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Hi all,
I hope you have all had a good week and have enjoyed the sun over the weekend. 
Please let me know if you have any issues or if you struggle to understand something, I am always here to help.
The office is very busy at the moment so if you are due to collect work, please could you make sure you contact the office before hand to make sure they have everything avaible for you. 
 
Maths – Keep practising your times tables!
The worksheets for White Rose Maths are no longer on the website, so you can find them attached below. You may still wish to watch the videos so please still follow the link. 
Year 1 - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/
Year 2 - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
For this week please start with summer term, week 8, lessons 1-4. Record the answers in your maths book. You don’t necessarily need to write the questions out, unless the adult teaching you wants you to, as it may be easier to mark. 
The worksheets are fairly simple so I would suggest doing some work practically. This will help with understanding.  
EXTRA (optional) – I have added mastery sheets for both year 1 and year 2, for those of you who find the work easy and want to push themselves, feel free to have a go.
 
Phonics – please follow the link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1
 
Literacy –
This week we are going to be looking at the story ‘Dear Greenpeace’. (All work to be completed in your books, don’t forget capital letters, full stops and finger spaces!)
Please watch the Link:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2481447872080102
 
Day 1 – WALT: write questions. 
Watch the clip or read the book if you have it. Ask children, what do they notice? i.e. it is similar to Dear Zoo, it has letters in it! Notice that all letters start with Dear, while Emily’s end with Love, and letters from Greenpeace end with Yours sincerely – explain that this is a formal way to end a letter, when you don’t know someone. 
Note that Emily’s first four letters include questions. 
 
Yr1/2 – Ask children what questions they would like answered if they found a whale in their pond. Record these down, noting proper sentence formation, and question marks.
Yr1 – 3 or 4 questions 
Yr2 – 4-6 questions
 
This is an opportunity to work on handwriting so please encourage children to take their time when writing their questions. Make sure question marks are formed correctly and are an appropriate size. 
 
Day 2 – WALT: find facts 
Re-watch or read ‘Dear Greenpeace’. Explain that Greenpeace are people who know a lot about animals and who try to protect and look after them.
This is why Emily wrote to them about the blue whale living in her pond. 
Show children the photo (see resource) of 6 endangered animals and explain that endangered means these animals are at risk or dying out (extinction) and that they must be protected. Discuss with children what they know about them, e.g. what they eat, where they live etc. Imagine it is in their garden!
 
Yr1/2 – Choose one animal they would like to use for their own book. Use the website links to support the plan resource. Discover your own facts finding out what their animal eats, where they live and what it is like as well as anything really interesting you would like to include.
 
Day 3 – WALT: write our own book.
Yr1 – Children to write 3 letters, 2 from you and 1 from Greenpeace (See Resource).
You can work with an adult or partner. Child writes a letter about their animal, and ask a question and their partner writes a reply from Greenpeace answering. 
Yr2 – Children should have at least 5 letters inside their book, three from you and two from Greenpeace (see resources for a proposed plan of the book)
 
The letters from you will ask a question and the replies will answer that question i.e. letters that ask for something and letters which tell you something. 
Choose an animal from yesterday’s lesson and explain that you love this animal very much and think you have one in your garden. Ask a question at the end of your letter. 
 
Day 4 – WALT: correct and improve our work
Finish work if this wasn’t finished from the day before and check through work. Spend 5-10 minutes checking each area,

• Capital letters and full stops
• Have you used conjunctions e.g., and, because, but, or
• Have you asked a question and used a question mark? 
• Spellings
• Does what you have written make sense.

 
Day 5 – WALT: write a thank you letter
Yr1/2 – write a thank you letter to Greenpeace for your animal. These are to be written independently to see what you have remembered. Take your time and try to make it as neat as you can.
Yr1 – Children write two or three sentences with the conjunction ‘and’, explaining what they are thankful for. 
Yr2 – Children to write two paragraphs explaining what they are thankful for and give some detail on what your animal has been doing. Try to use a range of conjunctions and sentence starters. 
 
At the end of your writing you can draw a picture of your animal if you wish. 
 
Science – Local Habitats
Please look through the powerpoint and then let children complete the worksheet on Local Habitats. If you would like the worksheet printed, then please either email me or contact the office and we can arrange to have it printed. 
 
RE – Judaism, have a look at the powerpoint on Sabbat and learn about why it is important, then let children have a go at the worksheet. If you would like the worksheet printed, please let me or the school know.
 
History – The Great Fire of London, lesson 3 - Go through the powerpoint and learn about ‘The Events of the Great Fire’. Once you have been through the powerpoint let children have a go at the activity sheet and complete the timeline. Let me know if you would like worksheets printed. 
 
Spellings – Please test for week 2 spellings, 15th June. Practise week 3 for next Monday. https://youtu.be/ch6qb-8PTyw
 
ICT – Study ladder activities

Hi all,

I will be loading up a spellings test video later today so that spelling can be tested like we do in class. Video available from. 12:30pm. Keep practising!

Here is the link:                  https://youtu.be/_wSD_HFG06A                
Let me know how you get on!

Hi all,
Hope you have had a good week and that you are all well and remaining sane!
Please let me know if you have any issues or if you struggle to understand something, I am always here to help.
 
