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Year R – Friday 20th March
Good Morning Everyone!
How are you today? We hope you are ready for another fun filled day of activities!
Today we thought we’d give you the chance to have a little Worship time in your homes if you would like to. There are slides just like the ones we use in our class worships and your children will probably enjoy guiding you through them and explaining what we do for some of our worship routines. There’s a link to our school song “We’re Growing and Learning Together” for the end of the worship with lots of other voices on there so you won’t be singing alone!
You can find the worship slides here: https://www.stmarksprimary.net/2020/03/19/home-worship/
We also thought we’d send you some links to some exercise and music activities. At school, we call these types of activities “Activate”. We hope you have fun trying them out.
Oh and I nearly forgot – Mrs Mitchell has posted a story for you today! Enjoy!
Have a lovely day.
Year R Team
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Helpful Reminders
We are still checking the email account regularly and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the lovely work that you have posted onto Tapestry. Please do contact us at: yearr@stmarksce.org.uk and please continue to post and comment on Tapestry. We would love to hear from you if you have a question, need a password, need some help, want to show us your work or even just say hello! We look forward to hearing from you.
Presentation – Please remember to do your very best work. Handwriting and presentation are as important at home as they are in school. You can complete your work in a book or if you need lined or squared paper you can get it here.
Note for parents: Hopefully your children will enjoy working through these activities. We completely understand it may be difficult to complete all these tasks due to other family commitments or if you are working from home, so please do not worry; complete what you can with your child.
Ongoing Daily Activities
Each day, please practise a few of these important skills:
- Reading your keywords
- Writing your name (use your laminated name card from your Summer pack)
- Forming cursive letters
- Recognising sounds (use your white phonics flashcards)
- Reading an Ebook from the following website: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ You’ll find lots of Kipper books and even some Read Write Inc Phonics books too! Grown-ups: you will need to create a parent account which is free to do. This website is great for helping parents to understand how and what we teach your children in school and we hope you’ll find it useful.
- Counting forwards and backwards to 10
- Counting a small handful of different everyday objects
- Lining up larger numbers of items and counting them carefully and slowly, Make sure to touch each one as you move along the row of items. Each time you touch a new number say the next number name clearly. If you go higher than 10 make sure you say “teen” not “ty” (fourteen not forty).
English
The link below will take you to a fun phonics learning website called Phonics Play. They have very kindly opened up all access to the different areas and games. There is information on the site with the details of the username and log in password you will need to input. We recommend playing Buried Treasure or Picnic on Pluto and experimenting with the different Phases until your child finds that they recognise lots of the sounds. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
Also try Pick aPicture at Phase 2 first. This is a good way to polish up your blending skills children! https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PictureMatch.html
Maths
Below is a link to today’s Numberblocks Maths Activity.
Topic: Gymnastics
During PE this half term we have become Gymnasts. We have been learning all sorts of different jumps:
I wonder if you could show your grown up all the different jumps we have learnt so far.
Can you choose your favourite three jumps and put them into a sequence? Perhaps you could add a balance between each jump? Remember to show your grown up how we point our toes like gymnasts.
Video Resources
Activate
Here are some fantastic videos for you to enjoy getting some exercise to. Some of them have some brilliant learning in aswell! Perhaps you could upload a video onto Tapestry of you enjoying them together!
The Penguin Dance
Exercise Rhyme and Freeze (we really enjoyed this for Sports Relief!)
Trolls – Can’t stop the feeling
BBC SuperMovers: The Alphabet Song
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We’ll be back again tomorrow! Have fun and take care.
Year R – Thursday 19th March
Good Morning Everyone!
I hope today’s post finds you well. We are so impressed by all the work and fun you are sharing on Tapestry. Please keep posting. We really love to hear from you. Don’t forget, you can use the email to send messages to us as well. The address is: yearr@stmarksce.org.uk
Please do not feel under any pressure to complete all of the activities provided in one day. Anything you can do is fantastic! However, it would be great if you can encourage your little ones to complete the recommended daily activities.
Have a lovely day.
