxes etc. Tuesday Literacy - Draw a picture of your castle. Label it using a ruler to draw the straight lines. Write a caption for your drawing. Numeracy - Talking together Can you count the spots on each girl and add them together? Use the 10 frames to help you. Ask an adult to draw you the ten frames. https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-2-Princess-Mirror-Belle.pdf Activity - Spotty pictures! Can you make a spotty picture using your finger tips, end of a pencil or Q-tips? Maybe you can paint a rainbow or a flower? (Look up Pointillism art for kids for ideas.) Wednesday Literacy How would you cure the dragon pox? The Princess uses lots of strange things for a cure! What other things in your bathroom could you use to make a cure for the dragon Pox? Write a list of ingredients in your writing book. Numeracy How to make a cure! Can you remember all the things Princess Mirror-Belle did to make a cure for the dragon pox? Can you put these in order using mathematical language? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-3-Princess-Mirror-Belle.pdf Count in twos by finding 2 of each item to make 20 things for your cure. Practise counting in 2s up to 20. Activity Make a crown to wear! Take a photo of yourself wearing your crown. Thursday Literacy -Cure for the Dragon Pox Write instructions on how to make your cure. Numeracy A different kind of number line! Make number tracks with princess Mirror-Belle’s last cure for the dragon pox. Make a number line. (You don’t need to use toilet roll!) Write the numbers 1 to 10 or 20. Use your number line to measure things around your home. How long or tall are the objects that you are measuring? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-4-Princess-Mirror-Belle.pdf Activity - design a label for your Dragon Pox cure. Find a bottle to stick it on. Friday Literacy – Write a story! Make up your own story about a Princess or a dragon! Where does your story begin? What happens in your story? Is it an adventure or a problem that needs to be solved? Maybe you have to find the hidden treasure! Numeracy – Doubles! Double the spots that you can see on Ellen. Double 4 is 8 … https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-5-Princess-Mirror-Belle.pdf How many pairs of things can you find around your home? How many pairs of shoes can you count? Talking Together Explore the shoes in your house. They all should be in pairs! Who has the biggest feet? Who has the longest feet? Is this the same? Can you put your pairs of shoes in order of size? Can you make your own shoe shop? How much would different shoes cost? Activity – Find a mirror! Draw a self-portrait! You can colour it in or paint it. Sign it using your signature! Extra learning/practise this week is- Practise writing your numbers 0 to 10 or 20. Make sure your numbers are not too big and that they sit on the line! When you are writing please make sure that your letters also sit on the line and aren’t too big! Don’t forget that some letters have tails that go below the line and some letters have tall necks that go up high. Here are some stories that you can listen to – Hector and the Big Bad Knight by Alex T Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-QeRqyjno The Night Dragon by Naomi Howarth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQB4iQWIDnA The Dot by Peter H Reynolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clpw7PG7m1Q Our story and home learning this week is based on the story about The Princess and the Wizard by Julia Donaldson. Listen to the story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM32oI9LDno The lady who is reading the story is from Scotland. Can you find Scotland on a map? Monday Phonics Literacy – design a party invitation to Princess Eliza’s birthday party. Remember to include the following:- Who is the invite for? Write who it’s from. Include the date, time and place. Numeracy – can you count up to a 100? Write your numbers 1 to 20 in your numeracy book. Remember one number in each square. Your numbers now should be getting smaller – half the size of the square if possible and all the right way round. Our song today is The seven days of the week. Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tx0rvuXIRg White Rose maths - Which day is missing in the pattern? Link - https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-1-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf Activity – draw a picture of Eliza as a fish in the water. You can only use blue pencil crayons / felt tips etc. Write a caption for your picture Designer pattern outfit! The princess loves her spotty princess outfit and the wizard has a cloak on. Can you design your own shape themed clothes? Which shapes will you choose? Challenge – this is getting ready for our Literacy learning tomorrow – think of something to do that will help your family at home! (Nothing too easy or too hard!) Our story today is Ten Little Princesses by Mike Brownlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgU9z8Fs9WI Tuesday Phonics Literacy - Days of the week! The wizard has a challenge for the princess every day! Can you give yourself 7 challenges? Make a list of your seven challenges and tick off as you complete them day by day! This could be a rainbow challenge! Each day could be a colour like the princess! Could some of the challenges help your grown ups? In your writing book write down your Rainbow Challenges starting with