Good morning everyone and welcome to Week 3 of Home Learning. Here is your work for the week ahead….
Maths - This week we have a change of topic and this is one that we have not covered in class this school year, so it will be NEW learning for the children. This week we are going to investigate Shape and Space - recognising and naming 2D and 3D shapes. This unit introduces children to 2D and 3D shapes and their properities. The children will learn to name the different shapes and identify the features that determine how they are classified, or grouped. The children will be encouraged to find shapes around their house to help them recognise shapes in ‘real life’ settings so that they understand that shapes are not just the pictures they see in their Maths book! The videos will support the children in their learning and I have added a power point under the Worksheets to support the children’s Mental Maths in shape this week.
In terms of Mental Maths please keep up with adding and subtracting numbers to 10 to make number bonds, ask your child what do I need to make 10 if I start at 6? You may find this website useful - it has some lovely maths games for KS1 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/week-10-geometry-shape/
I have added a Shape and Space Power Point to support this unit - you may find the slides helpful as quick fire questions to support mental Maths for this week. These do require a little bit of finding shapes around the home - but the slides should help the children to recognise shapes in real life. Shape Power Point
SumDog Maths - I have also set all the children up with a SumDog login - an online learning platform. I have texted the children’s individual login details - I thought it would just be another activity to keep the children’s Mental Maths skills going! We do have limited free access - but I thought it may appeal to some of the children. https://www.sumdog.com/en/
For English - We are going start a new unit this week, picking up one of the themes from the last two weeks. This week, and next, we will be focusing on information texts and our subject is Tigers! I have added another video unit, so follow the link below and it will take you straight to the two week unit on INFORMATION ABOUT TIGERS. Thought this unit the children will have the opportunity to listen and respond to information texts, re-tell information from memory, learn how to pull out key facts and examine nouns and how to make a singular noun into a plural noun. I would love to see any extra work the children manage to do on tigers - and maybe even some tiger drawings! I hope you enjoy the unit - I loved seeing all your work on Anassi and the Tiger over the past two weeks!
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/information-all-about-tigers-1d38
Please take a look at Education City - password in the front of the children’s reading records - I will ensure that your child has work that they can access on this site. If your child hasn’t got their password because it was in thei old reading record - just get in touch on dojo and I will send it to you.
https://www.educationcity.com/
Also, use homework page on class blog for Phase 3 phonics, handwriting and Oxford Owl site. http://www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/yr1-homework
Phonics Focus for this week - ‘are’ care and share and ‘ear’ hear with your hear - BBC Bitesize is super for Phonics support and KS1 activities in general. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p Also see https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk for phonics support. I have also added an image of the RWI phonics and rhymes that we use in class. Please try and practice these each day.
‘are’ phonics activity ‘ear’ phonics activity (just do one - I couldn’t separate them to add just the first one!) ‘ear’ word search - again just do one!
Phonics Video Link - Set 2 and 3 sounds - the children may find listening to the little video helpful and they can join in too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR0BV1zaFDM
READING - Please use the Oxford Owl site for a wealth of free ebooks appropriate for Year 1. Please continue to read each day - books from this site and your child’s own books from home. You can continue to keep a record of daily reading in your child’s reading record. https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Please DO NOT bring in the children’s work to school - but do post pictures into the PORTFOLIO section of Class Dojo. It is now a Government expectation that parents send in their child’s work so that their teacher can see what they are doing at home - many, many thanks for the time you are taking to send me your child’s work.
Try to do 3 hours of school work - 30 minutes of Phonics and Reading, 45 minutes of English and handwriting practice, 45 minutes of Maths including Mental Maths (we are working on doubling and halving within 10, adding one more or one less to a number under 30 in class) and an hour of Topic based work in the afternoon. Just try your best - that is all I ask - I know it is very hard when you are working at home too.
The handwriting format, the common exception words for Year 1 and the Phase Three phonics chart are on the Homework page of this site. Please see the following page. https://www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/yr1-homework/2020/11/13/autumn-term-expectations
Monday - RE Families and Celebrations.
This topic is designed to develop the children’s knowledge and understanding of what it means to belong to the family called the Church. There are opportunities at this point to explore the celebration of Baptism. It introduces the topic by exploring what it means to belong to a family and the school community. The topic also gives opportunities for the children to know that God is our Father in heaven and about special celebrations that take place in Church. The children will learn about the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and that the title ‘Jesus, light of the world’ comes from this story.
Today we are thinking about what it means to be part of a community and what it means to belong - to our families, our school, our clubs and our Church. Power Point on Belonging Activity
Tuesday - Science we will be continuing with our topic all about Materials - how they feel, what they look like, how we can describe them and importantly, what it each object made of. Today we will look at ‘How can I describe an object?’ I have added a video unit on Materials that you can follow lesson by lesson, please go to LESSON 3 today - watch the video and follow the activities.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/materials-de3f
Extra Science Activities - if you need them!
