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Ocker Hill Infant School

Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0DS

01215561119

rebecca.strange@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk

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Home Learning – Year R

Welcome to the home learning page for our Year Reception pupils.

 

You will find links to useful websites with interactive games and educational resources.

Feel free to complete the work in any way you see appropriate and get in touch by using the email home.learning@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk if you have any questions or would like any feedback.

Finally, all the staff absolutely love seeing photos of you all being creative, demonstrating learning and enjoying yourselves at home. There have been some amazing yet peculiar things going on, and we love to see and hear about them so please keep in touch, not just about the work.

Stay safe, keep in touch and enjoy learning!

Miss Richards and Miss Silcott

xx

Help for supporting your child with reading a story

Please see below the BBC Teach Primary Timetable for this week on CBBC

Spring 1- Traditional Tales 

Our story focus for the next two weeks is Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Wednesday 20th January

Maths

We are practising to solve number problems with addition and subtraction. Get your number line, whiteboard and pen to ready and join in with the PowerPoint below.  

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

 Home Learning Challenge 

Surprise us! Send your teachers a photo or a video of you learning something that we wouldn't expect.

Tuesday 19th January

Storytime

Listen to the story of Brownilocks and the Three Bowls of Porridge.

Don't forget to ask your child...  

Who are the main characters?  

Where did it take place?  

What went wrong in the story?  

How did the characters feel?

As we have been learning about Goldilocks and the three bears, your teachers thought it would be a great idea for you to have a go at responding to the letter from Goldilocks. How do you think the three bears could respond? What could they say ? Use your phonics mats to help you

phase mats

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

Phase 2 interactive workbook

Phase 3 interactive workbook

Let's continue to learn about diagraphs

Monday 18th January

Literacy

As we have been learning about Goldilocks and the three bears, your teachers thought it would be a great idea for you to have a go at writing a sorry letter from Goldilocks to Baby Bear. Think about how Baby Bear may have felt when he got home from his walk. Think about what Goldilocks might be sorry for. 

Join in with the PowerPoint below to get some ideas.

Sorry letter

Home Learning Challenge

Have a go at making up your own alternative version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Practise saying the new story out loud. Add some actions to the new version of the story. Have a go at writing out the story and drawing out the pictures. 

Ask your parents to take a picture or record a video of you and share it via the home school email 

home.learning@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

The Bonfire Barbecue

The Boating Lake  

Friday 15th January

Expressive Arts and Design

Have a go at using your imagination and create your own bear face using different foods. You can create three different sizes to represent Mummy, Daddy and Baby Bear.

Creative Bear

Home Learning Challenge

We have been learning about the different seasons. We talked about the winter season and how we can identify when it is winter. This half term, we will revisit our learning on the changes in weather and we would like for you to create a winter scene. We also ask that you write or draw the different ways we could identify the winter season.

It is entirely up to you how you choose to do your winter scene. You could physically create a scene or draw/colour a picture that represents a winter scene. Be as creative as you like, we look forward to seeing what you make!

Ask your parents to take a picture and share it via the home school email 

home.learning@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk

Maths

Continue to practice learning about capacity. Complete the activity sheets down below.

capacity worksheet 1

capacity worksheet 2

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

Phase 2

Phase 3 

Thursday 14th January 

Storytime

Listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Don't forget to ask your child...  

Who are the main characters?  

Where did it take place?  

What went wrong in the story?  

How did the characters feel?

Challenge: Have a go pretending to be Daddy Bear. Can you use a deep loud voice?

Goldilocks and the three bears 

Home Learning Challenge

Goldilocks and the Three Bears love eating porridge! Try making some porridge with a grown-up. Try putting some different toppings onto your porridge-you could try a little jam, fruit or honey. Do you like porridge? Ask your parents to take a picture and share it via the home school email 

home.learning@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk

English

As we have been learning about Goldilocks and the three bears, your teachers thought it would be a great idea for you to have a go at describing different houses. Have a go at writing descriptive captions about the houses you can see down below. Use your phonetic knowledge to help you to decode, blend and spell words. Remember……to use finger spaces and full stop.

Here is an example: The house is small.

Here is an example: It has red bricks.

Here is an example: I can see a big window.

Descriptive houses worksheet

Phase mat

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

Phonics sentences

Phase 2 

Phase 3 

Wednesday 13th January

 Listen to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Don't forget to ask your child...  

Who are the main characters?  

Where did it take place?  

What went wrong in the story?  

How did the characters feel?

Challenge: Have a look at the children role-playing the story. Have a go at role-playing the story at home.

Home Learning Challenge

Use the internet or a book to find out a fact about bears. You could draw a picture or write a fact to share with everyone.

English

We are learning to retell and sequence the story 'Goldilocks and the three bears. Have you read that story? Can you retell the different scenes and events that took place? What is your favourite part of the story? Retell the story to your parents and join in with the interactive lesson below to help Miss Silcott and Miss Richards sequence the in order.

To extend your learning, we will like you to retell the story using short captions or sentences. We will continue to use our phonetic knowledge of segmenting CVC words. Before writing each word, encourage your child to segment each word by asking them, what sounds are in the word, for example ‘bed.' Your child would then try to break the word into sounds (segmenting) by saying b-e-d. Please use the formation mat saved on your homepage to write those letters neatly.

Here is an example: Bed

Here is an example of a short caption: The small bed.

Here is an example of a sentence: The baby bear had a small bed and bowl.

Challenge- Can you have a go at writing a paragraph retelling the story? Here's an example....First Goldilocks went into the three bears home. She sat on Baby Bear's chair and broke it. Then...

Remember...…. finger spaces, capital letters and a full stop. 

Goldilocks sequencing

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

Phase 2-13.01.21

Phase 3-13.01.21

Tuesday 12th January 

Home Learning Challenge

Baby Bear loves to sleep in bed with his favourite teddy bear. Do you have a favourite teddy bear? Draw or paint a picture of your teddy bear.  

Maths

The children are learning about capacity. There are a range of diverse methods to do this, such as using spoons, jugs, cups and many more. Down below is an interactive capacity lesson provided by twinkl. We ask of you to download this for your child to complete. It explains the purpose of the lesson, reinforces correct terms and vocabulary and critical thinking skills needs to complete a sum. We ask that you continue to encourage vocabulary throughout the lesson and ensure your child has a notepad and something to write with as they will need to join in with the interactive lesson to solve problems.