yesterday, Monday. What did you do to help your family? Write in your book like this: On Monday I … On Tuesday I … Numeracy Wizard counting! The wizard loves counting when he waits for the princess to hide looking in his spell book! Make your own special wizard counting book! What different compositions of numbers will you make? Choose a number and see how many different ways you can make that number. Write it as a sum. Do you remember in class we did our number bonds to 10? We used our dinosaur eggs to help us! Link - https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-2-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf Activity - Put on some music and have a dance! Get someone else in your house to stop the music when you are not looking. Freeze still like a stone statue! Can you do it ? How long can you freeze for? Who is the best statue in your house? Our story today is Spells by Emily Gravett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqUOsRP7bPg Rainbow Challenge – have you completed your challenge for today? Wednesday Phonics Literacy – “Abracadabra!” Make up a Wizard’s Spell! You might want to turn the Fairy Godmother to stone or turn the Wizard into a snail or a slug! Write it in your book. Start a new line for each part of your spell. Numeracy - He just keeps on counting! The wizard keeps on counting down in the story. Can you write the numbers 0 to 10 in your book but backwards! A Wizard’s challenge if you can! Try writing the numbers backwards from 20. Link - https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-3-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf Activity - What's the spell, Mr Wizard? One person decides to be Mr Wizard. They turn their backs on the other person or people! The person asks “What's the spell Mr Wizard?” The wizard replies with a number of horrid creatures from his spells! The people have to make that amount of steps/jumps to get closer to the wizard. As they get closer they keep on asking and when the wizard decides he can turn and say “Abracadabra” and try to catch one of the people. This person then becomes a wizard. Our story today is Ten magic butterflies by Danica McKellar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBi_RoXKVo0 Rainbow Challenge – have you completed your challenge for today? Thursday Phonics Literacy - Special Spells! The wizard casts many spells and is still around. Make a special potion spell to stop him ever coming back and turning us to stone! Make a list of all the ingredients you need to get to make your spell. Don’t forget to include how many of each you need! (Don’t go beyond 10) e.g. 5 blades of grass 7 daisy petals … If the weather is good today maybe you can ask your adult if you can go outside with them and collect everything you need for your potion? Numeracy = Doubling and halving Look at your potion ingredients list . Double Wizard Trouble! – what if you had to make two lots of potions? Double each of your ingredients so that you have two of each! Bad spells! The wizard has been doubling everything so there's far too much food at the princesses party! Can you help to halve what is on the plates so we are not too greedy? Link - https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-4-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf Our story today is Lullabyhullabaloo by Mike Inkpen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Koy2rNNys Rainbow Challenge – have you completed your challenge for today? Friday Phonics Literacy – The Wizard has stolen the Princess’s crown! Luckily he has made a map in case he forgot where he had hid it! Make a map to find the crown. Use arrows, paths, trees and buildings etc in your map. You could always ask your adult for a wet teabag to stain your map afterwards! It makes it look very old! Show your family your map and give them directions on how to find the crown. Use directional words such as forwards, backwards, left, right, in front of, behind, next to etc. Numeracy & Activity – make a crown for the Princess that is symmetrical on both sides! Use different shapes and colours in your design. Link - https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-5-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf Our story today is Shhh by Sally Grindly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--lcgFKr34 Rainbow Challenge – have you completed your challenge for today? Weekend Rainbow Challenges – have you completed your challenges for the weekend? Happy Weekend! Good morning
I hope you all had a lovely half-term and a relaxing break. Welcome back to our children who are returning on Tuesday. We are looking forward to seeing you. We are all going to be doing the same work starting on Tuesday. Don’t forget Monday is an INSET day so there is no work planned for this day. This week our story and our learning is based around the story of The Snail and the Whale! Tuesday Phonics – TWINKL or Letters & Sounds Phonics Literacy Listen to the story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09mJq3TPrSo Listen out for the rhyming words. ‘Lift wanted around the world!’