Thursday 16th April 2020

Well done to everyone who sent me fantastic pictures of your Easter competition eggs and bonnets.
They were all AMAZING! I’m sure Mr Budge will be announcing the winners soon.

I have some fun things lined up for you to try at home over the next few weeks - including learning about Hinduism for Religious Education and also we will be starting our new topic...all about ANIMALS! 

So let's get busy!! 

Jumpstart your Thursday Thinking brain with Koo Koo Kanga Roo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXH0EAKzPcM

Maths:

Brain workout – how quickly can you count in 2s to 100! Can you count back again too?!

I'd like you to visit the Home Learning Year 1 on the White Rose website: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Go to Summer Term Week 1 and today we are going to complete Lesson 1 on doubling numbers.

Start with the rapid skills recap complete the Flashback 4 followed by today’s lesson - listen to the video and then you can have a go at the activity – see below attached.

Challenge yourself?  Think of your own 2 digit numbers to double using the method doubling the tens and ones.

English and Read Write Inc

Mrs Smart’s group 

We have been really lucky to have such wonderful weather during our Easter holiday! Spring has really sprung! 
I’d like you to feel inspired by all the busy activity going on around you in the natural world – there is a lot happening at this time of year!

We are going to have a go at writing a Spring poem!

You can use ideas from things you have done in the holiday (such as planting seeds, gardening, going to the park), or have a look at the poems I have attached (Spring poems) for ideas or even this video might give you some inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhv29_M-P5Q

I’d like you to use your SENSES (smell, sight, hearing, taste, touch) to describe things that we experience in Spring.
Poems don’t have to rhyme, but you can if you want to

Remember a poem is NOT a story! They are written in VERSES and you need to start a new line every time you talk about something new and each new line needs a capital letter. 

If you would like to you can illustrate your poem too! I'd love to see them so send me pictures or upload them onto our Brilliant Wall.

Miss Aitken’s group (Set 2 and 3)
We are going to practise spelling and reading sounds which have different spelling but they sound the same! This can be tricky but we can use some handy rules to help us remember which spelling to use…

Today’s sounds are ay “may I play” ,  a-e “make a cake” and ai “snail in the rain”

REMEMBER:

•  ai will never go at the end of a word!
• ay will normally go at the end of a word

Practise these spellings of your focus sounds and notice where the sound is in the word - don’t forget your dots and dashes!

1) snake 2) play 3) drain

Now write these sentence using your focus sounds:

1. I like to play with my pet snake.
2. My coin fell down the drain.

Miss Tranham’s group (Set 1 and 2)
Today’s sound is: ‘or’ “shut the door”

This sound is tricky because there is actually more than one way to spell it!

or and ore and oor
Practise these spellings- don’t forget your dots and dashes!

1) born2) door 3) more

Can you write this sentence:

I was born on the floor.

Mrs Fetherston’s group (Set 3)
Today’s focus sounds are “a-e” “make a cake” and “i-e” “nice smile”. Remember these are “chatty friend” sounds so they can’t sit next to each other in words, another sound sits between them to split them up.  Say the sound and phrase and listen for the sound in the words.

Now practise these spellings with today’s focus sounds, don’t forget your dots and dashes!

1) make  2) cake 3) nice 4) smile

Now write these sentences using these sounds:  
1) My dad bakes the best vanilla and berry cupcakes. 
2) I won a prize for flying my kite really high!

Mrs Smith’s group (Set 3)
Today’s sound is “ear” as in “hear with your ear”
This is a tricky sound because it has 3 special friends!

Practise these spellings with today’s focus sound “ear” - don’t forget your dots and dashes!
1) spear 2) near 3) dear

Now write these sentences with your focus sound:

1. Do you hear with your ears?
2. “I am weary” said the man with the beard.

Religious Education

This term we will be learning about Hinduism in our religious education.

Hinduism is an ancient religion that originated in India. With your grown up go through the slides together and see how much you can remember about the Hindu religion. See how many gods you can remember! Can you try colouring them in using the colouring sheets - look on the internet to help you as they are very colourful! 

After all that why not try some mid afternoon mindfulness with Mindful Monkey Happy Panda (ppt)

End your day with some crazy creative ideas - Think outside the box Thursday!

Have fun everyone!