Capacity

Capacity task

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document provided by twinkl to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session. 

Phase 2 - Sam's special friend

Phase 3- The cheeky mice

Monday 11th January 

Listen to the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears read by Miss Richards and have a go at the activities.

Don't forget to ask your child...  

Who are the main characters?  

Where did it take place?  

What went wrong in the story?  

How did the characters feel?

Home Learning Challenge 

Draw a picture of the Three Bears. Can you write the Bear's names? Listen carefully to the letter sounds you can hear in their names and write them down. 

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session.

Phonics phase 2 lesson 1- 11.01.21

Phonics phase 3 lesson 1- 11.01.21

Continue to practice your tricky words

Tricky Words

Friday 8th January

Reading

Listen to the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff read by Miss Richards x 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Story by Miss Richards

Ask your child questions about the story

How many Billy Goats were in the story?

Why did the Three Billy Goats Gruff want to go across the bridge?

Who crossed the bridge first, second and last?

What sound did the billy goats hooves make when they crossed the bridge? 

Where did the mean troll go when the biggest billy goat knocked him off the bridge?

Maths

Listen to the PowerPoint and complete the maths activity below.

Billy Goats Gruff Measure 

Billy Goats ordering by size.pdf

Different sized billy goat.pdf

Phonics

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. Furthermore, they will learn a new sound and tricky word every day. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session.

phase-3-phonics-powerpoint - phase 3 higher

phonics phase3- revisit 

Thursday 7th January 2021

Good morning Reception, 

Happy new year!

We hope that you are all safe and well. We have lots of fun activities for you to join in with today and complete. We miss you and can't wait to see you soon.

Lots of love Miss Richards and Miss Silcott

 

Reading

Watch and listen to the story below. Here are some things that you could talk about during the story. 

How do the animals feel at different points in the story?

What does Percy do differently because the weather is colder?

Why do the animals knock on Percy's door?

What do you think is going to be under the floorboards?

How does Percy help?

Snappy maths

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting to 100

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 10's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 5's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 2's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting to 1-30 and 30-1

Identifying numbers- What number am I

Identifying shapes- What shape am I

Representing numbers in different ways- Subitise

 

Phonics

Here you will find Twinkl live sessions; Phase 2 and Phase 3.

Get your Phonic brains working, think, listen and concentrate :)

Don't forget to keep practising your Tricky words !

Handwriting

Handwriting task

Practise your fine and gross motor skills by joining in with the exercises- handwriting exercises

You will need a notepad and something to write with to complete these tasks below:

Caterpillar letter family 1- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 2- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 3- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 4- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 5- letter formation

Continue to practise writing your name. 

Challenge

Can you name the days of the week?

Can you count how many days are in the week?

Can you name the months of the year?

Can you count how many months are in the year?

Do you remember what month we are in ?

Don't forget to use your phonetic knowledge and say the initials sounds you can hear in the days of the week and months of the year.

Do you remember what season we are in ?

What is the weather like today? 

Let's revisit the learning with Jack Hartmann: 

Days of the week

Months of the year

Seasons of the year

Week beginning 14th December 2020 - Merry Christmas! 

Hi everyone! Mrs Dutfield here! Merry Christmas from all of the staff at Ocker Hill Infants! Hope you are well and safe and enjoying some festivities. This week there are many Christmas themed tasks that you can join in with as well as lessons the children will be enjoying at school such as Maths and Phonics. We are also celebrating a Caribbean Christmas in school, so have fun celebrating with us too! The weekly overview is saved above explaining all of your lessons and resources and links are saved below. Remember to send your work to our home learning email, we would love to hear from you! Best wishes, Mrs Dutfield x

Phonics

In our phonics sessions, we personalise the learning to the specific groups and their learning needs in school. The lessons revisit tricky and common exceptions words as well as introducing new sight words and a new sound. Your child then progresses to reading (blending) and spelling words including their new sound, as well as reading and writing captions with their new sound.

 

Your child’s teachers have provided daily phonic lessons for this week. Mrs Dutfield’s voiceover is attached to the lesson to aid your child’s pronunciation. Hope this proves helpful! Remember to pause at the challenges and see if your child can practice blending and using a notepad, practice their spelling using their new sounds.

 

 Phonics lesson with Mrs Dutfield- Phase 3 phonics with Mrs Dutfield week 14.12.20.pptx

This week your child’s teacher are revisiting previous work and assessing your child’s knowledge of prior learning to make informed decisions on their next steps in learning. Therefore, I have provided many interactive games and tasks for your child to do the same! You can enjoy these across the week to assess your child’s knowledge and secure skills for when they are ready to return.

Espresso Education

You can log in to our Espresso Education Software which offers phonic lessons, videos, games, sorting activities, stories and printable resources too. This video shows you what this software has to offer!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL5-xOY33oQ

Please use the login below and follow these instructions- use the toolbar to select-

 

FOUNDATION- LITERACY-PHONICS-PHASE 2/3.

 

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

BBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize offer many short videos with blending tasks within them for your child to complete for Phase 2 and 3 phonics. You may want to revisit the videos for the sounds that your child may not know.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvq9bdm

 

Letters and sounds

The letters and sounds website offer some links to free Phase two and three games for your child to enjoy. Some of them include answering short yes/no questions where your child is applying their reading skills and various real and nonsense games which prepare your child for their Phonics Screening Test in Reception.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

 

Reading

This week Santa has set you a ‘help the elf’ Christmas challenge! Twinkl invites your child to read the Phase 3 words including phase 3 digraphs and match them to the correct picture (present).

 

Encourage your child to segment the words and look out for the phase 3 digraphs! Perhaps your child could write their own present labels to extend the challenge? Enjoy!

 

Help the Elf Phase 3 task-Reading phase 3 help-the-elf-activity.pdf

 

Guided Task- if your child is beginning to read short CVC words an additional guided task has been added to your homepage. Twinkl invites your child to read quick fire cvc words that are Christmas themed! This aids your child’s segmenting skills (breaking down of words) and blending skills (blending the sounds together to read the word). Perhaps your child can find these Christmas items in your home after reading the word? This supports your child’s ability to ‘prove’ their understanding of words or a text (comprehension).

