Hi everyone
We hope you had a great weekend. Below is a selection of learning opportunities for you to use at home. If you can keep some learning going at home that is great but remember there is no pressure or expectations that you must do it. Do what you need to do to have a happy and healthy family. Please also bear in mind that at school our day consists of small chunks of ‘adult led’ learning with independent play in between, so please don’t’ feel you need to be providing activities all day long.
My new favourite quote is from our Deputy Head, Mrs Devereux, “do your best, because your best is good enough”, so keep that thought with you!
Have a great week,
Mrs Cobourne and Mrs Fayers
Phonics
Many of the Kingfishers and Robins are now watching the on-line Read Write Inc Phonics lessons. We have had lots of positive feedback as the presenters are engaging and the format of these lessons is exactly the same as we use in school, so the children are very familiar with it.
If you have not tried it already, why don’t you give it a try this week?
The lessons will be shown at the times below, but are available for 24 hours, so you can fit it in whenever is convenient for you.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?mc_cid=5b8869f543&mc_eid=3d2b84ebff
If you are unsure which lessons will suit your child, please ask your child which teacher they have for phonics (it might be different to their class teacher) and see below for which lesson matches their need. If you are still unsure, please send us a note via Tapestry and we will let you know which lessons your child should watch.
Set 1 - Suitable for Mrs Fayer's Phonics group
Set 2 - Suitable for Mrs Hart's and Mrs Cobourne's Phonics group
Set 3 - Suitable for Mrs Cobourne's phonics group
Alternative Phonics Challenges
If you are unable to take part in the daily on-line lessons, or want some extra challenges, you could try the following activities.
You will need the letter sounds we sent home in your ‘Home School’ pack. If you need some more letter sounds you will find a new set on the ‘Home Schooling’ section of our website. https://www.watchfieldprimary.co.uk/activity-pack/
If you cannot print them out, you could use paper and pens to make your own letter cards.
‘S’
Samuel
Sarah
Swindon
Sandwich
Ask your child to find the sounds to make the words - hat, vet, jet, net, let, wet, van,
Reading
Please read the story ‘Max’s Shop’ from the link below. Aim to read this 3 times this week so that you get more confident each time. Remember that ‘sh’ is a ‘special friend’ (two letters that go together to make one sound)
https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/?mg=m
Writing
The children are all at different stages with their writing, so take your lead from them.
http://www.thebellbird.cambs.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Letter-formation-chart.pdf
For example - ‘My gran is kind.’ or ‘My grandad has a big smile.’
Don’t forget to use your ‘Fred fingers’ to help you sound out the words you need, and remember, a super sentence has finger spaces between the words and a full stop at the end.
We’d love to see your efforts if your grown up has chance to upload it on Tapestry.
Maths
Here is a link to the two books they refer to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BlX9hKI-Mc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVP6iBAvHg
Other Maths Ideas
You will need the numbers from your home school pack for these activities. Again, if you have lost them, here is a link to some you can print out, or you can make your own set of 1-20 cards. https://www.watchfieldprimary.co.uk/activity-pack/
Topic Work
This week we are learning about the life cycle of chicks.
I have saved a few documents here on Tapestry so you can take a look.
There is a powerpoint about the life-cycle of chicks. You will also find a cutting and sticking activity, a chick labelling sheet and some creative ideas too.
Well-Being
Harold the Giraffe is still writing his diary. If you haven’t yet had a look, you can continue to visit him at the link below to find out what he is doing this week. It will definitely give you some ideas of things to do.
Harold loves to keep a healthy lifestyle. He says that there are 5 things that will help him to keep happy and healthy. These things are;
https://www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk/harolds-daily-diary
Challenges
Can you help a grown up to tidy up after mealtimes? Maybe you could put away the plates and cups?
Can you help to hang out the washing by passing the pegs or folding the clothes?
Can you remember the rule we use in school when we have been playing with toys? It goes like this ‘Choose it, use it, put it away!’ Can you remember to do this at home? Mummy and daddy would be really pleased if you do!