Welcome to Meadow 4!
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.
If you can’t join us for the live session at 9.15 then please download the PDF to see what to do!
Write your number patterns into your red book.
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.
Here is the game for you to play at home again if you want to!
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.
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.
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.
Here is the game that you can play too – have fun!
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:
I just love this piece of art work. Some of the circles were done at home and some at school – it looks fantastic!
Good Morning! Please join me for live maths and phonics. There is no afternoon catch up on a Wednesday but don’t forget to join Mrs Smith’s assembly at 2.20pm.
If you can’t make the live lesson then please download the PDF below to see what to do!
Maths Challenge (optional task)
Try this number pattern challenge. What numbers go in the _____ ? Now describe the pattern of each to an adult? E.g. for question 1 ‘The pattern is going down in steps of 1’.
If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 23 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons where we review different ways of spelling the oa sound.
Have a go at these home PE lessons which will help you practice your throwing skills. First try lesson 3- throwing for accuracy and then lesson 10- flat target accuracy. Have fun!
Heads up for tomorrow’s science
You will need some of the materials you used last week to build your wall. Straw, sugar cubes, sticks, lego bricks, etc. Some glue or sticky tape and some scales. In the lesson the teacher uses some balance scales but you could use some kitchen scales. If you prefer you can just watch the video. It does say to build your walls again ready for next week’s experiment which you could do or just remember to build them next week if you’d rather not have your walls hanging around for a week!
Good Morning everyone. I look forward to seeing you for our English, phonics and afternoon catch up! This afternoon we will do a little bit more handwriting so you will need your little red book and a sharp pencil!
Watch the video of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Whilst it is playing or afterwards see if you can draw a quick story map. You could do this on your whiteboard or a piece of paper. Here is one that someone else has done.
Today we are going to focus on your reading. Please read one of the Jack and the Beanstalk stories.
Please read the simple version to an adult and answer the questions at the end of the story. You can answer these in your red book – you don’t need to copy out the questions just write the answers in a sentence.
If you are reading green, orange or turquoise books at school then please read the challenging version to an adult.
When you have finished you could draw a picture in the space on the page in your book.
If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 22 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons where we will review the different ways of spelling the oo sound.
In this lesson, we will continue to learn about some of the ways in which toys have changed over time. We will learn how modern technology has affected the ways in which children play. We will then look at some examples of electronic and non-electronic games. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil.
Follow this link to watch the lesson:
Some more great art work today!
I hope you had a lovely weekend! I can’t believe it’s February!
Please join us live for maths, phonics and our catch up. This afternoon we will be focusing on some maths so you will need your white board and pen! We are going to do a little quiz – thank you Hugo for this idea! You will need to practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s! Have a little go at home – don’t worry if you find it tricky to do your adult can help you in the quiz.
Before our phonics session this morning please could you draw around a grownups hand on a piece of paper and have it nearby when we meet at 11am.
If you can’t join us live at 9.15 then please click on the pdf below to see what you need to do!
If you need an extra challenge today have a go at the challenge below
Now try making the difference between the numbers large.
If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 21 of the Year 1 Spring Term Lessons where we will be reviewing all the different ways of making the ee sound.
After the session you could play this roll and read game.
We love the wonderful illustrations in the Rapunzel and Little Red texts we have been using for our literacy over the last few weeks. They were created by Bethan Woollvin, who also wrote the stories. Today we will be having a go at making our own drawings inspired by her simple, distinctive style.
Click on the link below to find a step-by-step guide to drawing a wolf created by Bethan herself…
In school we will be making big versions of these and using our colour-mixing skills to create greys and browns to paint them!
Why not try having a go at drawing some other fairytale characters in Bethan’s style? You might find it easiest to start with the round face shape, and don’t forget to add those big, distinctive eyes!
Well Meadow 1, this is the third artist you’ve studied this half term and I have to admit, one of my favourites. Thank you for sending in your photos. Next week I will try and combine your work with the children in school to make one beautiful display!
