April 5, 2020

Year 1 – Monday 6th April – Easter Holiday

Good Morning Year 1

Dear parents and children,

We hope you enjoyed your weekend and are safe and well. As we have reached the Easter holidays, we will not be sending work out each day but we will still keep in touch. On this post we have included an RE lesson on the Easter story and a list of ideas for exciting activities you may wish to complete this week. We have also left the section for optional ongoing activities should you wish to carry on with this.

If you’re looking for something extra to do, you can listen to some nursery rhymes. You could see how many you know or even learn a new one! Find them here: Nursery Rhymes

If you want to watch any stories read by us again, you can find them linked at the bottom of this post in the ‘video resources’ section. The password is the same as previously.

Thank you for everything you have done this half term so far. We are still available this week for you to email us with any questions, concerns or if you just want to share your learning.

Happy Easter!

Year 1 Team

Helpful Reminders

We are still checking our emails regularly and have loved seeing what you are doing. Feel free to email us if you have a question or just want to say hello at: year1@stmarksce.org.uk

You can access our general resources to support your child at home here: Y1 General Resources

Please do not feel like you have to complete all of the activities provided in one day. We have given a variety so that there are options for you to choose what works best for you at home.

Read Write Inc are kindly doing live daily phonics sessions. They are at certain times depending on which sounds you would like to practise. We suggest either Set 2 or Set 3 sounds. Find the link here: RWI Phonics

If you are running out of reading material, you can try Oxford Owl.You need to make a free parent account but it gives to access to some Oxford Reading Tree e-books that we use at school. Make sure you are reading a book that is at your child’s band. If they are finding this band too easy, you could try a songbird book from the band above.

Alternatively, you can find free Big Cat ebooks by following the steps linked here: Big Cat ebooks.

Optional Ongoing Activities

As well as the learning tasks we upload each day, there are a few ‘extras’ that you could have a go at, if you get time.

Read a book. This can be their school reading book, an e-book or a book from home.
Alternatively, you make like to read an ebook from Oxford Owl or Collins Big Cat.
Have stories read to them.
Read or spell some key words.
Read Write Inc speed sound videos (linked in helpful reminders)
Practise naming the letters of the alphabet and sing the alphabet song (capital and lower case).
Use phonicsplay or phonicsbloom: Obb and Bob PhonicsPlay /Phonics Bloom link
Practise counting from 0-100 (forwards and backwards) or in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
One more and one less than a number (pick from 0-50)
Numbots (login is in the back of the reading log)
Sing a number bonds song or use Hit the Button (number bonds to 10 or 20): Hit the Button link
Spelling: there are no new words over the Easter break, however if you are looking for spellings to practise you can use key words. Find our previous post with all 300 key words here: Key Words

Topic

RE: Read the Easter story using the slides provided here: Easter Story

Have a chat with someone at home about the story:

What happened in the story?
How did that story make you feel?
What were the sad parts of the story?
What were the happy parts of the story?

When you are finished talking about the activity, you could have a go at this activity. If you do not have an available printer, you could draw an S-Plan to retell the story or have a go at drawing your own storyboard. Find the activity here: Easter Story Retell

Easter Activities

Here is a list of fun Easter/spring related activities you may wish to have a go at this week. You do not have to complete any of these activities – they are just ideas to keep you busy should you wish to use them. We will post a new list with more exciting activities next week too.

Art/Craft Ideas:

Make an Easter Card for someone at home. You could use these slides for inspiration or think of your own idea! Easter Card Ideas
Easter themed mindfulness colouring. You could put some relaxing music on while you colour – try your best to stay in the lines! Easter Colouring
Create an Easter painting. You could use one of our ideas here or think of your own:

Handprint Butterfly – You will need: paint, a paintbrush, paper, glue, colouring pencils/felt tips. You may like to use: googly eyes, scissors, Butterfly Body Templates. Find the instructions here: Butterfly Handprint Instructions
Footprint Carrot – You will need: orange paint, coloured card/paper, green card/pipe cleaners/paint, paper, a paintbrush, scissors, sellotape/glue. Find the instructions here: Footprint Carrot Instructions

Active Ideas:

Have an Easter Egg hunt around your house or garden. You could make/use your own eggs or print these to hide: Paper Easter Eggs
Learn this spring song. When you are finished, see if you can make up your own dance to it. Spring Chicken
Help someone at home with some gardening. How many bugs can you spot?
Do some Easter baking. You could have a go at one of these recipes or use your own. Please try and use what is already in the cupboard already or collect ingredients when shopping for essentials. BBC Good Food Easter for Kids

Maths Ideas:

Have a go at our spring maths activity pack here: Maths Pack
Practise the areas listed below by visiting Top Marks Maths’ spring activities page here: Top Marks Easter link