- if you were going to go around the world where would you want to go? What do you want to see? What would you take with you? Pack your suitcase with all the things you would take. Make a list in case you forget anything! I would take a camera! What else? Count how many things you have thought of. Activity – draw and cut out the things that are in your suitcase. Design a suitcase to put them in. Maths Complex patterns & Making spirals The snail has a very impressive shell with a spiral pattern on it. Practise drawing and recognising spirals. Make your own spiral dangler! We are going to make spiral shells out of two different coloured playdough at school. Can you make spiral patterns at home – what can you use? Look at White Rose Early Years maths for ideas. The link is https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-1-The-Snail-and-the-Whale.pdf Our story for today is Norman the slug with a silly shell by Sue Hendra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4BcBtKHaO8 Our song today is Snails’ Pace by Bob Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IdM4PLowDw&list=RDdqU-vrZeKCs&index=2 Wednesday Phonics Literacy – Sometimes it can be a bit scary doing new things! Do you think the snail felt frightened? What are you frightened of? Write a sentence about something you are frightened of and try to think why.. I dont like crocodiles or big hairy spiders. I would run away if I saw any! Write a sentence about something that you love. Give me a reason why. I love giraffes because they are so tall and beautiful! I love flamingos because they can stand on one leg and they are so pink! Numeracy Cotton bud spirals Make your fingers extra funky with making dots on your spiral. Make it more exciting and look at designing your spiral with more complex patterns. Look at the story again on youtube. Adding snails on whales and rocks and…? See if you can work on your addition skills and tell us a first, then, now story! Can you write your story as an adding sum? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-2-The-Snail-and-the-Whale.pdf Our story today is Matisse’s Magical Trail by Sam Hopgood and Sam Boughton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5U6jq8OpcI Our activity today is to create a snail in the style of a famous artist called Matisse. This is his famous painting. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/matisse-the-snail-t00540 Can you cut up squares from coloured paper (or colour in white paper) and make a snail picture Watch a video about snails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLCtVGB1mFw We’re going on a Snail Hunt! -see how many snails you can find but don’t pick them up. Leave them in their home! Thursday Phonics Numeracy Snail Danger! Anywhere the snail went there were dangers and problems. Look at each page and find them. https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-3-The-Snail-and-the-Whale.pdf Literacy – The snail was very brave! What could happen on the snail’s adventure? Write a story about a problem that the snail might have. Activity – In the story the whale ‘sang to the snail a wonderful song Of shimmering ice and coral caves And shooting stars and enormous waves.’ This sounds beautiful! Can you create a picture of what this might look like? Our story today is Are you a snail? By Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5PiUuAPv4 Friday Phonics Literacy - Yesterday you found out lots of information about snails. Write two facts that you found out about snails. Numeracy Our story today is Snail Trail by Ruth Brown read by the Phonic Fairy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsCgl6DobN4 Numeracy – odd and even numbers – Snail Journey The snail certainly has an adventurous journey! He is on another journey. Can you see where he goes, who he meets and if it is an odd or even number? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-4-The-Snail-and-the-Whale.pdf Our story today is Snail Trail by Jo Saxon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcFz7AEBAY Activity - Snail Trail Snails leave a silvery trail where they have been. If you were a snail where would your trail have been today? (Don’t forget you have made a slimy square snail like the famous artist Matisse) Talking Together “Slimy Snail sets out on a trail. But where exactly does he go? Up a hill, over a bridge, down a slope.” Make a map of where you have been and talk about position and distance. Did you go under the table? Around the couch? Or plan your trail ahead – where will you leave your silvery slimy messages? Today is Friday!
Tomorrow is the weekend and next week is half-term holidays! Our learning today begins with phonics. Numeracy - Exploring Length WARNING! PLEASE DO NOT USE REAL WORMS ! Get together your own collection of worms and see if you can cut them to different lengths. Talk about the lengths and even measure with a ruler or tape measure. Use string, wool, paper etc! Or even spaghetti! Worm Race A game to make the longest worm! Use this link https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-5-Superworm.pdf Literacy - Words for worms! How many words can you think of to describe yucky super worms? Make a list of words. Remember that a list goes down the page. Use all your phonic sounds to help you spell the words. Also no wibbly wobbly letters! Count up all your words. How many did you think of? Activity - find an old long sock! Make some eyes and stick them on your sock. You now have a worm puppet! Make up a show with your worm! Our story today is The Incredible Worm by Daniel Postgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXj2229PSc Our song today is Worms, worms, worms! All about wriggling giggling worms! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3YKMT0Zu0E Happy holidays! Good morning!