 

CVC Quickfire reading challenge-Christmas-cvc-words-reading-powerpoint.ppt

 

FREE READING- as your child is not receiving a school book during the isolation period, an excellent resources you can enjoy for daily, free reading is the Oxford Owl website. Your child can read books online appropriate to their age and level. Login in details are below-

 

Username: tulipreception/ poppiesreception                         Password: ockerhill

 

Mathematics

This week in school your teachers are assessing what you have learnt and retained during this half term. Every day your child completes a ‘Snappy Maths’ session where your teacher encourages your child to recall previous maths skills and number facts. This aids your child’s fluency and confidence in their work. I have provided lots of ideas and interactive games and tasks for your child to complete! If there is a particular skill your child struggled with this week, please contact Mrs Dutfield on the home learning email and I can also send some tailored, additional tasks and ideas to support your child’s understanding. Enjoy!

 

Espresso Education

 

You can also log in to our Espresso Education Software which offers mathematic lessons, videos, games, sorting activities, stories and printable resources too.  Please use the login below and follow these instructions- use the toolbar to select-

 

FOUNDATION – MATHS (1-5 resources)

KS1- MATHS (1-10/20 resources)

 

You can then select from many key skills such as addition and subtraction, one more one less, shapes, and many more!

 

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

 

Snappy Maths revisit resources-

                                                 

These are some additional resources for your child to enjoy that would be included in their Snappy Maths sessions-

 

Counting in 2s, 5 and 10s with Jack Harttman- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CEOlAOGas

 

One more One less to 10/20 game with Topmarks-  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad

 

Counting sets game with Topmarks-  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers  

 

Christmas Crafts- cutting skills

Your teachers invite you to join them with some fine motor development this week by practicing cutting skills. This must always be supervised by an adult. Twinkl have provided a colour, cut and decorate task for Frosty the Snowman! Can your child dress the snowman? Allow them to make their own creative choices, and remember, that although their cutting may not be perfect at the moment, practice makes perfect! To make cutting a little easier, in school we sometimes draw a thick circle around the items so the children can focus upon that instead of the intricate details of a hat!  

 

Alternatively, if this is a little tricky at the moment for your child, Twinkl have provided a Christmas cutting skills task with larger pictures and clear dotted lines. Your child may want to create a Christmas poster or stick some of the decorations on your tree, fridge or in their bedroom!  

 

Myself and your teachers would love to see your cutting skills so please send them to our home learning email so we can share in your fun! Enjoy!

 

Cut and decorate snowman-Snowman-clothes-activity cutting.pdf

Guided task Christmas cutting-Guided task- christmas-themed-cutting-skills-activity-sheet.pdf

 

'A Caribbean Christmas' Celebration 

In school this week the teachers and children are celebrating a Caribbean Christmas! Last year our school learnt all about Jamaica, and this year we are learning about Christmas in Barbados!

Your teachers have provided a lesson to teach us all about Barbados with Barnaby Bear! This is a such a fun, interactive lesson where you learn about the local food, weather, celebrations and you can even join in with some dancing! Here are some ideas of how you can celebrate-

 

-       Taste test some Barbadian food that is explained during the lesson! Yum! The BBC good food website  https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/tropical-breakfast-smoothie invites you to make a breakfast smoothie using the fruits of Barbados. There are also many other yummy recipes for your family to choose from!

 

-       Follow this step by step tutorial on how to draw and colour the Barbadian flag!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kayrczq9I

 

-       Listen to some Barbadian instruments and join in with some dancing (links are provided in the session)

 - Find out about one of the Barbadian famous animals, such as fruit bats, dolphins or flamingos! Perhaps you could write some facts about the animal you find out about! Have fun! 

 

Well being- Yoga in a Winter Wonderland

Santa invites you to take on Twinkl’s ‘Yoga in a Winter Wonderland’ challenge! 

They have provided a lesson for you to act out many Christmas characters using yoga poses. You may want to play some calming Christmas music during this session.

The lesson encourages your child to use their imagination and apply their ideas to existing poses. We really hope you enjoy it!

 

Lesson-KS1 Christmas Yoga - Presentation.pptx

Yoga cards-KS1 Christmas Yoga - Activity Cards.pdf

Well being- Mindfulness 

Santa invites you to take care of your mental health this week. He asks, what is mindfulness?

We practice mindfulness routinely at Ocker Hill Infants. We know during our busy days at school we can always use our mindfulness toolkit to stay calm and focused. 

Mindfulness means paying full attention to something. It means slowing down to really notice what you're doing. Being mindful is the opposite of rushing or multitasking. When you're mindful, you're taking your time. You're focusing in a relaxed, easy way.

Cosmic Kids have provided a wonderful short session talking about what mindfulness is (saved below).

The video also offers examples of how to practice mindfulness.

Santa has provided some mindfulness colouring to practice focusing on one, calm task. We do this often at school in short bursts to refresh ourselves in preparation for the next lesson.

 

Hope you enjoy them! - Christmas-Themed-Mindfulness-Colouring-Sheets.pdf

Week beginning 7th December 2020 - KEEPING SANTA HEALTHY PROJECT WEEK

Hello Reception! Mrs Dutfield here! Hope you are well and safe. This week school are taking part in our 'Keeping Santa Healthy' project. Santa has set us a number of challenges to complete, to teach him all about being healthy, physically and mentally. Some Phonics and Maths activities have also been explained in the overview above. Don't forget to use the weekly overview which describes each lesson in more detail. 

Send your ideas, messages and tasks for Santa to our home learning email and we can pass them onto the North Pole for you! Enjoy! 

 

Phonics

In our phonics sessions, we personalise the learning to the specific groups and their learning needs in school. The lessons revisit tricky and common exceptions words as well as introducing new sight words and a new sound. Your child then progresses to reading (blending) and spelling words including their new sound, as well as reading and writing captions with their new sound.

 

Your child’s teachers have provided daily phonic lessons for this week-

Daily phonics with Mrs Dutfield W.b 7th.pptx.

