Week Beginning 8th February 2021

Core daily activities are listed below. These mirror what we will be teaching in school each day. If your child does some days in school, you only need to do the activities for the days they are at home please.

At the bottom of the page you will also find additional activities you may wish to do with your child over the week - these are not core activities but suggested activities.

Notes: For Thursdays art you may like to gather some loose part resources or prepare paints and black paper.

Please also note that on Friday in school we will be looking at the celebration of Chinese New Year. We will be posting videos and activities that you may like to do at home. It might be nice to have a try of some Chinese food at home with your child, although this is not compulsory.

Monday 8th February

Please access today's phonics lesson through Tapestry.

Group 1: Today we are introducing the /sh/ digraph.

Group 2: Today we are introducing the /ur/ digraph.

Please follow the link below to access today's mathematics lesson.

This week we are continuing Phase 5: Growing 6,7,8! Week 3, session 1.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-3/

Please also refer to tapestry to hear the full story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

Topic Work: This week we are going to be looking at the northern lights. Please refer to tapestry for a fact sheet you might like to share with your child. Perhaps you could use a search engine to look for videos and pictures of the northern lights. Encourage your child to describe what they can see and how the lights make them feel.

Tuesday 9th February

Please access today's phonics lesson through Tapestry.

Group 1: Today we are writing words with the /sh/ digraph.

Group 2: Today we are introducing the /ow/ digraph.

Please follow the link below to access today's mathematics lesson.

This week we are continuing Phase 5: Growing 6,7,8! Week 3, session 2

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-3/

Please also refer to tapestry to hear the full story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

Topic Work: Following on from yesterday re-look at the northern lights videos you found and discuss where in the world you might see them. If you have a globe you could look at that and discuss where the lights can be seen from. What do the places where you can see them have in common? They are near the poles of our Earth. If you don't have a globe you could look at a world map or online. The children may also like to take this opportunity to look at where we live in the world.

Wednesday 10th February

Please access today's phonics lesson through Tapestry.

Group 1: Today we are applying the /sh/ digraph.

Group 2: Today we are introducing the tricky word you.

Please follow the link below to access today's mathematics lesson.

This week we are continuing Phase 5: Growing 6,7,8! Week 3, session 3.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-3/

Please also refer to tapestry to hear the full story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

Topic Work: Use the link below to watch the video and listen to the music. Encourage your child to listen and respond to the music. How does it make them feel? Does it make them want to move? See if your child can dance and move their body like the northern lights. If you have blue/green ribbons or fabric at home perhaps you could use these.

Thursday 11th February

Please access today's phonics lesson through Tapestry.

Group 1: Today we are practising writing our tricky words

Group 2: Today we are introducing the /oi/ digraph

Please follow the link below to access today's mathematics lesson.

This week we are continuing Phase 5: Growing 6,7,8! Week 3, session 4.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-3/

Please also refer to tapestry to hear the full story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

Topic Work: Northern Lights Art: Looking at the colours and shapes that the northern lights make can you create your own piece of art to reflect them. You could use loose parts (buttons, ribbons, beads, fabric etc) for some transient art work. Or you could use chalks/paint on black paper (toothbrushes can make a nice effect with paint). Encourage your child to think about the colours and shapes they use in their artwork. Please do upload the finished pieces to tapestry because we would love to see what they create.

Friday 12th February

Please access today's phonics lesson through Tapestry.

Group 1: Today we are practising writing our tricky words in a sentence

Group 2: Today we are reviewing high frequency words

Please follow the link below to access today's mathematics lesson.

This week we are continuing Phase 5: Growing 6,7,8! Week 3, session 5.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-3/

Please also refer to tapestry to hear the full story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

Topic Work: Chinese New Year!

Please see the learning activities on tapestry to support children's understanding of Chinese New Year. Here are some ideas you could do at home:

• Look at the information on Chinese New Year. Talk about the things you celebrate in your family. What is the same? What is different?
• Perhaps you could try some Chinese food or make your own
• Could you have a go at using chopsticks at home - talk about different cultures and compare similarities and differences.
• Create your own animal race at home using the animals from the story.
• Create your own Chinese art work
• Make a red packet and give it to someone you care about.

Physical Development

Please follow the links to yoga and Joe Wicks to keep your child physically active!! Alternatively get wrapped up and enjoy a nice brisk walk around your local area, looking at the seasonal changes that are happening around you. 

Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Joe wicks is back Live on live Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9am on his YouTube channel keeping your children active!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