Year R Team x
Writing and Reading Activities
Each day, please practise:
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Reading your keywords
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Writing your name (use your laminated name card from your Summer pack)
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Forming your cursive handwriting (see the slides below for all the letter famiies)
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Reading an Ebook from the following website: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ You’ll find lots of Kipper books and even some Read Write Inc Phonics books too! Grown-ups: you will need to create a parent account which is free to do. This website is great for helping parents to understand how and what we teach your children in school and we hope you’ll find it useful.
Today’s Job
This week we would have been creating a Mother’s Day card as a surprise for Sunday. Below is a link to the activity which includes today’s writing task. The powerpoint can also be viewed below.
Template for the Flower Pot: Flower-pot-template
Maths Activities
Each day, please practise:
- Counting forwards and backwards to 10
- Counting a small handful of different everyday objects
- Lining up larger numbers of items and counting them carefully and slowly, Make sure to touch each one as you move along the row of items. Each time you touch a new number say the next number name clearly. If you go higher than 10 make sure you say “teen” not “ty” (fourteen not forty).
Today’s Job:
Below is a link to today’s Numberblocks Maths Activity. The powerpoint can also be viewed below.
Maths Home Learning – Thursday 19th March
Here is a copy of the weblink featured in the powerpoint just incase it doesn’t work –
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/numberblocks-make-and-play
Topic Activities
We have been learning all sorts of interesting facts about animals on the farm. There are lots of important vehicles that work hard on the farm too. I wonder if you could name any of them?
Today’s Job:
Can you build a vehicle that could work on the farm? You could use building blocks, Lego, junk modelling, playdough or any other resources you have at home. How could you join the pieces together? Will it be able to move? Have fun!
We’ll be back again tomorrow! Take care.
Year R – Wednesday 18th March
Good morning children! We hope you have had a good breakfast and are up and ready for the day! It doesn’t look like it is going to rain today so it might be good to get a little bit of fresh air if you can.
Yesterday, parents, we had some queries about how much you should expect your child to be doing within the home environment, for how long, and in what detail. We think that each of the activities we suggest should take 10-15 minutes and we recommend that you include some time to play in between activities, as we would at school.
Well, we are really looking forward to seeing all your posts on Tapestry today. Keep smiling and remember children, be kind to your grown ups and show them lots of your fabulous Learning Behaviours.
Take care Parrots, Puffins and Penguins!
Writing and Reading Activities
Each day, please practise:
- Writing your name (use your laminated name card from your Summer pack)
- Writing the long ladder letters (don’t forget to use the lead-ins)
- Reading your keywords
Today’s Job:
Try reading an Ebook from the following website’s Ebook library. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
You’ll find lots of Kipper books and even some Read Write Inc Phonics books too!
Grown-ups: you will need to create a parent account which is free to do. This website is great for helping parents to understand how and what we teach your children in school and we hope you’ll find it useful.
Maths Activities
Each day, please practise:
- Counting forwards and backwards to 10
- Counting a small handful of different everyday objects
- Lining up larger numbers of items and counting them carefully and slowly, Make sure to touch each one as you move along the row of items. Each time you touch a new number say the next number name clearly. If you go higher than 10 make sure you say “teen” not “ty” (fourteen not forty).
Today’s Job:
Please click below to open today’s Numberblocks Maths Activity.
Maths Flipchart for home learning 18.03
Topic Activities
We are learning about the farm. Last week we read non-fiction (information) books to learn about different farm animals and we thought about different ways we could group farm animals together. We sorted them by colour, size, by what they ate etc.
Today’s Job:
Can your grown-up guess your favourite farm animal? Give them some clues to listen to. Don’t make them too easy to begin with or they will be able to guess straight away!
Here’s one for you to give you an idea:
- it has 4 legs
- it has ears
- it likes to roll in the mud
- it lives in a sty
- it has a curly tail
- it is sometimes pink
Did you guess it? Yes! It’s a pig!
Can you draw and colour your favourite farm animal? Think carefully about the colours you will use to make it look as real as you can. Maybe your grown-up can help you look for a photo of the animal that you have chosen. Do you have any books, puzzles, toys to look at that will help you to draw your picture?
We’ll be back again tomorrow! Take care.