Phonics first - please practise writing some words using your new sound. Let's have a thinking day! Would you rather - a thinking question to start with this morning! Would you rather have a purple nose or two green ears? (Philosophy 4 kids - more questions here - https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/would-you-rather-questions-for-kids/ ) Maths - Super Shop! Create your own yucky supermarket by labelling tins of mini beasts! Who will be in yours and how many? Follow this White Rose maths link for more maths ideas https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-4-Superworm.pdf Would you rather eat a tin of slithery snakes or a tin of wriggly worms? YUCK! Literacy - let's have a think! Can you think of any silly and funny questions? Have a think and write your questions in your book. Don't forget to put a question mark at the end of your question. Ask an adult or a big brother/sister to help you with question marks! Ask your family one of your questions! Activity - design labels for your tins in your Super Yucky Shop! Slimy slug soup? Crunchy caterpillar cookies? Our story today Would you rather by John Burningham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzF_FsR53w Our song today Do you like broccoli ice-cream? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frN3nvhIHUk Good morning!
Our learning for today is:- Phonics first literacy - Worms are wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-zc_1vjLnI In your book write down three bits of information that you have found out about worms! Numeracy - Super moves! Superworm has many abilities and many moves. How many super moves can you do in 1 minute? Time yourself and also see what other super moves you can think of. Worm rain dance! Make up your own rain dance BUT please dont make it rain because today is supposed to be very sunny! We only want a pretend rain dance! Maybe you can make up your own rain music to go with your dance? Our story today is Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y6Mtll5b0w A song for today is about a Wiggly Waggly Worm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMvjVv-dlak A question to think about! Would you rather be a worm or a spider? Why? (Philosophy for kids!)
Superworm week!
(Phonics first please) This week its all about Superworm! Listen to the Superworm story by Julia Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jnk3XApKBg&t=34s Literacy - Superworm to the rescue! Write a story about Superworm coming to the rescue! Who is Superworm going to rescue? A ladybird, a bug or a spider? What is he going to do? Hip, hip, hooray for Superworm! (Dont forget - capital letters, finger spaces and full stops please. Writing on the lines please - no wibbly wobbly letters!) Numeracy - Paper and paint activity https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-1-Superworm.pdf Worm painting patterns. Use your “Superworm” skills to make symmetrical art works. Explore what length your worm needs to be to make more complex patterns and the effects he makes! If you havent got any paint can you draw a super long worm? Then make a repeating pattern on his long body! Can you make a super long worm? A super short worm? A super thin or a super thick worm? Lots of worms of different lengths. You can use paper and scissors or playdough? Put your worms next to each other, in order starting with the shortest up to the longest. Super worm song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ACKMwCvhkY Our story today is Yucky Worms! by Vivian French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV3A864z9W0 Today is Friday!
Tomorrow is ... The day after is ... It's the weekend! Our learning today is Phonics first. Use your phonics mat that was in your pack to practise all the sounds that you have learnt so far. Literacy - Write a story about anything. It could be about a fly that escapes the spider, a ladybird that gets lost or a ladybird that has lost its spots! Watch this video that was made a long time ago! Your adults might remember Pippin the dog and Come Outside! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ2RzDl0vvM Numeracy - Where is the fly? Through the story the spider is busy but she gets lots of visitors. Have a look for the fly and see if you can use some precise positional language. Lots of talking today! Can you draw a picture with animals/insects that are above, under, in and next to things? It could be a picture of a farm or of your bug hunt. Practise writing your numbers. They should be perfect by now but some numbers are tricky! Get Moving! What moves can you make with your body. Get a grownup to photograph you as you move under things over, in and even through! Remember next to, behind and in front of. Remember to share your photos with us of your spider fun this week! Our story today is Why Anansi has eight thin legs, a folk story from Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CIG6gfl_Xc (If you don't like spiders then don't worry - no more spiders next week!) Have a lovely weekend!  Today is Thursday!