Maths – Keep practising your times tables!
The worksheets for White Rose Maths are no longer on the website, so you can find them attached below. You may still wish to watch the videos so please still follow the link. 
Year 1 - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/
Year 2 - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Please start with summer term, week 7, lessons 1-4. Record the answers in your maths book. You don’t necessarily need to write the questions out, unless the adult teaching you wants you to, as it may be easier to mark. 
The worksheets are fairly simple so I would suggest doing some work practically. This will help with understanding.  
EXTRA (optional) – I have added mastery sheets for both year 1 and year 2, for those of you who find the work easy and want to push yourselves, feel free to have a go.
 
Phonics – please follow the link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1
 
Literacy –
This week we are going to be looking at the story ‘Dear Zoo’. (All work to be completed in your books, don’t forget capital letters, full stops and finger spaces!)
Please watch the Link: https://youtu.be/Au_3-hDGJjw
Day 1 – WALT write a list, using commas. Follow the link and watch the video: 
Watch the clip and look at the front cover. Has anyone ever visited the Zoo before? What animals did you see? Can you describe the animal as much as possible? 

• Yr1 – Have resource 1A ready. With adult support children cut out each animal as they encounter it and stick in list, one underneath the other. Once this is done match the pictures to the label. Children then write a list of the animals in their book. Model how to separate items in a list using a comma at the end of each sentence and a full stop at the end of the list. 
• Yr2 – Have resource 1A ready. Children cut out each animal as they encounter it and stick in list, one underneath the other. Once the list is complete, they then write the correct name next to each animal with a. short description of what that animal looks like, for example: the giraffe is yellow and bright orange, with a long neck and thin legs.  

Children then write a list of the animals in order using a comma at the end of each sentence and a full stop at the end of the list.
 
Day2 – WALT understand how to write our address using capital letters.
Each child will need a blank postcard – see resource.
Using resource 2a (if you have one) place the letter in an envelope addressed to child. Show the letter to them, noting (highlight) with them that a capital letter has been used for people and place names. 
Open the letter noting the features again and highlighting these. Who has written the letter? Why are they writing? What do we know about the animal now? 

• Yr1 – On the address side of the postcard children independently write their full name making sure they use a capital letter for part of their name. They then attempt to write their full address which can be copied down for them, making sure they have a capital letter for each part. Practise this first on a scrap bit of paper or a whiteboard if you have one so that you can check spelling and punctuation. 
• Yr2 -Children say their address to an adult who checks it. They then write their own address practising it first to ensure they produce clear capital letters. After this they then copy it on to their postcard.  

 
Day 3 – WALT write in the past tense. (this is a practise for tomorrows letter)
Adult prepare a bag of objects or photos to suggest activities you like doing. Talk about what you did last week (use past tense). I went on my bike and rode through a muddy puddle. Practise writing a postcard together to a family member or school. Begin with Dear and then pick someone’s name. Start writing a postcard about something you enjoyed and invite children to use your props to remind you of each sentence. 

• Yr1 – Children to write a postcard, writing several sentences about what they did last week, using past tense.  End the postcard with Love from and name.
• Yr2 – Children write a postcard using past tense but write a paragraph. Please try to include either because or so to join simple ideas, e.g. I went for a run with mum because I was bored. 

 
 
Day 4 – WALT write a persuasive letter
Return to ‘Dear Zoo’. Ask children to remind you what animals are in the story. Read the first page and ask children why the author wrote to the zoo: is he asking for something? Saying thank you for something? Or Telling them something?
Explain that they will try and write a letter to the zoo asking for a new pet for our classroom, e.g. Please can you send me a long, stripey snake with sharp fangs and a rattling tail? End with Love from and a name. 

• Yr1 – Children to write the address at the top right-hand corner (adult support) and Dear at the start.  Please write a few sentences about the animal they want and why? They can then draw a picture of the animal they would like below.
• Yr2 – Children discuss with an adult what animal they are going to request and why. Rehearse the reasons they will give for requesting this particular animal. Rehearse describing words which can be used to describe the animal. E.g. Dear Zoo. Please will you send me a cute, curious meerkat? I want a meerkat because they look amazing when they are standing up and looking round.

 
Day 5 – WALT edit and improve a piece of work. 
Yr1/2 – to look through their work and correct any punctuation and spelling mistakes and make improvement’s. 
 
Science – Living Things and Their Habitats
Have a look at the powerpoint and then have a go at the activity sheet. There are a few additional sheets to do for a bit of fun. If you need anything printed, please let me know
 
RE – Judaism, have a look at the powerpoint and go through the different pictures. Draw one of the pictures and write a sentence below explaining what it is and what it means.
 
History – The Great Fire of London. Go through the powerpoint and learn about present and past. Have a go at the activity sheets and let me know how you get on. Any problem’s, please let me know.
 
Spellings – Please test week 1’s spelling 8th June. Practise week 2 for next Monday. 
 
ICT – Study ladder activities

This is an exciting opportunity for children to enter an RE and Art project that can be done at home. 
There are prizes for the winners, and your work might appear on the web gallery. 

Have a go, good luck!