Mrs Dutfield’s voiceover is attached to the lesson to aid your child’s pronunciation. Hope this proves helpful! Remember to pause at the challenges and see if your child can practice blending and using a notepad, practice their spelling using their new sounds.

 

This week your child’s teacher are revisiting previous work and assessing your child’s knowledge of prior learning to make informed decisions on their next steps in learning. Therefore, I have provided many interactive games and tasks for your child to do the same! You can enjoy these across the week to assess your child’s knowledge and secure skills for when they are ready to return.

 

Espresso Education

You can log in to our Espresso Education Software which offers phonic lessons, videos, games, sorting activities, stories and printable resources too. This video shows you what this software has to offer!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL5-xOY33oQ

Please use the login below and follow these instructions- use the toolbar to select-

 

FOUNDATION- LITERACY-PHONICS-PHASE 2/3.

 

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

BBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize offer many short videos with blending tasks within them for your child to complete for Phase 2 and 3 phonics. You may want to revisit the videos for the sounds that your child may not know.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvq9bdm

 

Letters and sounds 

The letters and sounds website offer some links to free Phase two and three games for your child to enjoy. Some of them include answering short yes/no questions where your child is applying their reading skills and various real and nonsense games which prepare your child for their Phonics Screening Test in Reception.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

 

Reading 

FREE READING- as your child is not receiving a school book during the isolation period, an excellent resources you can enjoy for daily, free reading is the Oxford Owl website. Your child can read books online appropriate to their age and level. Login in details are below-

 

Username:  tulipreception/ poppiesreception                  Password: ockerhill

 

Maths

 

This week in school your teachers are assessing what you have learnt and retained during this half term. Every day your child completes a ‘Snappy Maths’ session where your teacher encourages your child to recall previous maths skills and number facts. This aids your child’s fluency and confidence in their work. I have provided lots of ideas and interactive games and tasks for your child to complete! If there is a particular skill your child struggled with this week, please contact Mrs Dutfield on the home learning email and I can also send some tailored, additional tasks and ideas to support your child’s understanding. Enjoy!

 

Espresso Education

You can also log in to our Espresso Education Software which offers mathematic lessons, videos, games, sorting activities, stories and printable resources too.  Please use the login below and follow these instructions- use the toolbar to select-

 

FOUNDATION – MATHS (1-5 resources)

KS1- MATHS (1-10/20 resources)

 

You can then select from many key skills such as addition and subtraction, one more one less, shapes, and many more!

 

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

Snappy Maths revisit-

These are some additional resources for your child to enjoy that would be included in their Snappy Maths sessions-

 

Counting in 2s, 5 and 10s with Jack Harttman- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CEOlAOGas

 

One more One less to 10/20 game with Topmarks-  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad

 

Counting sets game with Topmarks-  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers  

 

 KEEPING SANTA HEALTHY PROJECT

Challenge One-Healthy Eating

In Reception this week the children are joining in with the ‘Keeping Santa Healthy’ challenge!

In this lesson your teachers have prepared a lesson to explore healthy eating for you to help Santa!

Lesson- Healthy Eating Infants.ppt

 

BBC Bitesize have provided a video to share with your child about how eating food that isn’t nutritious may affect your body, through a child friendly story! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zrd4d2p

 

You can also log in to our Espresso Education Software which offers Ks1 videos, games, sorting activities, stories and printable resources, all about healthy eating and caring for our bodies! J  Access Physical Development in the FOUNDATION tool bar. Login details below-

 

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

Task - Your teachers have provided a healthy lunchbox drawing frame where you can design Santa a healthy lunchbox, for while he is delivering presents!

Creating a healthy lunch box for Santa Monday.pdf

Remember to send your ideas to our home learning email so we can send them to the North pole! 

 

Challenge Two- Physical Exercise 

In Reception this week the children are joining in with the ‘Keeping Santa Healthy’ challenge!

In this lesson your teachers have prepared a lesson to explore the importance of physical exercise! The lesson shares lots of information with you and your child and asks you to join in with some questions, challenges and active games, so get ready!

Lesson- Importance of exercise Tuesday.ppt

 

Task- On Espresso Education Software, if you access

Physical Development/ P.E in the FOUNDATION or Ks1 tool bar

there are many physical challenges your child can join in with! For example, there is an animal dancing session, street dance and keeping fit information videos to enjoy!

 

Login details below-

Espresso Education: http://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/index.html

Username: student30211                    Password: ockerhill

 

Challenge Three- Keeping our minds healthy

 

Santa also wants to learn a lot more about to stay emotionally healthy. This is so important because being Santa is quite a stressful job! Can you learn more about mental health today? Twinkl have provided a short lesson to explain what mental health means.

 Lesson-Mental-health-awareness-powerpoint.pptx

 

Santa would love to know some ideas about how to keep him calm and happy during his Christmas journey! An activity sheet has been provided for you to complete with your adult about what makes you happy! Send your ideas to our home learning email and we can pass these ideas onto Santa! Have fun!

 

Task-Things-that-make-me-happy-activity-sheet.pdf

Week beginning 30th November 2020

Hello Reception, Mrs Dutfield here! Above this message is your weekly overview, showing what learning you can join in with and enjoy this week! Your friends are enjoying the same activities and lessons at school. the resources, lessons and tasks are also saved below. Your new topic is firefighters! How exciting! Stay safe and have fun learning this week. Don't forget to send your excellent work to our home learning email, we would love to see all your hard work! Best wishes, Mrs Dutfield. 

 

Phonics

In Reception your child will be learning the z, zz, qu, ch and sh sounds this week. Saved onto your homepage there are lessons exploring these sounds. In the lessons the child will revisit the sounds that they know, they will revisit tricky words they know and will also learn new tricky words for the week. You may want to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they may need to join in with some interactive activities during the session. These sounds are broken down into individual lessons so break these up into daily sessions.  

 

**These lessons have Mrs Dutfield’s voice over added for each lesson for your to listen to. This will aid your child’s pronunciation of sounds, which is vital for reading and writing progression.

Additionally, Twinkl also provide a video live lesson for each of these sounds. You might therefore want to break your child’s learning up across the week. Young children learn better through short bursts of learning. Find the videos below, enjoy!

