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Week beginning 23.3.20

Please make sure you upload photos/videos every day on Seesaw so we can see how the children are progressing and set activities accordingly.  Please don't worry about overwhelming us - it's no more than we would be doing at school.  

However, do remember that teachers support children in their learning, not do it for them!  Things won't look perfect.  The important thing is that it is their own work!

 

We always begin the day by looking at the weather.

Click here for an interactive weather chart and here for a look at the forecast, including the temperature.

 

Friday

Funky Fingers 

Watch this video and see if you can do Cat’s Cradle.  We used to play this at school when I was little!   

 

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Nifty Numbers 

Imagine there were 12 gold coins in the giant’s bag.  How many each would they have if he shared them between all the characters in the story…. (Jack, Jack’s mum, the giant, and the giant’s wife)? 

What if the cow and the cat wanted some too?  How many would everybody get now? 

(Remember we share by giving out one at a time and saying ‘one for you, one for you, one for you… to make sure it is all fair). 

Feeling clever?  What if there were 24 gold coins?  How many would each character get now? 

What would happen if you shared the 12 or 24 coins equally between the people in your house?  Would it be fair? 

Share a story 

 

Phonics 

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Writing 

What is your favourite bit in the story of Jack and the Beanstalk? 

 

Challenge 

Can you make a castle?  One with a drawbridge would be very clever.  You could use junk, Lego, chairs and cushions…It could be big enough to fit a favourite toy or even you! 

 

Great News! 

The music package we use at school is now available at home.  The children absolutely love this!  Log in to Seesaw for your individual logins. 

 

 

Thursday

Was the temperature the same or different today?  See how many numbers up or down you need to move the peg.

 

Handwriting

Have a go at the letter ‘e’.  Remember it starts in the middle – one of only two letters that do.  Try to make sure the circle bit touches the edge of the horizontal on the left-hand side.

 

Phonics

Muffin tray syllables

Cut out some circles.  Get a grown up to draw on some pictures of objects and put each one in a hole.  Use buttons/raisins/stones to show how many syllables each word has.  If you don’t have a muffin tray, you could use an egg box.

 

Nifty Numbers

Jack took the giant’s money bag.  “Now they could buy as much food as they wanted and smart new clothes besides.”

Can you make a shop to ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ things to your family?  You might just want to stick to using 1ps and 2ps.  Do you remember how to count the 2ps?  You need to tap the coin twice when you say the numbers. 

If you use 5ps remember to deal with that one first.  Put it ‘in your pocket’ like we did with the thermometer (see instructions for Tuesday) and then count on the other coins.

 

Art Attack

Jack took the giant’s harp.  Can you make a musical instrument out of junk?  There are lots of ideas for inspiration if you put ‘kids junk musical instrument’ into Google images.

 

Investigation

Jack had a cow called Milky-White.  Find out what you can about cows and milk.

 

If you have a disposable glove, you could have a go at milking a cow!

Get a grown up to make a tiny hole in the end of each fingertip.  Fill the glove with water, hold tight to the top with one hand and squeeze the fingers with the other hand – but maybe do it in the sunshine or the bath!

 

 

Wednesday

Funky fingers

Jack’s beans were thrown out of the window.  Can you pick up beans (raisins etc) using tweezers/chopsticks/a folded straw…) and put them back in the pot?

 

Phonics

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Nifty Numbers

Jack had 5 beans.  When his mum threw them out of the window, some fell in the grass and some fell on the flower bed.

Can you find all the different combinations for how they might have fallen such as …

1 on the grass and 4 in the flowerbed

2 on the grass…?

Encourage the children to use their fingers (some fingers up and some fingers down) to work out the different combinations or use real objects.

Feeling clever?  What if Jack had 10 beans?  What would the different combinations be then?

 

Share a story

Jasper’s Beanstalk

Do you know the difference between a slug and a snail?

Find out about the words ‘rake’ and ‘hoe’.

Can you explain what was wrong with Jasper’s care of his bean?

Have you spotted what book Jasper is reading at the end of the story?

 

Writing

Can you find some seeds to plant (maybe from some fruit or a tomato or pepper)?

Can you write some instructions for Jack’s mum about how to plant them – she just threw them out of the window!