Wednesday - Geography today we will continue with our topic all about the oceans and seas - today focusing on ‘How deep is the ocean?’ Follow the link and watch LESSON 3 - HOW DEEP IS THE OOCEAN?
There is quite a bit of work to do in this lesson making a poster of the five layers of the oceans and recording facts about each of the layers. I have added an extra task below to cut and stick a world map, recapping where in the world the oceans and continents are - but this is just an added extra if you need it, the work set in the lesson is enough for today. Your child will need a piece of plain paper for this activity to fold to to make the layers of the ocean.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/oceans-and-seas-a546
Extra Activity to support Geography and Oceans
RE - we will begin to think about baptism and how it is through our baptism that we become a member of God’s family. Power Point Activity (Can we please use the term Priest rather than Vicar like on the sheet for labelling - thank-you!) It would be really lovely if you could discuss your child’s own Baptism, if they have been Baptised, looking at photographs, their Baptism candle, their gown and discussing who their Godparents are. Many thanks.
This link will take you to a number of videos showing a Baptism, which will be every useful if your child has never been to a Baptism. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdykjxs/resources/1
Thursday - Art I found it a bit tricky adding something to the website regarding our new topic of drawing, as in class Mrs Veasey teaches the children all about types of line and techniques for drawing - lots of things I found were too advanced for Year 1. Anyway, I have found a little series of power points that over the course of the half term will teach the children drawing skills. Today we are looking at Using Colous in Portraits.
Today all the children will need is a photograph of a person, family picture would do nicely, a piece of plain paper and some colouring pencils. I look forward to seeing your portraits - will they be happy or sad I wonder?
Friday - there are no added activities for Friday as we all finish school at 1.15pm today! But if you need some Friday afternoon activities, try some of these…..
Extra Activities/Sites to use - just in case you need activities for the Friday afternoon or have any extra time in the afternoons.
Oddizzi - This week’s focus is the Artctic Ocean! so fits in perfectly with our Geography unit! This is an added extra - if you fancy a bit of extra Geography work - the units are great for Year 1 and all the activities are there for you to either print out if you an, or do from the screen onto paper if not. Take a look and see what you think - send me some examples of the children’s work if you have ago at the activities. This could be a perfect Friday afternoon activity if you need the children to be working whilst you are! Oddizzi - World Explorers Week 2
Twinkl - to support parents with Home Learning, Twinkl, have produced a range of lessons and activities that you may find useful as added extra’s. Each week they will add new content and it is all free! Check it out and see if you what you think. These are extra’s and not part of my expectations for the week - but sometimes it is good to have a choice of activities and know which sites are worth looking at. These are resources that are used to support learning in school so certainly worth a look. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub
BBC Bitesize - always worth a look for activities to support all subjects - particularly phonics. This link takes you straight to the KS 1 pages. There are super English, Maths, Science, Geography, History activities here - great place to look as suitable for KS1 children and always in line with what we do in class. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
Music - I have sent you all a personal login for your your child to a Music site set up by Miss Benson, our Music teacher, which will have new content added to it each week. Now your child can enjoy their music lessons at home too! New content will be added each Wednesday.
Miss Benson instructions for the task……I have added a new lesson to YUMU. It is called "Yr 1 Lockdown Lesson 2. In this lesson there are 3 fun tasks. The first is learning to sign the song we worked on last half term "In the Groove." Then I have included this half term's new song "Round and Round" to listen to. I would like them to think about what they are hearing and whether they like the song or not - and why. For the 3rd task, there are some 'warm up games.' If they click on this and choose 'challenge 1' it will take them through some games which include clapping the pulse, repeating back rhythms and also some singing (which they can happily do at home!).
PE - it is important for the children to keep active during lockdown - not quite as easy now that it is so cold outside! Children should be getting at least an hour of exercise each day - so with that in mind, don’t forget that Joe Wicks starts his ‘PE with Joe’ sessions again this week— starting Monday, with a new session on a Wednesday and Friday each week. I certainly loved these sessions last time and will be joining in! Hope you enjoy these sessions, and try to get out for a walk each day if you can.
RE - to support the children in their religious education, don’t forget to check out Fr Jim’s website. Fr Jim posts all the Masses here and the Children’s Liturgy activities are lovely. https://www.olablackpool.org/
PLEASE SEND ALL OF YOUR CHILD’S WORK THROUGH THE PORTFOLIO SECTION OF CLASS DOJO. Any problems, please just email me.
year1@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk
Have a good week and I look forward to seeing your work. Please can you make sure you have sent examples of the children’s work to me by 12pm on a Friday - or you can post each day if that is easier for you! (That actually really helps me to keep on top of it!) Many, many thanks. I can’t express my grateful thanks for all you are doing enough - you are all wonderful! Mrs Hollinghurst
Year 1 - be good, work hard and stay safe……Mrs Hollinghurst, Mrs Veasey and Miss Collins
