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6 years ago
Posted on 10th May 2020 by

Phonics Activity Ideas

Busy Bee is extremely busy today collecting pollen in order to make us some delicious honey. So, I thought I would share some fun phonics activities that you could do at home with a little bit of help from your adult. You could;

  • Play ‘rainbow hop’. Use coloured paper, one die and a marker to create a stepping stone for every sound in the phase you are working on.
  • Play ‘sound ball’. Your adult calls out a sound and you respond with a word that contains it. Then your adult throws the ball to you and you give them a sound to think about.
  • ‘Washingline phonics’. Using pegs, paper, and a marker you could create a phonics washing line.
  • Phonics photo hunt. You could create a photo album with a picture for every sound. For example, a train for the ‘ai’ sound.
  • Spin and rhyme. Using a paper towel roll and clothes hanger your adult can write a word and see how many rhyming words you can add.
  • Mystery bag. Place objects in a bag. As your adult pulls the items out, see if you can guess the mystery sound that unites all the objects.
  • Say 2 words. Your adult says 2 words that contain the same sound and you must stand up as quickly as you can. Stay seated if they do not.
  • Monster names. Replace the first letter of your name with a phonics sound. For example, Miss Hammond could become Mad Monster Quammond! You could stomp around like a monster with your new name!
  • Smack the letter. Use a fly swatter (or equivalent) and hit sounds written on sticky notes when your adult pronounces them.
  • Phonics I Spy. Fill a large juice bottle with a variety of small items that contain various sounds, use rice or sand to fill the remaining space. Have your adult name a sound, shake the bottle, and hunt the correct item.

I hope these activities are of use to you and I would love to see any photos or comments of you attempting them. Have fun!

Busy Bee will be back tomorrow finding out about the ‘ai’ sound.

Miss Hammond.

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6 years ago
Posted on 09th May 2020 by

Citizenship Themed Week – W.B 11.05.20

Last week, we enjoyed looking at all of the fantastic work which had been produced based on our Geography themed week.

This week, we’d like children to complete activities which promote being a good citizen.

Here are some ideas: Home Schooling Citizenship Theme Week

Super Movers Ideas:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/pshe-collection/zng8vk7

As always, please post work/photos onto your child’s homework blog.

 

 

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6 years ago
Posted on 07th May 2020 by

Miss Hailey’s Stars…

Once again, it has been just too hard to pick one star of the week this week. You have all worked really hard at home. Here are just a few of the children who have blown me away with their continued dedication…

Have a wonderful bank holiday at home. Enjoy your celebrations and family time.

Miss Hailey.

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6 years ago
Posted on 07th May 2020 by

VE Day Junk Modelling Challenge

As it is VE Day tomorrow, you may like to take part in a JUNK MODELLING CHALLENGE that has been launched by the museum at RAF Cosford. The challenge is to build your very own aircraft, using whatever you can find around your home! In school, pupils from Nursery to Year 6 love junk modelling so I am sure many children would love to have a go at this at home – it would even be a nice project for siblings, or whole families, to work on together! 🛫🛫

The competition deadline is Thursday 14th May. To enter your aircraft, all you need to do is post a photo of your creation in the comments on the competition post, which can be found at ‘The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford‘ Facebook page. Alternatively, you can share your photo using the tag ‘@rafmuseum‘ on Facebook.

Good Luck!! ☘

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6 years ago
Posted on 07th May 2020 by

Miss McCullagh’s Stars ⭐⭐⭐

I would like to say another big WELL DONE to everyone in Year 1! You have all worked so, so hard again this week and blown our socks off with all of your brilliant efforts at home school. A big thank you to you all (children and grown-ups!) for trying your best to have a go at the home learning activities and for sharing your work with us!

I would like to give a special shout-out to these children… you can read why on their certificates! 🙂🙂

I am already thinking about who could get a certificate next Friday… could it be you? 😎

Have a lovely weekend everyone! 🌞 🥳

Miss McCullagh

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6 years ago
Posted on 06th May 2020 by

Year 1 Guided Reading – Thursday 7th May

Hi Year 1,

Friday is a very special day – it is called VE Day. On VE Day, people will have lots of celebrations and we even get a day off from doing our school work so that we can learn more about this special day! Your Guided Reading task today is slightly different because you have got a non-fiction text all about VE Day to read – this will help you find out a little bit more about it, so that you are ready for Friday!

VE Day Guided Reading and Activities

VE Day Guided Reading Answers

Once you have read the text and had a go at the questions, you may like to create a VE Day picture. Here is a colouring page you could use:

VE Day Colouring Page

We hope you learn lots about VE Day today. Keep your eyes peeled later for some fun, celebration ideas you may like to use on Friday! 🙂

 

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6 years ago
Posted on 06th May 2020 by

Year 1 Maths Activity – Thursday 7th May

Hello everyone,

Thank you for all of your hard work to complete the Maths tasks on PurpleMash yesterday. Today, there are two place value activities for you to have a go at. The first is an online game called Shark Numbers 🦈🦈 you may recognise this from school! The second activity is a place value jigsaw 🧩 which can be downloaded below. 🙂 

Thursday 7th May Maths Activities

Place Value Jigsaw – 1

Place Value Jigsaw – 2

Enjoy 🙂

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6 years ago
Posted on 06th May 2020 by

Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 7th May 2020

Today is spelling test day! Good luck in your spelling test and please remember to hand in your score to Mrs Goodwin and Mrs Lee. Next week we are continuing with our split digraph revision.

Miss Hailey and Miss McCullagh’s group: Year 1 spellings Summer Week 3 Revision split digraph

Mrs Goodwin’s group:CG spellings Sum1 Wk 2 o-e

Mrs Lee’s group:AL spellings Sum 1 Wk4 (ou)

We hope you have enjoyed learning about the weather – we have enjoyed seeing your fantastic weather charts coming in.

Today’s learning is about the ‘Seasons’. Can you guess which season is being shown by looking out for visual clues in the PowerPoint attached.Seasons PPT 

Thursday-Four-Seasons-Tree-Drawing-Template_ver_2

You may like to do you own further research about seasons. Then can you use or adapt the sheets attached. Get creative and transform the trees into how they would appear in each season. You may want to use colours, paint or collage for this activity. Then choose one (or more if desired) season you would like to research and write about in more detail.

On PurpleMash you will find a Seasons Quiz to prove your knowledge.

Have fun. Have a fantastic VE Day bank holiday and a lovely, sunny weekend everybody!