 

                                          Phonics Lessons with Mrs Dutfield voiceover-Phonic lessons with Mrs Dutfield.pptx

Twinkl live lesson-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgpFd7R60I

 

A sorting game has been provided for you to play online. Your child segments words such as qu-ee-n and decides whether it begins with the correct initial sound. You may want to challenge your child to write the sounds that they segment in a spare notepad! -Sorting game Phonics.ppt

A ‘z,zz and qu’ workbook is also saved onto your homepage for your child to enjoy. This targets formation of these sounds and blending of simple words including these sounds -Letters-And-Sounds-Workbook-Z-ZZ-QU.pdf

 

Free Reading

As your child is not receiving a school book during the isolation period, an excellent resources you can enjoy for daily, free reading is the Oxford Owl website.

Your child can read books online appropriate to their age and level. Login in details are below-

 

Username:  tulipreception/ poppiesreception                                   

 

Password: ockerhill

 

Learning about the world- Firefighters

In Reception this week your child is learning all about Firefighters and fire engines! J

Your teachers have provided a Twinkl information lesson for your child to enjoy with you to learn lots more about the subject! While reading pause and ask your child; what job does a fire fighter do? What do they wear? Where do they work? Can your child recall the information?

 

 Twinkl Firefighters facts lesson- t-tp-857-what-does-a-firefighter-do-powerpoint_ver_1.ppt

You can also share the videos below to find more information-

 

-       I want to be a firefighter!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQqgIFvn7gU

-       Let’s visit a real life fire station!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhfKlbkzs4

-       The story time family read the story of ‘Firefighter Ted’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etMctBjyDHc

Let’s Read Stories read the story of ‘Pete the Cat- Firefighter Pete’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvuHfFq6gI4

 

Writing

In Reception this week your child is learning all about Firefighters and fire engines! In the ‘The World’ section of this overview there are some non-fiction videos and stories for you to share with your child to learn all about this subject. Share all of this information with your child before completing the writing task.

Begin the task by encouraging your child to orally label the fire engine. Can your child name the parts of the fire engine independently?

Added onto your homepage is a voice over page of Mrs Dutfield segmenting each word for your child. Encourage your child to find the sounds on the sound mat and label the fire engine. You can print the labelling page or alternatively draw the fire engine and label in a notepad you have at home. A sound mat is saved onto the voice over page and on your home page below too. 

 

Firefighter labelling voice over with Mrs Dutfield-Fire Engine Activity with Mrs Dutfield voiceover.pptx

Labelling task activity sheet-Labelling activity.pdf

Sound mat-Phase 2 and 3 sound mat.pdf

 

Mathematics

This term, the children are learning about subitising. Young children have a remarkable skill, they can recognise numbers of things without counting.  This is called subitising, and it develops from a very early age. Young children also have powerful visual memories and some may find it easier to remember images than words. Subitising can help children to build images for numbers, to visualise and to learn number facts. For instance, most four-year-olds readily learn to recognise five dots on a dice, which helps them to then recognize five cars on a car park, which they can link to the word and symbol for 5. Structured images like this also help children to begin to see numbers inside numbers, for instance seeing four and one within five.

 

Lesson- Your child’s teachers have provided a lesson to explore this skill. Share this with your child and prepare your child for the session by having different objects in front of them to count, use and compare. Your child will be making numbers 1-10 in different ways and will practice looking at sets of objects in unfamiliar ways and making sense of that number. A tens frame is also saved on your homepage for your child to arrange objects on in different ways.

Task- Your child’s teachers have prepared a simple task where your child arranges objects in different ways on a tens frame (like above). Provide your child with a range of small items to count with such as, lego, counters, buttons, sweets, fingers etc. Can your child arrange the ‘amount’ in different ways on their tens frame (as below) and still see that the total is ten. Challenge your child by making an unfamiliar arrangement yourself and ask your child to tell you how many items are there. As modelled below, your child will still have made 5 but will have arranged them in different ways. They may say ‘I can see 3 + 2, 4 +1 but they are both still 5’.  

 

Subitising Lesson-Subitising Lesson.pptx

Subitising task-Subitising Task.pdf

Tens frame-Tens frame mats for lesson.pdf

 

Being Creative!

In Reception this week your child is learning all about Firefighters and fire engines! 

As part of this the children in Reception are getting creative and making their own fire engine models! Your child can do this in a variety of ways! These are detailed below. Have fun, and don’t forget to send us some photos of your creations to our home learning email!

 

-       Make a large scale fire engine outdoors using boxes, craft materials or construction bricks

-       Make a junk model fire engine using boxes, paint and paper to decorate

-       Make a fire engine using construction toys at home such as Lego or Duplo.

 

Remember to research some images of fire engines using technology at home to give your child direction and inspiration. Prompt your child’s creativity and discussion by asking ‘how could we make a ladder? What size do the windows have to be?’.

 

Physical Challenge!

Invite your child to take on the Firefighters challenge! Ask your child to select their favourite music ready for the session. Model and explain the movements and instructions below. Shout the actions out to your child and see if they can listen and respond appropriately. Have fun!

 

-       LADDER! Child should be standing with arms stretched up, and pretend to climb a tall ladder. You can adapt this by adding ‘climb the ladder quickly!’ or ‘Climb down the ladder’ where the child begins to crouch.

-       HOSE! Your child will pretend to be a wiggly hose by slithering and rolling on the floor.

-       CLIMB IN! your child will crawl on the floor pretending they are saving someone from a burning building!

FIRE ENGINE! Your child will move quickly around the room pretending to drive the fire engine to an emergency. You can adapt this by shouting BRAKES where your child needs to stop instantly and freeze.

 

Handwriting

First begin with a fine motor warm up, this will help the muscles in your fingers and wrists get stronger! Twinkl have provided a video of five exercises to try :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM7aI3RlH4A

Today we are learning about handwriting families. First, take a look at the handwriting families’ poster. All lowercase letters fall into four families: Curly Caterpillar letters, One Armed Robot letters, Ladder letters and Zig Zag monster letters. The poster shows where the starting point is of each letter, shown with a red arrow.

 

A video lesson from Mrs Dutfield is now attached to your home screen to explore Curly Caterpillar Letters. You can use a spare notepad to follow this lesson and practice your letters. If possible, see if your child can use lined paper if they are a capable writer, this supports their development ready for KS1.