Tomorrow is ...? After tomorrow is ... ? Phonics first please. It is up to you if you do literacy or numeracy first. The literacy work will make you hungry! Literacy - How to write instructions. Spider Sandwich story by Claire Freedman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnog8IQqRXM Please listen to the story. Can you make your own spider sandwich? (No real spiders are to be used!) Think about what you have to do first. Then ... Next ... When you have made your sandwich then please write the instructions on how to make a spider sandwich. Start with your title and then number your instructions in the correct order. Each instruction is a short sentence which starts with the doing word e.g. Get Put Cut etc. I will start it for you. How to make a spider sandwich. 1. Get two slices of bread. 2. Butter the bread. 3. If you really dont like spiders then you can make any sandwich that you like. (You can use paper and cut out your bread, legs, eyes etc.) Numeracy - Spider maths! Please do not eat any spiders! Doubling As we know spiders have 8 legs, 4 on each side. Can you sort spiders into doubles and not doubles? Some of our spiders have been losing their legs! Tell us the amount of legs and the double they are. Halving Ooh a lovely spider tea! Can you halve the spiders so we each get enough? Follow the link to find the work https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-4-The-very-busy-spider.pdf Activity - Talking Together Could you make your own finger paint spiders to double or just draw your own? They could be as silly as you like and have more than 8 legs! Will they be a double or not? Today's story is I don't want to be a frog! written by Dev Petty and illustrated by Mike Boldt. Do you know what an illustrator is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLB9pbJprU It's Wednesday today!
Yesterday was ...? Tomorrow will be ...? The day after tomorrow will be ...? What days are in the weekend? There are two days. Can you say all the days of the week in the correct order? Phonics to start. Literacy - practise writing the sound that you have learnt. Write as many words as you can think of with that sound in. Then choose one word and use it in a sentence. Remember what does a sentence begin with and end in? Dont forget finger spaces and try to write on the line. Numeracy - Spider maths! The link is https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-3-The-very-busy-spider.pdf Talking Together Number bond Incy! 10 wincy spiders climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed 5 spiders out. Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain. So 5 wincy spiders won’t climb the spout again! Repeat with different numbers. How many different ways can you make 10? (Number bonds to 10 = 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7 etc) Use a ten frame to help you (slide 9) Adults - please draw a frame like the one in the slide. Use 10 objects to represent the spiders. Your child can then use the frame to help them takeway the washed away spiders and then count how many are left. If you dont like spiders then you can change the song and the insect! Maybe ladybirds instead? PLease also practise writing your numbers 0-10 and for some of you all the way to 20! Our song for today is Incy Wincy Spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ek95wga4Xs Our story for today is Aaaargghh Spider! by Lydia Monks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5df388jmToo Activity - If you like spiders then design a home for your spider! You can draw it or make a home out of paper, boxecs etc. What are you going to call your spider? If you don't like spiders then make a trap to catch your spider! What are you going to do with your spider when you havve caught it? Release it in the garden? Have a fun spider day! Good morning.
The very busy spider! Phonics start please. Literacy - Information facts -Sophie the spider and her friend Nancy! First have a think about what you already know about spiders and then watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUx2qqPUyOI! What did you find out? Draw a picture of a spider and then label it. Label the legs, eyes, hair. What other parts of a spider can you think of? Label these parts. Write some information about a spider. In your writing please remember finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. Dont forget to write on the line and use all your phonics knowledge to help you to spell. Numeracy - Takeaway stories Spider Stories The very busy spider is so busy making her web. Sometimes she tells stories about her flies and how many she eats. Can you help us see if her stories are correct? The link is https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-2-The-very-busy-spider.pdf Can you make up your own spider stories? Please practise writing your numbers. If any of them are wibbly wobbly please practise them again. Remember one number to each square (10 and all the numbers upwards is one number and will go in one square). Activity - find a ruler and practise using it to draw straight lines. This is tricky! Then have a go at drawing a web with a ruler! Do you like spiders? Ask everyone in your home if they like spiders? How many said yes and how many said no? Our story today is Good morning. The very busy spider! Phonics start please. Literacy - Information facts -Sophie the spider and her friend Nancy! First have a think about what you already know about spiders and then watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUx2qqPUyOI! What did you find out? Draw a picture of a spider and then label it. Label the legs, eyes, hair. What other parts of a spider can you think of? Label these parts. Write some information about a spider. In your writing please remember finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. Dont forget to write on the line and use all your phonics knowledge to help you to spell. Numeracy - Takeaway stories Spider Stories The very busy spider is so busy making her web. Sometimes she tells stories about her flies and how many she eats. Can you help us see if her stories are correct? The link is https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Day-2-The-very-busy-spider.pdf Can you make up your own spider stories? Please practise writing your numbers. If any of them are wibbly wobbly please practise them again. Remember one number to each square (10 and all the numbers upwards is one number and will go in one square). Activity - find a ruler and practise using it to draw straight lines. This is tricky! Then have a go at drawing a web with a ruler! Do you like spiders? Ask everyone in your home if they like spiders? How many said yes and how many said no? Our story today is There's a spider in this book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjPbYl7pKyc Good morning.
