Good Morning! This is the last day of learning before the half term holiday! You have all been AMAZING and I am so proud of you!

There is no live phonics this morning so please watch the video lesson. Join us for English and our afternoon catch up. I’m looking forward to the talent show! You might want to tell a joke, sing a song, do a dance, do a magic trick, share a picture you’re really proud of or you may have an idea of your own! I can’t wait! If it really isn’t your thing don’t worry you can just sit back and watch the others.

English

If you can’t join us at 9.15 then please download the PDF below!

Phonics

As there is no live lesson at 11 please watch Lesson 29 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons, where we will be reviewing wh wheel ph phone and g giant

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Science

This week is a fun experiment where you will be investigating which materials can be blown down by creating your own wind using a hairdryer!  If you didn’t build walls ready for this last week then build them before you watch the lesson today!

http://bit.ly/3tqPBAy

I look forward to seeing you in our live morning sessions. Don’t forget to join Mrs Smith’s assembly this afternoon! She thought you were all fabulous yesterday!

If you have a £5, £10 and £20 in your home they could be useful for our maths lesson today. Don’t worry if you don’t I have plenty of pictures!

Just to let you know that there will be no live phonics tomorrow so you will need to watch the video link that I add to the blog. The English and our catch up session will still go ahead.

Maths

If you can’t join us today live then please download the PDF to see what you need to do!

Maths Challenge Time

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 28 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons where we review some of this half term’s learning.

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Here is the link to the game that will help you practise your blending. See if you can beat your time by playing it several times.

http://bit.ly/3aOqGOK

PE

For PE today we would like you try out one of Andy’s Wild Workouts!  

In this episode he  travels to the freezing Arctic to see what he can find. He leaps with an Arctic fox, swims with eider ducks before meeting a huge, hungry polar bear.  I thought you’d enjoy this as you all were really interested in polar bears last term.  If you want you could always watch a few of the others too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmrxh/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-10-arctic

I look forward to seeing you live for English, phonics and our catch up. In this afternoon’s catch up we will be sharing some riddles. See if you can think of one to tell everyone!

Before your phonics session please could you write the following words on some small bits of paper or post it notes:

love noise table solve please little

Today is internet safety day. This is more important than ever now and your children are getting very good at using technology very quickly! So we have planned an internet safety session for you to do with your child instead of our usual history.

English

This week we are going to be finding out about wolves. You are going to be researchers!

If you aren’t able to make the live lesson today then please download the PDF to see what to do!

I will be using a sheet like this one to record my questions – if you want to use the same one you can download it here. Or you can just write your questions on a page in your red book.

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 27 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons. where we will be reviewing le, se and ve.

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Internet Safety

Safer Internet Day 2021 is being celebrated across the UK today.

With such a huge shift to remote learning and time spent on the internet, teaching our children about how to stay safe online has never been so important.

The theme of Safer Internet Day this year is about children learning how to tell the difference between fact and fiction and whether they can always trust what they see online.

In school we will be having a look at this assembly story:

http://bit.ly/3jsKeMh

Please also have a look at the first video clip on the link below which can spark a discussion about the following questions:

What can we trust or not trust? How do we know? How can I check it out? What do I do if I am worried?

http://bit.ly/2LyzkbC

This website also has a range of top tips, films, lessons and assemblies for all ages – please do visit if you would like to explore this theme further with your child or other children at home:

http://bit.ly/3aEauj6

Some super art again today – well done everyone!

I look forward to seeing you in our live morning sessions and the afternoon catch up session. In our catch up this afternoon we will be doing a scavenger hunt where I will ask you to go and find things!

Maths

If you can’t join us today live then please download the PDF to see what you need to do!

If you would like to play the toy shop game I show you in the live session please click on this link!

http://bit.ly/2Lt2Nne

Maths Challenge

If you fancy a bit of a challenge have a go at this!

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 26 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons where we will be reviewing the long ay sound.

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Art

This week we will be looking closely at how Bethan Woollvin created the trees, plants and woodland settings in her simple, beautiful illustrations.

Look at the shapes and lines of each different tree and bush. How has Bethan added detail to show the branches, leaves or bark? Did you notice that her illustrations are mostly in monochrome – black, white and shades of grey – with pops of bright colour here and there?

Now create your own forest of trees and plants in this style! You could use pencils, felt tips, paint or chalk.

You might like to listen to this story that we read before Christmas, also by Bethan Woollvin. Does it inspire you to draw anything else?

I REALLY enjoyed our would you rather questions this afternoon and it was lovely to see you all giggling! I know some of you had a go at the music today too – the children in school loved it. Look at these amazing photos that Elliott sent in!

Good Morning! I look forward to seeing you for Maths, phonics and our afternoon catch up. This afternoon we are going to play a game of would you rather! I will have some ready for us but it might be fun for you to all think of one each to share too!

Before today’s maths session please could you write these 8 numbers on 8 small pieces of paper or post it notes.

Next week in maths we will be focusing on money. If you can, try and find one of each of the coins ready for our lessons.

Maths

If you can’t join us for the live session at 9.15 then please download the PDF to see what to do!

Maths Challenge (Optional task)

Write your number patterns into your red book. 

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 25 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons which reviews this week’s learning.

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Here is the game for you to play at home again if you want to!

Music

Get moving and create a cool table top dance sequence to music!

The first clip explains how composer Gabriel Prokofiev created his unique ‘Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra’ and shows him performing the piece with an orchestra.

In the second clip you can learn a cool table top dance sequence inspired by this piece of music. Learn some moves with dancer and choreographer Jordan Douglas and create your own sequence inspired by turntables!

Click on the link below – you will need to scroll down to ‘Get moving and create turntable inspired choreography with Sadler’s Wells…’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-tasters/zjy3382

I hope you enjoyed the activity today – maybe you learnt a new word or two!

Good Morning I look forward to seeing you for English, Phonics and our afternoon catch up. In our catch up session this afternoon I would like you to bring along your favourite story book that you have at home.

English

Watch this language rich version of Jack and the Beanstalk.  

This version has some lovely language in it.  The author has thought really carefully  about the words he has used.  This helps make it really interesting to listen to.

I have picked some of the words from the story, see if you can find the words that have a similar meaning.  This is a great activity for building up your vocabulary. If you’d rather not print out the sheet below just record the answers in your red book.

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 24 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons. where we will be reviewing different ways of spelling the igh sound.

https://bit.ly/36maD9s

Here is the game that you can play too – have fun!

Science

In this lesson, we will be experimenting with different types of materials which have different weights. We will be creating our structures to experiment with in the next lesson, ‘Will the wall I’ve built withstand strong winds?’. You will need playdough, twigs or sticks, hay or straw, sugar cubes, lego or plastic bricks and lastly glue or sticky tape. If you don’t have these things, you can just watch the video. At the end please answer the questions and then draw the table into your book and sort the list of materials into heavy and light.

Click on this link to watch the lesson:

http://bit.ly/3r8NLSR

I just love this piece of art work. Some of the circles were done at home and some at school – it looks fantastic!