 

A video lesson from Mrs Dutfield-Curly Caterpillar set 3.MOV

 

Well being 

In school this week we are learning about resolving conflict and taking turns. Share the story ‘It’s My Turn!’ by David Bedford and Elaine Field saved below . Prompt your child’s discussion about this subject by asking the following questions...

-       Have you been frustrated before when your friends won’t share?

-       Do you share at school and at home? When have you shared before?

-       What would you do if a friend would not share?

-       Why do we need to share?

Week beginning 23rd November 2020 

Hello Reception, Miss Silcott and Miss Richards here! Down below is the overview of your tasks for today, it explains what you are learning and what resources you have for each lesson. Below are the resources you will need. Hope you enjoy!

Hello Reception,

Please find below some pictures of Tulips and Poppies classrooms filled with lots of fun activities for you to enjoy. We look forward to returning to school and getting ready for Christmas.

See you very soon,

Miss Silcott and Miss Richards

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Phonics

We have been learning our phase 1, 2 and 3 phonics. Below are the activities as follows:

Phase 1: Go on a listening walk and encourage your child to listen to the sounds they can hear. Encourage them to listen attentively. Consider going on a listening walk both indoors and outdoors. Ensure to encourage vocabulary, get them to discriminate between the sounds they hear, recall the various sounds and describe the sounds. The purpose of these tasks is to develop their listening skills and awareness of sounds in the environment.

Activity 1

 Toy talk
 

  • Introduce to the children a soft toy that can only speak in ‘sound-talk’. The children
    see the toy whispering in the adult’s ear. To add to the activity, as the toy whispers
    the adult repeats the sounds, looks puzzled and then says the word straight
    afterwards. For example:What would Charlie like for tea today? The toy speaks
    silently in the adult’s ear and the adult repeats ‘ch-ee-se’ looking puzzled and then,
    says with relief ‘cheese!’
     
  • Now invite the children to see if they can speak like the toy: Do you think you could
    try to toy talk? Say ch-ee-se: (the children repeat ‘ch-ee-se’). Ask the toy again
    What else would you like? Be careful to think of items with names of only single
    syllables (e.g. fish, cake, pie, soup). Use different scenarios: What does the toy like
    to do in the playground? (hop, skip, jump, run, etc.). As the children become more
    confident, make some errors – blend ‘skim’ for ‘skip’, for example, and ask them to
    catch you out by giving the correct blend.
     
  • Encourage the children to ask the toy questions with yes/no answers (e.g. Can you
    sing? Y-e-s/N-o). Or ask the toy the colour of his bike, his bedroom walls, his
    jumper, etc. and the toy will answer r-e-d, b-l-ue, g-r-ee-n, m-au-ve.

Activity 2

Clapping sounds


Think of words using the letters ‘s, a, t, p, i, n’ (e.g. sat, pin, nip, pat, tap, pit, pip) and sound
them out, clapping each phoneme with the children in unison, then blend the phonemes to
make the whole word orally.
As children’s confidence develops, ask individuals to demonstrate this activity to others.

 

Phase 2

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. Furthermore, they will learn a new sound and tricky word everyday. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session.

Phase 3

We are learning to use our phonetic knowledge to blend and read words. Continue to support your child's early reading skills with the phonics lesson down below. Please download the document to listen to the instructions and understanding of the lesson. Your child will revisit the sounds and tricky words they already know. They will continue to develop their phonetic knowledge of segmenting and blending sounds together to read words and sentences. Furthermore, they will learn a new sound and tricky word every day. You will need to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they will need to join in with the interactive activities during the session.

Mathematics 

The children are learning about counting, adding and subtracting. We have used a range of diverse methods to do this, such as using numbers lines and tens frames. Down below is an interactive addition lesson that we ask of you to download for your child to complete. It explains the purpose of the lesson, reinforces correct terms and vocabulary and critical thinking skills needs to complete a sum. We ask that you continue to encourage vocabulary throughout the lesson and ensure your child has a notepad and something to write with as they will need to join in with the interactive lesson.

Snappy maths:

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting to 100

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 10's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 5's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting in 2's

Counting with Jack Hartmann- counting to 1-30 and 30-1

Identifying numbers- What number am I

Identifying shapes- What shape am I

Representing numbers in different ways- Subitise

English

We are learning to write labels. Ask your child.... what is a label? A label is the name of a given item. Have a look at some of your favourite toys, can you write a label, short caption or sentence about them? We continue to use our phonetic knowledge of segmenting of cvc words. Before writing each word, encourage your child to segment each word by asking them, what sounds are in the word, for example ‘red.' Your child would then try to break the word into sounds (segmenting) by saying r-e-d. Please use the formation mat saved on your homepage to write those letters neatly in the provided boxes.

Here is an example of a label: doll

Here is an example of a short caption: The red doll.

Here is an example of a sentence: I have a red car and a doll with long hair.

Challenge- Can you have a go at writing a sentence or short caption about each of the toys? 

Remember...…. finger spaces, capital letters and a full stop. 

Storytime

Sit back and listen to the stories read by Miss Richards and Miss Silcott 

Storytime with Miss Silcott

Storytime with Miss Richards

Don't forget to ask your child...  

Who are the main characters?  

Where did it take place?  

What went wrong in the story?  

How did the characters feel?

Handwriting

Practise your fine and gross motor skills by joining in with the exercises- handwriting exercises

Handwriting task

You will need a notepad and something to write with to complete these tasks below:

Caterpillar letter family 1- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 2- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 3- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 4- letter formation

Caterpillar letter family 5- letter formation

Continue to practise writing your name.

Challenge

Can you name the days of the week?

Can you count how many days are in the week?

Can you name the months of the year?

Can you count how many months are in the year?

Do you remember what month we are in ?

Don't forget to use your phonetic knowledge and say the initials sounds you can hear in the days of the week and months of the year.

Do you remember what season we are in ?

What is the weather like today? 

Let's revisit the learning with Jack Hartmann: 

Days of the week

Months of the year

Seasons of the year

      We are excited to see all your excellent work !