Have you ever tried cutting the green bit off a spring onion and putting it in a glass of water?  After a few days, you should see some roots beginning to grow

 

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 PE

Exciting news!  This PE resource that we use in school is now available to our families for free.

real PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together. It includes a programme specifically for children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 with 12 themes, 6 areas, over 250 activities and challenges and 1000s of hours of fun and activity. This programme is also great for family play and fun.

There are so many benefits to being active, not only to our physical wellbeing but also to our emotional and mental health, especially in such testing times for all of us. We hope that the ideas help support you and your family to stay fit and healthy in the coming months. Login to Seesaw for the details to access real PE at home

Remember – the best exercise is the one we actually do!

 

 

Tuesday

Well done to those of you who have already posted on Seesaw.  We love seeing your photos and videos so keep them coming!

 

When we look at the weather each morning, we also record the temperature on a virtual thermometer, so your challenge today is to make a paper thermometer.

 Write or cut and stick the numbers 1-25 vertically on a piece of paper or card and clip a clothes peg on to the number that is the temperature for the day.  Tomorrow you can add another one to show yesterday and today.

We use these 2 numbers to help practise counting on or back.  This is the way we do it…

Imagine today’s temperature is 8C and tomorrow it is 11C.  To find how many more we need to get from 8 to 11 we say the first number as we pretend to put it in our (imaginary) pocket, then use our fingers to count on.  So…

 8 (in my pocket), 9, 10,11.  I should have 3 fingers up now, so I need to move the peg three numbers up.

 To count back, just do the same in reverse.

11 (in my pocket) 10, 9, 8.  I should have 3 fingers up now, so I need to move the peg three numbers down.

 

Handwriting

Practice writing the letters ‘l’ and ‘i’. 

Have a look at the handwriting Powerpoint on General Resources.

Remember the letters should be lovely and straight and ‘i’ should be about half the size of ‘l’.   The dot should be floating not attached. 

Check on the alphabet strip in your pack. 

You could do a repeating pattern…

ilililililili

then, if you are feeling very clever, you could add in a ‘t’.

 iltiltiltilt

 

Music

Watch this video to remind you how to keep the beat to music, then see if you can keep the beat to one of your favourite songs.  (Keeping the beat is quite difficult for young children but a very useful skill, so just persevere and do it at every opportunity - we do!)

 

Phonics

Here’s a video to remind you about syllables. (These are so helpful when spelling).

Find some things around the house that have 1 syllable, then 2 syllables, then 3 and even 4!

 

Nifty Numbers

The giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is huge and has really big feet.  Who has the longest feet in your house?

Use their shoes to measure the length of your bed (remember not to leave spaces in between the shoes when you are measuring).  How many is it?

Now use your own shoes to measure again.  Is it the same answer?  Can you explain what you have found out?

 

Cookery

As you know, we always cook on a Tuesday.  Ask a grown up if they will help you crack and cook one of the ‘golden’ eggs from Jack and the Beanstalk.  Maybe you could have it on toast for lunch? 

 

Share a story

Read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk again (children love and need repetition). 

Can you do the Fee Fi Foo Fum bits for the giant?

Do you think the story is set in the town or the country?  Why do you think this?

Can you remember the order of the things Jack took?

 

Role Play

Can you be the giant and dress up in really big clothes? 

Or be Jack and hide somewhere in the house? 

Who could be the giant’s wife?  She might give you a hunk of bread, a lump of cheese and a mug of milk!

 

Monday

Funky Fingers 

(These activities help to strengthen arms, wrists and fingers for writing.  Try and do some daily. )

Whole arms - to music, make circles with your arms outstretched to the sides, above your head, out to the front etc.  Be inventive.  The music we use is by T Rex and can be found on the General Resources page.

Palms and fingers - Can you fill a cup with water just by squeezing a sponge?

                                Repeat using just a small piece of sponge to really make those fingers work!

 

Phonics

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PE

Try this 5 minute workout!

 

Writing

Write about something you did at the weekend.  Don't forget to illustrate it with a picture and post a photo on Seesaw!

 

Share a story

Read Jack and the Beanstalk together.  Some questions to ask...

Can you stamp like the giant?

What do you think about Jack taking the giant's things?

Talk about the words 'flung', 'dangly', and 'hunk'.