Good Morning Reception, I hope you have a wonderful week of learning this week. I notice many of you are getting in to a great routine which I am sure you will find helpful. Here is this weeks learning:
Name writing practice and number formation - Please continue to practice this daily, if you notice any letters or numbers that are not correctly formed, encourage your child to practice them in isolation a few times. Here is the RWI sounds mat. You could ask your child to practice writing 3 of the sounds they already know per day, can they write a 3 letter word that you say to them? E.g. m - o - p = mop.
RWI phonics virtual lessons - The daily lessons are very important to continue the children’s learning. The lessons are taught by the fantastic Read Write Inc. team, via Youtube. I recommend watching these videos throughout the day, rather than in one go. The videos will be available from 9.30am for 24 hours, then they are removed and the next lesson’s video is available.
Please click on this link to check which lessons I suggest that your child engages with daily.
If your child is finding the set 1 speed sounds too easy, please get them to watch set 2 speed sounds. And vice versa, if they are finding set 2 lessons too difficult, please get the children to use the set 1 lesson.Ditty Photocopy sheets - Please see the video on the previous blog which demonstrates how to use these with your child. Click here for the five sheets for this week, one per day.
Maths - Please use the challenge sheets and complete the tasks you can over 2/3 days then move onto the next teen number. I will suggest two challenge sheets per week for you to work through. Here is number thirteen and fourteen for this week.
Yoga - I have loved seeing photos of the children enjoying yoga at home this last week. Physical development is one of the three prime areas of the Early Years curriculum. Exercise will help your child in so many ways, please make time for this or an alternative physical activity each day. Please try the Cosmic Kids yoga channel on Youtube.
RE - This week the children are learning about Jesus choosing his Disciples. The children should learn that Jesus chose friends to help him. Please explain to the children that this happened some years later than the story they learned about last week, Jesus was a grown up and he left home to teach people how to live a good life. He needed helpers to do this. Here is the story of the miraculous catch: Jesus Catches Fish Story for Children | Bible Stories for Kids | Little Worship Company Bible Time - YouTube
To follow up from this learning, the children could do some fish art. One lovely idea if that you could paint large cardboard fish shapes (a cereal box should do the trick) and decorate them with sparkles. You could make it into a mobile.Topic - This is our last week with a Frozen focus! Throughout the week, please work through the three remote lessons within the Winter: Hot/Cold section on Oak National Academy. Winter: Hot/Cold - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy) There are 3 remote lessons for the children to watch. They include a experiment involving ice cubes, planning what you would pack for a hot or cold holiday and drawing what you would see on a winters walk.
Music - Mrs Benson has added new activities for the children to enjoy this week.
Art - Lesson 3 on Oak National Academy - Winter: Hot/Cold
Here is a story read by me for the children to sit and listen to at some point this week. It is just over 7 minutes long.
I do not want to overwhelm yourselves or the children, so here are some extra suggested activities if you have the time:
Phonics play - the website full of word reading games that will support the children in their reading. You do not need to subscribe or log in, buried treasure is a firm favourite in school PhonicsPlay - Resources
Oxford owl - If you have not had a look, please take 5 minutes to look at their website. You can set up an account and gain access to lots of free eBooks for your children to read. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+4-5&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
White Rose Maths - You can access daily Maths lessons, the following link will take you to lessons which will help to consolidate and create a deeper understanding of number with a focus on numbers 6, 7 and 8. There is a short video which the children watch and complete activities from. Here is the link: Growing 6, 7, 8! | White Rose Maths
CBeebies Numberblocks - You will find 5 minute long episodes that are great, series 3 has episodes called eleven - fifteen and series 4 has episoder sixteen - twenty. There are maths games and much more too. Numberblocks - CBeebies - BBC
Watch Frozen - Magic of the Northern Lights, a four part short film on Youtube FROZEN | Disney Frozen LEGO Shorts - Northern Lights Ep.1 | Official Disney UK - YouTube and ofcourse, Frozen 1 or 2 if you have access to the films.