Week beginning 9th November 2020

Hello Reception! This is Mrs Dutfield here! Owing to your time at home last week your teachers have been celebrating last weeks events including Diwali and Bonfire Night as well as thinking about Remembrance Day and Children in Need this week. Above this text is the overview of your tasks, it explains what you are learning and what resources you have for each lesson. Below are the resources you will need. Hope you enjoy!

 

Phonics 

In Reception your child will be learning the ‘h’ and ‘b’ sounds this week. Saved onto your homepage there are two lessons exploring these sounds. In the lessons the child will revisit the sounds that they know, they will revisit tricky words they know and will also learn a new tricky words for the week. You may want to ensure your child has a notepad ready as they may need to join in with some interactive activities during the session.

Additionally, Twinkl also provide a video live lesson for each of these sounds. You might therefore want to break your child’s learning up across the week. Young children learn better through short bursts of learning. Find the videos below, enjoy!

 

Letter ‘h’-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1c0o_M7AOA

Letter ‘b’-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzqwxNzlQY

Both lessons have tasks to complete following the lesson. Task One is for children who are working with CVC words, however if your child is learning the sounds only, then Task two is more suitable for them. Task One focuses upon blending together the sounds your child knows for reading development. They blend the sounds together to make the word. Task Two focuses on sound recognition and the initial sounds of words, i.e. ‘h’ for h-a-t.

 

Phonics Lesson one-Phonics Lesson one 'h'.pptx

Task One-Whats Behind the Door Task 1.pdf

Task Two-Whats Behind the Door Task 2.pdf

 

Phonics Lesson two- Phonics Lesson 2 'b'.pptx

Task One- Sams Window Smash Picture Match Phonics task 1.pdf

Task Two- Sam_s Window Smash Picture Match - Letters Phonics Task 2.pdf

 

English writing

In Reception this week you child is practicing segmenting CVC words. Your child’s task today is to write the CVC words such as sun, dog, mat in the given picture. Your child needs to find the pictures and write them as words. Before writing each word, encourage your child to segment each word by asking them, what sounds are in the word ‘mum’ for example? Your child would then try to break the word into sounds (segmenting) by saying m-u-m.

Your child can then use the formation mat saved on your homepage to write those letters neatly in the provided boxes. This website is a warm up game where your child can drag and drop letters to segment for a corresponding picture http://vtcpsa.hwb.wales.gov.uk/learn_y4/main.asp?lesson_path=year_4/word_machine_c-v-c/&lesson_file=lesson.swf&language=eng. Perhaps you can play this before your writing task. Section 2 is the section your child will need to play. As it is also Children in Need this week you may want to complete Pudsey’s segmenting challenge saved on your home page too! 

If your child isn’t quite ready for the use of a pencil or Phase 2 Phonics, to develop writing this week the children in Reception will also be mark making fireworks outdoors. Some firework mark making cards are saved on your homepage for your children to copy. They could use chalk or water and paintbrush on a dry day! You can also make marks in a tray of glitter, oats or paint. If your child is practicing using a pencil or pencil crayons.

 

CVC Task-Write the CVC words scene.pdf

Formation mat- Letter formation starting point poster.pdf

Pudsey's segmenting challenge! - Pudsey segmenting game.pdf

Pre writing firework mark making cards - Mark making cards for outdoor or messy play.pdf

 

Mathematics 

This term, the children are learning about counting sets and in school we often use something called a tens frame to do so. Today your child’s task is to begin to ‘count on’ from a given number. Your child can either complete this task practically on screen using this tool  http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tenFrame/index.html by writing their answers in a notepad or they can complete the printable task saved onto your homepage.  Please see the lesson below. It tells you how you can join in practically and gives resources to use too! Mrs Dutfield has added a lesson voice over for you to listen to. You can interact with Mrs Dutfield during the session.
 

Mathematics lesson from Mrs Dutfield-Mathematics 'counting on' Lesson.pptx

Tens Frame to add practical objects on to- Blank tens frame.pdf

Online Tens Frame- http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tenFrame/index.html

Guided counting sets task- Tens frame counting sets GUIDED task.pdf

 

Bonfire Night

This week the children are learning lots about the world, including Bonfire Night (as many of you would have missed this in school last week!).  The Children’s Content Company have created a video which shares lots of ideas of how you and your family can celebrate Bonfire Night  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8bqr4pCWac . Share the video with your child and pause at intervals. Discuss the safety rules discussed in the video as you pause. After the video, ask your child how the children celebrated Bonfire Night. Are there any details they can remember or any activities they would like to do with you this week?

 

Your teachers have provided a lesson to talk about Bonfire Night. Please share this with your child and ask the following questions to measure their understanding:

·         Why do we celebrate Bonfire Night?

·         What did Guy Fawkes try to do?

·         How do we celebrate Bonfire Night?

·         Can you remember any of the Firework Code safety rules?

 

To celebrate, in school, the children will be making chocolate sparklers and enjoying firework crafts! The website Activity Village  https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/fireworks-crafts provides step by step instructions on how to make many firework crafts, including a chocolate sparkler! Twinkl have provided a step by step guide upon how to make a firework painting using household items. This is added to your homepage too!

 

Bonfire Night Lesson- Bonfire_Night Lesson.pdf

Twinkl Firework Painting- Step by step guide to firework painting.pdf

 

Diwali 

In school this week we are learning about the Hindu Festival of Light called ‘Diwali’. Cebeebies offers some excellent, child friendly videos to show how people celebrate Diwali  https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/lets-celebrate-diwali. Your teachers have also provided two lessons, one session to talk about Diwali traditions and another to share the story of Rama and Sita.  Share these with your child and ask them to recall some features of the videos and lessons. How do Hindu’s get ready for Diwali? What fun activities do they do to celebrate? I.e. eat food, watch fireworks. What yummy foods do they make with their families?

In school the children will be celebrating by taste testing, enjoying Diwali crafts and re-creating Rangoli patterns! Please see the Diwali ideas and guidance power point below. This will give you lots of activities that you can enjoy with your families to celebrate. This includes Rangoli Patterns, cooking and crafts. Have fun and enjoy!  