How was your VE Day? Did you have a street party? Let me know if you did anything special? littlepippins reception@gmail.com Monday's learning Phonics - listen to the video (TWINKL or Letters & Sounds) Practise hand-writing the sound. Write on the lines in your book - no wibbly wobbly letters! How many words can you write using that sound? Literacy - listen to the story about The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. We have listened to a lot of his stories so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfL0g-XRxnA Draw a spider's web in your book. Write a sentence (sentences) about the pesty fly. Is the pesty fly going to get caught by the spider? What's going to happen next? Ask an adult or a sister/brother to help you find out about spiders on the internet. Spiders are amazing! A song about There's a spiders on the floor is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2NlbeJPWE Can you sing it? Numeracy - Under, over and through! Practise writing your numbers 0 to 10. Some of you can practise to 20. White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ Unleash your inner spiderman by making your own web. You could use tape or string to make it a 3-D web. (See the activity below about making a web) How will you connect it? How will you have to move to design your web? Can you go under, over and through? How long did it take you? Activities - We're going on a spider hunt! (You dont need to catch a big one!) How many webs can you spot? Count them. Then see how many spiders you can find? Whilst you were spotting spiders did you see any other insects? Any pesty flies? Make a web! Find 4 twigs and make a frame. An adult or a big sister or brother can help join the twigs together with string , wool etc. Use wool, string etc to wind around the frame to make a web. Can you see any triangles as you make your wen? Count them. Can you spot any other shapes? Circles, squares, rectangles etc? Make a chart and record how many shapes you can find. Make a spider! What are you going to use? Our story today is Spinderella by Julia Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9639_WmGRLk  ( Good morning Little Pippins! Its going to be sunny and hot today!
Today's home learning is :- Phonics Literacy - please watch this short video about VE Day which is tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpaA_tZJV00 Tomorrow is a holiday so that we can celebrate VE Day. How will you spend VE Day? Please make a thank you poster for all the people that look after us and keep us safe. Please include people that are in the Forces on your poster. (Ask an adult to help you find a picture of someone who is in the Forces. It might be someone in your family.) Maths - Day 5 (I have skipped to Day 5 as we have already planned a VE street party - if you wish to then please look at Day 4 for good ideas for planning a picnic - it can be easily adapted for tomorrow.) Days of the week and life cycles. We should be getting good at our days of the week now with our special song. What day did the Hungry caterpillar come out of the egg? Can you make a plan of your week this week? Look at the plans to help you set out your plan. The link is https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ Art = From Caterpillar to Butterfly Make your own symmetrical butterfly to celebrate the adventures we have had this week. Butterfly Hunt - see how many butterflies you can spot today! Remember not to try to catch them or touch them as they are very fragile! Our story today is another story by Eric Carle. All our stories this week have been written by him. Its about The Grouchy Ladybug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3ha03MsK0 (If you want to watch another story or keep this one for tomorrow, its a story about how daddies are also special people who look after us. Its Mister Seahorse , another story by Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqxhIi4HbQ ) Our May SASP Family Challenge for today is - Create a hopscotch on the floor outside with chalk Have a happy VE Day tomorrow! Let me know how you celebrated VE Day. Send me photos please. |
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