Hello everybody and welcome to the last week before half term! We hope that you found some of the advice in tackling home learning given in Wednesday's blog useful. We have added some extra notes to the English sections this week giving ideas of where your learning may diverge in our explanation writing. If you have any photos or pictures you would like to share, we would love to see them in your weekly update email.
Please also use this email address if you wish to submit any work and receive more specific marking and feedback on what your child is doing well and suggestions for further improvements. All you need to do is ask!
Year 1 - English
Monday and Tuesday's lesson here explains the features of explanatory writing and from Wednesday to Friday it asks the children to shift to an explanation based on how Jack got rich in the story of "Jack & The Beanstalk." This is fine to follow, however, if you find that your child may be interested in staying in a how plants grow vibe you could use this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgvTg2sXJs
This is a short video which shows how to grow sunflowers in just 8 days. After watching it you could spend Wednesday-Friday sequencing & mapping the order and then writing some simple sentences to explain each step. Hopefully, their work on beans should guide them safely through this process!
Monday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-box-up-for-purpose-cguk2t
Tuesday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-features-of-an-explanation-69hk2c
Wednesday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-explanation-part-1-cmr6ar
Thursday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-explanation-part-2-6gw64t
Friday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-perform-an-explanation-in-role-6mvkje
Year 1 - Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/spring-week-6-number-place-value-within-50/
This has 5 videos, one for each day.
Monday: One more one less activity
Tuesday: One more one less
Wednesday: Compare objects to 50
Thursday: Compare numbers within 50
Friday: Order numbers within 50
Any worksheets can be found in the Home Learning folder labelled by year group and day:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/149knm9VCVEVTwzWMwMeYzOGkF3RP-sOg
Year 2 - English
The lessons on Monday and Tuesday focus on how we can apply "How birds fly" to a fantastical setting such as how dragons or unicorns fly. You might find that your child is more interested going down a route which looks more carefully at dragons or unicorns so it becomes a bit more of an explanation about how these fantastical creatures live, for example focusing on their behaviour, appearance and homes. If so these sites might inspire you:
Unicorns: https://unicornyard.com/different-types-of-unicorns/
Dragons: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Chromatic_dragon
You could to look at a red, blue, green, white or black dragon by clicking on the relevant link.
Monday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-box-up-for-purpose-6dgp2r
Tuesday
From here either use your own research on Unicorns or Dragons to write for the rest of the week or use the videos below to focus on flying. Or of course create your own explanation on anything that you are an expert on!
Please note Video 9 doesn't seem to be up but would follow the same format as 8 and 10 just for "Gliding."
Wednesday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-explanation-text-part-1-61gk8c
Thursday/Friday
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-an-explanation-text-part-2-6wwker
Year 2 - Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/spring-week-6-statistics/
This has 5 videos, one for each day.
Monday: Draw pictograms (2, 5 and 10) activity
Tuesday: Draw pictograms (2, 5 and 10)
Wednesday: Interpret pictograms
Thursday: Block diagrams
Friday: This marks the end of our unit on statistics. In the home learning folder there is a small
assessment activity to review all that you have learnt. Don’t forget, you do not have to print the
sheets out, you can just write the answers down on a piece of paper.
Other worksheets can be also be found here in the Home Learning folder labelled by year group and day:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/149knm9VCVEVTwzWMwMeYzOGkF3RP-sOg
Year 1 - Phonics
Monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPjGbc85-m8&list=PLuGr6z2H2KNHY2HITC9jV0a65ED0aD2Ry&index=5
Tuesday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJaaWubm5E&list=PLuGr6z2H2KNHY2HITC9jV0a65ED0aD2Ry&index=4
Wednesday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xWIJH9pgUE&list=PLuGr6z2H2KNHY2HITC9jV0a65ED0aD2Ry&index=3
Thursday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU05ZzDnjb8&list=PLuGr6z2H2KNHY2HITC9jV0a65ED0aD2Ry&index=2
Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Z34zid4XU&list=PLuGr6z2H2KNHY2HITC9jV0a65ED0aD2Ry&index=1
Year 2 Phonics/Spelling
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
User name: jan21 Password: home
This week we have 2 main activities that you can spread out over the week.
Investigating Alternative Spellings: /oi/
Spend 2 or 3 days working on the Phonemes Spotter and Word Sort games.
See if you can find other examples in books.
See if you can put some into sentences.
Spelling Rules - Prefixes un- & dis-
To explore this, play the Magical Matching game.
This is on Phonics Play - click on the Resources tab, then Phase 6.
Scroll down and you will see it there. Once you click on the game it
gives you instructions about the game and the un and dis prefix.
You can then play the matching game. What other words can you
find that use un or dis?
Project Learning
We have completed our unit on the seven continents in Geography. To get us through
to half term, we have placed some art lessons on drawing.
Choose and use the number of lessons your child is interested in.
Art - Drawing (5 lessons to choose from)
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/drawing-c92d
Science
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/which-material-is-best-for-different-objects-60vkar
Music
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/identifying-tempo-terminology-crr66r
Big Cat Ebook Library
Don’t forget to use this as much as possible. If you feel you need more books or your child is finding
the books quite easy, please email us and we can amend their bookshelf. Here is the link:
Maths Homework Book
Please complete page 31 this week.
Finally, a message from Mrs Hurley:
Parents Feedback Survey
Dear Parents and Carers,
We’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working recently, so I wanted to take the opportunity to say
what an amazing job you’re doing supporting your child’s wellbeing and learning during this time.
To help us make sure we’re providing the right level of support for you and your child, we’d like to
know your thoughts on our approach to remote home learning. Please take the time to complete
the survey on this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/C8G6TBZ
It should take you between 5 and 10 minutes to complete. Please fill out the survey by
Thursday 11th February 5pm. Your feedback is very important to us.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Hurley