 

Diwali lesson from your teachers-Diwali Lesson.pdf

Rama and Sita story- Rama and Sita story .pdf

Diwali ideas and guidance power point for tasks-Diwali ideas and guidance from Mrs Dutfield.pptx

Rangoli photobook.pdf

Diwali recipe book.pdf

 

Remembrance Day

In school this week we are learning about Remembrance Day. This day has been marked since the end of World War One to remember those who gave their lives for us. BBC offers a touching video which explains this important day at a child friendly level  https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/r-is-for-remembrance/zjypy9q.  Please share this video with your child and discuss why this date is so vitally important. In school the children will be marking the event with a two minute silence, perhaps this can be marked in your home too.

Twinkl have prepared an information lesson all about Remembrance Day. Share this information with your child ask these questions to measure their understanding-

  • Who do we think about on Remembrance Day? Why?
  • Why do people wear poppies?
  • How long do we stay silent for on Remembrance Day?

Remembrance Day activities to share- Saved below there is a Poppy making task your teachers have prepared and are making with the children at school. Perhaps your child could make a poppy for you and your family members to remember our soldiers.

 

Remembrance Day Lesson-t-t-2548920--new-eyfs-all-about-remembrance-day-powerpoint_ver_2 (2).ppt

Poppy Making Craft-Poppy making Craft.pdf

 

Handwriting

First begin with a fine motor warm up, this will help the muscles in your fingers and wrists get stronger! Twinkl have provided a video of five exercises to try :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM7aI3RlH4A

Handwriting task

Today we are learning about handwriting families. First, take a look at the handwriting families’ poster. All lowercase letters fall into four families: Curly Caterpillar letters, One Armed Robot letters, Ladder letters and Zig Zag monster letters. The poster shows where the starting point is of each letter, shown with a red arrow.

A video lesson from Mrs Dutfield is now attached to your home screen to explore Curly Caterpillar Letters. You can use a spare notepad to follow this lesson and practice your letters. If possible, see if your child can use lined paper if they are a capable writer, this supports their development ready for KS1.

 

Handwriting lesson from Mrs Dutfield-Curly caterpillar letters set one.MOV

Handwriting families poster- Handwriting families poster.pdf

Twinkl Pre writing task for early writers- Fireworks pencil control task.pdf

 

Physical Challenge!

On Friday, the children in school will be enjoying Children in Need fundraising celebrations! A Pudsey challenge you can play with your child is below, hope you enjoy it!

Joe Wicks provides a new warm up for you try as a family to warm up your bodies! Good luck!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbFqQarDM50

Pudsey (Simon says) active game- Twinkl have provided an active Pudsey game for you to play with your child. It is based on the ‘Simon Says’ game and involves the development of gross motor skills and Listening and Attention skills. The cards and instructions are saved on your homepage. If you are unable to print them, read them on screen. Have fun!

 

Pudsey game adult guidance-Instructions for P.E game to play with your child.pdf

Pudsey game cards- Action Cards P.E.pdf

 

 

Week beginning 2nd November 2020

Welcome back to you all, parents and children. We hope that you have a lovely rested half term and have all been keeping safe.

As you know this week, we will have 3 days of online learning, we will upload new learning daily for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The learning will consist of a planning sheet, with a daily overview and then will have lessons and activities for you to complete with your child/ children.

Please do not hesitate to contact us on the home learning email below:

home.learning@ockerhill-inf.sandwell.sch.uk

Stay Safe all 

Miss Silcott, Miss Richards and the reception team.

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Today's planner 4th November 2020 - Daily planner

Twinkl have provided us with a many phonics activities; you will find  phase 2 and 3 phonics activities in these files. Please share this with your child and encourage them to discuss what sounds they can hear.

Name
 phase-2-bingo---how-many-can-you-read.pdfDownload
 phase-2-morning-starters.pptDownload
 phase-3-phonics-retreival.pdfDownload
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Continue practising blending c-v-c words - Phonics blending song

Let's revisit our learning on shapes.... Can you name the shapes; can you describe the properties of shapes? Also have a go at the name the shape game -name the shape game

Name
 shape-hunt-sheet.pdfDownload
 shapes_powerpoint_-new.pdfDownload
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Let's continue to practise adding doubles.

Twinkl have provided us with an addition activity, please encourage your child to add using doubles.

Name
 t-n-2548584-doubling-machine-powerpoint-english_ver_3.pptxDownload
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Let's revisit our learning..... can you name some healthy and unhealthy foods? - watch the video and challenge yourselves - Good foods

Twinkl have provided us with a story. Please share this with your child and encourage them to discuss the moral of the story.   Don't forget to ask your child...  Who are the main characters?   Where did it take place?  What went wrong in the story?  How did the characters feel? - Lion and the Mouse Stoy

Learning planner - planner

Phonics - letters and sounds      phase 3 starters - Phase 3 Phonics Tricky word video - Phonics

Twinkl have provided us with an addition and subtraction activity, please encourage your child to have a go at solving the number problems.  Let's continue to practise adding doubles.

Twinkl have provided us with an addition activity, please encourage your child to add using doubles. 

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 addition-and-subtraction-.pdfDownload
 t-n-894-addition-powerpoint-_ver_2.pptxDownload
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Twinkl have provided us with a story.  The Magic Porridge Pot Please share this with your child and encourage them to discuss the moral of the story.   Don't forget to ask your child...  Who are the main characters?  Where did it take place?  What went wrong in the story?  How did the characters feel?

Monday planner - Monday learning

Please continue to learn the days of the week using your phonic knowledge linked to syllables - days of the week;  as well as this video that will help you with learning about one syllable words - One Syllable words

Twinkl have provided us with some phonics activities; look at the Phase 1, 2 and 3 activities to share with your child. See the file list below - 

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 phase-1-phonics-morning-starter-activities-1-.pdfDownload
 phase-2-sounds.pptDownload
 phonicsphase3.pptxDownload
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Twinkl have provided us with a story, please share this with your child and encourage them to discuss the moral of the story.  The Tortoise and the Hare.  Don't forget to ask your child...  Who are the main characters?  Where did it take place?  What went wrong in the story?  How did the characters feel?

Twinkl have provided us with a counting activity, please share this with your child and encourage them to count on using the number line - Counting on addition

 Continue to practice counting in doubles - doubles video

 

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